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

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74m!7ke4ZwZme5Za,Zfa .. quated plumbing gave way under the strain and Hooded the stock room of the Cofop store damaging hundreds of dollars of equipment. February also marked the appearance of Dr. Walter F. Dexter as guest speaker at the Formal Assembly held on February 9 at the First Baptist Church. Dr. Dexter gave support to the building campaign with the following statement, I believe that there should be two great teacherftraining institutions in the State. San Francisco State College should be the one located in this area. l am in favor of the building campaign and believe that you can expect action within the next few months. The chapters are added to the story. The incif dents of today will be marked up tomorrow as mile' posts in the history of San Francisco State College. The battle still continues. Present plans made in Ianuary of 1938 call for a new four story adminisf tration building to front on Laguna Street from Haight to the Frederic Burk School. Cn the site of College Hall will rise a new gymnasium with all the necessary out of door athletic facilities. Financing such a program depends upon the action of Governor Frank F. Merriam. With his recommendations W. P. A. aid may be secured and as the Franciscan is published the college may be writing the next chapter in its story. i S82 Sw l gift SCENES SUCH as this may again be centered on the campus if the building campaign reaches a successful conclusion. In the upper picture Cleftl the students search the ruins after the destruction of the Administration Building in 1930. Katherine O'Sul1i- van hands President Roberts the match to touch off the remains of the Administration Building iupper riqhtl. Anderson Hall under construction flower leltl may be duplicated if the new Administration Building is sanctioned. lt will rise four stories on Laguna Street, from Haight to the Frederic Burk School. Wreckers flower leftl demolish the old Administration Building. This is the hoped for fate of the fire-trap College Hall. fPage Twentyil

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'Qf . I , H 'I . , l. L1 DR. ALEXANDER C. ROBERTS President of the College Bureau of Fire Prevention and Public Safety was released. The inspectors of the department wrote the following opinion: The Administration Build' ing is entirely too dangerous to be used for school purposes. Past fires in school buildings of similar construction have verihed our opinion. ln a sup' plementary report made three years later the inf spectors had the following to say about the laxity of State officials in rebuilding College Hall: Very little, if any concerted action has been taken to correct the existing hazardous conditions in this group of buildings. The annexes were built in 1934 to care for the overflow of students. Twentyfhve thousand dollars were spent on these buildings that had, according to the Golden Cater, lighting, heat and ventila- tion that is all modern and eflicientf' San Francisco State College came into existence in 1935 . With the dropping of the traditional teacher's from the name came an expansion of the liberal arts curricula. Written in its entirety the story of the college is more than the mere chronicling of events. It is the history of the people who make up the college. fpage Nineteen I Eilie McFadden has written her part. When she rounds out thirtyfeight years of service as a faculty member in May, it will be with the thought that she has aided in the growth of the college. Educated at the Los Angeles State Normal School, she later took graduate work at the Univerf sity of California and completed work for her Bachelor of Arts Degree at Stanford University. She started her career in the Held of education in the rural and urban elementary schools of the State. Later she was City Supervisor of Elementary Science for the Cakland School system and then came to San Francisco State College when it was San Francisco State Normal School. Her tribute lies in the multitude who are honored by her friendship. Each year adds a little more to the college name. When Edward Morgan started his trek southward to attend the Pacific Student President's Associaf tion convention in Los Angeles in the Spring of 1936 little did he realize that within a year the student body president of San Francisco State Colf lege would hold the high post in that organization. Little did Colden Cater Editor William Buchan realize the evident value of the S180 spent on the four day jaunt, when he made sensational charges of graft. In the spring of 1937 the groundwork as laid down by Morgan began to show results. Wilf liam J. J. Smith became president of the P.S.P.A. and will preside when the convention meets in Seattle in May. Member colleges include the Uni' versity of Washington, Washington State, Cregon and the like. Each year adds a new crisis to the building situaf tion as well. February saw record rainfall flood through the cracks and crevices in the roof of Col' lege Hall and make classes an impossibility. Anti'

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Qaofdig .feacfam . Washington may look up to a member of the faculty of the college. If Mary Louise Kleinecke ever realizes her hopes she will be the first woman president of the United States. Politics are her hobby. Teaching is her profession. I was led into this byway and think it delightful because of my fondness for American Youth, says Mary Louise Kleinecke. Aspired to fame as a second Duce or Jenny Lind but the charm of an English professor in an early grade led her into the teaching Held. Somerville Thompson has a fondness for pop' corn and theses. The streamliners lost a pilot since he's taken up teaching. At five early years he had aspirations of pulling the throttle on a locomotive. Now he's interested in books and has a desire to travel. Finds his job interesting and says I conf sider teaching a delightful highway and an extraorf dinary pleasant occupation. Leo Nee's first memory of cows and chickens on a farm influence his thoughts of a ranch when he retires. Right now he's satisfied to stay as Financial Advisor to the college. Handles thousands at regisf tration and has a standing twofbit bet on the regisf tration totals. Wanted to be a dentist but the war squelched the thought. Bertha Monroe wanted to go to the city. Now her aspiration is to return to the midwestern farm if .. + . lfjp V ' 'af 1, ffl If ,, .. i . 1 i ,4 she left many years ago. So, interested in world peace, she makes it her favorite topic of conversaf tion. Directed the lecture series held in Frederic Burk and sponsors the activities of the International Relations Club. Family tradition directed her to the teaching profession. 'LMy interest in peace is col' ored by linking with different nationalities and conf tacts in the war, says Mrs. Monroe. The University of Washington takes credit for Economist Roy Cave. San Francisco State simply takes credit for Roy Cave. He has an ambition, which is the development of the Social Science def partment. Likes a briar and will chat on almost any subject. Takes to home and garden when not think' ing of new plans for his department. Compliments the students with I believe the faculty here feels that the student body is improving each year both intellectually and spiritually from a college angle . Walter I. Homan is a newcomer. He believes that discussion of youth's problems is beneficial to youth. Declares, Freedom with which students discuss problems in and out of classes is very encourf aging. It is my belief that it is more difficult for younger people to line up their ideas-therefore youth has my sympathy and cofoperationf' Cactus, gardening, and hiking are his interests away from college. LEO C. NEE WALTER I. HOMAN BERTHA MONROE MARY KLEINECKE SOMERVILLE ROY C. CAVE Two-bit bet on registra- Freedom is encouraq- Tradition points to I was led into this THOMPSON Student body is tion ing teaching byway A delightful highway improving Hinge 'Twenty-Oriel Tw' I F l4M.1Ml 4-1