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

A Reflection

On Monday, April 21, 2025, after news of Pope Francis’s death arrived at Santa Clara University, Dennis C. Smolarski, S.J. stood in the Mission Church and gave a homily for Mass. His words reflected on the miracle of Easter, hope, and the example Francis gave others to follow.

Back to Basics

Bridging classrooms and living rooms, the BBILY Project helps parents help kids with math.

The Accent Artist

Turn those hard American As into proper British “ahs” with the help of dialect coach Kristin Hill ’25

Moral Dilemmas on Wheels

Anthropologist Melissa Cefkin steers us through the ethical predicaments of self-driving cars.