The Natchitoches enterprise. (Natchitoches, La.) 1888-1965, 1915-08-19

It has made more progress in the re.
cent past than perhaps any town ir
Louisiana. 1t has a we'll equipped
municipal water and light plant. 1t is
the home of the Louisiana State Nor.
NAL School, has unexcelled schools anc
churches, many miles of street paving
have been and are now being laid anC
it has a complete system of cement
walks. It's banking. marketing and
commercial facilities are unexcelled.
1t has one of the neatest and hand
soonest postofices buildings in the
country for town of its size. The
The Natchitoches Commercial Associ-
alton is live proposition and has
taken the lead in all matters pertaining
to the good, not only of the town, but
the adjacent territory. 1t is doing q
wonderful work In developing the agri-
cultural resources of the parish. Diver
sified farming and marketing of prod
ucts are receiving its most hearty sup
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to the whole section of this parish, as
we'll ssas State. Further information
may be had by addressing Secretary
Natchitoches Commercial Association,
Natchitoches, La.
Natchitoches Parish as whole is
truly one of the garden spots of the
world. It's wonderful resources are
not yet appreciated, and man look
ing for home in every sense of The
word cannot we'll overlook it. Every
crop known to the South, with its
wonderful diversity, does well wit in
its borders. No section of this cour ry
offers better opportunity to the hol e
seeker. Soil, climate, diversity of
crops, roads, bridges, schools, churc les
all combine to make this truly
Paradise on Earth.
LOUISIANA STATE NORMAL
Natchitoches is the home of he
Louisiana State Normal, one of he
finest educational system in the Sou oh-
west. This institution was founded
thirty years ago. The faculty now
consists regularly of forty instructors
with fifteen additional teachers during
the summer school. The normal's
enrolment is growing steadily, and
it is rendering a big service to
the State of Louisiana. The sum
mer school of 1915 has had an
enrolment of 1,215 students, nearly all
of them to become teachers. The en-
rollment during the past year was
1,768. The size of the institution may
be judged by the plate on the front
cover of this publication, and by the
fact that during the past year it sent
out 246 normal graduates, all of who m
are finding employment at good
salaries in the public schools of Louis
lana. The total number of graduates
of the institution has now passed the
2, 100-mark.
The total annual OUTLAWS of the State
Normal School are in excess of $780,
10000. 1t is the only normal school in
Louisiana.
People of the Natchitoches country
have cultivated delightful pleasant |
way of meeting and caring. for stral-
rars TIE. l;Iea- 70 sharn. .a.aa. ..h- |
they have to offer new conner. Tie
people of Natchitoches are interested |
in a stranger to the extent that thu Y
want to interest him in their parish.
First they tell you of their good school
system, an all-important matter in any
Citizens of the parish a.
fully imbued with the idea of evening
up educational facilities, not willing
that the rural settlements should have
inferior advantages as compared with
people in cities and towns. One can
ride in any direction from the town CT
and observe vel
built, well lighted and sanitary school
T, & P. Magazine.