San Diego State University - Del Sudoeste Yearbook (San Diego, CA)

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4 WHITE and GOLD li1 will prove worthy, the maiden cried, ltI Will give to the youth- ful minds the key to the riches of antiquity, to the wonders of the pres- ent, and to the unbounded possibilities of the future. I will teach them to feel the sublimity of yonder mountains, the inconceivable vast- ness of the restless ocean and the measureless heavens, the sacredness and the beauty of every living creature; and above all, will I teach them to love and revere the mysterious Power that rules the worlle Such being the state of mind of the newly-Hedged normal school graduates, when suddenly precipitated, as many of us are, from nor- nial school life, with its lofty ideals, its atmosphere of refinement and culture, into a district school, situated in the distant suburbs of some ulesser inland center of civilization,H where a man is more often known by the horse that he drives than by his good works, we are apt to think that there never was quite such a curious 111ingling of the sublime, the ridiculous, and the pathetic. Notwithstanding the fact that the difficulties besetting the path of a school-teacher have become proverbial, to us they present no hor- rors, for have we not devised the most potent remedies for every i111- aginable diiiiculty, and classihed, labeled, and carefully stored them away till the time of need? And with high hopes we actually enter upon what the good folk 0f the community designate as our ujuties,H and meet our First prob- lem on finding that 110 program of our mental stock-in-trade suits the conditions of this peculiar case. We are, thefore, forced laboriously to invent a new one. Next comes the interesting process of getting adjusted to the new order of things. Alas! our ideal methods turn out to be HOne Hoss Shaysll-they go to pieces llAll at once and nothing first, Just as bubbles do when they burstfi for they were based upon hearty co-operation between teacher and pu- pil But pupils see no advantage in working for the good they C0111- prehend 110t,i7 and adopt ignorance is bliss as their principle oflife. The highly diversified means by which they seek to apply this prin- ciple and at the same ti111e,to cultivate the admirable quality of keep- ing perpetually occupied,causi11g their teacher to fall a prey to a va- 1iety of conflicting emotions. The11,too it takes twice as long as the allotted time to spoil some ltmnte, inglorious Miltonw scene in the drama, by eliciting some such information as l21 fraction means two iigures with a line between themll-Clonly that and nothing moreiii, or Ha noun is sometimes a person and sometimes a thing?' llWell, I shall have to go through it a few times before I can do it, trefering, of course, to the successful operating of the programi, and the rehection bears such a striking analogy to a story told of the

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WHITE and GOLD 3 part, the genuine interest which our instructors have taken in the per- sonal life and development of each one of us, has left an influence that will live on to broaden our lives and direct us to nheights beyond.H 'Yes! to the heights beyond; for, although we have toiled four long years to attain the present moment, it is not the present which stands out brightest in our minds. Greater vistas have been opened along special lines; we have been put into that frame of mind which bids us seek fartheretlA higher round of young ambitionls ladder.H The ideal, which in the beginning was ours, has in a measure been realized and is no more. The immediate opportunities which have arisen in connection with it have made it possible for us to look for- ward to greater things. The ideal that was has paved the way for a grander one which has taken its place. The minds of the senior class have not been idle--plans for Berke- ley, Stanford, and eastern universities and such colleges for women as Smith, Bryn Mawr,and Wellesley are laying 'fast hold 011 them. It has been said that the proof of the value of an institution de- pends upon whether or not at the completion of its work the student feels that the school has been only a step to a higher education. If this is true then the ambitions and aspirations of the members ofour class furnishes ample evidence of the value of the work done here. -Flora iWaters, l02. Frnm NnrnmI Szltuul tn Eiatrirt 531:1an WAS linished-the journey over the path leading 11p to the threshold of the worldeand she who had been striving to win this height, stood hand 1n hand with her guiding a11gel,vie11- ing the promised land. Fair indeed was the vision now spread before her eager eyes! This was the world that she was about to enter. Naught but a di- vine hand could have fashioned a thing so fair. Above the mass of purple mountains that fringed the horizon, lifted the boundless sky, serene and unfathomable. Below stretched verdant hills and valleys, Hooded with sun-light and dotted with fruitful farms and quiet villages. tlI send you,H said the angel, breaking the charmed silence, Hi11- to the world to deliver my divine message of Education, of peace and good will unto men. Beholdll-pointing to the western sky-ttthat white, ileecy cloud floating about amid the gold of yonder sun. White and gold are my sacred emblems. They symbolize the purity and wealth of lzfe which can be attained through Educationfl It

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Stephens. Photo The Faculty. x-Mr. Bliss 2-Miss McLeod 3-Mr. West 4 31$$ Batchelder 5 Miss Morton 6-Mr. Shafer 7-Mr. Meredith 8 Miss Derby 9-Miss Way. Preceptress m-Miss Ballard H-Mr bkilliug 12 Miss Pratt