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1. Introduction
2. Educational Opportunities and the New State of Oklahoma
3. A Vision
4. Agricultural School Legislation
5. Lawton Won the Battle for a School
6. Area Businesses Closed in Celebration of the School’s Opening
7. Local Bank Basement Served as Temporary Location
8. Sense of “Togetherness” Began During First Classes
9. School Building Opened
10. Community Members Housed Students
11. Creamery Assisted Area Farmers
12. Chronic Funding Shortages Emerged
13. First Graduation Held in 1912
14. Success Encouraged Community Support
15. Chamber of Commerce Members Prepared to Build a Dormitory
16. Increased Enrollment Sent Boys into Tents and Local Residents’ Homes
17. School Began to Host Community Events
18. CSSA Provided Community Service Activities
19. Community Businessmen Convinced Legislators to Fund Continued School Operations
20. Lawton Constitution Writers Kept Community Members Informed about School Activities
21. School Namesake Encouraged Agriculture as a Way of Life
22. Woman’s Role in Agriculture
23. CSSA Programs Helped Maintain a Way of Life
24. Physical Labor Was Integral to Programs
25. Emphasis on Student Physical Development Was a Persistent Theme
26. Lawton Community Interested in Student Nutrition
27. Character Development Was a Part of the Daily Routine
28. Three Parts of a Whole: Student Physical, Spiritual, and Intellectual Development
29. Community Members Supported Students in Faculty/Students Disputer
30. Willingness to Work was Fundamental to the School’s Success
31. Efficiency Characterized School Operations
32. Students, Faculty and Community Members Valued Thriftiness
33. Example of Efficiency: Cameron’s Creamery Operation
34. Humor Energized School Participants and Observers
35. Institution Met Changing Needs
36. School Became a College
37. CSSA’s Community Accomplishments (1)
38. CSSA’s Community Accomplishments (2)