South Texas Junior College: Difference between revisions

{{nottobeconfusedwithdistinguish|South Texas College}}

| established = {{Start date|19231948}}

| type = [[Private collegeuniversity|Private]], [[junior college]]

| president = W.William I. Dykes (1972–1974)

| athletics athletics_affiliations= Texas Junior College Athletic Conference (TJCAC)

| affiliations = [[YMCA]] (1923–1967)<br />[[Harris County, Texas]] (1967–19741948–1967)

'''South Texas Junior College''' (STJC) was a [[Junior_collegeJunior college#United_StatesUnited States|junior college]] located in [[Houston|Houston,&nbsp;Texas]] ([[United States|USA]]).

In 1923 the college opened as a part of theThe [[South Texas School of Law and CommerceYMCA]]. [[Youngopened Men'sSTJC Christianin Association]]1948 and [[Harris County, Texas|Harris County]] operated the two-year [[coeducational]] [[liberal arts]] school; no [[tax|tax money]] supported the school. The YMCA pioneered the concept of night school, providing educational opportunities for people with full-time employment.

At first classes occurred in the old Downtown YMCA building at 1600 Louisiana. In 1949, the school had 144 students. The [[South Texas College of Law]], also under the YMCA umbrella, dominated most of the funding and attention of the college before the two groups decoupled in the mid-1960s. As part of this, classes moved to the [[Merchants and Manufacturers Building]] at One&nbsp;Main Street in 1967, when theSTJC [[Southended Texasits Collegeaffiliation ofwith Law]]the splitYMCA. toTwo becomeyears itslater, ownunder institutionPresident W.I. TheDykes, the college hadbought the Merchants and Manufacturers Building outright and took over most of the building for classes and administration. Enrollment dropped, however, throughout the late 1960s and early 1970s, from an all-time high of nearly 5,000 students to 2,737 students and 120 faculty members by 1973. The YMCA and [[YWCA]] buildings provided dormitories for students. At one time it was the largest private junior college in the United States, and in 1974, still ranked among the top ten.

On August 6, 1974, the [[University of Houston]] acquired the assets of South Texas Junior College and then opened the [[University of Houston–Downtown College (later renamed [[|University of Houston–Downtown College]]) as a {{nowrap|four-year}} institution.<ref>{{Handbook of Texas|id=kbs28|name=South Texas Junior College}}</ref>

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