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

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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

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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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.ular MRS. ALVENA STORM ography) is an excellent Icc- :f — the fellows like her, but she res little freshmen girls in Se- aphy I. Cultured, quiet and reserved GEORGE R.LIVINGSTON (math- ematics) lets the students give the lectures in his history of math class. Popular faculty sponsor DUDLEY ROBINSON (chemistry) dances the Big Apple. His wife is a Ph.D widow for he week-ends in USC classes. O. W. BAIRD (physics) estab- lished the department at State 17 years ago. He starts out amusing anecdotes with, When I was in college — ' Campus Conferences Public Affairs — Members of the newly or- ganized senior classes in public administra- tion contributed papers for the Public Affairs conference held in January under the supervision of Dean A. G. Peterson. All economics and social science classes were dismissed for the event. Dr. Emery E. Olson, dean of the school of government at USC, was the principal speaker. hHis talk on The Government Service as a Life Career and the New Public Administration at the morning assembly topped the program of five panel discus- sions held during the day. Recreation — Highlighted by Wayne Fry ' s insistence that girls should date boys, the student forum led by AWS president Aileen James was the feature of the AMS recre- ation conference, February 16 and 17. Campus leaders met to solve the problems of the college social program and to answer such questions as How can Stag and Doe affairs be made more successful? Honored guest and adviser was Glen O. Grant, Western Recreation Representative, whose talks on Community Recreation and Informal Group Recreation answered the Aztec date question, What ' ll we do? 19