San Antonio College - El Alamo Yearbook (San Antonio, TX)

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Forewo rd - S-r 1 9.-'H 1 :L i i S Q. El Alamo Photographic Ed- ' 1 +5 itor LeRoy Haws presents to the San Antonio College ig' N' A, ,Uk Q52 ' S ' I' L. students a different view of the well-organized building plan which lends itself easily to expansion. ll 5. - , just as the physical growth has kept up with the city so has the curriculum been expanded to meet the growing enrollment in both the Day and Evening Divisions. On September 21, 1925, the University Junior College opened with an enrollment of 200 students. Today more than 5,500 Day and Evening students fill every classroom from 8 a. m. to 10 p. rn. Monday through Friday. The College also offers some courses taught on Saturday until noon. Thus San Antonio College, in its physical expansion to meet the growing need of a metropolitan community college, has not neglected the high academic and cultural standards of work which are identical with those of large institutions of higher education. Throughout this 1959 El Alamo, the staff has tried to tell the story of the rapid growth of a community college within an expanding city. It is their hope that as you read and view the story of San Antonio College you may visualize its further progress and expansion. In September, 1926, this building on South Alamo, formerly occupied by the famous German-English School, became the first home of San Antonio junior College.

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