“The ‘Rock’ (first student dormitory for men)” in the 1942 Franciscan” yearbook, page 27 (Updated over a year ago)

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San Francisco State had a junior WPA (the NYA), and students earned $ .25 per hour to chop down all of the trees in February 1940. The NYA boys were sent to do preliminary cleaning of the Lake Merced site and The “Rock,” located on the corner of Utah and Pariposa streets, was established as San Francisco State College’s first dormitory housing these twenty male students. Under the direction of baseball coach Hal Harden, the students did their own housework but employed outside help to prepare meals. The Rock offered room and board to the “inmates” that were some of the College’s most prominent athletes. Pictured: Hal Harden, Jack Freeman, Jerry Senter, Bill Shinn, Ken Gomez, Bill Stein, Caesar Orgini, Dave Senter, Paul Fritz, Lloyd Minear, and Gene Burton.

Tags: bill shinn , bill stein , caesar orgini , dave senter , gene burton , hal harden , jack freeman , jerry senter , ken gomez , lake merced campus , lloyd minear , male student dormitory , national youth administration , paul fritz , san francisco state college , student housing , the “rock”

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  • Creator: Students, San Francisco State College
  • Date: 1941-1942
  • Title: “The ‘Rock’ (first student dormitory for men)” in the 1942 Franciscan” yearbook, page 27
  • Description: San Francisco State had a junior WPA (the NYA), and students earned $ .25 per hour to chop down all of the trees in February 1940. The NYA boys were sent to do preliminary cleaning of the Lake Merced site and The “Rock,” located on the corner of Utah and Pariposa streets, was established as San Francisco State College’s first dormitory housing these twenty male students. Under the direction of baseball coach Hal Harden, the students did their own housework but employed outside help to prepare meals. The Rock offered room and board to the “inmates” that were some of the College’s most prominent athletes. Pictured: Hal Harden, Jack Freeman, Jerry Senter, Bill Shinn, Ken Gomez, Bill Stein, Caesar Orgini, Dave Senter, Paul Fritz, Lloyd Minear, and Gene Burton.
  • Type: Photograph
  • Format: TIFF
  • Source: University Archives
  • Temporal Coverage: 1941-1942
  • Rights: Public
  • Publisher: San Francisco: San Francisco State College Students
  • Contributor: Meredith Eliassen

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