Occidental College - La Encina Yearbook (Los Angeles, CA)

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Editorial The Class of Nineteen Hundred Seven presents herewith the first num- ber of La Encina CThe Live Oak.D This volume is the outgrowth of the Commencement Numbers of The'Aurora, now The Occidental. We hope our fun will be taken in the kind spirit in which it was written and that the reader will not judge too harshly our first efforts at editing. To the Junior Class next year we pledge our hearty support of their edition of La Encina. We hope that in the future the whole school will regard this as their annual and consider that the Junior Class only edit be- cause it is their turn. La Encina is strong, graceful and ever green. It belongs to our South- land whose pastures are shaded by its sturdy branches. It stands in our dooryards an emblem of hospitality and as such it extends to all a hearty welcome to Occidental College. I To Dr. and Mrs. Archibald the class extend their hearty thanks for suggesting to us a name so full of meaning and of such artistic con- ception. If any students feel that they have been neglected in the Josh Department, to our regret, it is too late to pay them due honor. We thank our assistants Miss Snyder, Miss Field, Miss Muratt, Miss Mordy and Mr. Spaulding. The Art Department is indebted to Miss Whit- comb, Miss Fern Gordon, Mr. Rankin, Miss Brooke, Miss Edith Moore and Miss Hatch. We wish to thank Mrs. J. A. Gordon especially for a number of beautiful photographs of Southern California scenes. 9

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Retrospect I The College year opened on September 14th with the largest enrollment in the history of Occidental. The Freshman Class numbered about seventy- five, a plucky bunch, as the Sophomores learned in the class scraps. Several members were added to the faculty, strengthening that learned body. February first found Occidental on a firm financial basis, with an endow- ment of two hundred thousand dollars. Later, through the efforts of some of her loyal friends, she acquired a strip of land extending up College Hill. Our athletes are proud of the new track and baseball field. Our first game on the home field was with St. Vincent College. We were victorious in this and also in the game with the Univer.sity of Southern California. In the game with Pomona we fought bravely but lost. In track we were more successful. VVe won easily from St. Vincent and U. S. C., were de- feated by Pomona, but won the quadruple meet. Our Y. M. C. A. and Y. W. C. A. have grown in membership. The conference for the young men at Pacific Grove was one of the most successful ever held. The delegation from Occidental numbered twenty-three. Our Y. W. C. A. sent to Capitola the largest delegation from the South. Miss Cunningham accompanied the twenty-siic young ladies, and led one of the lfiible classes at the conference. Through the efforts of Miss Cunningham a great literary awakening has been brought about at the College. Several fine literary societies have been organized. The largest of these is the Arden, which has given excellent pro- grams, having readings or lectures by some of the best Shakespeare students in the city. At the Christmas meeting Mr. Heathcote of Dobinson read Van Dyke's The Other Wise Man. The Laurean is a Literary society of the young ladies which has had 10 1