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PRAIRIE VIEW IN WORLD WAR I On April 6, 1917, the United States entered the war against Germany, thus beginning the struggle which served only as a prelude to the present conflict. A peaceful nation, we were not prepared for war and a swift mobilization was begun. Prairie View faculty members and students rushed to enlist, for all who were not engaged in some war activity were classed as slackers. Army training camps were established at the most strategic points in the country, so, on March 1, 1918, a Student Army Training Camp was established at Prairie View, staffed by five officers, one of whom was a Negro, Lieutenant W. A. Giles of Yoakum, Texas. Military discipline extended throughout the college. Strict sentry regulations were imposed and the College Dining Hall became a soldiers' Mess Hall with students, a necessary adjunct. In connection with training in Military tactics, the trainees were offered courses in Auto Mechanics, Woodwork, Automobile Electricity. Truck Driving, Battery Making, and Radiator Repair. Some of the faculty members who were active in World War I are still on the campus and are very active in World War II. Mr. J. J. Abemethy, Mr. F. G. Fry. Mr. D. W. Martin, and Mr. Armstrong Lewis enlisted during World War I. Mr. Abemethy entered the Des Moines, Iowa Officers Candidate School, received a second lieutenant's commission and was sent overseas. Mr. Armstrong Lewis was sent overseas as a master mechanic. Mr. D. W. Martin and Mr. F. G. Fry, though enlisted, remained to work with the unit at Prairie View, Mr. Fry serving as assistant engineer and finally as chief engineer at the power plant. Mr. G. W. Buchanan, at that time mathematics and bookkeeping instructor, operated the Army Canteen, which has since grown into the present College Exchange. At the close of the war and the resultant demobilization, a school for disabled veterans was established at Prairie View with Mr. J. J. Abemethy as its coordinator. These veterans were given training that would fit them for entrance into a post-war world far different from the pre-war world which they had known. Many of those men are now successful citizens, some holding responsible positions in leading schools and colleges. Outstanding are: Arthur L. Hammonds, Agricultural Department, Lincoln University; William T. Wells. Principal School, Muskogee, Oklahoma; Wheeler E. Sims, Agricultural Department, Langston University; and John H. Williams, District Agent, Extension Service, Prairie View State College. (Continued on page 154.)
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IN MEMORIAM TO THE MEMORY OF C. H. WALLER ... He always placed his family first, his work second and Prairie View next. He built an extension program second to none for Negroes in these United States and passed off the scene loved and respected by all who knew him.” —Anon.
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