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

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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

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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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Answer to What ' ll I Take? Brain child of St. James , student opinion column in The Aztec, a two hour marriage relations course without credit was offered. Informal prepared discussions on Long En- gagements , Health Standards for Mar- riage , etc., drew large crowds. The class topped the schedule for interest despite a variety of new courses. Among these were Speech Arts in the Junior hHigh , Rhythm, Pantomine and Choric Verse and a physiology course for women. Dr. C. G. Osborn ' s Foreign Relations in the Far East filled an important hole in the history department. A class m general psychology, with a minimum of technical terminology, and a localized zoology course dealing with fresh and salt water life here were given for the first time. Reorganization of the Junior college cur- riculum was undertaken this year to enlarge opportunities for secretarial training stu- dents. The staff added a class in business economics during the year. Another drawing card was a course in occu- pations which sought to aid students in the establishment of appropriate goals. Running Dr. Lesley a close race for No. I faculty speech maker, MRS. FLORENCE DICKHAUT became English chairman in the department reorganization this falL ' Grand old lady ' of the faculty, MRS. GERTRUDE BELL (psychol- ogy) loves work. After her ' re- tirement ' next month she will teach at SFU summer session. W. H. NX RIGHT (commerce) is another faculty member who is working for his doctor ' s degree at use. He and his son study to- gether now. DR. C. B. LEONARD (history) scares students so they wont dis- cover his soft heart, says he tries to think up finals questions the class can answer. 20