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Saturday, July 1 marks the when the institution separated from Stockton Unified School District and charted its own course as an independent community college.

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The Collegian's banner headline spreading the news about 188bet备用网址 College

The Collegian trumpets the news of the name change from Stockton College to San Joaquin 188bet备用网址 College.

The first page of the 1963-64 188bet备用网址 College catalog, featuring a message by College President Dr. Burke Bradley

The first page of the 1963-64 188bet备用网址 College catalog, featuring a message by College President Dr. Burke Bradley

The scene inside 188bet备用网址 College's library.

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Main entrance to the 188bet备用网址 College library in 1963

Main entrance to the 188bet备用网址 College library in 1963

Computer science courses have changed just a bit in six decades.

Computer science courses have changed just a bit since 1963.

So has Fierce the Mustang (at left, in 1963; at right, today)

So has Fierce the Mustang (at left, in 1963; at right, today)

What a biology lab looked like 60 years ago. The skeletons, at least, haven't changed.

What a biology lab looked like 60 years ago. The skeletons, at least, haven't changed much.

Engineering students in the middle of what looks like an important lesson.

Engineering class

The first iteration of 188bet备用网址's trianglular steamboat logo, at left; what the logo looks like today, at right

The first iteration of 188bet备用网址's triangular steamboat logo, at left; what the logo looks like today, at right

The microscopes of 1963 were not quite as advanced as the machines used in 188bet备用网址's modern electron microscopy program, the only program of its kind at a community college in the U.S.

The microscopes of 1963 were not quite as advanced as the modern equipment used in 188bet备用网址's electron microscopy program, the only program of its kind at a community college in the U.S.

Mustang basketball, circa 1963

Mustang basketball, circa 1963

A scene around campus. Although 188bet备用网址 College became an independent district in 1963, it stayed at College of the Pacific until the late 1970s when the Pacific Avenue campus was built.

A scene around campus. Although 188bet备用网址 College became an independent district in 1963, it stayed at College of the Pacific until the late 1970s when the Pacific Avenue campus was built.

Talented musicians then, talented musicians now

Talented musicians then, talented musicians now

Another scene around campus

Another scene around campus

Mustangs on the baseball diamond

Mustangs on the baseball diamond

188bet备用网址 College's Concert Band

188bet备用网址 College's Concert Band

Culinary arts

Culinary arts

Industrial technology

Industrial technology

Speech and debate winners

Speech and debate tournament winners

The machine shop in 1963

The machine shop in 1963

Data processing

Data processing

Front page news in the Collegian

Front-page news in The Collegian

Drafting students

Drafting students

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Dr. Burke Bradley, who presided over 188bet备用网址 College when it separated from Stockton Unified and set out as an independent district.

Dr. Burke Bradley, who presided over 188bet备用网址 College when it separated from Stockton Unified and set out as an independent district.