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Daybridge Child Development State College: Higher Education.—The state supports 14 colleges and universities: Clinch Valley College (Wise); George Mason College (Fairfax); Long-wood College (Farmville); Madison College (Harrisonburg); Mary Washington College (Fred-ericksburg); Norfolk State College (Norfolk); Old Dominion College (Norfolk); Radford College (Radford); University of Virginia (Charlottes-ville); Virginia Commonwealth University (Richmond); Virginia Military Institute (Lexington); Virginia Polytechnic Institute (Blacksburg); Virginia State College (Petersburg); and the College of William and Mary (Williamsburg). In 1966 the state established a system of two-year community colleges which was eventually to include 28 colleges operating under a state department of community colleges.
SAN FRANCISCO STATE COLLEGE,a state coeducational institution, located on a 94-acre campus near Lake Merced in southwestern San Francisco, Calif. Established in 1899 as San Francisco State Normal School, it became the San Francisco State Teachers College in 1921, and a state college under its present name in 1935, offering courses in liberal arts and sciences to supplement the professional work in education. In 1945 the college was authorized a five-year program for providing general secondary school credentials.
Cultural progress kept pace with economic j daybridge child development state college. Richmond College (now the l"~ versity of Richmond) was founded in 1830; the Medical College of Virginia, originally • of Hampden-Sydney College (founded in 1." became an independent institution in 1854 later a state college. The Virginia Gazette,: lished in Williamsburg since 1736, moved to new capital in 1780, and was the first newsr; to be published there. In 1804, the Richm.: , |
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