San Jose State College - La Torre Yearbook (San Jose, CA)

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The Board accepted'the offer of the San Francisco Board of 0 Education tendering to it the use of a vacant room in the high school building of that city. It was decided to open the Normal School on the third Monday in July. , The number of pupils was limited to sixty. At a subsequent meeting of the Board of Trustees Ahira Holmes of San Francisco was elected principal. Up to the date set for examination, July 18, only one applica- tion for admission was rejected. On the day appointed, July 21, 1862, the school was organized with six students, one man and five women. At the close of the term the total number had increased to thirty-one, three of whom were men. , a The school was conducted in San Franesico for some years and with increasing success. In March, 1870, the Legislature selected San Jose as the per- manent location for the State Normal School. With the act of the Legislature of 1870 selecting San Jose as the permanent home of the school an appropriation was made to erect buildings to accommodate the rapidly growing number of students. San Jose gave the state the square ' of land, 8Washington Square? consisting of some twenty-eight acres, which the school occupies and her citizens also made generous donations as induce- ments to secure the institution. 1 The first session of the school in San Jose opened June 21, 1871. No records have been found to show the total number of students registered, but twenty-one were graduated in that class. It is noticeable that in its fifty-three years there have been but ten principalseor presidents as in July, 1896, the title of the execu- tive head was changed to president. , . The names of these heads of the institution and their length of service follow: Ahira Holmes, July, 1862, to June, 1865. George W. Minns, June, 1865, to June, 1866. Henry P. Carlton, June, 1866, to July, 1867. George Tait, July, 1867, to February, 1868. William T. Lucky, from 1868 to August, 1873. Charles H. Allen, August, 1873 to July, 1889. C. w. Childs, July, 1889, to July, 1896. t A. H. Randall, July, 1896, to July, 1899. James McNaughton, July, 1899, to July, 1900. M. E. Dailey, from July, 1900 g

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Eliarm Ahnut the 2175111 311152 g?tatv Nnrmal gulynnl Olnllei'lph 11g Er. Eailey Q? TATE SUPERINTENDENT A. J. MOULDER recommended to the California Legislature of 1862 an appropriation of $5,000 for the establishment of a State Normal School. The Legislature, by act of May 2, 1862, established a State Normal School and appropriated $3,000 for the support of such a school for five months. The act shows that the school was to be held in the iidaytimefi and that tifemales of 15 years or overi, should be entitled to admis- SlOIl. Following are some extracts from the act: ttThe Board of Education of the State of California, together with the superintendent of common schools in the city of San Francisco, Sacramento and Marysville are hereby constituted tex officioy a board of trustees of the Normal School of the State of California as hereinafter provided? iiSessions of such Normal experiment school shall be held in the daytime at least once each day for five days of each week, during five months of each year? nFemales of fifteen or over or any male of the age of eighteen or over shall be entitled to admission upon declaring in writing to the superintendent of public schools his or her intention to engage permanently in teaching 1n the common schools of this state iiThe State Superintendent shall Visit the school at least once each month. ,, itAt the close of the session the Board of Trustees shall exam- ine pupils as to their fitness and grant certificates to teach two years. The first meeting of the Board of Trustees under this act was held in Sacramento 011 May 23, 1862. There were present at that meetmg: Governor Stanford Surveyor General J. F. Houghton State Superintendent of Schools A. J. Moulder City Superintendent George Tait of San Francisco City Superintendent G.Tay10r of Sacramento. Governor Stanford was chosen chairman and Superintendent Tait secretary. Thus it will be seen that a man whose name is so widely known in the state, with whose development he was so long and :SBO closely identified, was the first chairman of the Normal School oard.

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Illamltg mummy 0111111 65 In 1907, through the efforts of Miss Agnes E. Howe, the Faculty Womenls Club was organized. . This small body of en- thusiastic women soon became the nucleus of a chain of educational clubs formed throughout the state. Later these clubs co- operated and formed a federation. . The object of the Faculty VVomenis Club was twofold. First, it was to further the interests of the school and the welfare of the students in every possible way. - Second, it was to reach into a wider field and endeaver to promote higher standards of education within our state. This was to be achieved by representation in the State Teachers Association, and through legislation. Here in our Normal the Faculty Womenis Club has watched the social life of the. school, has upon several occasions brought talent to add to the intellectual progress of our Student Body, and has entertained every class graduating since the formation of the club. An open-air Shakespearean performance by the Ben Greet Company, a lecture by Helen Keller and several concerts and other lectures are among the many things accomplished for the students. Last year, from the lecture by Helen Keller, five hundred dollars was realized, and this amount was donated to the Students, Loan Fund. l This year the Faculty Women entertained the Christmas and the March graduating Classes at Charming affairs. Their recep- tions are always original and delightful. The faculty members have always felt the need of regulating the society dances given at Normal, and at present the regulation of these dances is under serious consideration. The students of Normal are just beginning to realize the benefit of such a club, and they are trying, in every way, to coeoperate with its views. a Hail and Farewell! iTis the way 'of the wise, iTis the New World way of sharing our best; Wisdom dwells not alone in the elder East, Nor does strength come only out of the 'West. The North to the South gives, but takes return; The members are many, the body one. And mankind awakes, not alone to know There is good in all things under the sun, But to feel with a thrill the old-time truth-- Nothing truly is ours that useless lies; , The treasure buried breeds moth and rust; lTis the treasure broadcast that multiplies. --R.uth Royce.