Volume 18 , Issue 23

1926 NSTC Yearbook - Northwestern High School

Director of Secondary Education - Dr. J. V. L. Morris - Equipped as he is, with the ability to get results, and with progressive determination to have the best, Dr. Morris stands the department of Secondary Education in position to bid fair for recognition of strongest High School in the Northwest District.

Foreword - In presenting this glimpse of our High School we are stimulated by a degree of pride in our department and our accomplishments. It is our constant ambition to be a deserving part of the great Northwestern State Teachers College. We believe that our position has made itself felt in the past and we are determined to exert even greater efforts in the future. Fostered as we are by Alma Mater we do not meet all of the vicissitudes of High School life. Neither do we suffer all the calamities of the venture which so violently and surely assail, we feel ourselves particularly fortunate in that we are in attendance at a high school which affords a college environment. We are one hundred per cent for Northwestern, her victories and her glorious defeats are as sure of our support as the spring is of the flowers. On Northwestern!

Appreciation - It is said of youth that we do not appreciate true friendship until in after years. Perhaps this is right philosophy (sic), but we cannot will see how it is going to be possible for us to have greater appreciation, then than now for our esteemed friend and benefactor, Dean Minnie Shockley, upon whose wisdom and sincere interest in our welfare we so confidently rely. Her gracious and persuasive stimulus to higher, ever higher endeavor and scholarship creates for us an atmosphere which we cover for Northwestern.

Knights of Rangers & Knights of Castles - Knights of old in oft spun story - Craved events and deeds of glory, - That they might in greater measure - Show their courage, -- thereby treasure - For an age then fast declining - Valor -- their true souls pining. - So today our theme of story - Full recounts the deeds of glory - Done by knights, not of the castle - With the drawbridge and the wassail, - Plumed, draped, gold spur and tassel, - But of modern knights besieging - Evasive Education, - In her "castle on the hill."

Mixed Chorus - Zona Hufford, Accompanist.

High School Queen & King - Helen Lockhart, Senior & Halbert Brown, Senior Campus Photos:



Director & Prinicipal of Junior High School - Miss Ann K. Wilke, A.B. -- At the establishment of a Junior High School in conjunction with the courses offered at Northwestern for furnishing means of actual experience for potential teachers, a more capable person than Miss Wilke could not be found. In spite of the fact that this is the first year of the Junior High School marked advancement has been realized and Miss Wilke has great plans for its future.



Junior High School - The 7th, 8th and 9th grades have been reorganized as a Junior High School. Some of the advantages accruing are an increase in the flexibility of the curriculum to better meet individual needs large room and an opportunity to commence secondary instruction somewhat earlier where the pupils capacity permit.

Superior Model Training School - W. H. Wood, A.B., A.M., Professor of Elementary Education. -- It was in 1910 that Mr. W. H. Wood came to Northwestern as director of elementary education. His sixteen years of service have only served to endear him to the thousands who have worked in his department.

Hundreds go out each year with the two-year State Certificate. These go into the rural and village schools. To train these more effectively, Mr. Wood after many projects had been worked out, succeeded in getting the Training School rated at 1663 points -- more that 400 points in excess of the requirements for a Superior Model School. This high rating which was near the maximum capacity of the score card has added greatly to the capacity of the Training School to train effectively for the grades and for the Junior High School.

Training School - Primary Education - Primary Department, 1st & 2nd grades; Intermediate Department, 3rd & 4th grades; Grammar Grades.



Appreciation - Students: The merchants who have patronized the Commercial section have made your 1926 Ranger possible. These are the firms who have shown that they appreciate your presence in Alva and at Northwestern. These are the men who are willing to admit that Northwestern is an asset and not a liability to this community. These are the best merchants, with the most honest goods and the biggest hearts. These people have proved to be true friends to the students at Northwestern. There may be others but we have no way of directing your attention to them. These are the dealers who deliver satisfaction or your money back. Let us give them the same deal. Make a list of these and hang it on the foot of your bed or prop it up against the molasses pitcher and memorize it. Then let your conscience be your guide.

Community Ads - Chamber of Commerce, Northwestern State Teachers' College, Lane's Confectionery, Mountain Oil Co., Woods County Officials, Crouch Studio, J. C. Hess Ins., R. I. DeGeer Groceries, Monfort-Smith Jewelers, Marcum & Branson Goodyear Tires, Schnitzner Market, Alva Laundry & Dry Cleaners, The Band Box Millinery, The City Bakery, Hurd Motor Co., Fettke & McHugh Real Estate & Ins., Alva State Bank, Ford Sales & Service, Tyree Brothers Clothiers, Tanner Bros. Clothing Co., E. W. Tanner Co., The Tea Store, Crowell Bros Lumber & Coal, W. B. Fowitz Funeral Home, Palace Barber Shop, Dr. A. W. Clark Dentist, R. J. McCormick Jeweler, Pood;s Shining Parlor, Farmer's Independent Oil Co., Rexall Drug Store, Bynum's Hamburger Stand, Schaefer-Doolin Mtg. Co., Alva Building & Loan Assoc., South Side Barber & Beauty Parlor, The Bobbing Shoppe, W. E. Eutsler Grocery & Meat Market, Cochran Drug Co., L. A. Wagner Cash Grocery, Pullman Cafe, The Ranger Shop, Majestic Theatre, Hughey & Kennon Ins, Real EState & Loans, J. A. Renfrew & Co. Furniture, New Racket Store, The Alva Record, Bell's Ice Cream Co., Unique Confectionery, W. W. Starr, W. C. Wilkinson, Bradbury's College Book Store, Alva Motor Co., City Tailors, Oklahoma Cigar Store, pribble Hotel, Amsden Lumber Co., McHenry Cafe, Winter Brothers, J. D. Umber, Alva Storage Battery Co., W. B. Johnson, Elk Barber Shop, E. I. Sams Monuments, Maxwell printing Co., Hub Tailor Co., Carrell Music Co., First National Bank, Joe Edwards Motor Co., Alva Roller Mills, J. C. Penney Co., Central National Bank, McGill Bros. Furniture & Swimming Pool, Monfort Drug & Bookstore, Ellis Studio, Kavanaugh & Shea, Weinrich Clothing Co., Southwest Power Co.,High Grade Oil Co., Sears' Bootery, Illinois Cigar Store, Alva Motorcycle & Bicycle Shop.

Published by - Northwestern State Teachers' College, Alva, Oklahoma; Printing by - Thompson Brothers, El Dorado, Kansas; Engraving by - Mid-Continent Engraving Co., Wichita, Kansas
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