California University of Pennsylvania - Monocal Yearbook (California, PA)

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To keep pace with the needs of each succeeding age is the ideal of every institution which can be called progressive. This pace is becoming so increasingly rapid and the problems so numerous and complex that to keep abreast of the times is no longer sufficient. The world of tomorrow must be anticipated and its problems solved experimentally, particularly in the field of education. For upon the effectiveness of the school lies the success or failure of all other institu- tions. California lies in the heart of a district in which the problems grow daily more pressing, a dynamic indus- trial center which has been described by Carl Sand- burg as seeming to struggle to keep from slipping from the hills into the river. The college has strived to provide adeguate training for teachers who will attempt to cope with the needs of each community, thus making farsightedness essential. With this presentation of a record of the past year, we have attempted to show glimpses of the activities of today which may become the basis for the educa- tional programs of the future. To Mr. C. M. Hughey, one adept in guiding toward the broader understanding of life through literature, and one who has indirectly helped in the building of many Monocals, we respectully dedicate this book.