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

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E DEER $MUXEDE$UEEE Santa Claus, in the person of the Three Arts Guild, gave an annual concert as a parting Christmas gift to the student body. A large attendance was enthusiastic in its applause for the renditions of the glee clubs, and was generous in its applause 0f the play What Men Live By, offered by Pendragon. 'lWhat Men Live By is classed as one of the most finished dramatic productions given by the college. Another patting gift was fired by the faculty, in the form of flve hundred failure notices. After the holidays, students centered their interest in the opening of the basketball season, but gave a part of their attention to the splendid recital given at the Spreckels theatre by Harry Anderson and Garry White. The Sophomore dramatists presented their annual play, The Genius, the second week after vacation. It was a sparkling comedy, filled with laughs and fine character interpretations. Basketball season opened with a bang, and the Aztec squad defeated the Pomona Sagehen quintet and evened the smarting that the football defeat had left. State College practically doubled the score made by Pomona throughout the entire game, and when the final whistle blew, the tally read 32-18. Not busy enough in the realm of sports, the coaches called the traditional Irish Marathon, running two twenty-five men relay teams, each man covering a quartet of a mile. The combined team of Freshmen-Juniors won over the Senior-Sophomote aggregation. Socially, the college was busy with a new feature, in the form of a Dancing contest held at the weekly noon dances. Prizes were offered to the best couple chosen at the end of three weeks' competition. The evening interests were found in the annual winter Junior Prom, given for the graduating Senior class, and in the traditional Inter-Fraternity- sorority ball, given every year at the Hotel del Coronado, which was attended by all campus fraternity and sorority members. A change in the editor of the Aztec came as a surprise to all. Franklin Archer, '31, editor for the first semester, and news editor of the sheet the preceding term, resigned his position in favor of Miss Virginia Monosmith, '31. The new editor announced no start- ling changes in her policies, and the paper appeared as usual, on time. Of much interest to the entire campus was the invasion of the new Freshmen students at the opening of the Spring semester. These eager young students numbered 161 in all, and they entered into the spirit of 'being Freshmen very quickly. This was no doubt accented by the fact that the Traditions Court had been revised, and under serious obliga- tions to the upper-classmen, they had promised to punish all offenders found among the wearers of the green. The court meeting caused much excitement, and even hilarity upon its meeting. Coupled with this policing of the new students was the usual bursting excitement of the rushing season. This closed after two weeks of concentrated efforts on the part of the rusher and the rushee, and the campus settled back to normal again with a sigh of relief. Spring semester is usually crowded with dramatic offerings, and first of note on the calendar, was the One-Act Play tournament given by the drama classes. After many weeks of producing and judging, the best two comedies, and the best two tragedies, were chosen for final competition. The final tournament was held at the Wednesday club house, and the offering resulted in a pleasantly spent evening. The orchestra presented several selections and the plays were worthy of the fine applause. Vacancies in the executive ofhces of the student body brought forth nominations and elections. The same week, the Associated Men Students' organization held a stag smoker Page iliwcnly-six

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E DEED $MHXDTE$UEE for all the college men, honoring the members of the Hollywood ball club, training in San Diego. It was well attended, and proved that the male members of the campus could get along without the co-eds. The following week was busy in all fields of endeavor. The State College orchestra, under the able direction of Fred Beidleman, instructor of music, gave its first real concert at the Roosevelt auditorium. Many of the students were more than surprised at the worthy offerings presented to the public by the hard-working young musicians. The orchestra and its director deserve praise for the fine results. In another field, the State college alumni, alert to the ever-growing need for a strong association, met and drew up a constitution. The alumni association for the first time has seriously considered the need for such an or- ganization, and it has taken many fine steps this year. Baseball season opened with a call for men, and the basketball season closed with a poorly played game that resulted in a defeat for the Aztecs at the hands of the Redlands Bulldogs. Hiding beneath a brilliant red cover, and filled with worthwhile material, El Palenque presented itself to the campus in the second issue of the year.The book contained material that showed a decided improvement over the first issue of the year, and it proved that a literary magazine is an asset to the college campus. Entirely new, and yet not without possibilities, a Frosh sing was held in the Gym, followed by a dance. The Freshmen were found missing, which showed poor class spirit, but the idea seems to have greater possibilities. That Freshmen should learn all school songs is imperative. With the beginning of a new term, the Frosh sing will probably be an asset in helping these new students in their duty. The A. A. U. track and field meet in Los Angeles brought unusual honor to State College's track men. The track men took first place with a clean sweep in the open class track events. The same week, the Aztec barriers swamped Whittier on the college track. Simultaneously with Honor Bright, the production given by the Freshmen drama class, arrived the tickets for the l'Aztec Follies of 1929. The clever comedy was well played by the young student cast, and the audience was appreciative and large. The Treble Clef, women's glee club, journeyed to Pomona with the Men's Glee Club, to enter the contest held each year for clubs in the Southern California schools. The Treble Clef club won third place in the women's division. Along came Spring vacation, and the Easter bunny. The following week was filled with excitement and anticipation! Friday and Saturday night the curtain was raised on the stupendous musical show presented by the Associated Students, the Aztec Follies of 1929. The collegiate musical comedy, filled with clever lines and tuneful music, was the largest production ever undertaken by State College, and the returns from four thousand people in praise and support were worthy of the splendid performances. The 'Dance- mania comedy was written by Franklin Archer, '31, and the music was composed by Cliff May, '32, and Tex Stafford, Ex-'27. The returns from the box oHice swelled the Stu- dents' Union building fund for the new campus with an $800 addition. With the Follies appeared the first Aztec humor book, uCampus Cacti. This book was a forethought of Dean Arthur G. Peterson, to whom the book was dedicated. The splendid illustrations and articles beneath the brilliant and snappy cover bid fair to prove that the humor mag- azine was a necessary addition on the college campus. After the Follies the campus settled down to work on the second mid-term examin- ations. Interesting and worthwhile to the students was the lecture delivered by Professor Page 'I'LL'i-nIy-sct'un