Photograph of a large number of people attending a dance in a gymnasium. The men are dressed in army uniforms; the women are wearing dark-colored dresses and heels. The wall behind them is all multi-paned windows and there is a basketball hoop above. The soldiers were housed on campus, and those from nearby camps were also guests at dances held on campus.

Photograph of women training on a fire drill tower. The tower is approximately three stories tall and ladders are propped against the building on the three sides. In April 1942 the Women’s Defense Corps was formed at UNT. The primary purpose of the organization was to train college women to organize their hometown defense and to instruct their fellow citizens in home defense. Training in the first aid, firefighting, the use of gas masks, and ambulance driving was included in this program.