La Sierra College - Meteor Yearbook (Arlington, CA)

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3' dedicated to . . . godfrey 1. anderson

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Q 1 MX, .4 D' P .nfl College is lilie. And college lile is made up ol' actix e progressive living. XVithin the houndaries ol' I.a Sierra College surges a continual stream ol' questions. ideals, houndless vitality. and an unquenchahle thirst lor lile. liven the surrounding atmosphere reflects this expectancy of greater things to conquer. It is this, the campus lille. that retains the upper hand ol student interest, as its hirth is olf the students. and lor the students - living only hv the will ol the students. YVithin the covers of this volume we hope to portray your college life to its fullest extent. First, by giving an accurate and objective view ol' it. and second. hy giving a complete and meaningful interpretation ol' its aims, emotions, sorrows, and victories. College is YOUR LIFE.

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as In Septemher ol l9 17, a well-huilt man with slightly thinning sandv hair strode with quiet determination into the ollice ol' the president. The same step that took him across the thres- hold to inaugurate him as president ol La 1 Sierra College carried him into the hearts ol the students. who soon considered lnm as their most loval lriend. YVith his arrival. the slogan where progress is a tradition flour- ished with renewed vigor as new huildings muslnaoomed throughout the campus. Born in 1909 in the clamorous city ol' Chi- cago, Codlrev 'liryggve Anderson thrived in an atmosphere which reeked with the issues of pre-YVorld XVar I, a background which was later to inlluence his research interests. During his senior year of college he married his dark-haired sweetheart from San Fran- cisco, and following his graduation from Broadview College he received his M.S. at Northwestern University in 1934. Still a young scholar he took up the heavv responsibilities as instructor in historv and dean of men at Oshawa Missionary College. From Oshawa he was called to head the de- partment of history at Atlantic Union Col' lege, where he later became dean of the college. Always a diligent student with a keen interest in the Civil XVar, he continued his studies and received the doctorate degree in 19-H lrom the University ol Chicago. The father ol lour children. he has care ried one ol his outstanding cliaracteristics from his lamilv lille into his administration . . . that ol Iatrness. .X dehherate thinker. he is noted lor never making' snap judgments. Often his calmness and drv wit conquer rising emergencies. To this loval tnan. whose leal lor Clnoistian living is an inspirutg example. we dcduate this l95fl Meteor.