Editing Arizona State University (section)

===1885–1929===
[[File:Arizona State University Old Main circa 1890.jpg|thumb|Old Main on the Arizona Territorial Normal School (future Arizona State University) campus, {{circa|1890}}]]

Arizona State University was established as the '''Territorial Normal School''' at Tempe on March 12, 1885, when the [[13th Arizona Territorial Legislature]] passed an act to create a [[normal school]] to train teachers for the [[Arizona Territory]]. The campus consisted of a single, four-room schoolhouse on a 20-acre plot largely donated by Tempe residents George and Martha Wilson. Classes began with 33 students on February 8, 1886. The curriculum evolved over the years and the name was changed several times; the institution was also known as '''Tempe Normal School of Arizona''' (1889–1903), '''Tempe Normal School''' (1903–1925), '''Tempe State Teachers College''' (1925–1929), '''Arizona State Teachers College''' (1929–1945), '''Arizona State College''' (1945–1958) and, by a 2–1 margin of the state's voters, '''Arizona State University''' in 1958.

In 1923, the school stopped offering [[Secondary school|high school]] courses and added a [[high school diploma]] to the admissions requirements. In 1925, the school became the '''Tempe State Teachers College''' and offered four-year Bachelor of Education degrees as well as two-year teaching certificates. In 1929, the [[9th Arizona State Legislature]] authorized Bachelor of Arts in Education degrees as well, and the school was renamed the '''Arizona State Teachers College'''.<ref name=TNS>{{cite web |url=http://www.azarchivesonline.org/xtf/view?docId=ead/asu/tnsrec.xml |title=Tempe Normal School Records, 1885–1930 MSS-149 |year=2014 |publisher=Arizona Archives Online |access-date=May 27, 2014 |archive-date=May 25, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140525233759/http://www.azarchivesonline.org/xtf/view?docId=ead%2Fasu%2Ftnsrec.xml |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="Academicprograms">{{cite web |url=http://www.asu.edu/lib/archives/asustory/acpro.htm |title=The New ASU Story: Academic Programs |year=2001 |publisher=Arizona State University |access-date=May 27, 2014 |archive-date=October 6, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141006095704/http://www.asu.edu/lib/archives/asustory/acpro.htm |url-status=live }}</ref> Under the 30-year tenure of president [[Arthur John Matthews]] (1900–1930), the school was given all-college student status. The first dormitories built in the state were constructed under his supervision in 1902. Of the 18 buildings constructed while Matthews was president, six are still in use. Matthews envisioned an "evergreen campus", with many shrubs brought to the campus, and implemented the planting of 110 Mexican Fan Palms on what is now known as [[Palm Walk]], a century-old landmark of the Tempe campus.

During the [[Great Depression]], [[Ralph Waldo Swetman]] was hired to succeed President Matthews, coming to Arizona State Teachers College in 1930 from Humboldt State Teachers College where he had served as president. He served a three-year term, during which he focused on improving teacher-training programs.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.asu.edu/lib/archives/preslist.htm|title=Principals and Presidents of Arizona State University – ASU Library|website=Asu.edu|access-date=December 11, 2017|archive-date=June 29, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110629190306/http://www.asu.edu/lib/archives/preslist.htm|url-status=live}}</ref> During his tenure, enrollment at the college doubled, topping the 1,000 mark for the first time.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.asu.edu/lib/archives/asustory/pages/11lead.htm|title=ASU Library: The New ASU Story: Landmarks|website=Asu.edu|access-date=December 11, 2017|archive-date=December 12, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171212031717/http://www.asu.edu/lib/archives/asustory/pages/11lead.htm|url-status=live}}</ref> Matthews also conceived of a self-supported summer session at the school at Arizona State Teachers College, a first for the school.