Northwestern Oklahoma State University - Ranger Yearbook (Alva, OK)

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WANdunes The Ranger ATTN and energetic, and today these qualities show as their most prominent characteristics. The merchants are progressive and are organized together for the benefit of the entire community. They have instituted a plan of advertising and business methods that are strictly honest and fair, and make their own businesses to prosper by satisfying their customers. “Bargain Day,” which comes once a month, attracts hundreds of people from distances of fifty and seventy-five miles. Lately Alva has entered into the “Better Cities” contest, and is making rapid strides toward the goal of becoming the best city in the State in which to rear a family. Alva is a center of education and religious worship. There are nine churches in the city, so that any who comes to Alva will find the religious home of his own choice. Alva is famous for her schools. There are two ward schools and a par- ish school, and a fully accredited high school with an enrollment well over four hundred. In 1897 the Northwestern State Nor- mal School was established at Alva, and in 1920 it was changed to the Northwestern Normal College with power to grant de- grees. Tt has kept pace in growth with the city, growing from one b uilding and six graduates in 1900 to five buildings and approximately one hundred graduates in 1920. MMC ee pan TTT Five

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