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

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Industries because defense restrictions kept visitors out of power plants, etc. Their Christmas party featured stags . . . a tree . . . candy . . . and fun. I he meetings feature problems common to the field of electricity, and prepare would-be electricians for complications which are not learned from textbooks. The department is still waiting for a diesel promised long ago . . . the old one has been chugging since 1929 sup- plying the main current for most ol Polytech’s demands. The majors serv- ice . . . install . . . maintain . . . and operate the power plant. They also have charge of the boiler which sends heat to the main buildings. I he electricians are studying for fu- tures which will include radio techni- cians . . . sub station operators . . . and positions with the telephone companies CP. G. E., etc.). I he department furnishes juice to charge the fence around the lawn in front of the electrical building. Even the electricals are sometimes suckers to that gag. They like to climb poles and string hot wires . . . Electrical theorv is a no cinch course . . . plenty flunk that one.

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KENNETH STRETCH Poly Phase Prexy Electrical Poly Phase Club OFFICERS President ...............Kenneth Stretch Vice President .....Orin Focacci Secretary Treasurer James 1 loskins I he electrical brotherhood could boast 46 members, all with dues paid, at the Fall quarter . . . less than 25 remained after the Spring registration. National Defense stripped this org, also. I heir initiations feature raw eggs . . . a hot bridge charged with electricity where neophytes have to tread in the barefoot. I he peak of Bishop was scaled as tradition has it, and the club pennant was living in great gusts ol wind that pour over the rock of San Luis. The frosh also like to count rivets in the R. R. overhead crossing the road to Parkers. The official count is 6012. The annual trip to L. A. was canceled First row (left to right): Akagi. Alegria, Anderson, Burger. Campbell, Dalton, Ellis. Fisher, Fischer, Foccaci. Second row-, Gcnasci, Gwcrdcr, Harris. Harper, Hollingcr. Mocker. Irokawa. Kobara, Martin, Meek, Mar- kee. Mr. I Iyer. Third row: Nakamura, Nakano, Peart. Perry, Plant, Rosenbergcr, Sohm, Seaton. E. Smith. R. Smith. Stretch. Fourth row; Mr. Cook. Tenney, Tartaglia, Wood niff, Canclini, McKcnnin.

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I I I I PAUL DOUGHERTY talks rapidly . . . all his lectures are extempor- aneous . . . only instructor in department . . . tells jokes often, some go over . . . owns own ranch . . . he dishes out mimeographed assign- ments frequently .... compliments students when he receives letters from Ag. colleges stating that Polvites have exhausted Ag bulletin supply. i The crop men are always planting experimental range plots with seed im- ported from all parts of the U. S. and from foreign countries. One of the big- gest tasks is planting cover crops lor the school’s orchards. They also plant a truck garden and watch the crops grow. All terracing, checking, and irrigation is done by students. I he school rents from the Union Oil Co. territory near the air port and projects arc subleased to the students. Then the fellows rent equipment from the department, they hire their own labor, and sell their product . . . usually hay. The meat animals department usually buys crops grown ... the growers pocket the profit. Only one project has been undertaken this year, and by three department ma- jors . . . they pocketed a pocketful. In the Spring, when crops head out. employed majors run the harvesters all dav and chug all night until the job is through. They work hard, get scratchy arms and backs which ache twice as much, and yet obtain that satisfaction of living with the rain, the wind, the sun, the waving fields of grain, and, in the end. are the only guys who are really “down to earth.” Toy: crops student gets experience pruning a deciduous tree in the San Luis orchard. Fruit production is one of the fortes of San Dimas, hut every crops man gets a sample of this work at San Luis. Below: making hay while the sun shines brought financial re- turns to these fellows who rented land, school equipment, raised, and harvested the crop as a project.