232 1923 The High School Department was discontinued by the Commissioner of Education of the L. D. S. Church. The institution was named Weber College. The first Associate of Arts title was conferred. 1925 The Gymnasium Building was erected at a cost of $300,000.00 1928 The first Associate of Science title was conferred. 1931 Weber College became a member of the American Association of Junior Colleges. 1932 The College was accredited by the Northwest Association of Secondary and Higher Schools. 1933 Weber College, transferred by gift to the State of Utah, became a state-supported junior college operated under the direction of the Utah State Board of Education. 1934 By Federal Grant, extensive remodeling of the Moench Building and landscaping of the campus was made possible. 1935 Leland H. Creer became president. Administration committees were inaugurated. 1937 Henry Aldous Dixon became president for the second time. 1938 The Vocational Building was constructed by grant of $65,592 from the Public Works Administration for the erection of a building to cost $142,760. The Central Building was purchased from the Ogden City Board of Education by authorization of Gov. Henry H. Blood. 1939 Weber College became a member of the American Coun al on Education. 1940 Weber College was one of nine schools participating in a national study of terminal education. The dormitory on 24th Street was acquired as a gift fi Dm the Weber County Commissioners. 1941 The dormitory on Adams Avenue was purchased by authorization of the Governor. The first Certificate of Completion was conferred on all terminal students. 1944 Eighty acres of Snow Basin were leased from the U. S. Forest Service for a summer school and winter sports refuge site. 1945 The War Production Training Program was discontinued May 31. An appropriation of $99,826 was authorized by Governor Herbert Maw for purchase of campus property. 1947 The State Legislature appropriated $50,000 for Weber College to secure an adequate campus site on condition that the community raise a like amount. A community-wide drive netted more than the $50,000, which made possible the purchase of 175 acres of land extending between 37th and 40th Streets, and from Harrison Boulevard to the mountains. Through a grant from the Federal Works Agency, six temporary buildings (18,000 square feet) were moved to the lower campus. 233 1948 The State Board of Examiners appropriated $250,000 toward the first building on the new campus. The Eccles home, located on the northeast corner of Jefferson Avenue and 26th Street was presented to Weber College by Royal Eccles on behalf of the children of Bertha Eccles. The home is now known as the Bertha Eccles Hall. 1949 House Bill 2, approving a four-year educational program at Weber College in the fields of Arts and Science, Business, and Education, passed the Utah State Senate and the House of Representatives. The bill was vetoed by Governor Lee and failed to become law. 1950 The central section of the entrance-way to the new Weber College campus was completed. The entire project was financed by means of a $25,000 contribution of the Ogden Rotary Club. 1951 Stadium construction was commenced on the new campus. 1952 The Weber College Advisory Board was organized under the sponsorship of President H. A. Dixon, by agreement of the State Board of Education. The purposes of the Advisory Board were defined as being advisory only. 1953 A two-year nursing program was initiated on an experimental basis under the sponsorship of Columbia University. The new stadium was first used. William P. Miller succeeded Henry A. Dixon as President. A Special Session of the Utah State Legislature voted to return Weber College to the L. D. S. Church. This action was placed before the people on a referendum, and the people voted overwhelmingly to keep Weber College a State Institution. 1954 Instruction began on the new campus at Harrison Boulevard and 37th Street. 1955 Legislature provided twenty-two acres of land for the new campus and $525,000 for a technical education building. 1957 New Technical Education Building and Stores Building completed on Upper Campus. Some funds appropriated by the legislature to initiate work on a new Gymnasium Building on the Upper Campus. Funds also appropriated for the purchase of additional land south of the Upper Campus (Beus and Ferrin property). 1958 The Technical Division occupied the new building on the upper campus. President Miller and family moved into the home at 4012 Harrison Boulevard which was included with the Ferrin property the college purchased. Initial steps were taken leading to the construction of a Union Building. 1959 The legislature enacted legislation making Weber a four-year college, the Junior year to be offered beginning in 1962-63, first four-year graduates 1964. The legislature also authorized funds so that Weber could buy additional land and commence construction of a new gym building. The basketball team won the National Junior College Championship.