La Sierra College - Meteor Yearbook (Arlington, CA)

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BOARD OF DIRECTORS Standing: F. H. Raley, E. H. Risley, M. D„ H. B. Thomas, A. C. Nelson, W. L Avery, L. E. Biggs, E. F. Haclman (Vice-president), W. W. Ruble. Seated: K. F. Ambs, Claude Steen, M. D., E. E. Cossentine (Secretary), David Voth (President), G. A. Calkins, C. L Bauer, Wm. Guthrie. Not in the picture: B. M. Emerson, W. I. Smith, G. T. Chapman, W. E. Atltin.

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LA SIERRA COLLEGE Seventeen years ago a small group of men, inspired by the needs of the youth of Southern California, looked at a dried-up landscape of sand and sagebrush and saw a vision. Within a few weeks these men, with the courage of their ideal, had started to build their dream into a reality. The first buildings of La Sierra Academy fairly sprouted from the ground over- night. The institution, which was later called La Sierra Academy and Normal, eventually grew into Southern California Junior College. As this goes to press it becomes La Sierra College. Cool, shady campus has re- placed the sagebrush, and the most modern methods and equipment have replaced those of another day. In training Seventh-day Adventist youth for their places in a great forward movement, the faculty realizes its profound responsibility and accepts the challenge this responsibility presents. La Sierra College is known as the College of the Friendly Spirit. The new student, encouraged by the general good-fellowship, has opportunity to cultivate personality and leadership in the activities of the Associated Student Body organization, and in a variety of other clubs and societies. To be a member of the student body of La Sierra College is a privilege. The College opens its doors to all who are looking for a better way in life. Will you be with us in September, 1939? President E. E. Cossentine

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GOING UP While many institutions of learning closed, borrowed, amalgamated or leaned on subsidies and philanthropists for existence during the past dec- ade, Southern California Junior College raced forward with such phe- nominal growth that even its founders marvel at its evolution from a two- building academy with ninety-four students in 1922, to the present plant of over 400 acres, a score of buildings, and 520 students. Fully accredited by the American Medical Association and the Northwest Association of Secondary and Higher Schools, it offers preparatory courses for medicine, dentistry, nursing, X-ray, law, and the ministry. Complete courses are conducted in music, agriculture, and normal, be- sides many vocational lines. By a combination of study and practical work students are able to defray part of their school expenses, gaining a valu- able practical background at the same time. The opportunity for attending this College is valued as a precious estate by the prudent, far-seeing student who, studying under the instructors and leaders responsible for this magnificent growth, finds himself in an at- mosphere where the fundamental requisites of success are imbued and assimilated. Stress is laid on a three-point education. Physical development is spon- sored in the sporting activities, of which the centers are the College Hall, covering over half an acre, the swimming pool, the tennis, volleyball, and basketball courts. Skating, horseback riding, hiking, and field trips give opportunity for enjoyable physical exercise. Efficient teachers, modern methods, amply equipped laboratories, and high standards minister to our scholastic needs. Above all, the strong spiritual life, the basis of all true education, is fos- tered. Endowed with true Christianity and a high principle of service, stu- dents can face the world of business, of industry, of professional life un- afraid. They can accomplish the impossible. THE METEOR is another new step in the progress of the College. The product of inexperience, it is the germ of another project to be continued through the years to come. This first edition records the life of our Southern California Junior College in 1938-39. To the book and the Col- lege we invite your attention and approval. To the new La Sierra College of higher learning we extend our fervent hope for continued success, for even greater things in the future. D. L. M.