• March 1
  • SHSTC athletics become members of the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA).
• Fall
  • Last reunion of class of 1880.

• Elliott Hall opens.
• Presumed birth of Tripod.

• Harmon Lowman begins tenure as president until 1964.
• Halley Building constructed.

• Industrial Technology Metals Lab constructed.
• Production of the Alcalde is halted for one year due to the paper shortage and WWII.

• Agriculture Farm Shop constructed.
• Buchanan Hall constructed.
• Industrial Education Laboratory constructed.
• Sam Houston Efficiency Apartments constructed.
• Shaver Hall constructed.
• Sports Practice Facility constructed.

• Holleman Field opens.
• ROTC Rifle Range constructed.