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San Jose State UniversitySJSU ScholarWorksFaculty and Staff Publications Library5-1-2007"Where Tradition Meets Tomorrow: San JoseUniversity 150 Years, 1857-2007Danelle L. MoonSan Jose State University, danelle.moon@ucsb.eduFollow this and additional works at: https://scholarworks.sjsu.edu/lib_pubPart of the Archival Science Commons, History of Gender Commons, Political HistoryCommons, Social History Commons, United States History Commons, Women's HistoryCommons, and the Women's Studies CommonsThis Presentation is brought to you for free and open access by the Library at SJSU ScholarWorks. It has been accepted for inclusion in Faculty and StaffPublications by an authorized administrator of SJSU ScholarWorks. For more information, please contact scholarworks@sjsu.edu.Recommended CitationDanelle L. Moon. ""Where Tradition Meets Tomorrow: San Jose University 150 Years, 1857-2007" “What’s in the Vault: The Collegeand University Experience,” Society of California Archivists, Annual General Meeting (2007).Where Tradition Meets Tomorrow—150 Years at SJSUDanelle MoonSJSU Special CollectionsSCA, Long BeachMay 18, 2006150 Years ofSJSU Student Life University History Timeline• Founded in 1857 as the Minns Evening Normal School, San Francisco• May 2, 1862 first California State Normal School• 1870 Groundbreaking Ceremony at “Washington Square” • 1887 became a “State Normal School”• 1921 San Jose State Teachers College• 1935 San Jose State College• 1972 CSU, San Jose• 1974 San Jose State UniversityGeorge MinnsFounder Minns Evening Normal School1857-1862, 1865-66Ahria HolmesPrincipal1862-1865William T. LuckyPrincipal1868-1873San Jose State Normal Schoolca. 1890-1910Members of the SNC Tennis Club, 18931880 Commencement1877 Courses of InstructionFootball Team , 1899Student with Trophy, 1914Class Portraits, 1910Chemistry Class, 1917Sewing Class, 1914May Fete1909College Life in the Roaring Twenties and ThirtiesLa Torre 1927State College BandTower Hall 19271924 La Torre1932 Women’s Sports—Basketball and TennisClubs and Societies 1930sThe War Years1941-1945• Pre-war enrollment peaked at 4,100• 1942 enrollment dropped to 2,960• Police School was closed for duration • New vocational courses in Industrial Arts including war chemistry and engineering drawing were open to war workers• 1943-1944 population shrank to 234 male students, and 1,349 womenLa Torre1943 Enlistees1944 EnlisteesPost War Years1945-1950Post-War Expansion• 1945 enrollment increased to 2,500• Spartan City—Married Student Housing constructed to address anticipated heavy enrollment following the war.• Fall 1946 enrollment reached new high-- 5,972 undergraduates• 1948 7,041 students enrolled• 1950 first MA degrees were granted to 11 students1947 Sewing Class1947Student Radio StationFun and Frolicking Clubs and Societies1950s• 1953 SJC had over 52 clubs and societies• Included honor societies, subject societies, fraternities, sports, theater arts, business and accounting, education, community service, religious, and housing clubs• Examples include Greek Societies, Flying Twenty, Black Masque, International Students, Spartan Oriocci (Japanese), Ski Club…….Alpha Phi Omega Pledge, 1949Athletics• In 1913 the student body was dominated by women, and the sports team reflected the gendered population• By 1948 male students represented 4,420 of the total 7,041 population• Men’s sports becomes a central part of student lifeSan Jose State Normal SchoolFootball Team1899San Jose StateFootball1956The Thieves’ Carnival, 1958Student’s at Spardi Gras, 1920s1960s and 1970s• Student population exceeded 20,000• New College formed in 1968—self-contained liberal arts interdisciplinary 4 year program (ended 1981)• Civil Rights and the Vietnam War produced student unrest, protest, marches, and created a new culture of change and opened the door to diversity• Chicano Studies, African American Studies, Asian Studies, Women’s Studies, and Gay People’s  Union Tommy SmithWhere Tradition Meets Tomorrow-150 Years• 150th Celebration—opportunities• share experiences and values• Celebrate 150 years of academic excellence• Increase awareness of SJSU to city, regional and state history• Donate materials to Special Collections that document student life experiences

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