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1.
First Known Research Grant

1930 June 9

First known research grant. President Brubacher announces a five year grant from the Spellman Foundation of $12,000 per year to study child development and parental education focusing on the Junior High School level. The Albany Schools would be conducting a similar study on pre-school learning at...

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California Branch Of Alumni Association Formed

1930 Spring

California Branch of Alumni Association formed reports President Brubacher.

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Signum Laudis, The Campus Honorary Society Formed

1930 May 23

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Signum Laudis, the campus honorary society, formed and the draft constitution is printed in the State College News. President Brubacher and Dean Meltzer became the first honorary members. In the fall Louis Wolner was elected the first student president of the honorary.

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First Floor Of Hawley Hall To Be Converted Into College Library

1930 February 21

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New York State budget includes $40,000 to convert the first floor of Hawley Hall into the College Library.

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Warren Cochran Graduates

1930 June

Warren Cochran was the second identifiable African-American male graduate of the New York State College for Teachers

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Torch Light Ceremony And Procession Initiated

1930 June 14

Torch Light Ceremony and Procession initiated. Over 100 alumni participated in the inaugural Procession. “The Torch Light Procession lead to the Administration [Draper Hall] steps where seniors handed down to juniors ‘the light of intelligence’ and received from Miss Keating [Alumni Association...

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Commencement Held June 16, 1930

1930 June 16

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New York State College for Teachers commencement held at the David Perkins Page Hall.

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1328 Students

1930

Enrollment was 1328 students for 1930.

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American Association Of University Women Accredits New York State College For Teachers As Liberal Arts College

1931

American Association of University Women accredits New York State College for Teachers as liberal arts college. The NYSCT was the third teachers college to win accreditation, and the first state teachers college to do so. Teachers College of Columbia was accredited in 1917 and the George Peabody...

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Edward Eldred Potter Club Formed

1931

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Edward Eldred Potter Club formed "to form a closer bond between alumni and undergraduates, to raise the social standard of State College." Potter was a World War I New York State College for Teachers' military hero. The club bore his name at President Abram Brubacher's suggestion.

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