the Red Cross. The UCA women worked diligently throughout the war to do what they could to assist in the war effort. After the war ended, and the faculty returned to their posts at UCA, a pageant was held on the front porch of Old Main. The pageant, under the direction of Professor D.D. McBrien, showed Europeans that were living in peace before the war, and how this peace was broken by autocracy. According to Ted Worley, entry of America and her allies drove the forces of autocracy away. The “Timely ‘march of with fifty young ladies representing the forty-eight states and two island democracy’ followed, possessions doing a victory loan dance.’” The two UCA alumni who did not survive the war were PFC Phillip Gillham and PV1 William Conger. Their names are inscribed on Memorial. UCA’s War To fully comprehend the critical situation faced by the UCA of 1917, the same percentages were applied to show what the impact would have been on UCA in 2016 for loss of enrollment and loss of professors to the military. The reason 2016 is used as opposed to 2017, is that we know the enrollment and other statistics for 2016 at the time this article was written. students would have left UCA to join the military and take other jobs. ● 2,940 109 fewer professors would be on campus and would have been called into service. ● The two photographs below show a few UCA alumni in uniform and the UCA unit of the American Red Cross during World War I. BOTH PHOTOGRAPHS ARE COURTESY OF 1918. THE SCROLL, Note: Sources for this article included the The Log Cabin Democrat, The Echo, The Scroll, Arkansas minutes of the UCA Board of Trustees and of Arkansas State State Normal School Bulletin, “A History Teachers by Ted Worley. College”
the Red Cross. The UCA women worked diligently throughout the war to do what they could to assist in the war effort. After the war ended, and the faculty returned to their posts at UCA, a pageant was held on the front porch of Old Main. The pageant, under the direction of Professor D.D. McBrien, showed Europeans that were living in peace before the war, and how this peace was broken by autocracy. According to Ted Worley, “Timely entry of America and her allies drove the forces of autocracy away. The ‘march of democracy’ followed, with fifty young ladies representing the forty-eight states and two island possessions doing a victory loan dance.’” The two UCA alumni who did not survive the war were PFC Phillip Gillham and PV1 William Conger. Their names are inscribed on UCA’s War Memorial. To fully comprehend the critical situation faced by the UCA of 1917, the same percentages were applied to show what the impact would have been on UCA in 2016 for loss of enrollment and loss of professors to the military. The reason 2016 is used as opposed to 2017, is that we know the enrollment and other statistics for 2016 at the time this article was written. ● 2,940 students would have left UCA to join the military and take other jobs. ● 109 fewer professors would be on campus and would have been called into service. The two photographs below show a few UCA alumni in uniform and the UCA unit of the American Red Cross during World War I. BOTH PHOTOGRAPHS ARE COURTESY OF THE SCROLL, 1918. Note: Sources for this article included The Log Cabin Democrat, The Echo, The Scroll, the Arkansas State Normal School Bulletin, minutes of the UCA Board of Trustees and “A History of Arkansas State Teachers College” by Ted Worley.