History of San Diego State University Through Word and Images
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| Beautiful Picture of SDSU's Hepner Hall |
San Diego State University: A History in Word and Image, by Raymond
Starr, is the first and only comprehensive history of the largest campus
in the California State University system. Originally conceived as a
history through photographs by the late John Adams, whose generosity has
made possible this publication, the work expanded to become a
full-fledged history of the University. Separate chapters cover the
founding of the institution in the 1890s in downtown San Diego,
subsequent transfer to its Park Avenue site, then later relocation to
Montezuma Mesa.
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| The start of SDSU |
Founded March 13, 1897, San Diego State University began as the San Diego Normal School,
a training facility for elementary school teachers. Seven faculty and 91 students
met in temporary quarters over a downtown drugstore before moving to a newly constructed
17-acre campus on Park Boulevard.The curriculum was limited at first to English, history and mathematics. Course offerings
broadened rapidly under the leadership of Samuel T. Black, who left his position as
state superintendent of public instruction to become the new school's first president.
Black served from 1898 to 1910.
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| Night image of SDSU Campus |
