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Progressive Era Cal Poly

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The college I hope to attend is California Polytechnic State University in San Luis Obispo, California. The school was founded in 1894 when a local journalist gathered the townspeople to lobby for a state school in their town. They got the governor to sign legislation to establish California Polytechnic School. The first classes were on October 1, 1903.

During the Progressive Era Cal Poly started out as a vocational high school. The school became the country’s leading undergraduate university in the West. In 1914 Robert Weir Ryder was given the role as director. Students of the university assembled a student body association and the campus had enjoyed many celebrations which brought 3,000 visiting students back to the campus. World War 1

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