University of the Pacific - Naranjado Yearbook (Stockton, CA)

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..........ii.i.i. ' The College of The Pacific is fhe oldesf incorporafed educafional in- sfifufion in California. If was granfed a charfer, July IO, I85I. under fhe name of California Wesleyan College. The Board of Trusfees af ifs firsf meefing, Augusf l5, I85l. vofed fo change fhe name fo The Uni- versify of fhe Pacific, and fhe legislafure sancfioned 'rhe change in a new charfer granfed March 29, l852. The insfifufion was known by fhis name unfil June 23, I9I I, when, in accordance wifh changes in ifs plans and purposes, fhe name was changed by courf proceedings fo fhe. Col- lege of fhe Pacific. Unfil I87I, when if was removed fo San Jose, 'rhe Universify of fhe Pacific was locafed in fhe fown of Sanfa Clara. ' In fhe lafe fiffies. fhe Universify founded fhe firsf medical school in fhe Sfafe. This was afferward incorporafed as fhe Cooper Medical School of San Francisco. which was lafer acquired by fhe frusfees of Leland Sfanford Junior Universify and now forms fhe medical deparfmenf of fhaf insfifufion. ' ln I896, Napa College, sifuafed af Napa, California. was consolidafed wifh fhe Universify of fhe Pacific and ifs graduafes are now enrolled among fhe alumni of fhe College of fhe Pacific. ' The College was founded upon co-educafional principles. lfs obiecf is fo mainfain a co-educafional College of Liberal Arfs under modern living condifions, sfressing fhe highesf scholarship and fhe broadesf cul- fural advanfages. The College is non-secfarian, buf inferesf in fhe spirif- ual life is sfimulafed. ' The Annual Conference of fhe Mefhodisf Episcopal Church. af ifs session held in San Jose in I92 I, by unanimous vofe requesfed fhe frusfees of fhe College fo relocafe fhe insfifufion on a fracf of land in or near fhe cify of Sfoclcfon. In fhe summer of I924 fhe College was moved from San Jose fo fhe new Sfoclcfon campus, on a fracf of fiffy acres given by fhe J. C. Smifh Company. ' On fhe I-Iarrief Smifh Memorial Campus are locafed eleven beaufiful buildings as follows: Adminisfrafion, Weber Memorial. Conservafory of Music. Women's I-lall, Men's I-lall, Manor I-lall, Anderson Dining and So- cial I-Iall, Wesf Memorial Infirmary, Power I-louse, fhe Presidenf's home: also a well equipped modern gymnasium of wooden consfrucfion, wifh baslcefball courf of regulafion size: Baxfer Sfadium is locafed on fhe cam- pus, near fhe gymnasium. There are also seven halls of residence owned and mainfained by fhe frafernifies and sororifies, housing approximafely fwo hundred sfudenfs. HISTORY