1933-1947
With the wartime draft depleting the availability of male students, Ralph W. Swetman and his faculty went to extraordinary lengths in recruiting and new initiatives to keep the school viable. He was also in the vanguard of a statewide effort to allow Oswego and peer institutions (later SUNY members) to award degrees instead of diplomas, leading to state legislation in April 1942 that greatly upgraded the outlook for the college, which became the Oswego State Teachers’ College.