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

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ABLE OF L -1' S 0 xox' fggnl fk ii T C O T E FACULTT AND ADMINISTRATION CLASSES STUDENT ADMINISTRATION PUBLICATIONS FORENSICS MUSIC DRAMA ATHLETIC ADMINISTRATION FOOTBALL BASKETBALL TRACK , BASEBALL TENNIS AND MINOR SPORTS WOMENS ATHLETICS HONORARY ORGANIZATIONS CLUBS SORORITIES AND FRATERNITIES COLLEGE LIFE COPYRIGHT, 1935, BT THE ASSOCIATED STUDENTS OF OCCIDENTAL COLLEGE GORDON GOODHART, EDITOR

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fx -NKNJ HROUGHOUT the college year, crowded as it is with things of no J rw 4 import, the student gives little thought to that vaguely defined entity, -906 TXOL the Administration. This oversight, no doubt contributes materially to wk the popularity of the year book, where such matters are discussed in FP'5 g'3,F' minute detail. Had you stood atop College Hill in the spring of 1914, 'Qvwwg you would have looked down upon barren, dusty fields, stretching as fa' Vfmfl far as the eye could see. But it was in 1921 that Remsen Du Bois Bird, a courageous dreamer, laid the cornerstone of the greater Occidental College. An-d in the years since, he made of his vision a living reality. Slowly, as is the way of great things, the College has grown and prospered., and throughout these many years of storm and strife, the spirit of President Bird has been the spirit and the life of the College. Atop the hill overlooking Erdman Hall, Dean of Faculty, Robert Glass Cleland, may look down at will upon the broad acres of the campus. By virtue of his high office, the Dean directs the academic life of the College and is curator of the morals of the students. Of late, the rapid growth of the trees that encircle the Creek Bowl has greatly increased the burden of the Dean. Other assorted Administrators are: Arthur C. Coons, Dean of Men, who returned this year from a sojourn in China where he instructed the heathen, and julia A. Pipal, Director of Residence and Social Activities. In Mrs. Pipalls capable hands the untamed hectic whirl of social events, prevalent on most Campi, was reduced at Oc' cidental to a quiet, unpretentious, and well modulated flurry. Once embarked upon a college career, the student soon discovers that the greatest obstacles to the coveted diplof ma, and the sweet oblivion of alumnihood are embodied in the persons of Fredrick F. McLain and Florence N. Brady, guardians of cash and credits respectively. Comptroller McLain hoards the College gold, signs bills, checks, and foreclosures, and wins honor' able mention in the annual popularity contest. Due, no doubt, to Mr. McLain's efficienf cy, the Wolf that stormed simultaneously the many gates of Occidental has been success' fully repulsed. Water, Cas, and Lights were kept going, and a new board walk was laid through the gulleys in front of the library. Miss Brady denies entrance to eager but un' enlightened freshmen, marks down transcripts, and acts as hostess to the many prospecf tive students visiting the campus. During their fifth year, funiors discovered the existence of another menace, the departmental heads. That -numberless horde, aspiring to literary glory, cringes under verbal lashings administered by Benjamin Stelter. This noble prophet of the Sacred Muse, depises bujfoonery, and if fortunate enough to read this will un' doubtedly consider it of low taste. Those material minded who hope some day to become Tycoons of Industry or Money Barons, learn the varied methods of enslaving the Prolef tariat from Dr. Young of the Economics Department. Dr. Hardy's classroom quips, and Professor Adam's English accent yearly ensnare many innocents into the perusal of His' tory. Those anxious to resurrect dead languages and murder live ones, seek aid. and solace from Dr. Lowther. High minded idealists who -desire to carry the Gospel to the harassed heathen, receive praise and encouragement from Dr. Odell. Dr. Ballard, erstwhile head of the religion department is now ministering to the populace of the Pacific Northwest. Future school marms and professors listen to the gilded promises of Dr. Sinclair, and then are irretrievably lost in the pursuit of teaching credentials. Wouldfbe demagogues and ra' dio announcers dubiously dub themselves Speech Majors and settle down to long years of antics on the chapel stage under the personal direction of your announcer, Charles Fred' erick Lindsley. Esthetes and such gather i-n the Music Building under the guidance of Professor Hartley. Despite the unutterable smells emanating therefrom, it is in Fowler Hall that campus savants and sages convene. Here Professor Allen dispenses Mathef matics, Dr. Chandler, Chemistry, Dr. Smiley, Biology, and Mr. Richardson, Physics. C . 3 fi, .1 F :TY C il' 3