Volume 9 , Issue 35

Sept. 1918 News - Northwestern To Give Army Drill

I found this next article in The Oklahoman, dated September 8, 1918, pg. 31. Headlines: Northwestern To Give Army Drill - Alva School Is Eighth In Oklahoma Designated for Student Training.

Alva, Okla., Sept. 7, 1918 -- "A special investigation of the availability of the Northwestern State Normal, located here, resulted in the school being designated as one of the student army training corps stations within Oklahoma. The Alva Commercial Club organized a movement whereby 500 students may be accommodated without delay in a modern steam-heated dormitory. In the early days of the Alva Normal, during the Barnes Administration the dormitory was built but has been used for other purposes.

The Alva Normal accomodates the following Oklahoma counties: Woods, Alfalfa, Major, Blaine, Dewey, Ellis, Harper, Woodward, Texas, Cimmarron (sic), Beaver and Grant counties. The Alva Normal School was established in 1898 as the only state school in the great cattle country. The dedication ceremonies were historical. The dedication address being delivered by Col. Temple Houston, famous early day character.

President Faulkner is in Chicago conferring with the military officials at Fort Sheridan relative to the work. Northwestern is the eighth Oklahoma school to be designated for student army training corps work.
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