Historic SDSU photos
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 |  | | The new student union opened on April 4, 1940. These 3 coeds were among the 5,000 students, faculty, and townspeople who attended the opening. |
|  |  | | | Presidential hopeful Dwight D. Eisenhower poses for a publicity shot in the Bummobile during his 1952 campaign stop in Brookings. |
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 | | | In the distance are the North, Central and South buildings, dated from around the turn of the century. |
| |  | | | 1915 J.I. Case Steam Traction Engine in the Agricultural Heritage Museum spent its working life north of Watertown, SD. |
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 | | | Graduating class of 1892. |
| |  | | | Presidential candidate Dwight D. Eisenhower addresses a large crowd in Coolidge Sylvan Theatre on a campaign stop in 1952. |
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 | | | The clang of cowbells at basketball games in the Barn was so loud, spectators could hardly hear the calls. Cheerleaders use the Rooter King in the February 1955 game to rouse the crowd. |
| |  | | | After the ritual "burying of the razor" in the fall, male students paid a penalty if they shaved before Hobo Day. |
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 | | | Freshman Day, held each September, oriented students to the campus. This photo is from 1957 gathering in the Gymnasium. |
| |  | | | These Army Specialized Training Corps students, on campus during WWII, are working in a physics lab. |
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 | | | Hobo Day Royalty, 1960. |
| |  | | | Hobo Day, 1916. |
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 | | | A Hobo Day celebration on Main Avenue, downtown Brookings, meant more customers for the local businesses. |
| |  | | | Students enjoy Bum Stew during Hobo Week, 1957. |
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 | | | 1970 Hobo Day parade float. |
| |  | | | The Gymnasium/Armory went up on the north end of campus in 1918. |
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 | | | Working with children in the Nursery School, mid 1930's, provided learning experiences for Home Economics students. |
| |  | | | Engineering students in the 1930s took advantage of the campus green for their surveying classes. |
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 | | | Holding approximately 7,000 books in 1905, the college library, located in Old Central, was eventually moved to the new Lincoln Library building in 1927. |
| |  | | | The top of the campanille. Photo by Paul Horsted. |
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 | | | The Maypole Dance on Women's Day held each May drew crowds for four decades. This photo is from the 1960s. |
| |  | | | A 1939 band trip to Winnepeg won the State College students first prize in a competition, and they performed for the visiting King George VI and Queen Elizabeth of England. |
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 | | | An entry in the 1958 Hobo Day parade showcased State's need for new athletic facilities. |
| |  | | | Enrollment at State mushroomed after WWII ended. Here, on Registration Day in 1946, the veterans make up 46% of the registrants. |
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 | | | The entire student body and faculty gathers in front of the Administration Building in 1924 for this panoramic photo. |
| |  | | | Clothing class, May 1955. |
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 | | | Scholarship Recognition Day, initiated in 1953, brought high school students to campus to see what State College had to offer. |
| |  | | | Threshing on campus. |
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 | | | The South Dakota legislature approved the change from college to university in 1964. |
| |  | | | Begun in 1936, the Blue Key Club introduces its smoker to stir up Hobo Week enthusiasm. By the 1960s, the Blue Key Smokers and the "cigarette girls" became passe'. |
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