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

Text from Pages 1 - 218 of the 1947 volume:

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John Wright soon advanced to sophomore stand- ing and Ray Harding checked out of school, leaving two vacancies in the class organization. A special election placed Bill Othart at the helm of the class and Don Carothers as his assistant. Both Bill and Don are outstanding freshmen, belonging to sev- eral active clubs on the campus. The athletic department welcomed the class with open arms and did rather well with the array of talent in all the major sports. At the first of the year several energetic sopho- mores saw to it that a group of freshmen volun- teers cleaned the “P” on the hill overlooking the campus. A bonfire and rally was also held by the class in the area on which is now located the new athletic field. In the spring of the year, energetic Bill Othart and about 50 freshmen re-cleaned the “P” and brought a lot of comment from the towns- folk with the swell job of lighting done on the “P”. The final event of the year was the staging of a successful dance for the graduating senior class. To Spelman Collins, head of the sheep depart- ment, and class advisor, goes many thanks for the interest and support he gave the class. THEY LIGHTED THE “P” . . . and it only took 50 Frosh to do it. [9] LEON' McADAMS President JIM ENGLISH Vice President TEI) HASKEL Secretary ALTHOUGH the Sophomores got off to a slow start, they ended having had a reasonably successful year. Their first problem of the year was “who is going to clean the P ” After much dicker- ing, it was finally conceded that the Freshman and not the Sophomores should clean it. The highlight of the year was the election of officers. During one of their periodic class meetings a very competent set of officers was elected and installed. They were Leon McAdams, president, an E. E. major; Jim English, vice-president and SAC representative, meat animals major; and Ted [ 10] Haskell, secretary, also a meat animals major. The advisor of the Sophomore class was Norman Sharpe, an air conditioning instructor. Into each life some rain must fall, but why did it have to fall on the Sophomore class party which was planned for the beach at Avila? One sore spot in this year’s schedule was the volleyball tournament in which a team was entered. The results are not yet mentioned among the members of the class. However, here are the facts. The first game was dropped by default because of a mixup in game time. The second game was won when another team got mixed up on game time. The third game was lost after a hard fought battle. With their achievements overbalancing their dis- appointments, the year was finished in good style, and the officers should be congratulated on doing a fine job. Sophomores in action . . . Also inaction . . . [ii] JOHN MILLER BILL ROTH President Pice President AT THE beginning of this school year the majority of the upperclassmen did not know definitely whether they were sophomores, juniors or seniors. Also at that time of the year many of the clubs, departmental and otherwise, organized providing activities for practically everyone. For these two reasons the junior class did not try to organize. In Febuary when most of the fellows had straight- ened out their schedules and knew their status, the juniors got together for a dinner meeting. At this meeting John Miller was elected president of the class, Bill Roth was chosen vice-president and Clinton Merithew was asked to keep track of the CLINTON MERITHEW Secretary-T reasurer activities and the money of the class. Among the juniors are several well-known person- alities. Some of whom are Dick Lavery, student vice-president; Gil Brown, yell leader; Jay Tucker, Poultry Club president, and Jim Coleman, business manager of El Rodeo. Also in the Junior class are Don Seaton, manager of the Collegians and Jack Anderson, Publications photographer. These are but a few of the third year men who are well known on the Poly campus. The junior class, under the watchful eye of . visor Dave Cook, expects to finish the year succ fully with a few get-togethers. [ 12] AVON B. CARLSON President MAX KOEHLER I'ice President LAWRENCE ROSSI ALLEN GARDNER Secretary • Treasurer GRADUATION this June for some sixty or so seniors is the culmination, in many cases, of seven or more years of attempting to do what they originally intended to do in four. Looking back on the days before Uncle Sam beckoned, we recall the freshman-sophomore brawl, hazing, dormitory life, and all the activities which make college life so much fun. In those days little did we realize what would be following and that not until now would we be able to finish our schooling and get our niche started in the business world. Also missing to a lot of the old timers is the in- formal spirit that was ours when the student body was only a small part of what it is now. Time was when you said howdy to everyone you passed, but with the growth of the enrollment it is impossible to know all your fellow students. Another indication to the returning upperclass- men that Poly was growing was a new landmark in the shape of the Administration building. What seems to many pre-war students as the biggest change is the abundance of women and their off- spring on the campus. With all changes being taken in stride, we hope the history of succeeding classes may differ from ours in that they fall back into the routine, and re- quire no extra-curricula subjects such as World War III.” [ 13] Mrs. Avalyn Jacobsen, ’28 out-going alumni association preident, congratulates Reg Bozin ’38, alumni president elected at the Homecoming held October 25, 27. FWERYBODY came to the big 40th anni- versary homecoming of the Cal Poly alumni association — even Kilroy. Yes, Kil- roy was here. He registered as “K. A. Kilroy, Class of 1906,” but he failed to list his ad- dress. Next oldest grad to register at the Homecoming celebration held Oct. 25-27 was Alfred Felix Miossi, of San Luis Obispo, Class of ’07. Altogether more than 200 alum- ni members representing every class from ’06 to ’46 attended the three-day program of events. Avalyn Jacobsen, ’28, turned over the alumni association gavel to the newly elect- ed president, Reg Brown, ’38, at the annual banquet held Oct. 26. Other officers elected at the business session were: Alta Fae May- hall James, ’23, of San Francisco, first vice president; Orvis Hotchkiss, ’28, of Los An- geles, second vice president; John Hanna, ’28 of San Luis Obispo, secretary; Howard Brown, ’44, of San Luis Obispo, treasurer. James McGrath, Cal Poly faculty member and graduate of the class of ’38, was reelect- ed editor of the alumni newsletter. President Julian A. McPhee, guest speaker at the banquet, told visiting alumni plans for the future development of the college. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Kimball, Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Vernon, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Brussow, Mr. and Mrs. C. O. McCorkle, Mr. Henry Figge, and Mrs. Merritt B. Smith were honored guests at the banquet. Highlight of the homecoming schedule of events was the football game between Cal Poly and Whittier college, which the Mus- tangs appropriately won for the benefit of the alumni guests. • • • foiarif 1. Long, wasn’t it? 2. Co-ed movement origin ators dream on. 3. Little flower of Cal Poly. 4. Chamberlin cuts one. 5. John and Joe. 6. Poison-oak festival. 7. Organized mob-scene. 8. Studious studs sun-tan- ning. 9. Avila 103. 0. At the first assembly. 1. Garoian greets the gull- ible. jCK (jcMntnen t LEON GAROIAN Student Body President DROGRESS was the keynote of stu- dent body activities during the school year 1946-47. Facing the greatest en- rollment in the history of Cal Poly, SAC took the increased problems connected with a larger student body well in its stride. President Garoian appointed a com- mittee to write a new constitution for the Associated Students. Under Blick Wells’ guidance, the committee wrote a well-balanced constitution, which was accepted by the student body. This plus Poly Royal, marked the greatest under- takings by the student body. SAC, one of the most active during the history of Cal Poly, was comprised of many students of former years. Student body dances were held twice each month, with Crandall Gym always packed. The student body participated in civic projects as well, helping with active drives for the Red Cross, Infan- tile Paralysis, and Community Chest. I ICK LA VERY KEN LUCAS CYRUS HOVIG GIL BROWN Pice President Secretary Treasurer Yell Leader [ is | Activities early in the school year in- cluded a bonfire rally, lighting of the “P”, assemblies, and pre-game rallies. Highlight of the rally “schedule” was the car caravan to Santa Barbara in which more than 150 cars from Poly participated. Assemblies, which were held on the athletic field while weather permitted, were soon “retired” to the Engineering Auditorium, where similar assemblies were held at consecutive hours for the agricultural and industrial divisions. JOHN JONES Student Manager LEO ROGERS Athletic Manager BACK ROW' (left to right): Dick Lavery, Blick Wells, Leon McAdams, Cy llovig, Art Gilstrap, Al Quist, Leo Rogers, John Croivson, Avon Carlson, Leon Garoian; CENTER GROUP: Ken Lucas, Melvin Bell, Herb Riley, Jim English, . P. Davidson, John Jones, Gil Brown. [ 19] £alhf Ccmit tee JACK SPAULDING GIL BROWN DON ELY Yell Leader Yell “King” Yell Leader AFTER a lapse of five years the Rally Committee was reorganized under the leadership of Gil Brown. This com- mittee was organized to act as ushers at all sports events, to work towards stimulating and preserving college spirit and to perform such other duties as may be designated by the student af- FIRST ROW {left to right): Gil Broun,' Bill Armstrong, John Miller, Jim Dixon; SECOND ROW: Don Eley, Harold Mottos, Henry Valoarce, Gary Petersen, John Lesley, Bob Hunt; THIRD ROW: Stan Thompson, Bob Nixon, Dick Thompson, Erwin Gove, Dan O’Donnel. [20] fairs council. Bill Armstrong was elected chairman and John Lesley, secretary. A rooters section was formed with student wives taking part in the cheering section. The rally committee arranged a joint rally and car caravan to the Santa Bar- bara game. With aid of the music department the Rally Committee put on a nice show for the towns people during the Whittier game. After Betty Jo Bewley finished twirling her flaming batons, the rally committee passed out matches that were lit in the dark by the rooters. For the homecoming game with San Francisco a Serpentine rally was held in down- town San Luis Obispo, with a huge bon- fire rally held on the campus. The “P” on the hill was lit up in red flares to add to the sight. For the El Toro game a huge bull was made out of canvas and a regular bull fight was held in the middle of the field with El Mustang Bill Arm- strong as the challenger. Before the Chico game a large thea- ter rally was held. Student Court LEFT TO RIGHT: Melvin Bell, Crispin Wood, Jim Coleman, James Rudden, Jay Tucker, AI Park. T HE Student Court is composed ■ of students who pass judgment on the law-breakers here on the Poly campus. Working directly with the Security Officer, Ernest Steiner, and the S.A.C., this group has aided in keeping the accident rate down and the welfare of the students and faculty at a high lev- el. This year found Melvin Bell as chairman, Jay Tucker, court re- porter, Jim Coleman, Don Fiester, Manes Rudden, A1 Parks, and Cris- pin Wood rounding out the re- mainder of the court. [21] Publications ROBERT E. KENNEDY Director of Publications ACTIVITIES of the Publications de- partment at Cal Poly are on as large a scale as they are at many col- leges where Journalism is a major sub- ject. With not even an English major available to draw students from, the proselyting of staff members from agri- cultural and industrial majors, and the training of them in writing and editing fundamentals are two of the many prob- lems which fall to the lot of the college’s director of public relations and instruct- or of Journalism. With the recent establishment of the new major in “country printing,” which requires a minor in journalism courses, the department’s activities will be further extended in quality as well as quantity. THE Publications committee, composed of the editors and business managers of student pub- lications, formally met to have pictures taken during the Spring quarter. Informal meetings through out the school year decided ques- tions of policy and size of El Mus- tang, El Rodeo, the Goal Post, and ithe Frosh Handbook. The committee was also consult- i as to the personnel and duty of new board to be set up under the revised constitution. Most import- ant meeting was the one for the cameraman. FIRST ROW (left to right) : Robert Kennedy, John Patterson, John Shea, Jim Coleman; SECOND ROW: Glenn Arthur, Paul Madge, Jiro Kai. [22] Cl l ccieo THE staff members for the 1947 El Rodeo were drawn at large from the student body. John Shea, editor for this year’s El Rodeo, came by his position through several years of yearbook work. Coming to Cal Poly in 1939, with a year’s experience, he was made assist- ant business manager for the 1940 book. Again in 1941 he was business manager, while in 1946 he was assistant editor. With Shea at the helm, a twelve man staff was soon organized, having on it one other man from the 1946 staff, Chuck Chapman, photographer. Avon Carlson, assistant editor, handled the details involved in scheduling advertis- ing pictures, sales promotion, and mail- ing of books. The end sheet and division page cartoons are the efforts of Bob Rowe, who recently left Poly for work at the University of California. Section editors, Kent Freeman, Grad- uates; Neil McCarty, Activities; Bill Othart, Organizations; Art Gandy, Dormitories; Harry Endo, Faculty; Joe Griffin, Athletics; and Bernard Epstein all did a bang-up job in rounding out their sections. The advertising section was capably handled by Cy Hovig and JOHN SHEA Editor-in-chief Jim Coleman, who together with Advis- ing attraction. The main brunt of the work fell on the shoulders of Editor Shea, who spent many an “extra” hour on layout work, writing copy and prepar- ing all pictures for the engravers. Bob Kennedy, the mainstay of Cal Poly publications, did a noble job in those departments requiring a diplomatic touch. His work in tak- ing and printing pictures editing copy and his moralizing effect, a 11 made El Rodeo—1947, what the staff hopes, a worthy book. Editor John Shea, seated in center, explains to his El Rodeo staff some intricacies of layout and editing of a yearbook. The worried looks weren’t posed. [23] €1 £c4ec £taj[j[ AVON CARLSON BERNARD EPSTEIN JIM COLEMAN CHARLES CHAPMAN Assistant Editor Section Editor Advertising Photo Editor ART GANDY JOE GRIFFIN KENT FREEMAN CYRUS HOVIG Dormitories Sports Editor Graduates Advertising ROBERT ROWE Art Editor neil McCarthy Activities [24] HARRY ENDO Faculty BILL OTHART Organizations • • • hiahf 1. Chapman up to his usual tricks. 2. “Glamor shot” Mills shows Editor Shea how it is done. 3. “Big” Harry Endo does his studying the easy way. 4. Ruth Johnstone does her bit for the yearbook. 5. Sports Editor Joe Grif- fin tells photographer Jack Anderson how he wants Betty Jo to look. 6 Kennedy’s hospitality br- ings out that contented look. 7. Shea hard at work for a change. 8. The “work horses” of El Rodeo-1947. 9. “Pop” Fellows mugs while Shea, Hovig, Parker and Rowe look on. Cl IfluJtahg None of the staff will ever forget Hallowe’en, when a perfectly good issue fell to pieces before i t reached the press. Following that date, the staff managed to get out many ex- cellent editions, but somehow they always appeared dazed and punch drunk after each issue was off the press. JOHN PATTERSON Editor EL MUSTANG’S staff, finding a sud- denly grown up student body, in- creased the size of the weekly student paper several times during the year. El Mustang reached full tabloid size with six pages during the Winter quarter. The paper’s policy was decidedly liberal for a student publication. The paper, acting as the official organ of the stu- dent body, sponsored many items of constructive work in student affairs during the year. Continuous checkouts and changes in curricula forced complete revision of the staff many times. Patterson’s chief worry was always, “Who have I got working on the staff this week?” Num- ber two worry was the absence of copy at deadline time. After that, Patterson could always worry about the press, “Will it last for one more issue?” EL MUSTANG STAFF AT WORK Paul Triltenbach, Editor Patterson, Paul Madge, Roy Bethel [ 26 j This year El Mustang was printed in the college’s own shop. This kept the editorial staff and the production staff working in close collaboration, and resulted in considerable saving to the student body. The editorial staff thanks A. M. Fellows, director of print- ing, and his classes for the ex- cellent work done in printing the weekly editions of El Mustang. EL MUSTANG STAFF (left to right'] First Row: Gu y Thomas, Bob Saunders, Eugene Kemper, John Patter- son, Herb Bundeson, Joe Griffin, Carl Taffera. Second Row: Carter Camp, Donald Miller, Otho Budd, Bill Roth, R. E. Kennedy, Glenn Arthur, William Nolan, Paul Tritenbach and John Columbini. [27] Paul Madge, drafted into the job of business manager, kept the paper sol- vent with good management and plenty of advertising. Madge doubled in brass as the assistant editor for most of the year. Bob Rowe, staff cartoonist, kept the customers happy with his drawings until he transferred to another college. John Patterson, editor, kept the student body aroused with the editorials which were alleged to be radical. Patterson maintains that at heart he is a Republi- can and that the editorials kept “Dear John” column full of letters. Bob Kennedy, advisor, was kept con- tinually busy laying oil on the troubled waters. Carrying a full time load in sev- eral other departments. Kennedy al- ways managed to keep the staff on the beam when assistance was needed, which was often. Going down the line for student con- stitutional reform and revision, and ev- er emphasizing the importance of effi- cient student government and extra- curricular activities, El Mustang was truly considered representative of the student body. PAUL MADGE Business Manager El Mustang, throughout the year, managed to keep a considerable staff busy most of the time, and so, perhaps, out of more serious mischief. (jcal pcAt ftluA tanq Woundup GLENN ARTHUR Editor rpHE Goal Post is actually a cooper- ative publishing venture between the Publications department and the Ath- letic department. Advertising, which is the sole revenue other than sales, is handled by the publications advertising manager. Photographs of team mem- bers are taken by publication photog- raphers. After all expenses for engrav- ings, printing, photography, commis- sions to advertising solicitors and stu- dent salesmen are paid, the net profit is divided equally between Publications and the Athletic department. IN NOVEMBER the first and last issue of the 1946 Mustang Roundup ap- peared here on the campus. The would- be 25c monthly was greeted with polite but restrained enthusiasm. Many students volunteered reasons for the magazine’s short life. Some said the articles were too general and did not interest the majority. Others held that like similar college ‘mags’ the car- toons should be racy and plenty of them. The typical “kid campus” wanted more hot gossip and men’s room jokes like— “people who live in glass houses shouldn’t,” or “familiarity breeds.” These may have been contributing factors for the publications failure, but the real reason was the shortage of staff members for such an undertaking. HARVEY KRAMER Editor [28] Pchf (Zcifal Pictorial Jrosk Handbook ELEVEN thousand pictorials of Poly Royal publicity were sent out this year to every state in the United States and to many territories and foreign countries. These attractive eight page pictorials, containing stories and pic- tures of past Poly Royals, plus cover- age of this year’s events, were mailed free by Cal Poly students and faculty members early in April to their friends and relatives, inviting them to the “or- iginal country fair on a college campus.” Editing the pictorial is another of the many activities of the publications de- partment, but production costs of the pictorial are paid from the Poly Royal fund. PAUL MADGE Editor JIRO KAI Editor THIS booklet of information is publish- ed for the benefit of all new stu- dents. The primary purpose of editing this Handbook is to present to the in- coming student all essential information pertaining to the college curricula, and to Poly traditions and customs. All school songs and yells as well as the en- tire constitution are printed for the convenience of the students. No funds were received from the SAC to finance the venture in 1946, but advertising revenue paid the bulk of the bill and El Corral paid the balance for the privilege of distributing 700 copies in the store. Print £kcp BERT FELLOWS Director of Printing A M. (BERT) FELLOWS left an ex- cellent position with the Graphic Arts Industry of the state to accept the position as head of the Printing Depart- ment of California State Polytechnic College, which has announced a “School for Country Printers.” This will be a four-year degree course second in the nation only to Carnegie Tech. The students enrolled and majoring in this course are producing the college paper, “El Mustang.” They are doing the composition, makeup and bindery work necessary to produce the Califor- nia FFA magazine. The composition and makeup of “El Rodeo”, the college annual, was handled entirely by this de- partment under Bert Fellow’s supervis- ion. Many thousands of dollars have been invested in new equipment and the lat- est type of presses, so that when this department is installed in its new, mod- ern quarters in the Administration building, it will be known as one of the outstanding schools of printing in the United States. FIRST ROW (left to right) Don Miller, Guy Thomas, Ger- ald Craig, Ed Durbin, Stanley Thompson Bert Fellows, in- structor; Gene Kemper, Rob- ert Saunders; NOT IN PIC- TURE: Don Chatters, Emmons Blake. [30] friari . .. 1. Kennedy teaches them how to throw the bull. 2. Patterson takes the air. 3. Journalists (JG) of Am erica. 4. Saunders at folding ma- chine. 5. Press Club feeds faces. 6. More of above. 7. “Bert” show’s him how 8. Press Club Big Wheels. 9. Time out for inspiration. 0. Poly Print Shop. tfluAic HAROLD P. DAVIDSON Dirt(tor of Music Because Cal Poly is a technical college for agriculture and industry, the Music Department is in a class apart from most other college music departments with all musical activities being solely the outgrowth of the voluntary efforts of the students. It is commendable that without a music major or minor being offered at the college, Cal Poly’s Music Department has been able to maintain very high standards. The Music Department has grown right along with the school and has great hopes for the future. It seems only natural that soon will be seen a department expanded to fit the funda- mental goal of training at Cal Poly. Sound engineering as a whole, includ- ing music reproduction and transmis- sion, is a study which might well be in- cluded in the curricula. ONCE again Cal Poly’s Music Depart- ment has resumed its pre-war posi- tion as a source of enjoyment for the students and a means of publicizing Cal Poly. As enjoyment for the students the Music Department has a dual role. It furnishes an outlet for the artistic tal- ents and tastes of the student body and at the same time furnishes music for many student and student body social events and athletic activities. The Music Department acts as a publicity medium not only by appearing at athletic events and on local programs, but each year makes a tour. On tour the Glee Club and dance orchestra appear before many thousand people in different sections of the state. MILTON RIGGS Drum Major [32] San4 DRETTY Betty Jo, wife of Lew Bew- ley, one of the many Poly naval trainees who returned here as a civilian student, added the final touch of show- manship to the colorful presentations of the Poly band this year. Betty Jo won the national baton twirling champion- ships in 1940 and 1941 in contests held at Baylor University, Waco, Texas, and the ovations she received from football fans at home games and in Los Angeles at the Pepperdine game indicated they knew a champion when they saw one. Her flaming baton act is tops. THE 50-piece Poly band, led by drum major Milton Riggs and high-light- ed with the spectacular, baton twirling of beauteous Betty Jo Bewley, put on some fine performances this year at the football games. A variety of stunts, marching formations, jump tunes, and marches were featured. In connection with the games the band played for the traditional snake dance held on the streets of San Luis Obispo and the rally [33] FIRST ROW’ (left to right): John Tisdale, Boh Hansfield, John Woods, Albert Knipper, Bud Lee, Lee l.ady, Sal Reyes, Dick Caldwell, Don Hovley, Darrel Rumley, Boh Roney, Boh Strong, Everett Miller, Boh Raybourn, Fred Waterman; SECOND ROW: Bob Olsen, Ernie Heald, Calvin Gill, Don Lansing, Jack Hughes. Charles Hitchcock, Glenn Gillette, Wayne Smith, Raymond Zanda, Francis McNeil, Bob Connolley, Marvin Pyle, Roy Hoover, AI Perry, Pressley Cooper, Art Pan Etten, Boh Newell, Don Seaton, Bill Hunter, Bob Peterson, Paul MacCormack; THOSE NOT IN PICTURE: Clark, Coon, Elerick, Hubbard, Klokke, Riggs, Tollman, Pasco, Ayala, Jay, Seely, Lowe, Risling, Miller, Zeutzius, Kruse, Bracker, Chatters. at the bon fire preceeding the home- coming game with Whittier. At a rally held in the Fremont Thea- ter the band helped accelerate the spir- it before the final home game. The band accompanied the team to the Pepper- dine game in Inglewood, where the Pepperdine audience was very appre- ciative of the band — AND Betty Jo. They were also on hand to add spirit, noise and music to the Fresno-Poly basketball game. In addition to the ball games and Poly Royal, the band played for various other school activities and put on a short concert for the Young Farmers Convention. ROBERT STRONG ROBERT RAYBOURN Manager Student Director ERNEST HEALD President [34] LEROY LADY Librarian UNDER the tutorship of Harold Davidson and manager Don King” Seaton, the Cal Poly Col- legians of 1946-47 topped all pre- vious achievements. A fourteen piece outfit — four saxes, six brass and four rhythm —the Collegians kept Polyites well satisfied at more student body dances than ever before held on the campus. The type of music makes no difference to this organization —Rhumbas like “Siboney” come as easily as do “The Anniversary Waltz,” or the old Dixieland spec- ial, “Tailgate Ramble”. Old favo- rites like “Stardust” and current hits filled out the Collegians re- pertoire. Several of the men are married, and one can always count on the “little woman” being on hand at every dance to collect hubbies share of the “booty.” Bob Roney, Darrel Rummley and Jim Stewart are old timers at this married life, while Don Buehring was just recently ushered into matrimony with the whole orchestra officiating. DON SEATON M anager 'OLLECIANS FIRST ROW (left to right)’. Wayne Smith, John Tisdale, Wally Clark, Don Buehring, Orrin Cobby, bass, Don Seaton, piano. SECOND ROW: Bob Raybourn, Fred Waterman, Jim Stewart, Joe Parker, guitar. THIRD ROW: Darrel Rumley, Darrol Davison, Bob Roney, Jim Cox, drums. [35] ALVIN QUIST President WAYNE MISEMER M anager ROGER RIGHETTI Vice President JOHN VAN DYKE Secretary—Student Dire etc npHE Cal Poly Glee Club is an institu- tion not too old, having begun its functions in 1936 with the arrival of Director Harold P. Davidson. Members of this organization devote much time and hard effort towards producing a musical organization worthy of Cal Poly, and they contribute much in the way of extra-curricula activity at Cal Poly. One of the highlights of the year’s work is the Spring tour. The first tour was held in 1937, when the club visited the San Joaquin valley. Meeting with success the annual Spring tour has been one of the major objectives ever since. In 1938 the club visited the Oak- land area; in 1939, Southern California; in 1940, the lower Sacramento valley, and in 1941, it visited the upper Sacra- mento valley. After a lay-off of five years, the re- organized club again went on its Spring tour, this time in the northern San Joaquin Valley. It was accompanied by the dance band, the Cal Poly Collegians. As a fitting climax to a successful year’s work, the traditional Home Con- cert was presented directly following the completion of the Spring tour. OFFICERS OF THE GLEE CLUB President................................Alvin Quisf Manager......................- Wayne Misemer Vice President....................- Roger Righetti Secretary— Student Director - - John Van Dyke Librarian............................Gail Allen Accompanists.........................Gillian Brown Robert Newell i Chairman of Stunts ------ Alan Fisher GIL BROWN Accompanist ROBERT NEWELL Accompanist FIRST TENORS Armstrong, David - - - ’+9—Modesto Barr, Ben ... '47—Hollywood Budd, Otho '48—Laguna Beach Coffey, Frank '49—Alhambra Hovely, Donald . . . . 48—Simi Imbach, Mel '50—Van Nuys James, Travis • - '49—Santa Paula Lupo, William '50—Wesson, Miss. Moore, Edgar - - - '47—Alhambra Purdy, Robert • - - '49—Fresno Taylor, Kenneth '49—San Luis Obispo SECOND TENORS Brown, Gillian '48—San Luis Obispo Eley, Donald - - '48—Monrovia Fisher, Alan ... '47—San Diego Goold, Wm. - '47—San Luis Obispo Haskell, Ted ’49—Monterey Park Hickman, Roland '49—A venal Miller, Everett - - - '49—Calexico Miller, John ... '49—Avenal Newel, Robert - '49—San Leandro Raybourn, Robert '47—Sequoia Reese, Kenneth '50—Chicago, III. Shafer, John ... - - - '49—Tustin Taffera, Carl - ’48—Old Forge, Penn. Tallman, George . '48—Des Moines, la. Wong, Robert . - '48—Honolulu, Hawaii BARITONES Ahrendes, Archie . '48—San Pedro Brunner, Robert - - '50—Wilmington Evans, Kenneth - - - . '51—New York Johnson, Donald • '50—Glendale Luce, Vernon - '47—Sacramento McCarty, Neil - '47—Drake, No. Dak. Merithew, Clint - - '48—Los Angeles Misemer, Wayne - '47—Santa Barbara Nolan, Richard - - - - ’50—Alhambra Ray, Marlin - - '50—Bakersfield Righetti, Roger - - ’49—San Luis Obispo Risling, David - - ’47—Hoop a Van Dyke, John - . . . 48—Ukiah BASSES Abrahamsen, Aron . '49—New York Allen, Gail - - . . . ’49—Red Bluff, Anderson, Deane . - • '50—Bakersfield Cross, Argyle - ’50—Bakersfield Freeman, Kent . - . . 47—Palo Alto McAdams, Leon - - ’49—Santa Cruz Miller, John - - ’48—Houston, Texas Quist, Alvin - - '47—F resno Robinson, John - - ’51—San Luis Obispo [37] Octet lr Quartet LEFT TO RIGHT: Deane Anderson, Gail Allen, John Van Dyke, Everett Miller, Gil Broun, Clint Merithnv, Otho Budd, Ben Barr. THE OCTET ... is composed of eight men from the glee club selected for their voices and their showmanship. Specializing in the “barber shop” type of songs, the group per- formed successfully on numerous occasions before local clubs, on the Spring Tour, and did themselves especially proud during the Home Concert. VARSITY QUARTET . . . Adding variety to the vocal program of the music depart- ment, this group enjoyed a successful season, appearing before many local civic organiza- tions. They likewise made a hit on the Tour and at the Concert with such classics as “01’ Man Noah,” “Jerusalem Mornin',” and “The Desperado.” COLONELS: Don Seaton, Charlie Knokey, Bob Hands- field, and Joe Barker. [38] VARSITY QUARTET: Ken Taylor, Bill Goold, Dave Risling, A! Quist. • • • kiarij 1. First stop going north on tour. 2. Going on the air. 3. On the tour. 4. Davidson and Waterman. 5. Collegians swing it at student body dance. 6. Gil approaching to make points. 7. Davidson and . . . 8. The four Colonels in front of auditorium. CclcHeh TIHE smallest, but perhaps the loudest of the three instrument- al aggregations is the “Four Col- onels.'1 This group supplies the “changer music” for various local conclaves and has been well re- ceived by community and campus alike. Since there is safety in num- bers, the “Colonels” usually team up with the Varsity Quartet to present a well-rounded musical program. This year’s Colonels joast two Collegians, Don Seaton, and Joe Parker, and two former Collegians, Charlie K nokey and Bob Hansfield. poll! $W MILTON BROWN GeneraI Superintendent EACH year Cal Poly opens its doors to show visitors and friends the edu- cational progress of this college which is recognized nationally as a pioneer and model of vocational training on a col- lege level. Operated as a “country fair on a college campus,” Poly Royal combines educational features with breath-taking entertainment to provide a pleasing and instructive program for the “show window” of both the indus- trial and agricultural departments at Poly. Cal Poly’s “country fair on a college campus” was originated in 1933 and each year has increased in popularity and attendance. This year, under the guidance of General Superintendent Milton Brown, Electronics major, and Carl Beck, advisor, Poly Royal was des- ignated as the most diverse and largest attended open house in the fifteen year existence of the “show window” of the educational program at this unique technical college. LEFT TO RIGHT: John Elder, Secretary of Poly Royal; Vernon Luce, Director of Industrial Exhibits; Milton Brown, Superintendent of Poly Royal; John Jones, Assistant Superintendent; Bill OthaPt, Director Division of Arrangements; Paul Madge, Director of Pub- licly; Carl E. Beck, Faculty Advisor for Poly Royal; Cy Hovig, Treasurer. This year’s Poly Royal was op- ened officially by President Mc- Phee at the assembly held Friday morning, May 2. Guests introduced by President McPhee were Dr. Roy E. Simpson, state superintendent of public instruction, Dr. Williams provost of Santa Barbara college, and several other notables. Avon Carlson, senior class president, pre- sented Don McMillan, alumni mem- ber of the class of 1916, who spoke humorously on “Shades of the Past.” Following the opening as- sembly an intra-squad football game featuring the Whites oppos- ing the Golds took the limelight. [40] Thursday night the Student Wives’ club sponsored a reception for the queen and princesses at Hillcrest lounge. Queen Katie and the four princesses, Eva Brebes, Louise Kirk, ;Jo Ann Martinsen and Carolyn Wait, greeted an es- timated 500 guests. POLY ROYAL “ROYALTY” Quern Katie Dupont and Queen Pat Munchoff THE Fifteenth Aniiual Poly Royal culminated in the Coronation Ball which was held Saturday eve- ning in the beautifully decorated Poly gym. At 10 p. m. the corona- tion ceremony began with a pro- cessional of both queens, their es- corts, and the four princesses with their escorts. In an impressive ceremony Miss Patricia Munchoff, the 1946 queen, from San Jose State, transferred a crown of flow- ers from her own head to that of Jliss “Katie” Dupont, from San Diego State, Miss Poly Royal of 3947. LEFT: LAST YEAR’S CORONATION WITH QUEEN Pat Munchoff. RIGHT: Princesses Eva Brebes, Louise Kirk, Jo Ann Martinsen, and Carolyn IVaite. [41] FIRST ROW (left to right') : Vernon l.uce, director of industrial exhibits; John Schaub, Dick Williams, John Jones, assistant superintendent; Leon Garoian, student body president; Bill Othart, arrangements director; Bill Taylor, Ken Andrus, Don Halstead. SECOND ROW: Myron Glen, Milton Broun, general superintendent; John Seaton, Arthur Van Etten, James O’Donnell, John Elder, secretary; James Jessup, James Crompton, Red Mason, I.en Merrill, Nick Stavrakis. THIRD ROW: Carl Beck, advisor; Charles Burroughs, Raymond liar- wood, Paul Madge, publicity director; John Patterson, Herbert Winn, Frank Webster, Adrian Harders, Jack Coyle, Cyrus Hovig, treasurer; Dick I.avery, student body vice-president; Harry Mellon, Ben Barr. HERHAPS one of the most important features of Poly Royal is the fact that this great event is organized and carried to completion by the students. Besides giving the public a view of Poly’s campus and educational program, Poly Royal gives the students practical experience in planning and presenting a country fair. As general superintendent of the fif- teenth annual Poly Royal, Milton Brown, second industrial student to hold this position, had the tremendous task of seeing that all events appearing on the schedule of events were prepared and ready for the public by May 2-3. Milton was assisted in this broad undertaking by Bill Othart, director of arrange- ments; Paul Madge, director of publi- city; Gene Pimentel, director of agri- cultural exhibits; Vernon Luce, director of industrial exhibits; and John Jones, director of special events. These men, as heads of divisions composed of mem- bers of the various college departments, undertook, and ably completed, all functions which appeared under their respective divisions. John Jones had the dubious honor of “holding down” two positions on the Poly Royal Executive Committee. He was assistant superintendent and also director of special events. John Elder, as secretary, and Cyrus Hovig, as treasurer, worked many hours in order that all “paper work” for the Fifteenth Annual Poly Royal would be in perfect order at all times. Acting as a “silent partner” in this greatest event of the school year, Carl Beck, advisor since the first Poly Royal was held in 1933, greatly aided the ex- ecutive committee by giving examples of how problems were handled in past events. [+2J Ifteet 7ke Queen THE Fifteenth Annual Poly Royal, 1 with Milton Brown as general su- perintendent, and Carl Beck as advisor, got under way Thursday, May 1, when a reception was held at the Southern Pa- cific depot for both the 1946 queen, Miss Patricia Munchoff, of San Jose State college and this year’s queen, Miss Katie Dupont, 19 year old coed of San Diego State college. On hand to greet the queens were Milton Brown, Carl Beck, the four princesses and their escorts, and a large percentage of the Cal Poly student body. (1) Royalty meets . . . scholars, no less. (2) Co-Ed Proponent Litzie crowds in close. (3) Oompah, oom- pah ... oomph! (4) Ex-Polyite Bob Wilton inter- views Queen Katie for radio audience. QUEEN KATIE AND FRIEND Red Cap Brown takes over at depot [43] CcaM-tc-CcaM SONS O GUNS BROADCAST FROM CAMPUS CpI. Shirley Cowart Pfc. Caesar Curzi and Poly Glee dub sing Sam faance ONE of the feature attractions of this year’s open house was the radio broadcast on the Poly cam- pus of “Sons O’ Guns,” a musica program produced by the Sixtl Army Recruiting Headquarters On the air from 8 to 9 p. m., Thurs day evening, the program featurec the Hamilton Field Fourth Air Force band, selections by the Pol} Glee Club, talks by President Jul ianA.McPhee, Student Body Presi dent Leon Garoian, and Queenr Katie Dupont and Patricia Mu� choff. An added attraction of this year’s Poly Royal was the Fur Frolic held Friday evening in tto USO building downtown. Music for the “converted” barn dance wa? furnished by Poly’s “sophisticate' frivolous FILLIES frolic Swingers”, the Collegians. Poly Royal Fun Frolic Fills Recreation Hall [-� +] Athlete Oh Parade PRESIDENT McPhee and Dr. Simpson participated May 2 in the opening of the new $60,000 athletic field. Follow- ing short talks, McPhee tossed the first ball to Major J. C. Deuel, with Vernon Meacham at the plate. Carl Beck umpir- ed the action. Following the dedication, Cal Poly, in a non-conference ball game, beat the Pepperdine Waves 8-5 in the first game to be held on the new field. (1) Crowd watches Mustangs trim Pepperdine Waves, 8-5. (2) Frazier scores first Poly run. (3)Golds beat White squad, 19-0 in Poly Royal feature. (4) Fisher thrown out at first. (5) It's a long one . . . incomplete. (6) “Jarrin’ Jim” Yates on one of his long rambles. Special (1) Lucky Papa kisses Queen Katie. (2) I’m thrill- ed.” (3) Don McMillan, Sage of Shandon, gives out with “Shades of Past.” (4) Royalty row. (5) “It’s a college, now,” says the Chief. (6) “This is TOO much.” (7) Queens are improving . . , Pat got five, Katie got 12. (8) Sack sewing contest. (9) McPhee dedicates new field. (10) Dr. Simpson adds a word. (11) Coach Mott gives McPhee the “apple.” (12) Mc- Phee puts one “near” plate. Satbecue Ict’PERVlSED by the Boots I arid Spurs club, this year’s ply Royal barbecue was at- ended by more than 3,700 lungry visitors who “did iway with” ten steers which lad been on feed at the Poly leef unit. Serving continued rom 11 a. m. until 1:30 p. m. nth chefs composed of mem- is of the Boots and Spurs bb. A. L. Noggles, cafeteria ianager at Poly, also gave distance. Besides a tasty estern barbecue, visitors ere treated to a medley of jnes by the Cal Poly band, jider the able direction of larold P. Davidson. 1. Musical interlude. 2. What’s left of ten Poly steers. 3. 3,700 people ate here. t Dr. Livingston, I presume. 5. Come and get it. 6- Parker and Jack Barlow season grub. I- More meat coming up. 8- That contented feeling. 9- Photographer Anderson takes time out to eat. Hume and Coyle dish it out JJhtfuJ tria A GREAT number of vis itors took tours throug the many industrial partments. Each of the d. partments had on displayj representative sample c| the course as it is taken bj Poly students. 1. Grandpa inspects motk air age engine. 2. Mechanical Engineer exhibit. 3. On the air from i nside' quick freeze cabinet. 4. Parker and friends spect an in-line engine 5. Modern home mod from Architecture exh it. 6. It mystifies, it’s elect fied. 7. Man-made lightning display. 8. Army jet job draws tention. CxkikiU 1. Aero club drags skeleton out of closet. 2. “Let's put these two things together and see what happens. 3. Poly’s air armada. 4. Who left the faucet open, Richard? 5. Cub comes in for landing on Poly flight strip. 6. Electrical Wee-Gee board 7. P. A. system gets over- haul. 8. Dit . . . Dit . . . Da. Aqricultui CONTESTS sponsored by various departments of the college attracted many visitors who attended Poly Royal. The adult organiza- tion livestock ujdging con- test, sack sewing contest, and the nail driving contest took place in the main ar- ena. The horticulture de- partment sponsored two contests: plant identifica- tion and floral arrange- ment. 1. Poly’s great white way la Crops department. 2. Honey. 3. SLO Grange walked awa with the prizes. 4. Stand 'purty’, for th judges. 5. Bee exhibit. 6. Championship lineup. 7. Meat Animals goes on th air. 8. Flamson tells how he doe it. 9. More crowds. ClientJ 1. Move over, please. 2. The Egg and we’uns. 3. Plant Identification con- test. 4. Grand Champion beef showman, Ronald Hutch- ings, Bakersfield. 5. Feather Merchants on pa rade. 6. Mustang in seed. 7. Ag Mechanics farm ma- chinery exhibit. 8. We sell ’em, you squeeze ’em. 9. This little pig went on the air. 10. P h i 1 Grigsby, reserve champion beef showman @cc(ec GRAND ENTRY AT RODEO Zurtc io zeas the shoze-ofj .... A LITTLE over 3,700 people at- tended the Poly Royal barbecue held May 3, at noon in the Poly Grove. Along with tasty steaks, beans, potato salad and drinks, the visitors were provided with a med- ley of tunes by the Cal Poly band. Following the barbecue was the rodeo, which was the main attrac- tion for many of the Poly Roya visitors. An estimated crowd o 4,000 visitors watched the rodec •which was held in the main arena Featured on the all-student pro- gram were bull riding, calf roping, steer tail tying, stock horse judg- ing, team roping, and musica chairs. PHIL LINDSAY UP Walter T. Wells presented Zuncho to the college [52] tSarij... THRILLS and chills were abundant at the Poly Roy- I al rodeo which was attended I by a capacity crowd. Sponsor- ! ed by Boots and Spurs club, the rodeo was under the de- fection of Red Mason, rodeo director. Featured on the pro- gram were bull riding, won by ! Dave Mason; calf roping, won by Cotton Rosser; steer tail tying, won by Cotton Rosser; I stock horse class, won by : Mike Griffin; team roping, ! won by Jim Wilson and Dick [Otto; and musical chairs, which was won by Red Mason. All participants in the rodeo were Poly students except in the stock horse class open event. 1. Queen Katie and Mrs. Ade Harders up. 2. Deane “Water Boy” An- derson down . . . who's muggin’ w’ho? 3. J o h n n i e Loftus gets “lofted.” 4. Out of the chute. 5. Dave Mason tops a win- ner 6. He crosses over and the lady flies home. 7. Red Dale swings a loop. 8 Sandy M u n r o checkin’ out. 9. Headin’ for a fall. 0. Dick McNish will pick ’em up. 'X t' 'WWvij Cctcwat 'm fialt MISSES POI.Y ROYAL 1946 AND 1947 Queens Pat Munchoff and Katie Dupont are presented to the crowd l ATIE DUPONT, “Miss Poly Royal of 1947,” was crowned in an impressive ceremony held Sat- urday evening, May 2, at the cor- onation ball. The formal ball start- ed at 9 p. m. and at 10 the corona- tion ceremony began. Participating in the regal event were Miss Du- pont, and Miss Munchoff, with their escorts, and the four prin- cesses with their escorts. Two musical selections were furnished by the Poly Glee club. Decorations and special lighting for the festive formal dance were handled by the Poly Phase club, under the gener- al direction of John Seaton, club president. Music for the ball, which lasted until midnight, was furnish- ed by the well-known Poly orches- tra, the Collegians. (1) The advance guard. (2) Her majesty, Miss Poly Royal of 1946. (3) And the queen-to-be, Miss Catherine Dupont (4) Queen Pat prepares to turn over her crown to Queen Katie. [54] • • « faiarif 1. Royalty . . . past and present. 2. Queen Pat accepts loving cup gift from Superin- tendent Brown. 3. Pat crowns Katie. 4. Sophisticated Swing. 5. Intermission. 6. The Johnstones in match ing ensemble. 7. Editor Shea and friends mug for cameraman. 8. ril hit him again, too. V tfdltifhiJ traticH JULIAN A. MCPHEE, B. S., M. A. . . . president of the college and state director of vocational educa- tion ... grand sachem . . . potentate . . . “the chief’ . . .through his able statesmanship Cal Poly has had its greatest development ... he molly-coddled Cal Poly from a weak little junior college of dubious standing to a model of vocational education on a col- lege level . . . through his efforts Poly became a three-year technical college ... a four year degree granting college . . . and now an accredited college for training agricultural and physical education teachers . . . came here in 1933 in dual capacity as president and chief of the bureau of agricultural ed- ucation . . . held both jobs — and well — until he gave up bureau of ag job in favor of director of vo- cational education . . . still runs both and has energy to do both well... his enthusiasm for Poly’s future is boundless ... although Sacramento claims much of his time, he is never out of touch with what goes on . . . he’s the father of six daughters, four of whom have married former Poly students. CHESTER O. MCCORKLE, B.S., M.S. Dean of instruction . . . used to teach economics . . . now shoulders res- ponsibility of directing instructional activity . .. very likeable. DONALD S. NELSON, A. B. Comptroller . . . super- vises balancing of steadily increasing bud- get . . . heads highly ef- ficient staff. . . former athlete, he still looks “in the pink” . . . Sacra- mento also claims much of his time. EUGENE A. EGAN, B. S., M. S. Dean of student welfare . . . given distinction of being most accommo- dating gentleman on the campus . . . wins “good will” of all with his cor- diality . . . quickly ad- vanced from instructor to registrar, to dean of student welfare. [58] lacu ti WARREN ANDERSON, A.A., B.S. Electrical industries . . . schorlarly . . . graduate of U.of Minnestoa, Louisiana State . . . with Plant Eng- ineer Agency in Philadel- phia during war. HILDRETH PEARL BAYLESS, B.S., M.A. English . . . instructor of English at Mare Island Naval Apprentice School, during war . . . degrees from Tarkio College and LT. of Denver . . . gradu- ate work at the U. of Wyo- ming and USC. EMMETT A. BLOOM, B.S. Animal husbandry . . . popular . . . gives compre- hensible lectures . . . lectures with diagrams ... one of the boys. HOWARD BROWN, B.S. Ornamental horticulture . . . Poly grad back to teach . . . served 4 years in the AAF . . . amiable . . . enduring humor. LOGAN S. CARTER, B.S., Ph. D. Soils, related sciences . . . Came to Poly in January from U. S. Bureau of Re- clamation, Washington, D. C. . . land development specialist FRANK E. BARTLETT, PH.B., ED.M. Mathematics . . . acting Director of Guidance and Counseling . . . degrees from U. of Vermont and Harvard . . . graduate work at Syracuse U., Akron U., and U. of Calif- ornia . . . former AAF Lt. Col. CARL G. BECK, B.S. Accounting and Economics . . originated “Poly Royal” 15 years ago . . . possesses subtle wit all his own . . . teaches a thor- ough and difficult course in accounting ... a per- manent fixture. WOODFORD E. BOWLS, A.B., M.A., PH.D. Physics . . . excellent lec- tures at Cal Poly since 1937 . . . teaching fellow in physics while at the Univ. of Calif. ERLE S. CAMPBELL Farm foreman, farm skills instructor . . . has manag- ed large ranches in various parts of state for many years . . . knows his farm machinery and farming methods. HENRY P. CLAY, B.S. Agriculture engineeil'ng Conducts thorough courses in agr. mechanics and surveying . . . formerly Associate Professor of agr. engineering at Texas Tech. [59J SPELMAN B. COLLINS, B.S. Animal husbandry . . . sheep are his business ... recently traveled to Holly- wood to appear in a full length Walt Disney movie, “How Dear to My Heart.” DAVID W. COOK, B.S. Electrical industries . . . scholarly instructor of electrical theory and high- er math . . . the slide rule is his badge of authority. HAROLD P. DAVIDSON, B.A., M.A. Music, psychology. . . typ- ifies genuine friendship and spirit about the cam- pus . . . under his guid- ance the music department gains greater heights each year. RALPH W. DILTS, A.B., M.A. Political science, history. . His eloquence is incompar- able . . . unpredictable . . . a highly flexible mind . . . instructed here during the war in the Naval Academ- ic Refresher Unit. PAUL DOUGHERTY, B.S. Crops, fruit production... lectures rapidly, but every word expounds his vast knowledge on fruit and vegetable crops ... a pro- ponent of more and better county fairs throughout California. 'Jacuity ARTHUR L. COLWELL, B.S. Related subjects ... shoul- ders married vets housing troubles . . . intermingle? amusing personal exper- iences with complex the- orems . . . superintendent, principal, and instructor at serveral high schools before coming to Cal Poly in 1943. NEIL M. DANIELS, B.S., M.A., PH.D. Education, psychology . . . homo multarum literarurn a man of many letters . . . counsels future teachers. JOSEPH C. DEUEL Related subjects . . . in- strumental in obtaining outside employment for students and their wives . . .sports enthusiast . . . sponsors Block “P” . . . head dorm superintendent. MARJORIE DOL’D, A.B., M. S. Physical, biological science gives athletes a break . . . has taught botany, biology, and chemistry . . . and now teaches bacteriol- ogy . . . served two years overseas with the Ameri- can Red Cross. [60] 3a cult if GERALD A. ELLIS, A.B. Engineering drafting . . . taught 500 students draft- ing during the fall quarter . . . one of the few eligible bachelors among the fac- ulty ... a former naval officer. ALBERT M. FELLOWS Printing ... a lifetime de- voted to the printing in- dustry . . . has worked tirelessly to convert a non- functioning printshop to an efficient classroom for fu- ture printers and publish- ers . . . second only to Car- negie Tech. RUSSELL L. FREEMYERS, A.B. Drafting . . . came to Poly January 24 ... a graduate of Chico State . . . took graduate work there until beginning of this year . . . flight instructor and flight commander, March Field, 1943-1945. E. C. GLOVER, B.S., A.M. Electrical industries . . . extensive and varied ex- perience in his field . . . research, design and plant electrical engineering . . . five years teaching exper- ience in math and indus- trial arts in Kansas, Colo- rado, and California. CHARLES HAGEMIESTER Poultry . . . plant foreman and instructor ... a 1939 Poly grad . . . attained rank of major in Army Transportation Corps. FREDERICK M. ESSIG, A. B., Ph. D. Zoology, plant pathology. . his sincerity is evident on the first meeting ... a Phi Beta Kappa at U.C. . . . undertook graduate work for the Bachelor of Divin- ity and served as chaplain for 40 months in the U. S. Army. V. A. FOLSOM, B. A., M. S. Math, physics . . . degrees from Iowa State and Colo- rado U. in physics . . . naval officer for three years... formerly assistant professor o f math a t Southern Methodist. MAURICE G. GARTER, A.B., A. M. Agricultural mathematics, engineering drafting, Eng- lish . . . reported to Poly January 6 . . . taught in NAS civilian training pro- gram, NAS, Alameda . . . before then was inspector Ford assembly plant, Wil- low Run. STANTON GRAY, B.S. Fruit production . . .keeps students busy with assign- ments . . . popular ... ex- tensive experience in the field. RICHARD HALL Aeronautics . . . Poly al- umnus . . . orients all freshman aero majors in maintenance . . possesses a rare knack for teaching . . at McClelland Field for six and a half years. [61] LEWIS E. HAM .MITT, B.S., M.A. Physics . . . taught math, physics, and chemistry in Washington before enter- ing Armed Forces. . .Com- munications officer with U. S. Navy. LEO 0. HIGH, A.B., M.A. Physical science . . . keeps students under pressure . . surprises them with better than expected grades . . . a graduate of Antioch Col- lege and Ohio State U. ROBERT F. HOOVER, B.A., M.A., Ph. D. Botany, biological science . . . served with the U. S. Army Medical Corps . . . wears Phi Beta KaDDa Key . . .soft spoken ... is col- lecting material for a man- ual of flowering plants in California. WILBUR B. HOWES, B.A. Ornamental horticulture . . an institution in the horti- culture department . . . . demands to excess but ex- pects little. . . gets results . . .benevolent personality . . .goes out of his way to help those in need. JOHN J. HYER Electrical testing, drawing, construction . . . gained experience the world over . . .at Cal Poly since 1927 . . .practical knowledge ov- er theoretical will prevail as long as he’s around. C. E. HANSHEW, B.A.. M.A. Mathematics . . . teaching and administrative exper- ience. . . algebra and trig- onometry. . . formerly em- ployed as an engineer for a private corporation. ROBERT E. HOLMQUIST, B.A., M.A. Physics ... a wearer of the Phi Beta Kappa Key. . formerly Teaching Fellow- in Physics at Purdue and Washington U. . . in- specting supervisor for Boeing Aircraft during war. A. L. HOUK, B.S., M.S, Ph.D. Chemistry . . . research chemist for thirteen years . . . his exams couldn’t be rougher . . . gives the ag- riculture majors a break ... to get rid of them. LYLE HOYT, B.S. Animal husbandry. . .serv- ed as enlisted man and of- ficer in U. Army . . . i graduate of Iowa State College. . .conducted class- es in animal husbandry at South Dakota State Col- lege. ROBERT M. JOHNSTON. A.B. Architectural drafting . . • over six feet tall . . . qual- ified instructor in meteor- ology and weather fore- casting . . . taught cadets at Randolph Field. [62] Jacuit if ROBERT E. KENNEDY, A.B. Journalism, publications. . college public r e lations since 1940 . . . enduring wit . . . bow ties look good on him . . . human dynamo . . . rarely in his office . . his wife is a top-notcher. ROLLIN J. LANDER, B.S. Animal husbandry . . . left Cal Poly to study at Iowa State . . . back now to teach . . . swine production is his specialty. V. D. LEWIS, A. B., M. A. Mathematics, physics . . . has a good word for most of his students .. . ex-naval officer . . . formerly high school principal. REYNOLD H. LONBERG, B. S. Truck crops . . .crops maj- ors like him . . . Director of Vocational Agriculture, S MUHS for 10 years . . . ex- perience in vegetable pro- duction in Santa Maria Valley. ENA MARSTON, B.A..M.A. English . . . prim . . . pre- cise . . . exacting . . . served as C. 0. in U. S. Marine Corps ( Women’s Auxili- ray). C. E. KNOTT, B.S., M.S. Director of industrial div- ision . . . performed gi- gantic task during Na- tional Defense training here ... his ’33 Dodge suffers a broken axle every 800 miles . . . carries two extra axles for emergen- cies. RICHARD I. LEACH, B. S. Poultry . . . student pro- jects under his supervision receive premium prices . . . attends all important poul- try conventions . . . one of Pacific Coasts outstanding poultryman. DEAN C. L1NDLEY, B. S., M. S., D. V. M. College veterinarian, bio- logical science.. just one of the boys . . looks his age— young ... received D. V.M. degree from Washington State in 1946 . . . veteran. OSCAR T. LITKSINGEK, B. S., M. S. Division head, related sub- jects . . . shoulders burden of operating “El Corral” . . . prepares would-be ora- tors in his speech classes . . . gave up on Joe Griffin. M. C. MARTINSEN Aeronautics industries . . . widely traveled . . . worldly knowledge in aeronautics . . . holds CAA pilot and aircraft and engine mech- anic certificates . . . taught navigation at U. S. Naval flight preparatory school. [63] JAMES MORRELL MCDONALD, B. S. Air conditioning, refriger- ation . . . Cal Poly graduate in 1943 . . . naval officer for three years, .has returned to teach. VERNON H. MEACHAM, B.S. Acting registrar, related subjects . . . most versatile faculty member . . . teach- es math and surveying . .. active in athletic events . . . formerly Commission- er of Calif. Central Coast Officials Association. JAMES F. MERSON. B.A. Agricultural engineering .. has been teaching farm mechanics at Poly since 1936 . . . brought Poly na- tionwide publicity in TIME magazine when he broke his arm showing students how to crank tractor so as not to break an arm. FRANK K. MILHAM, B.S. Chemistry . . . taught mathematics his first quar- ter here ... prefers teach- in chemistry . . . formerly research chemist for Car- nation . . . ex-Army of- ficer. HOWARD HOWIE” O’DANIELS, B.COM. Physical education ... a tough exterior . . . tackle on Santa Clara All-Time” team ... his teams are always top performers. [64] james McGrath, b. a. Air conditioning, refriger- ation . . . survivor of Bat- aan Death March . . . En- gineer Officer aboard US Army transport, YuSang . . . Steam Engineer license unlimited, 1935 to date. DAVID P. MEEKER, B.S. Aeronautics . . . authority on guided missiles . . . ass't. chief on Air Staff for guided missies, a t Washington, D. C. . . . bombardment production engineer . . . ex-Army officer. ROY F. METZ Aeronautics . . . bound- less knowledge of all types of engines . . . gain- ed experience while work- ing for various automotive and aeronautical concerns . . . holds CAA Airplane and Engine certificate. ROBERT A. MOTT, M.A. Physical education . . . coached most spirited basketball team in con- ference . . . his baseball squad is among the best . . . takes pride in his boys. DONALD OSBORNE, B.S Dairy manufacturing . . practical methods . . informal lectures . . friendly . . . always seer with a pipe. I Jacultif 31. RAY PARSONS, B.S. Agriculture engineering graduate of North Dakota Agriculture College • . . instructor at North Aggies before entering service . . . one of the galaxy of new instructors. ROBERT HOWELL REECE, B.S. Mechanical engineering . . . considerable exper- ience as estimator and mechanical engineer for private corporations . . . with the city of Chicago . . . ex-naval officer. CLARENCE RADIUS, B.S. Radio, electronics . . . associated with RCA i’in Chicago and NBC in New York . . . used to lecture on television. OWEN REES, B.S., M.S. Mechanical engineering... graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy and Columbia University ... 24 years as communications officer, U.S. Navy . . . knows his engines. TORLEIF M. RICKANSRUD, B.A., M.S. Physical science, math- ematics . . . jovial . . . teaches physics and chem- istry . . . director of Science department in Lansing, Iowa before com- ing here in 1943. CHARLES PAVELKO, A.B., B.S. Physical education . . . former backfield ace at Santa Clara . . . played on L.A. Bulldogs and Hollywood Stars profes- sional football teams . . . ex-athletic officer, U. S. Navy ... a genuine per- sonality. MARIE PORTER, A.B. Mathematics . . . every- one’s favorite math tea- cher . . . gives athletes a break ... a refreshing personality. PAUL. E. PENDLETON, A.M., PH.D. English . . . genial . . . helpful . . . heads the Eng- lish department . . . for- mer AAF officer. C. C. RICHARDS, B.A. Welding, machine shop . . Extensive experience in industrial plant construc- tion and machinery instal- lation . . . served in U.S. Navy. JAMES ST. CLAIR, B.S., M.S. Economics . . . impartial knows most of the angles ... an army vet himself . . . gives comprehensive exams. [65] LEO SANKOFF, B.S. Poultry . . . Cal Poly grad- uate . . . used to teach agr. mechanics and irrigation . . . now devotes time and energy to first love, poul- try . . . his exams are meant to be rough and are. JAMES STEEL SMITH, A.A., B.A., M.A. English . . . soft spoken ... latitudinarian ... a profes- sional writer. FRED A. STEUCK, B.S. Electrical Industries . . . quickly wins respect of his students . . . one time radar officer, U. S. Navy . . . with Naval research laboratories in Washing- ton, D.C. . . . and radio- tech laboratory at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. WILLIAM R. TROUTNER, B.S. Supervisor of resident stu- dents and instructor in plant science . . . accommo- dating . . . resident prob- lems keep him busy . . . usually has phone in hand. CARL D. VOLTMER, B.S., M.A., Ph. D. Physical education . . . Di- rector of Athletics ... 12 years U.S.Army physical reconditioning officer . . . director of athletics and football coach at Missouri State College. [66] Jacultij MORRIS EUGENE SMITH, A.B., M.A. Political science, history . . . coaches tennis team ... star player in his day ... a ready smile . . absorbing lectures . . Army intell- igence officer in the Pacific. F. C. SNOW, A.B., M.S., Ed. D. Economics, . . . gives few A’s . . . rumors say he makes ip exams on the way to class ... 15 years experience with school ad- ministration in Texas and Oklahoma DAVID H. THOMPSON, BS. Biological science . . . per- petual smile . . . excellent lectures . . . ex-army of- ficer. ALOEN L. TURNER Aeronautics . . . Cal Poly class of ’36 . . . instructor in aircraft maintenance . . . experience with U. S. Air Services Ltd., Stear- man Aircraft, Lockheed I Aircraft, and Hancock Col-1 lege of aeronautics ... I Ex-AAF officer. RALPH VORHIES, B.S., A.M. Crop production . . . Mis- I souri drawl . . . makes fre- I quent references to exper- I ience gained in Missouri .1 . . aggresive energy. L 3acu It if KENNETH J. WATSON B. A. Electrical industries . . . four years experience with radar in AAF . . . training officer for radar flight men . . . graduate of San Jose state in radio Engineer and industrial arts ... a regular guy. AINSLEY A. WHITMAN, A.B., B.S. Head librarian . . . has done wonders with the school library . . . should have new library in several years. PAUL C. WINNER, B.S. Recorder, instructor econo- mics . . . his office is al- ways busy . . . between evaluations and teaching agricultural econ. he finds time to worry over stu- dents under Public Law 16 and 346. DOROTHY S. WRIGHT, B. A. Librarian ... assistant col- lege librarian . . . degree in philosophy and English . . . graduate work in lib- rarianship . . . learned . . . exceedingly helpful. FRANCIS F. WHITING, B. S., M. A. Machine shop . . . super- vised Naval Machine Ship training as navy officer . . . masters degree from U. of Minnesota in indus- trial education. RICHARD C. WILEY Welding . . . master me- chanic and welder for sev- en years . . . war produc- tion training instructor during war. HARRY K. WOLF, B.A., M.A. Radio and electronics . . . academician . . . likeable . .. U. S. Army Signal Corps training program instruc- tor in 1942. [67 ] }acuity uitkcut pictured LYMAN L. BENNION, B.S. Animal husbandry . . . chief interest is in thor- oughbred unit . . . graduate of Utah State College . . . with the Agr. Extension Service, Univ. of Calif, before coming to Cal Poly in 1938. HENRY E. GRAY, B.S. Biological science . . . con- ducts absorbing lab periods in entomology . . . grad- uate of Missouri U. . . . studying for master’s de- gree. JOHN MACKEY, B.A.,A.M. English . . . taught here during Naval Program ... instructed at Stanford and Montana Universities. CLIVE REMUND, B.S. Agriculture engineering . . . practical instructor for practical course in agriculture mechanics . . . likeable . . . offers count- less helpful suggestions on any and all projects. EVELYN A. DENSMORE, B.S. Librarian . . . heads cata- loguing department ... a graduate of St. Catherine’s in Minnesota . . . librarian at Holv Cross and with the Charity Hospital in New Orleans before coming to Cal Poly. WILLIAM LEARY, A.B., M. A. English . . new here since March . . . took Glenn Ar- thur to task for misplaced “but” . . . teaching fellow in English at U. of Wash- ington and U.C.L.A. . . . taught English at Kern County Union high school. HARRY PARKER Animal husbandry . . . graduate of Kent College in England . . . more than twelve years experience with meat animals before coming to Cal Poly in 1932 ... his special a la Parker steak sauce has become a tradition. ERNEST A. STEINER Poly’s security officer . . . vet of two world wars . . . served as Sgt in Marines in WW I and Lt. Comd. in WW II . . . formerly Bat- talion Chief of Long Beach city fire department. NORMAN SHARPE, B.A., M.A. Mechanical engineering, air conditioning . . . heads the active A.C. Division . . . keeps his boys on their toes with frequent quizzes . . . welcomes per- sonal conferences. [68] bureau off Agricultural BYRON J. MCMAHON GEORGE P. COUPER Chief of Bureau Assistant to Chief J. I. THOMPSON Livestock Specialist J. I). LAWSON Assistant Supervisor THE College has been the headquarters since 1933 of the State Bureau of Agricultural Education. This division of the State Depart- ment of Education administers vocational ag- riculture in 175 California high schools and junior colleges, including the program for the Future Farmers of America, California Young Farmers, Veteran Institutional On-F arm training, and adult evening classes in agricul- ture. The annual convention of the California As- sociation of Future Farmers of America has been held on our campus most years since 1933. The 1946 meeting was an activity of early October. It brought nearly 400 earnest young FFA leaders from more than 150 chap- ters in as many California high schools. Veterans Adtninis traticn HEADED by genial Bill Hill, the contact of- fice for San Luis Obispo County has administered to veterans on the college campus since June, 1945. The contact office was moved to more spacious offices in the local U. S. O. building in April of this year. Veterans Administration offices still located on the campus are the training and guidance sections. The training office, headed by Leo F. Philbin, training officer in charge, was estab- lished on the campus in April, 1946. An addi- tional service established on the campus is that of veterans guidance under J. Paul Hyl- ton, chief of advisement GUIDANCE AND TRAINING: (left to right) Florence Keyser, CONTACT OFFICE: (left to right) Bill Hill, Maxine Orin Nay, Mary Skeeter, Leo F. Philbin, Lois Hubbard, and Luker, Carl Haun, Lorraine Macebo. J. Paul Hylton. [ 69 ] Offlice MISS AMELIA GIAN0L1NI General Office MRS. OI.GA MARTINSON In for motion and Switchboard CATERING to the stenographic needs of the faculty, Bureau of Agricultural Education, and administration is Amelia Gianolini’s job. She and her forty odd “charges” dictate, type correspondence, maintain mailing lists, cut stencils, mimeograph exams, and generally undertake anything with which no one else will be bothered. It is one of the toughest jobs on the campus, but Amelia handles it with dis- patch, finesse, and a smile. Another equally tough job is handling the Cal Poly switchboard and information desk. Each day Olga Martinson answers hundreds of questions, places scores of long-distance calls, and does it in a way which makes her one of Poly’s finest public relations personnel. FIRST ROW (left to right): Ruth Patchett, Anna Grey Dexter, (sitting): Shirley Farrar, Martha Hall. Pat Grube, June Glenn, Marie Caveney, Pera Silva, Calire Fluitt; SECOND ROW: Nonie Gauld, Edna Helig, Blanche Lancaster, Hildegarde Wilson, Christine Lee, Joyce Wilson, Fiorina Prezler, Pat Meyer, Eloise Hasenkamp. Dorothy Await, Leona Boerman, Ava Spangle, Esther Armstrong, Frances James, Catherine Nolan, THIRD ROW: Elizabeth Albaugh, Lucy Devine, Marion Tanner, Kathryn Rowland, Virginia Cox, Helen McManus, Betty Overall, Ruth Johnstone, Doris Dilvjorth, Barbara Sesser. [70] rfPICAL of the great strides be- ing made towards progressive improvement here at Cal Poly is the library. Ainsley Whitman, Dorothy Wright, Evelyn Dens- more, and nine assistants have completed an index of bound and unbound magazines to facilitate re- search and have undertaken com- plete recataloguing of books. Hopes are high for the foundation laying of the new library to be located directly behind the Admin- istration building in the quad- rangle. FIKST ROW [left to right): Pat Grube, Dorothy Wright, Ainsley Whitman, Evelyn Densmore, Beverly Bartron; SECOND ROW: June Glenn, Walter Bonson. UFT TO RIGHT: Bob Rossman, Art Meek. Hank Toulson, Rolland Sears. PcM Office THE Cal Poly student-run Post Office handles about 1,000 let- ters, 50 packages, and several mail bags of papers and other second class matter daily. Art Meek, Ro- land Sears, Ben Barr, Bob Ross- man, and Hank Toulson devote much of their time out of the class room in performing the duties re- quired of a first-class post office. About 1100 students have their mail delivered into mail boxes while 300 of them pick theirs up at general delivery. Over 100 boxes take care of the faculty mail. Be- sides the regular mail handled in the Post Office, there are hundreds of notices that daily find their way into the proper hands through the medium of Poly’s post office de- partment. El Rodeo staff says “hats off” for a thankless job ef- ficiently done. [71] JMaintenance MII7HEN you need something, see TTMac.” That statement could refer to McCorkle, McPhee, Mc- Mahon, etc. . . but it usually re- fers to L. E. McFarland, head of the Cal Poly maintenance depart- ment. “Mac” and his crew of able and willing workers can always find a way to solve campus main- tenance and building problems. Whether it’s to construct an emer- gency platform, a throne for a queen, or a hundred and one other things, the maintenance depart- ment always comes through . . . and with a smile. FIRST ROW (left to right) Frank Piper, Frank Romera, Levi Hull, Ma- son Bagley, Clyde Whitaker; SEC- OND ROW: Andy Anderson, Mike Terrell, L. E. McFarland, John Per- ozzi, Oscar Hansen. flute £hcp SERVICING and repairing a pool of thirty trucks and cars all av- eraging twenty and twenty-five thousand miles per month — and fifteen tractors is the “back-break- ing” job of Jim Carrington and his staff of five student mechanics. Carrington acknowledges and op- enly praises the cooperation given him by student and faculty oper- ators in making the motor pool a smooth functioning segment of the college. LEFT to RIGHT: Albert McDermid, Jim Carrington, Wm. Moore, Don Hovley, Leon Pellisier. Cafeteria AFTER emerging somewhat vic- torius over post-war shortages, “Snooks” Noggles immediately en- tered the battle of rising food cost. Where most individuals would have given up in despair, Snooks” has restrained his provocations by daily quotations of Shakespeare, Longfellow, and Keats. FIRST ROW (left to right): Angelo Cio cchi, Pet Medlock, Mary Thomas, Palla- lee Albrecht, Sally Lindsey, Charolett Maybee, Joe Hampl; SECOND ROW: Fran- cis Cureen, Charles Penwell, Lynnie Peterson, William Pennick, A. R. Noggles. Ten percent of the student body pass through the portals of the school infirmary weekly, and nine- ty percent of these are diagnosed as hypochondriacs, according to Bill Drake and James C. Grisham, night and day attendants. Under Nurse Held Philips, the infirmary offers emergency treat- ments, daily sick call, and post op- erative facilities. Mrs. Philips is notorious for her generosity in is- suing light duty slips. [73] LEFT TO RIGHT: Walter Bixler. patient, Mrs. Helen Philips, nurse; Dr. L. C. Gaebe. � I fieto Club BOB RONEY President AL CORENBEIN Vice President HOLLIS BARNES Secretary WESLEY WITTEN Treasurer WITH the initiation of new members last fall, the Aero Club began a year of successful extra- curricular activities. The initiation of new members was carried out at the Oceano sand dunes with the usual beer and swinging of paddles. But the purpose of the Aero Club is not social. Its primary purpose is to promote an interest in aviation among the members. To fulfill this purpose this year, the Club again began taking field trips - trips which were discontinued during the war. The first trip was taken to the San Francisco Bay region and included visits to Pan American Air Lines, United Air Lines, and Ames Laboratory at Moffett Field. The object of the trip was to observe and study the maintenance and operation of large trans- oceanic air depots, and to acquaint the members with the procedures and methods used in modern aeronautical laboratories. The Club, however, does not ignore social func- tions entirely. During the year it held several very successful dances, and as a special event to pro- mote a general interest in aviation on the campus, the Club held an evening meeting to which faculty members and wives, wives of the members, and friends were invited. For a second field trip, the Club traveled south to the Los Angeles area to visit the Stress Labor- atory at Lockheed Aircraft, and the “Big Four Co- operative” Wind Tunnel at the California Institute of Technology. [76] • ♦ • 1. Getting cut-a-way engine ready for Poly Royal. 2. Servicing the C-64 air-lin- er. 3. Starting Mustang flying club plane with Bode in cockpit. 4. Bode and Meeker work- ing on mini-jet engine. 5. Students in aero shop. 6. Airliner ready to take off. 7. Starting mini-jet engine. 8. Starting the P-59. 9. Mustang plane. 10. Another view of P-59. 11. Jack at punch press. tPPOSITE PAGE—FIRST ROW eft to right) Tom Watson, Darrel uavison, James ffeiser, John Coyle, John F.hret, Roland Sears, Kenneth Berbernes, Peter Peterson, Morris Bicknia, Glenn Robinson, Willis Leach, Don Lansing, Tomas Quin- tana, Burton Pan, Alden Turner, August M oilmans, Albert Miller; SECOND ROW: Wesley Witten, Robert Roney, Jack Morrell, Chuck Caret, Bob Mohr, Ben Barr, Rawson Hipp, Hollis Barnes, AI Gorenbein, Dan Leddy, Fred Caldwell, Harry Kramp, Ralph Kills, Bruce Langford, Edgar Jay; THIRD ROW: M. C. Marlinsen, Richard Hall, Roy Metz, Joe Sutter, Darrol Rumley, Fred Waterman, I’aldez Bates, Harvey Quigley, John Walker, Don McFt- c«in, Fd Flemming, Emil Sasrallah, Mel Galer, Bob Aldridge, Alan Lee, Lowell Fields, Wall Pflegharr, John Collins, Eugene George, Fred Adams, David Meeker, Pressley Cooper, Hous- ton Choate, Chuck Larson, Glenn Morris, William Wolff; FOURTH ROW: Edwin Allen, Don Jillie, Ken Taylor, Tom Deckman, Chris Wood, Travis James, Phil Garners FIFTH ROW; Larry Wells, John Dykman, Charlie Swift, Bill Bode, Ray Bethel, Bay Young, Weston Bruckner, Kor- der Rhodes. Standing near cockpit, Charles Pierce, Sitting on Prop, Or in Compton. Hi Aq ChtfineerA BILL REDDICK RICHARD CALDWELL LEON PELLISSIER President Pice President Secretary-Treasurer THE Agricultural Engineers club was organized in September of 1947. It is composed of agricul- tural students who are interested in furthering farming by advance engineering methods. Thu. or- ganization started with a membership of thirty stu- dents and has increased steadily each semester. At the meetings each week farm problems were discussed. Films showing the advantages of advance agricultural engineering methods to improve upon the present farming conditions were shown. In January the Club sponsored a 4‘Hard Times Dance” which was held in the school gym. During this past year a number of inspection evidence with their coke concession. They were responsible for the display of implements which were of the latest design of the nationally known implement companies. Along with this display of farm equipment, projects made here at Poly by the students were exhibited. One of the features sponsored by the Agricultural Engineers for Poly Royal was the ladies nail driv- ing contest. [78] biat-tj... 1. Don Fiester at the hard times dance. 2. Clay’s shop. 3. Swing your partners. 4. The “Mac’s” and the “Monk’s” at the Hard Times Dance. 5. Dodge and his beat-up Buick. 6. Field Trip — Woolridge Mfg. Plant. 7. —8. San Francisco Field Trip — learning how on a big scale. 9. ‘Babe’ Bill Armstrong and Don Fiester, winning couple at Hard Times Dance. 10. Just a pose, he can’t drive OPPOSITE PAGE — FIRST ROW (left to right): Dwight Holcomb. Willis Bronson, William Slater, Laird Hail, Gene Jones, Per Nielsen, Rob- ert P. Moore, Rudolfo Parela, Leon °tllissier, Nick Stavrakis; SECOND IOW Joe Mooneyham, Bob Noble, labert Brooks, Grant Chaffee, Allen %dge, Dick Caldwell, Alfred Gomez, 'atk James; THIRD ROW: Clive Itntund, James Merson, Henry Clay, lay Parsons. JJhJpect ch FRED LEAVITT President WILBUR MAYHEW Secretary-Treasurer THE school year 1946-1947 brought with it a sud- den and ever increasing influx of students to practically every college and university in the country. Cal Poly was no exception. Enrollment reached 200% of the peace time high mark. The Voorhis branch was reopened at San Dimas after a three year lay-off and again became headquarters for Agricultural Inspection and Citrus Production students. A sizeable number of advanced inspection stu dents, however, remained at Cal Poly throughout the year picking up their related courses required for a degree. With state and county examinations to occur throughout the year, the need for organized club meetings was recognized. Under the capable direc- tion of Dr. Frederick Essig, department head, many interesting and informative meetings were held. Climax of the Inspectors’ activities was participa- tion in the 15th Annual Poly Royal on May 2 and 3. The usual inspection station was set up at the main campus entrance. [80] kiattj... 1. Prexy Garoian at Santa Barbara pre-game rally. 2. Dick Dana (on the short end) and a couple of his border pals. 3. The Inspection gang a- gain. 4. John, Evelyn and Bill smile pretty. 5. The same threesome. 16. Librarian Evelyn Dens- more with one of Poly’s Thoroughbreds. IT. The lovebirds. 18. The State line. 19. A one legged tennis play- er, no less. pO. Your guess is as good as ours. 11. Fun and frolic at the county park. D2. Just can’t get away from these two. p3. “Gashouse” Hansen draw- ing another. H. “Pretty boy” Litzie and friend. OPPOSITE PAGE —FIRST ROW (left to right) I'trnon Shahbazian, Wiliam Taylor, Richard Dana, Leon Gtroian, .Ivon Carlson; SECOND fiO V: Clem Crowley, Eugene Schultz, Ridiard Davis, Jack Warren; THIRD ROW; Wilbur Mayhev:, Fred Leavitt, c'1 f.ley, Paul Madge, Allen Gard- ; TOP ROW: William Aldrich, t(r on Frederick, Wallace Clark, Dr. Frederick Essig. I liliJlHSl imim iit CchditicHihtj ROBERT MILLER President THE Air Conditioning Club is fast approaching the pre-war level of club participation. Field trips, projects, and socials are causing many A. C. majors to become members. The purposes of the A. C. Club are to promote fellowship, provide a means of contacting members on vital problems, to organize field trips, and other club functions. Thirty club members visited a Union Oil high pressure pumping plant in March. A trip to Fresno to inspect air conditioning, refrigeration, and heat exchangers was scheduled for late April. The big JOHN VAN DYKE Via President trip of the year was to be to Los Angeles in May where a four day tour was to be arranged to ob- serve refrigeration manufacture and operation, and air conditioning on an expansive scale. This gives the members an opportunity to see the practical ap- plication of air conditioning and refrigeration in the field. The club has had several stag parties including an informal picnic, and an all-day deep sea fishing trip. This club had the outstanding industrial ex- hibit in last year’s Poly Royal and expects to out- do itself this year. I hi a rtf ... 1. Art Cram and one of San Luis Obispo’s own. 2. Even the drafting depart- ment gets in the picture. I 3. “Slim” Phegley at Avila. 4. Willard Moore and his crutches. 5. Part of the gang in the A. C. department. 6. Typical A. C. students showing how the cowboys do it. 7. Country club refrigera- tion experts soiling their hands. 8. Put a nickle in the slot and you get a cold one. 9. The “Doc” working for a change. IOPPOSITE PA GE — FIRST HOW (left to right) Earl P. Jam, George Barter, E. A. Hurliman, John A. Mil- ier, Van Donhn, Russ Barr, Gene Weisenber g, Richard Ehrlich, Boyd Chee; SECOND ROW: Bud Cham- htrlain, Donald A. Ross, Gordon Faw- cett, Leonard E. Abbott, Kenneth Westmoreland, Bob Erandsen, George McBride, Robert Mullis, Henry I'al- carce, Francis McNamara, Alvin I). Bush, Henry Ford, Bob Purdy, Rob- in Miller, John A. Hogan, Robert Stimmel, H erbert Woods, Vernon Bcnta, Don Carman; THIRD ROW': Charles Sesser, Bruce Pearson, Arthur Guglielmelli, Philip Born, Nicholas I. Murphy, Yoshioito Komoto, Gary Htsmer, B each D. Lyon, Elwyn Fraz- ier, Donald Cordier, Herbert Haire, Wallace G uglielmelli, E. L. Miller, lames M c Don aid, James McGrath; FOURTH ROW: William Neild, AD fred Engel, Clifford Bonner, William Heaston, R obert A. Bruns, K eith Sanford, Jerry 7.ahn, Robert King, 0. R. Lawrence, Raymond Harwood, F. A. Cram, William L. Grotzke, lahn Van Dyke, Victor L. Schmidt, Jl Bonin, C. J. Kallenborn, Martin Ocdekerk, Norm Baxter, Robert Mc- I’tlyre, Charles Monson, Howard Redmond. Architectural JOHN CROWSON RICHARD KANTA OLIVER POOL President rice President Secretary-Treasurer THE Architectural Club was formed during the Winter quarter of the past school year with the purpose in mind of providing extra-curricular act- ivities for students with architecture as their major subject. Since the club was so recently formed, it has sponsored neither activities nor student dances; however, many field trips are being planned and arrangements for guest speakers have been made. For Poly Royal an interesting exhibit, consisting of model houses and plots which are completely landscaped, was exhibited. FIRST ROW {left to right): G. E. Ellis, Advisor, Don Landry, Ben Franklin, Bob Emerson, James O’Donnell, Delmer Cook, Gordon Landry, Bob Moore, Elbert Coalvsell, Ray Kemp Ed Motmans, Lou Litzie, Jim Pilbeck, Dick Banta, Oliver Pool, Marshall Miller, Bob Ro ue, John Cronson, Lloyd Schumacher, Gene Trepte, Ray Birge. [84] Collegiate 'J. I. FIRST ROW (left to right): Donald Halstead, John Jones, Ray Garret, Avon Carlson, Herbert Winn; SECOND ROW: Paul Winner, Earnest Heald, Loren McNicholl, Hans Hansen, A. G. Park, William Othart, Don Eley, Donald Simpson; THIRD ROW: Robert Mills, David Flipse, Marion Jewell, Lloyd Reed, Franklin Webster. THE Cal Poly Collegiate Chapter of the Future Farmers of America was organized in 1946-47. Although it is not on a parallel with high school FFA chapters, it is chartered by and is under the authority of the State associations of the Future Farmers of America. Activities must always be in harmony with the State and National FFA policies. This chapter, as are all Collegiate chapters, is designed primarily for prospective agricultural teachers and membership is confined to those pre- paring to obtain teaching credentials and to any former active member of the FFA. It is felt that the knowledge and practical exper- ience gained from the association with the Cal Poly Collegiate Chapter of the Future Farmers of Amer- ica will better fit prospective agricultural teachers to meet the needs of their profession. JOHN JONES LOREN McNICHOLL DAVE FLIPSE AL PARK President Vice President Secretary Treasurer [85] Stock P LEO ROGERS ' JIRO KAI President Pice President THIS year found Block ‘P’ again at its prewar size. In addition to new members coming in, many pre-war letterman returned. Led by President Leo Rogers, the organization gained recognition as one of the more active clubs on our campus. Club activities began with football season when the club set up concession stands at convenient spots in the stadium to sell cold drinks, peanuts and pop- corn. The success of this enterprise was due largely to the untiring efforts of Secretary-Treasurer Bill Meilly. HANS HANSEN ART GILSTRAP Secretary Treasurer Other highlights of the year were the two fun nights sponsored by the Block ‘P’. Football letterman were initiated into the club at the end of a three day conditioning period, with the annual overnight trip to the County park on February 7-8. At the climax of the 1947 baseball season, another initiation was held which brought in basketball and baseball lettermen. An important undertaking by the club during the year was the building of a new all-metal mobile “chow wagon” which will be used at future games. [86] 0 0 0 friari} 1. I am a Neophyte. 2. Egan gives lesson to Bud in rope twirling. 3. We see it, Gene. 4. Jersey Jce down for the count. 5. Jersey Jce still down. 6. Here comes ‘By 7. Over the hurdles with ol’ man Dulitz. 8. Sloppy sex-tet. 9. Neophyte scuddles suds. 10. Shea takes six as “Fitz” strains on crutch. 11.. Townsend trio treed. 12. Pilot to gunner. FIRST ROW (left to right): John Ehret, Don Dulitz, Jim Yates, Clint Merithew, Ben Barr, Jiro Kai, Art GUstrap, Hans Hansen, Leo Rogers; SECOND ROW: Fern Meacham, Eu- gene Egan, Roy Metz, Dave Risling, Lee Rosa, Jack Morrell, Marsh Sam- uels, Al Gardner, Clem Crowley, Fred Caldwell, Cy Hovig, Jack Coyle, Fred McHenry, Jack Bolton, Bill Roth. Jack Barlow, Wilber May hew, John Shea, John Wright, Larry Wells, Joe Griff- in, Byron Culver, Jack Anderson, Dr. Voltmer, Jim Morris, AI James, Ray Remmel.Al Perry, Glenn Arthur, Spud Meyers; THIRD ROW: Bud Mac- Dougall, Bob Mott, Don Crawford, Bob Bennett, Pinky Bebernes, Charlie Hoffman; FOURTH ROW: Deane Anderson, Max Kohler, Floyd Leiser, John Fitzgerald, Charles Pavel ko, Howie O’Daniels. ficctA and £purA ROBERT METZGER DICK ARNOLD President Vice President WARNER SMITH Secretary• T reasurer “fllHE breeder of animals . . . directs the spark of •i life itself. The possibilities of his art are almost infinite.” This statement by A. H. Sanders was quoted by one of the speakers at a Boots and Spurs Club meeting, and keynotes the ambitions of the members of the organization. The club is an asso- ciation composed of students majoring in Animal Husbandry, with members of the faculty of the Meat Animals department as advisors. This year the membership reached 107. The program of the club includes monthly busi- ness meetings followed by speakers prominent in the livestock industry in California. These sessions al ways include ample time for questions, and thus the members are enabled to profit by the experiences of others, and acquire much practical information. Showing livestock is not strictly a club function, but members of Boots and Spurs won a large share of premiums at the Grand National Livestock Ex- position in San Francisco’s Cow Palace, and at the Great Western Livestock Show at Los Angeles with their fat sheep, hogs and cattle. Mr. Bennion, Mr. Collins, Mr. Landers, Mr. Parker and Mr. Hoyt ad- vised the students during the fitting and showing of their animals. Members of the club had charge of the Poly Royal rodeo and livestock show, and also conducted an adult livestock judging contest at Poly Royal. Animals for a statewide judging contest held during the FFA convention at Poly were prepared by Boots and Spurs members. The biggest project undertaken by the organiza- tion this year was the sponsorship of the Poly Roy- al Barbecue. • • • biarij 1. Showing at Grand Na- tional. 2. Ventura’s Griffin shows at Great Western. 3. Avila 102. 4. Davis and Souza help with foal. 5. Cheap college transporta- tion. 6. Deane “Water Boy” An- derson sticks out his chest. I The Guptons. 8. Bill Moore with bride to be. 9. Lindsey with his pride and joy. 30. Brandon bathes buddy. 31. All dressed up — and a place to go ? CtopA Club JOHN SCHAUB DON DAY President Pice President WITH the greatly enlarged enrollment at Cal Poly in the fall of 1946 a corresponding growth was experienced by the Crops Club. On initial sign-up approximately 100 students reported for the organ- ization’s fall activities. Because of the growth it was decided that tenure of the club’s officers would be limited to one quar- ter. Those elected for fall quarter leadership were: Dave Risling, president; Don Day, vice-president; Bob Mills, secretary; and Herman Lederer, treasur- er. Art Gilstrap was selected as SAC representative for the entire school year. RAY GARRETT BOB MILLS Secretory Treasurer Winter quarter officials were: Don Day, presi- dent; John Schaub, vice-president; Dave Flipse, secretary; and Ray Garrett, treasurer. With the advent of spring quarter, John Schaub took over the presidency, with Floyd Leiser, vice-president; Ray Garrett, secretary; and Dave Flipse, treasurer. Social highlight of the club’s calendar occurred with the sponsorship of the all-college Valentine Dance in February. Other social activities were an October beach party, a fall open house at the home of Instructor and Mrs. Paul Dougherty, and a stu- dent party during winter quarter in El Corral, the student store. [90] • • • friary 1. Dougherty and class in almond orchard. 2. Don Seaton keeping his Hawaiian tan. 3. McKendry and Leavitt right i n character — dishing out fertilizer. I Stanton and the boys cut- tin’ ’em up. 3. Poly corn is big enough to climb. 6. Chow Call, Crops Club style. 7. Draw one! 8. Smoe Leiser gets a cold one. 9. Queen Katie. 0. “Soup’s On”! 11. Cutie” Flamson airs how crops department does it. OPPOSITE PAGE — FIRST ROW (Wf to right) : Oscar Ate he son, Uoyd inland, Harold Emlem, Dick Love- ut, itn Merritt, Bob Bassett, Boh tali� , Stanton Gray, Reynold l.on- W; SECOND ROW: Ralph Vor- Paul Dougherty, Stew■ Porter, Winslow, . Taylor, John Bus, Jack Hughes, Lee McHenry, ltuSt. Aude; THIRD ROW: How- tfi Marshburn, Harold Nordall, Art Ghtrap, Don Dulitz, IVm. Flynn, fm Holmes, Bob Croce; FOUR TH SOW: Max Kohler, Floyd Leiser— ' Arts, Clyde Downey, Jim Flamson, tal Fleming, Johnnie Schauh—Pres- et, John Hillard, Don Day, Fred UtHenry; FIFTH ROW: Charles Bill Hunter, Guido Pronsilino, Ml dldrich, Ernie Heald, Bill Cof - h, Melvin Pugh, John Colomhini; MTU ROW: Dave Flipse, Treas- atr. Don IV heeler, Ray Garrett— M’ritry, Finley Bailey, Boh Green- Dave Risling, Eugene Kemper, Halstead; SEVENTH ROW: f,k Fandervoet, Boh Mills, Andy AL PARK AL QUIST BENTON CALDWELL President Vice President Secretary-Treasurer IN 1934 a committee of agriculture faculty mem- bers recommended to the Cal Poly chapter of the Future Farmers of America that an honorary de- gree be established, based on scholarship and act- ive participation in student activities. The recommendation was accepted and the present Gamma Pi Delta Fraternity resulted, although the charter for the F.F.A. chapter was surrendered. During its existence Gamma Pi Delta has lived up to the original high standards for membership and at the present time has an active membership of 31 members. During this year the fraternity held a barbecue at the beach and a dinner-dance. Gamma Pi Delta was inactive for two years dur- ing the war and upon its reactivation this year finds many of its members with enviable war records. f IRS I ROW (left to riff At): Dwight Wait, Loren M cSichol, Don Worden, AI Park, George Forrester, AI Quist, Alfred Fihpponi, Wayne Keast; SECOND ROW: Charles Hagemeister, Leo Sankoff, Bill Goold, Benton Caldwell, Boh Mills, William Kouns, Lawrence Crook, Tom Barnum, Gene Pimentel, Howard Brown. Carl Beck. MISSING MEMBERS: Leroy Lieb, Richard Whitney, Rollin Lander, Bill Verdugo, Earl Aml rosini, Herb Brownlee; NEW MEMBERS: Anthony Amoto, Adrian Harder, Wilbur Mayhew, Walter Riley, Hans Hansen, Arthur Gilstrap, Frank Webster, Wyley Day. [92] y. m. c. a. FRONT ROW' (left to right) : Pierre Anderson, Jim Jessup, Alonzo Howard, Marion Hepburn, Gary Petterson, Milton Brown; SECOND ROW': Dr. Frederick M. Essig, Gordon Landry, Avon Carlson, Bill Othart, Town- send Rose, David Roe, Keith Sanford. THE organization, established last January, had its early beginnings guided by the YMCA Sponsoring Committee, under the able leadership of Dr. Frederick Essig, chairman, and Dave Thom- son, secretary. Other faculty members of the com- mittee that helped the student Y on its feet were: Hul ert Semans, James McGrath, Gerald Ellis, Dr. Robert Hoover, Clarence Radius, and Dr. Paul Pendleton. The College Y has also obtained the assistance of Brice B. McGuire, Regional Director of Student Councils and George Miller, local YMCA secretary. AVON CARLSON PIERRE ANDERSON MARION HEPBURN TOWNSEND ROSE president Pice President Secretary Treasurer [93] Horticulture % JAMES COLEMAN DAVE PITTS RAYMOND LARSON President Pice President Secretary - Treasurer „ rJE Horticulture Club, one of the most active on the campus, had its largest complement in 1946- 47. Never is a party or banquet given on the campus without the keen decorative eye of Mr. Howes, or his able assistant Howard Brown, supervising the decorations. Much pride is taken by the club members in their undertaking of decorations at the school gym for dances. Their painstaking work is amply rewarded by the “ohs” and “ahs”, and congratulations by tk women in attendance at these affairs and their sU dent escorts. The first public initiation of the new year ui held by the Horticulture Club for its new member Different lyrics to the song “Ole Man River” wen heard around the propagation house on spruce days before the Poly Royal: “Lift dem weeds, t - that crock, if we make a killin’, we’ll get the ree: house out of hock — etc.” «II friary 1. Coolie labor on Ahrendes’ and Cooks’ gladiolus pro- ject. I 2. Flowers being initiated. 3. The Fall barbecue. 4. The flowers again. 5. At the Hallowe’en dance. 6. Miniatures of barbecues. I 7. The Easter dance — prize of a live 2-abbit. 8. Gil Brown gives eggs to Hank Moroski. 9. The Winter barbecue. 10. Mmmm, Listen to those steaks. 11. Cokes at the Easter dance. OPPOSITE PAGE — FIRST ROW [left to right)'. Louis Lunge, Wylie iliddleton, Harold Maltos, Merrill Eduards, AI Charney, Bill Drake. Chuck Burroughs, Gil Broun, Bill Goold, Rupert Gurnee, Jim Coleman; SECOND ROW: Bob Hedges, Hon- vd Bron-n, Jack Rixon, Bill Stark, Hank Sutcliffe, Joe Prestigiacomo, Carl Taffera, Harry Endo, Jim Pet- ition, Tony Amato; THIRD ROW: Roy Sutton, Paul Tritenbach, Don Smith, Neil McCarty, Ray Larson, George Sweet, Brawner C. Smith, Boh Ferguson, Jim Dixon, Bill Young, Dick Stratton, Jack R. Anderson, W. B. Hon es. oJ ieckeroA JOHN SHEA BILL ARMSTRONG JIM LAWSON President Vice President Secretary - Treasurer THE school year of 1946-47 found the Dairy Club with almost 100 members, an all-time record. Meeting once a week with a regularly scheduled meeting, the club had several interesting speakers during the year. Primarily a business meeting con- cerned with events happening in the dairy depart- ment, the social end of the club also saw much action. Under the supervision of social chairman and vice-president of the club, Bill Armstrong, a stu- dent body dance was held in February. An ice cream social event was held in El Corral in the fall of the year, and several tours of surround- ing dairies were taken by members of the club in regularly scheduled classes. Between the Winter and Spring quarters, several of the seniors taking manufacturing work, toured the northern part of the state and visited several different milk process- ing plants. Don Osborne, Jack Anderson, Kent Freeman, Frank Webster, Les Sahm, John Shea, and Bud MacDougall were in the party. Picnics and beach parties were in vogue during the Spring quarter, and a good year was climaxed with the judging, showmanship, and exhibits feat- ured at the 15th Annual Poly Royal. [96] hiarif... J. Placing class of Jersey cows. 2. Gill leading Holstein heifer. 3. Separating milk at dairy with “Mac” in charge. 4. ‘Future Farmer’ Combs milking in the Cow Pal- ace, at Junior Grand Na- tional. 5. Kimble and family. 6 Walker preparing to ask for a cigarette. 7. Everyone poses. '8. Jersey Bounce. 19. I wonder who??? pO. Dairy men still knee deep. 1. D o n “Country Gentle Mann.” 12. Lee with baby booze pro- ducer. 3. Holsteins at F r i s c o’s Grand National. 4. Judgers at work. DSITE PAGE — FIRST ROW to right): Alvin Garber, Hob elly, Charles Hoffman, Bruce r, AI Quist, Hans Hansen, Eu- IV a rd, Francis IV alter jr Sullivan, Ed Betten- Robert Strong, John Shea; ) D ROW: Fred IVardrobe, d Hiett, Jack Anderson, Dave t, Ben Bellefuille, John Scxauer, Brownlee, Elwyn Parkinson, ’rman Vo got, Harry Kimball, Ed nfess, K ent Freeman, Louis Mon- 1, Roger Righelti, IVilliam Vaughn, 'alter Olson, IVilliam Armstrong; ilRI) ROW: Donald Osborne, Ro- IVentzel, IVesley Combs, James tr, Harry Mellon, Bill Lupo, las Sawyer, Paul IVatson, Ches- Seetle, Bud Lee, Peter Sommer- llerb Fisher, IVayne Gill, Rob- ivers, Ray House, Albert Chan- ed Clark, Frank Gibson, Ralph ' ggle, George M. Drumm; O.’RTH ROW: Bud MacDougall, Filipponi, Richard IVhitney, Ted Ed Mull, Donald Mann, liar- •1 Sella, Fred Voris, Chris Jesper- Jr., Donald Crawford, Ronald ttiman, Frank IVhitmore, Jim Law- !. Bob Gilpin, Lester Sahm, Ru- le Varela, Frank IVebster, Russell ristiansen, Einar Knudsen, Bob i rrows, Charles Meach, Robert itley, John IVilliams. mm tfluAtemcf Jibing Club FRONT ROW (left to right): Alfred Nilsen, Jack Coyle, John Dykmans, Jim Heiser, M. Bode, Roy F. Metz, Larry Wells, Robert Roney, Ed Fleming, Burton Fan, Darel Runley, Jack O'Connell, Bill Margaroli; SECOND ROW: Earl Seely, Dick Hall, Kenneth Taylor, Crispin Wood, Bill Bode, Jim Yates, Evelyn Dinsmore, Don Lansing, Morris Rachina, llervey Quigley, Edgar Jay. THE Mustang Flying Association was initiated in December of 1946 by a group of aeronautical en- gineering students. It was felt that a flying club could be of service to the Poly students who wished to learn to fly but could not because of the high commercial rates. The cost of the planes and orig- inal equipment was paid for by a deposit of $100 required of each active member. The operating 1 costs are met by a charge of $3.00 per hour for the plane. The club is operated on a non-profit basis; all officers of the club donating their time free of charge, and the only expenses are gas, oil, tie-down, parts, and insurance. An elected board of directors administrates the club. The present board consists of Crispin Wood, president; A1 Nielson, vice-president; Larry Wells, secretary; Bill Bode, treasurer; Eugene Egan, Al- den Turner, and Kenneth Taylor. One of the club’s most responsible jobs is held by Burton Van, who is the operations officer. His job is to allocate the ship’s time to the members in such a way that every- one is kept happy; he also receives payment for the time on the ship and sees that either he or one of his assistants is at the airport at all times. Earl Seely deserves much credit for his unglorious but time and labor consuming task as maintenance offi- cer. William Carter is public relations officer. CRISPIN WOOD President AL NIELSON Fice President [98] LARRY WELLS Secretary WILLIAM BODE Treasurer FIRST ROW {left to right): P. N. Weller, S. E. Thompson, John Borely, Mike Zigich, Albert Sol ferino, Donald lohnson, Bill Etzold, Bud Meyer, Jay Smith, Darrold Hunter, Morris Andreoli, Dutch Zigich; SECOND ROW: Ovsen Reese, Joe Chinn, Bob Nelson, Alan Ries, Tom Banning, Ed Marble, Wayne Gates, Tom Espineda; THIRD ROW: George Skaug, F. E. Pilling, Robert Conkling, Bert Straub, Don Garner, William Howard, R• R. Adams, A. L. Grieg, James Grisham, Richard Cleek, William Wilkinson, Harry Graham. NOVEMBER 20, 1946, marked the reorganization of the Poly Engineers Club on the Poly campus. With Mr. 0. Rees as our faculty advisor and Thom- as Banning as the club president, the Engineers made rapid strides to participate in campus activ- ities. Ray Remmel, as vice-president and chairman of the committee, arranged the Poly Engineers’ dance held in the Gym, April 25th. John Borley made early preparations for the exhibit at the Poly Royal. President Banning also appointed Richard Cleek and James Grisham to act as the social committee. They very ably arranged the club’s first outing, a barbecue held at the county park. The second out- ing of the club was an educational trip to inspect the diesel-electric power plant at Vernon, and the turbo- electric plant at Burbank. THOMAS BANNING RAY REMMEL JAMES GRAHAM President Pice President Secretary - Treasurer [99] Pchj phaM JOHN SEATON MAX DECKER OTHO BUDD President J'ice President Secretary - Treasurer THIS year the Poly Phase club has been rather quiet The job of organizing a tremendously in- creased membership was complicated by the task of composing and accepting a new constitution. It became apparent soon after the start of the current school year that the constitution which served the club from the time of its inception twenty years ago, was entirely inadequate to handle the present membership. The organization has, however, carried on its regular round of business and social meetings as well as sponsoring two school dances. At the social meetings refreshments are gener- ally served and technical movies as well as cartoons and other specialties are shown. Poly Phase sponsored the Poly Royal Coronation Ball this year. A field trip to the San Francisco Bay region was held immediately after Poly Royal. The club visited the Cyclotron and Radiation laboratories at the University of California, as well as various indus- trial plants in the area. CTBICAL ENGINEER! [ 100] kiarif... 1. Don Hovely starting Dies- el engine in power plant. 2. Queen Katie touching off switch. 3. Radio Tests. 4. Pre-Poly Royal Broadcast. 5. Lab work. 6. Hyer passes on the know- how. 7. Starting generator; let there be light — maybe. 8. Poly Royal clean up. 9. Working on the high ten- sion rectifier. WITS PAGE— FRONT TWO: i Zetkov, Eugene Reagen; FIRST V (left to right): George Harp- Lloyd Bates, Henry Meyer, John on. William Hillman, Milton sn, Harold Garfield, Clarence na, Neil Thompson, Keith South- Don Caranza, AI Perry, fred d; SECOND ROW: J. J. Hyer, Glover, Max Decker, Jack haill, Jim Rudden, Howard Cory, in Gove, Dean Ahoudara, Per- luce, Ken Evans, Leon Me-., ns, Frank Zalman, Alan Fischer, ild Mills, Leroy Young; THIRD V: Lawrence Akerson, William , Bob Sagaser, Jim Stewart, Or- Gobby, John Elder, Paul Ridin- Warren Christensen, Ken Lucas, in Glenn, Warren Anderson. PvultMf Club JAY M. TUCKER TED WEBER WM. V. KONDARAT, JR. President I’ice President Secretary AT THE last count, according to Mr. Leach, Poultry department head, there were 67 mem- bers in the Poultry club. This is more than twice last year’s total of 33 members. Expansion, other than that of membership, has taken place in the form of new equipment and the erection of a mod- ern killing plant, which includes some of the finest ind up-to-date equipment available. The plant has increased some 500 birds and 3000 chicks, enabling the new students to secure projects. During the year, Mr. Leo Sankoff, Poultry instructor, and Mr. Charles Hagemeister, plant foreman, were added to the staff. Under the guidance of President Jay “Pistol” Tucker, it has been one of the most active clubs on the campus. A crowded social calendar provided the members of the club with entertainment and relax- ation throughout the year. An out-of-town stag din- ner party started the year off, the purpose being to acquaint the new students with the old members of the club and the instructors. At a following event, the Poultry alumni were guests of the club at the annual Turkey Banquet held Nov. 24. To prove that the club was not all fowled up, one of the most successful dances of the year took the spotlight, with the theme of a “Winter Wonderland.” hiarij.. • 1. “Slice Server’ Sankoff slices savory servings. 2. Sankoff gets gear from Konderat. 3. Poultry peddlers pose. 4. Tucker tucks toddlers. 5. Slick chicks. 6. Stinson wing banding chicks. 7. Feather merchants ball. 8. Workless Les, fondles friends. 9. Hen-house. . . 10. Chicken catchers consum- ing chow. FIRST ROW (left to right): S. liar- � � , G. Hovley, J. Tucker, Presi- leal. R. Anderson, T. Galli, G. Ca- l,J. O'Neil, 11. McCabe, 11. Bonner, X. H'idle, A. Cross, P. Bundesen, R. Martinet; SECOND ROW: Z. Me- l ltsh, B. Epstein, A. Tan Etten, B. Mount, G. Peterson, J. Lesley, 11. ftley, I). Bennet, T. James, I). Bul- M, P. Cook, A. Stiensen, R. Len, C. C x, T. Cunningham; THIRD ROW: Glass, Kouns, R. Wong, A. lloff- , N. Shuster, L Grube, J. De ' s, 11. Moore, I). Couchman, W. K ast, L Harris, R. Tollgaard, R. leach, L. Sankoff; FOURTH ROW: C. Hagemeister, J. Larsen, R. Cox, H. Bundesen. B. Caldwell, B. B easley, Goodhart, B. Broy, 11. Winn, W. K drat, T. Weber, M. Farrei, F. McCreary, R. Campbell, R. McCall, •t Carter. PteM Cluit JOHN PATTERSON LAWRENCE ROSSI President rice President IN JANUARY of the current year some thirty members of the publication department reactivated the. Poly Press Club. Primarily a service organiza- tion, the Press Club was reorganized to better acquaint the students working in the various publi- cation departments, to promote better relations between Cal Poly and other colleges, high schools, etc., and to study some of the problems of profess- PAUL MADGE KENT FREEMAN Secretary Treasurer ional journalism. Highlighting the Press Club’s activities in the past year was the presence of Edward Kennedy, an internationally famed journalist and foreign cor- respondent, who addressed the club at the dinner meeting held at the Gemeda Tea Room on March 3. Kennedy, who was formerly with the Associated Press and who is now managing editor of the Santa Barbara News Press, is famed for releasing the V-E Day news. FIRST ROW (left to right): Bert Fellows, Neil McCarthy, Art Gandy, Avon Carlson, Charles Chapman, Bol Kennedy, Kent Freeman; SECOND ROW: Ed Durbin, Bob Rowe, Stanley Thompson, JVm. Ctaybough, John Moroski, James Coleman; THIRD ROW: Herb Bundeson, Roy Bethel, John Colombini, Gerald Craig, Jirc Kai, John Patterson, Bernard Epstein, A! Auf der Heide, Glenn Arthur; FOURTH ROW: Guy Thomas, Boh Saunders, Paul Madge, Donald Miller, Jack Anderson; FIFTH ROW: Joe Griffin, John Shea. I 104] Cta foeita Seta tftu CY HOVIG MAJ. J. C. DEUEL GIL BROWN BUD MACDOUGALL President President in charge of Pice In Charge of Flowers Production Manager ITNDER the able tutelage of Major J. C. U Deuel, president in charge of Vice, Presi- dent “Sigh Hovig got his wish that a new fraternity be formed at Cow College. Without the aid of El Rodeo and its complete world- wide coverage of any event, blessed, illegal, or what-have-you, this frat would probably never have become known to the average person—no, not even to the erstwhile members themselves. Everyone knows “Heavy” MacDougall — he was unanimously elected to the Office of Production Control—his hand has been felt in the chocolate milk industry, baby production (future Cal Poly football teams), and even in the chem lab. As would be expected, Yell Leader Gillian Brown assisted the president in charge of vice, and furnished all the “flowers” —he is a hort major. Some of his work can be seen in the picture panel—all nice girls. Floyd Leiser didn’t make this year’s select group of officers and is seen doing a “Smoe” job, wondering why he was left out—tough luck, Floyd L. This presentation of the Eta Delta Beta Mu marks its passing into oblivion. The entire El Rodeo staff extends its many condolences to this fine group. TOP TO BOTTOM (left to right) : My what a long nose you have, grandma. My what long hair you have, grandma. My what big . . . teeth you have grandma. My what a handy arrangement, grandma. Watch out there, Leiser, no peeking allowed. [ 105] £ki Club ARON ABRAHAMSEN President TlHOUGH the Poly campus is a few hundred miles distant from the nearest snow, the Poly skiers are organized into an active club. Several times through the school year, members of the club have made trips to various winter-sports areas through- out the central part of California. These trips have been a great success for even the injuries have been kept to a minimum. The slopes of Badger Pass, Sequoia, Sugar Bowl, and Lassen Park have retained the sitzmarks of the Poly Ski Club. For upon these excellent runs you could see the members making Christie and tele- mark turns, field jumps, and schuss’s. On the lower GIL BROWN Secretary - Treasurer or beginners slopes other members were learning: the fundamentals. The club was formed for the purpose of increas- ing the interest in skiing, and to increase the abil- ity of skiers. Though not able to field a team this year it is hoped that a team can be fielded next year for the following events, salomm, down hill, and cross country racing. This summer while on sand at Avila 203 the members of the Poly Ski Club will be thinking of those high Sierra slopes; of the hiss when your slats slide over the snow; of the flash of snow cov- ered trees as you whiz past doing fifty miles per hour. Yes! Skiing is here at Poly. • • • kianj 1. “Margie” and the boys learning how it’s done. 2. Bob Bruns taking a spill. 3. Badger pass parking lot. 4. Badger Pass Lodge, Yose- mite Nat’l Park. 5. Side steppers going up for another run. 6. A bunch of the boys tak- ing a break. 7. Charlie Abrah msen, John Nickevic and Friend 8. Some of the gang waiting for a lift. 9. J o h n Zetkov demon- strates a stem turn. 10. The gang’s all here. 11. We’re ready for more. 12. The Lodge again. 13. Bill Phegley and friend in the snow. FIRST ROW (left to right): Mar- hall Miller, Elvin Copeland, Jim loevsen, Donald Custard, Kick Mar- •«. Gill Broun, Dick Croul; SEC- 0 'D ROW: Marjorie Doud, Buck MtCabe, Dale Allan, John Butts, Gene Trepte, Chuck Hartley, Bill fkegley, Richard Stas and, Ed John- � , John Zetkov, Aron Ahrahamson. Ifcuhcf Jaww BILL OTHART AL PARK President Pice President THE Young Farmer Chapter, one of the oldest and most active groups on the campus, is the largest chapter in the state, having over 100 mem- bers. Eleven state farmers and two star state farmers are among the members. At the beginning of the year, the Chapter set up the following aims: to further education; to gain interest in economic conditions; to learn more about politics; and to increase recreational programs. The middle of October found many of the Farm- JAMES JESSUP DON CAROTHERS Secretary T r easu rer ers and their gals up Serrano Canyon enjoying a sumptuous chicken bake. Along the line of more serious activities, the Young Farmers were hosts to the Future Farmer and Young Farmer conventions held this year and also initiated the local S. L. 0. F. F. A. county green hands. In the way of sports, the Young Farmers went up to second place in the Cal Poly club basketball games. Chapter’s advisor is Carl Beck, who solves the chapter’s toughest problems with a smile. [ 108] bitrrij... L Vince Hardy resting at the ‘end’ of the ride. t The squirrel, the fox and the pigs. The seat is to hard for Frank Fox. Young Farmers talking it over. Carothers hands check to Mr. McMahon to pay the world’s largest young farmer’s state dues. i The one with the hat on is the owner of the pigs. .This is what you call throwing the bull around with Ted Clark and D. Boehm. ■ Talking business. One of the top intra-mur- al basketball teams. . Looks very interesting. A very tasty dish, try ’em sometime. S$T ROW (ifft to right): M. E. Hraid, D. Halstead, IV. IF. Fox, C. Hutchins, B. Othart, kp, R. Zanda, C. Hitchcock, I), trs, I). Custard, B. Thornton, win, J. Mahoney, Shep, A. i, W. Combs; SECON D A. Van Etten, A. Park, L. toll, L. Guiol, A. Abbott, . B. Hunt, R. Jespersen, J. , P. Byer, C. Couchman, J. THIRD ROW: IV. Davies, L. F. Darnell, . Koval I, R. , IV. Toth, G. Jones, P. IVat- IV el I man, B. Kimball, P. dft, J. Daly, D. Howard, H. bltp, D. Murphy, . Angus, E. %Me, K. Andrus, IV. Bixler, B. • � C. Chapman, T. Clark, Carl FOURTH ROW: A. Knudson, Boehm, R. Hampe, D. Simpson, Partly, D. Thompson, C. Clark, iiattend, B. Twisselman, J. Pat- 'fi Joe Brown. fi Juli WITH the coming of the fall quarter, Cal Poly was almost literally flooded with a huge influx of new students. This sudden increase presented a problem to Mr. Troutner and Major Deuel, in charge of housing affairs. The problem was mainly, “Where shall we put the excess students?” After much con- fusion and milling about, the serious predica- ment was finally remedied, the temporary solution being: the U. S. 0. building located on Mill and Santa Rosa Streets. For the first month the U. S. 0. was home for about one hundred and fifty Poly students. It was really crowded and could be compared to the existence of “sardines in a can.” In October the occupants of the U. S. 0. packed their bags and vacated for greener pastures, the new home being Camp San Luis Obispo, located about five miles from town. EMERGENCY HOUSING In the gym . . . U. S. O. . . . camping CtaHcfall (jtfth CRANDALL GYM first became a res- idence at the start of the year when it handled a part of the overflow from the dormitories. After a few weeks, most of the boys moved out, a few re- mained; now there are but a dozen boys that live topside in the gym. These fel- lows are all star athletes except one, John Morosky, who is in the publica- tions department and writes sports. The athletes living in the gym are: Hank Moroski, (John’s brother, and that isn’t a misspelling of the last name) who was Poly’s outstanding basketball play- er this year . . . Rolland Tilstra, an- other Poly star basket bailer . . . Car- rol Jorgensen and Don Garman who hold down the first sack and the pitchers mound respectively on the baseball team . . . “Big Pete” Manning, able center for Poly’s football eleven and heavyweight wrestler . . . Roy Bethel and Dick Park- er, who both played guard last year on the gridiron . . . Boxer Les Risling, Les Ammon and Bill Quimby. [ 112 J SEATED: Rolland Tilstra; STANDING: Carroll Jorgensen, John Morosky, Don Gar- man, Hank Moroski, Roy Hethel. HERE at Camp San Luis Obispo the men are quartered in the guest house and the officers housing unit. For most of these students, the major- ity being ex-G.I.’s, an army camp presented nothing new as far as living conditions were concerned. Within a week everyone had settled down and was Amy ready for visitors and was doing light housekeeping. There are, at present, about one hundred men quartered at the camp, which make the living facilities good with plenty of room for everyone. In addition to the dwellings, there is a small canteen which caters to the culinary desires of the students. FIRST ROW: {left to right) Bill Hansen, Al Gomes, Norman Madsen, William Flynn, Frank Sutcliffe, Erie Campbell; SECOND ROW: Loring Folger, Herman Vogel, Austin Hayes, John White, Bob Aldridge, Dan J.eddy, Howard Cory, Robert Murphy; THIRD ROW:Hollis Lilley, Robert W ills, Merrill Edwards, Paul Mac- Cormack, Walt Schullstrom, Steve l)uer, Fred Hillman, Jack Hughes, Bob Pearson, John Wright. FIRST ROW (left to right): Joe White, Lowell Fields, Joe Brown; SECOND ROW: James Moore, Jim Parr, Louis Lange, Abe Gorenbein, John Shaffer, Ralph Smith. ficehqer THE members of Avenger are known for being one big happy family. A better group of boys aren’t to be found anywhere; in work or in play, their co- operative spirit is to be commended. Since Avenger is such a small dorm, it combined with a few of the other Hillcrest dorms to participate in the intra-mural sports program. The team won its share of the games and all the boys had an enjoyable time playing. There were a number of pinochle “sharks” in the crowd, and a game could be found going on early or late, between classes, during study hours and after chow. There are many personalities here: Bob Adams, one of the “sharks” and the official “waker-upper” of the dorm . .. Jack Dahl, our representative at the Sno-White Creamery . . . A. P. Evens, our “muscle man”, whose pastime is weightlifting ... Ed Kearns, who drives an Army command car and is known as the “Cowboy Kid” . . . Ted Litzie, the local high school “lady killer” . . . J. R. Moorehead, who we tagged as the ans- wer to a lady’s prayer . . . Bill Smith, who spent 4 Vi years in the Marine Corps . . . Bob Croce, our representative to Poly’s team of “grunts and groans” . . . and Bud Chamberlin and Vern Shahbazian, who supered the dorm. FIRST ROW (left to right) Bud Chamberlin, Gene Kemble, Don Howard, Bob Thornton, Bill Smith, Jack Dahl, Jim Mahoney, Vern Shahbazian; SECOND ROW: Dick Murphy, Ed Kearns, Bob Stimmel, Fred Voris, Mike Low, Bob Adams, Jim Morehead, IVesley Henry, Bob Merk, Dave Miller. [11+] -• -i - ONE of the greatest centers of con- stant action is Buffalo Dorm. A dull moment is a near impossibility as can be seen by characters like Leo Deis and Harold Svirsky, physicists and astron- omers, who have their ears glued to the radio as they pick up scientific develop- ments from Buck Rogers. Lou “They call me Jersey” Litzie and George Hovley, are president and secre- tary, respectively, of the “Cal Poly Movement For Co-eds.” Leroy Lady patiently combs his moustache out of his French horn, while roomie, Bob Kennedy, removes the cot- ton from his ears. Ray Larsen treats the dorm to an- other free concert via his phonograph with Howard Cook complaining Tschai- kovsky and Analytic don’t mix. John Fitzgerald, star center, dreams up grotesque medieval tortures to in- flict on new Block P neophytes. His roomie, John “Make mine a short beer” Brice is soundly indulging in his fav- orite sport of sawing logs. Dick (Call me in time for chow) Mc- Elroy, is reading the well thumbed pages of the “Grapes of Wrath” which he claims was banned from Santa Mon- ica. Art Giorvas, Doug Clark, and John Shaeffer are in a heated argument over who was out with the best looking girl the night before. FIRST ROW: {left to right) George Gregory, Dick McElroy, Emit Nasrallah, John Hillard, Phil Born, How- ard Cook, Sid Berkowitz, Hal Svirsky, Lou Litzie, Bob Young, Hie Shmidt, Oscar Bettendorf, Richard Caldwall, Art Giorvas; SECOND ROW: Hiram Kouns, Jack Blair, Carl Caswell, Charles Back, John Brice, Bob Newell, Oscar Glass, Leo Deis, Russ Pyle, John Shafer, Lloyd Reed, Dave Johnson, Bud Pilling, Bob Kennedy, Dale Gill, John Fitzgerald, Hal Ensley, Ed Wortman. [ 115] Catalina SITUATED not far from the railroad track, Catalina Hall survived the digging that went on to make the new athletic field. Looking back over the year we can remember when . . . Cyril Flores wan- dered around the dorm wondering if he belonged in room 121 or 116, and how he figured out a system to attend a movie every night and never see the same picture twice . . . “Buckets” Waterman did his algebra to the tune of Spike Jones blasting his eardrum . . . Jim Crampton thought he’d never live down the name of Lieu- tenant . . . Art Gandy traveled 300 miles a weekend, making a total of 10,- 000 for the year, to see Jean . . . Dick Dart was constantly hopping up the “blue job” ... Bob Hunt traversed every night to the gym for basketball, track, wrestling, or some other sport ... but the biggest laugh the boys got was Norma Jean, who called up to talk to anyone who wasn’t busy. It wasn’t too long, though, before she became a bore here, so she tried a few of the other dorms. With A1 Hurliman at the wheel, Cata- lina kept comparatively quiet during the year, although it did make the “Dear John” column because of the noise created supposedly by the fresh- men ... we are still looking for the informer. FIRST ROW (left to right) Bob Hunt, Rae tiouke, John Sexauer, Walter Martinkus, Charles Meinhart, George Rotter, Gray Hosmer, Greg that, Fred Duval, Carl Slusher; SECOND ROW: Wally Latreille, Wayne Beatty, Al Hurliman, Raul Martinez, Ben Barron, Art Gandy; THIRD ROW: Ken Westmoreland, Harry Hurliman, Fred Waterman, Joe Adams, George Skaug, Bob Conklin, Harold Thomas, Bob Musulin, Bob Matson, Bob Buchanan, Gordon Holleman, Ed Braly. [ 116] I HUE to conflicts with the many other ” student activities on the campus, the organized participation in the var- ious affairs around the campus were limited. At a meeting held in the earlier part of the year the following officers were elected: Robert Vandervoet, presi- dent; Bill Roth, vice-president, and Ben Barr, secretary. Zack McIntosh was appointed athletic manager and worked up a good baseball team for the intra- mural season of 1947. Although Chase Hall did not enter any teams for the Fall quarter sports program, several of its members were Cka e active on the teams of the various departments on the campus. The Hall was well represented in the band, glee club, and other student affairs. The hobbies of its members were varied as its membership. Among the most prominent were sports, photog- raphy, model making, radio building, music, auto repairing and beach comb- ing. Although not verified, a few of the boys considered “studying” as their major extra-curricular pastime. The Hall was skippered by Major Deuel, with Charles Knockey as his right hand man. FIRST ROW {left to right) Zack McIntosh, Marlin Ray, Ted Haskell; SECOND ROW: Don Denbigh, Everett Miller, Ben Barr, Clint Merithew, Art Tan Etten, Don Mills, Tom Espineda, Joe Sondena, George Sampson, Roy Siegrist; THIRD ROW: Bill Kouns, Art Meek, Rolland Sears, Paul Madge, Kenneth Evens, Milton Brown, J. Thompson, John Dykeman, Bob Vandervoet; FOURTH ROW: J. C. Deuel, Jack Carlson, Tan Donlin, Fred McCreary, Tom Bowles, Walter Wells, Bob Kimball, T ravis James, David Kiewet, Dick Cambell, Jerry Root, Wes Goodhart, Bob Williams, Ben Beliefeu'-lle, Dick Simpson, Bob Kaplan, Donald Frank. [117] Cctomdc % THERE is always something going on at Coronado. For instance, in room 82, you can very nearly always find a mass wrestling match with Bruce Bor- ror, Lee Yates, Dean Clark, and a visi- tor being the chief participants. Down the hall in room 76, Louis Montes, Ro- dolfo Varcela, Jorge Galvez, and Percy Vaughan are endeavoring to develop the body beautiful with weight lifting. Open discussions on the past world conflict, and any other question that may arise, can be found being argued in 81. The usual speakers being Wesley Coon, Ed Mull, Bill O’Hara, Jim But- terfield, and dorm super Jimmy Smith. These discussions are always open to guest speakers, and usually there are plenty of guests. Music, in the form of recordings, can be heard drifting up from 70, where Chuck Stark, John Taylor, Bob Nixon, and Bill Hunter gather to listen to the latest stuff out on Decca. Coronado is especially proud of some of the fellows who are outstanding in a few of the different activities on the campus; namely, “Drummer Boy” Jim Cox, who displays his talents with the Collegians; “Pinky” Bebernes, one of the star quarterbacks on the gridiron this year; Don Carothers, Vice Presi- dent of the Freshman class; and Don Miller, who is one of the contributing factors in the printing of El Mustang. This year Coronado was unable to enter intra-mural sports due to the many changes of occupants. However, as they say in Brooklyn, “Wait till next year!!” FIRST ROW (left to right): Percy Vaughn, Chuck Stark, Nick Stravarkas, Wesley Coon, Don Carothers, Bill Slater. Bill Hunter, Louis Munoz, Pinky Bebernes, Phil Grigsby, Laird Hail, Lee Yates, Jerry Craig; SECOND ROW: Jim Smith, Ed Conlon, Bill Hunt, Bill O’Hara, Jim Butterfield,Dick Stassand, Ed Mull, Fernando San- chez, Enrique f'alcarce, Luis Montes, Bob Brooks, Jim Cox, Rudolfo Varela. [118] KPOIN’ out tonight?”, Had a big night last night”, We’ll murder ’em this time!” “Good for ten points to- night!” All characters talking? .. .yes charac- ters better known as the Dauntless Devils, and each one of them making the dorm one of the most popular and famous “sports-minded” places on the campus. Active in all the intramural sports, and always a hot contender for the championship, Dauntless fielded red hot teams in softball, touch football, basket- ball and bowling. We burned up the league in bowling, and why not, with boys like Vern Banta and Bob Blesse making the strikes. The dorm failed to “take” much otherwise because of several injuries, inelgibility, due to school sports, and lack of condition. But the boys were always “in there” for hautt tleM the fun they got out of it. We had a hard time during the year due to the loss of manpower. A few of the boys gave up the saying “back to school’ ’in favor of “the old routine”, or some just took a leave of absence for awhile. Lawrence Wylie, Frank Friburger, John “The Mouth” Hood, A1 “The Nose” Ring, Jack Barrett, and “Ditty” Ayla, all saw the light and repented. Dauntless, too, has some of the more famous “Lost Weekend Boys”; the top contenders being Don Wade, Richard “B. H.” O’Neil, with “Wild Bill” Claybough running a poor third as one of “Joe’s Boys”. Yes, Dauntless Dorm weathered the storm and came out with one of the greatest group of characters obtainable, students first, last, and always. FIRST ROW (left to right): Boh Dericco, Jack Vallate, Jim Peterson, Valter Money; SECOND ROW: It Johnson, Tom Young, Joe Sutter, Hervey Quigley, Ralph Len, James RuJJen, Clarence Lever, Bob Mullins. George Goldwasser, Dick Vade; THIRD ROW: Joe Ulmer, Boh Powell, Dave Britton, Jack O'Connell, Hugh Nitholson, Bob Frye, John Crowson Byron Clanton, H oward Rosen, Gordon Fawcett, Roy Veiland, Jerry Carter, Bill Claybaugh, Bob O’Neil, Vernon Banta; FOURTH ROW: Harvey Kramer, Bob Lazar, John Ho- gan, Charles Geelhoed, John Foote, Herb Haire, Yosh Kimoto, Bert Straub. [ 119] heu e! DEUEL dormitory, named after Major J. C. Deuel, with Mr. Frank Whiting superintending and Jim Keesee assist- ing, is the largest dorm on the campus, housing some ninety-two boys. It with- stands punishment, but is beginning to show its years, especially when the water heater “conks out” leaving the residents a choice of a cold shower or going unwashed. It is a place of constant activity around the clock. For example: down town for a movie, milkshake or beer, off to Avila in someone’s jalopy, or occasionally to the library for an evening of quiet study. The only means of outside communication being a bat- tered pay phone on the second floor, frequent bellows of “Room 11, Hume, Telephone!” are heard. The one-time player piano in the lounge, now without the ‘works” is usually giving out with “Chopsticks”. Other noises renting the air are, “Hey, wait for me!”, “Open the door, Richard!”, and “Hey, Norm!” The softball team took the intramural championship and our basketball team did very well. To each and every one of the fellows who participated in these games goes our congratulations; es- pecially to Wesley Combs, who coached the softball team, and to Frank Fox who organized the basketball team. FIRST ROW (left to right) : John Romero, John O'Neil, John Leslie, Ed Bettencourt, Wayne Gill, Ted Clark, Harry Mellon, Dave Boehm, Ronald Hutchings; SECOND ROW: Elwyn Frazier, Eugene W eisenberg, Frank Fox. Bill Fryer, Bruce Pearson, Rawon Hipp, Hollis Barnes, Wesley Combs, Bill Lupo; THIRD ROW: Bill Neifd, Salyadore Reyes, Charles Harris, John Patterson, John Rhodes; FOURTH ROW: Rex Livingstone, Bill Othart, Bill Woodward, Weslie Davies, Daryl Bennett, Carl Taffera, Ed Haas, Jim McDonald, Tineent Har- dy, Bill Heaston, Ken Stephens, Russ Barr, Alonzo Howard, F. F. Whiting; FIFTH ROW: Bill Barnes. John Miller, Charles Hitchcock, Hank Booksin, Eric Knudson, Ed Morris, Bill Purdy, Hans Hansen; SIXTH ROW: Roy Sutton, Keith Wilde, Floyd Leiser, Bill Karlak, Rich Roberts, Joe Parker, Bill Baughn, Willoughby Houk, Bill Hume. I 120] According to the boys who live there, Heron is the best dorm on the campus. Besides that, it is also the home of many prominent campus personalities and characters: Ken Lucas, student body secretary; Willie Moore, agile cen- ter on the varsity basketball team; Bob Raybourn, student director of the band; essayist, Dick Livingston; Paul A. ‘Deacon Watson, campus character and teachers’ pest; and sheepherders, Bob Kouns and Ed Anderson. Heron Hall has the reputation of being rather noisy. The reason for this is, as you would see, if you were to enter beyond its portals, that it is one of the most active dorms on the campus. There is never a dull moment in Heron as someone’s bed is always falling Hetch Hall apart . . . alarm clocks going off in the wee hours of the night . . . the Town- send Club members coming in at all hours and in all shapes . . . the second floor boys rough-housing and just raising general xyz$!! Besides these extemporaneous activities, Heron also has a top-flight basketball team con- sisting of Messrs. English, Chin, David- son, Toulson, Rush, and Heiser. Our high pointing bowling team was com- posed of Senors Wheeler, Meyer, Schul- tz, Flipse, and Garrity. The super of the big “H” dorm is that notorious tyrant and physics teacher, Mr. R. E. Holmquist. He is as- sisted by Dick “The Little Fuhrer’’ Dana, who rules the second floor with an iron hand. FIRST ROW (left to right): Jack Coyle, Darrol Davison, George Toulson, Don Wheeler, Dick Davis, Jim English, Rich Erlich, Al Gardner, Lawrence Rossi, Max Kohler, lemon Frederick, Bob Miller; SECOND ROW Pete Bryer, Ed Anderson, Tom Brannum, Bill Toth, Jim Lowewn, Elvin Copeland, Walt Henderson, Don Halstead, Don Hunter, Bob Raybourn; THIRD ROW: John Wingate, Robert Holmquist, Mike Grijfen, Dick Livingstone, Eugene Schultz, August Moilman, David Flipse, Wally Clark, Dick Thompson, Bob Strong, Doc Waite, Ken Lucas, Dave Armtrong, Willard Moore, Roy Mallory, Erwin Gove, Fred Leavitt, Edmund Janusz; FOURTH ROW: Bob Kouns, Joe Chin, Lucian Ames, Bud Lee, Dave Couchman, Hilary Moore, John Brownlee, Paul Watson, James Heiser, Ralph Crook, Leon McAdams, Richard Dana, Eugene Kemper. [121] WetUtter HELLDIVER, which is another dorm located in the Hillcrest, area, lies between Wildcat and Avenger dorms. It is co-superintended by Wylie Day and Tom Galli, with Bob Nelson keeping the barracks clean “once a month,” say the residents. The tenants in Helldiver are varied as to their outlooks on life, major courses, and hobbies—for instance: Bob Harris, the mechanical genius or “gadget wizard”, carrying a rugged 11 units, can usually be found under his ca r installing some new fangled gadget. Bob “Alan” Ladd rarely sees his folks who live in Atascadero, because of an adorable girl in Pismo. The three times a week journey Bob makes is because they are engaged. Pierre Anderson and Jay Keegan keep the dorm in a turmoil day or night by discussing the world problems. Ex-railroadman and tennis addict Robert Daw has a Pismo girl too, that he sees very frequently. The athletic aspects of Helldiver are fair with divot diggers Barry Whitmire, Don Lott, and Dale Daniels. The boys claim they are all champions. Chet “Smitty” Smith is one of the athletes, too. When he isn’t soda jerking or barbaring, Smitty can be found tum- bling or “rackin’ ’em up” in ping pong. Other notables around the dorm are Earnie Carboni arguing that the CBI was the best theatre . . .Jack Wesling giving out with the odd sounds, the )nly recognizable one being Donald Duck . . .Val Gimberling with his loud ties and suspenders. . .and the dorm’s newest additions—John Bengston, Leroy Wol- finger, Ed Littman, and Cloyd Laughlin. LEFT TO RIGHT: Ray Hampe, Ed Johnson, Bill Phegley, Jack Wesling, Jay Sudbury, Claus Schumacher, John Zetkov, Wylie Day, Paul Weddle, Tom Galli. I 122] OVERLOOKING the gridiron, Jesper- sen affords a bird’s eye view of all the home games that Poly plays, not to mention the High School and Junior College. Also, it is only a fore- hand to the tennis courts, which lie directly behind the dorm. As for the dorm as a whole, they say they are a “band of characters,” with the emphasis on the word character. The boys live a semi-nocturnal life. The first noises of awakening oc- cur at 6 o’clock, when “Fearless” Feister arises to feed the morning mob at Cafe No. 1. Of course, that mob consists of only a few, if any, from Jes- persen. Life actually blossoms forth at fifteen minutes to eight, and it does so with a vengeance. Congestion is the by-word. They leave the dorm like rats leaving a doomed snip. Peace and quiet rein until four o’clock, when bull sessions compete with “Buck Rogers” and “Superman” until five-thirty. After chow, anything can happen until the wee hours of the night, and it usually does, for that is about the time that some of Joe’s Boys return. Jespersen really had a good intra- mural softball team, but became a little negligent when it came time to play; therefore had to forfeit a few of the games. With Mr. James McGrath at the wheel and Bill Brandon standing by, Jespersen is one of the leading dorms on the campus. FIRST ROW (left to right) : Luis Montes, Jack Warren, Gene St. lude, Chester Beacle, John Ehret, Melvin Galer, Charles Swift, A! Perry, Earnest Young, Bob Garvey; SECOND ROW’: Don Fiester, Bud Brandon, Wes Witten Morris Andreoli, Don Lansing, Walter A'owak, John Han Dyke, Al Bush, Charles Adams, Dick- Lavery. Jack Bolton, Dave Rose, Bob Carver, Rod Eschenburg, Leonard Noell, Cy Hovig, George Sv eet, Har- old Hordal; THIRD ROW: Jim Boswell, Jack Morell, Don Garner, Phil Garner, Don butcher, Wayne Col- lins Lloyd Bates, Ken Andrus, Bob Mohr, Harold Garfield, Keith Southard, James Burkes, Harold Burkes, Harold Thomas, Walt Bixler. [ 123 J J. aA UicjueraA THE bulging and overtaxed roll of Poly students, made by the increas- ing number of returning war veterans, made it impossible for Poly to lodge everyone on campus. One of the emergency dorms is Las Higueras Housing Unit, which originally was constructed for transient railroad men. The location of the dorms is difficult to explain, other than to state 1185 Is- lay Street. They are right on the rail- road tracks, about one block down and over from the Station . . . this being their main disadvantage. FIRS I ROW (left to right): Cliff Feltch, Ray Bircher, Harley Kovall, Larry Heringrr, Ray Link, Bob Rube, Chuck Henkel, Gene Trepte, Rick Martin; SECOND ROW': Ernest Binscara, Don Custard, Bill Etzold, Dud Clark, Bud Meyer, Bill Howard, Gene Hi el sen, Dick M cS'ish; THIRD ROW': Ken Glick, Ken Colley, A 'ewt Smith, John Butts, Lou Martini, Jim Lawson, Stan Fuglestad, Maurice Holly, Fred Allen, Don Knaus. BOTTOM—FIRST ROW’ (left to right): Harry Albright, Luan Cooper, Emil Padjen, Chuck Rolfes, Pressley Cooper, Bill Clow, Reg Jespersen, Guido Pronsilono; SECOND ROW': Glen Gillete, Elwin Parkinson, Ted Jestes, Harold Whaley, Kurt Brown, Howard Marshburn, Allen Fisher, Bill Wilkinson, Chuck Larsen, Dale Hereford. [ 124] j,eu et Cottage ON THE left side as you travel up Poly Vue Drive, are the Lower Units ruled by Alf Auf der Heide, who can usually be seen dragging his mussette bag after a weekend in Los Angeles. Upon entering, if it were a Sunday morning, you might find a few of the boys solid in the sack after another Atascadero Grange dance. Upon a closer look, they’d probably turn out to be Sandy Munro, Bill Gibford, Jim Yates, Eli Whitney, and “Who reversed the batteries in my flash-gun” Chapman. Chapman has been nursing shin splits as a result of one square dance with vet- eran shin busters Munro, Gibford, and “Gyro” Yates. The smile on Bob Mc- Call’s face is in relief of having found a blind date only 5’ 4”, rather than 6’ 4”. By glancing around we notice the madmen of cottage “C” locking one semi-nude individual outside and get- ting a terrific charge out of the whole affair. John Colombini wondering if esters and organic salts are one and the same or two and the different. “Doc” Suiger showing associate instructor Leo High, handymen Charlie Trigg, Harold Smith, and “White Top” Kemp of cot- tage “A”, an old Indian game called “Hoki Poki”. The boys up here unite in saying that they wouldn’t trade residence with any- one else, and couldn’t be moved to sleep at any other place . . . except maybe Joe’s. FRONT ROW (left to right): Eugene Whitney, John Columbini, Harry Sella, Gail Allen, Jim Yates, Bob Franzen, Norman Yoe, Charles Chapman; SECOND ROW: Frank Doty, Jay Tucker, Bob McCall, Phil Cook, Bob Myers, Ray Harwood, Joe Brown, Francis Smith, Larry Smith, Dick Otto. [ 125] J ftariHer ONE of the items that brought Mariner to prominence was its top notch basketball team. Dick Nolan, Bud Portola, Rush Alexander, Bob Piedmont, and Albert Kong comprised the club, which was one of the teams to beat in the recent intramural basketball league. Rush Alexander used all of his funds to pay for that “hot rod”—(“hot wreck,” to quote the boys in the dorm). He doesn’t even have enough money to go home, which was his original pur- pose in buying the car. The secret in Bob Palmer’s semi- weekly fog journey to Paso Robles is to see a cute brunette schoolma’am—he says she does his homework! ! ! Speaking of women, Ted Weber has the set-up deal, she uses her car for the date, and Ted uses it after the date. . . mad love. This is according to the boys who stand by the front door on Ted’s night out and watch. Seen anytime are Bob Hodell over- bidding his hand at pinochle . . . The Lindsay boys recuperating after a ses- sion at the Atascadero Barn Dance. . . and Dick Nolan wondering how profits and losses will come out with his pigs. FIRST ROW (left to right): Dave Bullock, John Borely, Vernon Cole, Art Abbott, Wayne Gates, Allen Dodge Bill Coffee, Dvjight Holcomb, Bob Hodel; SECOND ROW: Chester Lund, Charles Plumber, Bob Palmer, Rich- ard Portolan, Francis McCabe, Don Huebner, Don Wright; THIRD ROW: Dick Nolan, Bob Piedmont, fUrb Chadivell, Jack James, James Busk, Joe Clark, Lucien Cuiol, Carlos Tasse, Ted Weber, Len Corwin. [ 126] THIS is Seagull dorm, overlooking Cal Poly, geographically speaking, be- cause we are at the top of Poly Vue Drive just above the upper units. Our talents and idiosyncrasies are many, which include weightlifters, gym- nasts, mad mechanics with their gow jobs, and motor-bicyclists, boxers, bow- lers, archers, and amateur cowboys, who rope everything from buckets to student wives. Never to be outdone, we entered a team in every intramural sport. Basket- ball we don’t talk about, because we were so low that we almost fell off the bottom of the list. Bowling was better however, with Bud Twisselman, AI Solferino, Mike Zigich, Al Filipponi, and Bob Harris keeping us definitely in the league. Superintended by Don Seaton, our representative from Hawaii, we manag- ed to have a lot of fun and also pass all our finals. You see, we kind of like it here at Poly. FIRST ROW (left to right): Leonard McNeil, Al Filipponi, Jack Barlow; SECOND ROW: Don Seaton, Jerry C h'H Dutch Zigich, Willy Williamson, Herb Pembrooke, Jim Daly, Tony Solferino, Mike Zigich, Harry Bonner, BJ Brown, Bob Harris, Nordae Rhodes, Lauren Heinzen, Bill Wilder, Al Solferino, Doug Thorne, Jerry Segall. MISSING: Wight Atkins, Bob Alexander, Vic Brommond, James Caldwell, Carter Camp, Bill Cotten, George ' , 1 n V. Hoellworth, Fu Tse Huang, John Imhoff, Harry Lowe, James McBrian, Albert Miller, Bill orr Nolan, Tex Parons, Frank Kinnings, Bob Tuck. [ 127] Upper Cottage A IF YOU are looking for a homey spot, I with never a dull moment, you should select the Upper Units for your residence. This exclusive residential district consists of three palatial cot- tages grouped about a lawn, across from the dairy. Married veterans trail- ers hem in cottages E and F, and the oft-crowded parking lot is adjacent to D. The cottages are occupied chiefly by Dairy, Horticulture, and Meat Animal � students. However, the few Poultry and Industrial students who do live here, somehow' manage to survive. Each cottage has its owfn particular characteristics, depending chiefly upon the nature of the inhabitants. Cottage D is the most active, both in and out of the dorm. Noisy or profound bull ses- sions, elaborate Christmas decorations and party, and occasional floods par- tially characterize it. Some of the out- standing personalities are Sports Writ- Albert Charnty. [ 128] Wildcat IF A PERSON ever inquires as to the whereabouts of Wildcat, he will be di- rected to the beautiful spacious apart- ments in the sophisticated Hillcrest area. Surely you know the buildings that are meant, the ones that serve as a combination rooming house, card rooms, hermits caves, study hall, and veterans wives club. On the eleventh day of September in the year of 1946, Wildcat was just as good as in storage, but a few days later the barracks were pretty well filled up. Since then they have had their ups and downs — mostly downs— for at this time we were only fourteen strong. In this fourteen there are a few would-be engineers, namely: La Verde, Brewer, Carlson, Pittman, and Rodri- quez. The cowboys are: Kennerson, Gill, Vernon, Elke, and Drumm. Laying claim to Erkenbrecher, John- son, and Matsushita is the farm brig- ade, with Garrity being claimed by Horticultural department. Superintended by Bill Drumm, Wild- cat joined forces with a few of the other dorms at Hillcrest to form a basketball and baseball team. FIRST ROW': (left to right) Calvin Gill, Bruce Graham, Clyde Cochran; SECOND ROW: Paul Bundesen, Harold Houts, John Clutter, Bill Pryor, Keith Watts, Charles Holcomb, James Clutter; THIRD ROW: Gordon Bear, AI Quist, Art Gil strap, Sam Matsushita, George Kennerson, Albert Kripper, Harry Graham, and Herb Bundesen. [129J tflamecf Veteran HOME SWEET HOMES . . . . 400 families hope to reside in only 125 housing units. VIET VILLA and Poly Crest, better known as the “houses” and “trai- lers” respectively, have been home to some one hundred and fifty veteran students and their families at Cal Poly. In addition to the students and their wives, approximately seventy to eighty children are accommodated in the units. The children range in age from a few days to thirteen or fourteen years. Honors for the largest fanily go to the Lloyd Shoemakers, who now live in a two bedroom unit. Lloyd and his brother both attend Cal Poly and in addition to Lloyd’s wife and baby, his Mother also resides at their house. The John Ambergs’ record family of three boys has been challenged by the Edward Durbins who recently added a third. The Bob M. Kennedys (not to be confused with instructor Bob Kennedy) can claim the only set of twins residing in the housing units. DOMESTICATED ED DURBIN .... UNBELIEVABLE GEORGE RUSSELL . . . . dresses one of his brood of three. . . . family life is complicated so he studies in the early A. M. [130] Largest families accommodated in the trailers are at present the Bud Salmons, who share their trailer with two sons Richard and Steven. Newcomers Avon Carlsons also have two children and the Don Conleys who now have a house, formerly lived in a trailer with their daughter Nancy and their son Donny, ages thirteen and three respectively. The majority of the rest of the trailers boast one child—many of whom have never known any other kind of home. In spite of crowded conditions, all the married students take pride in making the units attractive and home- like. Friendship and companionship are developed through cooperative living. ------h HELPFUL bob miely home from school early and had to pitch in. BERNSTEIN GETS THE BUSINESS . ... he wipes while she dries, no poker tonight. came [ 131] HeW Htek DR. CARL VOLTMER Director of Athletics WITH the opening of the fall quarter of 1946 there were two new additions to the Athletic Department. Dr. Carl Voltmer arrived to take over the job of Director of Physical Education and Athletics. Dr. Volt- mer received his Ph. D. in physical educa- tion from Columbia University in 1934. Another newcomer is Robert ‘Bob’ Mott. Mott comes to Poly from the mid-west and has taken over duties as baseball and basket- ball coach. The football staff is headed by Howard ‘Howie’ O’Daniels. O’Daniels comes to Poly from Santa Clara University and has headed the football program here at Poly since 1933. Besides coaching football, Howie handles the swimming and gymnastics teams. The coaching staff is completed with Charles ‘Chuck’ Pavelko. Chuck’s duties at Poly include boxing and wrestling as well as handling the backfield men on the grid squad. Pavelko attended Santa Clara and graduated from Whittier College in 1941. Cal Poly’s new $60,000 athletic field was officially dedicated during the 1947 Poly Royal. Nearing completion after almost six months of work, the baseball field had it’s inaugural game between Cal Poly and Peper- dine College. A far cry from the old familiar oat-hay ' outfield and adobe clay infield, the new baseball diamond will be among the best in the 2C2A conference. Right and left field are both over 325 feet from home plate, and by the 1948 season, there will be a fully turfed playing field. The track has a quarter-mile oval with a 220 straightaway------the inside of which will be used for a practice football field. HOWIE O’DANIELS CHUCK PAVELKO BOB MOTT Football, Swimming Football, Boxing Basketball, Baseball [134] THE Board of Athletic Con- trol is composed of a group of students headed by the Athletic Manager. Togeth- er with the Director of Ath- letics they handle arrange- ments for different sports events, approve the budget for athletics, and pass on rec- ommendations for athletic awards. The greatest obstacle that was faced during the past year was in securing enough funds for the betterment of athletics at Poly. Entrance into the C.C.A.A. conference required a larger budget than in years previous, but that objective was only partially achieved. LEFT TO RIGHT: Dr. CarI D. Voltmer, Cy I ovig, Leo Rogers, Al James, Fred Leavitt. OUT WITH OLD. . . IN WITH NEW Poly gets a neve $60,000 Athletic field. [135] Jcctball THE Mustangs did very well during their first season of post-war football. Coming into the home stretch, the squad was developing power and polish that was something to see. With the excep- tion of the Pepperdine College game, where the Polyites got started a little too late, everything was up to pre-season expectations. Opening the season at Santa Barbara with a very green outfit, the Mustangs gave the Gauchos a bad time in everything but the final score. On paper they showed themselves as having the necessary poten- tial scoring punch for a successful season. From Santa Barbara up to San Diego State’s class was a big hurdle, but one that was overcome; the Mustangs walking off with a 21-13 win. After the San Diego game Coaches O’Daniels and Pavel- ko were more confident of the material they had to work with. The Mustangs’ third test came in the Occidental game. After being out-maneuvered and out-played by the small, scrappy Tiger squad, the Mustangs had to come from behind in the latter stages of the ball game and pull a loss out of the fire. Occidental walked off with a tie and also with the satisfaction of scaring the daylights out of a few people who had definitely under-rated them. San Francisco State provided the opposition for the season’s fourth game. It was in this game where Coach O’Daniels’ reserves earned their nickname, “The Shock Troops.” After missing a few good scoring opportunities, the Mustangs came out on top, 7-6. Poly went unbeaten for the next two ball games, taking Whittier to town by a score of 13-2, and San Diego Naval 34-6. From this point the Mustangs took a trip to Los Angeles to tangle with the high riding Waves of George Pepperdine College. After the ball game, the Waves were still on top, thanks to Darwin Horn, the nation’s leading scorer at the time. Poly went down after a slow start and with the defeat went the chance of a possible Bowl bid. The final score was 28-18. The last two games of the season were played on home grounds, Poly taking both contests. The first of these two games was with the El Toro Marines, who were defeated 26-0. The Mustangs closed the 1946 football season by out-mudding and out-scoring the Wildcats of Chico State College, 20-7. Valuable Placet- MARSHALL SAMUELS was chosen as the most valuable football player of the 1946 season because of his outstanding work on de- fense and because of his marked consistency throughout the season. It was a general oc- currence after every ball game for the opposi- tion to comment on Marshall’s speed and ag- gressiveness. Team Captain BUD MacDOUGALL was picked by his team mates to captain the ’46 squad after per- forming exceptionally all year long in his fullback slot. MacDougall, the silent man of the squad, deserved the honor because of his generalship during the season and his ability to use his football moxie in the spots where it counted the most. [136] £eaAch Record We They 6 Santa Barbara 19 21 San Diego State College 13 7 Occidental 7 7 San Francisco State 6 13 Whittier College 2 34 San Diego Naval T. C. 6 18 Pepperdine College 28 26 El Toro Marines 0 20 Chico State 7 152 Won 6, Lost 2, Tied 1 88 £tatiAticA Poly Opponents 101 First Downs 77 2100 Yards Gained 1616 131 Passes Attempted 156 61 Passes Completed 57 26 Fumbles 20 30 Fumbles recovered 16 485 Penalties, yards lost 255 T.I). P.A.T. S. We . . 23 14 0 They 8 13 1 BETTY JO BEWLEY Drum Majorette [ 137] JOHN WRIGHT Football Manager VERN BEBERNES Quarterback BOB BENNETT Tackle JACK BOLTON End JIM YATES Halfback £ahta Barbara, f9—Poll), 6 THE Mustangs opened their 1946 football season playing Santa Barbara State College at Santa Barbara. The coaching staff had its first chance to see the Mustangs under fire, and the boys came through with sporadiac flashes of power, both on the ground and in the air. In the first quarter the Mustangs took over the ball and started a drive which took them to the Gaucho 17 yard line, where Santa Barbara stiffened and took over the ball on downs. The Gauchos open- ed with passes and went over in four plays to pay dirt. Santa Barbara scored again after stopping two drives by the Mustangs, and it seemed that the Gauchos had the game in the bag at the half. Com- ing out for the second half the Gaucho machine went into reverse under power drives by “Jarring Jim Yates and Ray Fowler, Mustang halves, and Bud McDougall, fullback. With these three backs doing the carrying and Lee Rosa calling them, the Mustang forward wall led the way up the field where McDougall went over on a 17 yard jaunt. Dulitz’s try for the extra point was blocked, making the score 13-6 for Santa Barbara. In the final quarter, with the Mustangs bound goalward again, Santa Barbara intercepted a pass and went over for their third and last touchdown. The ball game ended 19-6 with Poly starting off the season with a loss. The Mustang’s leading ground gainer was Jim Yates, rolling off 100 yards in 10 carries. STATISTICS Poly Santa Barbara 12 First downs 9 238 Yards rushing 197 11 Passes attempted 12 3 Passes completed 5 50 Total yards from passes 103 0 Passes intercepted 3 27 Average kickoffs returned 7 37 Average yards punts 42 4 Fumbles 5 4 Fumbles recovered 5 (5) 65 Penalties (5) 45 Juarez goes up to toss one [ 138] Fouler gets nailed. All aboard for San Diego a bite to eat on the way fciege AFTER dropping their opener 19-6, the Mustangs roared back to dump the highly favored Aztecs of San Diego State College, 21-13, in a brilliantly played ball game. Starting off with a forward pass from Lee Rosa to Jack Bolton, Poly’s rugged right end, the Mus- tang racked up six points on the initial play of the ball game. Shortly after this Poly was to suffer her hardest blow of the year as far as injuries go. Ozzie Dusina, the Mustangs’ outstanding guard, was injured and had to leave the field. Dusina’s injury kept him from rolling all.season and his loss was felt keenly. San Diego came back in the second period and scored; the half ended with the Aztecs trailing 7-6. Coming out for the second half the Aztecs re- ceived and put on a sustained drive climaxing when Berry, State half, went over to score. The conver- sion kick was good and the Aztecs took over the lead 13-7. After an exchange of punts, Poly took over the ball when A1 Weimers, Poly guard, recovered a State fumble on the State 19 yard line. Gene Pimen- tel, Mustang half, took a pass from Rosa here and Z went over to score. Dulitz’ kick for the extra point was good. Poly stepped into the lead again 14-13. The last score of the ball game came when, after having a touchdown called back on a backfield in motion penalty, Rosa again passed, this time to Harold Winslow, who crossed the stripe for the final six points. Don Dulitz kicked the extra point and the ball game ended 21-13. The outstanding factor of this ball game was the superb defensive play of the Mustang forward wall. From end to end the boys were perfect. Bob Bennett, guard, and Jack Bolton, end, were the two main- stays of the Mustang line. STATISTICS Poly San Diego 12 First downs 13 19 Passes attempted 23 11 Passes completed 13 175 Total yards from passes 196 2 Passes intercepted 3 38 Average yards, punts 40 5 Fumbles 5 8 Fumbles recovered 2 (20) 10 Penalties (3) 15 JOHN FITZGERALD Center HAL WINSLOW End [139] LEE ROSA Quarterback JOE GRIFFIN Guard DAVE COOL Tackle HILL HUME End Occidental, 7—Pci if, 7 MARSHALL SAMUELS GENE PIMENTEL T ackle Halfback CAL Poly’s Mustangs went into the Oxy game with a win, and a loss, also over-confident. The Mustangs wrere very lucky to walk off the field with a tie. Occidental scored their first six points after a drive to the Poly four yard line. Tom Fleishman, Oxy’s triple threat back, faded and threw a pass to Pearson, Oxy left end, who scored the initial touch- down. The try for the extra point w'as good and the Tigers took the lead and almost the ball game. The Mustangs were definitely off-key, and Occi- dental dominated the whole game, except in the passing department. Midway in the fourth quarter, with everything pointing towards a defeat, the Mustangs unfolded their last reserve, passing. Lee Rosa uncorked a pass that put the Mustangs back into the ball game. It was taken in by Bill Hume, Mustang speedy end, who outran the Oxy defenders to score. The try for the extra point was nullified by a penalty and the all important second try by Don Dulitz was good, tying up the ball game. The game ended in a 7-7 tie and eleven weary but very thankful Mustangs walked off the field. STATISTICS Poly Occidental College 11 First downs 11 166 Yards rushing 169 14 Passes attempted 18 4 Passes completed 6 1 Passes intercepted 1 54 Total yards from passes 15 8 Number of punts 8 28 Punt average 40 3 Fumbles 3 3 Fumbled recovered Anderson stops 'em ................................................................ Rosa around end. [ HO] £ah JrahciJcc £tate, 6—Pclif, 7 THE O’Danielsmen took the field for the ’Gator game with a win, a loss and a tie, and with every intention of making it two wins. The past week had been spent in polishing off their aerial attack. Their performance in the Oxy game didn’t at all please Coach O’Daniels. The ’Frisco ball game was highlighted and won by the Mustang reserves, who, when given the chance, displayed plenty of power. Entering the game at the beginning of the second quarter, these boys took over the situation and pushed over Poly’s only score, and at the same time held the ’Gators at bay. Gene Pimentel led the Poly attack in the second quarter, piling up 40 yards in eight tries. It was Pimentel, behind a hard charging forward wall, who set up the Mustangs scoring op- portunity. With “Pinky” Bebernes calling them from quarterback, the ball moved from the Poly 49 to the ’Gator seven, where “Pinky” uncorked a beautiful forward pass to Byron Culver, Poly halfback, who went over standing up. Don Dulitz, the man with the educated toe, booted the deciding point. Poly taking the lead 7-0. The play see-sawed until the final quarter, when San Francisco put on a sustained drive which ter- minated in their scoring. The ’Gator try for the extra point was nullified on a bad pass from center. A ’Gator back, picked up the lose ball and attempt- ed to lateral it off to another teammate but this was broken up by George Bonito, Mustang left tackle, who intercepted. San Francisco put on a last minute drive which was held and shortly after, the final gun sounded. Poly broke into the win column again and looked forward to the next contest after tucking away their second win in four starts. STATISTICS Poly San Francisco State 8 First downs 9 131 Yards rushing 159 10 Passes attempted 7 4 Passes completed 2 2 Passes intercepted 1 73 Yards gained from passes 13 34 Punts returned, average 35 52 Punts returned, total 84 (2) 10 Penalties (2) 20 DEAN ANDERSON CY HOVIG BUD MACDOUGALL AL WEIMERS End Tackle Fullback Guard [141] BYRON CULVER DON DULITZ Halfback End Whittier College, Z—Pclg, 13 THE Whittier contest was picked to be the Mus- tangs homecoming game, and all but the weath- er provided a homecoming atmosphere. It drizzled continually throughout the game, making things rough on the customers and ball players alike. The Mustangs, using the O’Danielized version of the T formation, found the sloppy weather was not conducive to good ball handling, and this fact is borne out by the statistics. With Poly’s passing attack not clicking, Jim Yates took things into his own hands and rode rough shod over the opposition. Yates scored after a drive down to the Poets’ two yard line where he went ov- er for the first tally of the ball game. The try for the extra point was good. Whittiers’ score came in the third period, when Ray Fowler, Poly half back, was nailed behind his own goal line. One of the Poet punts got past Fow- ler and when he attempted to run it out, he was stopped by a host of Whittier tacklers. The play moved back and forth until the fourth period, when the Mustangs started a drive from CHARLIE HOFFMAN JOHN WRIGHT Halfback Manager their own 44 yard line which was culminated by Bill Hume, who took the pigskin on an end around and went over from the five yard line. The Mustangs’ outstanding feature was the con- sistently good defensive work. The line in general playing a good part of the ball game in the road of the Whittier leather luggers. The best the Poet ball packers could get for their evening’s work was four first downs. The half-time entertainment of the Whittier con- test featured Betty Jo Bewley in a dazzling exhib- ition of twirling a flaming baton, accompanied by Poly’s 50-piece band. Poly STATISTICS Whittier 12 First Downs 4 106 Yards rushing 88 28 Passes attempted 20 10 Passes completed 4 104 Yards gained passing 25 40 Punts average 30 35 Yards lost penalties 25 A dirty game [ H2] a high flyer% En route to San Diego again............................. t ie boys rest a bit. £att fciegc % X C, 6—Pclij, 34 THE Mustangs took their second trip of the sea- son down to San Diego to take on the Bluejackets of the 11th Naval District. The game with the Navy was the sixth game of the year and the squad was looking for its fourth victory. The Mustang reserves again came through and scored three of the five touchdowns. Starting the game off, the Poly men had things well in hand from the first whistle and it looked like the boys were going to have another field day. The scoring came once in each of the first three periods and twice in the final stanza. The only Bluejacket tally came in the second per- iod when Henderson, Navy quarterback, was hit by four of the Poly forwards but managed to get off a pass which wobbled into the arms of Hansen, Navy left half, who took it over for the Bluejackets’ score. Poly’s first score came in the first period when Byron Culver, Poly half, ripped off 22 yards for the first blood. After an exchange of punts early in the second period, the Mustangs brought the ball down to the Navy’s four yard line where Bud McDougall did the honors. McDougall scored again in the third period on a 20 yard pass from “Pinky” Bebernes. In the fourth period after the ball was advanced down the field to the Navy four yard line, Culver scored his second touchdown of the day when he knifed off tackle to cross the white stripe. Poly got its last touchdown on a pass from Be- bernes to Carter, Mustang left half, for the day’s final points. STATISTICS Poly San Diego Naval 13 First downs 7 187 Yards rushing 58 16 Passes attempted 28 9 Passes completed . 10 200 Total yards from passes 120 3 Passes intercepted 1 45 Punt average 39 40 Penalties 30 5 Fumbles 3 RAY FOWLER OZZIE DUSINA GEORGE BONITO Halfback Guard Tackle [ 1«] Chefs Meacham, Pavel ko and 0’Daniels Peppercfihe, 22—Pclij, 12 THE Mustangs, riding on a good reputation, went down to Los Angeles to tangle with the Waves of Pepperdine College, who had quite a little name for themselves. Darwin Horn, at that time the nation’s leading scorer, roared over from his fullback slot before the game was five minutes old. On the kickoff Poly stalled down on its own 10 yard line, when Jim Yates slipped and fell on the wet turf. McDougall kicked out and Terry Bell ran it back deep into the Mustangs’ territory where Horn bucked his way over. The Waves second tally came when Loomus, Wave guard intercepted a pass out in the flat from where he romped unmolested for 80 yards over the goal line. Darwin Horn racked up his second score of the ball game in the second quarter, when he went off tackle for Pepperdine’s third tally. When the sec- ond half started, the Mustangs looked like a new ball club. Starting on their own 40, they moved down into Wave territory where Ray Fowler went off tackle for Poly’s first score. Poly received the return kickoff and proceeded to turn on the power, going via the ground and air lanes, the Mustangs rolled over in five plays. The final counter for the O’Danielsmen came when Ernie Gilbert blocked a Wave punt which rolled back over the goal line, where Bill Hume, Mustang end, fell on it to score. Dulitz’ third try for conversion for the evening was wide. The final gun went off with Poly on the Wave eight yard line. STATISTICS Poly Pepperdine 14 First downs 5 30 Yards rushing 96 211 Yards passing 63 34 Passes attempted 14 13 Passes completed 4 3 Passes intercepted by 2 33 Punts average 24 2 Fumbles 3 5 Fumbles recovered 0 110 Penalties 25 - - - - - the training table. C Twc Marine , 0— Pely. 2(t CAL POLY entertained the El Toro Marines under the lights at the Mustangs’ home stadium and handed the Marines their worst defeat of the season. Playing heads up ball for 60 minutes, the Mustangs led by Jim Yates and Bud McDougall behind a rug- ged, hard charging forward wall, took the M arines into camp in every way possible. The Mustangs scored twice before the game was ten minutes old. The. Marines won the toss and chose to receive but were forced to punt. With Bebernes calling them from quarterback, the ball was a dvanc- ed down to the Marine 28 yard line. Jim Yates took the mail from here on two tries. Dulitz’ try for the extra point was wide. Bud McDougall and Byron Culver set up the sec- ond tally, bringing the ball down to the Marine four yard line where Yates went over again. McDougall and Yates teaming up again in the third quarter behind superb blocking of their line- men again drove down to pay dirt, this time Me- dougall going over after taking a pass from Lee Rosa. Dulitz’ try for the extra point was blocked. Late in the final stanza, McDougall with a bevy of blockers rambled for Poly’s final score. McDoug- all capped his evening’s performance by adding the extra point. The game ended with Poly notching their fifth win against two losses and a tie. The game was as near a perfect ball game as the Mustangs had played all season. The linemen pav- ing the way for the scores and being masters on the defensive. Cool, Winslow, Bennett, to name a few, were outstanding. STATISTICS Poly El Toro 12 First Downs 6 266 Net yards rushing 26 54 Net yards passing 4 12 Passes attempted 26 3 Passes completed 9 4 Passes intercepted 2 34 Punts average 35 5 Fumbles 4 2 Fumbles recovered 7 90 Penalties 50 [ 144] FIRST ROW (left to right) : John Wright, Mgr., Byron Culver, Donn Dvtcher, Joe Griffin, Gordon Bean, Boh Piedmonte, Gene Pimentel, Can Hareveld, Jack James;'' SECOND ROW': Howie CP Daniels, Jim Yates, Jerry Carter, Pinky Bebernes, Lee Rosa, Willoughby Houk, Jack Bolton, Cy Hovig, Dick Parker; THIRD ROW: Charles Pavelko, Bill Hume, Bob Bennett, Captain Bud MacDaugall, Charlie Hoffman, Harold Winslow, Bill Bronson, Roy Bethel, Bob Croce; FOURTH ROW: Jim McDonald, Deane Anderson, George Clark, Al Weimers, Don Dulitz, John Ehret. Chicc £tate, 7—Petij, 20 THE Mustangs and the Chico State Wildcats tangled in a sea of mud for the. season’s finale. The Mustangs, scoring in every quarter, came out on top to the tune of 20-7. Leaving their vaunted passing attack in their lockers, the Mustangs stayed close to the ground. Only one of the scores came via the airways. The Polymen took the opening kickoff and didn’t re- linquish the ball until they had hit the pay stripe for six points. MacDougall smashed his way through for the score. Dultiz added the extra point. The. second tally came after an exchange of punts, during which Bebernes put one out on the Wildcats’ one-foot line. Madison Spear, one of Chi- co’s outstanding backs, booted it out and it was tak- en by Ray Fowler, who returned it to the Chico 35 yard line. After a pass and a line plunge the pig- skin rested on the 11 yard line. Chico was penalized for too many time outs; this was followed by Yates crashing off tackle for the Mustang’s second mark- er. MacDougall’s kick for the extra point was good, making the score 14-0. The last Poly score of the season, came in the fourth stanza after a punting duel between the two teams. The Mustangs took over on their 49 yard line and with MacDougall and Hoffman carrying the mail, the ball was brought into scoring position. Rosa then threw a pass to Poly’s speed merchant, Bill Hume, who got behind the Chico safety man and went over standing up. The Wildcats, in the final minutes, aided by pen- alties, rolled from their 42 yard line to cross Poly’s goal line in a series of fast thrusts. STATISTICS Poly Chico State 7 First Downs 13 126 Yards gained rushing 163 10 Passes attempted 10 4 Passes completed 5 2 Passes intercepted 0 • 87 Yards gained passing 48 41 Punt Average 29 1 Fumbles 1 1 Fumbles recovered 1 (10) 110 Penalties (6) 30 JJh dividual Reentry Name T.I). P.A.T. Tot. Bud MacDougall, FB . ....6 4 40 Jim Y'ates, HB ....5 0 30 Bill Hume, E 4 2 26 Byron Culver, HB ... ....3 0 18 Jack Bolton, E . .. .1 1 7 Don Dulitz, E ....0 7 7 Gene Pimentel, HB .. ... .1 0 6 Harold Winslow, E .. ....1 0 6 Jerry Carter, HB .... ....1 0 6 Ray Fowler, HB .. ..1 0 6 [ 145] £f2NH$ Jcctball CAL POLY’S football coaching staff issued its annual spring call for can- didates to try out for the 1947 fall ed- ition of the Mustang grid squad. On March 17th approximately 80 potential football players turned out and work began immediately. Among the new men were several, who in the fall, should develop into first string mater- ial. The daily workouts for the first week were along conditioning lines and the remainder of the spring session was de- voted to plenty of work on the O’Daniel- ized version of the T formation coupl- ed with the task of familiarizing the new men with the basic fundamentals of the game, blocking and tackling. After five weeks of practice the spring season was climaxed by an inter- squad game heralding the opening of the Poly Royal. Before a crowd of sev- eral thousand visitors to the opening- ceremonies of Poly Royal, Captain Jim Yates, Mustang star fullback, drove to two touchdowns on runs of 56 and 36 yards as his Gold team defeated the White squad 19-0. Taking a pass from quarterback Jer- ry Carter, halfback Bert Woods, scored the other Gold touchdown on a 35-yard play. Carter had flipped the pass that set up Yates for his 36-yard touchdown run. Thus closed the spring session. The outlook for the fall wars appeared en- couraging and between the coaching staff, the gridsters, and the student body, Cal Poly’s entrance on the grid scene of the 2C2A in the coming fall is eagerly awaited. IN SPRING A YOUNG MAN S FANCY TURNS. O’Daniels, Pavelko and friends [ H6] Sadketball LEFT TO RIGHT: Bob Mott, Ken Andrus, Bill Hume, Roll and Tilstra; SECOND ROW: Valdez Bates, Floyd l.eiser, Lee Rosa; THIRD ROW: l ank Moros hi, Ray Ball, John Wright. £eadch Record We They C. P. Alumni . . .66 34 Chapman College . . .64 50 Cal Aggies ...48 49 Santa Barbara ...47 50 College of the Pacific ...57 89 Fresno State ...52 62 Chapman College ...43 53 Whittier College .. .42 57 Kansas City All-Stars . . .41 45 San Dimas ...55 41 San Diego State ...38 57 San Diego State (exhibition) . .34 55 Santa Barbara ...45 85 San Jose State ...36 62 College of the Pacific ...53 83 San Jose State ...47 59 San Diego State .. .64 48 Season total: Won 4, Lost 13 Dndtiidual peering Moroski .............................266 Tilstra .............................192 Ball ................................169 Rosa ................................164 Moore ............................... 60 Hume ................................ 36 Roberts ............................. 31 Leiser .............................. 30 Andrus .............................. 24 Rube ................................ 22 Wright .............................. 11 McManus .............................. 2 Bronson .............................. 2 Walters .............................. 2 Frie ................................. 1 TOTAL ..............................1012 Includes six 20-minute games at the San Jose State Clinic, January 2-3-4. ( 147] HANK MOROSKI Captain, most valu- able player, ‘All-Con- ference’ guard. Hank is an expert ball hand- ler and a set shot art- ist. New record at Cal Poly this year in scoring 266 points. LEE ROSA Lee is an outstanding athlete here at Poly, earning letters in both football and basket- ball. Lee garnered 164 points on the court. ROLAND TILSTRA Speedy guard, good ball handler. Won hon- orable mention by several sports writers ‘All Conference.’ Whi- tey was second in scoring for the Mus- tangs with 192 points. WILLARD MOORE Moore’s injury in the Santa Barbara game was a tough blow to both Coach Mott and to his teammates. Fans will never for- get how Willard kept Hubler bottled up in the Santa Barbara game. CALIFORNIA Poly’s basketball players at the start of the season realized the fact that the competition they were going to run up against in their initial start would be first class all the way through. Coach Bob Mott started the season with about 40 candidates out for the squad, but this figure was cut down to about 15 players when the time for the first game rolled around. A very notice- able factor was the lack of height, but also standing out was the fact that despite this handicap the Mustangs had proved in pre- game scrimmage that they were the “fight- ingest” hoop squad ever to take to the Poly court. The Mottmen had a preview of the future season at the annual 2C2A basketball clinic held at San Jose State College, January 2-3- 4. Here they played a round robin series with their future conference opponents in six twenty minute games. The Mustangs return- ed home with one win and a tie. The win was over Fresno State College, and the tie was with the future 2C2A champs, College of the Pacific. Out of the series Cal Poly gained recognition in two departments. It was generally conceded that the Mus- tangs were the best coached team on the floor and Hank Moroski w'as voted the ‘most valuable man’ by the opposing coaching staffs. Hank led the Mustang scoring with a total of 38 points and returned to San Luis Obispo with a trophy in testimony of his ability as a top basketball player. The Mustangs opened their conference season at Crandall Gym, entertaining Santa Barbara State College, on January 10. The Polymen dropped this ball game by a score of 50-47. It was a nip and tuck ball game all the way through and the outcome might [ 148] have been different if Willard Moore, the Mustangs’ 6’ 2” center, had remained in the ball game. Moore injured his foot early in the game and as a result was lost to Poly for the remainder of the season. Moore’s loss was hard to take and cost the Mustangs a few close ball games. Perhaps the outstanding accomplishment of the season was the final conference game for Poly between the Mustangs and the Az- tecs of San Diego State College. The Aztecs came down to Poly to fatten up their point average and the Mottmen proceeded to up- set the applecart. This contest was one of the most exciting ever witnessed in Crandall Gym. The Mustangs took the lead early in the game and never relinquished the lead and held it till the final gun. The Aztecs crowded the Poly men several times and at one period of the game came up to within 2 points of the Mustangs. The fans at this ball game, as well as at all the rest, were in a continuous up- roar as the Mustangs played cagey, hard, fast basketball. Hank Moroski, Lee Rosa, and Roland “Whitey” Tilstra played remark- able games both on offense and on defense and were responsible for the Mustangs com- ing through the season without a complete shutout in Conference competition. The Mustang basketeers despite their poor record for the season in the won and lost column, earned themselves the reputation of being one of the “scrappiest cage outfits’’ in the California Collegiate Athletic Association during the ’46-’47 season. Coach Bob Mott’s ‘little men’ earned the respect of the rival teams’ coaching staffs and the basketball fans no matter where they played; with a fast break style of play and a never-say-die spirit. RAY BALL Ray earned his letter the hard way. Had all the conference ‘big boys’ to watch. A na- tive of San Luis Obis- po, Ray is an all- around athlete. FLOYD LIESER A letterman from last year’s cage squad Floyd alternated with Andrus in replacing Moore. An experienc- ed ball handler and a good floor man. KEN ANDRUS Played brilliant ball toward the close of the season. With this year’s experience be- hind him, big things are expected of Kenny next year. VALDEZ BATES Energetic b a s ketball manager. He worked hard for his team. The boys appreciated it. [ 1«] Ul-Cch etehce (juatel HANK MOROSKI LACK of height and 1COC1 VCO JVC C CI1C 1� 1 UO' tangs underdogs throughout the season. Leading their display of hustle was little Hank Moroski. Hank, who majors in physica! education, is a freshman at Poly. Being a na- tive of Broklyn, N.Y., many things were ex- pected of Hank, and he met every expecta- tion. Hank was the team sparkplug all year long and kept the boys continually in the bal! game whatever the score. While being a big gun on the court, Hank set a new record here at Poly as far as s—------------ TT: points scored for the As the season ende____________________ - balling along, and earned the respect of his teammates when the time came for electing the team captain. Hank won hands down While earning his honors and receiving then: like the top flight athlete he was, Hank came off the court at the finish of the sea- son and was chosen as a first string member of the All-Conference Rosa sinks one . . . Wee Willie Moore goes up with the best of them. I 150] Moore slips through . . . Flying Ray Ball makes two. Moroski and his famous set shot . . . their eyes on the hall . . . and the crowd roars. [ 151] CAL POLY’S track team, towards the end of the season, was coming along as well as could be expected considering the fact that the men were mostly returning veterans who had not participated in track events since before the war. Up to the present time the Mustangs have had two meets. San Fran- cisco State and the Santa Barbara relays. In both of these meets the Mustangs fared poorly. Of the thirty men out for track the field events men did much better than the run- ners. The distance men who, with this year’s experience should do well next spring, are Bud Lee and Tom Galli. Of the men in the field events class Marshall Samuels, Hugh Morgan, Dick Crowell, and Verne Gutierrez took most of Poly’s total points in the meets. FIRST ROW (left to right): Tom Galli, Wm. Slater, John Lesley, Bill Coffey, Jack Blair, Berkman McCabe Keith Widdle SECOND ROW: Marshall Samuels, Hugh Morgan, Bud Gutierrez, Chuck Hartley, Dick Croul, Roy Mallory, Gary Pettersen. [152] It’s the only way you can make a Mustang run. But Vollmer said this was the way to do it” OVER HE GOES A FIELD EVENT THREAT Roy Mallory goes offer W ammerdam’s record Marsh Samuels puts his weight behind the discus [153] I KaAeball BREATHER BETWEEN GAMES Strategist Mott tells ’em how to make it two. A TURNOUT of about 60 ball play- ers greeted Coach Bob Mott when he opened the '47 practice sea- son, starting his first season as base- ball mentor for the Mustangs. The Polymen had a 26 game schedule ahead of them including 10 confer- ence tilts. Among the men to turn out for the baseball squad were sever- al who had in the past played either for former Cal Poly teams or with the local sandlot team. They were Pinky Bebernes, Eugene Fraser, Don Garman, Charlie Hoffman, Don Craw- ford, and Wilbur Mayhew. With the regular season opening March 7th and the new baseball dia- mond not ready for use, the Mustangs began their practice sessions on the football field and later used the local high school grounds and the recreation area at Camp San Luis Obispo. Pre-season dope on the Mus- tangs ran from good to bad due to the fact that no one was familiar with the potential of the other conference members. Figuring in on this pre-season speculation also was the fact that the Mustangs had no proper training facilities on the campus. FIRST ROW (left to right)'. Charles Hoffman, Wayne Gill, Lee Rosa, Pinky Bebernes, Jim Fisher, Eugene Fraser, Vernon Bebernes, Wilbur Mayhew, Russ Christenssen, Don Garman. SECOND ROW’: George Schro- eder, Manager, Don Crawford, Larry Hess, Jack Robinson, John Williams, Hank Moroski, Carrol Jorgenson, Bert Haas, Boh Tate, Bob Mott, Coach. I 154] POLY AT BAT The boys relax while waiting for their raps. When the Mustang diamond squad began to take shape it became evident that the weak spot would be around first base. After giving the possibilities all a try Bert Haas arrived at Poly and promptly stepped in and filled the gap. To the present time the Mus- tangs could ask for no better man to do this job. The new' athletic field which is still under construction, was finished sufficiently for the annual Poly Royal game when the Mus- tangs whipped the Waves from Pepperdine DON CRAWFORD Pitcher college, 8-4. The new field w'hen finished will consist of not only a track, soft ball dia- monds, practice football field, and space for volley ball courts, etc., but one of the finest collegiate baseball parks on the coast. Right field extends 314 feet from home plate and the left field line goes out 450 feet. The in- field will be grass over a 6 inch bed of black loam. The overall plant will have the finest where drainage and sprinkling systems are concerned. DON GARMAN Pitcher LEE ROSA Catcher [ 155] BERT HAAS First Hase WILBUR MAYHEW Second Base JIM FISH HR Third Base VERN BBBERNES Short Stop CHARLIE HOFFMAN Left Field £eaM t Recced Won Lost Santa Barbara 1 3 San Jose 1 3 Fresno 3 1 C. 0. P. 2 2 San Diego 0 4 San Dimas 1 0 Camp Pendleton . 1 0 El Toro Marines 1 0 Pepperdine 1 0 Atwater 0 1 Total 11 14 PitcherA' Record Pitcher Alt H R w s.o. Won Lout Pet. Crawford 274 45 33 33 24 6 2 .750 Garman 228 63 50 40 41 2 6 .250 Williams .... 132 33 33 29 15 0 5 .000 Frie 148 29 24 24 22 3 0 1.000 Christensen .. 5 1 0 1 1 0 0 .000 Average.............423 CCAA Conference Games GENE FRAZIER Center Field ED LESKY Right Field JOHN WILLIAMS Pitcher BOB BENNETT Catcher I 156] CARL FREI Pitcher HANK M0R0SK1 1st and 2nd Base KENNETH BEBERNES Catcher RUSSEL CHRISTENSEN Pitcher Sattihg foerageA AB R League H RBI B.AV. AB R Season H RBI B.AV. Fraser 81 26 17 8 .210 67 19 16 5 .239 Fisher 84 12 21 12 .250 71 9 14 9 .197 Bebernes 90 19 32 22 .356 73 15 25 14 .342 Haas 67 17 22 17 .328 54 11 18 12 .333 Bennett 37 9 13 7 .352 34 7 12 7 .353 Lesky 73 11 21 6 .287 59 9 16 3 .271 Hoffman 70 12 13 12 .186 57 8 13 8 .228 Moroski 41 3 6 4 .146 36 2 6 4 .166 May hew 46 1 6 12 .131 38 1 5 8 .132 Jacobson 15 1 1 1 .067 12 1 1 1 .083 Crawford 29 2 9 3 .310 •21 2 6 3 .286 Garman 19 2 4 2 .210 19 2 4 2 .210 Frei 13 1 2 0 .077 11 0 1 0 .099 Williams 10 1 0 0 .000 10 0 0 0 .000 K. Bebernes 2 0 0 0 .000 1 0 0 0 .000 R. Christensen 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 .000 Team 116 110 .245 86 76 .243 Pinky, scoring . . . Add another run for “Pony” Mayheii: .. . . “You’re out!” says Haas [157] XI ay hew raps a hit against Fresno State. . . Can Hass get that San Diego man outf utntnatif THE Mustangs opened their 1947 base- ball season against Santa Barbara College on their home field March 15. A double header was played and the Gauchos took both ends; 8-7, 41. Com- ing back to their home field the Mus- tangs tangled with the mighty Spartans of San Jose State College. The Spartans lived up to their nickname and dropped the Mottmen for two ball games: 13-2, 8-4. Lack of hitting seemed to be the Polymen’s stumbling block. At this point there were four conference games played with no wins. On March 26 Fresno journeyed to San Luis Obispo and met a pack of re- CARL JACOBSON WAYNE GILL Outfielder Infielder venge seeking Mustangs. Poly took both ends of that double header and continued on against the Tigers of the College of the Pacific taking the Cats 3-0 and 3-2. At that time the Mustangs stood with a .500 average in the Con- ference. The next ball club to face the Mus- tangs was San Diego State. The Aztecs were rated the team to beat in the con- ference. and they proved that fact when they walked off with two ball games by the scores of 5-7 and 1-2. All the aforementioned games, with the exception of the Santa Barbara games, were played on the Mustang home grounds. On April the 10th, the Mustangs took off on their southern swing through the conference circuit. The first stop was a non-league game with the Voorhis Unit of Cal Poly at San Dimas. The Dimasmen bowed to the Mustangs 8-2. Going further south to San Diego, the Mustangs ran into a stone wall and were walloped by the Az- tecs in a double header 3-0, 9-6. On the return trip home the Mottmen stopped at Camp Pendleton and took on the Ma- rines in a single ball game. The Mus- tangs won 10-7. The remaining members of tne con- ference teams to be played were Santa Barbara, Fresno, San Jose, and College of the Pacific. [158] With the first round of conference play ending the Mustangs stood with eight losses against four wins. Four of these losses were attributed to the San Jose ball club which was then leading the league. Santa Barbara came up for their re- turn ball games and split with the Mus- tangs in a double bill. Poly took the first game 7-3 and the Gauchos took the remaining game by an identical score. Following the split with the Gauchos the Mottmen played the El Toro Ma- rines beating them 7-6. Following the Marine ball game, the Mustangs went north to play the At- water Packers, College of the Pacific and the Spartans of San Jose State Col- lege. Of the five ball games played the Mustangs took it on the chin for four losses and one win. The Atwater Pack- ers won 4-3; College of the Pacific trip- ped the Mustangs in both ends of a (1) Aztec arrives safely at third. (2) Mustang's Crawford scores against C. O. P. (3) The umpire and the San Diego players exchange words. (4) Carman adds run against C. O. P. (5) Hoffman gets trapped in Pacific game- (6) Pinky connects against San Jose. (7) Fraser headed for home sweet home. (8) Moroski never made first. double header, 6-1, 11-7, but the Mott- men split with the Spartans 10-6 and 7-9. Returning home for the remaining ball games, the Mustangs beat Pepper- dine College 8-5 at the opening of Poly Royal. It was at this ball game that the new athletic plant here at Poly was ded- icated. Finishing up baseball for 1947, the Mustangs had two remaining games, both of which were with the Bulldogs of Fresno State College at Fresno. On the outcome of these ball games depend- ed much on where the Mustangs would finish the season in the league stand- ings. The Polymen came up with a split in ihese two ball games, 9-6, 10-5. Win- ning one of these ball games gave the Mustangs a possibility of finishing in fourth place. As yet the final tabulation of the league games is not available so it is impossible t o determine final league standing. [ 159] WreAtlinq FIRST ROW (left to right): Bob Hunt, George Clark, Bob Croce, Fred Adams; SECOND ROW: Chuck Pavelko, Al Howard, Don Hunter, Don Martin, and Dick Hutchinsen. WITH Cal Poly’s entrance into the California Collegiate Ath- letic Association the athletic de- partment at Poly came up with the first wrestling team in the history of the college. The Mustang grap- pling artists under the able guid- ance of Chuck Pavelko did very well for themselves in their initial season. Starting off with a squad of nine men, of whom only three were experienced, the team devel- oped rapidly. The three experienc- ed men were George Clark, heavy- weight; Fred Adams, 175, and Al Weimers, 191. The first meet took place at U.C L.A. and was sponsored by the Junior A.A.U. Adams, the most aggressive and able man on the [160] Pavelko tells ’em .... Adams shows ’em squad placed a first in this meet. Fred pinned three opponents in three matches. VVeimer and Clark both took seconds, both being el- iminated in their final bouts. The second meet was held in Long Beach at the Terminal Island Naval Base. This meet was sponsored by the Senior A.A'.U. Adams was the only Poly wrestler to place. Fred placed a second in the 175 pound class, being defeated in his final bout. The Mustangs’ final appearance on the wrestling scene for 1947 was at the 2C2A Winter Carnival. This year’s annual meet was held in Santa Barbara with Santa Bar- bara State College being host to other Con- ference members. Coach Pavelko took a squad of seven men to the meet. They were George Clark, heavy- weight; Fred Adams, 175; Bob Hunt, 165; Hollis Barnes, 155; Don Martin, 145; Alonzo Howard, 135; Dick Hutchinson, 127. Out of these seven men, two placed in the finals. Adams and Martin both took seconds. The final results of the meet were San Di- ego State, 34 points; San Jose, 32 points; Cal Poly, 11 points. With the overall showing the team mem- bers made during the season and the likeli- hood of all returning to school in the fall, Coach Pavelko is looking forward to a big im- provement come ’48. (jiftnnaMicA NEW minor sport was added to the long list of athletic activ- ities at Cal Poly when a gymnastic .earn was formed early in Septem- ber. The team consisted of three men, and w as coached by Howie O’Daniels. The gymnasts were George Porter, Gene Wellman, and Tom Boland. The only meet the •rio participated in during the ■eason was the 2C2A Winter Car- •ival held March 7-8 in Santa Bar- ara. Wellman walked off with the 'onference championship in the ■ope climb. Porter took a second ith the rings, and the vaulting orse. On the parallel bars, Boland ook a fourth. Come next fall the tentative Ians call for a drastic expansion 3 gymnastics and a bigger turn- lit fro m the student body. LEFT TO RIGHT: Tom Boland, George Porter, and Gene Wellman. [ 161 ] FIRST ROW {left to right): Art Gugliemelli, Gene Pimentel, Wylie Day, Nat Schuster; SECOND ROW: Dave Risling, Howard Rosen, Russ Barr, L. Sanchez and Bill Junggren. ClAL Poly’s neophyte boxing team came out 1 with a fair record at the close of the sea- son which ended at the 2C2A Winter Carni- val held at Santa Barbara on March 7-8. The first bouts of the year were held at Santa Barbara and Cal Poly came out on the short end, winning two, tying one, while dropping four. Several of the boys showed up very well and under the watchful eyes of Coach Chuck Pavelko and the tutoring of the student boxing coach, Dave Risling, the mittsters went on to win their share of the fights during the remainder of the season. Led by Art Guglielmelli, Poly’s 125 pounder, the Mustangs went on to place three men in the finals of the All-Confer- ence meet. Fighting his way up the ladder by way of elimination, Art went on to annex the conference featherweight title. Art was followed closely by Gene Pimen- tel, 175 pound Poly grid star. Gene went all the way up in the finals only to lose his last fight on a technicality. Don Shaffer, San Jose State, Gene’s opponent in the finals was on the receiving end of several hard punches early in the second round and as a result came up with a cut over his left eye. Under intercollegiate rules the fight was stopped and Shaffer was awarded the fight on the basis of the points he earned in the first round. Russ Barr, 155 pounder, came up through the finals in fine style, but was defeated by Sam Cathcart, Santa Barbara. [162] biahj... 1. The gang’s all here. 2. Glick bottles up Barr. 3. Mallory twins mix it. 4. Martini takes time for prayer. 5. Rosen counters again. 6. Barr zeroes in. 7. Lover come to me. 8. Take one and trade one. 9. Little Yates finds the mark with Lungren com- ing up. 10. The bloody beak shows. THE Mustang mermen began their warmup session prior to entering 2C2A competition in the first week of December. Approximately 40 men turned out for the squad. The. outlook for the coming season didn’t look too good with the possible exception of the divers and one or two others. The first meet was with the Spartans of San Jose State College. The Polymen were submerged by the score of 61- 13. The Mustangs swam their best meet against Santa Barbara on April 18. The final score being 26-49. The Polymen, although dropping the meet, took three firsts and did a much bet- ter job than the score indicates. Ray Kemp, Mustang diver, gave a master- ful performance in outpointing the two Gaucho highboard men. It was in this meet also that the backstroke record for the pool was broken, Dick Thompson setting the new mark at 1.55.3 POLYWOGS IN ACTION Divers and Splashers vie for spotlight. FIRST ROW (left to right): Bob Hands field, Bob Connoly, Bob Emerson, Bob Frye, Byron Erkenbrecker; SECOND ROW: Augie Moilmans, George Sweet, Ray Kemp, Dick Thompson, Willis Stalford, Howie O'Daniels, coach. [16+] Jehhti CAL POLY’S tennis effort this year was limited to gaining experience and building up for next year which in Coach Smith’s mind will be the year to watch. The season opened with about 20 candi- dates answering the call of the courts. Of this num- ber only a few were experienced players, and the outlook wasn’t too good. In three weeks’ time the squad was cut down to about twelve players and it was these men that Smith took to nine different meets. In scheduling teams for this year’s competition, Smith arranged matches with the tennis clubs of the surrounding area. These clubs were made up of older and more experienced players, but that was just the way Coach Smith wanted it. This was the year to learn the hard way, not next year in confer- ence competition. With the coming of spring of ’48 the Mustangs will expand into 2C2A conference and take on the top flight teams of the conference. Coach Smith feels that with the experience gained this year his court men will make a definite showing. All squad members are returning to school as of the present time and all have a year or more of eligibility left. Coach Eugene Smith, center, gives Marshall Mil- ler, left, and Don Seaton some racket tips. FIRST ROW’ (left to right): Ronald Johns, Greg Ebat, Les Gruhe, Marshall Miller; SECOND ROW: Grant Chaffee, Bob Redden, Don Seaton, Bob Brunner. [ 165] f AST fall, two Hort majors, Don Con- ley and Bill Smith, were having a little liscussion at the Hort Club bar- becue. They were pondering the poss- ibilities of a bowling league for Cal Poly. It is from this confab that the league originated. The first bowling was done on Nov- ember the 25th, when six of the present teams were organized. The same teams rolled again on the 16th of December. Finally on the 6th of January this year, eight full teams rolled and afterwards a meeting was held. This meeting mark- ed the start of the league as it is today. Don Conley was elected president, HOWLING OFFICERS [left to right): Chuck Pierce, Don Conly, B. C. Smith, Vernon Banta. Bill Smith, secretary and Jack Banta; treasurer. Dave Flipse voluntered tc act as score keeper. Joh Uir HORT. CLUB- FIRST ROW (left to right) K. Gur- nee, J. Coleman; SECOND ROW: R. Larson, C. Pierce, B. Smith. [ 166] BYE BYES- FIRST ROW (IffI to right) L. liracker, II. Bracker; SECOND ROW: J. Mallory, R. E. Rick son, II. Weinstein. DAUNTLESS- FRONT ROW (left to right) Harvey Quigley, John Crowson; SECOND ROW: l ernon Banta, Kenneth Ber- hernes, Robert Frye. SEAGULL- FIRST ROW (left to right) Bud Twisselman, Mike Zigic r, SECOND ROW: Harry Lowe, AI Sol ferino, Alfred Filipponi. assistant and league reporter. Although some of the old faces have disappeared on Monday nights at the al- ley, interest has been high and replace- ments plentiful. Bill Smith now has the issue up be- fore the S. A. C., and it is hoped the league will gain official recognition as a school club. It looks as if Bowling has come to Cal Poly to stay, thanks to the efforts of our officers and cooperation of league members. HOLY ROLLERS— FIRST ROW (left to right) Ken Andrus, Robert Ferguson; SECOND ROW: Joe Cupp, Charles Nix, Ray Zanda. AVENGER- FIRST ROW (left to right) Earl Jam, Bob Carnahan; SECOND ROW': Don Curry, Bob Stimmel, Bob Bruns. HERON HALL- FIRST ROW (left to right) John Garrity, David Flipse; SECOND ROW: Don Wheeler, Fred Leavitt, Gene Schultz. [ 167] farree JACK VRADENBURG ABOUDARA Aeronautics Santa Cruz, Calif. San Jose State Married, one child Veteran, USN, AMM 2-c Aero Club ‘39-‘43-446 El Mustang staff ‘40 EARL J. AMBROSINI Dairy Husbandry Ferndale, Calif. Washington State Col- lege Married Veteran, U. S. Medical Adm. Corps., Motor Maintenance Officer Los Lecheros Young Farmers Gamma Pi Delta Poly Royal Exec. Com- mittee Rally Committee Newman Club BENJAMIN S. BARR Aeronautics Los Angeles , Calif. Veteran, A.A.F. Aircraft Engineering Officer Aero Club Block P Alpha Gamma Epsilon Yell Leader ’41 Athletic Manager ‘42,‘43 Basketball ‘40, ‘41 Glee Club ‘41, 42, ‘46 Quartet ‘42 El Mustang Staff ‘40,‘41 ROBERT G. BOGNER . Animal Husbandry Campbell, Calif. Married Veteran, A.A.F., Aerial Gunner Boots Spurs Young Farmers Newman Club BENTON CALDWELL Poultry Husbandry Carlsbad, Calif. UCLA Married Veteran, U.S.N., Deck Officer Poultry Club, Pres. ‘42 Gamma Pi Delta, Sec- Tres. ‘46 Band ‘41 AVON B. CARLSON Agricultural Inspection Riverside, Calif. Married, two children Veteran, Trans. Corps, Supt. Mil. Rwy., Jap- an Student Body President, San Dimas ‘38 Ag Inspection Club SAC ‘46 Senior Class President State FFA President ‘38 Press Club Asst. Supt. Poly Vue Ass. Editor El Rodeo ‘47 Collegiate FFA Young Farmers ‘46 DICK CHARLTON Animal Husbandry Whittier, Calif. Veteran Army Air Corps Officer Boots Spurs MANSFIELD L. CLINNICK Aeronautics Oakland, Calif. Univ. of Calif. Married, one child Veteran, U. S. M. C., Artillery Officer Aero Club WILLIAM A. COLEAL Aeronuatics Geneva, New York Univ. of Conn. Cal. Aero Tech Veteran, A.A.F., Engin- eering-gunner Aero Club Diving Team ‘46 CHARLES A. COOK, JR. Crops Production Alhambra, Calif. Veteran, A.A.F., Pilot Student Body Vice-Pres. ‘37 Block P, Vice-Pres. ‘46 Football ‘36 Crops Club [ 170] LAURENCE CROOK Animal Husbandry Covina, Calif. Chaffey J. C. Veteran, U.S.C.G., War Dogs Boots Spurs, Pres. ’41 Gamma Pi Delta CLEMENT I. CROWLEY Agricultural Inspection Scotia, Calif. Married, one child Veteran, U.S. Medical Corps, Clerk Litter bearer Ag Inspection Club Baseball ’41 San Dimas DARROL G. DAVISON Aeronautics Redwood City, Calif. Cal Tech Veteran, USN, Aircrew- man Alpha Gamma Epsilon Aero Club Collegians ’41, ’42, ’46, Manager ’42 • WYLIE F. DAY Animal Husbandry UCLA Veteran, USN, Amphib- ious Forces Boots Spurs Young Farmers Rally Committee ’42 Gamma Pi Delta Boxing ’42, ’46 EDWIN S. FLEMING Aeronautics Taft, Calif. Taft J. C. Veteran, A.A.F., Glider Pilot ' Aero Club Mustang Flying Club VERNON L. FREDERICK Agricultural Inspection Anaheim, Calif. Veteran, U.S.A. Ag Inspection Club ALLEN W. GARDENER, JR. Agricultural Inspection Simi, Calif. Veteran, A.A.F., Pilot Ag Inspection Club Block P Senior Class Treas. Basketball ’38, ’40 Baseball ’38, ’40 LEON GAROIAN, JR. Agricultural Inspection Fowler, Calif. Fresno State College Married Veteran U. S. Army Student Body President ’46 SAC ’45 Young Farmers Crops Club Ag Inspection Club Press Club El Mustang Editor ’45 El Mustang Staff ’46 Publications Honor Key ’45 WILLIAM O. GOOLD Ornamental Horticul- ture San Luis Obispo, Calif. Veteran, U.S.A. Liaison Pilot - Artillery Horticulture Club Poly Royal Exec. Com- mittee ’39 Gamma Pi Delta FFA Glee Club ’38, ’39, ’41, ’46. Pres. ’41 Quartet ’39, ’41, ’46 ALBERT C. JAMES Air Conditioning Rosemead, Calif. Married, one child Pasadena J. C. Veteran, U.S. Signal Corps Block P, Pres. ’40 Air Conditioning Club Football ’39 , [ 171 ] kegtee JOHN EDWARD JONES Fruit Production Filmore, Calif. Ventura J. C. Married, two children Veteran, USN Crops Club Collegiate FFA, Pres. Young Farmers Student Manager Poly Royal Asst. Supt. JIRO KAI Ornamental Horticul- ture Santa Rosa, Calif. Veteran, U.S.A. E n- gineers Horticulture Club Block P El Mustang ’46 El Rodeo ’42 CHARLES R. KNOKEY Air Conditioning Tulare, Calif. Veteran, U.S.N., Fight- er Pilot Air Conditioning Club. Alpha Gamma Epsilon Collegians '39, ’46 Four Colonels '39, ’46 MAX J. KOHLER Fruit Production Redlands, Calif. Univ. of Wyoming San Bernardino J. C. Married Veteran, U.S.A. Instruc- tor Crops Club Block P Student Body Pres. ’42 San Dimas Senior Class Vice-Pres. Basketball ’41, San Di- mas Baseball ’41, ’42 San Dimas WILLIAM E. KOUNS Animal Husbandry Riverside, Calif. Univ. of Redlands Veteran, U.S.M.C. Pro- vost Marshall Boots Spurs ALLAN MACDOUGALL Dairy Manufacturing Seattle, Washington Occidental St. Martins College Married, one child Veteran, A.A.F., Pilot Block P Los Lecheros Football ’40, ’41, ’46 ARTHUR G. MECK, JR. Mechanical Engineering Soledad, Calif. Veteran, U. S. Army, Radar technician Poly Phase Sigma Phi Kappa ROBERT H. MILLS Animal Husbandry San Dimas, Calif. Married Veteran, U. S. Army, Sergeant Major Boots Spurs Gamma Pi Delta FFA Student Body Vice-Pres ’40 Student Body Treasur- er ’40 ALVIN J. QUIST Dairy Husbandry Fresno, Calif. Univ. of Redlands Veteran, U.S.M.C. Freshman Vice-Pres. ’41 Sophomore Pres. ’42 Glee Club '42, Pres. '46 Young Farmers, Vice- Pres. ’42 Gamma Pi Delta Vice- Pres. ’46 SAC Los Lecheros ’41, ’42, ’46 Band ’41, ’42 Quartet ’41, ’42, ’46 ROBERT H. RAY BOURN Animal Husbandry Three Rivers, Calif. UCLA Veteran, USN, Deck Of- ficer Sigma Phi Kappa, '41, ’43, Prefc. '43 Boots Spurs '40, '43, ’46 Glee Club '40, ’43, ’46 Quartet ’40, '42 Collegians '42, ’43, ’46 Band ’40, ’43, ’46 Student Director '42, '46 [ 172] DAVID RISLING Crops Production Hoopa, Calif. Married, one child UCLA Veteran, USN, C. 0. of Attack Transport Crops Club Pres. ’46 Young Farmer, Pres. ’42 CAP � 40 Band ’40, ’41, ’42, ’43 Block P Collegiate FFA Baseball ’43 Glee Club ’40, ’41, ’42, ’43, ’46 Quartet ’43, ’46 LAWRENCE E. ROSSI Agricultural Inspection Marysville, Calif. Long Beach J. C. Veteran, USN, Mine Sweeping Officer Senior Class Secretary A g Inspection Club Pres. ’40 Press Club, Vice-Pres. ’46 Block P ’40, ’41, ’46 Natl. Rifle Assn. Baseball ’40 Basketball ’39 El Mustang ROBERT ROSSMAN Animal Husbandry San Diego, Calif. San Diego State Married Veteran, U.S.A., Veter- inary Technician Boots «6 Spurs EUGENE T. SCHULTZ Agricultural Inspection Turlock, Calif. Veteran, U.S.A. Liaison Agent for Aid Station Ag Inspection Club Student Body Treasurer ’42 San Dimas ROLLAND E. SEARS Aeronautics Richmond, Calif. Veteran, A.A.F., Pilot Aero Club Alpha Gamma Epsilon Poly Royal Executive Committee JOHN G. SEATON Electrical Engineering Lihue, Hawaii Married Veteran, U.S.N., EM 1-c Poly Phase, Pres. ’40, '46 Social Committee ’39 Rally Committee ’40 Sigma Phi Kappa, Sec. ’40 Poly Royal Executive Committee ’40 VERNON L. SHAHBAZIAN Agricultural Inspection Reedley, Calif. Reedley J. C. Veteran, A.A.F., Pilot Ag. Inspection Club Sigma Phi Kappa REDMOND JOHN SHEA, JR. Dairy Manufacturing Glendale, Calif. Veteran, A.A.F. Flight Test Engineer- ing Officer Los Lecheros, Pres. ’46 El Mustang, ’40, ’41, ’45 ’46 Business Manager '40 El Rodeo Editor ’47 Business Manager ’41 Assistant Editor ’46 Poly Royal Publicity Director ’46 Poly Royal Pictorial Editor ’46 Baseball ’45 Block P Rally Committee Young Farmers Press Club Junior Class Sec-Treas. ’45 DONALD E. SIMPSON Animal Husbandry Orland, Calif. Furnman Univ., S. C. Married Veteran, U.S.A., Stat- istician Boots and Spurs Collegiate FFA GEORGE H. TOULSON Animal Husbandry San Mateo, Calif. San Mateo J.C. Veteran, U.S.A., Vet- erinary Corps Sigma Phi Kappa Boots and Spurs [ 173] faegree ROBERT A. VANDERVOET Fruit Production Lindsay, Calif. Veteran U.S.N., Com- munications Officer Crops Club Glee Club WILLIAM ROWLAND VERDUGO Animal Husbandry Puente, Calif. Fullerton, J. C. Veteran, A.A.F., Tower Operator Boots Spurs Gamma Pi Delta D. DWIGHT WAIT Crops Production Willows, Calif. UCLA Veteran, USN, Gunnery Officer Crops Club, ’40, ’41„ ’42, Pres. ’42 Gamma Pi Delta ’42 Secretary Young Farmers ’41, ’42, ’43 Poly Royal Treasurer '46 Editor El Rodeo ’42 Block P Golden Gloves ’42 HERBERT WALKUP Animal Husbandry San Francisco, Calif. Married Veteran Boots Spurs FRANKLIN P. WEBSTER Dairy Manufacturing Los Angeles, Calif. College of Utah Married, two children Veteran, A.A.F., I n- structor Los Lecheros Collegiate FFA Gamma Pi Delta DONALD W. WHEELER Crops Production Gridley, Calif. Univ. of New Mexico Married Veteran, USN Crops Club DONALD B. WORDEN Animal Husbandry Placentia, Calif. Married, one child Veteran, U.S.N., Ships Cook Young Farmers Boots Spurs Gamma Pi Delta [174] LOUIS BARR Aeronautics Los Angeles, Calif. Aero Club DONALD A. CARRANZA Electrical Engineering Santa Maria, Calif. Married, one child ARTHUR RICHARD DAVIS, JR. Agricultural Inspection San Francisco, Calif. Veteran, U.S.A. E n- gineers, Foreman of pipeline construction Ag Inspection Club JOHN A. GANGL Agricultural Inspection Los Angeles, Calif. Veteran, V e te r i n a ry Service, Food Inspection Student Body Vice-Pres. ’38, San Dimas Block P Basketball Manager ’39 San Dimas Agricultural Inspector Contributor Ag Inspection Club EDWIN W. MAXON Animal Husbandry Puente, Calif. Married Veteran, U. S. A. Infan- try 1st Sgt. Basketball Block P Boots Spurs graduate uitkcut picture HERBERT BROWNLEE Animal Husbandry Gilroy, Calif. Married, two children Veteran, U. S. A. Corps of Military Police Boots and Spurs SAC ’45 Football Block P Poly Royal Exec. Com- mittee ‘45 JOHN A. CHAMBERLAIN Animal Husbandry Laguna Beach, Calif. Married, one child Veteran, Parachute In- fantry, Supply Sgt. Boots and Spurs Collegiate FFA Certificate of Special Recommendation in Purebred and Com- mercial Pork Produc- tion BRUCE D. B. DAY Poultry Husbandry Los Angeles, Calif. Poultry Club Young Farmers S.A.C. '43 ’44 BILL GIBFORD Animal Husbandry Riverside, Calif. Univ. of Redlands Veteran, U.S.M.C., Provost Marshal Boots Spurs THOMAS V. McLaughlin Animal Husbandry Los Angeles, Calif. UCLA, Pasadena J. C. Married, one child Veteran, U.S.M.C. Fighter-bomber pilot Boots Spurs Boxing Coach and Manager HALE S. BURGER Animal Husbandry Yorkville, Calif. Utah State, Southwes- tern Institute Married, one child Veteran, U. S. N., Exec. Officer—gun boats Collegiate FFA Boots and Spurs MOSES S. CLEMENTE Aeronautics Philippine Islands Aero Club THERON J. FERGUSON, JR. Aeronautics Puente, Calif. Married Veteran, U.S.N., Pilot LEROY T. LIEB Dairy Husbandry Corona, Calif. Married Veteran, U. S. N. Los Lecheros Football Basketball Block P Gamma Pi Delta GEORGE WILSON Animal Husbandry Bishop, Calif. Univ. of Calif, at Davis Married Veteran, Infantry, Mor- tar Crewman Boots Spurs Collegiate FFA Poly Royal Committee ’37 [175] keg tee (graduated (£utnmer) JACK B. ANDERSON Dairy Manufacturing: San Francisco, Calif. San Mateo J. C. Married Veteran, A.A.F., Meat Dairy Inspector Los Lecheros WILLIAM G. DRAKE Ornamental H o rticul- ture Inglewood, Calif. U.C.L.A. Veteran, U.S.N., Pharmacist Mate Ornamental H o rticul- ture Club ARTHUR W. GILSTRAP Crops Production Caruthers, Calif. Univ. of Redlands Veteran, U.S.M.C. Crops Club, Treas. ’42 SAC ’46 Student Court ’41 Block P., Treas. ’47 Collegiate FFA Young Farmers Gamma Pi Delta Track ’42 AL PARK Animal Husbandry San Diego, Calif. Married Veteran, A.A.F., Navigator - Bombar- dier Sigma Phi Kappa Pres. ’39 Gamma Pi Delta Pres. ’39, ’46 Young Farmers, Vice Pres. ’46 Collegiate FFA, Treas. ’46 Boots Spurs Student Court ’39, '46 Glee Club ’37 JAMES B. MORRIS Technical Degree Animal Husbandry Agua Caliente, Calif. Colorado State A M Boots Spurs Freshman Sec. Treas. ’42 Sophomore Sec. Treas. ’45 Basketball Manager ’42 Block P Band ’42 JAMES M. CASE Animal Husbandry Phoenix, Arizona Married, two children Veteran, Quartermaster Corps, Motor Pool Dispatcher Boots Spurs, Sec. Treas. ’44 Phillip R. Parks Schol- arship GEORGE W. FORESTER Animal Husbandry Pomona, Calif. Pomona J.C., U.C.L.A. Veteran, U.S.N., High Explosive Officer Amphibious Force Boots Spurs Young Farmers Gamma Pi Delta, Master-at-Arms WAYNE P. MISEMER Air Conditioning Santa Barbara, Calif. Asst. General Superin- tendent 1940 Poly Royal Glee Club Manager ’46- ’47 Vocal Soloist Glee Club '39, ’40, ’41, ’47 RICHARD F. WILLIAMS Meat Animals Bakersfield, Calif. Veteran, 6th Air Force Boots and Spurs ’39-’41; ’45-’47 THOMAS BRANNUM Animal Husbandry Redlands, Calif. San Bernardino J. C. Veteran, U.S.A., Lab Technician Gamma Pi Delta Boots Spurs El Mustang Staff [ 176] Technical FRANK E. DOTY Animal Husbandry Camarillo, Calif. Colorado State A. M. Boots Spurs FLOYD ALLEN HILBIG Animal Husbandry San Bernardino, Calif. Boots Spurs Young Farmers Glee Club ’45, ’46 BERNARD EBSTEIN Poultry Husbandry Omaha, Nebraska Married Univ. of Nebraska Veteran, A.A.F., Adjutant Finance Officer Poultry Club, Vice-Pres. ’46 El Rodeo '47 Press Club EDGAR W. MOORE Animal Husbandry Alhambra, Calif. Boots Spurs Young Farmers Glee Club '44, '45, '46 Quartet '44 Charioteers '45 Vecatichal JOSEPH W. BROWN Animal Husbandry Arroyo Grande, Calif. Young Farmers Boots Spurs Rifle Club Glee Club '45 Band '45 NEIL C. McCARTY Ornamental Horticul- ture Drake, North Dakota Married, one child Veteran, U.S.M.C., Ra- dioman Horticulture Club Sec- retary '45 Press Club Glee Club '45, '46 El Rodeo Charioteers '45 (graduate without picture TECHNICAL ELMO E. CANCLINI Electrical Engineering Areata, Calif. Poly Phase Basketball '42 VOCATIONAL ROBERT A. METZGER Animal Husbandry La Verne, Calif. Veteran, U.S.N., Avia- tion Metalsmith Boots Spurs Pres. '46 [ 177] ftfliutjiiitiiiiiu; j CLINE'S ELECTRIC It’s a deal, Daphne, says Don Denbigh after inspecting the dishwashing attach- ment on the new G. E. kitchen. Dave Find- ley, left, offers his approval and advises future homemakers to come in and look over the complete G. E. kitchen including automatic dishwasher, garbage dispos- al!, electric range, and refrigerator. Daphne Graham agrees that the new G. E. complete kitchen is the answer to a wo- man's prayers. 962 Monterey Street $------------------------------- SEARS MARKET Bob Sears is shown here helping Avon Carlson and family stretch that G.l. check. Poly student families find it pays to shop at Sears complete market where best qual- ity meat, vegetables, groceries, etc., can be purchased. 714 Marsh Street — Phone 2 180 $ Peterson Auto Parts Francis Fink, left, explains the intrica- cies of a steel cutting ridge reamer to Don Frank, while Elwyn Frazier displays to Arnold Van der Linden an air operated block sander used to prepare autos for painting. Standing by is Ed Eberle. 742 Marsh Street $----------------------------- MISSION RADIO Gerry Peterson pictured explaining the finer points of the Wilcox-Gay Recordio, combination phonograph-radio, to Richard Open the Door Fox. Betty Le Gette in the background is helping Earl Straw- berry Jam select some of the latest recordings. 882 Monterey Street — Phone 2400 The Beautiful Chrysler “Town and Country .” r-— - Vernon Shahbazian, standing, casts an envious and appraising eye over the beautiful 1947 Chrysler Town and Country Convertible and probably includes in his inspection the attractive companions of Bill Othart, driving, and Bill Taylor, back seat. Othart's lovely is Miss Wilma Schaeffer and comely Miss Cheri Hoff is in back with Bill. This is the car that Miss Katie DuPont, Poly Royal Queen, used during her re- cent reign. DAVID L. FAIR CHRYSLER-PLYMOUTH DEALER 1330 Monterey San Luis Obispo J. F. Hickenbottom Sons Senior Avon Carlson, looking into the future, asks Mrs. Hickenbottom for some expert advice on kitchen furnishing. Wes- lie Combs, expert dairyman, agrees with Mrs. Hickenbottom that a Youngstown Kitchen is the answer to Avon’s problem. 745 Higuera Street ------— s LACTERMAN'S At Lacterman's Poly wife Madelyn Hick- man models a very attractive Gabardine suit with Kolinsky scarf while Barbara Car- ter, also a Poly wife, models the latest in black Persian lamb coat. Featured, too, at Lacterman's is a complete stock for miss and matron in junior, regular, and half size garments. 728 Higuera Street Model Linen Supply On the inside of Model Linen Supply our roving camera finds two Poly lovers,” Robert King and E. B. Richards trying to distract comely Madge Ransom and Ma- reen Cantrell. Madge and Mareen are busily engaged in ironing linen for Poly's cafeteria and gymnasium. Leave 'em alone you guys, or we won't have any towels. 346 Higuera Street Young's Beauty Shop Ann Richardson, Poly wife, and E. S. Young, proprietor, look over the day's beauty appointments. Ann says that Young's Beauty Shop specializes in per- manent waving, but does all types of beauty work. I 037 Monterey Street — Phone 391 Sno-White Creamery Dick Lavery, foreground, S.A.C. vice president, grins sheepishly as Don Fiester, behind counter, mixes a cool, quick one. Watching procedures, or watching the camera, to Lavery's left is Bill Fox Clay- baugh, Francis Walker and Bill Moore. 888 Monterey $ ■ s KVEC Doc Waite, Al James, Elwood Randolph and Tom Woods survey San Luis from the KVEC studio while inside 1000 watts pro- vide transmission for station KVEC on 920 KC. The boys say to watch for the opening date of the new KVEC-FM station vith I 7,000 watts of power, operating on 92.3 megacycles, with new studios and a new network. W-------------------------------$ Tours and My Furniture Genevieve Erickson looks to hubby, Ray, lor approval as N. L. McKeen, Poly '25, explains the advantage of the latest in overstuffed furniture. The Erickson’s also ooked over Yours and My stock of new and used furniture and household appli- ances. 1127 Broad Street Modern Family Laundry By appointment to El Corral—American Cleaners for that suave, sophisticated ook. Men, bring your cleaning needs to El Corral or American Cleaners and enjoy Ihe confidence of well-groomed appear- ance found in their quality cleaning. Seen iere are two well-satisfied customers, Al .ewis and Mrs. Edward Weiner. 1313 Broad Street AMERICAN CLEANERS Liberty Cleaners Dan Phelan, left, and V. M. Hardy, being helped by' attractive Betty Crouch and Dorothy Gorham, agree that for good de- pendable service it's smart to call Liberty Cleaners. At Liberty they discover that their garments are handled by experienced and attentive personnel who use only the finest solvents in their work, thus assuring longer clothes life and better appearance. 727 Marsh SCHULZE BROS. George Bushong, genial proprietor of the popular men's clothing store, offers for Cy Hovig's approval some of his Ar- row sport shirts while B.T.O. Cy models a Levi Strauss plaid jacket. 782 Higuera Street UNION HARDWARE Owner C. J. Smith asks Earl P. Jam try this one for size. For your tool, hardware and complete houseware needs C. J. asks you to come into the Union Hardware. SMITH BROS.—Owners 725 Higuera Street — Phone 43 ■ ■ ■ - $ Wilson's Flower Shop Brown orchids are the center of atten- tion as Robert Stimmel contemplates a purchase for his one and only. Mrs. I la Vandergon reminds Robert that Wilson's will style original corsages, bouquets, and floral pieces for every occasion. 1110 Garden Street — Phone 622 Where You Get More for Less • • • Doc Waite, Glenn Arthur and John Shea lean back and get their dismal dim- ples in camera range, while Art Cram crams it in. They vow that the family atmosphere, fine food and liquid refresh- ments at Frank's Cafe are hard to beat. FRANK'S CAFE Never a Dull Moment —Al Lovell, Proprietor. 645 Higuera Street -------——---------------------------------———$ LIQUORS First by far with a Post- War Car Dr. Neil Daniels, psychology prof., dis- cusses with Banning Garrett the many fine points of his recently purchased and high- ly satisfactory 1947 Studebaker Cham- pion. Psychologically speaking, this car is a schizophrenia paranoic—split person- ality, that is—you can't tell which way its going, but it certainly gets there and fast, said the Dr. GARRETT MOTORS Cars - Trucks - Parts - Service I 2 I 9 Monterey Street Phone 2476 TAXI G% 7 CLARENCE BROWN While Mrs. R. V. Moore is happily en- gaged in selecting a perfect blue-white diamond, Hubby Bob is not so happily engaged in reaching for the check-book. But Nancy Miller, saleslady at the Home of the perfect blue-white diamonds, put Robert's mind at ease when she explained that Clarence Brown makes no additional charges for convenient credit. Nancy can also help you with your selection of watches, gift jewelry and rings. 862 Higuera Phone 13 12 MONTGOMERY WARD Loren Burkhardt, animal husbandry stu- dent, picks out a new bathtub from the catalog department to install in his new home which he is building. Jane Souza is taking Loren's order while Mrs. Burkhardt keeps young Salt Burkhardt out of mis- chief. For unavailable items in the store try the catalog department. Dennis Dairy Lunch George Peek-A-Boo Baker, eminent local sportswriter enjoys a bite at Dennis Dairy Lunch along with some of the erst- while members of the publications depart- ment. Around the table clockwise are eat- ers of just good food, John Shea, Jim Petersen, Guy Thomas, Peek-A-Boo, and Bernard Epstein, who seems to have eyes only for the cute little brunette waitress. 894 Higuera Street MISSION TAXI When Poly couples like Mr. and Mrs. Ed Lesky, he of Poly diamond fame, want de- pendable, courteous taxi service, they know they will get it when they PHONE 2 —headquarters for the Mission Taxi Com- pany. 987 Monterey Street — Phone 2 Be Wickenden Window Wise Caught in a formal moment at this year's Poly Wives' Club Fashion Show are Glenn Arthur modeling a Wickenden suit and Betty Weller modeling a formal gown from one of the local ladies' shops. Mrs. Medberry, of Milady Fashion magazine, is seen emceeing the show. Wickenden's is first choice with many Poly students when it comes to sport, beach or formal wear. WICKENDEN'S 837 Monterey Street The New Ford—Smooth as a Baby’s . . . Behind the wheel, Don Denbigh says That's my choice. Gangway, I'll drive i off. While Fred Lucksinger, former Pol athlete and son of Instructor Oscar L, re strains Don, he also explains to Darre Davison and Jack Aboudara that Ford i First in '47. DEKE THRESH-YOUR FORD DEALER 1101 Monterey Phone 102 Feeds... Seed... Fertilizer Shown surveying the situation in sacks on the platform are: Frank La Salle, Fred Lamprecht, George Kelley, S. O. Jackson, and Manager Ray Buck; below are Jeff Griffith and Bill Karlak. E. C. Loomis and Sons carry only the finest quality lines such as Double-Check, Larro, Pillsbury, and Ace High. E.C. LOOMIS and SON Closer than Your Phone ... At Your Door Serving the entire campus, the Mus- tang Market mobile food mart has in the few months since it was inaugurated by student veterans, Paul Bowman and Brad Arrington, become a popular shopping spot for all student wives and resident faculty families. Carrying a complete line of groceries, sundries, fresh vegetables, the Mustang Market makes shopping easy for the on-campus residents. Here we see Mrs. Paul Bowman, left, and friend doing their shopping the easy way. MUSTANG MARKET On the Campus Daily SEARS ROEBUCK Avila here we come, with a Sears Roebuck rubber boat to buck the tide. J. Peterson and R. E. Mallory are all set for a day at Poly's favorite class, Avila 101. Jack Rabusciotti, sports department sales- man, reminds the boys that Sears carries a complete line of sports goods, includ- ing golf equipment, fishing gear, and out- ing supplies. 879 Higuera Street Peerless Bakery Pictured amidst pulchitrude and deli- cious bakery goods are Arnold Hoffman and Hal Clark totin’ off a load of bread and rolls as they bid farewell to cuties Ann Matts and Barbara Dickinson. 850 Higuera Phone I I I I RU-MAE SHOPPE Ella Fern Hall, saleslady, is shown help- ing two student wives, Mrs. Don Berntsen, right, and Mrs. Jessie Simpson, as they look over part of the complete line of sports wear, formal wear, bathing suits and accessories that are featured at the Ru-Mae Shoppe. 1115 Chorro Street +----------------------------— S Weishar's City Pharmacy For the Brands you know . . . Carl Jac- obsen, Mustang outfielder knows that Anita Serafin will steer him straight on what to get for the little woman (the wife, that is). Carl also knows that Weishar’s carries a complete line of drug and pre- scription needs. 858 Higuera Street — Phone 112 Daniels Bovee Wayne Crosby, Martin Oedekerk and Bill Pnegley watch with enthusiasm as Ralph Daniels explains the advantages of a Packard Bell Phonocord. Everett Bovee, right, adds that Daniels and Bovee carry many other electrical appliances, includ. ing small radios and necessary parts. He also suggests that Poly students see him for speedy repair service. 647 Higuera Street — Phone 1335 $---------------------------------- BAKER ROBERTS If it's frozen foods you want, Baker and Roberts carries a complete line of frozen fruits, vegetables and fish, says Kent Freeman, Poly graduating senior. As Pedro Moser makes a sale to John Miller, right, he reminds him that Baker and Ro- berts carries a complete line of groceries and meats. 839 Marsh Street ❖----------:-------------------- Billie's Toy Baby Shop Mr. and Mrs. Expectant Mills are pic- tured starting a wardrobe for that third member of the family that is due to ar- rive in the near future. Mrs. Alice B. Hill- man helps Mrs. Mills select some suitable clothing for the future Mills' heir, and re- minds her that Billie's carries a complete line of infants' and children's wear a nd also a stock of Holgate Educational toys. 856 Monterey Street $------------------------------® Sportsman's Store Al James, left, Bill Benno, owner, Joe Griffin and John Fitzgerald are pictured inspecting the latest in guns at the Sports- man's Store. Bill Benno is explaining the advantages of the new Weaver K25 tele- scope to interested onlooker Joe Griffin, El Mustang sports editor. The Sportsman’s Store can take care of your outing and sports' equipment needs. 660 Higuera Street B H Drug Store Bill Lupo, one of the Sandrew Sisters of Home Concert fame, uses Florence Koen- ig's suggestion of Krank's shaving cream to keep that skin you love to touch. Bill knows that the B H carries a complete line of men's toilet articles, smoking needs, as well as prescription drugs. 899 Higuera Street Davidson's Furniture Home, Home on the Range ought to be the theme song of these three animal husbandry students, Shorty Morris, Tom Fitzgerald, and Bill Moore. But from their concentrated attention to the fine points Mr. Davidson, left, is giving them on home furnishings, maybe they're all contemplat- ing that fatal step. 669 Higuera Street HOTEL WINEMAN Bob Myer, left, talks over room reserva- tions for his folks for Poly Royal with R. E. Stevens, manager. Bert Whitney, Poly stu- dent and bellhop for San Luis Obispo’s newest hotel, guarantees us that rest is assured at the Wineman Hotel. — Phone 1800 — El Obispo Cafe Colonel Ted Sreenall serves up a couple of cold ones to Eager Joe Griffin, and Archie Ahrends, while Guy Thomas and Frank Stefanich wait their turn. Ted says, Breakfast is served all day, so if you can't make it to the 10 o'clock come on down at I I and have breakfast. 895 Higuera Street Maurice W. Fitzgerald If you want sound and reliable invest- ment in real estate or insurance be sure to see Maurice W. Fitzgerald. Getting some of that sound advice from Mr. Fitzgerald on the value of an automobile insurance policy is Victor J. Bertolini, left, and Eu- gene Kemper. 852 Higuera Street — Phone 839 Mar Vern Barber Shop For haircutting individually styled to meet your needs, Mar Vern Barber Shop is the place to go. Here we see Vernon L. Bobsin giving Richard Dana, Poly student, one of those individual tonsorials. 1027 Osos Street 4-----------------------------$ R. G. Walker Typewriters Ruth Johnstone, Poly student wife and general office secretary, is shown getting checked out on a new Remington KMC (Keyboard Margin Control) by Proprietor R. G. Walker. Walker's features ail makes of adding machines and office furniture as well as rentals, and service for all makes. Walkers is the first name in type- writers. 785 Marsh Street Kimball Motor Co., I nc. Pictured around Charlie Cook's new Pontiac Club Coupe are: (left to right) Ned Kimball, Mr. G. A. Weaver, Charlie Cook, Mrs. Cook and salesman, Mr. H. J. Laird. Lucky Charlie Cook says, See Fred Kimball for your new Pontiac. 252 Higuera Phone 2344 Butler Book Store Jim Coleman, president of the Hort club, consults with Dusty (Mrs. Jack) An- derson on the latest in Shaeffer pens at Butler's Book store. You can’t take notes with a hoe handle, eh Jim? Jim's needs in the line of greeting cards, books, station- ery, and school supplies are quickly and courteously supplied at Butler's Book store. 1040 Chorro Street — Phone 867-W A - - - - - A MISSION FLORIST Van Etten, center, seems to have found just what he was looking for in that uni- versal language of say it with flowers. Proprietor Don Albert, left, will probably make it a double sale with Willoughby Houk saying, Wrap up a dozen for me, too. Anderson Hotel Building Phone 432 $-------------------------------� Lowell D. Fuller SHELL SERVICE Stanton Kienle is shown here filling Charlie Ackerman's new Ford station wag- on tank while Ed Durbin and Phillip Cook stand by supervising the transaction. Low- ell thanks you for past partonage and ad- vises approved Shell products and Shell lubrication. 1220 Monterey Street Palace Barber Shop Poly's favorite Barber Shop—Earl Twit- chell, chief barber, is pictured performing a major operation on Polyite Bob Carmen, while Bob Baldridge puts finishing touches on Jim Coleman. Chorro St. MODERNE '££ rAUWC Perhaps Charles Meinhart will walk out with the Capehart Panamus after listen, ing to the advice of Ardis Davis. In the background Student Wife Olive McElvain plays the latest in musical recordings while Lou Litzie, Bob Mohr, Benson Jung and Harold Mattos lend attentive ears. 685 Higuera Street § -------------------- The Little Shoppe Betty Weller and Sue Drake admire one of the many beautiful new Hildegarde blouses, displayed by May Burrows, and sold exclusively at the Little Shoppe. 999 Higuera Street HOTEL ANDREWS Byron Newton, clerk, assures H. Hinnen and J. Jessup, registering, that quiet and homelike conveniences are the watchword at the Hotel Andrews—and at reasonable rates. Watching proceedings and anxious to get some sleep in the comfortable beds are Mrs. J. Jessup and Baby Barbara and Mrs. Hinnen. Proprietor T. B. Thiele stands at the doorway to the homelike dining room. Phone 3 I 7 Standard Auto Parts Jess Zanoli is shown taking care of three Poly stalwarts' automotive needs. Pictured Heft to right) are Ernie Larkey, Fred Leav- itt, and Archie Ahrendes. Santa Rosa and Higuera Brown's Music Store Gil Heartaches Brown comes down to Poppa's store and helps ace saleslady Pat Gordon sell Ernie Heald, right, the latest in sheet music. Brown's Music Store also specializes in orchestra and band instru- ments, pianos, repair service, as well as records. 717 Higuera Street ■ $ BOOTH BROTHERS Ralph Len is pointing out to Paul Mar- tinez the ultra-modern grill design which adds beauty to the new Dodge, while Rob- ert McIntyre seriously discusses with Sales- man Hub Hollister the safety and comfort advantages of the 1947 Dodge. I 103 Higuera Street ❖ The Typewriter Shop George McGuire explains the features of a Smith Corona to Bob Moore. The Typewriter Shop services some of Poly's machines, and has just added two new ones to the General Office. 1014 Court St. Phone 127 ♦------------------------------ San Luis Mill and Lumber At the extreme right Poly students Luis Montez and Gary Pettersen look over a 5 x 24 foot piece of three-ply to be used in boat building. In the picture with part of the mill's crew are owner Lee R. Parson and Manager H. M. Holzinger. Besides supplying building materials, the mill also does regular mill and cabinet work. 246 Higuera Street PI IFIXT CIMCL A.fc« l |i A « « t Universal Auto Parts Whether it's a new car or an old jalopy that needs fixin', Poly students always head for the Universal Auto Parts. Here we catch Polyites Paul Madge, Pete Se- rnas, Wesley Davies, and Al Engel in the shop during a rush hour. Helping the boys find the correct plugs, filters and pumps and duro chrome tools are Paul Franklin, Fred Bovee, and Jerry Doser. 969 Monterey Street — Phone 1418 4------------------------------- GENARDINI'S Super-salesman Lou Guidetti explains the fine points of the attractive sport sweaters while Charles Nix admires and contemplates adding this snappy rein- deer model to his wardrobe. 779 Higuera Street—Phone 1362 4--------------------------------€► Florist E. E. Long Company Beau Brummel Bill Hume looks on very interestedly as Erma Roza explains the superior points of the latest Frigidaire. Erma can help you too if you are interested in Easy Washers, Kimball or Seinway pi- anos, Zenith radios and the latest records. 777 Marsh Street 4- - POWERS for Flowers Bob Cox, left, and Don Crook take the advice of Powers’ and drop in to place ad- vance orders for corsages for the young ladies they will escort to the Poly Royal Coronation Ball. Powers also carries a wide selection of cut flowers, nursery stock and bedding plants. Monterey Street SAN LUIS CLEANERS Bob Frandsen, left, looks on intently while Vern Amick checks in a jacket with Frances Hampton. Bob and Vern agree for expert care and longer wear take your cleaning to San Luis Cleaners. 1124 Broad Street Ranell's Coffee Shop Food you'll remember” is more than just a slogan at Ranell's. Home cooked meals with fresh, hourly baked muffins and hot bread, and home baked pies and cakes from Ranell's own kitchen. Seen here be- iing served are (left to right) John Elder, !Ed Durbin, James Dillbeck, Bob Mills, Ed [Burgess and Elvin Copeland. Monterey Street ❖------------------------------$ Anderson Hotel When royalty comes to town . . . they '.invariably make their headquarters at the .Anderson Hotel. Here we see Poly Royal •Queen Katie Dupont and her sister, Alma Jean, signing the register as Chuck Chapman, publications ace photographer, looks on. Desk Clerk Roy Van suggests that the Anderson is always the place to make reservations for your friends and relatives when they visit Poly. BRISCO HARDWARE Mr. Brisco, right, offers for Ray Zanda's approval the best in wire cutters. Ray, too, finds that Brisco's specializes in nome- wares, tools and sporting goods for that day in the future when two will be able to Jive cheaper than one. 857 Monterey Street The Varsity Club This motley crew pictured includes as some of Ed and Bob Madsen's mob: Jiro Kai, Lawrence Rossi, Allan Gardner, Cy Hovig, Art Van Etten, Willoughby Houle, Bill Hume, V. M. Hardy and Dan Phelan. When Bob and Ed are out clammin', Lit. tie Joe Soroka and Eddie take care of Poly’s B.T.O.'s. Come on Frank, don't disappoint the little woman. For Frank Whitman's ap- proval Dick Gragg, proprietor of Jerram's, shows one of their finest compacts. Also as a possible choice, Dick offers watches and other quality jewelry. That's the one, Frank. She'll love it. JERRAM'S TOWNSEND'S The Home of Fine Diamonds... Poly’s Favorite Station Pictured here is first mate Orville Thomason checking Staff Photographer Chapman's tires while Ray Kemp looks on. Capt. Jack Bushong says, He has Fire- stone tires, quality Texaco products, and excellent Marfak lubrication. Ask the Poly Students Who Trade Here. BUSHONG S TEXACO SERVICE Santa Rosa Marsh Phone 1887 Bu zz Me, Boys . .. There's a line up today at the Bee Hive as Benny Bray holds the door open in wel- come to a bunch of Mad Mustangs. Harry Endo heads the mob followed by Don Grisingher, Dave Findley, Don Den- bigh, Darrel Davison and Jack Aboudara. BEE HIVE CAFE 887 Monterey Phone 283 House of Better Values Barbara Saunders (Mrs. Robert S.) shows, for Mrs. H. M. Kimball's approval, one of Kippers attractive better value blouses as husband Kimball looks on ap- prehensively. KIPPER'S 853 Higuera Street Phone 207 Marshall’s for Fine Jewelry Mr. O. W. Koethen, manager, is pic- tured explaining the fine qualities of the Hamilton ladies wrist watch to Polyites Ernie Heald and Jim Lever. MARSHALL'S Since I 889 790 Higuera Street Ride the Green Bus • • • Poly students have found that it is con venient and economical to ride the Green Bus (affectionately known as the Green Hornet ). Most Poly students are going someplace, and if it is to town they want to go, the Green Bus passes through the campus every half hour, on the hour and the half hour. Here we see several Poly students headed by Jim Coleman being greeted by one of the friendly and cour- teous Green Bus drivers. 692 Marsh Street Phone I 173 -------------------------- Nine Out of ten say De Soto Again . . . Pictured in front of the McGregor M tors are F. C. McGregor and Vernon Fre erick discussing the beauty features of t. rugged front end of the 1947 De Soto cli coupe. Checking the beautiful interior John Garrity. McGregor motor company 1255 Monterey Street San Luis Obispo For that Well-Groomed Appearance • • • Smiling Marjorie Stowell shows for Bob Myers and Jim Coleman’s okey the fine quality workmanship at Strong’s Cleaning Works. Look at the suit, Bob, the suit! It'll be good news tonight—all strikes and spares. That's because it's Cal Poly bowling league night and those are Cal Poly bowlers pictured here warming up for the red-hot tournament play. Try your hand at bowling—it's fun and a healthful sport for young and old. STRONG'S CLEANING WORKS 659 Higuera Street «3� Bowl for Health . . . EL CAMINO BOWL 1115 Santa Rosa Phone 338 Lumber . . . Hardware . . . Equipment . . . General Contracting Red-hot tractor drivers, Robert Stra- ffiearn and Herbert Avery listen attentive- ly while Max Matejcek, manager, explains the intricacies of running a Case tractor, while Gary Pettersen gets an ear-full too. Max reminded the boys that the A. Ma- donna firm is a triple-purpose organiza- tion which includes the Madonna Lumber Co., Farmers Hardware and Equipment and the A. Madonna company, general contractors. For information about any of these activities phone 99. Madonna Lumber Co. Farmers Hardware A. Madonna, General Contracting ------------------------ ? AUSTIN'S Candies -- Fine Food Pictured is Austins Restaurant Fountain, where Johnny Loftus, (standing at the left in the all white Zoot Suit ), rides herd every evening on the hungry, the thirsty, and those who crave the finest in sundaes, sodas, malts, sandwiches or what have you. Johnny is ably assisted by Marie Zupan, one of our local girls, and Paul Husted from San Luis Obispo High School. Seated from left to right are: Bronc Bus- ters and Bull Riders, Cotton Rosser, Neal Faddler and Jim Yates; three of the many Polyites who enjoy the food and refresh- ments here (and that's no bull!) In addition to its fine restaurant and fountain, Austins deluxe chocolates and other candies are the delight of everyone. Made here on the premises—they are just the thing for that sweet-tooth or that extra-special gift. San Luis Obispo's Complete Confectionery-Restaurant. San Luis Obispo, California 868 Monterey Street We Make Friends Easily.. . With our good food, congenial atmo- sphere, and pleasant service, it is easy to make friends and to keep them. Join the many, many Poly men like Dave Findley, center, Don Denbigh, second from right, and Don Grisingher, right, who make the J. C. Grill their home away from home. Proprietor Harvey Clendenning (third from right invites all Polyites to join the boys and girls for breakfast, lunch and dinner. Joe Simas, driver for Fletcher Cleaners, stops by his truck as Poly students Marlin Ray, R. C. Hickman and Tom Deckman lend Joe a hand by helping load his truck. Marlin says, Fletcher Cleaners do quality cleaning and pressing. Tom adds, They do minor alterations and repairs, and for free, too. Promp Pickup and Delivery 709 Higuera Street Phone 2169 'J. C GRILL 1057 Monterey Street FLETCHER CLEANERS Ends the Quest for the Best Learning by doing is actually put to practical use in the Golden State Cream- ery plant here where a number of Cal Poly dairy students aid in the processing of manufactured products. Pictured here mak- ing ice cream for Golden State are (left to right) Charles Meach, Soren Peterson, Chester Beadle, Ed Mull and C. C. Kelley, Golden State foreman. Golden State sup- plies flavorful ice cream consumed in large quantities by Poly students. GOLDEN TOWER CAFE STATE CO. LTD. -------------------------—-- $ The gentlemen shown reclining in true congenial atmosphere of the Tower lounge are familiar with the delicious specialties of barbecued steaks and chickens. Pic- tured enjoying a cool one are (left to right) Avon Carlson, Luis Montez, War- ren Christensen, E. B. Richards, Gary Pet- tersen, Jim Lever, and Robert King. 427 Higuera Phone 830 Operated for Student Benefit. . . For your school supplies, candy, tobac. co, and fountain wants, patronize the £| Corral. The social group pictured here with head waiter, Clint Merithew, in charge includes: Pretty Boy Glenn Ar- thur, Jim Heiser, Doc Waite at the table; in the background are John Editor Shea, Baldy Barr and Johnny Reagan. EL CORRAL Basement of Administration Building. CHEVROLET P. A. Doty points out the distinguishing iracteristics of the modern grill work the new 1947 Chevrolet to Al Engel d Elvin Copeland while David Flipse es a look inside. J. J. DUNNE 1039 Monterey Phone 1548 - 1549 MADDALENA TIRE CO. Charley Maddalena, right, points out to Poly students Robert McIntyre, John Miller, Ralph Len, and Paul Martinez, the rdvantages of expert tire recapping as ione under the Guild tire Recapping nethod. His partner, Noel Maddalena, jointed out that the Maddalena service ncludes Fiske and Mobil Tires, Guild Tire ecapping, general petroleum products, ubrication, battery and brake service and vheel alignment. 34 years of dependable service in San Luis Obispo. 1001 Higuera Street Phone 79 EVANS BROKERAGE COMPANY There's no doubt about that Herefon being a champion, says Cecil G. Evan as he and Poly Alumnus Cliff Brown loo over Royal Domino V. When you star out to raise steers like that fellow, you' want to come in and see the Evans Brol erage company, 1118 Chorro Stree We're specialists in ranch properties an can arrange for the sale or lease to you c a beef, dairy, poultry or hog unit in or of the Central Coast Counties. 1118 Chorro Street Phone 6 San Luis Obispo Ht McCLURE'S A record changer is the topic of the moment as Raymond Harwood, left, and Hans Hansen are seen here contemplating the purchase of an Arvin record changer or an Arvin Combination Radio and Record player. 2145 Broad Street «---------------------------� Van Wormer Rodriques Pictured here is part of the factory of Van Wormer and Rodriques located at 126 Post Street, San Francisco. Here ex- pert workmen turn out all types of pins, club keys, fraternity pins, and college jewelry. Any of these items and Cal Poly school rings may be ordered through Kent Freeman, their campus representa- tive. 126 Post Street—San Francisco «---------------------------� Hillis Creamery Enjoying a coffee session at the Hillis Creamery are (left to right) Cy Hovig, Bob Garver, Jim Bush, Mac Thompson, Ralph Dalton and Jim Coleman. They all agree that there is no place like Hillis' for home made delicious candies, lunches, fountain dishes, or candy for gifts. Head- man Les Hillis, center, is shown behind the counter with his crew I left to right) Leo Russo, Helen Terry, and Maxine Patrick. 785 Higuera Street MOTEL INN Mr. and Mrs. Paul R. Ridenour, left, and Mr. and Mrs. Melvin Pugh with their young baby are seen here enjoying the com- fortable atmosphere and hospitality of the Motel Inn under the management of Har- old Spillers. 1127 Broad Street Hiibba. . . Hubba Irene Wallace, attractive Poly student wife, models to great advantage a Mahs hour-glass bathing suit made of lastex and lastex mesh. Riley’s are headquarters for quality play togs and swim suits—low in price—fun to wear. RILEYS 749 Higuera Street AckML'le4$etM tJ I WANT to extend my sincere thanks to those unselfish individuals who painstakingly gave their assistance to- ward the publication of El Rodeo- 1947, even though they were not reg- ular staff members. A “hats off goes to Lou Litzie, a pinch hitter who aided in sales promo- tion. . . . Ruth Johnstone, who hand- led correspondence and typing of copy . . . Cartherine Nolan and John Jones, the financial genius at Cal Poly . . . and all those persons who took time out to contribute snap-shots and written articles essential to the book. Credit is also due A1 Auf der Heide, Don Mills and Jack Anderson for their work in covering events photographical- ly, both in and out of the darkroom. Many of the divisional page views are the results of their handiwork. Without the Cal Poly Print Shop, An- gelus Engraving Company, Schauer Printing Studio of Santa Barbara, and the Universal Cover Company of San Antonio, Texas, El Rodeo—1947 might never have been a reality—they indeed did a worthy job. In passing, I hope this yearbook meets the expectation of all readers and goes through the years bringing to mind the “good oY days” that are Cal Poly. JOHN SHEA 1947 El Rodeo Editor EL RODEO ENGRAVINGS BY ANGELUS ENGRAVING CO. Year Rook Engravers and Designers 857 South San Pedro Street Los Angeles, Calif. mmmPA yim