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..-.... H551 ,......, l.2si.Il2.1i1!2!i?,l:saiss.lll' .fi1'l umwi WW f 4gi:g1'flr21m '1:-:::r :' 0...-:..:1 !,1..u.lI -V ill llll' ,' 'illlw nllllllp A Hasty Review In the year 1910 the present administration building of the Oklahoma Military Academy was constructed upon a hill about one and one-quarter miles due west of the City of Claremore. This edifice dominated not only the surrounding terrain, but it domina.ted the school life of the community as Well, for it was the first high school Claremore ever knew. It was the entire Northeastern University Preparatory School, and it flourished for seven years, when the World Wai' caused its abandonment, and every one bemoaned its uselessness for two years. But it was not to remain idle long, for a far sighted member of the State Legis- lature, the Honorable H. Tom Kight, secured the passage ot a bill creating the present Oklahoma Military Academy. So keen a piece of foresight looking toward the better- ment of Oklahoma's youth has never since been equalled. Starting out with less than a hundred cadets, using wooden guns for drill pur- poses, the institution began life as the humble acorn. It struggled through seven years of existence, more or less precarious at times, until it received its first, national recognition: in 1926 a junior unit of the Reserve Officers' Training Corps was allocated to it by the WVar Department. With this Infantry Unit, the young school began to grow. New buildings were added to the reservation, and its fame began to spread over the state as a place where youth learns the best principles of manhood and citizenship. In 1931, again through the determined efforts. of its God Father, Colonel Clarence B. Douglas, Colonel Pat Hurley, and others, the academy received still further recog- nition: the standing of the Infantry Unit was raised to that of a Senior Unit, and a unit of Cavalry was also added, making the institution an outstanding one in the United States, due to its having the two senior units. Also, a complete course in all phases of aviation was made an official part of the academy, through affiliation with the Spartan School of Aeronautics, at Tulsa. Today the school stands out as a distinctive monument to its creator, as Well as to the present head of the institution,-the man who has guided it through the past eight years of its existence. That it has made remarkable progress in the fourteen short years of its life is attested by the fact that it was examined for HONOR RATING by a special War Department board from Wasliiiigton during the week this copy was prepared. And while the report of that inspection will not be available before June, all those who watched the inspectors during their stay firmly believe that the Okla- homa Military Academy will be one of the 21 Honor Schools on the War Department's 1933 list. , . ' . Truly, few young schools have made such rapid progress in fourteen years! eighteen
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