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

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In Sycamore Grove

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the winding stream, with its fringe of willows and the pic- turesque bridge is strikingly suggestive of the banks and braes ol llonnie Doon. Wilcl grape vines and clematis cover oak and sycamore and willow all along the way and Nature graciously makes bowers of beauty for her worshippers. College Hill, the western boundary of the campus, is the scene for strenuous efforts and the view is the reward, and a 1'ich one, for the few moments of hard Work necessary to gain the top.H Very appropriately College Ilill is the scene of many a college ramble and moonlight supper. It is also tl1e Field of battle upon which the bloody class wars are fought. The numerals of the .ffl I Bridge over the Arroyo 14 X .ff O The C. M. Stimson Library conquering class upon the grassy slope give evidence of the victor. lfurther away is Eagle Rock. XVith increased facili- ties the pretty valley at whose head the eagle-scarred rock stands, is losing some of its old charm of country. Notwith- standing its growing popular- ity, it always makes a favorite tramp for pleasure seeker as well as scientilic student, and many a happy ramble has ter- minated there with blazing fire and well-appreciated' picnic lunch or supper. ,In another direction the quiet Church of the Angels or the Annandale Club-house makes a pleasant destination for the walker. Think you the college student has no place in his day-his

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night, for these? Cultivation of the love of beauty is what college is for. To heighten the sensibilities, to create a keener appreciation of the beauties of the world-this makes life a joy. lilooks do their share, but the student who sees only books has lost half, yes, more than half the good of living. What the whispering' pines of ljowdoin were to Longfellow and lolawthorne, will be the hills and pleasant seclusions of Occidental to her students. This is the aesthetic side, Practically, the location midway between Los Angeles and Pasadena is a decided ad- vantage. Upon the scenic route of the Mt. Lowe railway, Uc- cidental is brought to the at- tention of the sojourners in the .lp ft ' The Library 61 . T -'sr .AN The Arroyo after a Rain Land of Sunshine, and Occi- dental claims them as her friencls. Los Angeles is becom- ing increasingly popular: Pas- adena likewise. lloth attract the cream of the East and thus Occidental claims the c1'eam of the East as her friends in ad- dition to her circle of local friends. And Occidental merits their attention and their inter- est. The years of struggle- the anxious years of careful thought and planning' for each move in the making of Occi- dental made by our trustees, to whom we dedicate this volume -have not been unavailing. The opportunities of the past were not the opportunities of the present, and the days of hardship, misfortune and dis- 16