Volume 9 , Issue 34

1917 - Northwestern State Normal

If you had glanced the headlines of The Oklahoman, dated May 28, 1917, pg. 4, you might have read: Northwestern Graduates 88 - Largest Class In History of School Finishes Normal Work at Alva.

Alva, Okla., May 27, 1917 -- Eighty-eight seniors, the largest class ever graduated from the Northwestern State Normal, receive their diplomas this year. The larger percentage of the class are girls. Of the boys many have enlisted in the various branches of military service and received their credits without finishing the school year. The class represents an assemblage from all parts of the country. Not only is Oklahoma represented but Texas, Kansas, Missouri, Illinois and Louisiana also have students among the graduates. Only thirty percent of the class are residents of this city

Rev. John R. Abernathy of Muskogee, will deliver the baccalaureate address Sunday morning at 10:00 o'clock in the chapel hall. Monday is the final day of commencement week. Rev. J. F. Roach of Oklahoma City will deliver the commencement address.

Those receiving their diplomas this year are: (You can also see pictures of 1917 seniors at OkieLegacy - 1917 Ranger Album Collection):
Rosa Adam, Alva; Lottie B. Anderson, Ashley; Ersel Arnote, Fairview; Bessie E. Barker, Gage; Audrey Bainum, Hopeton; D. D. Biggers, Green City, Mo.; Pearl Boling, Capron; Della Brunstetter, Alva, Ross Burns, Alva; Mabel Joyce Cameron, Alva; C. Belle Chestnut, Waynoka; Flo Mae Curtis, Alva; Bess M. Davis, Gage; Virda Dale, Harper, Kan.; Esther Dalzell, Pond Creek; Emma Donaldson, Capron; Chester Duncan, Waynoka; Velma Rae Dunn, Shreveport, La.; Nora Eutsler, Guymon; Maude Every, Rusk; J. C. Fellible, Lamont; Alice Fennessey, Alva; Bernice Fitzgerald, Watonga; S. Loine Floyd, Decauter, Ill.; Zanoni Freeman, Alva; Ethel France, Alva; Zella Gilbert, Watonga; Roscoe Grimm, Aline; Nina Hopper, Alva; Neva Hanford, Alva; Frank Hess, Alva; Jessie G. Hofer, Driftwood; J. C. Hoffsomer, Hillsdale; Beulah Hoffsomer, Hillsdale; Mabel Hobbie, Alva; Elizabeth Hollen, Gage; I. P. Julian, Ingersoll; Ruth Kendall, Woodward; Ellavede Lambert, Waynoka; Cleo Llewellyn, Waynoka; Beulah Zimmerman, Wayonoka; Bessie Shockley, Hardtner, Kan.; Bessie Smith, Broken Arrow; Nell Searce, Columbia, Mo.; George McClure, Bess McCormick, Alva; Carlos McGill, Alva; Ralph McCrady, Cherokee; Marie McElhiney, Buffalo; Elbert Marlatt, Ingersoll;, Onita Martin, Alva; Mercedes Moyer, Gage; Ruth Moyer, Gage; Mona Morton, Alva; Mitchell Osborne, Alva; Bessie Patterson, Blackwell; Carrie Phillips, Watonga; W. L. Pitman, Woodward; Ruth Rank, Gage; Hildagarde Rank, Pond Creek; Bert Raney, Higgins, Texas; Ben Rackley, Cherokee; Gladys M. Randall, Waukomis; Edith Reeg, Carmen; Edwin Sandefur, Chaney; Catherine Serviss, Kansas City Kan.; Earl Shelley, Alva; Ruby Skeen, Watonga; Jennie Smith, Fairview; Elizabeth Springer, Alva; Harry Soliday, Vici; Tess Sears, Jet; Gail Sleeth, Driftwood; Foster Stockwell, Alva; Chesley Stigers, Arnett; Edna Talbot, Watonga; Ada Titus, Ingersoll; Ethel Utterback, Salt Fork; Harry Vetter, Alva; Wilbur Wilcox, Huskew; Nonnie Weiser, Edmond; Fern Williams, Byron, Mabel Willis, Fairview; Louis Wilke, Alva; Irene Woodmansee, Cherokee; Glen McGill, Alva; and Nelde Searcy, Alva.
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