Long Beach State: A Brief History

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Long Beach State: A Brief History Information about Long Beach State: A Brief History Long Beach State grew up right along with the sprawling Southern California suburbs.

Launched in 1949 amidst lima bean fields, it swelled to accommodate the post-World War enthusiasm for education and land. The rapid growth brought growing pains. Students took classes in a cramped converted apartment building with no books, playing ring-around-the-rosey for physical education. Money was scarce and faculty feuded with administration. But the new college’s can-do spirit produced a

scrappiness that endures today. Its forceful, colorful and often eccentric personalities built a sprawling, diverse college, changed its look and its mission and steered it through the genteel ‘50s and the explosive ‘60s to forge one of the largest universities in California.

Nice to see these crazy Daily 49er peeps at the CSULB Bookstore last week.
12/11/2022

Nice to see these crazy Daily 49er peeps at the CSULB Bookstore last week.

I'll be signing books Friday evening 11.4.22 at the CSULB bookstore if anyone wants to drop by. Lots of pre-Christmas di...
03/11/2022

I'll be signing books Friday evening 11.4.22 at the CSULB bookstore if anyone wants to drop by. Lots of pre-Christmas discounts on CSULB stuff. 🎄

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