Stockton College - El Recuerdo Yearbook (Stockton, CA)

Page 7 text:

QV 9 fy 'H'- . VX M ,v ' fr .X ll Ax fn WJ , 11.1 I HIL j 1 .41 1 f 1 1 x fl, -1 I lb, IV 9,7 j' X ,lfv ,QL Qu? 5 ' Q r x J W f 2 1 f if 1 ff !Q3 x ZL3 ' W MXH' W. n W gf, 3 VN J ,Vg 51 QL :rd an gy X heyy A fl X ' I I U I I J4 iM?f H ffzfallglif J. fmflv af df, ' j MMWWYKQW Q W 6? 3 W mfg Har amsues ,Safe 9 1-J,onO,O:' ?' .Sli-169641 f65 Pd f- PM wade'- ,ow-.Jpff-!,5' ln+roduc'l'ion ----- I 7 Igifiif Adminis+ra+ion - IZ- 25 Governmeni' - - 26- 35 Graduaies- - - 36- 73 L I f e - - - - 74- IO9 Organizafions - IIO-I33 Afhlefics - - I34-I79 Adveriising - - l80-I97 Qlndex - - - xf y finale - .N M X MP UQ Qfj iM.'R v - - I98- I99 200 Page 3

Page 9 text:

my Sfoclcfon Junior C-ollege was organized in fhe Spring of I935 and fhe firsf 238 sfudenfs were enrolled as freshmen in Sepfember of fhaf year. The school was planned in such a manner as fo falce over fhe freshman year al' College of fhe Pacific fhe firsf year and fhe sophomore year in ifs second season. Since bofh schools used fhe same buildings and faculfy members, many sfudenfs didn'f realize fhey were acfually Sfoclcfon JC sfudenfs fhe firsf fwo years and C.O.P. sfudenfs fhe lasf fwo years of fheir journey info higher educafion. Enrollmenfs climbed fasf. As Sfoclcfon JC enfered ifs firsf semesfer as a fwo-year school, 677 sfudenfs signed fhe regisfer. The fhird year found I,025 a'l' work. The figure reached I,5I4 in I942, buf fhe war cuf fhe I943 fofal almosf in half. Following 'rhe war, enrollmenfs jumped very close fo 2,000. Then came 6-4-4 in I948 and Sfocldon JC was renamed Sfocldon College, moved onfo ifs own campus for fhe largesf par'l' of ifs worlc lC.O.P. confinued fo be a fwo-year upper division college unfil Sepfember I952, Sfocldon College accepfing all lower division sfudenfs in fhis areal, and enrolled fhe sfaggering number of 3,742 sfudenfs. This figure climbed gradually for fhree years, unfil fhe Korean War cuf fhe junior college division, enrollmenf in half, buf fhe high school division, was unaffecfed and confinued ifs sfeady climb. In Sepfember l955, Sfoclcfon College hif ifs pealc enrollmenf of 4,240 lI,604 junior college and 2,636 high schooll. Buf fhis is fhe lasl' year of 6-4-4. Sfoclcfon College remains and Sfagg High School will rise fo accepf fhe high school division sfudenfs. Projecfed Sfocldon College enrollmenf for I960: 3,000 sfudenfsl Dwayne Orfon was named firsf presiden-1' of Sfocldon Junior College in l935 and confinued unfil Dr. Arfhur Bawden foolc over in I942. Dr. Bawden made fhe arrangemenfs for fhe 6-4-4 plan during his fenure, buf Dr. Leon Minear was placed in confrol in I948 and 'rhus was fhe firsf fo cope wifh fhe unique arrangemenf. Dr. Julio Borfolazzo came fo 'rhe college as presidenf in I952 and, in l956, arranged for fhe dissolufion of 6-4-4 and 'rhe reversion fo fhe 6-3-3-2 sysfem. So, for 'rhe firsf 'rime in' ifs hisfory, Sfoclcfon College will be a full junior college on ifs own campus wifh ifs own buildings and faculfy when fhe doors open in Sepfember l956. The college has fruly come of age on ifs fwenfy-firsf anniversary!