La Sierra College - Meteor Yearbook (Arlington, CA)

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As the roaring twenties exploded and L.A. began to send out metropolitan tentacles, Southern California Adven- tists feared the urbanization of San Fer- nando Academy. On June 22nd, 1922, the Southeastern California Conference purchased the three hundred and thirty acre Rancho La Sierra from W. J. Hole and asked their constituent families to pledge fifty cents a week to help finance the school. La Sierra tSoutheastern Californiaj Academy opened fourteen and a half weeks later with two buildingsg the boys living upstairs in South, and the girls climbing ladders to their quarters in Gladwyn Hall until the building's completion several weeks later In these idyllic days students worked twelve hours a week to offset their school expenses - thirty-five dollars a month for room board and tuition The next summer the Southeastern California Campmeeting met on cam- pus. Adventist carpenters donated their time and expertise to build an ad- ministration building today s La Sierra Hall As that second year got under way the faculty became worried when they found that less than half of the one-hundred and thirty students were attending the required six AM worship services. This problem was not due to a lack of student spirituality, but a lack of washbasins, - a grand total of four served the entire student body. The students formed the LSWBA, the La Sierra Wash Basin Association, which raised enough money to provide suffi- cient washbasins for student sanitation. But, the tribulation did not end with the washbasins. In 1925, the dormitory kitchens proved inadequate, so the base- ment of La Sierra Hall was converted to the campus cafeteria. This worked al- right until about ten-thirty each morn- ing when lunch's aroma began to permeate the building competing with the classroom lectures. After all when compared to Biblical proofs concerning the tenth horn of The Beast filet of proteena can be quite compelling! 1927 saw the school elevated to junior college status with a collegiate enrollment of fifty-four students. That year also saw the establishment of the first campus newspaper the College C ushi named for the messenger who in- formed David of Absolom's death. The paper soon boasted a staff of twenty and a paying subscription list of l,300. By 1928, the collegiate enrollment had climbed to 87, and the school was renamed Soauthern California Junior College. The following year, a promis- ing student named Raymond Cottrell became managing editor of the newly renamed College Criterion, launching an editorial career destined to lead him to the Advent Review. As the school plunged into the thir- ties, it did so with a new president, Er- win A. Cossentine. While this was a decade of depression, the enrollment re- mained steady, and the adolescent school matured. In 1931 the students organized into the Associated Student Body the forerunner of the current ASLLU. The school also held the denomination s first College Day in- viting academy seniors from all over Southern California to visit the campus. In 1932 a fourth major building joined the campus architectural lineup. Used for science classes and labs people com- monly referred to it as Science Hall un- til it was renamed San Fernando Hall in -all-'A C' 'H

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