Occidental College - La Encina Yearbook (Los Angeles, CA)

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C LJ ' fr- - F , fd , P 1. 4 I I. A ff v .,. , , V I g . . -1 y p . 9 ' I , P ,A I . I 1. AND on lumen CLASS mv, 'rue RELAXED UNDER AN oAK TREE . .Dfw LA ENCINA CAME OUT' DR' ., I ' X if sri 1 1 Ia' 4 L 1i 1. , . 1 A,-gasli , . U 3 V , A, V ,- W- ' - a ,V V ... WHILE MR. McLAlN AND DR. BAER PLAYED RING-AROUND-THE-ROSY AS COLLEGE LIFE SETTLED DOWN T0 THE EAGLE THE KU TY FRESHMEN IN LINE-MADE THEM HOP BACK AND now. The girls formed the LIZ and DOT societies. The DOT'S almost met an untimely death when that picture was published-the one with the low-cut necklines. And the LIZ'S caused quite a scandal when they produced MThe Reveries of a Bachelor. The A.S.O.C. organized campus activities in 1905. We had some great athletes-Bazata in football. 6'Speedy Rush and Horace Cleland in track. Still, an oratorical contest drew almost as large a crowd as a football game. That's when Dean Cleland was on the debate team. Yes, we were up and coming in those days. Had lots of new ideas-new ideas that became traditions The class of 1905 started the ivy procession, the class tree and the class numerals. No wonder that class was outstanding with men like Horace Cleland, Dan Hammack, Percy Goodell and Robinson Jeffers. 16

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1? af? 31? W x ai W3 sf? ll IL-4 it 6 M Q99 PUT ON SOME GOOD PLAYS IN THOSE DAYS , , , EVEN GAVE ONE CARRIED ON BIG BUSINESS TRANSACTIONS lN THE HIGHLAND PARK IN THE PHILHARMONIC STUDENT STORE .,- ' - I' 1' ,-- 4 V R volcso oun OPINIONS 'ro 'rr-1: FAcuL'rv 'rmzoucn 'rua cou.scs aaron: we Movsu T0 EAGLE Rock me BOARD TALKED or cn-lANcmc SENATE- ronsnunusa or THE A.S.0.C. zxscunvz BOARD occlnsNrAL T0 A Mews cou.nc:. me MEN STUDENTS MADE 'mem- szwss HEARD ON THAT suslscr By September, 1896, weid leased St. Vincent's College on Hill Street-about where Bullock's is today. Then the trustees decided on Highland Park for our new campus site. Wl1Cl1 we moved out there ill 1898, there were only a few ranch houses,.a camp-meeting ground, and a beer gar- den. Squirrel holes riddled the grain field where we built the college. We had some good times there in Highland Park. Not what you'd call good times, perhaps. There weren't any 6'mixers -dancing wasn't allowed. What did we do? Well, for one thing the homes of the neighborhood were always open to us. ln the evenings we stood around the piano singing and talking. Had time for conversation then. Those of us who lived in the college 6cHouses,' formed clubs, the Owls and Apes, fraternities -4. -. WJ

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ffi-bsxsgf J ifzfj J' rv , i 1 'Bali '17 STUDENTS IN umronm BEGAN mutunc on THE ATHLETIC AFTER THE ARMY LEFT WE usso 'rl-:Em BARRACKS Fon oun COLLEGE ififsto AND CHARGING ur col.LEcE HILL COMMONS SOON AFTER, DOUBLE-DATING AND AUTOMOBILES GAINED IN AND EACH YEAR WE ALL TURNED OUT FOR THE POMONA GAME POPULARITY. WE FORMED AUTOMOBILE CLUBS AND FOUND A NEW WAY TO CHARGE UP THE HILL Yes, we all loved Occidental in those Highland Park days. '1'hat's why there was so much con- troversy over moving. But everyone admitted that we needed a new campus. A college that was going places couldn't be crowded between busy streets and railroad tracks. At last the Board decided on a gift of land in Eagle Rock. Colorado was a dusty road winding through the valley-chapparal-covered hillsides, scattered ranch houses, an orchard or two- that was Eagle Rock when we started to build in 1912. Two years later we moved to the new campus. Started with just three buildings on the hillside- no lawns, no ivy, no trees. We had our successes though. Oratory-for two years we didn't lose a single debate. And football-in 1917 we not only beat U.C. at Berkeley but won the state foot-