University of California Berkeley - Blue and Gold Yearbook (Berkeley, CA)

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FROM THE GOVERNOR TO the Student of the University of California: It is comforting to think of you as we contemplate the over- whelming problems ahead of us. The world needs your courage, your imagination, your scholarship, your resource- fulness above all. your youth. Men and women everywhere long for peace and security, iiit they do not know how to achieve it. They want to know how greed and lust for power may be curbed, not only in the international community, but also in our nation, our state, and our home town. 1 ha e faith that we shall solve our problems and that we -hall find the answers in a synthesis of the wisdom of the past, the resources of today, and the discoveries of tomorrow. I have faith that you and the other university and the light of scholarship in moving toward a sound and peaceful civilization. This, no less than the war, is a time trained men and women of our nation will use the power for greatne -. Governor EARL WARREN, although busy as California ' s energetic and distinguished host and representative, finds time to assist activities of his alma mater. k BOARD OF REGENTS Fredrick W. Roman, Elgin Stoddard, Brodie E. Ahlport, Edwin W. Pauley, Edward H. Heller, Mortimer Fleishhacker, James H. Corley, comptroller; Marjorie J. Wool- man, assistant secretary; Robert M. Underbill, secretary-treasurer; James K. Moffett, chairman; Robert Sprout, A. J. McFadden, Sidney M. Ehrman, Maurice E. Harrison, Maynard Morris, Office of Public Relations; Sam L. Collins, Jo hn Francis Neylan, John U. Calkins, Jr., attorney; Victor R. Hansen. 1

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Almost a legend is President ROBERT GORDON SPROUL, beloved host of the University. Alumni, faculty, and stu- dents remember how he always found time to stick around for ALL HAIL. His humorous quips and witty introduc- tions won him thousands of admirers. PRESIDENT ' S MESSAGE IN the annual BLUE AN D GOLD, the President is given an opportunity to write a postscript to his Commencement Day words of farewell and parting advice. The privilege carries with it this year responsibility for the prepara- tion of a permanent record suitable to the 80th anniversary of the founding of the University. The quality of the University ' s service to the State of California, and the lustre of its name throughout the world, reflect the breadth and soundness of the principles laid down with wisdom and foresight by the pioneers who provided the Constitution of the State a secure place for a single State University, free from the influence of sectarian religion and partisan politics. The reputation of a growing com- munity of distinguished scholars, and the gifts and endowments which have continually increased the University ' s material resources, have built upon these secure foundations. Above all, the University has been fortu- nate in the young men and women who year after year have come to join the family Calif ornian, and l ater to spread its influence to the far corners of the earth. The California State Constitution states the University of California shall constitute a public trust ... This might well be the motto of the Class of 1948, as it goes out from Commencement into that public whose ward the University is proud to be. ROBERT GORDON SPROUL 24

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Scheduling appointments with the Dean of Women and giving advice to perplexed students makes busy programs for the assistants in 201 Administrations. OFFICE of the Registrar . . . General Informa- tion . . . Office of the President . . . Office of the Dean of Letters and Sciences . . . Office of the Dean of Women . . . spacious halls with por- traits of leading university officials - - all are impressions gathered on entering the Adminis- tration Building, white edifice at the Sather Gate entrance. Here students gather to seek information and advice on their majors, purchase Charter Day tickets, obtain loans, locate addresses of fellow students and join the throng that always seem busy with important affairs. HURFORD E. STONE rarely finds an opportunity to pursue his love of hunting for he is one of the busiest of Cal ' s administrators. As Dean of Students he assists in student governmental problems and acts as a mem- ber of Finance and Executive Committees. GIGANTIC is the responsibility placed on the overloaded desks of Cal ' s leading administrators, the deans. Office of the Dean of Students, headed by Hurford E. Stone, has no menial task in assisting undergraduates and graduates in countless problems. Mrs. Mary B. Davidson acts as con- sultant for living accommodations, finance and student discipline. Aiding the male population is Chaffee E. Hall, Jr., Assistant Dean of Men, while acting Dean Morris A. Stewart is the top authority for graduate students. Through their cooperation with student government and action on student petitions, efficient university coordination is achieved. A most engaging person is the concensus of opinion among co-workers and friends when speaking about MORRIS A. STEWART, Dean of the Graduate Division. No time to indulge in outside activities whatsoever, as his time is taken up by guiding graduates and studying parasitology. Everything to do with petticoats is the burden of MARY B. DAVIDSON, Dean of Women. Dean Davidson still manages to find moments of relaxation in the art of knitting, reading or gardening. CHAFFEE E. HALL, JR. is just as loyal a Bear as when he edited the Daily Cal. He now devotes time and much effort to his alma mater in the capacity of Assistant Dean of Men, and his summers are spent writing in the Santa Cruz Mountains. 26