Deja Flu: Union College, Schenectady and the 1918 Pandemic
April 04, 2020
April 04, 2020
SCHENECTADY, New York, April 4 -- Union College issued the following news on April 3:
At noon on Oct. 1, 1918, nearly 500 students (including some from Albany Medical College and Albany College of Pharmacy) gathered by the flagpole on campus to be inducted into the Students' Army Training Corps (SATC). Created by the United States War Department, the makeshift program contracted with colleges across the country to use their facilities for officer training.
For the final . . .
At noon on Oct. 1, 1918, nearly 500 students (including some from Albany Medical College and Albany College of Pharmacy) gathered by the flagpole on campus to be inducted into the Students' Army Training Corps (SATC). Created by the United States War Department, the makeshift program contracted with colleges across the country to use their facilities for officer training.
For the final . . .