Humboldt State’s chapter of the International Knights service fraternity was founded on campus in 1949. Established in the 1920s at the University of Washington, chapters soon spread throughout the West Coast. An excerpt from the Knight’s manual reads “To be a Knight it was necessary that one be primarily outstanding as a student and a gentleman; and his loyalty to his school and its undertakings beyond reproach. His college and what it stood for were to be always foremost in his mind. At no time was a Knight allowed to forget the dignity of his position.”
Today the Internet, cable television and video games compete for our attention. In the 1950s listeners to North Coast radio tuned into KHSC for much of their entertainment and the station was highly regarded from its outset. Creative original programming, both dramatic and musical, was a highlight of the student work. The station delivered news, had broadcasting duties at HSC football games and posted real-time scores during the World Series as a community service.
What is currently the campus events field originally functioned as a baseball diamond. Men’s baseball was played on campus through the early 1980s when budget constraints and new regulations from Title IX led to a reorganization of university athletics.
In this view from Founders Hall, the west side of campus is visible. The old library, erected in 1962, appears in the background. In front of Siemens Hall is a patch of grass where today a large heather planter sits.
This undated photograph shows Humboldt State's observatory, which was built in 1971 with the donation of a 60-acre site from three alumni as part of the Astronomers of Humboldt County Club. Located on Fickle Hill Road, the observatory originally housed a 12.5-inch reflecting telescope. Today, students access computer-controlled 16- and 12-inch telescopes and several smaller telescopes.
A thoroughly modern look was chosen for Humboldt State’s 50th anniversary in 1964.
In this page from the 1927 issue of the Cabrillo yearbook, the first homecoming celebration is described. The inaugural event, honoring the class of 1917, included a bonfire, evening “Pajamarino” dance and a “Bean Feed” sponsored by the campus “Y”.
According the _California Aggie_, the Pajamarino tradition is based on U.C. Davis’s first homecoming event, when students snuck out of the residence halls in pajamas to greet visiting alumni at the train station.