Some of us are old enough to remember the past as the “good old days.” When I started Fresno State September of 1962, tuition was $50 per semester and healthcare at the Fresno State Health Center was $10 per semester. The 2020/2021 undergraduate tuition and fees are now $6,591 for California residents, and the estimated annual cost for books and supplies is $1,918. What a difference 58 years makes.

Past EH Quaestor, Consul and Delta Gamma Anchorman, Art Renney (64-S), posed for this 1966 rush brochure. If you peruse the article you will find some interesting cost estimates for various activities. You know they were pretty accurate because Art was Quaestor at the time. The one I like most is the cost of dates and TGIFs, $20-$25 per month.

Things are really different for today’s undergraduates, and this is why our endowment scholarships are so important to our Active Chapter.

Mike Patton (63-S)
President, Fresno Sigma Chi Endowment Board