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

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Presiden+ DwighT D. Eisenhower Dear STudenTs oT San Jose STaTe College: CongraTulaTions on The hundredTh anniversary oT your alma maTer. IT is an imporTanT milesTone in The developmenT oT our STaTe as well as a happy and signiTicanT occasion in The life oi The college. A cenTury ago CaliTornia was one oT The youngesT and mosT undeveloped in The galaxy oT sTaTes. Today by any measuring sTiclc iT is one oT The mosT imporTanT commonwealThs oT The Union. ThaT achievemenT has been made possible in large parT by our sysTem oT public educaTion. Yours is The oldesT of our public insTiTuTions oT higher educaTion and is The largesT oT our Ten sTaTe colleges. Lilce mosT worThwhile 'insTiTuTions iT had a humble 'beginning and has grown To iTs presenT sTaTure Through The energy and devoTion oT ThousandsoTTeachers and sTudenTs. ITs progress has noT always been easy, buT There have always been among you Those who were possessed oT The spiriT To make Things move Torward. You call iT The SpiriT oT SparTa and in emulaTion call your- selves 'SparTans. You can well be proud oT pasT achievemenTs and are To be commended Tor perpeTuaTing The spiriT which made Them possible. ln a world ThaT is gripped by Tear and Turmoil, iT is a good Time To reaTTirm your proud heriTage. CongraTulaTions To The sTudenTs, TaculTy, and alumni on The one hundredTh anniversary oT San Jose STaTe College. As SparTans, you can Talce deserved pride in The achievemenTs oT your college and in iTs many conTribuTions To The advancemenT oT educaTion in CaliTorn'ia and The sTrengThening oT our naTional socieTy. This anniversary year will be one oT TurTher dedicaTion To The highesT goals oT San Jose. You will enTer your second cenTury wiTh renewed sTrengTh and conTidence in The American way oT liTe: an educaTed ciTizenry developing To The Tull The spiriT and resources oT our counTry. Since The early days oT sTaTehood. San Jose STaTe College has occupied an imporTanT posiTion oT educaTional leadership To The youTh and people oT The STaTe oT CaliTornia. Ea rl Wa rren

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Presidenf John T. Wahlquisi' Presidenfs Message A college sTudenT's yearbook should be one of The mosT popular books in his home library. IT Tells a sTory ThaT he will never Tire oT re-reading-a sTory of The people and places he knew as a sTudenT aT San Jose STaTe College. ' This parTicular yearbook is doubly valuable. lT's our CenTennial EdiTion-The TirsT we have ever had, and The lasT we morTals oT I957 will be privileged To see. l would wish This reminder oT our morTaliTy To be wholly inspiraTional. IT should remind us oT The preciousness of our waking hours. The pricelessness oT our American heriTage To live Tree and creaTive lives, and The poTenTialiTies wiThin us, as educaTed men and women, To make The pursuiT ol? happiness a spiriTual quesT. l earnesTly hope ThaT your college da s have helped you To move Toward your various goals. And l sincerely believe ThaT This beauTiTul yearbook will preserve Tor you your TondesT memories and your noblesT aspiraTions as long as you live. 1 Sincerely, !

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IT is a pleasure Tor me To send greeTing To The many associaTes oT San Jose STaTe College, boTh presenT and pasT. A cenTury oT conTribuTions To The educaTion oT CaliTornia's youTh deserves The highesT commendaTion. .. The college noT only holds The disTincTion oT being The oldesT sTaTe insTiTuTion oT higher learning. buT iT also sTands as a shining example oT a service To The people. As The populaTion oT The Golden STaTe grows, The necessiTy To enlarge This and oTher colleges becomes a viTal problem. The milesTones passed by San Jose STaTe represenT a basis Tor The answers To These problems. l am sure ThaT generaTions To come will loolc To This college Tor leadership. Cordially, Governor fan Ygism E Hg was sms a was mam From iTs original beginnings as a normal school, The developmenT oT The college has closely paralleled The emergence oT CaliTornia Trom a roughT TronTier wilderness inTo one oT The naTion's richesT agriculTural and indusTrial regions. The vasT populaTion increases oT recenT years are reTlecTed in The growTh oT enrollmenT and program oT The college. Every indicaTion is ThaT The San Jose STaTe College oT The second one hundred years will sTand near The Top oT insTiTu- Tions oT higher learning in CaliTornia and in The naTion, in Terms oT size, scope, and qualiTy oT insTrucTion and in services To The people aT large. InvesTmenT oT maTerial and human resources by The l.egislaTure and The people oT CaliTornia aTTesTs To The viTal place and endless conTribuTions which The college has made To The CaliTornia we lcnow and, more imporTanT, To The Caliifornia which is To be. I saluTe The college on The aTTainmenT oT iTs cenTennial. Sincerely, DocTor Roy E. Simpson Sfafe Superinfendenf of Public Insfrucfion and Direcfor of Educafion