Chicago State University - Emblem Yearbook (Chicago, IL)

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OReUJORD - ' - ' ecause we are a regular college now has be- ly come the expression frequently heard in our changed pattern of living and learning at the Chicago Teachers College. Student life has been re- vised, fronn entrance examinations to graduation exer- cises: elimination of the section system, initiation of individual programs, fewer class hours, more reading requirements, less tradition, more worthwhile activity. With the entire student body conscious of the radical changes, internal and external, that our college has undergone during the past year in order to become a full-fledged degree granting institution, it is only fit- ting that we present a pictorial and written record of our metamorphosis. We have set out to produce a yearbook that will be a publication worthy of our increased size and higher status, and to do justice to the numerous changes that have been wrought throughout the cur- riculum and social set-up. It is fitting that such an an- nual representing the life of a school should be staffed by members of all classes. Lowerchssm3n and upper- classmen have united their efforts in planning and exe- cuting the myriad details that are necossarily a part of the work, and their display of responsibility has been a proof of the co-operative spirit engendered. We present for your approval the culmination of our efforts. THE EDITORS.

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■ninerf. ' U v J viDilsked BY THE STUDENTS OF fHltflift COLLtfig

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o On June 14, 1939, a fond dream will be realized, a hard-fought battle won. Thirty-six candidates will receive their Bachelor of Education degrees. Chicago T achers College, the Cook County Normal School of Colonel Francis Parker, will have become the fully accredited four-year college that Its founder had envisioned and hoped for. With the addition of a second year to the origi- nal one-year course in 1867, the first step toward the accomplishment of Colonel Parker ' s dream was ef- fected. Still nearer was the goal when the three-year course of the Chicago Normal Colbge was initiated in 1926. As the growth progressed and changes were made In the organization and curriculum the students have willingly adjusted themselves to the advance- ment. The latest and most Important addition has placed these people in a position to show their con- fidence and trust in pioneering the first four-year course when It was not required that they do so. This class has chosen to carry the burden of experiment. Their graduation will be the triumphant fruition of that experiment through the accrediting of Chicago Teach- ers College as a four-year school. With such a memorable occasion to dominate the spirit of our alma mater, no person or other event could merit the distinction for our dedication. Thus, to the fulfillment of a dream and to the class which has so courageously inaugurated the new system and has the honor of receiving the first degrees granted by our college, we dedicate the Emblem of nineteen hundred thirty-nine. D E D