Central YMCA College was a college operated by the YMCA in Chicago, Illinois , United States. It was founded prior to or in 1922. and was accredited in 1924. It was closed in 1945 after the university president and a large majority of the faculty and students left to form what became Roosevelt University .
5-529: Central YMCA Community College opened in the fall of 1961 and operated until June 1982. It was sometimes called Central YMCA College for short, but had no formal connection to the earlier institution. In 1945, Edward J. Sparling , then president of the College, refused to provide the Central YMCA College board with the demographic data of his student body. He feared it would provide the basis for
10-573: A B.A. from Stanford University and his Master's and Ph.D. from Columbia University where he lived in the International House of New York . During World War I , Sparling served in the U.S. Army as a flying instructor. In 1936 to 1945 Sparling became president of Central YMCA College in Chicago and served there until 1945 when he incorporated Roosevelt College, which would admit students regardless of race or religion. The college became
15-399: A quota system to limit the numerous blacks , Jews , immigrants , and women enrolled at the school. When Sparling was fired, most of the faculty and students left with him; they voted to start a new college with a vote of 62 to 1 for faculty and 488 to 2 with the student body. This College was originally called Thomas Jefferson College . After the death of President Franklin D. Roosevelt,
20-430: The college was renamed in his honor. It later achieved university status. In August 1945, Central YMCA college closed down. In November 1944, of the approximately 2500 students at Central YMCA College, ethnic and religious minorities included the following: The College did not offer student athletics due to racial discrimination, as there were restrictions on Negro usage of YMCA athletic facilities. The school newspaper
25-706: Was the Central YMCA College Central News. Central YMCA Community College, which is sometimes called Central YMCA College, was founded in Fall of 1961. It closed in June 1982. Edward J. Sparling Edward J. Sparling (1896-1981) was an educator who was the founder of Roosevelt University in Chicago, Illinois . Edward Sparling was born in Panoche, California in 1896. Sparling received
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