California State University Sacramento - Statesman Yearbook (Sacramento, CA)

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And the years multiply, ten, twelve, twenty: A lifetime to the very young Deathtime to the aged Pittance in the scheme of time and things. In this brief span of years a war Was fought and won The space was pierced With gilded missile hulks: And in this span of twenty A school has come of age. si ThE Say Raf

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Twenty Years Pass As College Comes Oy Ager. : = Progress from a barren campus site to a thriving academic community marks the first twenty years of Sacramento State College history. The first graduate is reported to have said, “The Class of 1948 will be in continuous reunion as the years pass.’ His vision at that first commencement on June 3, 1948, is borne out by the unexcelled growth and excitement generated by the beau- tiful four year college on the American River. WI Dr. Guy A. West, President of SSC throughout the first eighteen years, directed its rapid growth and was on hand to witness the many firsts in its history. W@ Hornet traditions were sealed for posterity with the laying of the cornerstone on October 5, 1952. Copies of the Hornet, the Statesman and the Handbook were placed in the stone. One student slipped in a love letter to his wife saying, such formal things were being placed there that I felt something ordinary should be put in too.” M@ Highlighting the early years was the first traditional Homecoming game played against the Cal Aggies on Oct. 9, 1954. In the Spring the first wall mural to decorate the campus appeared. Secs © sor ae a7 2 ee er ae ttf

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Where flooded fields once bore fruit to feed a nations peoples, a place was struck to feed the hungry minds of youth. With tractors men turned up the furrowed row to plant the steel-ribbed cage of structured rooms, with chromium lights and plastic knobs and floors of imitation stone; with translucent window shells to filter through the light of knowledge. 8