California State University Long Beach - Prospector Yearbook (Long Beach, CA)

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that was In September, 1949, Los Angeles-Orange County State College (now Long Beach State) opened its doors to 160 upper-division students. Classes were held in a hastily converted apartment building, adjoining garages were turned into laboratories and a laundry room served as a canteen. Education apartment-style” proved to be tremendously popular ... or should we admit that the demand was for education—any style? By the fall of 1950. the enrollment had skyrocketed to 1100 and the apartment began to bulge at the seams. Something just had to be done. Came the solution: temporary quarters on the permanent campus site. I 4

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Future Library Building PECTOR ) D Y • LONG BEACH STATE COLLEGE • LONG BEACH, CALIFORNIA • Barbara Harris, Graduates • Nancy Hayes. Activities • Gus Kroll. Organizations • Ron Howarth, Athletics editor • Will Walker, business manager • Dick Petrie, cover design • Faculty Advisor: Dr. Wilfred P James

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 TIMBER! —Troctors ond ubiquitous piles of lumber became standard equipment in 1951, when the temporary quarters on the compus were started. Some of the emergency buildings were completed by September, 1951; others were still “in process” at the opening of school. Of necessity, therefore, students began the arduous task of commuting between two cam- puses. And as for concentration ... it was like trying to study at a carpenters’ convention Yes. school life was really hectic then; but the pioneering Forty-Niners were an undaunted, determined, indomitable lot. They stayed with it and attracted more students by their example—with the net result that Long Beach State College continued to grow by leaps and bounds.