The Soldiers Memorial Tablet Was Unveiled
1900 June 14
The Soldiers Memorial Tablet honoring the Normal School Civil War dead was unveiled at the conclusion of a successful Alumni fund-raising campaign.
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The Neon Published
1900
The Neon, the first student yearbook, is published. No other yearbook exists until 1904.
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Minerva first appears in Draper Hall
circa 1901
A 1909 article in The Echo welcomed back the Minerva statue to Draper Hall in what is now the Downtown Campus. The article stated that Minerva "graced the college with her presence for five years before the fire" that burned the Willett Street home of the college in January 1906. This is the best...
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Commencement Held June 14, 1901
1901 June 14
New York State Normal College commencement held at Normal College Hall.
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Young Women's Christian Association (Ywca) Founded
1904 January
Young Women's Christian Association (YWCA) founded. The YWCA printed the first Student's Handbook in 1904 which while mainly describing the functions of the YWCA also listed student groups and publications and provided general advice to students.
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Senior Yearbook, New York State New York State Normal College, Nulla Vestigia Retrorsum Published
1904
The senior yearbook, New York State Normal College, 1904, Nulla vestigia retrorsum, published. This was the school's first yearbook since 1900 and it contained portraits of faculty and graduating students along with the graduates' signatures.
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The New York State Normal College acquired its first gymnasium at 100 Willett Street. The expenses were subscribed by donations from faculty & students. The gymnasium was used by both men and women for exercises and basketball teams.
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The Crimson & White, the State Normal College's high school student magazine/yearbook first published. The University Archives do not hold the first three issues of the Crimson & White published in October 1904, December 1904 or February 1905. The oldest issue held in the University Archives is...
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Goodwin Plan Is Enacted By The Regents, Turning The State Normal College A Four Year Liberal Arts College For Teacher Training.
1905 December 14
Andrew S. Draper/Edward J. Goodwin Plan is enacted by the Regents, turning the State Normal College a four-year liberal arts college for teacher training. The Draper/Goodwin Plan directed that the College discontinue all training for the elementary schools, institute admissions requirements “...
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Fund Raising Begins For Husted Award
1905 January 17
Fund-raising begins for Husted Award, honoring Albert N. Husted, on the occasion of his 50th year of service as a teacher. The fund would support graduate study in education. Husted served as a teacher until 1912, dying three days after he taught his last class. Classes contributed funds to the...
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Commencement Held June 16, 1905
June 16, 1905
New York State Normal College commencement held at Normal College Hall.
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This is now the downtown campus. The Normal College bought the land for this campus from the Albany Orphan Asylum, giving them the Willett Street property and adjacent land plus $75,000. The four and a half acre parcel purchased from the Asylum was bounded by Western Avenue (637 feet), Washington...
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Dr. Aspinwall is appointed to the position. He was given no additional compensation for the job.
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–First students admitted to the four year Draper/Goodwin liberal arts curriculum.
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Willett Street Building Burns
1906 January 8
The Willett Street building burns, destroying most historical records, the Alumni Memorial Window, the Soldiers Memorial Tablet and all the oil portraits of Principals, Presidents, and Executive Committee members which were hung in the gutted Assembly Hall. At its annual meeting on June 14 & 15,...
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Commencement Held June 15, 1906
1906 June 15
New York State Normal College commencement held at Trinity Methodist Church.
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Purple & gold again mentioned as school colors in the Echo. “The purple and gold” is a verse from a college song by Louise Ward Clement.
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Albert Randolph Ross, Architect and Hon. George Lewis Heins, State Architect, jointly commissioned to design the new three building Washington & Western Avenue Campus. Ross designed the exterior in the classical Georgian style, while Heins offices prepares interior drawings and specifications....
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It was reported at the June 24th and 25th alumni meeting that the Alumni Association had been incorporated to allow the receipt of bequests of funds. Incorporation also allowed them to sue and be sued. The treasurer announced at the same meeting that the Husted Fellowship Fund had reached a total...
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Second fundraising campaign begun for a Civil War Memorial Tablet was launched by the Metropolitan Alumni Association at its February meeting. A. N. Husted named chair of the fundraising committee at the Annual Meeting in June. The new tablet is currently in storage in the University Archives.