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

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BRINGING BACK MEMORIES... . CSUS was first founded in 1947 and named Sacramento State Col- lege. It was located in the present- : | t day Sacramento Junior College site, [i ON | and in two annexes needed for addi- re TO BE ERECTED on this — 265 ACRE tional space. In the annexes, which were formerly restaurants and stores, Dr. Jim Bradfield, Professor of Education, recalls that refrigerators and ovens were useful not only to keep one’s lunch cold or warm, but to stare papers; he remembers a near trage- dy when certification records for teachers were scorched when some- one accidentally turned up the heat in oven where they were “filed”’. Another instance at ee: ci the Ninth Avenue ; ie i Annex, concerned students in classes that were bothered by flies and traffic noises. They peti- tioned to have their classes changed; in- stead, however, they 4 CALI FO ft it [ A i ded , eo oka: Mage OWIVERSE neer spirit. i w ‘a a Sacramento State College made the move to its new and present site between “J” Street and Fol- som Boulevard in 1953. Acting President, Dr. Guy A. West, Governor Earl Warren of California, and one hun- dred and fifty automobiles filled with students and faculty made the memorable procession through downtown Sacra- mento under a banner inscribed with the words “GO EAST WITH WEST!” 14

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7 ee 1. Coming Soon! (President Guy A. West fifth from right) 2. The latter day replacement with the seal of the California Universities and Colleges. 3. A birdseye view of CSUS, circa-1950’s. 4. Erecting the Guy West Bridge. 5. The finished product. | 6. Moving into the Eleventh Avenue Annex. Photos 1, 4, and 6, courtesy of University Ar- chivist, Georgianne Horine. Photo 3, courtesy of Sacramento Bee and University Archives. 15