Timeline - 1909 through 1934
1917Fannie Atkins donates a 123 ? -acre farm south of Jacksonville to SNS in memory of her husband. The farm, which includes a 10-room house, furnishes fresh vegetables and milk for the school, and male students may stay in the home free and work the land. Agriculture, a required subject, is taught on the farm, and the farm includes a modern dairy, cattle, hogs, goats, mules and a mare, as well as all the needed implements. |
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1918As a result of U.S. President Woodrow Wilson's establishment of the Students Army Training Corps, a new barracks and unit with a maximum strength of 200 men is authorized for the Normal School. Just as the unit is getting into full swing, the Armistice ending World War I is signed in November, ending the S.A.T.C. The army leaves the barracks for the school, and one of the buildings will eventually be remodeled into a dormitory for men. This would pave the way for the Alabama National Guard unit and, later, the Reserve Officer Training Corps. |