New Jersey State Teachers College - Seal Yearbook (Trenton, NJ)

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-1 A ' 'A M r H Construction of new Math and Science building. ' I Architectural drawing of new Math and Science building.

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5911, N, -. 5 YQ. x C R .331 44 97' 1855. 1925. 1926 1927. 1928. 1929. 1929. IVIILESTONES IN THE COLLEGE HISTORY Act of New Jersey Legislature established New Jersey State Normal and Model School. Authorization to grant B.S. degree. First bacheloris degree granted. State Board of Education requested that the downtown site be sold and buildings be built on a new location. 395,000 appropriated, one hundred iive acres at Hillwood Lakes purchased. Elementary and kindergarten-primary cur- ricula extended to three years from two. An optional fourth year led to the B.S. de- gree. Name changed to State Teachers College and Normal School at Trenton. 1930 Trenton Normal Schoool to 1936. Buildings erected at Hillwood Lakes: Green Hall, Kendall Hall, the Library, the Physlcal Education Building, five dormitories Qfour for women and one for menj, and the power house. 1935. Elementary and kindergarten-primary curricula became four-year programs. 1937. Name changed to New Jersey State Teachers College at Trenton. 1940. Eighty additional acres purchased, total area now one hundred eighty-iive acres. 1946. To accommodate returning war veterans, Federal Housing Authority assisted in building a temporary dormitory to house fifty-five students. Also erected were two apartment buildings accommodating sixteen families. 1947. Authorized to grant the degrees: Bachelor of Library Science and Master of Science in Education. 1947. Ten temporary housing units constructed for twenty families under the State Housing Authority. CThese were dismantled in 1955.J Industrial Arts Building erected by Federal Works Administration. 1951 Citizens of New Jersey approved fifteen million dollar bond issue for construc- 1951 tion on teachers college campuses. First master's degree awarded. and 1952 Two family apartment buildings converted to temporary dormitories for women. 1954 1954 1955 Library Science minor added to curriculum. Construction begun on womenis dormitory and food service building. Dedication of William F. Phelps Hall, a dining hall and student center, and Centennial Hall, a dormitory for 203 women. Authorized to offer graduate cur- riculum for teachers of deaf or hard of hearing. 1955 and 1956. Year of Centennial Celebration. 1957. Authorized to grant degree of Master of Arts in Music. Library named the Ros- coe L. West Library. 1958. Name changed to Trenton State College. Alumni Meditation Chapel started. 1959. Approval of School Nurse Program, Undergraduate Curricula in Speech Arts and Speech Correction, and Graduate Programs in Business Education and Spe- cial Education. 1960. Passing of the Second Bond Issue for the advancement of higher education in the state colleges, Rutgers University and the Newark College of Engineering. Approval of graduate programs in Science, Mathematics, and Industrial Arts. Opening of the William Antheil Demonstration School. , Dedication of Alumni Meditation Chapel. Granting of Bachelor of Arts degree for the first time. 1961. Approval of undergraduate program in Special Education. 1962. Construction begun on an addition to the Health and Physical Education Build- ing, a new women's dormitory, a new Industrial Arts building, a new Music building, and a new Science and Mathematics building. 1 1 11 l I