San Francisco State University - Franciscan Yearbook (San Francisco, CA)

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O LOOKING FORWARD As the FRAN CISCAN goes to press, the fate of San Francisco State's building campaign is still being weighed in the balance. Cur bill, requesting an appropriation of 52,380,000 for rebuilding the col' lege campus, is being considered by the Ways and Means Committee of the State Assembly. fRay Williamson, San Francisco assemblyman, assured us that the entire local delegation will support the bill.j We are hopeful, but not passively so. Continued agitation for what we feel to be the State's obligaf tion to us will continue until our demands are met. Dr. Alexander Roberts, president of State, aided by a carefully selected strategy committee of Will J. Smith, Bd Cockrum, Bud Decker, and Howard Demeke, is bending every effort toward immediate adoption of this measure. Individual students, too, have been given oportunity to bring pressure to bear by means of mailing cards to their representatives at Sacramento. We have labeled ourselves California's abanf doned child and rightly so. The records of Calif PRESIDENT ROBER1-s Points to plans for future expansion of State campus. fornia's expenditures for collegiate institutions bears us out in this statement. Cver a period of eight years, from 1927 to 1935, we have received some fB2'70,000 from the state. Our enrollment is approximately 15 00. Contrast our treatment with that of Humboldt State which, with a student body of slightly over 300, has ref ceived S3 36,000 in the same period of time. Fresno received 3S575,000g San Diego approximately iB791,000g Santa Barbara was granted S484,341g while San Jose State was given S737,232. Meanwhile, plans for expansion of this campus are taking place. A fourfstory Administration Building is to replace State's timefhonored, but sadly antiquated College Hall. Administration off lices, a Student Union for social activities, Student Body oilice, a large student CofCp, and approxif mately twentyfflve classrooms are to be located in this building. Annex A will likewise give way to a large rec' tangular building of two stories which, facing on Buchanan Street, will contain offices. A new library will be installed in the building now used as the Women's Gym, which, with the science building, will be substantially enlarged. Among other changes and new buildings planned are an openfair amphitheatre, a new music building, and a Little Theatre, which will seat 400. The present kindergarten will be moved north and, replacing it, will be a health center near which a training school will be installed. We have reason to believe that San Francisco State's building campaign may at last be realized. If authorized by the Legislature, at least a sizable portion of the amount requested should be forth' coming in July, the beginning of the next fiscal year. fDoris MacDonald.j SAN FRANCISCO STATE COLLEGE fPage Thirtyftwoil

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NEW RECRUITS Two years plus on our faculty have earned Alma Downey the position of the longest service of our new recruits. After seeing her beautiful hand' writing, one knows that she practices what she teaches. She is now working for her master's degree at Stanford fnote how prominent Stanford grads are on our facultyj. Formerly received her A.B. from State as an honor student. After her job as placement secretary, her main interest is in her daughter. We're prejudiced when we discuss George Gibf son, with his student interest, sense of humor, and Hne reality. He and Dr. Kinnaird are utopsn in our mind. Favorite hobby is dancing and snapping Leica candid camera shots Takes a mean cut at the American apple Qwitness the baseball game on Prexy Day, . Now working on doctorate at Cal, but finds time to advise journalists, give lectures, and drive to Los Angeles in SVZ hours every other week. Another future Ph.D. is Hugh Baker, working on his Stanford thesis, Intellectual Interests in California in 1849 Childhood ambition was to be a doctor, so nearly has succeeded. Collects phonof graph records and pictures as a hobby, Newest of the librarians is Charlotte Folsom, graduate of U. C. L. A. and Berkeley. Favorite hobby is tucking in hairpinsf' Evidently an out' door girl, with sports of hiking, swimming, riding, and pingfpong. Sense of humor, too: Don't ask me to expand on this subject, l'm trying to reduce! First of the new science instructors is Yvonne Champreux. Reminiscent of La Beetz with the uncombed locks, she is a San Jose graduate. She was a laboratory assistant in embryology at Stanford, after doing a year of graduate study there and two years at Cal fsort of impartial herej. Now is inf structor in biological science labs. Speaking of Stanford, take Robert Rowe for inf stance. Besides teaching at Snta Clara High, he was teaching assistant in the chemistry department at Stanford, has a master's degree from Stanford, and has had two years of chemical engineering Q at Stanford?j. He taught at San Mateo jaysee also. Refused to talk to ye scribe, so only got the above dirt. QBy Kathleen Buckleyj 1. Alma Downey, Z. 'Yvonne Champreuxg 3. Charlotte Folsomg 4. Robert Rowe, 5. Hugh Baker Heading paper! and Cassadyg 6. George Gibson. TI-lE1937FRANCISCAN I:Page Thirty-onel

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