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

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Edifor's Noie . . . If yearbooks can be classified in fhe field of greafness by fhe number of nervous wrecks fhey make ouf of fheir sfaffs fhen-BOY-fhis one is greaf. lf's nof very offen a Cenfennial year pops up, and fhough we were caughf guife prepared, we could nof anficipafe all fhe hearfaches. prob- lems, and, we rnighf add, skepficism we would run info. We make no excuses, however, because we feel fhere are none fo be made. We are proud as a roosfer af mafing fime. We sincerely believe fhaf fhis, fhe I957 Cenfennial Edifion of fhe La Torre, is fhe greafesf year- book ever. lf cerfainly is fhe greafesf in size. lf's over one-fhird larger 'rhan ever before. Size, of course, is nof fhe whole sfory, for fhe book would be of liffle value if ifs size was fhe only significanf change. There are many new innovafions which have been used by our sfaff. The color pages you will see were processed in a manner never used before af San Jose Sfafe. For fhe firsf fime since l949 we have used an embossed cover. Our layouf is sornefhing new foo. We like fo call if SPARTARAMA. As you look fhrough fhe book, nofice fhaf if was designed fo encompass fwo pages af a fime. This fwo-page fheme is followed all fhrough fhe book. We have fried fo be original, imaginafive, and af fhe same fime give you qualify. We knew fhaf fue Cenfennial year required a Cenfennial efforf. Our ulfimafe goal has been fo make fhis yearbook fhe supreme peak of yearbooks. Along wifh fhaf goal has been fhe upper mosf fhoughf in our minds fhaf we musf please you, fhe sfudenfs of San Jose Sfafe College. Oh yes, fhere are faculfy members, various disfinguished people, and our alumni who read our book. buf you are our besf and mosf cherished cusfomers. We feel we can safely say fhaf fhis is YOUR book. Your approval is our reward. We sincerely hope fhaf you will find enioymenf in fhis, fhe memoirs of San Jose Sfafe College. We wanf fhis book fo be a living memory of life af fhis college since l857. We have fried also fo presenf fo you an up-fo-fhe-minufe accounf of fhe I956-l957 school year-our CENTENNIAL YEAR. So, fellow Sparfan, sfarf flipping pages, and keep flipping fhem for years fo come, and remember . . . fhere will be ofher Cenfennial year- books coming from San Jose Sfafe, buf you have fhe mosf prized possession, Tl-lE FIRST ONE! Z 'WJ' Edifor.

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And we will never forget

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The Firsf Cenfury of San lose Sfafe College Any sfucleni' who enfers +his Sfafe College for even a shorl' 'lime should know somefhing of fhe hisfory of fhe school. lf he remains awhile, he wan'I's fo know. lf he sees il' 'rhrough, he is proucl 'lo know . . . H. F. MINSSEN, vice-presidenf lAc+ing Presidenf from January, I925, +o Sepfember, l927l These memorable words served as a preface fo fhe second hisfory of San Jose Sfafe College, wriffen in I928 by Mrs. Esfelle Greaf- head, a graduafe of fhe school and for many years a member of fhe faculfy. l-ler Sfory of an Inspiring Pasf followed fhe very firsf wriffen hisfory, published in I889 and compiled by Charles I-I. Allen, fhen in his lasf year as Normal School principal. The nexf hisfory was nof fo be published unfil l957, fwenfy- nine years affer ifs predecessor. This cenfennial hisfory, which appeared during fhe IOO-year celebrafion fesfivifies during May, 1957, was wriffen by Dr. Benjamin Gilberf, associafe professor of hisfory and a recognized aufhorify on California hisfory. ln fhe following pages, we bring you a recollecfion of early days on campus, a recounfing of San Jose Sfafe College achieve- menfs, and a fribufe fo fhe men and women who have helped make if fhe greaf educafional insfifufion if is foday. We hope fhaf fhis special cenfennial issue will serve as a small reminder fo all sfudenfs, faculfy, and ofhers, of fhe vasf changes which have occurred during fhe pasf one hundred years. We recommend fhe works of Professor Allen, Mrs. Greafhead and Dr. Gilberf. Their books reveal fhaf San Jose Sfafe people fruly have been pioneers for one hundred years af one of fhe oldesf feacher-fraining insfifufions in fhe wesl.