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On July 28, 1971, Northeastern Illinois State Col- lege inobtrusively became Northeastern Illinois University — a renaming that occurred incon- spicuously in comparison to the other name changes that have taken place during the col- lege ' s 102 year history. Northeastern ' s roots date back to 1869 when the Chicago college system began with the Illinois State General As- sembly authorization to establish Normal School in the Village of Englewood. The initial change took place when Englewood was annexed to Chicago and ownership, control, and support of Normal School was transferred to the City of Chicago. During this period the Chicago Department of Public Instruction offered a six month program, the completion of which entitled the students to a teaching certificate. (Unlike our present teaching certificate which requires four years of college and a college de- gree, the 1890 c ertificate only entailed six months of work.) A minor alteration in the structure of Normal School took place in 1896 when the Chicago Board of Education became the sole governing body of the school. A more drastic and far reaching change took place in 1938 when Normal School was autho- rized to grant the Bachelor of Education degree as well as the teaching certificate. As part of this change a four year curriculum was intro- duced and graduate study inaugurated. All of these events occurred simultaneously with the school ' s name becoming Chicago Teachers Col- lege. As increasing demands were made for accessi- ble teaching-training facilities in Chicago, branches of Chicago Teachers College sprouted up in various locations around the city starting in 1949. These overcrowded conditions led to the 1957 decision to establish a permanent northside campus at Bryn Mawr and St. Louis Avenues. Educators convened and hearings were held to determine the type of college required to meet the needs of the city. In 1961 this college, Chi- cago Teachers College North, began operation at its new location. President Jerome Sachs and Mrs. Berniece Zim- merman, Associate Dean of Students, were both present during those hectic opening days. They both recall how the school was seemingly swamped in seas of mud due to the unfinished landscape, and relate how construction work blocked the passageways in many of the cor- ridors. According to Dr. Charles Moran, former college vice-president and professor of mathematics, he and fellow faculty members moved into the present Administration building on August 1, 1961, with the students following in September. Dr. Moran recalls when the building was first occupied a decade ago, there was little differ- ence in the appearance of the main building be- tween now and then. There were no annexes or portables, however, and no glass had been in- stalled in the windows of the Beehive, causing rain to come in the building and forcing the deans and faculty to maintain their offices in the A-wing carrells. During CTCN ' s first trimester, the one thousand- member student body consisted almost entirely of residents from Chicago ' s northwest side. As time passed, a more heterogeneous group of students began to attend. Soon students were coming from all sections of the city and suburbs, as well as from foreign countries. At thr.- outset, only an elementary education curriculum was offered, but as the needs for secondary education and liberal arts curriculums increased , these two areas also became a part of thf- college program. Transferring from the southside Foreman and Sabin branches of the college, the twenty-seven students in the first graduating class received their degrees in May of 1962. Many of the present professors and administra- tors have been part of the college since its open- ing days. A group of professors, including Drs. Goldberg, Scharf, and Walker, came here from Mayfair Junior College. Dr. Sachs held the title of Academic Dean ' and taught three classes
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