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"With the materials at hand
and the contract signed for
a sum under $3,000,000,
His Excellency, The Most
Reverend Bishop this week
gave orders for the con
struction of the University
of San Diego."
—Southern Cross
"Ground was broken on the
140 acre site in Alcala Park
in May, 1948. The campus
stands on a mesa over
looking the western part of
Mission Valley and Mission
Bay."
—San Diego Union