Cal State Polytechnic College - El Rodeo Yearbook (San Luis Obispo, CA)

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TO THE GRADUATES 1'or the past three years you hate been accepting the offerings of the California Polytechnic school. H e hope the vocational opportunity you received has been all you have anticipated and as a result of your diligent efforts, you will be better able to take your rightful place in the occupation for ivhich you have prepared yourself. The faculty and all those connected with the institution are proud of you. H’e expect to hear great things of you in the very near future. If you will apply yourselves as you have while students at the California Polytechnic school, your success will be assured. Your success will be our success. The time you have spent with us, even though comparatively short, will always bring us pleasant memories. You are taking away with you a great deal more than the mere training which you received in your classes. The comradeship of your fellow classmates and instructors, the traditions of the school, the activities in which you have participated, and the many responsibilities which have been thrust upon you, should be of great value to you in your life work, f rom now on you will have to depend a great deal more upon your own initiative and ability in the work which you will be doing. I am convinced that each and every one of you trill make records that will not only bring glory upon yourself, but also upon your alma mater. The future of the California Polytechnic school will depend a great deal upon your success and your loyalty. JULIAN A. McPHEE.

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FACULTY CLUB OFFICERS President........Wilbur B. Howes Vice-president...Dr. G W. Wilder Secretary........Alice M. Daniel The Faculty Club has combined business, pleasure and educational value in its meetings this year. At every session a speaker of some note that talked on some subject cf interest to the group has been obtained and enjoyed. Some of the subjects ithat have been discussed by these speakers have been history of world depressions, discussion of legislative measures, social problem, book reviews, discussion of governmental problems and craft talks by members of the faculty. The faculty has donated to the charities of the city and county and has assisted in several drives for funds. On many occasions they have as- sisted the Ladies Faculty club in aiding the Student Loan Fund. Many social events have marked the year. Among the outstanding events that have been taken part in by the faculty have been the annual card party, the annual Homecoming, a dinner and card party at the Ca- brillo Country club in the fall and another in the spring. The spring of the year is generously marked with picnics in the mountains and at the beach. This year a luncheon club among the faculty has been formed. Every Thursday members of the faculty have been meeting in the banquet room at the cafeteria and affairs of the week are discussed. The administration has closed off the rooms from the rest of the cafeteria with large doors, giving privacy and quiet. This luncheon club has proved to be such a good open forum for every-day school problems that it is possible in the regular faculty meetings to devote more time to educational speakers and the more weighty problems that confront the groups. Every faculty member has advisory duties in connection with some of the campus organizations and activities, in addition to his classroom sched- ule. Because of the morning and afternoon laborator}' periods and the time students spend in project and part-time work, it is necessary that many of the meetings of the organizations be conducted in the evening. The faculty members are thus called upon to spend many of their evenings helping develop the group enterprises and activities of the students. One of the faculty projects undertaken during the year was the reno- vation of the library. A large list of additional volumes was made available through the county library, the books in the school library were culled and added to, and the bulletin files built up. One of the highlights of the faculty social calendar was the dinner party series. In the first of the two, the men provided the vaudeville skits and the wives and women staff members the food. The men then proved that they could cook as well as the women by preparing a chicken dinner with all the trimmings, while the women more than equalled with vaude- ville numbers.