Chicago State University - Emblem Yearbook (Chicago, IL)

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N.itc the children plavmi; uleetulh in the child care center plavgruund, with expressions of contentment and happiness, while their parents t;o about the business ol i;ettini; an education.

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On a typical day at CSU one can witness various sights such as the R.O.T.C. Color Guard posting Colors in front of the Cook Administra- tion building. While students are attending classes in the Daniel Hale Williams Science Building or studying in the Paul-Emily Douglas Li- brary; two of the buildings that epitomize the institution ' s beauty.

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Verne O. Graham. President, Chicago Normal Collet;e. 1936-1038 John A. Barrkv. President. Chicane Teacher ' s College. 1938-1942 i RY OF CHICAGO STATE IMVERSIT ' history began ver a century ago. Higher Education in Chicago dates back t( and property owner donated a twelve-foot square log stable i James I. Swcanngen. Preside Chicago Teacher ' s College. lO-j DfTian by the name of EHza Choppell on. the school enrollment began to in- ? rented. Between 1837 and 1847 there : acre campus was located m a rural en- ind by 1969 to an urban area of high w location for the college Places that venue. Later the Roseland area was Chicago river to the public interests for educational purposes. A very special received the first money from the Chicago School Fund back in 1834. As time we crease and there were never enough seats. Consequently, rooms and buildings v were H18 scholars enrolled and only 8 teachers under contract In 1869. the twenty vironment which over the past century had changed successively to a suburbs density with 100 percent black residents. In 1966 a search had been made for a were within the area bounded by 6. rd, Stony Island. 103rd street, and Kedzi considered, but eventually not used. In 1961 the general assembly in the State of Illinois established the present Board of Higher Education as a permanent coordinating, planning agency in the state. The Cook County Normal and the Chicago Teachers College changed names several times. The school had changed its role in life completely from that of a teacher- training institution to that of a multi-purpose university. It also changed racially as it changed its address. When Chicago Stare I ■ni t-rMr moved to its new campus, it took with it a long tradit 1. C-S.U. evolved from a box car on a railroad siding in the year 1867, to a s in 1972, The new campus building nearly completed in Phase I of three proposed stages of de- Hale Williams Science Center, the Paul and Emily