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

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Willard Hagen, horticulture major, is student manager of the glass houses and lath house. He has charge of sales of potted plants, bed- ding plants, ornamental shrubs and trees. rriHE Horticulture Department does a good job of keeping our lawns and flower gardens in top shape. The department was organized in 1932, with Mr. William Troutner being one of its first students. While it is known to be one of the smallest departments here, it is certainly not the least. Horticulture students are among the most genial and good natured people on the campus. It must be the flowers that affects them. The annual field trip that was taken each year before the war, was inaugurated again this year with a successful trip to the San Francisco area. Alternating every other year in going to San Francisco and Los Angeles, the boys really further their education. Just before the war ended there were but six fellows under Mr. Howes' tutorship, but now the picture has changed considerably. Thirty-eight eager stu- dents are now receiving excellent instruction. Poly boys have sent and brought back many new and different seeds from the Pacific, so if you see any strange things growing around here, don't be alarmed. Trial seeds have been sent to the department by various companies for advance planting. Some of these plants won’t be on sale until 1947. We also have new turf on the football field due to the Horticul- tural Department. Over four thousand intro- ductory plants were planted in gallon cans and distributed to twenty-six different high schools throughout the state last quarter. The Horticulture Club did a good job this year under the able leadership of Archie Ah- rendes. They sponsored a successful dance last quarter and had a real afternoon of fun in the form of a chicken barbecue. Hoy Swanson is vice president and Neil McCarty is secretary. New buildings and more gardens are being planned, so you can look forward to seeing more real beauty spots on our campus.

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HORTICULTURE WILBUR B. HOWES Horticulture WILBUR B. HOWES. Forever busy smiles a lot. Tough assign- ments. Greets his classes with a friendly. Hello, girls. Has charge of all lawns and campus grounds. Requires notebooks for all his classes. FIRST ROW (left to right): Ray I.arson, Jim Knadler, Jiro Kai, Roy Swanson, Glenn Arthur, Gillian Brown, Howard Brown, Dick Stratton, Vernon Cliffe, Archie Ahrendes; SECOND ROW: Don Conley, Bob Pulford, Jim Peterson, Tony Amato, Jim Coleman, William Hagen; THIRD ROW: Mac Thompson, Park Jolley, Neil Mc- Carty, Edgar Young, Elmer Warren, Bob Moeller, Lou Marburg, Jim Dixon, Bob Ferguson, Emil Hanson, Tom Pruett, Mr. Howes.

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MECHANICAL INDUSTRIES NORMAN SHARPE Theory JAMES MCDONALD A. C. Lab. JAMES McClRATH Drafting NORMAN SHARPE, air condi- tioning, refrigeration. Proud fath- er. His ideas are sound and they pay. Conversationalist, friendly. One of the three redheads on Poly faculty. JAMES MCDONALD, AC. and refrigeration labs. An ex-Poly ex- navy man. General Superintendent of 1942 Poly Royal. Was B.T.O. here, still knows way around. JAMES McGRATH, drafting and mechanical engineering. Another Poly grad who served in the navy. Was Jap prisoner for 42 months and went through March of Ba- taan.” Saw four-year-old daughter for first time after V-J day. TOP: Interior view of the most modern Air Conditioning labora- tory on the Pacific Coast Shown in the photo is the reverse cycle air conditioning unit which both heats and cools the college audi- torium. BOTTOM: A student makes a minor adjustment on a piece of re- frigeration equipment in the lab.