California Concordia College

California Concordia College
Active 1906–1979
Location Oakland, California, United States

California Concordia College existed in Oakland, California, United States from 1906 until 1973.[1]

Among the presidents of California Concordia College was Johann Theodore Gotthold Brohm Jr.[2]

California Concordia College and the Academy of California College were located at 2365 Camden Street, Oakland, California. Part of the school buildings still exist at this location, and the baseball field looks the same. The stately ancient buildings that housed the earlier classrooms and later the dormitories are gone. The flagpole that once displayed the American flag still stands, but no flag is shown in photographs taken in 2015. The site of the former California Concordia College is now the site of a Spectrum School.

The "Academy" was the official name for the high school. California Concordia was a six-year institution patterned after the German Gymnasium. This provided four years of what in America is called high school, plus two years of junior college. Years in the school took their names from Latin numbers and referred to the years to go before graduation.The classes were named:

Those in Sexta were usually hazed in a mild way by upperclassmen. In addition, those in Sexta were required to do a certain amount of "clean-up" work around the school, such as picking up trash. Freshean were referred to as "Fuchs," the German word for "fox." [3] The hazing of freshman was referred to as "fuchsing."

Most students, even high school freshmen, lived in dormitories. High school students were supervised by "proctors" (selected high school seniors in Tertia). High school students were required to study for two hours each night in their study rooms from 7pm to 9pm. Students could not leave their rooms for any reason without permission. This requirement came as quite a shock to those in Sexta (freshmen) on their first night, when they were caught and scolded by a proctor when they left their study room to go to the bathroom without permission.

From 9 to 9:30pm all students gathered for a worship (chapel) service. From 9:30pm to 10pm, high school students were free to roam, and sometimes went to the local Lucky Supermarket to purchase snacks. By 10pm all high school students were required to be in bed with lights out. Seniors (those in Tertia) were allowed one night off where they did not need to be in their "study hall" from 7 to 9pm. There were generally five students in each dormitory room. The room had two sections, a bedroom area and (across the hallway) another room for studying. Four beds, including at least one bunk bed, were in the bedroom, and four or five desks were in the study room

A few interesting words used by Concordia students were "fink" and "rack." To "fink" meant to "sing like a canary" or "squeal." A student who finked told everything he knew about a misbehavior committed by another student. "Rack" was actually an official term used by proctors and administrators who lived on campus in the dormitories with students. When students misbehaved they were racked (punished). Proctors held a meeting once a week and decided which students, if any, deserved to be racked. If a student were racked, he might be forbidden from leaving the campus grounds, even during normal free time School hours were from 7:30am to 3:30pm. After 3:30pm and until 7pm, students could normally explore the local area surrounding the school, for example, to go to a local store to buy a snack. However, if a student were racked for the week, he could not do so.

Proctors made their rounds in the morning to make sure beds were made and inspected rooms in the evening to ensure that students were in bed by 10pm. Often after the proctors left a room at night, the room lights would go back on and students enjoyed studying their National Geographic magazines. Student might be racked if they failed to make their beds or did not make them neatly enough.[4]

Although California Concordia College no longer exists, it does receive some recognition by Concordia University Irvine.[5] This is also the location of its old academic records.[1]

Coordinates: 37°46′21″N 122°10′57″W / 37.77250°N 122.18250°W / 37.77250; -122.18250[6]

Sources

  1. 1 2 "California Colleges that have Closed, Merged, Changed Names". Ray C. Brown. Retrieved 2014-12-31.
  2. ↑ Theodore Julius Brohm Family Collection
  3. ↑ Pronunciation of "fuchs"
  4. ↑ Source: Phil Seyer, student at California Concordia from 1955 to 1963
  5. ↑ About CUI-History-Historical Timeline
  6. ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: California Concordia College (historical)
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