Northeastern State College 1946- 47
Tahlequah, Oklahoma

Living Off Campus

Warren and Earnest went to McAlester High School, 1942- 1943.   They were Juniors. August 1943, Warren moved to Wewoka an attended the Wewoka High School.   He Joined the Navy in April and reported for duty after graduation in May.   Earnest graduated from McAlester in 1944 and ended up in the Army in Europe. After the War (WW II) In 1946 they met (again as Veterans standing in the College Freshman's line) in the Registrar Office at Northeastern College. Bill Stone and Warren shared a room in a private small apartment building holding 8 students, 2 to a room. Below are some more bright faces who, also lived in the same apartment building. In 1937, Atoka, Oklahoma, Marie lived across the street from Warren. In 1946, Marie was a Senior at Northeastern. She lived in Tahlequah with her parents. The photos above were taken from the 1947 Northeastern College Year Book. Remembering Marie and Atoka. "Who can say where the road goes, Where the day flows, only time." ~ Enya From the Song, "Only Time" The GI Veteran's Administration Education Bill There was a time, in our (U.S) history of higher learning, that a college or university was attended by those qualified to do so. The VA education law changed all that nonsense. College entrance levels were reduced for the returning GIs. This was the beginning of the end of higher education. The influx of the federal government's money has ruined higher education. The cost of a college education has gone up, and the product is, but not always, an Educated Idiot, and some of the Idiots ran for Public Office....and Won by Popular Vote. As Time Goes By, July 1950 Jukebox Wasted Days & Wasted Nights Freddy Fender I remember a day, I went fishing with my father. We stopped in Tahlequah for coffee. While I was there, some college students came in. One was Howard Roberts. Howard had just completed his four years (1946-1950) of college and was going to be a teacher. He ask me what I had been doing? I told him that I was a Buck Sergeant (Airman 1st Class) in the Air Force and had just returned from a tour of duty in Occupied Japan. Meeting Howard and his friends made me realize, how I had thrown away an opportunity for a college degree. The reality of my life was ... I had been drinking and raising hell while he was studying and making something of himself........ I had become/was a Promiscuous Beer Hall Philosopher, who was living his life on the low/bottom edge of Society. This little incident in my life made me realize that I must change my behavior.. I needed a change in my Philosophy and my Environment.......... ~ Oklahoma SandScraper 3/C Jukebox The Whiffenpoof Song To the tables down at Mory's To the place where Louie dwells To the dear old Temple bar we love so well Sing the Whiffenpoofs assembled with their glasses raised on high And the magic of their singing casts its spell Yes, the magic of their singing of the songs we love so well "Shall I Wasting" and "Mavourneen" and the rest We will serenade our Louie while life and voice shall last Then we'll pass and be forgotten with the rest We're poor little lambs who have lost our way Baa, baa, baa We're little black sheep who have gone astray Baa, baa, baa Gentleman songsters off on a spree Doomed from here to eternity Lord have mercy on such as we Baa, baa, baa "The 52-20 Club" "USS LSM 462" "The USS LSM-LSMR Association" "A Veteran Remembers WW 2 & Korea"