San Jose State College - La Torre Yearbook (San Jose, CA)

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1 wk v', n V- , Ag CONTENTS I.PERSONNEL FACULTY ADMINISTRATION STUDENT ADMINISTRATION , CLASSES ORGANIZATIONS DRAMATICS q MUSIC - A T H L ET I C S TRACK FOOTBALL '7 BASEBALL '7 ACTIVITIES .. PUBLICATIONS '7 THE YEAR BASKETBALL WOMEN'S SPORTS

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PRESIDENTS MESSAGE INCE Ihis is my JrhircI year aI San Jose SIaJre. +he usual classifica- +ion. wiIhou+ Ioo much fuss over crediIs, would make me a Junior. As a Junior. I find mysehC filled wiIh Jrhe Iradifional enJrhusiasm oI +ha+ class. San Jose S+a+e is doing some real Ihings in Jrhe IieId of American educafion. Our combinaJrion of a Junior College and 5 Teachers CoIIege is unique. We have solved. Io a Iarge degree. +he problem of adding IIexibiIin Jro Jrhe speciaIized. professional school. We are consfanIIy receiving inquiries abouI our organizaJrion. and many oJrher Ieachers' colleges are looking forward Io some such arrangemenf +o help Ihem solve Iheir problems. also. in h e I am much encouraged over +he Jrendency here aJr San Jose S+a+e Io develop a personaIin of our own. paying IiHIe or no aHenJrion Io Jrhe cusIoms or JrradiJrions of any ofher college. I like Io Jrhink of ourseres as a pioneering college and s+iII pioneering. I doubf if we have made so much use of Ihe IacI +ha+ our Jrradifions are roofed in Jrhe early hisIory of California. and +ha+ iI any coIIege should show an inde- pendence of spiriJr and a Jrendency Io bIaze new Jrrails, iJr should be San Jose SJraIe. I+ seems Jro me I can see JrencIencies which are JrruIy deveIoping new cusfoms and JmaidiJrions. I have been delighfed Io noIe Ihe gradual decrease of Jrhe rah rah aHiIude accredifed Io Ihe colleges by Jrhe funny papers. II was a greaiL oIeIithr Io me when Ihe sfudemL bocIy cooperaIed so beaufifully wi+h Jrhe adminisfrafion in Jrhe eliminafion of aII Jrhe brufaIier of Jrhe so-caIIed freshman discipline. s s s s n s s s n s I have been conscious during Ihis year of a growing pride in Ihe coIIege. We have had enough comparisons wiIh oIher ineriIuIions Io make us feel JrhaiL we can well approve Jrhe educafion IhaI is carried on here. H has pIeased me greaHy Jro see so many s+uden+s Jraking pariL in college acfivifies. In many places. Jrhe exfra-curricular aCIiviIies are merely Jrime wasIers. I am saIiineoI +ha+ much of Ihe real educafion of Ihis coIIege is carried on in work which is done ou+side of Ihe class room. I believe such a Jrendency is in line wiJrh modern educafional Jrheories. and is Ihoroughly Io be commended. n n s s n