Santa Clara University (Calif.); Classrooms; Education; Debates; adobe buildings
Interior of Debating Hall and early classroom located in the upper story of the California Hotel. The adobe structure was former mission building and roadside inn, taht was converted by John Nobili, S.J. into one of Santa Clara's first classrooms.
Santa Clara University (Calif.);Debates; Student organizations
Interior of Debating Hall. The Philalethic Debating Society, formed in 1856, was the first collegiate debating society modeled after the national legislature in Washington.
