Santa Clara Snapshot: 1911

Stats from a summer snapshot.

Santa Clara Snapshot: 1911
St. Joseph's rises: The first building constructed after the 1906 quake

$1 Per day in the infirmary

2 Lectures daily at 2:30 and 7:15 p.m. in each of the three classes in the law department

4 Hours per week of Greek

$5 Tuition per month for college study

8 Buildings on campus (Mission Church, Memorial Chapel, Infirmary, Commercial building, Theater building, the old chapel building, the Literary Congress building, and the Scientific building)

$10 Deposit for Pocket Money

$400 Law school annual tuition, and room and board.

Jon Teel ’12

Spin Masters

In searching for patterns that would differentiate one species of webspinners from the next, Professor Janice Edgerly-Rooks wondered: What if you put their steps to music? Would you be able to hear the differences?

A Strong Red

Santa Clara’s signature red has been around since the late 1800s. Before it was made official, though, we were almost the blue Broncos.

Unspooling Stories

Art historian Andrea Pappas explores the sneaky feminism woven into colonial embroideries.

The Pope, AI, and Us

Santa Clara’s Markkula Center joins the Vatican in contemplating—what else?—the ethics of AI and other disruptive tech.