Camp Howze Museum

One of the major purchasers of Camp Howze's building surplus was the universities, mainly Southern Methodist University and North Texas State Teachers College. One hundred and five colleges and universities from four states submitted applicatios to receive surplus from 26 military camps. Howze was included on this list. Not all received surplus but it shows that the demand was high for military camps like Howze. The universities that did recieve surplus like SMU and NTSC used if for veteran's housing or to aid in their overcrowded campuses. SMU used the surplus to create a student union that would support their large numbers. Surplus was also used to house student veterans attending NTSC in Denton but also in Gainesville allowing veterans to commute.

SMU and NTSU received the most buildings out of all the schools but a list of other academic institutions includes, Henderson County Junior College , Valley View ISD, and Denison. These schools received camp surplus to add to their existing buildings. For example Denison school district used camp surplus to open a cafeteria from materila that once was a POW barracks.