Sacramento City College - Pioneer Yearbook (Sacramento, CA)

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EXTRA-CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES Stability in student activities appears to have been reached in the number and variety of organizations operating on the campus. The trend has been in the direction of wider participation and an improve¬ ment in the quality of programs presented. Among the new faces are the revivified Engineers’ Club, Aviation Club, Far Eastern Club, and the emergence of honor fraternities from the Music and Dramatic Art Associations. The production of the “Pony Express” has become less extra¬ curricular and more curricular. It now appears in the catalog in the guise of Journalism. Debate and dramatic art are following the same course. These are logical steps in curricular evolution. We believe that it is the function of extra-curricular activity organizations to promote desirable forms of student activity in such fashion that they may be considered worthy of a place among the tried and true elements of the curriculum. E. I. COOK, Dean of Extra-Curricular Activities. THE COMPTROLLER The office of Comptroller of Student Funds has been created for the purpose of setting up uniformity in the keeping of student accounts and as a central agency for the government of business transactions involving student activities. In an effort to keep pace with a rapidly growing business organiza¬ tion, and in order that a more adequate and efficient type of service

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THE REGISTRAR’S OFFICE The Registrar’s office is a clearing-house of information for both students and faculty. Not only must this office maintain accurate records of the current work of students, but it must collect and preserve past records, prepare statistical information on many complex problems, gather facts about the manifold diverse university requirements, pro¬ vide facilities for stenographic work and mimeographing for the deans and the faculty, compile the annual catalogue, and accomplish scores of relatively minor but yet important tasks. The enrollment period is not the only busy season for the Registrar’s office. Throughout the whole year it is the fountain-head and source of information about a thousand matters. Mrs. Jackson, Miss Williams, Miss Ladd, Miss Truman, and I rejoice if our work finds the approval of faculty and students. MARY JANE LEARNARD, Registrar. THE COUNSELING AND STUDENT PERSONNEL DEPARTMENT For some time it has been felt by President Lillard and others of the Junior College authorities that one of the most pressing needs of the institution was a department to assist the student in getting the right start in college, and to aid him in the solution of his vocational and life problems. As a result of this felt need a committee was selected by the Presi¬ dent, and this committee drafted a plan for the establishment of nuch a department for the coming year. The work was started this year in a small way and was confined almost entirely to educational counseling. Such a plan as this is new in the junior college field, but with a compe¬ tent staff and the co-operation of the students, much is expected in the future. HARRY E. TYLER, Student Counselor.

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might be provided, the Comptroller’s office was, this year, moved from its former location in the north wing of the Junior College to one ad¬ joining the offices of the President and the Registrar. At the same time provision was made for the services of an assistant so that duties com¬ ing under the jurisdiction of the Comptroller might be handled with greater regularity and economy. The Associated Students’ store, which previously occupied a small room in the main Junior College plant, now occupies a section of the Cafeteria building, which was erected and equipped expressly for the purpose of housing the store. In its new location the book store is not only performing its service to the student body in a more satisfactory manner than heretofore, but it is also beginning to assume a unique and significant role in the institutional life of the Junior College. CLARENCE NASH, Comptroller. THE LIBRARY DO YOU KNOW THAT— Your college library contains 10,000 volumes and subscribes to more than fifty magazines? Books are classified according to subjects and arranged by numbers. They may be located on the shelves by reference to the card catalogue. Books are on open shelves, available at all times. Books in other college libraries are placed in closed stacks, available only on request. Have you ever looked for the books to read just for the joy of read¬ ing—stories, poetry, travel, and adventure? Try the life of Francis Drake, Daniel Boone, the First Forty-Niner, the Last of the California Rangers, Billy the Kid, or Sergeant York. And there are others. Find them yourself or ask one of your librarians to help. She will be glad to. MARGARET EASTMAN, Librarian. Page Twenty-four SACRAMENTO JUNIOR COLLEGE