1910

During the University's early years, dancing was forbidden between the sexes, though men and women were allowed to dance with members of their own sex. In 1918, the University was hit with a flu epidemic that struck the entire nation. The disease caused 1400 deaths in North Dakota, and UND was the hardest-hit single institution in the nation. That fall, UND was well on the way to becoming an army camp, similar to many other institutions across the nation. Classes were suspended for what was thought to be a day, but they didn't resume until 1919, long after the student army trainees had left to fight in World War I.