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Introduction
One of the most important, but often overlooked, aspects of any
university is its campus. A university needs buildings for professors
to teach in, students to gather in, and people to eat in. A university
needs a library, a gymnasium, an auditorium, classrooms, art studios,
and dormitory rooms. And what would an American university be without
a stadium for football games?
California University of Pennsylvania's campus is remarkable in
many ways. Grass, trees, bushes, and flowers are far more abundant
than on many a college campus. California's campus is spacious,
and on sunny days, one might wonder if there isn't some amazing
machine in one of the science buildings that makes the sky so blue.
The buildings vary greatly in size, architectural style, and age,
and each has its own particular beauty. However, perhaps the most
remarkable aspect is that California University was not founded
by wealthy benefactors or powerful groups of people. Almost every
building, every plot of land, and every renovation project on campus
was a hard-fought victory.
This site has been created to honor the men and women who worked
so very hard in the past 150 years to erect the buildings we live,
work, educate, and learn in. We honor the founders, men such as
Job Johnson and John Dixon, principals and presidents such as Theodore
Noss, John Watkins, and Robert Steele, as well as professors, alumni,
administrators, and the people of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania,
whose selfless donations of time, funds, and labor mean so very
much to us.
This site owes thanks to the many people who helped in its development.
These include, but are not limited to:
- Helen Grochmal, Library
Services
- Dr. Kade Kos, Library Services
- Dr. Laura Ann Tuennerman-Kaplan,
History and Political Science
- Dr. Regis Serinko, author ofÊCalifornia University of Pennsylvania:
the People's College in theÊMonongahela Valley
- The yearbook staff for the 1926 Calnorsean
- The yearbook staff for the 1934 Monocal
- The yearbook staff for the 1948 Monocal
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