Institution Met Changing Needs

Technological innovations, changing attitudes toward women working outside of the home, and increased occupational specialization altered American society during the School's existence. CSSA officials made some program changes in order to keep programs relevant and cost effective. They added a teacher preparatory program and quietly closed the creamery, [1] either because the need was better met by commercial creameries, because it lost its cost effectiveness, or both. Such changes helped programs remain appealing to parents and reduced unnecessary expenditures.

1. In 1921, all teacher training program participants were women. The Wichita (1921): 66; In 1923, the program included eight women and six men. Program participants studied pedagogy, American history and government, and agriculture, and reviewed grammar, reading, penmanship, spelling, and arithmetic. They observed classrooms in action, planned lessons, and practiced teaching. The Students who completed the course of study earned teaching certificates. The Wichita (1923): 52-53; “Differences in accounts” that led to the dismissal of O. C. Whipple preceded the creamery's closure. "A Crisis In Affairs Of Cameron School; Pres. Gault Is Here" Lawton News, November 2, 1915, 1, 5.

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