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

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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-

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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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ball championship. Then in 1921 Dr. Bird came. His enthusiasm made new friends and built new buildings. Occidental began to grow into its new campus. This is Occidental-more than just a campus-more than a procession of buildings. Occidental is built O11 the traditions and customs of fifty years: foundations laid-Dr. Cleland seeing the college through a lifetime of changes, transplanting Occidentalis unchanging spirit to a new campus-Dr. Bird raising buildings and planting trees-by those who have gone before- students singing uOccidental Fairn at Pomona bonfires-Professors showing us the Occidental way of life. Out of Occidental, 1887-out of yesterday-on the foundations laid by those who have gone before-this is our college. S, L, - . ,. 'H.- ,1 .251 M L, , ' . ' hw Vi- ' ' ' w A ' , . .-VJ, , 2:4 . 'ri ' I ' U .flu 1- 'L fir? . ' - ., V : '-gIy.,',.:1I rn' - 1- ' Y-.jn.lln ,1 ff ' ' ,fm . .2 Q1 ,ffw-.5 -. i zlfr ' V ' V' rn: -rsmcx rum or 1924 nscslvsn QUITE A sewn-orsvwnzpowsg :Aan wus Lovm. s-runzms GRADUATE -ro sscoms Lanz. xiii: 'ioliiiziilia 8fA'l i:lrie:AsT ' ' ' CAME BACK Umm 'T ' Ano nnunnio THE CAMPUS on ALUMNI on son TEA IN on 1 D. :A Til -X-QQ FM