Sacramento City College - Pioneer Yearbook (Sacramento, CA)

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Eighty years ago, while millions of men and women the world over were talking about the discovery of gold in the Sierra Nevadas, thousands of others were steering their ox-drawn and sail-driven ships toward California. In the minds of these Argo- nauts the important place at the end of the journey was Sutter’s Fort in the city of Sacramento. It is significant that the main road across the western half of the conti¬ nent is traceable by markers and monuments dedicated to the sturdy pioneers who first came over it. During what probably was the most romantic period in the history of this or any other commonwealth, Sacramento occupied a very unique place and it has since been and will continue to be an important factor in the development of California. It was here that far-seeing pioneers visualized a railroad from the Atlantic to the Pacific. It is here that they built an educational institution that is known all over America; and it is altogether fitting that this institution should call its annual THE PIONEER, and should have as its slogan, FORWARD, the watchword of its pioneers. —J. B. Lillard, President.

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SACRAMENTO CITY BOARD OF EDUCATION Dr. A. M. Henderson, President Mr. Charles C. Hughes, Secretary Mrs. H. S. Wanzer Mr. A. R. Gallaway Jr. Mr. J. E. Lynn Mrs R. E. Pierce

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Among the many beautiful, inspiring and pleasurable features of a commencement season there is always the bittersweet of separations. We of the faculty become attached to the students as they in turn develop lasting friendships among themselves. We see them come as freshmen, shed certain provincialisms, become members of the larger society, and eventually blossom out into manhood and womanhood in such brief space. It is hard to see them go. Even so, our most earnest wishes for their continued success go with them. —H. M. Skidmore, Dean of Curricular Activities.