Volume 6 , Issue 43

1937 NSTC Freshmen Class, Alva, Oklahoma

About the 1937 NSTC Ranger Annual -- Well!

BUT... We are still transcribing some of the text pages for easier reading 1937 Ranger Annual. The photo to the right shows the freshmen class of '37 with Vada Eileen Paris identified on the frontrow, fifth from left, in the light overcoat.

Some Other Tidbits of Northwestern State Teachers' College... 1933-34 school year NSTC organized the female "Zipper Club" and the male "Wranglers" -- both were used to promote loyalty and school spirit at Old Northwestern.

Did You Know... that the Northwestern Alumni Association was established in the spring of 1934? A banquet was held at the Presbyterian Church to organize an alumni organization to include the alumni back to 1921. In the spring of 1935 the alumni association enlarged the group to include the classes receiving degrees, diplomas each year from 1900 to 1937. In 1936 the alumni held its annual banquet in the Bell Hotel dining room, and included all the graduating classes from 1900 to the present day in the mid-1930s. They held their alumni banquets each spring and sponsored the biggest event of the year for Alva and Northwestern -- the annual "Homecoming" event.

The 1937 Ranger Annual gave us an idea of what the 1933-34 NSTC Homecoming must have been like when the 2nd-place Wrangler float created a commotion when it nearly resulted in a "panic of frenzied delight on the part of spectators." You see... the captured "Buff-loe" caused a small riot by escaping and frolicing on the sidewalks. Have you heard this NSTC Ranger story before?

We also found out the the music department at Northwestern was organized in the fall of 1902 by Prof. E. C. Marshall. AND... that Northwestern became a 4-year college in 1920. That was the same year a full 4-year course leading to the bachelor degree with a major in music was established with the first musice major student to graduate in 1922.

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