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College moves to North Avenue campus.
A single building (later named Houston Hall) houses all college activities.
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| Mesa's Auditorium/Gymnasium |
The Library |
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Hall under construction. |
| Germany invades and occupies Denmark, Norway, Netherlands, Belgium, and
France. |
| | Franklin
Delanor Roosevelt wins third presidential nomination. |
| Best Picture: Rebecca | |
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Japanese forces attack U.S.
Pacific Fleet at Pearl Harbor.
Gasoline is rationed. Mavericks
IJCC track and football champions.
Football team receives national recognition.
 | "Most
outstanding week of the school year is Hell Week, bringing seven days of unshaven
laddies and haggard lassies who, devoid of makeup, look like a pack of starving
zombies. Hell Week requires all freshmen to wear monkey-looking dinkies. The men
go unshaven with hair parted in the middle and plastered to each side of the head."
(pictured, Bill Crutcher) From 1941 Yearbook | |
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College gears up for WWII
Male student enrollment declines
U.S.
forces turn back Japanese advance in the Battle of Midway and Guadalcanal. U.S.
scientists develop the first computer. Germans launch the V2 rocket, world's
first successful rocket. |
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Varsity sports abandoned for duration of the war.
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| Navy establishes pilot training program at the college. | Ross
Business College absorbed by Mesa College. |
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No male graduates
Student
poll: Dewey edges FDR 39-37
| Television comes into commercial use in the United States. British
and U.S. forces liberate France. Ballpoint pins hit the U.S. market. Best
Picture: Casablanca |
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Veterans Counseling Center established
Vo-tech
curriculum launched
| 38 nations meet and draw up the United Nations charter. The
Allies complete the conquest of Germany. The United States drops atomic
bombs on two cities in Japan. U.S. divorce rate reaches the world's highest
rate at 31% "Bebop" craze sweeps the nation. Best picture:
Going My Way |
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Summer school inaugurated
Enrollment
exceeds 700 Campus
appearance: Mischa Elman, violinist
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Temporary buildings from Kearns Air Base (UT) installed on campus
Includes cafeteria, classrooms, offices, and veterans housing. | |
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Mavericks
leave IJCC and enter Colorado Junior College Athletic Conference.
 | Women´s
dorm, Mary Rait Hall, on College Place occupied. It becomes the second permanent
campus building. | Cold War crisis emerge as Russia blockades
Berlin. Tension mounts in Germany. The State of Israel is proclaimed. |
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Mavericks
win CJCC championships in basketball and tennis. New
2,300-seat Lincoln Park stadium dedicated. Best
Picture: All the King's Men
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