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Show Sign Off- Take 3 - Wednesday, May 31, 1989 u..mv Ira ffinfiral) Sign Off -Take 3 - Wednesday, May 31, 1989 9 k WO yean llenge, dedication and growth U . 1 I , : Ming in 1925 Utah to become a state-supported institution. By then the college had moved to a campus site on Jefferson Avenue between 24th and 25th streets. But this proved to be inadequate for the post-war boom in students, and in 1947 the state legislature appropriated money to purchase a new campus site, on the condition that the community would raise an equal amount. The community rallied and 175 acres of land were purchased on the foothills east of Harrison Boulevard. Then in 1954, the move was made to the new campus site, with some classes continuing at the old downtown location. In 1959, following a Tong struggle for four-year status, the legislature overwhelmingly passed a bill allowing Weber to offer baccalaureate degrees. The first senior class was graduated in 1964 the 75th anniversary of the school's founding. It was just the year before that 1963 that the name was officially changed to Weber State College. Located at the base of the majestic Wasatch Mountains, and near the shores of the Great Salt Lake, Weber state College now serves approximately 10,000 students each year, and graduates more than 1,500 each spring. It is indeed a "total college" in that it meets the needs of students from every education, and technology. One can obtain a baccalaureate degree in one of 52 major fields of study and a Master of Education and Accounting. WSC is using its strength, fashioned from a rich history, to carry it into a very promising and exciting future. r ! n S r, .SW J WJWfc' -11 -SfF-JIW WW 1 1 "WW I, 5 9 ft ! Depression students pay tuition with produce (1931-32) Upper campus site (1947) DOOOOOO tmcnt (1910) i r - . . ' - . - - ,' i ; Dance Club (1928) DOOOOOO tat 1 Weber Dormitory on original campus site r , ;- 5 , , -i ' , ; " - n. , ci ' t ..v .! |