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

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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

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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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 11 The McPheo family moved Into the President s home In the summmcr of 1933. For many years, while the college wos small, a fomily-like atmosphere prevailed and the social life of students and staff centered in and around the McPhee home.