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

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egistrar GEORGE E. DOTSON sfficiency IS his middle name) ways questions the traditional, ves students fatherly talks and ic benefit of a doubt. ' One of the Icids at the training school ' , Principal RICHMOND BARBOUR IS tops with everybody from the junior primary to the supervising teachers. Her students admire Junior col- lege Dean FAY PERRY ' S good taste, her lovely home and her handsome husband; but they laugh when she blushes in lecture. Summer session dean, placement chief and cadet supervisor. DR. R. C. PERRy wisecracks at front row students, gives them scrambled names tests. Faculty members went back to school, wrote term papers, took examinations. President Walter Hepner, who was college president, teacher and student last year, received his doctor ' s degree at USC m December after 1800 hours work with college freshmen and their unpredictable scholastic achievements as his subjects. Training school principal Richmond Barbour, studying the activity program in the intermediate grades, became a Ph.D. at Yale last June. Because of his high scholastic average main- tained while working for his degree at the University of California last year. Dr. Spen- cer Rogers (anthropology) was elected to Phi Beta Kappa fraternity. Dean of Women Mary McMullen received her M.A. at Stan- ford during the summer session. Two State professors, Dr. Lewis B. Lesley and Dr. Franklin D. Walker, achieved addi- tional literary honors. hieretofore uncol- lected sketches by Mark Twain have been edited by Dr. Walker, biographer of Frank Norris, as The Washoe Giant in San Fran- cisco. Dr. Lesley ' s new book, Struggle of San Diego for a Southern Transcontinental Railroad Connection, 1846-1890, is now in the hands of the publsher. Old Ones Go Back to Schoo 17

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New Teachers Join Faculty Faculty additions this year included three fornner Staters who still look like students — Miss Viola Vogt, Clifford Baker and George Carter. Widely traveled Dr. Lauren C. Post replaced Mrs. Charles Moliter as assistant professor of geography, while newcomers to the his- tory and English departments were husky gridder Dr. C. G. Osborn and Mrs. Marie Cook. Assistant District Attorney S. W. Wurfel, whose crude drawings are the joy of the commercial law class, came to the faculty to take the place of the late Will J. Stanton. With newly appointed Dean of Junior Col- lege Guidance Fay Perry acting as official hostess in her ultra-modern office, the en- larged Junior College staff moved into their new quarters in the administration wing on the first day of school. New instructors were Mrs. Frances Torbert, former director of personnel follow-up at Macy ' s who is developing a liberal arts placement service; C. B. Kennedy, first jour- nalism adviser to become an inhabitant of the shack; popular young fH. C. Peiffer, who handles psychology classes; and aeronauti- cal instructor Walter Lacey. Ardent, positive. whole-hearted worker, Dean of Liberal Arts A. G. PETERSON believes a student should stand on his own feet and take the consequences. J. W. AULT. kindly and sympa- thetic Dean of Education, is con- scientious about program advising, gets off subject in interviews, keeps classes overtime. A college woman at heart, Dean of Women MARY McMULLEN answers a reporter ' s prayer, knows about everything, talks news stories ready to print. ' He ' ll do anything for a fellow, Aztecs say of Dean of Men C. E PETERSON, white haired an youthful adviser with a cheerfu ' Hello ' and a brisk walk. 16

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Inspiring teacher, EVERETT EE JACKSON (art), who proudly carries his little girl ' s lunch pail to college once a week, is an artist with a flair tor farrT ing. One of the three faculty Snniths, smiling DEBORAH SMITH (music) is called ' teacher ' by students who claim that she could get music out of a log. ■Mister ' DR. LESLIE BROWN (foreign language) boosts con- sumer education, flunks a great many students, has a radio in his office. Neat, efficient, human DR. MYfl TLE JOHNSON (biology) wit the fluffy white hair always has secret joke turning up the cornel of her mouth. Variety Adds Spice to Family Relations — A question box placed in the Dean of Wonnen ' s o-Ffice to find out what young people really want to talk about was the basis for a forum on Youth Faces Reality at the Third Annual Family Rela- tions conference November 20. The forum was conducted by students. The conference theme, Facing Reality in Family Life , reflected the growing interest in thinking about and discussing family problems. Mrs. Gertrude Bell, head of the psychology department, represented State college as one of the 20 sponsors of the meeting. Rural Teachers — As a result of the Confer- ence of Rural Teachers held on the campus December 11, the Training school is now modifying its program to give rural teaching experience. Led by Dr. Richmond Barbour, Training school principal, teachers in little one room eight year schools from San Bernardino, Riverside, Orange, Imperial and San Diego counties enjoyed discussing their mutual problems at a meeting they had requested themselves. With the aid of the State Board of Education, the teachers are plan- ning to hold a conference each year. 18