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On January 17, 1917, and January 18, 1917, the College of Industrial Arts (TWU) will show "Birth of a Nation" by D. W. Griffith

'Birth of a Nation' is scheduled to be shown at the Strand the same week two men are lynched in Pilot Point.

"This most wonderful spectacle ever visioned is to be presented...on January 17 and 18.," gushes one collegiate writer at Denton Lass-O. The film was shown at the Old Main Building on the campus of C. I. A. (now TWU).

Society notes indicate Mrs. Jim Simmons, Mrs. Jesse Davidson, Mrs. William Davidson, Mr. & Mrs. A. W. Palmer, Miss Mildred Palmer, Mr. & Mrs. Cavier Lipscomb, Miss Minnie Pascall, Mrs. L. H. Schweer, Mrs. W. G. Edwards, and Miss Irene Davidson went…

Excitement and anticipation are exhibited in the number of articles about "Birth of a Nation" the week prior to its screening at C. I. A.

In anticipation of the screening of "Birth of a Nation" the following day, Denton Record-Chronicle gushes about the film. Of particular note is the paragraph on Lillian Gish's costumes as family heirlooms.