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

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 TABLE OF CONTENTS PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE ...........10 ADMINISTRATION..............12-13 ACTIVITIES .................14-16 AGRICULTURAL DIVISION.......17-38 ENGINEERING DIVISION........39-68 ARTS AND SCIENCES DIVISION.69-92 FALL ACTIVITIES.............93-98 ORGANIZATIONS .............99-118 FALL SPORTS...............119-129 WINTER ACTIVITIES ........130-141 DORMS AND HOUSING 142-158 WINTER SPORTS.............159-168 ROTC......................169-173 STUDENT ACTIVITIES .......174-192 POLY ROYAL................193-200 CLASS OFFICERS................201 PUBLICATIONS .............202-204 SPRING SPORTS.............205-215 EDITOR'S PAGE.................216

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2ND THEN THERE WES CEL-POLY.. Myron Angel, who came to California in 1849 and to San Luis Obispo in 1883, fought vigorously for a school in San Luis Obispo which would teach the hand as well as the head. His efforts were successful and in 1901, just fifty-one years after California was admitted to the Union as a state, the state legislature estab- lished Col Poly as an occupational training school. Two years later, in 1903, Cal Poly opened its doers to students. The Governor, in 1924, threatened to close Cal Poly for budgetary reasons, but the efforts of alumni and Assemblyman MacMillan saved the college for the time. Again in 1932, economic measures threatened Cal Poly with extinction. Julian A. Mc- Phee exerted his in- fluence and saved Cal Poly for future genera- tions of students. With this history in mind, we dedicate 1958 EL RODEO to the found- ers of the Mission, the founders of San Luis Obispo, and the found- ers of California State Polytechnic College.

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PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE... Today’s students rightfully look to the future. So did the Padres of historic San Luis Obispo Mission and so did the pioneers of this progressive community. Why, then, should we look back? Why concern ourselves with the historical? The Mission founders taught occupational skills along with lessons in citizenship and spiritual values. Theirs was probably the first vocational edu- cation in the West. From it, they created a loyal community which believed in the dignity of work as well as the worthwhileness of cultural knowledge. Their kind of functional education was purposeful to historic times. And today the Cal Poly learn by doing philosophy is even more purposeful to modern times. That this philosophy has proved successful is no accident. Its historical precedents, established in this com- munity's early years, have been affirmed for almost two centuries. Thus, we at Cal Poly look to the future with faith • - - knowing that our historical foundations are solid. 10 Julian A. McPhee