Promethean Literary Society Held First Meeting
1910 October 20
Promethean Literary Society holds first meeting.
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Contributors’ Club Founded
1910 Fall
The Contributors’ Club founded under the direction of Professor Kirkland to promote original literary contributions. Membership in the Club was "regarded as an honor."
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Commencement Held June 21, 1910
1910 June 21
New York State Normal College commencement held at the College Auditorium.
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First Known College Theater Performance
1910 May 13
Sheridan’s “The Rivals” performed in the Auditorium. This is the first known college theater performance by students.
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Men’s basketball played first inter-collegiate matches versus Albany Medical College and the Union College freshmen. The scores were A.M.C. 53 and S.N.C. 10 and Union 26 and S.N.C. 6. The rest of the games included matches against local high schools and the State Normal College fared much better,...
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The second Soldiers Memorial Tablet, costing $411.71, is installed in the Administration Building (subsequently Draper Hall) entrance hall. It replaced the original tablet lost in the 1906 fire.
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–The Class of 1910 orders a stained glass memorial window for the Auditorium (now Hawley Hall) . The window was designed and executed by Mr. Chapman of Albany. The window was to be mounted over the main entrance to the Auditorium, subsequently named Hawley Hall.
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The departments of industrial arts and home economics were officially opened in 1910, with instruction in industrial arts beginning in February of 1910. H.B. Smith was elected chair of the industrial arts department. The industrial arts department was discontinued in 1920 and the home economics...
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The department was discontinued in 1932.
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227 Students
1910
Enrollment was 227 students for 1910.
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Dedication Ceremony Held For Downtown Campus
1909 October 28
The dedication ceremony is held for the Downtown Campus with speakers Governor Charles Evans Hughs, Commissioner of Education Dr. Andrew Sloan Draper, and Regents Vice-Chancellor St. Clair McKelway. Draper, in his address, said the school would be “a pedagogical college. It is to give a liberal...
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State Normal College Athletic Association Formed
1909 October 15
The Athletic Association formed first by men and soon joined by women to promote all sports, but principally “basket ball,” to take advantage of the “well-equipped gymnasium” in the basement of the Auditorium (later the Hawley Building). The men played an inter-collegiate and high school schedule...
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School Occupied The Three Building Downtown Campus
1909 September
School occupied the three building campus consisting of Science, Administration, and the Auditorium. In December 1927 the building were given the names: Husted Hall, Draper Hall, and Hawley Hall (now Dewey).
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The courses were scheduled to close at the end of the school year. However, in June it was decided that if there were at least twenty five students in a grade, then seventh and eighth grade students would be allowed to finish their courses.
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The Executive Committee becomes the Board of Trustees reporting jointly to the Commissioner of Education and the Regents.
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Physical Education added to curriculum in the Department of Physical Training headed by Fanny A. Dunsford, A.B., Professor.
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127 Students
1909
Enrollment was 127 students for 1909.
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The Newman Study Club Founded
1908 Fall
The Newman Study Club is founded, the first Catholic group on campus. Open to any woman interested in studying the life and writings of Cardinal Newman. Chi Sigma Theta Sorority, known as Kappa Nu Sorority from its founding on October 5, 1914 until it adopted the name Chi Sigma Theta on Feb. 17,...