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

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WHITE AND GOLD Edited and Published by the Faculty'and Alumni of the State Normal School of San Diego. STAFF EDITOR-XN-CHIEF ...................................... W. C. CRANDALL BUSINESS MANAGER .......................................... J. F. WEST ADVISORY COMMITTEE- E. L. HARDY FACULTY ............................ g MISS E. O. LAMB W. F. Buss W. S. WRIGHT ALUMNI ............................ MRS. DELLA CHASE MISS RUTH GUILD V Terms: Twenty-five cents per copy. SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA. JUNE, 1911. EDITORIAL ttUnited we stand, divided we fall . The school may not hope for its best development, no graduate may hope for her greatest success, unless there be some bond between the two. This Annual is printed in order that Alumni and Normal School may be brought into closer union and that mutual assistance may be increased. m Knowing that many of the Alumni are graduates of the city or county schools or of the various local private schools, or that, since graduation, they have been employed by these schools, we have made the Annual broad in its scope. The various contributed articles give an idea of the advances made during late years in the educational facilities of this locality. m We are glad to note that the new administration believes in progress. This is evidenced by the helpful aids for the Alumni. The most important of these are the Appointment Bureau and the editing of several helpful bulletins. W A student body which knows itself rightly is a joy. We understand a that next year the various parts of. the school government and activities will be controlled entirely by the students. We know they will do their duty and do it well. It Will be a pleasure to turn over the Annual to them as a means of providing an outlet for exuberant spirits. M We wish to thank the Chamber of Commerce, Merchants Association, and the County Board of Supervisors for their spirit of co-operation. The school and community have much in common, and mutual aid will redound to the credit of all. M The Normal School, being desirous of obtaining the present addresses, news notes, etc., concerning Alumni, sent out a circular early. in the spring, but many graduates have not returned the data requested. For your own good, Alumni, and for our help in completing the files, Do It Now.

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WHITE AND GOLD The White and Gold Tune: The Orange and Black -Pxinceton Song Do you see the signs of springtime- The white clouds moving high, The golden, wind-tossed hillsides, Running back to meet the sky? Do you hear the cage: challenge In language mute but old- The challenge and the promise Of those colors, White and Gold? Through the winter of our labor, When the sunless days drag by, When the dull clouds of despondence Fill and darken all the sky, Come to cheer our longing spirit, Bringing happiness untold, Visions of thh approaching springtime In symbolic White and Gold. And when life's real cares assail us, In thh uncertain future years, When plans, long-cherished, fail us, When our hopes are turned to fears, Then shall memky spur us onward With thoughts of days of old, When we obeyed the challenge Of the colors, White and Gold. -Imogene Pierce, Class of 1908.

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20 WHITE AND GOLD The StateNormal School as a City and County Asset Much has been rightly said about the value of the City and County to the State Normal School, but few probably have thought of the variety of ways in Which the Normal is constantly aiding this locality. In the com- munity life of the city the Normal School is every year becoming a more important factor. Considering it as a. business asset, some very interesting facts are discovered. The expenditures during the last two years are as follows: Appropriations for Sixty-fltst and Sixty-second Fiscal Years Salary Fund ............................................................................................ $33,750.00 $33,750.00 Support Fund ................................................................................. 3,500.00 3,500.00 Library Museum and Scientific Apparatus Fund ......... 1,000.00 1,000.00 Care and Improvement of Grounds Fund ........................ 1,500.00 1,500.00 $39,750.00 $39,750.00 March, 1909-Specia1 Fund for Additional Equipment ........................ $5,000.00 July, 1910-Contingent Fund, balance on hand ........................ 16.10 September, 1910-Proposed Deficiency Appropriation ........................ 3,000.00 Total of special funds ............................................................... $8,016.10 TOTAL AMOUNT FOR THE TWO YEARS ...... $ 79,500.00 TOTAL AMOUNT SPECIAL FUNDS ........................ 8,016.10 TRAINING SCHOOL ..................................................................... 50,000.00 GRAND TOTAL ..................................................................... , .......... $ 137,516.10 There are seventy 001 students Who either board or maintain light housekeeping rooms. These Will expend on the average about $5.00 per week. For the school year of forty weeks, this will mean an additional $14,000.00 coming into San Diego through the channels of business. Graduate students of our universities, who are to become high school teachers, now spend six months of their post-graduate work in our school. This means at least $300.00 per student saved to the community, and also gives additional prominence to our school. We now have from eight to ten of these students every year. Of the twenty-fwe people on the regular payroll, we find that eight own homes, While twelve own property in San Diego. The training school building furnishes accommodations for three hundred and twenty city children, and the academic department of the Normal School for one hundred high school students at a very slight expense to the city. Thus we assist materially in relieving the crowded condition of the city schools. Moreover, about 20 per cent. of the students in the profes- sional work have been accompanied here by relatives, many of whom have bought property and have become permanent residents because of the school. The school has become the center of one of the best resident districts in the city, and the values in its locality are due largely to its presence. In addition to the regular contributions of the school, we must add the work of the summer session. At least 150 students, together With many of their relatives, come to San Diego for the summer. For six weeks, the various resorts and the city receive a large amount of advertising, together with an additional income of some $4,500.00, during the slack season.