La Sierra College - Meteor Yearbook (Arlington, CA)

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Calk ns Hall ,, Q- ' ' . ,, . . ,, , 3, . - 1 , , 'S 1 r A , ., . ' J . f, 1Ji.Ww'y1x-QQ'5.61.-M ' 4 - - V im ' i .' i ' -1 Y . .. li AMX ,lf frfl , .L - -vw, Q -fy ,xg -.lg ,g and fhe crafes of supplies which appeared on Rancho La Sierra in fhe summer of I922, fhe beginning of foday's senior college. Buf fhe boys' and girls' dormifories, including classrooms, poked lheir heads above fhe earfh, fhe nexf year fhe adminisfrafion build- ing appeared-and La Sierra was on ifs way. There was nofhing very invifing abouf fhe campus of fhe firsf few years-iusf a rafher dry expanse backed by sun-scorched hills. Yef fhe pioneer sfudenfs came. lnifial growfh and primary campus planning came under fhe firsf 'rwo principals, J. l. Robi- son and L. C. Palmer. Buf fhe inherenf spirif of developmenf which somehow became a parf of La Sierra would nof, for long, allow relaxafion in fhe academy sfafus. W. W. Ruble, as educafional secrefary of fhe Pacific Union Conference, had for several years pushed fhe junior college idea, which in I927 was made a realify. Professor Ruble assumed fhe presidency, and fhe insfifufion found ifself scrambling resolufely fhrough ifs - 13,5 . Q. Angwin Hall limifafions in equipmenf and indebfedness. The firsf college enrollmenf included only forfy-seven. Then under H. M. Johnson, presi denf from I928 fo l93O, came freedom from bonded indebfedncss, and indusfrial develop- menf. The presidency of E. E. Cossenfine from l93O fo I942 was a nolable period of expansion. Now fhe College began fo blossom forfh. Perhaps fhe mosf significanf building fo be erecfed was San Fernando l'lall, flue science building, for fhe lack of science facilifies had been fhe chief sfumbling bloclc in fhe way of accredifafion. ln I933 fhe pre-nursing and pre-denfal courses were added, and fhe Norfhwesf Associafion and fhe General Con- ference Board of Regenfs accepfed fhe insfi- fufion as a full-blown iunior college. The pre- medical course came in I934. Needing a camp meefing audiforium, fhe Soufheasfern California Conference in I935 erecfed whaf came fo be lcnown as College Glodwyn Hall Mu Bela Kappa ' . Q

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lfs yearly mefamorphoses having become a fhing of legend, La Sierra College now as- sumes ifs broadesf, mosf significanf aspecf- fhaf of fhe Sevenfh-day Advenfisf denomina- fion's newesf senior college. This sfep was nof one of immafure laclc of deliberafiong if was nof one for which L.S.C. did nof find ifself prepared when, on a day in fhe spring of lasf year, fhe General Con- ference proffered ifs approval of fhe con- femplafed sfep. Rafher if was a move foward which every phase of ifs complicafed fwenfy- 'rwo-year developmenf had been direcfed by fhe aggressiveness of fhe school's pioneers and developers, men of greaf faifh and prayer who had submiffed fheir every plan fo fhe guiding hand of an all-discerning Providence. Hole Memorial Au diiorium Cafeleria A healfhy dissafisfacfion has always been a dominanf characferisfic of fhe men of La Sierra. Tradifionalism has never exisfed for ifs own salce. As a maffer of facf, if was 'l'he looking foward fhe proverbial greener pas- 'rures which fwenfy-'rhree years ago impelled fhe founding of fhe insfifufion. Soufhern Cali- fornia needed a new boarding academy, free fo expand, modern in consfrucfion, farfher from cify life and fhe maddening fhrongs. ln a dusfy acreage of wafermelon pafch on Rancho La Sierra, esfafe of fhe millionaire W. J. Hole, was discovered fhe ground in which fo planf fhe seed whose fruif fwenfy-'rwo years lafer ripened info fhis year's senior col- lege. Yef if would have been difficulf for even a person of large vision fo see in fhe old farm- house, fhe primifive consfrucfion equipmenf, Son Fernando Hall

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4.........-L.-........ -, . 4-f Collegiule Press lndusfrial Ar'I's Normal Training School College Hall Hall, scene of innumerable sludenl' rallies, slcaling par'l'ies, and socials. The swimming pool was buill' al lhe same lime. Real impelus was given 'rhe building campaign idea when, in I937, Hole Memorial Audilo- rium was erecled. Slill lhe mosl' beauliful building on lhe campus, l'l.M.A. houses lhe Music deparlmenl and sludios, lhe audilorium of lhe college church and chapel, and lhe academy rooms. ln rapid succession now came lhe College Slore, Calkins Hall, Angwin Hall, and lhe Spanish-slyle Cafeleria, which, more 'lhan any olher building, represenled campus co-operalion. Praclically every person on 'rhe campus had some parl' in ils conslruclion, lhe gg, I ,, 5 , 3 : 42' 'U 9 I 'rw , H, .f,,.41 . , ,Wy W4 'C fi 0 s Q