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.
California Hotel; College buildings; Debating halls; Education; Photographs; Santa Clara (Calif.); Santa Clara College (Calif.); Santa Clara County (Calif.)--History;
Early classroom and debating hall in upper story of the California Hotel, a former Mission building and roadside inn.
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.
College students; Education; People; Photographs; Santa Clara (Calif.); Santa Clara County (Calif.)--History; Student life; Swig Hall; University of Santa Clara; Vietnam War; Women;
Black-and-white photograph of student residents of Swig Hall debating the Vietnam War in 1970.
Santa Clara University (Calif.); Mission Santa Clara; Santa Clara (Calif.);
Mission Church as it appeared after an Italianate Victorian façade of wood with two matching towers was laid over its original adobe front in 1861. The California Hotel with its second floor Debating Hall can also be seen.
