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Magazine Spring 2012 Northwestern State University of Louisiana CAMPUS BEING ORGANIZEDJOi ^^^Current Sauce COLLEGE PARTICMION IN WAR WORK oA'noN op I "3 LOUISIANA STATE NORMAL l'S XXX- NUMBEJR trOAY. NOVEi\mER 6. 3: t Monday fired room of Mdmlay a iiiU of all r^ >n> uill be Mudfiit \\\-l the diiMlton Xlunt^ at dinner operation on several war en iident parlioipatio as authorities fee nei-cssai.v. The Red Cross Surs Oressing Room has been in op tion for several weeks but m local coeds are not yet pai-ttcl; ing in this aetlvlty. MijiS C'lMdey has LssBed i (ur loral stiulriiUi lo titlic t JrtH; time lor national defi Reeonunendine: th;»t lOK h of tlie 16«-liour week b<' dev ADeca r History: A glimpse at ca II ; life in the 1940s 1 Alumni Columns Oflicial Publication of Northwolcm State University Dr. Randall J. Webb, 1965, 1966 Natchitoches. Louisiana President, Northwestern State University Organi/cd in I SK4 •A member ol'C ASE Volume XXII Number I Spring 2012 The Alumni Columns (USPS 015480) is published Dear alumni, by Northwestern Stale Uni\ersity. Natchitoches. Louisiana. 7I4974KX)2 While serving as president of Northwestern Periodicals Postage Paid at Natchitoches. La . and at additional mailing offices. State University, I have many opportunities to POSTMASTRR: Send address changc-s to the be humbled by the generosity of people who are Alumni Columns. Northwestern State University. NatchiliK-hes. La. 714y7-(HXl2. associated with this special institution. It means so much to me and Alumni Office Phone: .1 18-357-4414 and 888-799-6486 those who work here to know that people value what we do so highly I AX: 318-357-4225 • E-mail: owensd unsula.cdu that they are willing to make donations to support Northwestern State. NSUALLM.M OFFICER.S President Joseph B. Stamey. Natchitoches. 198.^ I was reminded of this recently when the university hosted an 1st Vice President Tommy Chester. Natchitoches. 1964 event to announce that a record number of private scholarships will be 2nd Vice President Charles -Buddy" Wixxl. Man\. 1981 awarded for the 2012-13 academic year. Because of the generosity of Secretary -Treasurer Matt Bailey. Shrexeport. 2003 I \eculi\e Director W. Drake Owens. alumni and friends of Northwestern State over the past five years, we Natchitoches. 2(K)4. 200< have more than doubled the number of scholarships awarded as well BO \RI) OF DIRECTORS as the value of those scholarships. In that same period, the value of Mull Muiky Shreveport. 2003 total scholarship funds from private sources is up by 143 percent. Icrry Brungart Natchitoches. 1969. 1971 Monty Chicola Alexandria. 1979. |98(i Private scholarships are so valuable to Northwestern State and Leonard Lndris Shreveport. 1974. 1975 Ken (iuidry 1972 its students. These scholarships help us attract outstanding students. Natchitoches. Hobby Hebert New Orleans. 1983 They also allow students to lessen the amount they must borrow on Irey Hill Carencro. 1985 Adrian Howard Bedford. TX. 1989 a student loan and in some cases make it possible for a student to Patricia Hrapmann New Orleans. 1973, 197s continue their education. (iail Jones Natchez, 1981. 1998 Our students are grateful for the generosity of our alumni and Malt Koury Lecssille. 1995 \ngcla Lasyone Natchitoches. 1986 friends. Many of them have expressed a willingness to "pay it forward" Up, ant Lewis Haynessillc. 1958 by becoming donors once they have graduated and start working. Carroll Long Long\iew. TX. 1970 William L. Luckie Lutkin. TX. 200S I have also enjoyed traveling around Louisiana and Texas to at- l)a\id Morgan .Nuslin. TX. 1973 tend our annual recruiting receptions. Each event was well attended Kip Patrick Washington. IK. 1995 ( lil1'Poimb<icuf. Shrexeport. 1984 which is a strong indication we will have a strong enrollment next fall. Dcnisc Quc/aire Baton Rouge. 2(K)5 Joseph W. Shrevepon. 196^ The good attendance is another sign that many of you are talking to Schellettc (ilcnn lalben Shrexcport. 1964 prospective students about Northwestern State and letting them know Casey Jo Thompson Shreveport. 2(Kl| about the life-changing experiences you had when you were a stu- Carlos Treadway North\ille. Ml. 199; Marti Vienne Natchitoches. 1982 dent. Ricky Walmsley Rogers. AR. 1985 MikeWilbum Shreveport. 19"5 Thank you for all you do to support your alma mater. Dr. Leonard Williams New Orleans, 1993 Charles "Budds" Wood Man>. |98! SU DEM REPRESENT.VTIN E 2004. 2005 William Drake Owens, lar.i Luck NaichiiiKhc^ Director of University Advancement SGA President Publisher W. Drake Owens. 2(K>4. 200*; My fellow alumni. Editor Leah Pi Icher Jackson. 1994. 201 ( iinlrihulnrs David Wcsi Recently, I was posed the question, "How did IKiug Ireland. I98^ your experience at Northwestern make you who Phdingraphv Gary Hardamoii 19"^ you are today?" After some thought, I made a Di'sicn I avcinl Beth McPhcrson Mann. Nsl I'rcvs Piihlications Office mental list that included my education, my career, my family and my Northwestern Stall' L'nivtTsily is accredited by the friends, all aspects of my life that were affected by my decision to at- (^ommiKHion on Colle(re8 of the Southern AssiKiation of tend Northwestern State. ('olIefTi'!* and Schools 1 1H66 S*iuthem I.jine. IVailur. (reorvi;* :ino:i:l 4097: Telephone huhiIht »04-ti79-4.'i01 i to award So many of the prospective students that I visit are at a pivotal .\ss4K-iate. HaifaUiureate. Masl«'r's. and Spt*cialist dejinv. moment in making the decision where to attend college and our It IS the |>olu-\ i>f Norlhwesteni State I'niversity of Louisiana not to Hisenminate on ihe basis of race, color, relipion. alumni play an important role in those students' perception of our •.ex. national oripn. a^e, or disahilily in its educational university. Please do not pass up an opportunity to mentor a young (>ni>;ranis. activities or employment pnictici-s. person or suggest they explore what Northwestern State has to offer. This pulilic document was publishi-d at a total cost of $17.(l.').'i 42. .MM) copies of this public diKument wen' I ask you, readers: How did your experience at Northwestern inihlished in this first pnntin^ at a cost of $17.0.'».'>. The lolal cost of all printinRs of this document, including State are today? Are willing to share how your make you who you you n-prinls is SlT.O.S.'i This d«>cument was published by Northwestern .State University Office of University college days impacted your life as much as it has mine? No one can Advancement and printed by Moran PrintinK. Inc . tell the Northwestern State story better than those who experienced it .'142.1 Klorida Boulevard. Baton RouRe. LA 7080fi to foster and pnmiot*' the mutually bi'neficial relationship for themselves. fH'twii'n Northwestern Stjite Universily and its alumni. siipiMtrters and ctimmunity partners. This niatenal was I thank you, alumni, for interest of our your continued and support pniited in aceordanci' with standards for printing by stall' Northwestern State University. aKencies established pursuant to R S. 4.1 .11 Printing of this matenal was purchased in accordance with the pntvisions of Title i'A of the Ixuiisiana R<'vis4'd Stjitues, Cover; Clippings from student newspaper The Current Sauce from 1942 Northwestern in the 1940s Alumna request yields recollection of student days on the home front From Alumni Columns reader Frances Jones Hennigan of Lake Charles, class of 1946: / would like to read something about the years in the early 1940s when the Navy program was there. Do the students know we had very few boys those years, only sailors? There was no Christmas lighting. The football games had sailors playing. The band playingfor dances was all girls. "The Louisiana State Normal College entered the decade of the 1940s with prospects of continued growth and progress. But, unfortu- nately, a global tragedy. World War II, dashed the expectations of the College," wrote Dr. Marietta LeBre- ton in Northwestern State University ofLouisiana: 1884-1984, A History. "Instead of an increased enrollment, the State Normal saw most of her young men go to war, many of her young women choose either military service or war-related employment and some of her faculty serve in the armed forces. Several campus activi- ties, notably intercollegiate sports, Naval cadets raise the stars and stripes on the Northwestern State campus. were suspended temporarily dur- ing the conflict while maintenance to attract students in the post-war march to the lunchroom in cadence." of buildings was curtailed and new years. Hennigan referred to the col- construction ceased. On the bright Along with the name change. lege's participation in several naval side. World War II provided the State Northwestern State expanded its programs. Before the entrance of the Normal with several thousand new offerings for careers outside of United States into World War II, the students naval cadets - who gave teaching and reorganized into three State Normal offered a pilot train- the college a military appearance and schools. Education, Arts and Scienc- ing course under the direction of the several new war-related programs. es and Applied Arts and Sciences." Civil Aeronautics Authority. Within In 1944, Louisiana State Normal "I started in the summer of 1943 a year after America's involvement College became Northwestern State and finished in three years and three in the global conflict, practically College of Louisiana by a popularly summers," said Hennigan, a native of every able-bodied young man on the approved constitutional amendment. Deridder. "When I started, it was dur- Normal campus had entered military Although some of the alumni and ing wartime and they did away with service.