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

Text from Pages 1 - 172 of the 1951 volume:

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Dean Ward, he said, has a skill, a gentleness, and a firmness pos- sessed by only a few people, and she has always used them for the ad- vantage of youth. Behind her name lies a list of firsts .' First fand onlyl dean of women atStateg first director of summer session, first counselor ofKappa Delta Pi, honorary international coeducational fraternity, and organizer of it on this campus in 1932. During her years of service here she has worked with all student boards and kzdministrative committees. No one knows the history and the essenceof State better than'sh'e, forhshe has watched and aided its growth from its small beginning as a teacher training school, composed primarily of women, to its present size of 5200. She has served side by side with its four presidents, through a depression and two world wars, and the influx of veterans. She remembers when teachers had to sub on the football team, and Dir. Knuth had to dash from one instrument to another when the orchestra gave a performance. She remembers the time, before enrollment reached 2000, when she knew by name every student on campus. However, that for which Dean Ward will always be remembered is her fight to promote understanding. It was because she didn't understand the language of her arithmetic text when she was a small girl, that she decided to become a teacher. Someday, when l'm older, l'll write one that children can under- stand, she vowed. And she did. V After her graduation here in 1905, she became assistant instructor in teacher training at this college. It was then, after many revisions, that she wrote a series of texts called Self Instruction Arithmetic Series which were used as bulletins in California and other states and were finally published in book form by Rand McNally and Company in 1917. These were the first self-instruction work books for children. To- day they are common. Mary Ward became dean of women in 1915 and her basic aim was still to promote understanding. She wanted to understand her students and to help them with their problems. Q The students of State will always remember her for her sincere in- terest and her personal acquaintance with them through her rainy day fund. Her deep concern for their personal problems, when these were brought to her attention, have won their admiration, affection, and grati- tude. She herself has only one regret: that she didn't have longer days in which to help students with their private problems. I don't consider that 1 have done any service but that it's been a privilege to have met so many young people and to have been of help in some slight way to many, she says smilingly. Dean Ward, we feel that you have done a great service and with sin- cere appreciation for all your efforts and with regret for your leaving, we dedicate this 1951 STATESIDE to you. The precedent of sincere friendliness which you established will always be a part of State College. LK OF THE Gone. Another school year has passed on... and is but a memory in the vast nothingness called the Past. And as we bid adieu to the yes. terdays, we gaze ahead to the tomorrows. The horizon of things-to-come is hazy and indistinct, and the college students of this June 1951 are asking, What now? . For many of the fellows plans have already been pre-arranged. There is no question for them, perhaps, except why, for many of the male popu- lation from State will enter into the services of his country come this une. But whatever be the future, one thing remains for certain. The past school year has left a deep dent on the streetcar college. In September 1950 a school year began, and we saw familiar figures around campus suddenly become members of Uncle Sam's armed services. Ralph Lewis replaced draft-victim John Gray as administrator of student affairs, and the board of control struggled to make ends meet as the budget was slaughtered. The installment card inspiration failed to offer an answer to the financial problem. An oath became more than a swear word to S.F. Staters as the loyalty oath issue took State by storm with a tornado-like fury. Seven instructors were ousted, SCAF came into existence, and its anemic opponent, the Prompter, was circulated. IRC was suspended from on-campus status... later to be re-admitted. ,lack Healy's 70-30 plan was a god-send to organizations who failed to gain any net on a poor dance season, but the plan was later dropped... it seems the organizations--or should we say the student body?--wasn't a good risk. A special rerun election put Bill Wuerch, Jim Coltrell, and Pete Holmes into the board of directors positions in hotly contested battles. The turn of the term, and news was announced that Ralph Lewis would resign as administrator of student affairs. Bob Katz assumed Ralph's vacated position, and Ralph Lewis in turn became business manager for the associated students. A new year, and we witnessed a new campus reality in the new gym..- a part of a distant dream come true. V' 6 CAMPUS... The Azbill proposal for a twenty-five cent vote was rejected by the board of directors... strictly a two-bit amendment. A vote for a universal student body card probably brought about one of the most revolutionary moves in State's History, and the proposal was approved by over 8Of7b of the voters. P Pkikik Phi Lambda Chi inaugurated the fall social season with its Ship- wreck Shag dance and some very convincing decorations. Sigma Pi Sigma's traditional Kickoff dance after State's first home football game was rated as a touch-down affair. Ka-ppa Omega and Kappa Theta combined efforts, presented a rally, and produced a social success, Lucky Shuffle on a Friday the thir- teenth. The Newman Club gave its annual picnic at Sigmund Stern's grove. And with the rustling of the autumn leaves came the Alpha Chi Alpha and Delta Phi Gamma jointly sponsored dance Autumn and Rhythm. The Music Federation gave their traditional Sadie Hawkins dance Feudin' Frolic , and Marty Lembo, Bib ,rt' Tucker pledge, and Don Burbank of Beta Chi Delta were chosen as Daisy Mae and Lil' Abner. PltiEpsil0nMu andPhi Epsilon Gamma presented the HTaClil6 Twirl after a football game, and Delta Gamma Tau scooped the dance seasonin originality with its presentation of the Pajama Top Hop. The Block S Homecoming dance was a high-light of the year. There are many of us who will never forget the homecoming queen contest from which Joan Lowrey of Bib 'n' Tucker emerged as chosen queen. Sigma Delta Gamma initiated the yule season with the Winter Car- nival Dance . The Sophomore Class presented their traditional strut in the form of Somewhere in the Night , and the crowd must have been somewhere in the night, because they weren't at the dance. Phi Eta Chi came up with the Spring term's social starter, Cloud 7 3 1 1 i 1 l 3 ..J.,..4........ is l E I y l l. E l P s E K I E w s 5 I L l, t r E -n.,v.,, 'l'hirteen , the first dance to be held at the new gym, and the Frosh class celebrated St. Patrick's Day with Killarney , the frosh hop. But by far the most tremendous social event of the term was the inter-sorority, inter-fraternity Ball. The affair undoubtedly started a precedent which will be followed for many years to come... barring of course, the possibility that the man situation reaches the crisis stage. Alpha Omega presented its ninth annual barn dance, complete with hay and out-house, and Bib 'n' Tucker offered the imaginative creation Monkeyshines as its contribution to the dance life of State. Kappa Omega threw an off campus KO dance, and Kappa Theta presented a dance with an oriental flavor, Shades of Jade . State went big-time, and a gym full of students cheered at Holly- wooders June Allyson, Dick Powell, and Rhonda Fleming in blood drive rally. Jimmy Lyons, radio platter-spinner, was in the lime-light of the Al- pha Phi Gamma rally,, and Phi Lambda Chi also presented a rally for the student body. The drama thriller, Ladies in Retirement opened State's theatre season. And Joan of Lorraine , an outstanding production, chalked up another tally on the drama department's list of achievements. Virginia Cox was unforgettable. With the spring term came the 400 tickets which gave special rates to the season's plays, Ca full agenda of entertainment! and the drama department produced a number of successful workshops, and the major production Animal Kingdom . -Bonnie Rolphe. I .- if, , - Y -B' .1 JJVIQRXX THE BITTER TRUTH Pointed observation of an English instructor: The reason why I make my tests part objective and part essay is that in essay examinations some English majors can make a little bit of knowledge go an awfully long way. 8 MR. NIGERIA Motivation, psychologists tell us, is the thing that makes the little wheels go around in student heads. When a citizen of Nigeria decides he needs a college education in orderto help his people and, furthermore, that he wants to go to San Francisco State College to get his education, that spells motivation. How did he come here and why? Nwaeze Anyanwu had crossed the Atlantic Ocean, cruised through the Gulf of Mexico, and arrived in New Orleans alone and a stranger. He was not alone very long for he was met by three sets of welcomers--a man from the YMCA, two Nigerian students from Xavier University, and a representative of the Delta Steamship Line. Nwaeze was a stranger with a destination and a goal. He was going to prepare for medical school at San Francisco State College. The col- lege's traditional reputation for friendliness had snatched Nwaeze off a job as sub-inspector of telegraph lines in Nigeria, which is wedged be- tween the African Gold Coast and the equator, hard by French Equatorial Africa. After his graduation from high school, he taught school and worked on the telegraph lines and began saving his money. He also began a search for the right college for him in the United States of America--a college at which he could prepare to study medicine in order to help his people. Somewhere in his abundant reading about the U.S.A. 'he read that the friendliest people in America were found in the West and that decided him. He picked State College because its academic standards were high and would offer him the opportunities he sought and because it was lo- cated in a large, cosmopolitan city. In Lagos, the capital city of Nigeria, he stepped into the office of the American Consul and talked to officials of the Council for African Students in North America. Both CASNA and the American Consulate okayed Nwaeze's projected goal. With the money he had saved and with the aid of his father fwho has seven other children, and of his people, he embarked on his journey to San Francisco in mid-year of 1950. He arrived, alone, in New Orleans with his destination clear in his mind. To Nwaeze Anyanwu, fresh from distant Nigeria, America at first 9 seemed an endless procession of shiny automobiles, bustling people, and booming factories. New Orleans, the home of jazz, the French Quar- ter, and Basin Street, was a huge, busy city. His committee ofwelcome took him to the YMCA and there he stepped into a telephone booth and called San Francisco State College. Hello, said Nwaeze, I'm in New Orleans. Can you pick me up? No one had thought to mention to him that New Orleans was about 2400 miles from San Francisco. The flabbergasted college authorities gave Nwaeze instructions to board a continental train to Los Angeles. Nwaeze dutifully boarded the train for Los Angeles, California. There he stepped into another telephone booth to call State College in San Francisco, this time only 450 miles awa Hello, l'm in Los Angeles. Can you pick me up. Once again he was instructed to board a train. And finally, in the middle of the semester, with his wallet almost deflated, Nwaeze arrived in San Francisco and at State College. He found that the West and the college's reputation for friendliness had not been overrated. He quickly made friends--friends who offered him jobs, financial aid, and living quarters. Faculty and students alike were interested in helping the new arrival to the campus. Because of his interest in tropical medicine, Nwaeze met Mr. Herman Zaiman, instructor in Biology. Zaiman took him home until Nwaeze could find himself living quarters. Zaiman also helped Nwaeze to find a job and get settled into his new life at college. When a vacancy came up at the Rock , Nwaeze movedinto the dormitory to become better acquainted with his fellow students and their way of life. To support himself through medical school, he needed a profession. Here Mr. Zaiman helped him to arrange his program to fit his needs and his interests. Nwaeze's courses are designed to make him a clinical technician, when he completes them, he will have a profession to pro- vide financial security and, at the 'same time, he will have gained valu- able units toward his pre-med requirements. I want to help my people and my country. The method doesn't matter so much as the doing, he said. But the doing requires an education. Should his plans for an M.D. degree fail to materialize, Nwaeze, thinks that he will major in some field of natural science--again with the thought of helping his people. There is no doubt in the minds of his many admiring friends that when Nwaeze leaves the U.S.A. to return to his people in Nigeria, he will take with him all the skills he came here to acquire plus a greater y. Q!! understanding of the Western way of life and the Western spirit of friend- ship' -The Staff. ' 1 I 3 1 1 l 1 l 1 l 1 I r i F 1 n r W I , n r w f 1 x r E , r , . I n P r V L I z E . I r 4 I 1 . X I , , , My A V p s 5 4 c4Q5' i Q ,' QA. as 'rr f 'Q mu W A t lf? 4, 4 ,xsz V is l ' 4 ' ' '- N is ,G Fs isill lqu - ,V 4 V' Ez? 'C 5 :lx I ' i I , p vo gi . i vfffi ' IN 'Xt ' ' 'e r 1: Q. w s' 45421 v 1 ,' 1 1 . I X Aff v ',. Wh if A J' ,Wm v c All the women exclaimed when the new babe was born to Ohna, third- time widow woman, for her new babe had fingers twice as long as any child ever born into the tribe. Some Families muttered to themselves it was a shame he had to be of lowly birth as all peoples know thattrue warriors and womanly women breed best in a Family, but ot hers con- tended that the advantage of long fingers would overcome this handicap. After all, Ohna was hardworking and frugal and would take good care of this special one. The soothsayers and tribal dignitaries officiated at the occasion of The Naming of the Babe, and even rubbed his tiny body with re al salt instead of the fine sand usually used for commoners. Because of the mystical significance of his long fingers and the fact that he had joined the tribe just at dawn, he was named Luster, and Ohna was given two long strings of dried beef for her achievement. Ohna worked even harder now with the incentive and pride in her son, and some of the hunters did get more work performed for the beef they brought her than they deserved, but she complained not and even took her dead mate's bow and arrow and brought in some small game by her- self. . 13 A 5 l . 1 1 2 i 1 l i l 1 I l 1 l V....5 F l l r l P l l F r i . F L e , H- ,--v--.-1-.- Luster crawled and teethed and walked and learned to speak as other children do but was never made to perform the Running and Leaping Rites when he was eight nor the Bringing-in-of-the-Squirrel when he was ten nor any of the other usual ceremonies that marked the years of other boys' lives. One day Femma, a little girl from the next cave, came over to Luster and after duly admiring and exclaiming over his long fingers, very crude- ly asked him about this strange breaking of custom. Luster was kind and patient with her ignorance and explained it to her thus, You see, I have long fingers. I know, she agreed, but how can you learn to bring meat for your home or to run from the grizzly if you do not join in the rites. You could be agile like the rest. And Luster flushed as her eyes traveled over his pale smooth body. You are only a girl. What could you know about such things, he reproved, then relenting at her downcast face confided, I have visions more beautiful than any in the tribe can see and I will share them with the world. Oh, Luster, how wonderfull Will you share them by beating the drums for Ceremony Days or are you going to learn to tell the tribal stories? ' Even better, he boasted. A wall scratcher'? Yes, Already I can scratch better bison than Chut does in the big cave. She looked around fearfully. Don't say that out loud. Chut has charms and hunts not for the meat he eats. Why, all he does is wall scratch. - I know. And that's what l'll do too, only better than Chut or his follower or even the redheaded one from the tribe across the river. I never saw any of his scratchings, Femma admitted and Luster patted her hand pityingly. Ohna puffed into the cave then, her back bent with the day's catch. Luster politely moved his feet so she wouldn't trip and watched her unload the rabbits and squirrels she had killed. ff MXJHE I Ng T fx f y,,, . :E ,je Q ,'2 'v'ib XX me , ., W I f ,N elif' :K ' it 1 1' . W f'!Lm.J.+.,gQQ lin! W- X I4 The girl excused herself and went home all aglow with the glamour of Luster. Surely he would be a remarkable man, and how important 'twoud be to be the mate of a wall scratcher. Truly the world had myriad delights these days. How sad it would have been to be born in grand- mother's time, the time the storyteller always called The Time of Many Travels . In those days the tribe had been able only to hunt and eat and travel wearily from one clump of trees or one river bed to another. When they had found the Plenty River with its abundance of game and friendly hills with some caves already dug, they had settled down for good. Now they had fire and plenty to eat without much effort so they could have excitement and luxuries. Maybe Luster should start by fol- lowin Chut for a while. She should have asked him. If this T 0 9: lf 9 if 5 i l9,.LH gs. U1 is lll f i' The seasons rolled on and the girl Femma became of the age when she could bear young. llfany hunters who had no woman yet looked at her very thoroughly, but she didn't invite them to taste her rabbit stew or anything, as was customary, because she had her eyes full of Luster. He was a little cranky these days as Ohna, with more years on her body now, could not hunt nor work so well. Some days the meal she fixed was little more than a pickmeup and Luster grumbled. Why don't you hunt some for her? Femma asked in her innocence. Luster glared at her. Sometimes I wonder why I bother with you. You have such a tiny understanding of things. First remember l have long fingers and I am a wall scratcher. Yes, she admitted meekly, but -- the tribe didn't vote for you to succeed Chut when he died of the gout. What do I care for that? His wall scratchings were vulgar and done for show. Sometimes he even scratched something others asked to see instead of what he saw himself. .lust for food and skins! Well, but you were just complaining about the food. ' Yes, but don't you see I can't lower myself and wall scratch just for a full belly. I have long fingers. I am Luster. I see visions none else can see as clear, and I share these visions with the whole world. Ilow else could the commoners realize the beauty of life unless they looked upon my wall scratchings? 15 i I I I F l l Well, that's true of course, but-- Of course it's true. And it's harder work than any hunter does. Sometimes I just lie and think for many settings of the sun to begin to get the scratchings clear in my head. Then there are the technical prob- lems to consider. She was impressed. What's 'technical'7 Well, I know you can't even begin to understand, but it's the way the flint cuts into the rock, the way sometimes a cloud will obscure light so l can't see it right, or perhaps the rock is soft in spots spoils the whole outline. ' Oh dear, she sympathized, like when a hunter's bow breaks he loses his game, lt's worse than that. He's only hunting game! But surely it's just as bad for him and what he's trying to do. He must feed his family, mustn't he? CKYGS-if, the and and And you must scratch the wall and if it's spoiled you've lost your game, too, haven't you? Oh, women and their tongues. Yes, in a way I guess you might say it's almost the same thing, but of course the technical end of it is the easiest. And you just showed me how difficult! That's all right. You're not such a bad little Notmotheryetf' Femma flushed and left. In the meantime the tribe that had the redheaded wall scratcher be- gan to kill much game and spoiled the catch of many of the hunters of this tribe. The women made many arrows for their hunters and dug their caves back in deeper. From one Moon Full to the next the two tribes fought and finally the tribe with the redheaded wall scratcher left Plenty River altogether and even the Storyteller couldn't tell where they went because after Plenty River and the Big Plain You Can't See Across, everyone knew the world ended and the whole tribe must have stepped right off into Place Without Sun. ln the ceremony of rejoicing that followed the vanquishing of the other people, this tribe learned of another ceremony to be. Luster, the long fingered one, was taking a mate. It was Femma the girl to whom he had talked so often, and all the other girls envied her and some of the young hunters grumbled a bit among themselves, but of course, they were just jealous of him. The girl was very happyfand ar- ranged the sea-shells on the ledge in her new cave with real pride. I6 Luce ,..,. acetate, as at There were a few hairpulling and shin-kickings in their first few Moon Fulls together because Femma didn't yet realize the advantages of being mated with Luster. She couldn't get it through her head why she should do all the hunting, although Luster explained it to her pa- tiently enough. She did manage to grasp the idea of the technical dif- ficulties of his work and sympathize when no tribal Chieftain came to honor him with Seashells and food for each wall scratching. Their tribe was but newly civilized and many of the commoners could not seem to comprehend their duties to his wall scratchings. They said he did it for h self and would not try to see the glimpses of beauty he was offering the She comforted Luster at this lack of appreciation by the world and they Bath told each many times about the days of Moons Not Risen Yet when the children and grandchildren of these people around them would come upon one of his wall scratchings and would really see it. Luster explained how this glimpse of beauty would affect the future looker and she would gasp with pride for him. Alas, a neighbor about as many seasons alive as Luster began to get the vulgar acclaim of the commoners about this time. He not only pounded the drums but also blew sweet sounds through aireed. 'The com- moners swayed and jumped at the sounds he made and poured many gifts upon him. This was hard for Luster to accept, that they be so eager for the other man's noises and so tardy to look upon his, Luster's, wall scratchings. Also, although he sneered at Chut's successor's work and knew he could do better, still there were skins he would like to wear and new flints to own, but he had nothing to trade and Femma wasn't a very good hunter. All she could do was to keep them eating and she even, ungrate- fully, complained sometimes at her work. He had bigger and better wall scratchings in mind with correspond- ingly difficult technical problems to consider. Also, her grumblings in- terfered with her duty to inspire him. Here he was, straining every poetic sinew of his mind to conjure up these bigger and better wall scratchings with the correspondingly difficult technical problems, quite gracious and content with a meaner cave and less to eat then his vulgar neighbor who merely made sweet sounds. He didn't expect as good a cave nor food nor skins as the hunters had, for, after all, they were mere com- moners whom he would some day educate to the beauty of life with his wall scratchings. Until he uplifted them in this way, their lives ofcourse were sordid and trivial and he didn't mind their contenting themselves with mere food and cavemates. 17 1 x I i 1 1 l l 1 1 1 4 J He watched their antics sometimes, tolerant and benign, as they splashed in the river shallows with their mates or tumbled about the grass at river's edge with their babes. He heard them discuss the day's catch and all the tribal gossip. Some of them were even smart enough to gape awestruck at his wall scratchings and to these he was always kind despite his many pressing troubles. Then Femma carried his child in her and he was cheered up a little. She hadn't been provident enough to save many strings of dried beef to last the full time of the child carrying so he even interrupted his own work to do a little hunting for her a few times. In spite of this, she dropped the child before it was fully formed and now he was without son, too. X Surely the troubles of Luster were enough for any man, but she for some odd female reason, could not look on him again with favor after dropping the child, and their quarrels grew numerous. When she began to lose faith in the very core of his integrity--his wall scratchings, that was too much and Luster finally realized the shallowness of her under- standing. Her plan was simple and degrading indeed. She proposed that he hunt half the day so she would have to hunt only half the day. This meant he would have but half a day to wall scratch! He needed all day and sometimes all night. When he wasn't wall scratching, he was think- ing and planning bigger and better wall scratchings. Here he was, right next cave to a mere maker of sounds who enjoyed more of the tribes' favor than he could eat or use all in one day. At the river every day he saw the successor of Chut pampered and fed to the bellyfull for scratching walls with cheap and unspiritual images. Here he was, not despairing--still trying against overwhelming odds to scratch the walls with beauty that would la-st from grandchild to grandchild! And he was content with her poor hunting, standing proudly in his shabby skins, still alert to every nuance ofthought, every shimmerof leaf and shadow, every surge of deep feeling that merely rippled lightly on the commoners. Then--to have his mate Femma suggest such preposterous and un- dignified things for him to do, that was too much. He beat her soundly for the suggestion, but weak-spirited mere female that she was, she crawled back to her parents' cave and later mated with a mere hunter. Glorious even in trouble, Luster continued his deeds for the world that kenned them not. Late into the Moon he thought deep thoughts and 18 felt powerful surges of emotion such as commoners could never feel. He gazed at the touchable Nature about him and envisioned many beauties of the Can't Touch nature within man. He held even the Storyteller spell- bound with some of these beauties and graciously accepted w'hat few skins and food were proffered him. He didn't blame the world as it didn't know any better, but sometimes couldn't help musing at how unfair it was that the glimpses of beauty he offered were so poorly received. He deserved more skins and food than he received, but of course being Luster, these things were mere creature comforts to him and not the be-all and end-all of existence as to hunters. Femma drooped about and grieved over her never first-born, until she found that her new mate, although only a mere hunter, sometimes had things to say that were good to hear. Together they went to hear the Storyteller and the man who made sweet sounds, and together they looked at all the many wall scratchings. She felt a pang at first when her new mate would speak on a subject already covered by Luster, but was surprised to learn that even ahuntercan sometimes have big thoughts. As more and more big thoughts were told her by her new mate and as she experienced strong feeling with him that she thought commoners could not have, she was upset--for if mere hunters could think big thoughts and experience strong feelings, then where did that leave Luster? Hernew mate explained it to her in language she could understand. He scratches glimpses of beauty on our walls for us and for all our grandchildren's grandchildren. That is what he is to do in the world. l cannot scratch walls so I hunt and look at his work and give him of my extra skins and food to scratch pictures for us on our walls. But he cannot be fat with health unless enough of us have him do wall scratchings for us, she protested. That is up to him, shrugged her new mate. It is as much up to him as how l manage my bow to bring home dead animals for us to eat. Femma pulled reflectively at her hair. How could she put this into words? But everyone understands food. Not enough people understand wall scratchings. Well then, let him do some things they want for their walls, he suggested reasonably. I But he says then it isn't beautiful. He sees beauty which all can- not comprehend, she insisted. Then let him do those for himself and for our grandchildren to ap- preciate. lf he doesn't care as much for the creature comforts, why ask 1'9 E r V r I l i I F r i , i V l P a E LL pay for those special pictures? llBut--,, Doesn't he say that food and skins are but temporary pleasures and that the visions he sees are beyond our ken and of re al pleasure only to him and our grandchildren's grandchildren? Yes, but-- Well then, let him scratch them for himself and for our grandchildren. No one stops him. But he must eat! Let him eat. Enough of us will trade with him if that's what you're Jorried about. But one interferes with the other. Woman, how you fuss about details. That is his job, is it not. Yes, but look how well Chut's successor does with his cheap and vulgar work while poor Luster who does such beautiful work-- Enough. His problem is no more to him than mine to me. He has more talent than we. That is his blessing and also his curse. Could we wish him all blessings, more than we have, and then go get his game for him too? The fire had burned low by then and the hunter and his mate slept well afterwards. Meanwhile Luster looked at his wall scratchings which represented so many years of his life, so many burning inspirations with correspond- ingly difficult technical problems, and he was bewildered that with all that beauty he hadn't been rewarded more completely. The grandchildren's grandchildren who would better appreciate them were not yet born and thus could not give him food and skins. But the thought of their praise and of how the Storytellers would describe his struggles for an ungrateful world comforted him. 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It was the regu- lar Friday night session which had started almost a year ago among Tommy Eavers, Pete Nunley, Hill Johnson, and Teddy Rayan. Tommy had been losing and, with the other three kidding him, had sunk deeper and deeper into a nasty mood. It wasn't that they always kidded the loser, but Tommy had been the winner for weeks on end and had made' wise remarks about superior playing every time they had gotten together. Now with the situation reversed, they were getting back at him in a good-natured way. We'll play a little draw, Pete said as he dealt. Jacks or better to open. Tommy picked up his cards with great care as they were dealt, mak- ing sure he didn't see any of them before he had all five. He felt that if he saw any of them singly, it would bring him bad luck. He turned them over and slowly slid them apart, squinting his eyes and holding his breath as if to make his wish come true. As they came into view, he saw three, four, five, and six of spades. His heart beat faster. Then the two of clubs showed and rage took the place of hope. Ah hell! The damn cards are against me! I can't draw a lousy thing! He threw his cards on the table with such force that they skid- ded off and fell to the floor. 21 y V , W ,. W wWW--.-W-,--------.- l P k l Bill dealt the next hand and called the same game. Tommy took his cards in the same careful way. He peeked at them and was elated to see a pair of queens. I wonder what these guys have, Tommy thoughtg I can't afford to lose another one. He opened the pot for three, kept the queens, and drew three cards. He felt he' had to win this one. The evening was almost over and he was out money. The thought saddened as well as enraged him. He thought over what he could have done with the money if he hadn't lo st. The amount grew in his mind until it seemed he had lost thousands. Hell, I'm going to make sure this time, he thought. He peeked at the three cards he had drawn. His spirits soared as he saw another queen and apair of six's. l'll fix these guys now, he thought. Aloud he said, l'll get us some beer, fellas. Tommy rose and went into the dark kitchen. He rattled glasses and bottles, making as much noise as possible to make sure they heard him. Then he hurriedly set down the things on the sinkboard and tip- toed to the crack between the door and wall. He looked at the exposed cards of his three friends. Pete, on the right, had three of a kind. Bill was in the middle and held a pair of aces. Rayan was too far left of the crack for Tommy to see his hand clearly, but it looked like two pair. -He squinted, trying to see that last card. ' Hey, Tommy! Come on with that beer! Bill yelled and looked toward the kitchen. Tommy started back in surprise. Had Bill seen him? He felt tense and shaky. As he tiptoed back to the sink, his elbow knocked an empty pan off the stove. It hit the floor with a crash. What the hell are you doing in there? Pete asked, and Tommy heard his chair scrape as he got up. Tommy answered in a quivering voice, I can't find the opener. Pete came in and switched on the light. This might help. You've been here enough times to know where the light is. He opened the drawer and took out the opener. Look out. I can have this done before you could get the cap off of one of them. Tommy retreated to the other room, avoiding Pete's eyes. He could feel them knifing into his back. He was sure they knew what he had been up to, and he was afraid to face the others. He walked stiff-legged and it seemed to him he was making himself obvious. Bill and Rayan looked up as he walked into the roomy their eyes seemed to accuse him. He wondered what he would say if Bill should ask him why he had peek- ed through the crack. It was so real in his mind that he found himself 2 answering half aloud, Peeking, I didn't ... What the hell are you mumbling about? Rayan asked, looking at Tommy in surprise. Say, Tommy, are you sick? You're whiter than a spook? A Tommy felt this was his break, at least a way out. Yeah, Hayan, I got hit kind of sudden out in the kitchen. Must be that damn flu. Lemme sit down for a minute, I'll be okay. He pretended faintness as he walked shakily to his seat. Think we ought to break up the game, Tommy? Bill asked. No, fellas. No. l'll be okay in a minute. I just haven't gotten over the effects of flu. There's no need to break up the game. Pete came with the beer. Why the hell didn't you say something in the kitchen? he said. I didn't mean to yell at you out there. I thought you were taking your time and we were waiting to play. A glow of self-importance grew in Tommy. A feeling of brotherly love choked him. Sit down and play, fellas. l'm okay. Honest. Hell, a little flu isn't going to break up our poker game, is it? He said it in a brag- ging voice to show- he didn't care a bit for his own feelings so long as the rest of them were happy. They were all seated now and picked up their cards still giving him concerned looks. Tommy picked up his cards with an intense feeling of happiness. I'm glad that's over, he thoughtg I'd hate to have them catch me cheating. He shuffled his cards, his hands still shaking. He fanned them out and thrilled anew. at the sight of the three queens and two six's, just as if he hadn't known they were there. He was a little an- noyed because he didn't know what Rayan had, but he felt he had to take some chances. He knew he had the other two beat. O . V 'll ff? O T , W - , 23 You opened, Tommy. What do you say? Tommy looked doubtful. Guess l'll check it. Pete with three of a kind, bet three. Bill saw it. Hayan stayed. Then Tommy put in his three and raised five. They all looked at him in sur- prise. Hmm, a little sandbagging, huh? Pete said. l'll raise you five. Tommy smiled. Well, l'm not backing down. l'll raise you five. Bill dropped out, saying, Looks like you have too much for me. Rayan called. Tommy knew he had Pete topped but was afraid to raise again. They might suspect he was too sure of himself and wonder why. He called, too. Pete laid down his three of a kind and smiled. Three little kings. Beat that if you can. Hayan threw down his two pair in disgust. Tommy knew this was his big moment. He held his cards until they were all looking at him. Then, with a triumphant grin, he spread out his full house. You guys really had me worried for awhile. When Pete raised me for five, I damn near dropped out. Tommy reached forward and scraped in the chips. -Hichard L arrick. .yi ab T, Wil l ,. lx ' 1 3 - . yi: - 'mln un! ily.-5 . I may ,.IVI,.I,p! w', rl tgp? i. HZMMKMH J 1-' A 1, V, 354417. , .4 YD T i ' lil '- ei ik me T if r i l 'fit n lalllnllihl? Mi, 'V 'Ii Am' 1 I-Ti f if it if T f .. . .and this dame A goes to State, see, 24 ULU PA HS HETUH Tonight Old Pang will return to walk the halls for a last time. That is what Wong, the fortune teller told Pang Shee. Tonight as I sit in my room, I am truly alone. A couple of stools under a card table, an alarm clock and an electric heater, a pot of black coffee and halfa pack of cigarettes, a handful of pawn tickets, two dollar bills, a quarter, two pennies, and a dime, and I, with my only good suit of clothes on, sitting on an unmade bed. That is all of me, everythingl possess. No one has occupied the front room next to mine since Old Pang had a heart attack last month and had to be taken to a hospital. No one is at home in either of the two rooms in back of mine. No one is at home in the whole row of rooms across the hall. ln fact, there is no one in the building tonight but myself. 25 The building had once been a hotel, just one of the many shady es- tablishments in the red light district below Kearney Street. But then the place became respectable when Old Pang leased over the hotel. The old man put in new pipes, gave the building a new coat of paint, cleaned out the wash basin in each room, and hung a private family sign on the street door. For some fifteen or sixteen years now the place has been a respectable residence. 'Old Pang had converted adjoining rooms into suites for his family tenants, but there happened to be two odd rooms left over on the third floor. I occupy one of them, and a fellow named Joe occupies the other one directly across the hall. Joe and I are the only single men living on the third floor. About eight or nine o'clock on other evenings, kids in the building would be playing in the hallway. Now and then I would hear some little girls singing as they jumped rope, a pair of skates rolling by my door, some little boys' mimicry as a little girl went crying home to her mother, a couple of kids roughhousing down the hall. In between the children's play I would hear a pair of leather slippers clattering up and down the hall. That would be Old Pang going to and from the kitchen doing his janitorial chores. He used to sweep the two floors of the building, burn the garbage, clean the public kitchens, and check the toilets each night before he went to bed. The children used to show great enthusiasm in greeting the fat little man in faded blue overalls. Hello, Old Uncle Pang, the familiar little voices would shriek, and Old Pang would sometimes reward the children with boxes of candy, candy which he had received from his own children and grandchildren who didn't know what else to give an old man for his birthday or for Christmas. Tonight Old Pang will return to walk the halls for a last time, but tonight no children will greet shim in the hall, no adult voices will call the children home at bedtime, no one but myself will even dare stay in the building. Everyone has gone out for the night to avoid meeting Old Pang on the old man's return. I too would have stayed out until after midnight, if my friends hadn't mochkingly asked me earlier in the evening if I should care to spend the night with them. I pretended to be nonchalant when I asked them, What for? and I lied when I added, I'm not afraid because I don't believe. I would have gone to a late movie tonight, but then the 32.37 is to last me until Friday. lt's too cold to bum the streets at this time of night, so I really have no alternative other than to come home and anticipate with awe the return of the dead. Pang Shee, Old Pang's second daughter, had immediately consulted 26 j Wong the fortune teller about proper death rites, Cas in the old country? after her father died in the hospital. I can almost hear Wong explaining the time chart in the Chinese almanac to the illiterate Pang Shee: .... You said your father was born at nine o'clock in the morning. That is under the sign of thetiger. And you said your father passed away at three o'clock in the afternoon. That is under the sign of the ox. Now let me see .... The tiger and the ox meet at the time of the dog, and that is between eight and ten in the evening. You may expect your father's spirit to come home for his last hearty meal and worldly possessions sometime between eight and ten in the evening, ten days after his death. Pang Shee knew well her duties as daughter in matters of death rites. She had come to her father's home early this morning. She had prepared a three course meal and left it out on the table for 'her father's return on this night. She set out on the table everything she thought her father would want--the old man's best suit of clothes, a new white dress shirt, a blue tie, Old Pang's black umbrella, his brown hat, a pair of white socks, and a pair of black shoes. Then Pang Shee burned the incense in a pail of sand and left. She was certain that her father's spirit would come home tonightg she was even more certain that her father's spirit would leave satisfied. 1 It is nine o'clock now, and still I have not heard' any sound of Old Pang's return. They said that if I stayed home, I might be able to hear the noises Old Pang makes, the rattling of dishes and the clanging of pots and pans. And I believe that Old Pang would make such noises too, - .N - . ....1....w,. - A lt- , g f if-VN ' , . K KJ 4 ' 4 if ,QS 'T ipl ' o ' - f,,-- I CQ' XX .5 W , t t aaa,-,gf X j l 5' tr' 1 ' V XEXN- y ' yf V3-V Tj Wi x , . ,.,,,,,,.,,, My kg M MMR ' A l Z 27 for the old man was so particular that he never allowed any one to do his chores for him. Right now I hear none of Old Pang's noises. All I hear is the confounded ticking of the alarm clock and the dripping of the faulty faucet in my room. These noises never bothered me before, but now they have made me afraid to turn around to fix them for fear I might see 'the someone or something that I imagine behind me. Damn it! If only I hadn't put my radio in hock last month, I could turn on some music at full blast and cover up the noises I should be hearing any minute now. Better go slow on the cigarettesgl can't get any more until tomorrow. No, no more black coffee either. No more cigarettes and no more black cof- fee until tomorrow, and tomorrow seems so far away. Funny, how time can play tricks on you like this. Tomorrow is just a couple of hours and a few winks away, and yet the couple of hours seem stretched and the few winks refuse to come. Funnier still, how I can lie to the others and kid myself about not believing in Old Pang's return. Heaven knows I don't want to believe, and yet some part of me inside wants to be on the safe side and asks, What if he should return? If Old Pang should return tonight and know that I am at home, he would surely call on me first, for I am still his debtor. I still owe him back rent for a couple of months. He didn't have a chance to get after me for it before he entered the hospital. If he should drop in to ask me for the rent now, I would be sunk. Not only would I not be able to pay him, but I would be so scared I wouldn't know what to do or what to say. If it wasn't for the rent, I would welcome Old Pang's call. What has a fellow whois down on his luck got to lose? Why, Qld Pang might even change my luck for me. He might bring me a few extra spots in the next drawing of the lottery, or he might show me where he had hidden some of his money before he died. Now I hear a sudden gust of wind rattle my door, but I had heard no footsteps. I guess the dead do not walk, they just float from place to place. I keep telling myself that it isn't .... it can't be Old Pang. My every hair seems to curl up and I find my heart thumping away so loudly that I can count its every irregular beat. Then the wind beats upon Old Pang's door, and I hear a soft thump on the floor outside. I feel a chill begin in my insides, run up my spine, and end in a cold shiver about the shoulders. I am half undressed already, so I jump into my bed and pull the covers over my head. I lie thus covered for five, ten, fifteen minutes. Then I hear the street door open and close. Footsteps, soft and gentle footsteps at a brisk pace, sound up the stairs. They are ,Ioe's footsteps. Joe, who lives 28 across the hall, is coming home from work. ,Ioe stops at Old Pang's door, fixes something, then moves down the hall to his room. Joe is a Christiang he is not afraid, and he doesn't believe about Old Pang's return tonight. I hear Joe fit his key into his key hole and the clicking sounds of the unsnappinglock accompanied by the turning of a door knob. ,Ioe? I ask, as I pull the covers down to my chin. Yeah, what is it? comes the voice through my transom. Oh, nothing. I look at my alarm clock which says nine-fifty. I was wondering if you have the correct time. Yeah, it's .... five minutes to ten. Thanks, Joe, did I hear you stop by Old Pang's door? Yeah, his wreath fell to the floor, so I picked it up and pinned it back on again. Thanks, Good-night. I hear Joe say Good-night, and his door close. I pull the covers over my head again for another ten minutes and the rest of the night. I am leaving my light on until tomorrow morning. ' -James Lee. 'I , Q25 il- HE CLQIIVXS Hts xsoumiv sito muussil wyarri 29 'l ...J . v 1.x- .Mgt V - . 'ggi 'gg -1 1 k - 'cf '7I'0L.Q G' - -ff -E .Cai--'fl,T e 1 .935 :-ilziifg-C n T1 ,'4 x A,-.l5'f!' l '. IH, --..Etm? ,- has is , ,: .z' ' -.. -' - ' . X P40 x -1,-nf,'13-W 1 .-fr'-, v Q. -.lg ,A y- vt.-1. '- -1 'Z ' - 1'-LP-'Y 'A' NK -.3 I EIL W ' in S' lJ'l'1. 15 P511 :'. nl . -I ? RIENDLY MAN To those who barely know him, Dr. Hugh C. Baker is the man who makes faces and looks like a pussycat, the slight man with the bouncy, energetic walk, the man who puts shy people at ease. Officially, he is Assistant Professor of English and Language Arts, and Advisor to Over- seas Students. He has taught at State since 1936. To those who know him better, he is the friendly man who is inter- ested in everybody and everything and lives in a state of sustained agitation. He grew up in Middletown, Lake County, California. His father was a Protestant minister whose flock often visited the friendly Baker house- hold. lt was natural that young Hugh should like people and want to spend his life helping them. While he was a boy, his ambition -was to be a doctor in China. He wanted to travel. Later, in a freshman botany class at Stanford, he changed his mind. He discovered that he liked to collect plants and study them, but he could not bear to cut them up and look at them under the microscope. As his dislike for botany grew, so did his fascination with English literature, and he soon changed his major. Three summers ago his office happened to be next door to the di- rector of summer sessions at State. Two students from Iraq arrived to enroll at the college. They had so much difficulty in making themselves understood that Dr. Baker was called in to assist. He put them in his evening class in Fnglish. i 31 t F I I L i L Shortly, two Chinese girls joined his group and also a Spanish stu- dent. The number of foreign students grew. Finally, because I was advising all these people anyway, said Dr. Baker, I became the official advisor to all foreign students. Today we have about l50. The students say of him, He is always patient and kind. He is more interested in our problems sometimes than we are! Dr. Baker delights in arranging special programs for his proteges, in the Activities Room. He schedules meetings with their deans and faculty members. He invites them to his home and prepares their national dishes or lets them concoct their own favorites. His interests are unlimited in variety. Sharing his affections are three temperamental, and highly individualistic Siamese cats. One of these created a family crisis by almost dying of pneumonia. Dr. Baker's hobbies include music, drama, art, walking, and col- lecting bones and plants. His one idiosyncrasy is his adamant refusal to have a telephone in his home. His deep love for m'usic began when his high school owned a clarinet but there was no one to play it. Hugh Baker voIunteered'to try and liked it so well that he played in the school orchestra until he graduated. I was never very good at it, he admits, and I always played second clarinet except at school concerts. The first clarinet player was a Seventh Day Adventist and could never go on a Friday night. It was hard for me to substitute but even harder on the audience. Sometimes Hugh Baker took part in the high school plays. First He would perform with the orchestra. Next he would dash backstage to be ready for his cue. At the intermission he would 'race to his place in the orchestra again. He kept in training for all this by going out for track and baseball. Besides the clarinet, he learned to play the piano and a reed organ that his aunt owned in 1880 and which is now his. His record collection ranges from Gregorian chants to the works of modern composers. Dr. and Mrs.'Baker, who is the former State College librarian-Ruth Richards, often stroll in the arboretum in Golden Gate Park. Dr. Baker has always enjoyed walking as a sport. He remembers a daywhen he and his sister ran a race with the fog rising from the Golden Gate to the top of Grizzly Peak. He remembers another day when they took the dog walking right after they had given him a bath, and the dog thanked them by rolling in a dead snake. He remembers exploring the Berkeley hills on foot.. To those who know him well Dr. Baker is an authority on California 3 2 I history during the gold rush days. Some of this interest dates back to his childhood when he lived in the mining town of Soulsbyville. He did not really dig into the early history of the state until he was studying for his doctorate at Stanford. Then he searched in libraries, made nu- merous treks into the mining country around Weaverville, became friends with pioneer families, and found records not previously known to exist. His background manifests itself in a colorful course at State called The California Scene, in which students and faculty members tour the state. Last summer Dr. Baker chartered a bus and conducted a stu- dent tour through the Mother Lode country. As they traveled, he moved constantly through the bus, gesticulating, calling out names, stumbling, explaining points of interest to make sure that no one missed anything. Recently he led a tour of the missions as far as Carmel. Not long ago, on a very rainy day in San Francisco, he and Dr. Elias T. Arnesen huddled along under umbrellas, leading students through Chinatown to visit old houses that were built in the 'fifties, the remnants of the Bar- bary Coast and Vigilante days. Dr. Baker's home, near Fifteenth and Mission streets, is white, simple, pure-lined, a reflection of 1850 architecture. His may be the oldest house in the city for there is evidence that it existed in 1852, although there is no record of who owned it then. Coupled with his interest in historic background is this friendly man's civic-mindedness. He is president of the San Francisco chapter of the California State Teachers' Association. In this capacity he often goes to Sacramento to lecture on such important issues as tenure, salary schedules, public health. The welfare of his students, too, is always of deep concern to him. - This is a man of tireless energy. He was a boy who dreamed of travel- ing all over the world. He was an adolescent who wanted to be a surgeon but discovered he hated to cut things up. He has become a man who inspires and nurtures growth. And, from all over the world they come to him, the students he counsels and befriends. -Norma Swain. NORTH OR SOUTH? fExcerpt from a letter protesting -the limiting ofvoting to members of the Associated Students.j ...the charging of eight dollars constitutes a pole-tax. They got a tax on those too? 33 i 4 i l I ,l i J 1 I U ma Jeffers speaks to me And I am hot and dry as the river bed Over which a cool, glassy stream once passed And where now rocks and pebbles, Dried and irregular, Lie prey to the rays of Ra. Twigs, snakes, and an occasional blade of grass Lie in the bed, Begging for moisture to return. Tamar reaches out to me And cool beads of sweat run down my brow I am like an alcholic on a Sunday morning, Or a lover whose love has repelled him. - The ocean pounds against my heart, For a fleeting moment I am that cypress Free, and unconcerned, Left only to the caressing hand of nature. I am the stone cutter fighting with marble. MAN AT Tok HOUSE I ride with the Roan Stallion, Fly with the Hawks, ' Sleep with the Shepherdess, And hover over the evening world. The violence of nature, lncestuous man, Turbulence of life, About all this you write, Only to be jeered and condemned By critics of a critical age. These shells of men, Stone figures created by a confused society, Pierce your creativeness As if in a knowing way, Yet know not their own world, Only their own shallow, egotistic, lifeless selves Give me your feeling for life and love Your depth of emotion And your understanding of the turbulence of life. Let me again fly with the Hawks, Ride with the Roan Stallion, Crawl with the Snakes, Sleep with the Shepherdess, And hover over the evening world. -William F. McGowan. V s L I V I v L x E Q I THE KNIFE AND THE TCAD Ben had made up his mind to do it tonight. He had felt the urge many times but something always held him back. A feeling of sorrow or, per- haps, the feeling that he might be repaid had come over him. Ben had located the toad just before dark and he thought about it all through dinner. It made him lose his appetite, partly from disgust, partly from excitement. What a thrill of power it would give him to carry out his plan! As he tried to eat something so his parents would not question him, he connected his coming adventure to the book he had just finished. He thought of how Tex had stalked the villain in the dead of night, unafraid of the dangers that lay ahead. Well, that toad had been bothering him for a long time now, and at last he was going to get even with him. He remembered the many times that the old toad had jumped into the fish- pond as he walked by, scaring the breath out of him. 37 l r V V l L . -L He finished his dinner and excused himself, saying he was going to his basement room to read. As he went out of the kitchen, he felt that something remarkable was about to happen, and the feeling of having -escaped without his parents noticing gave him an added thrill. Ben slipped down the stairs as noiselessly as an Indian scout, into his room, and to his secret hiding place. Once there he made sure no one spied on him. Then he donned his outfit. He placed the large cow- boy hat at a cocky angle, pulled on his boots, and buckled on his six- gun and hunting knife. Hiding the entrance to the cache, Ben turned out the light, and retired to a chair behind the door where he could be on watch for any enemies who might approach. Bolling a cigarette of tissue paper and coffee filched from the pantry, he planned his attack against the enemy. He knew he would have to do the deed with the hunting knife. The very thought gave him a sick and writhing feeling in the pit of his stom- ach, but he shook it off. When you are out for revenge, you have to be cold-blooded, he told himself. Ben reached for a flashlight, but that did not fit in with the adventure, and he replaced it. He had never heard of a cowboy using a flashlight to find his way in the dark. And besides the enemy might see it and make an escape. He rose from his chair, carefully hid the remains of his cigarette in an old bucket, and loosened his knife in its sheath. Down he went on all fours. He must not be seen. He crept to the backyard door. It opened with a squeak that seemed very loud to him. He crawled onto the fog- dampened lawn.He drew his knife from its sheath. If he should encounter the enemy, he would be ready. Ben knew the old toad had a nest by the left bank of the pond. As he crawled along, his hand brushed over a snail and he recoiled. Then he felt ashamed. He picked it up carefully and tossed it into a bush, wondering why he had not killed it. If he had, he could have returned to the safety and warmth of his room. But, nog he had vowed he would kill the old toad. As he crept along with his knife ready to strike, he felt suddenly baffled. The darkness and the fog were like a blindfold over his eyes. He couldn't make out if the toad was there or not. Ben felt he would have to risk a match. He struck it with his thumbnail, as he had seen his father do, and raised the knife to .stab the old toad. As the flash of light came, he looked down and started. The old toad sat there looking up at him with great, unblinking and 38 . .,.,...,....,.......-..-..- YY., staring eyes. The toad was unafraid. It seemed to Ben as if it were ready to jump at his throat. The match went out, and Ben in a fit of fright, sure the great beast was leaping at him, turned and scurried away, dropping his knife on the wet grass. Halfway back to his room, he noticed his heart thumping wildly. He was sure it kept repeating, Coward, coward, coward! Ben stopped abruptly. He wasn't a coward, and he would prove it. He turned and crawled toward the pond again. Coming close he searched the lawn for his knife. He searched for it as though it were the only friend he had. His hand closed over its bone handle and he grabbed it ferociously. Now, to settle this thing and get back into the house, he thought. .. .gv-N ' if . iq ' j f 4 N -is 361i i 51 ,ti .. a 5sxE: He crawled closer and prepared another match. Raising his knife, he struck the match, and the 'instant he saw the old toad, he struck. As the knife descended, he closed his eyes and turned his head, waiting for the feel of the knife entering the flesh and the squirm of a living organism as it was tortured by the cold steel blade through its body. The blow fell true, but as the knife touched the broad back of the toad, he felt it stop as though it had hit a soft but unyielding pillow. Ben jerked back in terror. Surely the toad would leap now. Perhaps, at this very instant, it was flying through the air toward his face. Almost crying for help, he ripped the air with his knife to fight it off. But nothing happened. All was silent and still. Ben was perspiring now. His stom- ach was tied in knots, and a feeling of terror came over him such as he had never felt before. Was he mistaken? Was the old toad lying there with his blood and guts oozing out? Ben had to know. He lit another match. 39 There sat the old toad, his position unchanged, his eyes still look- ing at him with a maddening, unblinking stare. The old toad enraged Ben. He felt like grabbing him and hurling him to the back of the yard. The match went out. This old bastard isn't going to get the best of me, Ben thought. The cussword gave him courage. He raised his knife again and lit another match. Again he struck at the toad and again he turned his head and closed his eyes. For the second time he felt the sickening shock of striking a living thing yet not penetrating flesh. This time it felt even more solid than the previous time. Ben fell back and sat still on the wet lawn. The feeling of a great adventure had left him. A sob surged up from his chest, but he stifled it. Tears came to his eyes but did not run down his face. Ben sheathed his knife, went forward on his knees close to the toad's position. He wasn't afraid of it now. Ben knew he had not killed the toad that time either. He felt repentant now, even to the point of asking the toad's forgiveness. Please Mr. Toad, Ben said in a low voice, don't be mad at me. I didn't really want to kill you. It was just that . . .well . . .it's . . . Ben realized he wasn't really asking the old toad's forgiveness but his own, his father's and mother's, that of all the people he knew, and God's. -Richard Larric k. 43: s JUST CALL ME SPEEDY News item from the Corning Observer: The honeymoon was over when, after one week of marriage, Mrs. Anthony Hubbard packed up her four children and filed suit for divorce. She complained that her husband slapped her... fitem from top of front page.l . fltem from bottom of same page.j I will not be responsible for debts incurred by my wife. Anthony Hubbard. 40 L..e,,,,,,- ,Wa AND THE FLY Z c It happened because of me. I was the cause of it all, and I had only wanted to set it free. There are two kinds of flies. There are the little ones that gather in center of the room and fly round and round. They are very happy there. At night they fly to the ceiling to sleep and in the morning they are back in the middle and chasing each other around. I hate these little flies. I kill them whenever they get into my house. I have a fly swatter which I bought expressly for this purpose. And as soon as I see that one of these flies is in my house, I get the fly swatter and go after him. And I do not quit until the fly lies deadg then I sweep him up and put him into the garbage can. 41 - to - 'A f I - , . Jflifhffp t fill, y N I Q 1:52.95 v - s ' . r g Q l as nw ' 3. Q21 'l'here is another kind of fly and it is of this second kind of fly that I am writing. Some people call him a horse fly and some, a blow fly, I just call him Fly, with a capital F. He is big and black and his stomach shines a very beautiful blue and green when the light hits it. I always know when a Fly is in the house by the buzzing noise he makes when he flies, and by the sound of his wings against the windows. I Yesterday I was in the kitchen ironing. When I am ironing Ithink very hard--not about ironing, that doesn't take any thought at all--but about placesI'd like to go and people I know, anything but about ironing. Well, as I was ironing, I heard this sound like a small airplane in the house and I knew there was a Fly in the room. I turned off the iron and stood it up on its hind end. The Fly had stopped buzzing, but I knew he was still there. i Flies are intuitive, and they hid when they see me coming after them. This doesn't bother me, though, because I can always rout them out. I shut the door into the dining room and opened the back door wide. Off the kitchen is an enclosed back porch and I opened that door, too. When I was through I heard the Fly buzzing around again. I never kill big Flies. They are so anxious to get away, and I feel so sorry for them being caught in the house that I try very hard to show them the open door. Besides that, I am afraid to kill big Flies. I'm afraid that they might come buzzing at me if I get too close to them. The only trouble with these Flies is that they are dumb,and keep banging against the windows when the door is only a foot away. This Fly was very much afraid of me. If he hadn't been afraid of me, nothing would have happened to him. But he thought I was trying to kill him and he was afraid of me. I suppose he had been in other houses at other times, and the women there had tried to kill him. All I was trying to do was show him the way out because I do not kill big Flies. If he had been one of those pesky little flies that fly around in the middle of the room, I would have gotten out the fly swatter and killed him. . I didn't have anything in my hands. I just kept trying to wave him 42 towards the kitchen door. After a while of knocking himself against the walls, he fell through the door into the back porch. But, instead of going straight to the outdoors, he swerved over and hit the windows. The win- dows were very dirty and I wondered why the Fly couldn't tell they were there. I think that by this time he was terrified. I think he was overcome by panic. I suppose I must look horrible to a Flyg not at all as though I were trying to free him. I have no way of knowing, but I think the Fly must have been watching me fearfully the whole time he was pounding against the windows. I stood still waiting for him to find the open door. I think I was wav- ing my arms, too, hoping that this would help push him towards the door. Perhaps that's why I frightened him so. But I didn't know what else to do. Flies are so dumb! - The Fly was buzzing against tl1e window, and I was shooing him, when a third party entered the scene. I saw him first out of the corner of my eye. He came crawling down from out of his web, and he came very swiftly and silently. So swiftly had he come that I was hardly aware of his presence before I saw his long legs fthere were six of theml close over the body of the Fly. The spider's legs were very skinny, and I waited for the Fly to break away from them. He was such a powerful Fly, and the spider was no bigger than adime.The Fly waved his legs wildly. But nothing happened. He could not struggle free. The Fly must have been worn out from run- ning away from me. He just let the spider kill him. It was really a shame. Now that he is dead I think he was kind of a nice Fly. This morning little bits of gauzy wings and black shell clung to the spider's web, allthatwas left of that big Fly. The spider was still there, though, looking very fat and healthy and waiting for more' Flies. Igot my husband to kill him. -.Ioan Burkhardt. XQNV ' ' 41 KINSEY REPORT Overheard in the Coop: Pm flunking that course in Ethics. Golly, it makes me feel like Idon't have any morals. l 43 x 4 V E I E i r f P l 4 .M K-I' f-if .4-V-fn A-A ' -vfKNliWv-' 7 AFTERNOON A' Y f The man in the faded overalls looked at the supply list once more to make sure that there was a neat pencil check by each item. He grunted when he came to the end of the list which he folded carefully and stuck into his pocket. He walked around the wagon, which was stacked with supplies, and looked into the provender the horse was tossing. The bag was empty so he removed it and placed it under the wagon seat. He squinted at the sun as if to ascertain the time, although a faded ring circling a bulge in the pocket of his overalls indicated that he carried a watch. A boy of about ten was standing on the board walk playing with a large thin bird which he held under one arm. The boy stopped his play to watch the man remove the provender. When the man squinted at the sun, the boy said, You goin' across the street, papa? Yes, Hans, it gives time enough. Not Hans, papa. You should call me John. The teacher said that Hans in English is John. Quatch. No, papa, it is not nonsense. You must speak English. Come, We go see Mr. Stanford. The man walked across the dusty street and entered a saloon, 4-5 A 1 1 1 1 l l l 1 1 4 i i l the boy followed him stroking the bird which was resting quietly under his arm. They both hesitated a moment after entering, then the man walked over to the near end of the bar while the boy went to the far op- posite corner where a large raccoon was chained to the wall. The men at the bar looked up when the man and the boy entered but gave no sign of recognition. Only the bartender nodded and said, Hello, Carl. Carl smiled and said, Hello, Mr. Stanford, I stop by you for beer. The bartender continued talking to the men at the bar while he drew the beer which he took to Carl. Beer, right? Yes, beer, said Carl, laughing and glancing quickly from the bar- tender to the men who continued to ignore him. Carl drew a long leather purse from his pocket, carefully unsnapped it, and began to search the bottom for change. Better be careful, there, Carl, the moths might get out. Moths'? Yeah, moths. What's moths. Nothin', nothin', forget it. Carl looked at the bartender for a moment, then smiled, and said, You make a joke, eh, Mr. Stanford? Yeah, I make a joke. ' Carl laughed and dropped the correct change into the bartenders hand. The bartender looked over at the boy and shouted, Better keep away from the 'coon, kid. When the boy turned around the bartender noticed the bird and said, Hey, what's the kid got there, Carl? Oh, that, that's a a what you said it was, Hans? Hell, that's a crane, said one of the men at the bar. Well, I'll be jiggered, the kid's got a crane. He ain't full growed yet, is he, asked another member of the group at the bar. No, he was just a baby when I found him, replied the boy, stroking the bird fondly. What the hell you bringin' a crane here for, the bartender asked Carl. It's the boy's, Carl replied. Say, I'll bet the square-head brought it to whip your 'coon, said the man who identified the bird. Ah, you're crazy, Charlie, that bird couldn't The sentence of 46 the man who was speaking was cut short by a jab from the elbow of Charlie who winked at the bartender and said, Christ man, I've seen those birds fight, they're dynamite. Ain't they Mike? Yeah, they can go some, all right, said the bartender. I heard they was real scrappers, said another warming up to the idea of some action. The bartender slapped Carl on the shoulder and said, Say, you're pretty smart ain't you, bringin' that crane in here ani actin' like you didn't have nothin' on your mind 'cept drinkin' some beer. Yeah, he's got a real fightin' bird there, said Charlie. You wou1dn't match your 'coon with that fierce bird, would you Mike? asked someone in the group. It'll take some studyin' all right boys, replied the bartender. Well, what doyou sayg 1et's match 'em up, said Charlie. I know my 'coon ain't got hardly no chance, but if you boys want to see a fight, I'm game. How about you, Carl? It's the boy's, said Carl, bewildered. ls that right, Hans? Is that your crane, asked the bartender? My name is J.ohn, said the boy drawing away from the men who starting to close around him. All right, all right - John. Is that your bird? Yes, said the boy putting both arms around the crane. Let's see that crane, said one of the men. What for, asked the boy? No fighting foolishness, please, Carl implored. We don't have no fighting, Mr. Stanford. lf your God damned bird can't fight, why the hell did you bring him around here? asked Charlie. Yeah, you ain't foolin' us none, said the bartender as he walked around the bar. He walked over to the boy and said, Come on, give us that crane. No, it's my bird, tell them, papa, it's mine. lt's the boy's, honest, it's the boy's. Aw, shut up, we're wise to you foreigners, said one of the men while looking at the bird eagerly. ' Yeah, Mike, Christ's sake, we're just tryin' to make a fair fight out of it. You saw the kid tryin' to sneak back there and sick his bird on your 'coon when nobody was lookin'. Give me that crane, kid, before I kick your ass, said Charlie, who then reached out and took the bird from the frightened boy. 'l didn't bring him here to fight, honest, mister, said the boy, who 47 1 l l 3 1 1 1 l 1 l l l 1 l l 1 1 1 X - was starting to cry. Quit your God damned blubbering,' we're wise to you and your old man. You're a couple of sneaks. We ought to run all you foreigners'out of the country. Aw, for Christ's sake, quit your jawin', Charlie, bring it over here. The raccoon was standing up now watching the men who were gather- ing around him. Look what we brought you, you ornery old bastard. Show him the bird, Charlie, said the bartender. Charlie held out the bird which was starting to struggle. Better put him down, Charlie, he's liable to take a hunk out of you. Yeah, put it down, said the bartender. Let's see what happens. Charlie set the crane on the floor near the raccoon and stepped back. The crane walked around slowly, cocking his head from side to side, apparently not paying any attention to the raccoon who was now crouch- ing in the corner. Christ's sake, they ain't goin' to fight. Come on, go get him, Pete. Sick him! shouted one of the men. Shut up, you're scaring' the bird, said Charlie. The crane stretched his wings as if to fly, then brought them to his sides again and continued walking about aimlessly. When the crane turned his back to the raccoon and started walking toward the men, there was a rattle of chain as the raccoon ran out of the corner and leaped for the bird. The crane jumped half around and darted his long slim beak down and back in one quick motion. There was a sharp, agonized yipe from the raccoon who ran back to the corner and sat whimpering with both front paws over his face. Well, l'll be damned. Did you, see that? Jabbed the eye right out of him. Why, that son-of-a-bitchin' bird. It ruined my 'coon, shouted the bartender. Look at him, said Charlie. He's cryin' like a baby. Guess your 'coon ain't goin' to be much good now, Mike. Neither is that God damned crane, said the bartender, turning and pushing his way through the men. I'm going to blow his skinny damned head off. When Carl saw the bartender bring the sawed-off shot gun from be- hind the bar, he grabbed the sobbing boy by the shoulder and said, Come quick, Hans, we go. Carl walked rapidly out of the saloon shoving the boy along in front of him. He half carried and half dragged the boy across the street and 48 L.....+-.s-s,.,,+,, , , , , , 5, ,,,, , W 7,,,,,,-7 shoved him up on the wagon seat. He scrambled onto the wagon and, just as he took the reins, he heard the report ,of the shotgun from inside the saloon. He looked toward the saloon which was silent now except for the rapid beating of the birds bony wings against the wooden floor. Carl slapped the reins sharply on the horse's back and, as the horse strained against the harness, he heard the men laughing. Someone said, For Christ's sake, he ain't dead yet. Carl urged the horse into a trot and looked back over his shoulder from time to time until they had traveled several miles, then he allowed the horse to slow to a wall. and sat shaking his head slowly as he rode along. He laid his hand cn the boy's head, and said, You was born here. He gave the reins a flip, squinted at the sun, and said, We be home before dark, John. -William A. Neale. Al ' -Bpen' em 'Q l. 1- , f N x 'Wm Y ll l XURYI v alum L.j-.,. ' xi 'L ,. S T K X , f' F x Q Q , :sl f fi ---kk fx Al . L 1' QQ' E' W I x bl ln Q R f m ai ' f ji-'rfeiltu y., ll f1.g'Ql'l1i s1iAn a t arg ' , . ,was 'ki.f: 4 ' L 1,623 vlncmml ,lfuue , - it tu ,I A Y, -e Wlll1u....l l Smoke' em E S 'I' - - .f'.p . 1 3 ,X-. , ww, . ,ff wif-, J:- Q xm ff' S .N-4. xnxx ,sv- AS I LAY ACRCSS THE LU, QAs we imagine BillFaulkner would write it, and Ernie Hemingway would correct it--Dan and Eve Langtonl I Today the big fat Northern newspaper and magazine and newsreel men came in their black sedans and brown station wagons and green complexions. They smelled of after-shaving lotion, even the women, and they smiled patronizingly at the boys and young boys and boys-al- most-men that ran along beside their slow-moving cars because they had no shoes on. In a little while their shoes would feel smaller and their socks would be wet and they would understand the boys who ran beside the cars but right now they snickered at them through their l-live-in- New-York faces. So they registered at the Jackson and sat on the veranda that they called a porch and the people of the town went by, some with awe and some with respect and some with hate and some with nothing in their eyes. The newspaper and magazine and newsreel men looked back and smiled tolerantly, although a tall man with a somber, intense face who worked for a magazine glared at them as though he hated them. They're here for the celebration. Ninety years ago the War Between the States had started, and living in Kittydam to this day is one of the men who fought in the warl George Redbow, who no one knows how old he is but some say one hundred and four. He never saw action, but they say he saw Lee. When Lee came through here near the end of the war. He may have, and he may not have. Anyway he is still alive and he is the only one for a long way around who was alive then so this afternoon someone is going to read a speech the old man wrote and they are going to have him sitting up there in his wheel-chair while it is done. 'il !l.., 1 E I I I I II Listen, Jim, he said, wiping the sweat from his red-glistening neck with a soppy handkerchief with snot slivers in it, we got to get that man out there. I dont care how hot it gets, we been building him up and we got to deliver because if we dont deliver a lot of people are going to be sore at 'us merchants and if there is one thing a merchant dont want it is people sore at him. You get too excited, Sam, ,lim said, you dont know how to relax. You should do like I do. You should drive down over the border and watch the bull fights. Those god-damn toros will take all the tension out of you. A man can learn a lot from a bull fight. I dont want to see no bull fights. I like it right here. And I certainly have no time today. I got to figure out how to hell I am going to get that sick old man out there. There is no problem. Doc says he can make it if it dont get much hotter and it wont. Relax. You dont know how to relax. Let it happen. They sat there under the big slow-moving fan and .Iim, who was thin, walked up and down nervously and Sam, who was fat and smoked cigars even on the hottest days, sat and smoked a cigar. Downstairs the street- dogs were nervous and uncertain and yapped at the strangers. III Everybody's excited, even if it is so hot. This morning I worked into .my sermon about the Civil War and about old Ptedbow and I noticed as how they paid more attention than usual. Some were asleep, but not as many as usually are on scorchers like this. I think they are going to ask me to say the prayer this afternoon just before young Sam reads the speech. I better get footing it up to the merchants meeting or-I wont be able to go out there in one of the official cars and I dont want to go out there in any old car. I hear Redbow is feeling poorly though, and maybe I better look in on him before I do this. We dont want the old man going to his reward on us. IV D oc .Iohn said Get out of the way there Cornelia and the dark girl went away from the old man who was slobbering down his chiri. Doc John, fwhose father was doctor here for thirty years before him and whose 5 2 I sister ran away to Patterson, New Jersey with a Northern fellow and they say, but who can trust them, went badl put his stethoscope next to the ancient man's old beat-up chest and said Hmmmmmmm. The sun came in the window clear and hit him fthe doc?-on his balding head and he could feel the heat and he was thinking if I have to sit out on that platform on a day like this I will get a headache I will never forget and who the hell wants a headache like that but still it will be nice to be up on the platform with the whole town looking at me and maybe my picture in a nation-wide magazine but all he said was Hmmmmmmm. He went out on the rotting porch and the worried men were waiting there and he said he has got a bad cold, no doubt about that and when they get that old they are no good for nothing. Blond Ron Dudley, who drove a truck said, he sure wouldn't be no good for a woman but since he was a truck-driver and they were all Big Men in Kittydam nobody even snickered. Doc paused for a minute so you wouldn't think he was answering Hon and he said, but he can go if we are careful. They all sighed although of course there were three other doctors in town and sooner or later they would have got one who said that. V omeone grabbed the wheel chair very quickly from behind and he turned to see if it was Cornelia but it wasnt. He tried to give the wheel- chair pusher a smile but his neck was tired of being all twisted back like that and it swang around to the front of its own accord and then fell down on his chest like a sun-flower at twilight. I saw General Lee, he said to the young man sitting inside him Iand it had been past forty years now since he had began believing that with all his heart.J He was the biggest noblest strongest wisest kindest man I ever see. He sat on a white horse and he had a white beard and he smiled at me, just a lad but he smiled at me anyway, and his teeth were as white as white. I still think we could have licked the yankees I yelled at him and he smiled and I knowd he heard me. We could have too. I He went out the door and the heat that was waiting just behind the door jumped on him and he could hear his heart and he couldn't remem- ber how long it was since'he remember hearing it. They put him in a car still in his wheelchair and drove over the bumpy road. General, general, I think we can do it. I really think we can. Here, let me have your pencil for a minute. Now if we hit the bastards here ..... S3 VI oung Sam stood next to Sam and said I wish to hell we could tell them that I wrote it. Who the hell is going to believe he wrote it himself. I dont get the credit for it and I think l should. I dont see as thats fair. Look, son, said Sam, you will. After these people leave you will. Word will get around town. Dont you worry. Youll get credit. But I want credit in the Northern magazine. Suppose l get to be fa- mous? This speech is damn good. Let it happen, son, just let it happen. It will work out. Youll get yours. A boy sweating came up and said Mr. Packum you better come quick. Doc .lohn told me to tell you the ship is sinking. VII I dont give a good dad-damn if he dies ten minutes after this-here thing is over, said Mayor Croynby who had been Mayor' for twenty-one years, but we got to go through with this or those magazines will get sarcastic like they do with Southern towns that try to do something and dont carry it off. Well, Doc .Iohn said, if that old man gets pneumonia like I think he's getting he wont last ten minutes. How the hell can a man get pneumonia in this heat? Doc .Iohn shrugged and said, I dont think he should be put up on the platform. He never should have been driven over those old cavitied roads. If he dies lm the goat. I wont do it. lf you do it youll go on your own hook. After all, he's a man and every man alive is important and if he dies a little bit of each of us dies. Sam came over from looking at the man in the car and he said There is no. longer any need of getting upset, gentlemen. He is dead. VIII hey argued and the Doc screamed at them but after all he needed his practice and eventually he agreed to it. IX ' They brought the wheelchair out and everbody clapped and the mayor came up to the front and the center of the platform and he said, taking 54 his hat off and wiping his head, Jesus Christ it is hot and the crowd laughed the way a crowd does, thinking it should kind of laugh. The mayor said well as you know George Redbow aint no chicken flaughl and he dont take to this heat so lm gonna actually let you get away with- out a speech Claughl So here is Sam Spencer Junior who will read old George's little speech. Most of them didnt look at Young Sam but at Old George Redbow sitting there with his head on his chest, the way they all iexcept of course for the Northern newspaper and magazine and newsreel men, who had never seen him beforel had seen him do. The speech droned on and on and old Sam whispered to him from a few feet back where he was sitting Youd better wind it up before he starts to stink and Young Sam lost his place and stopped with a weak thank-you and the tall, intense man from the magazine curled his lip and raised one eyebrow at the same time, which is not easy. They applauded and Young Sam bowed and smiled like he had gut- ache and turned and put his hands on the edge of the wheelchair by dead George's shoulders. But he was big and strong and hot and empty with nervousness and he pushed too hard and the chair slid smoothly but not too smoothly away and hit the board at the front of the platform and the old South tipped over and intruded into the dust. -Dan and Eve Langton. Fill , .LPN T ' 1 I, if Af' I A THE PARTY LINE fExcerpt from anti-anti oath pamphlet, The Able Petardj Any Dema- clfat who does not believe that the Communists will attempt to destroy t ese loyalty measures is just not recognizing obvious facts. Therefore, as one observer, it is impossible to see eye to eye with this or any s'Z'la2.3 0UP whwll refuses to bar Communists from its membership, an w ich refuses to make a stand on Communism, and on loyalty. The Democratic procedure presupposes this. AS a Republican, sir, I don't believe a damn word of it. 55 vxn1AY1'm Qe W O Q w 300 'ga 1' ' E 9 5 Y . Q . I e s r a r , if 11, 4 E N 'A I 1 5 H I I d ' 5 D D 7 B' ,V , ,V if pin, grv my IU 1 Uvllnui un 1 ' Y Iggqh ' , 5 The winter days of 1943 were cold with swirling, biting winds blow- ing down from Siberia in continuous gusts that made you rub your ears against an upturned collar and wriggle your gloved fingers deep into your coat pockets. There wasn't much heating available except for the pe- troleum stove which was used for cooking meals and that gave off only a little incidental heat. Fred Kroner, his wife, their eight-year old son, and the wife's parents lived together in a two-room housekeeping apartment. The house was a curiously constructed three-story structure built around an immense glass-roofed courtyard. lt had once been the residence of a wealthy Mandarin clan, and in idle moments some of the tenants mused as to what had becomes of them. Shortly before the war, the house had been subdivided into forty-odd housekeeping apartments and rented out at excessive rates to the foreign refugees who kept streaming into Shan h until total war disru t d - ' ' g ai p e all communication. 5.6 .,-rv-r-M ...., .w,,,.,,.., nun, The small apartment had heavy oaken doors and wood paneling on the walls that was four feet high. Facing the courtyard was a marble- covered balcony with a finely-wrought steel balustrade that could not be stepped out onto since one of the supporting beams had been knocked down by a typhoon. By day the old couple's room was used as a workshop. lt had a long, soft wood table around which sat four Chinese workmen in blue cotton gowns, as well as the adults of the family, making leather gloves for. ten hours every day. At night the table was cleared of tools and the old man, whose name was Casimir, slept on it. The only other piece of furniture in the room was a sleeping couch which the old man's wife used as a bed. ln the other room the younger couple had a double bed and their son slept in a crib which was too small for him. Breakfast and lunch were eaten hastily, furtively, for the Chinese workmen were already in the room and their hostile, calculating stares made the family uneasy. Then they all sat down to work and only at dinnertime were they by themselves. At night they sat around the large table without talking to each other and only infrequently one of them would give vent to his thoughts. The boy is growing up wild, the old man would say. Nobody except me cares about him. Then the boy's father would start shouting excitedly that he was working himself to death making a living for them all and that was the thanks he got for it, until his wife calmed him and they all went to Sleep. The old woman was a frail, tall, long-limbed creature whose blue veins stood out prominently on her work-roughened hands. She did most of the house work. She did not talk much, she had been born on a farm in Hungary in the early 'eighties, and when her husband married her, they had moved to Vienna. I introduced her to the world, he was fond of saying. 3efore she met me, she had known only animals. In summer she sat out in the courtyard knitting and drinking in the sun, but she was always pale. When she fell ill, it was not all of a sud- den. With her, it was a slow, decaying process. The other members of that cramped household were all taken up with their own problems. So the old woman was left alone to do her tasks, and when she felt tired of a sudden she would lie down on the couch and rest. She'd lie there while the little boy would be banging empty cans about the floor and the Chi- nese workmen went on stolidly with their sewing. When the old woman got to feeling very badly, now and then, her 57 husband would call in a doctor, not because l believe in all this fool- ishness, but just so nobody gets excited. The old woman appeared quite serene, and from her attitude it was hard to fathom whether she thought it was just some weakness or whether she didn't believe that she'd recover at all. ln February the days turned sunny occasionally, and when snow fell it immediately dissolved to slush in the streets. The old woman got up for only a few hours every day now, and some days she stayed in bed all the time. l'm not really sick, but I don't know...l just feel somehow weak, and anyway there is no reason for me to get up. ls there? When she walked around, she did so very slowly, stopping every few steps to rest a minute with one hand on a chair while the other clasped the front of a grimy, blue flannel dressing gown. She'd stand there for a number of seconds, maybe only twenty, even though it seemed much longer, and then there'd come a helpless sort of smile on her face that pulled her lower lip to one side and that made you feel as if she was asking forgiveness for being so weak. The doctor came every day now, and he smiled when you asked him how things were and said that everything would be all right. The old lady would look up at him as he bent over her, and when you asked later what she thought, she'd say: He's a very nice young man and he knows his business even though he smiles nice. Her condition got progressively worse and she'd stay in bed all day now, while neighbours would come in asking how she felt, and. she would smile that everything was going to be all right, while her thin hands rested completely limp on the bedsheet that covered the quilt. The night before she died, she was in a partial coma, and at intervals she spoke aloud, sometimes about her childhood and then again about the present. Take care of Casimir, she said. He is so helpless without me. ln the morning she was dead, and when they tried to explain to the little boy what had happened he said: Oh you mean she went away to visit some neighbours, and then dasheddown to play marbles in the courtyard because, at this time of year, the sun came out full and warm every morning. The Chinese workers, when they came in that morning, were given a day's pay and told not to come in for the rest of the week. Then the family made arrangements for the funeral, for the dead body, over which a sheet had been pulled, made them uncomfortable. They fumbled with 58 ' their food and directed down-cast glances at the couch, asking pardon for having the temerity to carry on as usual in its presence. They came back from the funeral sober-eyed except for the old man whose face was red and smeared by much crying. They took off .their hats and sat down at the big table to take stock of the changed situation. You know something, Fred, the old man said slowly addressing his son-in-law but looking at no one in particular, you know, I think l'm going to sleep on the couch from now on. l think that's something that wouldlnake the old lady very happy.H -Paul Weinberger. jflio. not rea11y....she has a class at the new campus! 59 5 If 1 at .QL '10 I'1lspit, Margie said. I dare you to, said. George. Margie spit, hitting George's cheek. Well, she thought, now get an- noyed. We could have afight, make up, and then have a great time tonight. That was a disgusting thing to do, George said. What are you going to do about it? Margie was sitting on George's bed. She knew that when she got up, she'd have to smooth out the bed- spread. George was so damn fussy. I'm going to ask you to go into the front room and talk to Mother while I change my clothes, George said. Oh, I'll shut my eyes. I promise I won't look. George blushed. After being engaged for three years, he still blushed. Okay. I'll talk to your mother. Wear the gray jacket. It makes you look sophisticated. She smoothed the spread and walked' out. In the front room Margie sat down on the couch opposite Mrs Rey nolds. George's mother disapproved of holding hands and insistlad on aloshes. ' S Where are you children going tonight? she asked. I We don't know yet, Mrs. Reynolds. I I hope George takes you home early. lie hasn't been getting enough 60 ff., X. , ,33g..',f : Higgs A viii, t .3 A V J, Q ma, , Q . Q W. .M .m,.,,. , ,g,,, ,, 1 .- -, e g V 55. is-5 , . fl... ,I A.--.4 L 2,1 ' - '. . , :v , . sleep lately. That office he works in takes advantage of him. l always tell him, 'George, don't you let them take advantage of you.' But he never listens. If he works so hard when he's twenty-three, he's going to be dead at forty. I know, Mrs. Reynolds. George is stubborn. He's a good boy, Margie. He's a good boy. The good boy came into the room just in time to hear his mother's remark. Who's a good boy? he asked. He looked well-fed. Under other circumstances he could have been an athlete. When Margie first met him, he really had been fat. At her suggestion he'd gone on a diet. Now he looked presentable, althoug h his mother thought her boy was starving to death. He had brown hair .hat he combed for a half an hour at a time. His nicest features were his hazel eyes and his square jaw. He had a nice smile too. George was.n't at all bad looking when he smiled. We'd better leave, Margie. We can decide on the movie when we're in the car. I have the movies memorized. l7rive safely, George. Yes, Mother. They said their goodbyes. Margie put on her brown coat. She was a smart-looking girl. Her figure was fine and she dressed well. She was sl i i .5 , x. ' 1 . , Q A, lx D .YA f l Y . w, 4 - . 1 gl. 61 a year younger than often been mistaken Just a minute, M plain. This was a so fires seemed ill - fwerean theless. She could no more changes this than she could prev from adjusting the radio dial to the exact middle of the wave When they were driving, George asked, How about the They have Bob Hope. You know I don't like slapstick. I was hoping we d see with action. A mystery or something. It's my turn to choose, Margie. All right, we'll see Hope. Thanks, Margie. Next time you get preference. You know, Dave Barlowe touched my ankle What did he do that for? ll ll He said that made me his official secretary. Dave is a nice guy. He helped me a lot in the back office Nice guy? Margie thought. On the make. Well, there s no use to explain to George. . Once in the movies, George put his arm around her Marge w thinking about Dave Barlowe. She could date him Dave didnt whether a girl was engaged, married, or single. I could handle h thought. One didn't marry the Dave Barlowes in the world but agined they were the best dates. It would be fun. Hell, why not'7 would never know. Since she was seventeen, she had dated nineteen they had become engaged. Soon they would be whole world approved. They looked so cute together Just llke and sister. When George parked in front of Marge's house night, he kissed her. Marge took George's hands her breasts. George withdrew them instantly. Not he said. I . Next day in the office, when Margie saw Dave she felt hadn't looked at any man but George for five years, but last had dreamt about Dave. Now the object of the dream mistook her for a flirtatious one. The trouble with convention, he said, is convention Oh? Margie said. t t Yes..If it weren't for such silly nonsense, l'd kiss It's now or never, he would probably something. She hated of a wo rd--so some- You re young Margie, but you re smart Beautiful too couldn t make up her m1nd whether it was really she who had evening with Mr. Barlowe. Was she really a good dancer, or S ave just been polite? No, this was real enough. For this was tech- and Margie had never dreamt in technicolor. She fingered the Dave had pinned on her dress. 'flt matches your complexion. -Mr. Barlowe, you say the nicest things. Only when they're true. Another cocktail, Marge? Why not? At twelve o'clock, when Dave helped her out of the car, Margie knew her shaky legs that she had overdone the cocktails. She leaned Dave. When he kissed her, she told him that she hadn't enjoyed so much since her senior prom. I We'll do it often, he promised. P. The next morning at work Margie faced George. Where were you night, Margie? I called you, and your mother said you went out to Who did you have dinner with? , Margie surprised herselfby saying, I had dinner with Dave Barlowe. asked me if I'd have dinner with him. I thought it would be nice to dinner with the boss. What did you eat, asked George. What? I said, 'what did you have to eat'? I don't remember, said Marge. How can that be? George asked. I don't know. I just don't remember. j ,V You're acting very strange. What's the matter with you? if You wou1dn't understand, George. She hadn't meant to sound so o'c'lock that same evening Dave put down his champagne ac 1 ' V ' - 1 - U M 1 , . 7 l ' ' I ' D 1 ,sarcastic. On the third date with Dave, things got beyond the kissing stage. It -told in Margie's eyes. She was in love with Dave, but she had no right ,ig,,t7t9x.tel'1 him so long as 'she was engaged to George. There was only one 'to do. She would return Geor e's en a ement ring. ww, - g g g ' Tif f I ' ' 63 H i V -f -, Qi .a ., . sg N' Pa lt was exactly two weeks after the Hope picture that Marge was waiting for George to pick her up. He was punctual as usual. What would you like to see tonight? It's your turn, George said. George, let's just drive. Let's not go to a movie. I want to talk to you. Can't it wait till after the show? l'd planned on the movies tonight. Yes, I-know, George, but this can't wait, Margie said. Now, George said when they had reached the outskirts of the city, will you please explain? I don't exactly know how to tell you this, George. You won't like it For heavens sake, what is it? I'm in love with Dave. Dave Barlowe? Yes. Margie handed George her ring. He won't like you after he gets to know you. Are you going to spit at him too? George said. Please drive me home, George. Margie spent the weekend at home thinking about Dave, who didn't call. Of course, he didn't know she had broken up with George. Monday morning she told him. Dave didn't say much. That night they went out. When Dave kissed her, she said, I imagine you've known all along that I love you. I love you very much. No, Dave said, I didn't know. Two months later Dave Barlowe was drinking champagne cocktails with one of the back office typists. Marge went home, looked in the mirror, and spit at her reflection. -Annie Plaat. 'And she belongs to a fashion sororit, . J 9. ' V , 1, .- W rf' l fi 'll X 1 iz' J ' W , W ,,, J ,I 4 I 4 ? GLW 614- My younger 'years were full of incident, but no memory of my youth is more noteworthy than my memory of the night Mrs. Baker caught the rat. There were ugly foreshadowings of the event from the day Mrs. Baker ar- rived. Mrs. Baker was not naturally a timid woman, but she admitted that she cherished a wholesome dislike for rats. THE NIGHT MRS BAKER CAUGHT THE As I remember it now, the first foreboding occurred on Mrs. Baker's second morning in the house. She was taking out her curlers when she heard a rustling in her waste paper basket. Looking up quickly she saw a small grey something run for the closet and shut itself in. Later on she admitted that the shut itself in must have been an exaggeration. But she ran screaming into the dining room and quite upset Father over his cantaloupe because he had never seen Mrs. Baker half in and half out of curlers before. The family rose in a body and marched to the closet, headed by Father with a flyswatter. Of course there was nothing to be found there. Mrs. Baker flushed and said Well she knew what she saw, and the only time she used her bi-focals was for reading, and she had some imagination but not that much. My sister Harriet asked her What much, and Mrs. Baker told the whole story of the little grey something over again. We finally got her quieted down enough to take out the rest 65 ,N .,.,., ,,..,,,. . . of her curlers and eat breakfast. She spent the entire morning examining the closet inch by inch for rat-holes and shaking out all her dresses. Mrs. Baker was in the kitchen helping my mother with the luncheon dishes when the second incident occurred. We heard my sister Harriet scream in the living room and we all rushed in. Harriet, a girl of simple pleasures, had been standing on the floor register in the middle of the room watching the hot air from the furnace billow her skirts. She had looked up just in time to see a small grey animal emerge from the pantry. Our sudden influx drove the animal straight toward the wretched girl, who, being able to thinkxof nothing else --she swore later that it' was presence of mind-- leaped straight up in the air and came down on the poor creature's back, pushing him through the register into the .heat below. Scarcely had the house been aired of the burnt-flesh odor when a third -- or was it a second'?-- small animal appeared. Mrs. Baker insisted it was the first, somehow escaped from his crematory and back for retri- bution. Mother pursued him with a broom and cornered him behind the door to my sister's bedroom. He tried to escape through the crack on the hinged side of the door, but Harriet checkmated him by clicking the door shut and crushing him flat in the door jamb. Mrs. Baker lay down with a wet towel for the rest of the afternoon. That evening Father examined the remains, preserved by Harriet in absorbent cotton. He said it was a young pack rat, sometimes known as the kangaroo- or chaparral-rat. At dinner Harriet told us what-the Child's Wonder World said about the species. The older rats were sharp-toothed and vicious when cornered. Mother said we had probably disturbed a nest of them. Mrs.. Baker was very quiet. She went to bed early. It must have been eleven when the rest of us retired. And Mother al- ways swore it was midnight when a noise awakened her, because she remembered hearing a clock on the Baptist Church on the corner of Green and Golgotha Street strike twelve as she woke up. But Father says that was impossible because he looked at the clock on the dresser when he turned the lights on and it was well past one. l don't know becausel was still asleep. Well, Mother heard a noise, which she said sounded like autumn leaves' rustling in the wind but which, she thought, might be a rat eating the monthly bills on her dressing table. She poked Father and he turned on the light. There was nothing to be seen. He turned out the light and went back to sleep, while Mother lay and listened to the autumn leaves. When her mind had swung from autumn leaves to monthly bills again, she poked Father and he turned on the light again. There was still nothing to be seen. But--- the rustling had stopped. Father 66 ,,,,,-,, .. W...--.......,,.,..,,...,..,.......,,,, af . - -saw .,,.....-W.. 1-jg., .T ,,. . turned out the light again and they lay in ambush. Presently Edgar --that was me-- who slept on a cot in the same room, began to moan and toss in his sleep. Quick, Thomas, Mother said, and and Father flipped the switch. A large hunch-backed rat was crouching on little Edgar's chest and breathing in little Edgar's face. With a shriek Mother had me out of bed and standing beside her on the big double bed. Father in his nightshirt was in the middle of the room. The rat hid under the chiffonier. Harriet came running in with a riding boot. All the doors were closed, and the battle began. Mother and l remained on the double bed. Harriet crouched on the end of the cot with boot upraised. Father was our mobile unit of attack. The broom would not reach under the chiffonier, and so he tipped it. The rat dashed for the shelter of the cot, Father lowered the chiffonier, grabbed the broom, and with a Whooshl jabbed under the cot. The rat fled out at the foot, Harriet swung her boot and missed, and the rat took refuge under the dressing table. More jabs with the broom, and he deserted the dress- ing table for the double bed. But Mother and I jumped up and down on the bed, forcing him to flee the bedsprings and seek the chiffonier once more. This brought him to the beginning of his route, which he repeated. And repeated again. And again. It soon became apparent that he was going to continue to circle the room, speeding in the open spaces, rest- ing in the sheltered. Flut with practice Harriet was becoming more ac- curate with her boot, and Father more agile with his broom. As Father jabbed under the cot, he would say Now Harriet, or Get 'im, Harriet, and Harriet would time her swing accordingly. On the seventh time around she caught the rat's tail with the heel of her boot and the tail came off. Then the rat ran faster and leaped higher on the walls. Every time he whisked around a turn he left a small trail of blood behind him on the wallpaper. Harriet lost her nerve and even Father trembled. ,lust then the door opened and there stood Mrs. Baker. The rat ran straight for her, fastened its fangs in her knee, and expired. Mrs. Baker said, I knew it would, swayed slightly, and slumped to the floor. With some difficulty we pried the rat apart, and swabbed Mrs. Baker with mercurochrome. She left for Seattle the next day limping a bit. My sister Harriet peeled off the pieces of blood-stained wallpaper and pasted them in' her memory book. I wanted to have a military funeral for the rat, but Mother wouldn't let me. I still think the funeral would have been nice. -Robert Brauns. 67 , -7' L t i Q K z i F i Lcxxxdx f 3000YIE1 RS 1 G0 For the past two years a huge anthropological excavation has been worked on nearthe smallruraltown of Alvarado,in Alameda County, by State students under the direction of Dr. Adan E.. Treganza, professor of Anthropology. From evidence already uncovered, the group has been able to piece together a picture of what life was like on the southeast shore of San Francisco Bay and what manner of man hunted and fished in the marsh- lands and sloughs on-the outskirts of Alvarado many years before the coming of Portola, and De Anza. We are actuaHy digging Hia gigandc garbage dump,U Dr.'Treganza states, which is about all any anthropological excavation is. If we were to dig in one of San Francisco's dumps of the l870's, we could give a fair reconstruction of the material aspects of life at that time. The project, located on the W. D. Patterson Ranch, has thus far produced severalhundred arUfacts,or man-made implements,consisdng mostly of bone and shell. No metal or pottery objects have been recov- ered, as both were unknown to the Indians of this locality until they came into contact with the first Spanish and white settlers. ln addition to the implements, 45 human burials have been excavated and more are expected before the digging reaches the bottom of the de- posit which is some 10 feet below the surface of the ground. All of the bodies were placed in a flexed position at burial, the knees either slightly bent in a loose flex or drawn up under the chin. Soil content indicates, according to Dr. Treganza, that the residents of the area gathered large quantities of oysters, mussels, and small marsh-grass snails, bottom fish, sturgeon, seal, and the now near-ex- tinct sea otter. Pictured on opposite page are Dr. Treganza and students examining fossil. 68 we ff K7 5 4 , My , RQ X 0 at 31 s QW' K 4 . 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W I , X 3 The Indians were able to get about the sloughs and c-alm waters of the Bay by the use of large tule balsas, a type of boat or raft made by binding bundles of bulrushes together and propelling it with a double- bladed paddle or long pole, Dr. Treganza related. Other bones recovered indicate that such land animals as deer, elk, antelope, rabbit, coon, fox, and coyote were hunted and trapped by this society. Their vegetable diet consisted of a variety of wild seeds, bulbs, tule roots, buckeye, and acorns. The houses built by these people were of the semi-subterranean type, circular holes about ten feet in diameter and five feet deep, dug into the earth. Poles were placed around the floor in order to support the roof structure which rose a few feet above the surface. Roofs were covered with grass or tule. One house, uncovered in the excavation, had burned and the car- bonized roofing was preserved where it had collapsed on the floor, giving the workers a fine specimen. The floors were composed of a hard-packed clay rising around the periphery like a saucer. In the mound these home floors occur one on top of the other. This is explained by the fact that the Indians lived in the same spot for hundreds of years. Little by little refuse collected around the village and from time to time the area was leveled off and new houses built upon older ones. Thus, the villages gradually grew in size and height. The exact time the Indians lived on this spot is difficult to deter- mine but they had probably long since disappeared by the time Portola first discovered the Bay and Captain De Anza brought the first settlers to San Francisco in 1776, Dr. Treganza estimated. The village may be as old as 2000 or 3000 years, belonging to what archaeologists call the Middle Cultural Horizon. Objects typical of the later Indians cultures are missing, so far. Members of the California Archaeological Survey of the University of California have been aiding the project and the attempt to date the deposit through a new technique known as the Carbon 14 method, which is too technical to describe here. Dr. Treganza stated that not counting the two years already put in on the project, it will take another three or four years of hard work before the- information gained from the excavation can be compiled and printed in a scientific publication. -R. Larrick. Pictured on opposite page is fossil which has been reassembled. ' 7 I I l 5 e 1 l l 1 1 A I i 1 l 1 v i ! I I ei ,l I t, -4 , 4 i nnii i M N I CUUREE O a,, U MN A441- ' 1 GCLF ' 11, i E :D gp' J SALE 0 Ceuuem1ED st Flwas A ? moms cms , A fW1W f Q no 4' S U- fn? i gn, f Wiiwfmi W X . J 14911, -in Z Z 44, 4 ' XWEAVE2'S QW? X ALLE f sf ,eps-V . ,aan CDW' 1,, ., E W V 'ff W P Q ... J' - A gigsucmsco ETATE slag? My L ' l A A A .-593 ' Bmomef j . vw! X ' TAN!! .5 ff f F ghyl- .' f . M 'Wh 'F' Q , 4' ., ' 12-f2 l 6a'ff, 4 ' J!!-f v l Z - - V- J C Q-Saab' ,fn --... , s l' Pj' 1 21, -0- 6 ,4 ' ' l 1 l '4 f ,H ' 9m!'LUP.f - ,Q : X X , , ,i SK pw- H SEV' use' J' Ywm K 1 f ' ,lia.Qu.oL 1 1 I Q msarmg --5Z3j ' M ' U' -f' . jo 1 55.- N X 525: - f a ' fi-5 .. I si'fS'b F THF CCTY Q f 1 Var . U , ff f 12- 5' AZ . .. I THE DCDUBLE CAMPUS I I THE CLD San Francisco State has a background as varied as the students that roam its halls today. Such a college as now exists was not envisioned seventy-five years ago when a normal class was established to give graduates of the Girls's High School a year's instruction in the methods of teaching. Through an act of the legislature on March 22, 1899, a State Normal School was established in San Francisco to replace the normal class. Even then the college played the role of a church tenant, for this new Normal School was housed in an old church on Powell Street between Clay and Sacramento below the Fairmont Hotel. It was a barren looking, two-story brick building lent by the San Francisco Board of Education. Two flights of rickety stairs, on which many a professor was known to have skinned his shinbones, led to the assembly hall, the one and only lecture room, where years before the congregation had gathered. Behind it was the huge stage, four feet by two feet. At the top of a flight of dark stairs was the belfry tower known as the Crime Hole, where mis- behaving students were sent to repent. 74- 1 ,, i--W ----H me ---- - Y, ,, ..--4Illll!P!n.-,- . - . A The minister's study was converted into the office of Dr. Frederic Burk, the first president of the college. Dr. Burk, assisted by a faculty of one man and three women, offered to 135 young women a curriculum for the training of elementary school teachers. A year later in 1900, Locott School, one and a half blocks away, was secured as a training school. The earthquake and fire of 1906 tried its best to stamp out the life of San Francisco State Normal School, but its founders and supporters were not to be defeated. Although the buildings and equipment were completely destroyed, classes were carried on for a short time at Grant School, in Oakland. Funds appropriated in 1905 were used to purchase land on Buchanan Street, where College Hall now stands. But Buchanan Street was then only a dirt wagon trail, and when the college moved to its new home it was moving into an abandoned chapel of a Protestant orphanage. The grey stone orphanage stood about where we see Anderson 'Hall today, and its 300 children were the first elementary students to attend the 'F an M, 2 L rl?- new normal training school. A growing enrollment brought about, in 1910, the completion of Col- lege Hall, at that time the latest and finest in school building design. Far different from its use today, it was planned to accommodate 1000 primary age youngsters. The library was then an auditorium, the Co-op, a gymnasium. The first floor administration offices were primary grade rooms, and the Activities Room held a children's library. The college boasted an enrollment of 800 women in 19215 through legislative action that year all normal schools in California were made teacher's colleges with a three year curriculum, and then two years later the college was authorized to give the Bachelor of Arts Degree, making State a four year institution. In addition, special secondary credentials in art, music, and physical education were granted. For its first twenty-five years the college was guided by Dr. Burk, with his death in 1924, Dr. Archibald Anderson became acting president and succeeded to the presidency in 1927. Under his leadership the block north of Waller Street was acquired and work was begun on a new science laboratory and gymnasium. Dr. Anderson unfortunately died during this same year and Mary A. Ward was acting president until the appointment of Dr. Alexander Rob- erts. One of his first duties in 1928 was the dedication of the science building, a-memorial to Dr. Anderson. In 1929, something new was initiated at the college--MEN STU- DENTS! Within a year of their arrival, the first intercollegiate teams in tennis, basketball, football, and boxing were organized by David Cox, the athletic director. San Francisco State College became the official title of the school in 19355 it had changed from a small normal class for girls to a full fledged co-educational institution with numerous specialized fields offered. As alandmark in teacher education, Frederic Burk School was opened in 1935. To accommodate the growing student body the annexes were built, and in 1939, a science annex to Anderson Hall was completed. ln 1941, a long-dreamt dream became real when Dr. Roberts broke the first land at the newly acquired Lake Merced Campus. No construc- tion was done during World War ll except for the filling in of several gullies and the constructing of the football field, baseball field, women's play field and the field house. By 1943, the athletic teams were playing in the new Lake Merced Stadium. More land was acquired and plans for the building program were re- newed in 1948. Previous to the war the plans were to accommodate only 76 L AW ,AAA 7, AM M 1 ,YY.c..Y , .V - Y V 4--v.,v,....,,.,,. 3000 full-time students, but the growth of the student body .called for an enlargement of the plans in orderto accommodate 5000 full-time students. Actual construction on the new campus began in July 1949. Now in use, on the ninety-six acre campus, is the gym, the first building to be completed. By its side the science building is going up, and soon, thirteen other buildings will join the parade of progress. Another accomplishment of the college this past school year has been the granting of the Masters Degree in various fields of education. The enrollment this semester shows 4062 regular students and 1408 limited students. The faculty numbers approximately 260--the result of seventy-five years of growing up. -Beverley Kaster. ll I THE NEW Several years ago a west coast college magazine requested that State send a story about a tradition unique at San Francisco State for a special article. Eager to see State listed among the other western schools several members of the Board of Directors started searching for an exclusive S. F. State tradition. They thought of the Palm tree, often ignored and little celebrated, but State's other customs such as annual dances and the senior bench were merely carbons of every other school. 77 Flul-.Y-v-- .. i gm Possibly because it was as common as turkey at Thanksgiving or the sun in summer, no one remembered the most lively tradition on the campus--the inevitable when we get to the new campus. During the fifty years of the college's existence this one phrase had been an excuse for delaying a project or the final goal for another. ln 1906 the earthquake and fire destroyedthe original home of the college on Powell and Clay Streets and after a short period when the college was located in the East Bay the school was m'oved to a tempo- rary location on the Buchanan Street campus. It was the first school to reopen after the earthquake. By 1910 the first new campus fnow College Halll was completed. Many times during the years that followed a new campus was con- sidered. At one time, when the students were predominatly women, a site near the Presidio was turned down because it was not considered fitting that young ladies be so close to an army base. ln 1937 a student demonstration on Buchanan Street was punctuated by cries of We want buildings, not wood pilesl , and Buchanan Street firetrapln The present Lake Merced land was obtained in 1939, but the second world war and the problem of financing the project delayed construction, bringing part of the tradition of When we get to the new campus to a more positive Out at the new Campus we .... . But, even as we walk among the drifts of dirt and nearly fall into great gullies dug by the workmen, it is hard to realize that the tradition is nearly at an end and that a period of setting new traditions is almost here. Imagine walking over the 97 acres of the campus through the side- walks lined by green grass and shrubbery, the landscaping serving as the sole decorative touch for the simple, white concrete architecture of the buildings. The shrubs, 350,000 worth, were given to the college by the World's Fair Commission on Treasure Island. Inside, the buildings will show the same careful planning as the outside. Modern ideas will be applied to the lighting, heating, seating, and to the equipment that fills the rooms. The science building, which is under construction will provide means for visual materials to improve instruction and each student or professor who wishes to do individual or group work will find space available. Toward the Holloway Avenue side of the campus the library will be built. Two of the country's most efficient undergraduate libraries--the 78 1 iw--i......T., . V gg M My , Q 'iti 1 'VX 1' - Faffff WVR 3-if af' a,.eq5 2 fuffiofg Lamont Library at Harvard and the Washington State Library at Washing- ton State, Colma--were used as the model. However, it will be unique in using the module plan, which means it provides for the addition of units as the need arises. The Administration Building will have one wing devoted entirely to the student personnel work. All records will be kept in one place and this will be surrounded by offices for secretarial assistants. Around the secretaries will be the officers, including the deans, counsellors, place- ment, registrar, and health officers. Back behind the library three buildings will provide classrooms and workshops for Art, Music, Drama, and Radio classes. Under the new plans, each of the programs will draw upon the other. It will probably be'the only plan of its type in America. Provisions are being made to continue on the new site the work projects in fields of education. The city is planning to build a school on one corner of the campus. This school will continue one of State's firsts in education--the only school in the west at present with a complete program for training workers with the handicapped. There will also be dormitories, classroom buildings, a cafeteria, and an infirmary on the 315,000,000 project which is to be San Francisco State. To the students of huts, church annexes, and jampacked classes, this new site has yet to prove itself as San Francisco State College even though many of their dreams are there. But to these same students, who have found pride in a school with such uncomfortable conditions and little outer gloss, the addition of a new covering should add far greater pride. -Antoinette Robinson. 9 - 1 I I w a 4 ' h A A I -, , - 1 N - - . Manufactured by the Beal Friend 1. A V' XX R ' You Ever Had, this superior, re- ti'y REI-QIE-EE fined Elbow-Grease is guaranteed 5 rx to cure your trouble. Mix a lmle - , with Hadacol and pour over your 1 2-FXR:-ifimie. - :gf . FRESH , . . every morn . 1 A Sovereign Rudy for i' ln' ky gi Because ol the unprecedented de- ,ly -T A ll, mand for this. product, the drug- rcn my-J Prtamss gang- .N , store where nl can be oblarned U f xx '4 sg - QI. , cannot be identified. The adver- 8 . Q 'F 1 G lixer prefers not to have his :lore - ' , ' ' t ' damaged by over-eager thronp. .,, ' -- - -f -un- 80 ffrfea, - YY ,YY.Y rv..-.......,-,.,, iff '1- .lj F.-1 S Special thanks to all of those who helped on committees and most of all to the chairmen of these committees. From the officers ofthe Senior Class: Andy Andreasen, President Pat Son, Vice President fean Giovannoni, Secretary-Treasurer 82 175 xx It if , fsslwfizvw.-Y' l KSGLNQ - :elif ,,f.,, mx , a x Wy Wig My X f give Q ,f A 2 kbqsti , W if A f 1 32:14 'tk , N X '54 'X X? ' s - 1 ,z , Lk ' ft ' 'T f 5.2-T , S . Q A Q , .2 ,Y 3' fy K , ,- ii ,, '- X A4 J JM., 9 Ai 22 3 Vx M' ,i r GRADUATES ABRIAM. GLORIA O. Physical Education ADLER. HANS Psychology ALBERTI, DINO Music. Music Federation, Concert Master of Orchestra ALDERMAN. RICHARD Business Administration ALLEN, WAYNE D. Music. Music Federation. MENC ANDERSON. ROBERT EARL Marketing and Merchandising. Alpha Zeta Sigma ANSAK. ROBERT Psychology. Psychology Club, International Relations Club ARENA. I. JOHN Psychology. Newman Club, Music Federation BOGHOSIN, PETER Speech. Block S Society, Speakers' Bureau, Radio Guild, Fencing Team. Summer 1950 BALESTRIERA. ANTHONY Music. Music Federation, Opera Repertory Theatre, Men's Glee BARTOLD. NORMAN Speech. Alpha Psi Omega, Sigma Alpha Eta, Radio Guild BATCHELDER. WILLIAM Social Science. Delta Phi Gamma BELL, DOROTHY NORREEN Music. Music Federation - Sec., Women's Glee, Christian Agatheans, CSTA BILL. DOROTHY CLAIRE Education BRANDON. IEANNE Education. CSTA BOSCH, JAMES W. Sociology. International Relations Club BRUNEMAN. MARIAH!! Physical Education. WAA, CAHPER CALLORI. MARIE Nursing Education. Intemational Relations Club, Science Club, Psychology Club, Nurses Club CARR. ROBERT A. Socio-Economics. lntemational Relations Club, Student World Affairs - Council Rep. CARLSAN. EDWARD CAMPBELL, HELEN B. Education CHRONIS. JOY Education. Alpha Chi Epsilon CLARK. HERB Art CONTEL. Jmxmu: r. l Physical Education. Alpha Omega. WAA, Phi EPSUOH Gamma ' '- Y f-'Mop - e N' - CORBETT. FLORENCE B. Elementary Education. Sigma Kappa Phi CRAIG. DONALD H. Business Administration l DALE, WALTER Art D'AUGELLI. NICHOLAS Music. Music Federation, Band, Men's Glee, A Cappella 1 DANIELSON. ELMER Social Science DE GREGORIO, ROSEMARY Education. Kappa Theta i EBERSOLD, BETTY LEONARD 3 Education DETER, GENE Education i N l DORF. SHIRLEY EVELYN Nursing Education. IRC, Nurses Club FLYNN. Jossiu-1 1 Drama. Alpha Psi Omega, College Theatre 1 l i Fnmnnmc, HARBIET Education. Kappa Delta Pi, Delta Phi Epsilon, Alpha Chi 1 Epsilon, Gamma Sigma Pi runny. DIANA Educa-tion. Delta Phi Upsilon, Kappa Delta Pi, Alpha Chi 1 Epsilon w 1 GALLAGHER, HELENE Speech. Phi Lambda Chi Newman Club GARGIULO, JOSEPH D School Psychology. Summer 1950 GILBERG JB.. JOHN Business Administrat GLATT, CAROLINA L . A Art Newman Club, Beta, United Languag GOOTHERTS. MERVIN Education MAC GORDON, ELIZ Education. A Cappel Choraliers GRIFFIN. WILLIAM Social Science HALL. WILAFRED Secretarial and Office HARDY. GEORGE English Writing HEADLEY, DON Music fvoicel. A Ca . e State Band Opera R HOFPMANN. JADIN Business HOLMES. CHARLES Education HOLROYD. ROBERT B Music. Music Federation HUMPHREY. ELIZABETH Education KUWADA. GRACE Elexfnentary Education. Delta Phi Upsilon Alpha Chi Epsilon, CSTA HUNTE. DOROTHY ANNE Nursing Education. Nurses Club Psychology Club HYDE, DAVID Music. Block S Society KUNG, HYE-PAH World Business JAHANBANI. JO!-IAN Economics JOHNS, 0. BASIL Education KALMAN. IACK Speech. Alpha Psi Om KANELLIS. WXLLIAM Social Science KITE, A. RUSSELL Recreation. Recreation Club Christian Agatheans KOLLMANN. GLENN EDWARD Psychology W' 7 M YM.. . qgffi 'ggi-'R 'sg 'Q QE? ,Q 1' X. f .1 , zz ag: , A x S ,-:F'J.- time bw-aw ff 'l f ff A Mg Q fix 351. X 6335 . ,Q if 1 Ai ,, i E' It Q S435 Y fix i as gg, i L, an , N .!,,.-my Q? , w KORPINEN, IRENE Nursing Education. Science Club, Nurses Club, Health Council - Rep. KHITIKAKOS, STEVE WILLIAM Psychology. Delta Gamma Tau, Block S Society KROECKEL, ROBERT E. Physical Education. Delta Phi Gamma, Sigma Alpha Eta Block S Society. Summer 1950 LANNING. ROBERT E. Psychology LARSON, LOUIS I. Physical Education. CAHPER - Pres. LKSHAGWAY, HOSCI-IEID FRANCES Special Education , LAWSON. JOHN ALBERT Business LEVINE, GERTRUDE Elementary Education LEVON, VINCENT Business Administration LESLIE. JAMES O. Sociology LEWIS. JACK W. Speech 1.ICU, ARNALDO Elementary Education. Beta Pi Sigma LISARELLI, RUDOLPH M. Spanish. United Languages Club - Pres. LOMBAHDO. MARIO Business Administration. Kappa Omega, Block S Society, Commercial Society, Advertising Club LUNSTEAD, MARENE Art LUPPINO. JOHN Merchandising and Marketing. Newman Club MOEZZI. 1-'ARHAD Art MARECK. ERNEST Education. IRC MARTIN. DANIEL GREGORY Physical Education. Sigma Pi Sigma McCLINTOCK, BETTY Social Service MCILWAIN. RUTH Education MENNE. ROBERT J. Business Administration MURPHY, CAROL English. Kappa Theta, Newman Club, CAA - V. Pres. MURPHY, LOIS English g. , if.f'.fqi' 1 55:1 ' 3 A O x 45 ' 15. ' Q f L we s A si K if ,Vg ,ff ,Q , ii JL ,... -.- ,W 1 2? 'X 'za 6 4 xr: ' 9' D K , . 'Q YW? Nazis ., at glF 5.fcazaf.,5i' ., e . fw v wh , 5 ., frm S , ad v. ' . . I V? w r ii Q J MW' ,,a4.a4'gge ff. XM n sim? wa: f . MURPHY. THERESA MARGUERITE Education. Kappa Delta Pi, CSTA NUNN, BOBERTA E. Drama. Alpha Psi Omega - Sec., Art Club f I l O'CONNOR, ELAINE Education. Newman Club PAPPAS. LOUIS Physical Education. Kappa Omega, Block S Society PIPER. IOI-IN A. Social Science. Beta Chi Delta PRATT, FREDERICK F. Music. MENC - Chairman PULLEN. JOHN H. Education RADCLIFI-'E. PAT Education. Sigma Delta Gamma RAIL, THEODORE C. Mathematics. Beta Pi Sigma, Beta Chi Delta ROBIN, WILLIAM C. Social Science. IRC RUSSELL. ORVILLE D. Business SCHOLTEN. THOMAS L. Biological Science. Beta Pi Sigma, Beta Chi Delta SCHULTZ. DOROTHY Education. Alpha Chi Epsilon SEGHY, BETTY JANE Education SHARPE, BEVERLY M. Biological Science SHEARER, BEVERLY G. Education. Sigma Delta Gamma SHOEMAKER, ANITA Nursing Education. Nurses' Club SILVA. WINSTON Music. Concert Band, Music Federation, Delta Phi Gamma, MENC TAPIRO. RUDOLPH Music THORMAHLEN, PHILIP Art TOBIN IR., WILLIAM P. Social Science. Phi Eta Chi, Summer 1950 TORR III. LEE 0. Dentistry. Beta Pi' Sigma TRAVIS. NORMAN Physical Education. CAHPER, Block S Society, Phi Epsilon Mu. Summer 1950 TRASK. ROBERT W. Social Science. Summer 1950 QE, ...-.,, QOH lm, . 13? .am W 4 Q-9 war' 'f g ii? MN LN., 'ini ,f '31-15. mn... J, lr TT' A 2-Q23 W TWAY, GEORGE Economics. Summer 1950 TURDICI. PETER PAUL Speech-Drama. Radio Guild, Speakers' Bureau, Golden Gater Staff UNG-ER. JACK M. Psychology. Christian Agatheans, Psychology Club-V Pres. VAN SICKLE, THELMA Education. WAA, Phi Epsilon Gamma WARD, WILLIAM B. Sociology. IRC WELLMAN, MARIE GLORIA Education. Radio Speech WELLS, WALLACE E. Music. Symphonic Band, A Cappella, Music Federation, MENC WOLEY, KATHRYN I. Social Science ZUEHLKE. RUTH A. Nursing Education ZUTRAU. MARTHA Education. Christian Agatheans X 4 N. u +L Q , 1 1 377' 'IiBg3Q,xQQ., 'JA1,fQ,ZSLNL!5j1'2',giJEE9l:Qi1 f ' f :'fjtx5Q51,n.-, ,. 4' ? Q. x '-u T ' H 9 f M ' ' '- LM , GRADUATES ALLEN, PAY HELEN Education. Alpha Chi Epsilon AMREIN, GORDON T. Business Administration ANDREASEN. LLOYD EVERET1' Business Education. Sigma Alpha Eta, Delta Gamma Tau. Ski Club, Senior Class President AUSTIN. EDITH MARIE Journalism. Alpha Phi Gamma, Golden Gater, Beta Pi Sigma, IRC AVILA, MARIE Education. Sigma Delta Gamma, Delta Phi Upsilon, New- man Club BACON, CORA English BAGLIETTO. DOLORES English. Gamma Sigma Pi, IRC, BANNAS. ELIZABETH BARMORE, DOROTHY MAE Education. A Cappella BARREN. JACK English. Hillel, Psychology Club, Mgr.. Drama Activity BEAUDIN. DAVID ROBBINS Music. Music Federation BERTOLUCCI. ROSEMARIE Education. Newman Club, CSTA Newman Club Stateside Advertising Y N 1 l 1 4 1 1 i 1 1 Y . Q I sy . 1 -if ' f - 1953? .1 . if iii ...Q fl-1 . , - gf: as 1.-1' ,, , 5. - ff . I , t i . :E. :W .f....,....,.,. , ,ii 2 .. H ' 2 :fi jf fi 5 f. it A' 5 F jjqm., if ia I 'if' ' 55' 1. .tk Q , i i I i a s r I P 5 r I L Ladd.- ff-. 1-rl 1 4 ,,. .. nf! 'vm' ,exgfzu 1 Egg if fk BEVENS, MARY JEAN Education. Delta Phi Upsilon BISQUERA. CREDO A. Psychology BLANCHARD. MAY T. Psychology. Psychology Club BLAUER. JOHN MAYNARD BONACCORSO. ANTHONY Speech. Alpha Zeta Sigma, Alpha Psi Omega, Radio Guild BONAR. DOROTHY MCNAUGHTON Education BOSCHETTI, ELAINE Education. Phi Lambda Chi BOYAJIBN, DOROTHY GRACE Education ' BRAGG JR., JAMES MONROE Block S Society BRANDMEYER, DONALD WAYNE World Business. Speakers' Bureau BROWN, MARYLIN H. English BROWN. RAMONA JEAN Education. CSTA, A Cappella, Christian Agatheans BUCKLEY. ALLAN L. Joumalism. Alpha Phi Gamma BUONO, AUGUST Physical Education. Kappa Omega BURK. RAMONA Education CARTER. NANCY A. Recreation. Recreation Society, Rally Committee CHIN. DICK Business Administration. Chinese Student Christian Association ' COLTRELL, RICHARD BRIAN Social Science. Sigma Alpha Eta -Pres., Block S Society Pres., Delta Gamma Tau, Golf Team, A. S. Judicial Com- mittee CONNELLY. MARY RUTH Education. Newman Club, IRC, Music Federation, CSTA COOLEY, CHESTER Special Education COPE, JOAN YVONNE Social Service COWLEY. JOHN JOSEPH Physical Education CRAFT, LOIS A. Graduate Nurse. Science Club CRAWFORD, EUGENE ALLEN .gg 'I' R 'Y' CROSBY. DONALD W. Special Education. Kappa Delta P1 CHUM. WIN IFRED Education. Sigma Delta Gamma Music Federation DAINS. MARCIA Education DAVIS. FRANK Social Science DE BAHROWS. VICTORIA Education DE GREGORIO. JOHN Physical Education DERN. DAGMAR L. Art. Art Club - Pres., Stateside DINSMOHE, PHILIP V. Psychology. Psychology Club DOLARIAN, ARA Art W DONOHOE, DENISE Education of Deaf DONOVAN. ROBERT Journalism. Alpha Zeta Sigma EVERS, DONALD NICLAS Physical Science. Beta Pi Sigma 1-'ARELLA JR., FRANK Business FELTEN, MARGARET A. Business Administration FEURER, MAE Nursing. Nurses' Club FIELD, BEVERLY Education, Alpha Omega, Alpha Chi Epsilon FLOGLER, WILLIAM L. Education FOREMAN. HERBERT S. Education FOSTER, PATRICIA CLAIRE Education. Bib 'n' Tucker FRAZIER, ARTHUR ALLEN Business Administration GALO, l-'ANK Journalism. Golden Gater, Stateside, Alpha Phi Gamma GARDNER, RICHARD C. Psychology. Varsity Track GEDDA, JEANNE Education. Sigma Delta Gamma, Delta Phi Upsilon, CSTA. Mg Newman Club 'CIS' xi ,, at GERLOFF, RAY C. - Q lr Music. Kappa Omega, Music Federation, MENC, Symphonic Band A .. 'Yv- GIBSON. MARILYN Education. Kappa Theta GIOVANNONI. JEAN Education. Kappa Theta GOLDRATH, CAROLYNN Social Service. Psychology Club GORHAM. OLIVER HAMILTON GRIFFIN, MIRIAM Education. Freshman Dance Committee, Junior Prom Committee cusnxrson, nov cr..Ynz:X IRC, Psychology Club HANSEN. ELIZABETH World Business HARLAN, JOHN SHIRLEY Mathematics. Block S Society HERB, ANNA LOUISE Education. Kappa Delta Pi, Delta Phi Upsilon, Christian Agatheans HERB, WALLACE J . Spanish HIBDON, THOMAS Music. A Cappella, Music Federation HINSVARK, INEZ Nursing. Science Club, Nurses' Club HOFFMAN, JEAN ANN Education, Alpha Omega, Delta Phi Upsilon HOM, HENRY Business Administration HOUGHTON. HAROLD Business Administration HUBACHEK. CAROLYN SUE JACOBS. GLORIA Education JI-ZAR. LILLIAN Education. Alpha Chi Epsilon, CSTA 5 t ,-Hi, Z , as ,k Xfygxfd Q i JEWELL, DAVID H. Education JONES. GWLADYS WYNNE ' Music. Christian Agatheans, Music Federation, MENC, X A Cappella, Symphony Chorus H KENNEDY, EDWIN A. Biology. Science Club, Christian Agatheans JOHNSON, ELMER W. Social Science. President Men's Glee Club, Speakers' Bureau JORDAN. DANIEL 5 Ai-1. Art Club, Tennis Team, Science Club 'Af' ,M xAs'ri:n, BEVERLEY JEAN ,- 'Q English. Sigma Delta Gamma, Golden Gater - Feature Ed., Q 4 Stateside - Senior Ed. .k x X 8 KIHTH, WYBTT ADAM KNUTH, DONALD WILLIAIM Music Federation KOFF, CHARLES G. Social Science KOHTZ, RAYMOND Social Science. Golden Gater LANSCHE, ROBERT S. Business LEE. JAMES English. Men's Glee LEVY. JOAN LOIS Education. Kappa Theta LEWIS, NELLIE LOGAN Education. IRC, Westminster Club LYM. RAYMOND Business MORALES, GILBERT GABRIEL Social Welfare MARCUS, MARILYN Education MARKS, JOSEPH RAY 'f'. MARTINEZ, ANTONIO E. World Business MOY. KENNETH L. Physical Education. Phi Epsilon Mu, CAHPER, Varsity Baseball, Varsity Track McCLAIN, MARY MAGDALENE Social Welfare. Psychology Club, IRC MCELHATTON IR.. DAVID Speech. Alpha Psi Omega, Sigma Alpha Eta, Delta Gamma Tau, Radio Guild McKEE. PATRICIA ELIZABETH Newman Club, Phi Lambda Chi MELBY, DOROTHY Education. Alpha Omega MELENDEZ. MINE Newman Club, Art Club MELLON, EMORY LEVOY Education MENSINGER. MARIAH IRC. Psychology Club MESEROLE, RUSSELL JACOB Delta Gamma Tau, Block S Society MESSINGER, IRENE EDITH Social Service MITCHELL, MALCOLM G. Social Science. Speakers' Bureau and '9- ff? cgi' 'aydb MONTES, LOUIS Spanish. Delta Phi Gamma, Pan American League MORTON. MARIAN Art. Sigma Delta Gamma MULLER. GEORGE F. Social Service NADEH. KAMAL Q. English. IRC NIEHAUS, GOLDIE ANNA Nursing. Science Club, Christian Agatheans NISHKIAN, BEVERLEY DIANE English NORIN. WILLIAM Education. Delta Gamma Tau NURMI, BARBARA Education. Delta Phi Upsilon, Kappa Delta Pi O'BRIEN IR.. JEROME E. Education. CSTA O'LEBRY. LOUIS K. Psychology. Special Education. PsyCh0l0Sy Club OMI, GEORGE J. Biological Science. Science Club PAGONE. LUCILLE Social Science PALMER. EVERETT A. Business PANOL, HUDOLPH F. Music. Symphonic Band PERKINS. DALE Delta Gamma Tau, Alpha Phi Gamma PERKINS, KEITH D. Education PERRY, KENNETH Physical Education. Phi Epsilon Mu, Block S Society CAHPER, Varsity Basketball ' PRICHARD. GREGORY Speech. Delta Gamma Tau, Sigma Alpha Eta, Alpha Psi Omega, Radio Guild PETZINGER, RICHARD Pre-Dental. Newman Club POFFINBARGER, STANLEY EUGENE PUTNEY, ART Business BEEVES, FREEDA Education RHODES, RONALD .Music. Music Federation, Symphonic Band, College -Symphony RHYAN. MARTHA LEE Nursing Education. Beta Phi Sigma, Sigma Epsilon Phi V- Pres, -1' ...U -N 2 Kwa i : 'W A X , sl Y gk. R ' fi, fl X .7 Q .2 5--. mf' , .C 4' J f RICKS. BARBARI ANN Music. Music Federation, College Symphony String Orchestra. A Cappella ROBERTS. HAYDN PURCELL Radio Guild ROBERTSON, THERESA JEAN Education ROSS, SHIRLEY Education. Phi Lambda Chi, CSTA SAYHE, M. JEAN Education. Phi Lambda Chi, CSTA SCHINNERER, HOWARD Physical Education. Sigma Pi Sigm SCHOLTEN, ROBERT JOHN Education. Delta Gamma Tau, Newman Club Science Club Music Federation SCOTT. HARRIET Education. Bib 'n' Tucker SCOTT. SYLVIA Education. Women's Glee SELBY. BRUCE H. Business Administration. Beta Chi Delta SHALLY, ABDULLA FARAJ English. IRC, Speakers' Bureau SHEM, EDWARD Commerce SHERMAN. ROBERT W Physical Education. Block S Society Swimming Team SI-IIGEZUMI, ALICE Education. Kappa Delta P1 CSTA Intercultural Panel SEKELA, ANNE SIMONS. EDWARD English. IRC, Humanitmes Club Board of Directors SIMS, LOIS ANN Education SLAVIN. THELMA Education SMITH, GRETA Art. Kappa Theta SON. PATRICIA Business Administration Sigma Delta Gamma Pres Vice President Senior Class Chairman Orientation Junior Prom Committee, IFC-ISSC Ball Committee STANSPIELD, IOHN WILLIAM Social Science STEELE. IULIETTE Art. Art Club STEPHENS. LLOYD D Physical Science. Beta P1 Sigma STUPFEL. DON Art. Debating Club Stateside Staff Swimming Team .,,. , ,,..',-v-vu--'V . -H rw-1 SUNDQUIST, LOUISE Nursing Education TI-IORMAHLEN. PAUL Art TURNER, WOODROW ULBRICHT, WALTER VILLA. DELIA ANNE Education. Newman C WAALAND. GLEN WILLIAM lub, Music Federation Education. Kappa Omega, Block S Society WATSON, JESSIE Nursing WELLS, WII.LIAM L. Business Administration. WHITE BARBARA N ursmg WHITE GEORGE E Physical Science Delta Gamma Tau WILLIAMS CIIIMLES 'I' Social Science WIRTH NORMA Education Bib n Tucke I' WOLLENBERG IR., ALBERT C Social Science. Delta Gamma Tau Sigma Alpha Eta WONG. JIMMY Physical Education. Block S Society Sigma Alpha Eta CAHPER SUMMER SESSION GRADUATES BLINN, LORRAINE Education. Alpha Omega DONAHUE. WIN!!-'RED Psychology GREENAN. VIOLA Social Science. CSTA LETT, NAOMI Education MOLL. MAXINE Education RASHAD, R001-II MEI-IDI Psychology SNELL. .TEANNETTE Education TYE, KENNETH Education. Delta Gamma Tau A gggs , fab 'f , vit, , ., wiF1S::?f' C Q -' , f ' 4:-v ' if l . Mfg' 1... ' ,fl. vsllu' Left to Right: Ed Simons -Member at Large, Mary A. Ward - Dean of Women, Bill Hansen - Activities Com- missioner, Bill Wuerch-Member at Large, Jack Healy - Treasurer, Burk Faraola - President, Sharon McDon- nell - Secretary, Virgil McDowell - Member at Large, Jaok Wendt - Mem- ber at Large, Pat Gilkeson - Member at Large, John L. Bergstresser - Dean of Student Personnel. BCARD GF DIRECTCJRS BOARD OF CCJNTRCDL Left to Right: Art Chaboya - Vice President, Dean Alan Johnson - Dean of Men, Joan Mendonca - Student Representative, Ralph Lewis -Busi- ness Manager, Jack Healy - Treasur- er and Chairman of the Board, Shar- on McDonnell - Secretary, Mr. George Stenberg - Faculty Representative, Bill Hansen - Activities Commission, Maurice Besse - Student Representa- tive. Fw - MAN WITH A PLAN l. Canvas merchants who will offer discounts to student body card holders. 2. Push student body card sales during registration and allow payment on the instalment plan. 3. Promote athletics in every way as an investment in public relations for the college. 4. Review reasons for continuing membership in the National Students Association for the sake of outside contacts offered. 5. Permit full freedom of expression for student publication, the Golden Gazer, with possible financial independence. 6. Encourage campus organizations, through the Club Advisory Associ- ation, so that membership in the Associated Students will be mean- ingful and more 'students will be stimulated to participate. Newspapers carry stories week after week about the Marshall Plan, the Schumann Plan, the Heber Plan, and even the Easy Payment Plan, but nary a line or sentence fragment mentions the local, campusgrown variety--the Faraola Plan. With all due respect to Marshall, Schumann, Reber, and the Friendly Finance Company, the Faraola Plan is no mean accomplishment. Under this Plan a thriving student discount program was arranged with local merchants, although various three-watt sages had pontificated for several years that it couldn't be done, two major athletic champion- ships were won--football and basketball, and two more in track and baseball are a strong probability. If these statements seem strange, re- member that Faraola's administration deserves a fair share of credit for these championships. The setting up of an effective Athletic ldoard of Control greatly increased the esprit de corps of the Physical Education Department. Also, the size of the athletic budget, in relation to other expenditures, should not be overlooked. Drama productions, band tours, concerts, operas--yea, even this very magazine--have flourished under the Man with a Plan, Burk Faraola. A myriad of less spectacular, but vital functions of the Associated Stu- dents have been maintained in spite ofmajor financial setbacks incurred when the Veterans' Administration withdrew its student body card sub- sidy. Us ng ,nu-iw . . . Conceding the merits of this Plan, now in effect and expanding daily, let us take a look at the man who conceived it: Burk Faraola. Who is he and why? He is President of the Associated Students. He is not the rah-rah, siss, boom, bah stereotype usually envisioned with such a position for he owns neither a raccoon coat nor a Stutz Bearcat. He is addicted to conservative colors, bow ties, and Ford convertibles. Physically slight, with unruly brown hair, Hurk has startling pale blue eyes accented by his light tan complexion. When he laughs, his whole mobile face laughs. His demeanor is suave, but with a compell- ing note of earnestness which draws people instinctively to him. He does not exude personality nor need to, for he has a natural friendliness which is often mistaken for shyness. The thirty-year-old father of a daughter of nine and a loving husband of a pretty blonde wife, Burk has little time these days to enjoy a rest- ful life. Among other things, he is taking his education block and prac- tice teaching while holding down the office of President. In spite of his busy schedule, Burk still finds time to think about overall student matters. He says, The main problem is to create a situation where everyone will be interested in student government but not through the elimination of fees. Survival of student government de- pends upon an equitable solution to this problem. When asked, What's an old salt like you' doing in student govern- ment? Ca question which has stumped the rock 'em, sock 'em, hit 'em in the knee set ever since he .landslided into officel, he answered, Age is no criteria of interest. My personal feeling is that anyone who just comes to college to study is missing half of his education. Many of my most valuable experiences have been with student government. His own experiences, tempered with mature judgment, caused him to warn of a coming danger to the student body. This college is just beginning to realize its potential. With the completion of the new campus, we will take our place with the leading colleges of the Pacific Coast. However, I hope future student govern- ments will fnot allow us to degenerate into a country-club type of college but will continue to be a responsible group1 The changes that' Burke has brought about in the general attitude of the Associated Stuients are worth noting. When he entered office, his popularity was somewhere in the low percentile because of the bitter- ness and length of the pre-election campaigning. His every action was watched with the fond hope that he would make a mistake over which the opposition could raise a hue and cry. Instead, by watching, the op- 116 L j 1.4, position developed a healthy respect for what the man represented and was trying to accomplish. ln no time at all they were almost completely won over. They have given support and cooperation to a man they at one time violently opposed. Faraola's personal contact approach during elections served him in good stead during the card sales crisis. Many students credit him with staving off financial collapse at the beginning of the Fall semester., This belief was further enhanced when, during the Spring semester sales campaign, Burk came down with the flu and card sales took a tremendous drop. Although Rurk would vehemently deny it, the fact is that card sales passed the mark, set the previous year for seniors, on the one day ldurk was here this Spring, but dropped down in other classes. The reason Burk would deny this is, that he does not consider himself indispensible. After June, Faraola will be out as President, but he is concerned over the problems that his successor will have to face. Prospects for future enrollment increases are somewhat darkened by the present mili- tary situation . . . I would like to see more participation fin student governmentl by women and fbyl veterans. Faraola is a man of strong family sentiment. During his election campaign he wore a hunk of felt with a couple of buttons in his lapel-- a good luck charm made by his daughter. Burk's pretty wife deserves highest praise for her patience and understanding in sharing her hus- band's time with the several thousand members of the Associated Stu- dents. fiurk has sacrificed more than any student--much less a family man--should sacrifice to promote the interests of the student body and the college. Being President has been a very satisfying experience, he said when asked how he felt about the job, but there have been many times when l felt entirely incapable of handling the situations that arose. Be- cause of the fact that l have had a very capable Board, we've managed to work out our problems to the best interests of all concerned. The brash, callous, rugged individualism exemplified by the Ameri- can frontiersman is lost in this modern world of no frontiers. Develop- ment of a lasting world peace will take more than a pioneer spirit. It will take men like liurk Faraola, with the qualities of intelligence, patience, understanding, and earnestness, to achieve this vital goal. Skeptical? Seekliurk out and talk with him a while. You might change your mind. -Bob Donovan. 117 'QITQMBQMW Alpha Zeta Sigma: Left to right. Row one-Ed Little, Dave Cricks, Jim Hughes, John Truscelli, Feruccio Freschet. Tom Gray. Row two-Norm Johnson, Stan Culllgan, Owen Kashevaroff, Bob Boyd, Don Chabot, George Cammarota. NEVVIVIAN CLUB xg, Fi .Q Nl I Pi Epsilon Mu: Left to right. Row one-Dalton, Lewis, Guerra, Zugelder, Travis. Row two-Bluth Ammondsli, Allernand, Allbee, Gonzalez, Hynes, Zowart, Williams. Row three-Bragg, Crawford Ruby, Hyardo, Olivie, Shelton, Tyree, Moy, Perry. Bib 'n' Tucker: Left to right. Row one-Joan Tait, Valerie Valente, Gail Wendt, Sandy McKay, Fran Baher, Harriet Scott, Sharon McDonnell, Luella Smith, Joy Larkins, June Brandt. Row two- Toni Robinson, Cathy Hanoum, Helen Fakey, Marty Lembo, Joan Lowrey, Bonnie Rolphe, Jackie Schnittgrund, Elly Reibling, Ginny White, Barbara Woolley, Pat Foster. C? Sigma Alpha Eta: Left to right. Row one-Andy Andreasen, Roy Ciappini, Jack Healy, Bob Kroehel, Joe Kimura, Dick Coltrell. Row two-Greg Prichard, Denny Herardjo, Stan Shaff, Dr. Morse - Sponsor, Willie Malimborg, Don Knuth. Row three-Dave Mcfllbatton, Dick Gray, Al Wol- lenberg, Jack Wendt. Ph' Eta Ch': Left to right. Row oneiRudy Salvini, John Graham, Robert Bailey, Charles McClel- lantzi - Sponsor, Bob Tyson, and Douglas Qsedom. Row two-Frank Hailey, Jack Wendt, John Kelly, Donald Clar, Wally Checkan and Gene Warren. 1 1 1 1 1 1 .4 1 1 1 'mf Alpha Chl Alpha: Left to right. Row one--Elizabeth Piutti, Eleanor Lavezzi, Jackie Anderson and Joan Pratt. Row two-Sylvia Santilli, Geneva Fontes. Helen Bercovlch, and Kathryn Cone. Row three-Marilyn Maher, Gloria Erickson. Pat Lindman, Barbara Proesch, Mlldred Prastalo and Ernee Soll. 1 1 Recreation Society: Left to right. Row onevPhil Thomas, Joe Marchi, Ray Menaster, William Gor- don. Row two--Naomi Shlbata, Sara Mancha, Mary Willcox, Marge Dent, Lettie Connell, Joyce 1 Hanson. Row three-Jean Burman. Doris Coonrad, Monica Chism, Charles B. Cranfort, Nancy Carter, Salhe Carroll, Shirley Chapman. 1- Q 4 1 Kappa Theta: Left to right. Row one-Helga Wolfheimer, Christine Bianco, Mimi Couper, Judy Pors, Yvonne Milkovich, Barbara Mitchfield, Row two-Dwight Disney, Joan Barnett, Jean Giovan- noni, Pat Kilkeary, Connie Slater, Anita Foge, Bee MacDougal1. Row three-5Florence Strauss, Greta Smith, Carol Wallace, Barbara Falk, Eleanor Goode, Fanet Blomquist, Doris Cooney, Jacque Cha- boya, Flo Miller. Sigma Delta Gamma: Left to right. Row one-Jackie Garry, Juanita Christensor. Audrey Ander- son, Adelaide Michelbook, Jackie Stuhr, Hermine Simon, Doris Swanson, Lorene Gregory, Barbara Garry, 4Row twosNorma Swain, Valerie Nalducci, Grace Gertmenian, Dolores Buzdon, Margie Hill, Jean Wiebalk, Liz Wood, Ruby Collins, Jean Gedda, Elaine Marchetti. Row three-Mrs. Ellsworth - Sponsor, Carmelita Bremner, Barbara Caruso, Dorothy Harris, Carrie Horvath, Flow Dobson, Anita Kidwell, Kathleen Gruner, Marie Avila, Carolyn Barnett, Mrs. Glyer - Sponsor. Row four-Kathie Reyes, Nanpy Cooper, Sonia Weiner, Mar Boyd, Pat Son, Ann Bryan, Mary Ann Earl, Margie Farullo, Aki Oyamada, Emily Fuller, Bev Igaster. Alpha Omega: Left to right. Row one-Burley Halloran, Larraine Aragona, Irene Antoni, Dixie- lee Bush, and Lorraine Blinn. Row twovGerry Gartland, Marianne Nyhan, Jean Hoffman, Beverly Field, Bunnie Flood, Joan Prince and Beverly Pagano. Row three-Joan Kurpinsky, Harriet Haw- l6ins,l1YLiIary Stephens, Connie Smith, Polly Love, Alycee Momboisse, June Cosio, Dottie Reese, and aro anson. Phi Lambda Chi: Left to right. Row one-Geraldine Sclimale, Pat Foster, Norma Shepherd, Shir- ley Ross, Doreen Hale and Joey Hieronimus. Row twofHelen Zieman, Lowene Dougherty, Jean Sayre, Zeth De Vore, Margie Hughes and Elaine Boschetti. Row three-Dolores Derby, Janice Kelly, Pat McKee, Chris Zieman, Peggy Vasque and Shirley DeVita. A la .L A W x 4 . 'g f as it if E 'W' 5 Q Sigma Pl l'?'ma: Lett to right. .Row one-Bob Windle, Bill Dorffi, Harry Maravelias, Mike Tsirlis. Row two- om Palmer, Dic Williamson, Gordon Raddue, Hal Rubi, Ron Schneiber, Sam Wales, John Fawcett. Bow three-Bob J imenez, Bud Berggren. Harry Redlic , Al Desin, Howie Schinnerer, Lee Stanford, J 1m McCrea, Harry Kelly. Not pictured-Dan Martin, Bob Block, Bob Kalfke, Mike Franzoni. John Bohman, George Gazulis, Ted Abbott. Delta Phi Gamma: Left to right. Row one-Lou Montes, Don McCarthy, Willie Malmborg, John Walsh, Art Kirrleman, Frank Walsh, Pete Aldrete. Row two-Stan Nowicki, Ifen Cahen, Homer Zugelder, Ron Kasabian, Chris Makras, Jim Carey, Bob Kroeckel. Royv three-Dick Amandolb Earl Cla ton, Bob Walker. Andy Melens, Ernie Domecus, Walt Pudlowskx, Chick Delee, Ken Mc lure, Neil McDowell. Winston Si va. Jack Healy. Www Rf xv? A Y' 9 Kappa Omega: Left to right. Row one-Tony Fardella, John Holden, Dave Vickers, Elmer Galle- gos, Con Bremner. Milt Cerf, Frank Ellinfer. Row two-Donald Clare, Sam DeVito3 Graham R. Knox. Henri R. Larmusease. Ray C. Gerlo , Ken Shelley, Ted Lainas. Row three-Ralph Gakuski, Dale Sharp, Herb Anderson. Art Choboya, Charlie Parish, Gene Andersen, Frank Cavato, P. F. Whlt- well, Jack H. Dieker, Jose Marks. Bela Chi Delta: Left to right. Row one-Virgil McDowell, Bill Watson, Don Burbank d B 5222! Ss: tEXZ?CB3L1EinkZTbF'JR0mai In Sswolteaf-mis AST' Roger an3nMa5555 . -- , e axa, o n r, , ' ' ' and Ernie Mccleuand. 1 e 1 ansen eorge Serlm, William Andrews ,as se. 41 LW., M1 . ., 5 i I AJ F 1 ! i w W r V w l , , Radio Guild: Left to right, First row-Bill Dempsey - Sponsor, Greg Prichard, Bud Billings, Peter Turdicci, Karl Hurst, Jeanne Williams, Dave McElhatton. Second row-Anne Hopps, Pat Stubo, Craig Jackson, Flora Spergel, Luisa Hepper. Third row-Terry Rice, Frank Mikulay, Helen Hamp- .sihiii2e,Ii3ig1Wuerch, Larry Russell, Carl Switzer, Barry Simmons, Dick Orton, Ernest Mickey and ac a on. Alpha Psi Omega: Left to right-Joe Franklin, Jack Kalman, Jeanne Williams, Dave McE1hatton, Marguerite Ruiz, Miriam Scholz, Greg Prichard and Clarence Miller - Sponsor. ...Q- ,K ir Alpha Phi Gamma: Left to right. Row onef-Fred Hodel and Wes Olson. Row two-'Iris M. Pape. Dagmar Dern, Luisa Hepper and Norma Swain. Row three!-Frank Galo, Douglas Usedom, Allan Buckley and Victor Spingolo. Hillel: Left to right. Row one-Ann Solomon, Norma Kaufmann, and Joan Pearl. Row two4Sau1 E. White - Rabbi, Cyrus Trobbe - Sponsor, Jack Barren, Bernard Leebhofi, and Ernest Schoenholz. buf for H1512 O: 1361 E STATE'S ALL-TIME ATHLETIC RECORD 1930 - 1950 W L T Pct. 1 Fencing 18 8 0 .777 Track 71 38 0 .651 Basketball 252 172 0 .570 Baseball 184 135 4 .566 ' Tennis 83 66 ' 1 .555 ' Golf 31 26 0 .543 Boxing 19 18 4 .512 Swimming 29 28 2 .508 t Soccer 26 33 8 .388 Football 38 81 10 .333 ' Wrestling 9 23 0 .281 760 628 29 .545 ill Far Western Conference championships, 1947-1950. It is only fitting that the inaugural issue of STATESIDE should re- view the athletic history of the college. Through the cooperation of the physical education department, along with past issues of the Golden Gater and the Franciscan, this presentation is made possible. Much of the information was derived from State's Athletic History by John Kjol and Ken Shelley. Although the college came into existence in 1899, it wasn't until 1929 that males were admitted to the Buchanan Street institution. Un- rest seized the few imen enrolled, as they were surrounded on all sides by women. These pioneer Gators clamored for an athletic program, and to the rescue came David J. Cox, now chairman of the physical educa- tion department. On February 28,193O, State began its athletic history when a basket- ball team visited the Salvation Army gymnasium to do battle with the S.A. boys. Led by Charles Carson and Ed Plutte, the locals launched State's athletic career by disposing of the opposition, 18-14. The glory was short-lived, however, for the following week State met Balboa High School and the high school kids emerged victorious, 28-22. After that, the young Gators retired for the season. V ' 129 F....,............,. - , . W -gn The following year Cox expanded the college athletic program as he took over the coaching of the track, football, swimming, tennis, and basketball teams. Since then State has had its ups and downs in the sports world, mostly downs. Despite the sudden flourish of recent athletic success, San Francisco State's complete sports record is nothing to brag about. The best show- ing has been in fencing, the sword-slinging game which is not considered a major sport. State's swordsmen have stabbed successfully eighteen times in twenty-six meets for a .777 average. For a look at the athletic history in its entirety, let us divide the sports into two categories, major and minor, starting off with the majors. MAJOR SPORTS Football, which is supposed to be THE sport in collegiate circles, has been abused a bit by State. During nineteen years of competition, Gator gridders have won atotal of thirty-eight games, but dropped eighty- one, and battled to ten draws. lt wasn't until Joe Verducci came to State, that the Gators produced a really able football team. Previously, 1949 was considered a banner year, because the gridders managed to win three games, losing only four and tying one. Then came 1950, State's big year. Verducci, fresh from St. lNlary's, coached his boys to six wins, including the Far Western Conference championship and an invitation to the Pear Bowl game. The lone Gator loss, not counting the post-season 61-7 fiasco at the hands of Lewis and Clark, was a 41-20 defeat by a powerful Whittier eleven. Because of the successful football year, the newcomer to this cam- pus might think that the Gator gridders have always been of the Notre Dame, Michigan, California, et al type. They have not. lt wasn't until 1947, when the Gators joined the Far Western Con- ference, that State began compiling satisfactory records. Since that year, State has accumulated fifteen championships: four in tennis, four in golf, three in swimming, two in track, one in baseball and, now, its first foot- ball crown. 7 San Francisco State football got underway in 1931 with Cox coaching. The Gators ran into Lowell High School, Sacred Heart School, and Marin Junior College without scoring a solitary point. Then came Galileo High School. The Lions won, 13-6, but State had scored! One Ted Goldman made the record books by scooting into the end zone for the first foot- 130 q -Y ball points ever made by State. That one touchdown inspired the team to great efforts. The following week State battled a superior Stanford Frosh eleven to a 0-0 deadlock. Finally, against Continuation High School, San Francisco State emerged triumphant, 25-03 tied Humboldt State, 7-7, and defeated Salinas Junior College, 12-7, for their second win of the season in the college's in- augural grid year. After that, until 1950, the Gators lost more games than they won. Despite the gloomy record, State did succeed in producing some worth- while stars. Heading the list is Bill Harkness, now on the college phys- ical education staff.'Harkness was quite the triple threat in' his day. Other top performers include Chad Heade, Major McBee, Tony Morrow, Dick Peters, Bert Greenberg, Pete Desalernos, and Bob Keropian. .-.-, -.'. 22:2:g.g,, JJ 5 I -.-Sfiffliliffgieiliz Y ::f55E55i5EE55E3f93f2 l 52i2:1' :-:4:':-.-.-.3.g,g.g-:':-.'.-.3.g.g.:-:-.-.-4.5.1.5 - , Q - ,1.:.a-may K V1 . . ..-.-11:21-:1:55:11:f:::1:A:::::-:11:1:1:1:::::f::1:2 , -:-:-:-lizi-1:-:-:-:-:::gy2:31'A'::::1:::::z2c-:-1-:4-:-1-:-2-f. 25522:5:15:2:1'::-:-:-533Qg52'.1'g:'L'-1z152i',r'icA:fn Nxwa.-.. . lf 131 E- SPORTS SCRA,EBQ Q!lf , fw wr -. x x X: x lj gafkf V, D .Hx ag . kiqiukg 1:5 gh ,fb V I -1 A kigfig W i f-5: F Q -1 V -ff., -4: - H' ' ' M 1 Q: X A ' Q L A A 1 v- -4 J.. q 'Ol Awifnx - t.l 7 Www:-: J Q ' If 'l'l 0 4 L S 8-qi, . 4 v':, f . X ,..::?f?lI 0 Q A l Q Q v Xt ' J' ' I l ! , - Q X X K ff? I in g l X In IVR!! . 1 5 1' X I lsr 1 J- W V! I xv 4' T V aiu ' W4 . A' ' 1 , , 1 ini: N 'Y , X From the present crop, those destined for greater things lproviding Uncle Sam doesn't interferel are Rudy Smith, Dick Payne, Bob William- son, Sam DeVito, Elmer Gallegos, Neil Gunn, Maurie Koch, Tom Ripa, and Walt Jourdan. All of these gentlemen made either the first or second All-Far Western Conference teams. State's football history is marred somewhat by a tragic occurrence in 1940 when tackle .lohn Tandy died as a result of a head injury during a game with Cal Poly at Roberts Field. In contrast to the poor football record, the Gators possess an envi- able basketball history. Going into the 1950-1951 season, Gator basket- ball teams had won 252 games while dropping 172. After concluding their two-game season already mentioned, the Buchanan Street five has won with amazing consistency, especially under Dan Farmer's coaching. Out of State's 252 wins, 244 were under Farmer's coaching. He was Chico State's all-time athlete: he starred in football, track, and basket- ball, making All-Conference in the cage sport for four years. Last year he named his all-time Gator team. Gracing this dream team were Johnny Burton and Emil Fanfelle, forwards, Tom Collingwood, center, Harry Post'and Jim Keating, guards. Burton is now playing for the Young Men's Institute, while Fanfelle does his basketball playing for the Ready Room. Keating took a fling at professionalbaseball, and Collingwood and Post are now handling coach- ing jobs. Farmer claims that Collingwood is the best player he ever coached Cthis article covers sports only up to the fall of 1950, pre-Kevin Duggan daysl. State has produced some outstanding basketball teams. During the 1937-1938 cage season the Gators defeated Nevada Cthen a member of the FWCJ twice, 45-26 and 47-33 and were known as the uncrowned champions of the PWC . State did not join the conference until 1947. The Gators' best year was 1941-1942 when they won 22 and lost 3. ln 1939-1940 they had a 23-5 record as Collingwood led them through a fifteen game winning streak. Aside from the stars already mentioned, others worthy of the Gator honor roll are Carl Gelatt, Quennie Chiono, Cy Atkinson, Joe Sanz, Norm Keller, .lack Byrne, Dick Jaensch, Angelo Maestri, and Chuck Crawford. As for State's baseball teams, there have been some pretty good ball clubs. Overall figures show that State has amassed 184 wins as against 135 defeats. and four ties in a nineteen year span. 134 llllivlbl With Merv Nickerson in the capacity of student-manager, the Gators made their baseball debut by defeating Mission High School, 13-11, in 1932. The following year Hal Harden took over as coach and held that post until 1943, when the Navy beckoned. 'Harden returned in 1946 and the following season he coached the Gators to their one and only Far Western Conference baseball championship. That ball club ended the season with a 17-8 record, thanks to the efforts of Jim Keating and .lim Pollard. Gator stars include Bob Marcus, George Moscone, Dick Murray, Neil Sheridan, Bob Russell, Jim Keating, Chuck Damonte, Ed Cassilagio, Gus Buono and from the newer boys,.lim Hughes, Ted Abbott, Earl Clay- ton, Chris Makras, Hay Enjaian and Cub Hubio. Both Enjaian and Rubio made the first annual all-collegiate all-stars team from last year. The track team boasts a .651 percentage and the records show that some great men have worn Gator track spikes. Topping the list is Hmar Stone, present superintendent of the col- lege's buildings and grounds. He established himself as the college's iron man in 1936 when he scored 199 points for the season. In one meet he entered eight events, taking five firsts, one second and two thirds. This was the year Harkness was top man in the pole vault. The year before, while representing State, Stone placed third in the national decathlon. He barely missed going to the 1936 Olympics. His 6'2Z high jump mark is still in the record books. Two other records that deserve mention are Hal F'ox's 9.5 mark for the 100-yard dash and Tom Carroll's 13'6 pole vault. The Gators have captured two FWC track titles. Championship num- ber one came in 1947 with Fox, John Sheperd, Meagher, Boles, and Graves leading the way. Title number two came last year, thanks to trackmen Len Posey, Charlie Parish, Dave Vickers, Bob Keropian, Sam Levine, Chuck Crawford, Herb Franklin, Lloyd Stoneking, Norm Travis, and Captain Bill Hynes. Bay Kaufman coached both championship clubs. ' fl' ,I l!lcl Secret ambition: I wanna built 1514-4 1 me a hothouse and grow posiesd' K f s , t - i..-1.35.-,fi g ' S l l35 g0Flc MINOR SPORTS p Fencing tops the list of Gator athletics with a .777 average. A rel- atively new sport to State, it has already produced its share of stars. Among them are Jerry Biagini, Pete Boghosin, Don Pedersen, Wes Olson, Bill Coleman, Lou Giorgi, Jack Anderson and Tony Gex. Tennis has produced two outstanding stars in Ronnie English and .loe Woolfson. English was unbeaten in four years of competition from 1934 to 1937. Woolfson, playing against better competition, ended his intercollegiate tennis career with 54 wins against five defeats. He also took three Far Western Conference championships for State. Last year, Ed Jacobson ran the string to four straight titles by beat- ing the best the FWC had to offer for the singles title. Alex Swetka and 136 Wayne Murphy won the doubles for State. ' State's honor roll of tennis stars include English, Woolfson, Jacob- son, Swetka, Murphy, Hal Wagner, Jack Petty, Fred Cugat, Jack Witt, Bill Madamba, Dick Schwab, Gene Phillips, Harry Colman, and.Ralph Chippendale. Tennis has brought 83 wins for State against 66 losses. Golf has takenfourFWC crowns in a row. Top men for this unheralded sport have been George Albrecht, Norm Nowicki, Jerry Friedman, John Linn, and Art Crebassa. State's golf team has had only eight years of competition. The sport was established in 1938, took a rest in 1941, came back in 1942 and then was discontinued from 1943 through 1946. The golfers have a 31-26 record. Until last year, State's boxing teams were never worthy of the name. Thus far State's Sluggers hold a 19-18-4 mark. Ernie Leydecker, 165 pound sensation, fought for three years without a set back to become one of the State's better boxers. Other top-notchers were Jack Gilkey, Sal Solina, Ed Melendez, and Al Williams. Of the newer boys, Ted Ab- bott, Jim Hughes, Fuzzy Freschet, and John Fisher have proved out- standing. The swimming team also boasts four FWC titles in as many years. Outstanding mermen include Frank Howard, Hal and Bogo Keller, Ken Mavor, Bob Sherman, and Kay Wade. Wade's 5:42.5 mark in the 440 free style is a Far Western Conference record. The swimmers hold a 29-28-2 mark. Jerry Kenney, former Stater, organized the college's first soccer team in 1939 and started out by beating Galileo High School, 2-0, and Balboa High School, 1-0, before losing to Commerce High School. Since then, Kenney's teams have won 26 games as against 33 defeats. All-time star is Homo Zylker, the 1947 sensation. Zylker was the only man from the Bay Area to be sent to Chicago for the Olympic trials. Other top soccer players are Manny Morena, John Peterson, Archie Steinback, Bill Callas, Alex Valdimeroff, Bob Polidari, Pete Dalton, Walt Pudlowski, Tom Collingwood, Tom Collins, Ralph Azevedo, Bob Kitchen, Emil Fanfelle, Bon Neathery, George Drollette, Ernie Freibusch John Harlan, Neil Decker, Howie Hall, Carlos DeLeon and Henri Lar- museau. Although wrestling is at the bottom of the list with an unimpressive record of nine wins in 32 starts, the sport is ably represented by one Joe Kimura. The little guy ranks as one of the top matmen on the coast, if not in the nation. He has won almost every kind of tournament on the coast including two Pacific Intercollegiate Conference championships. 137 Other wrestlers worthy of mention include Bert,Gustafson iwho atone time coached the college wrestling teaml, 'Al Larin, Buss Messerole, and Jerry Friedman. ln conclusion, State's over-all record of 760 wins, 628 losses and 29 ties, isn't too impressive, but that was before the new campus ath- letic plant was realized. Since January 1, 1951, the Gators have won the Far Western Con- ference basketball championship, captured the Gerlin Intercollegiate Conference title in fencing, placed second in FWC boxing and, as this went to press, Gator teams were headed for more titles, especially in track. The 1951 roll call of athletes is headed by cage star Kevin Duggan. He set a new Gator scoring record with his 686 points. During the 1949- 50 season he was on the first-string Junior College All-American team. Other 1951 stars include Bob Liebe, John Walsh, Al Desin, Jerry Biagini, Joe Kimura, Bob Kaffke, John Bohman, Len Posey, Charlie Parish, Walt Boehne, Alex Swetka, Ed Jacobson, Wayne Murphy, Bob Arata, Chris Makras, Earl Clayton, Ernie Domecus, Don McCarthy, Herb Franklin, Bob Keropian, Bob Jiminez, Don Stupfel, Howie Schinnerer. Behind the scenes of State's athletic saga is the fine coaching staff headed by the venerated dean, David J. Cox. The other gentlemen of the physical education staff include Joe Verducci, football, wrestling, and publicity, Dick Boyle, baseball, Hal Harden, swimming, Bob Robin- ett, boxing, Bill Harkness, intramurals, Joe Moore, assistant football and track coach, Bay Kaufman, track and junior varsity basketball, -Dan Farmer, basketball and tennis, Jerry Kenney, soccer. Soon, this fine physical education staff will be supplemented by a modern new campus, the gymnasium is already in use. lt is anticipated that the big new plant will attract many fine athletes. And so it is with optimism, despite the current uncertainty of world affairs, that San Fran- cisco State looks forward to a brighter athletic future than ever before. -Frank Galo. 138 ALL IN ONE BASKET.. In a few months Kevin Duggan has become Mr. Basketball at San Francisco State. In the twenty-eight game season he erased all past rec- ords and placed his name among the State athletes who have added to the reputation of their college. At the same time he was becoming a local sports personality, he was making a place for himself in general campus life. He was a student in this or that class, one of the boys on the balcony, or a member of the audience at a football rally. Duggan is a tall, good-looking blond with a retiring disposition. He prefers going about his college career quietly. One of the first things you note about his manner on the campus is his refusal to capitalize on his basketball prowess. Over and over again, close friends label Kev as shy and modest. This is a well-earned compliment to a guy who has received many honors and much glory without developing an oversized ego. He admits enjoying the athletic honors he receives, but his friends find they must practically hog tie him before he will publicly accept these honors. Bob Brachman, an Examiner sports writer, took the action necessary to get Kev to step into the limelight. On presenting Kev with the Player of the Year trophy at a rally, Brachman said Kevin tells me he doesn't have anything to say, there- fore he will tell us his reaction to this trophy. Kev was thus forced to speak and did himself credit by clearly expressing his pleasure and in- sisting that his teammates deserved a share of the honor that came his way. Never underrating himself as a way of digging for compliments, Kev manages to explain his ability by saying it is a product of working with good teams. He frequently puts it this way--the fellows had to get the ball to him before he could score his 686 points. His .unboastful attitude was illustrated recently in one of his educa- tion classes.The class was learningthe basic skills of basketball. With- out comment, Kev went through the routine of acquiring an elementary knowledge of the sport. 139 91115 Easy-going, he didn't bother to correct the people who mispronounced his name Dug'an instead of the correct Dew'gan. Responding to the con- fusion caused by this facet of Kev's personality, radio sports commen- tator Ira Blue labeled him Dew'gan-flug'gan, Dug'an-Dew-gan. Kev is not a P.E. major, but a candidate for a general elementary teaching credential. This is his chosen field because he thinks of a teaching career as offering security, good hours, satisfaction and a generally good life. People who expect him to rate a professional basketball career highly are surprised to find that he isn't too interested. He is aware of the un- certain security in such a career. Many people have wondered why an All-American in junior college would select a so-called minor sports college in preference to a big name school. Once Kev laughingly replied to this question, Nobody else wanted me, but this is far from true. Last year he had offers of scholarships from about twenty of those name schools. His reason for refusing them goes back to February, 1947, when Kevin Duggan registered at San Francisco State. He stayed until June and the following February enrolled at San Francisco City College where he was named junior college All-American in the '49-'50 season. The scholar- ship offers followed, but Kev found that because of the transfer ruling he would have two full years of eligibility at only one school--San Fran- cisco State. Evidently the forced choice has proven a happy one for Kev. He says he likes the students and the teachers and even mentions the five acre campus as an asset, because it brings everyone closer together. He also likes the backing of the friendly rooters out at the New Cam- pus gym. Although he doesn't claim to be constantly aware of the fans, he does feel that a team reacts to the mood of the crowd. Surprisingly, while the rooting section kept track of every point that Kev scored, he himself didn't have an accurate idea of his scoringdur- ing the games. The night he niade 34 points at the Cow Palace he thought he had around 23 points. lf you've ever seen him with Coach Dan Farmer, you've probably sensed the respect he has for the coach. One of the first reasons he lists for being glad he played on the first conference-winning basketball team was the satisfaction of seeing how happy the win made Mr. Farmer. pinning down Kev's personality would be a difficult task. One close friend quickly admitted that Kev is a very complex person. He has a cocky walk, which belies a shy and modest manner and although reluc- 141 ,v.., ,M 'l l i l l --Y-W Jil tant to speak in public, he has a more than adequate ability to express himself. It's too bad that the records that will remain of Kev's success on the basketball court cannot contain a short description of the man who set the marks. If this could be done, the 686 points and the single game totals of 40 and 34 would be far more significant. 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V I Ziflfmlh L -i XX X, .xx Q 'Zyl f 'i I XYAJORR 2 f0MPi7l5NJ 5 N Af X L VW EW X-aa -v- '- ---'Y - ' '-1 SIAMESE TWINS FUR SCIENCE An experiment which may lead to the conquest of a dangerous para- site is presently in progress in the biology lab at Anderson Hall, under the guidance of Mr. Herman Zaiman, instructor in Biology. The purpose of this experiment is to obtain data on 100 pairs of white rats with regard to their acquired immunity, or lack of it, to tri- china, the worm sometimes found in pork. The problem, according to Mr. Zaiman, is to discover whether the immunity that does develop in a rat is due to the resistance of local tissues or to the action of substances in the blood. Artificially twinned rats are being used because they share a common bloodstream but have separate digestive tracts. The rats are prepared for their job by being joined together at the sides so that they have a common abdominal cavity as well as a common bloodstream. In a day or two they have recovered from the post-operative hiccups resulting from their ether jag. They seem to accept their new relationship as Siamese twins without any perceptible surprise or alarm. - Because rats are very friendly andrbecause romantic consequences are not necessary for the collection of the desired data, the rats thus united are of the same sex--males with males and females with females-- so nobody gets a neurosis. After the fur has grown back and the Siamese rats are accustomed to ,3v, m.gmfwxmwfwwMM1a',Q,,.,i,i,,M,,u,,LA,.,.Mm.g,,im,':4hggg,g m,,4,,A , if ,,,, 1, . ..,,..1,.,,,'.i, f-sse1is,:s,.i.3w:Ls,, 7 frisking about on their eight legs and to eating with their two heads, they are ready for the experiment. The seemingly simple technique of making these twins, and the ac- quisition of the laboratory, the equipment and supplies, plus the surgical skill required, are the outcome of ten years of preparatory study and research by Mr. Zaiman. He, however, gives all credit for the develop- ment ofthe Anderson Hall lab to the interested science majors who have donated their time and labor. Two of these volunteers were George Omi and Irene Davidsen. For the experiment, one rat of a pair is infected by placing worms in its stomach. The dose is large enough to cause the rat to develop an immunity but not enough to cause permanent injury. After a month a second dose of trichina is given, this time to both members of the pair. The rats are then killed and their intestines are examined for worms. If both rats prove to be free from worms, it indi- cates they are both immune. And if both rats are immune, it suggests that the immunizing agent was carried in the bloodstream, which they shared, and that the immunity was not entirely due to the resistance of the local tissues. The answers which may come from the data Mr. Zaiman is collecting are of more than academic significance because there is no cure for trichinag and, in the U.S.A. today, it is estimated that one out of every five persons has at least a sub-clinical infection of this parasite. ' -Iris Pape. Zwallf On November 9, 1950, seven instructors from San Francisco State College were dismissed by the State Department of Education. The rea- son for their dismissal was explained in a registered letter which each of the seven received. It read, in part, You have been guilty of gross unprofessional conduct in that you have failed and refused to take and suscribe to the oath or affirmation within the time prescribed and as required of you... The oath they had refused to sign was the Levering Act, also known as Assembly Bill 61 or the State loyalty oath. Actually, the Levering Act is an extension of the regular California constitutional oath which every public employee, as well as all State College students, had previously signed. The extension provides the additional swearing that the person does not belong to an organization advocating the overthrow of the government, has had no such affiliations for the past five years other than listed exceptions, and will not join any group that advocates overthrow of the government. Under the provisions of the Act State employees were required to sign the oath before November 2, 1950 or have their names struck from the payroll. Also October salary checks were to be withheld from those who refused to sign. The Act did not specifically provide for the dis- missing of any employee who failed to sign. The Department of Education's decision to fire the seven instructors was based upon a legal interpretation of the measure which held: CD re- moval from the payroll implied removal from service, f2l the failure of an employee to declare allegiance and disclaim membership in subver- sive organizations when required by law as a basis of employment con- stituted gross unprofessional conduct . The legal basis for the latter part of this decision lies in Section 20393 of the Education Code which provides for immediate removal from employment for gross unprofessional conduct. , 146 THE In an attempt to force the loyalty oath issue into the student elections three S.C.A.F. members ran on an anti-oath platform, but were soundly defeated. Because of their avowed political goal the S.C.A.F. group was denied permission to come oncampus and to this date is still of- ficially unrecognized. There was nothing discriminatory in this since all political groups --- including Republicans and Democrats --- are barred from forming campus organizations. An unexpected addition to the course of events was the appearance of an anti-anti-oath publication entitled The Promptern. This pamphlet --- unsigned --- attempted to label all repeal activities as Moscow di- rected or Communist . After two issues, an editorial blast from the Golden Gater seemed to have discouraged further endeavors in this di- rection for the Prompter never appeared again. A similar anti-anti pamphlet appeared recently under the name of The Able Petard , which gained a measure of fame for its monumental grammatical errors and garbled logic. PHASE THREE: When the November 2nd deadline expired it was discovered that two additional instructors had refused to sign: A. Eason Monroe, chairman of the Language Arts Division, and Jack Patten, Eng- lish instructor. The resignation of Monroe came as a surprise to the majority of students. lle had spoken at the first protest meeting, but had confined his remarks, mainly, to a semantic interpretation of some of the words in the oath. His early speech gave no indication that he would refuse to sign. In a farewell address to the students Monroe ex- pressed his regret at leaving and stressed the hardships on the road to repeal. Several days later San Francisco Superior Judge Edward Molkenbuhr upheld the legality of the Levering Act. Unable to obtain a temporary injunction against the law, the non-signing instructors continued teach- ing while awaiting definite action on the part of the Department of Edu- cation. No sooner had S.C.A.F. predicted that the non-signers would not be fired and the Golden Gater printed a story that the instructors would continue teaching without pay, that the letters dismissing the instructors arrived from Director of Education -- Hoy E. Simpson. Later, in an address to the faculty, President J. Paul Leonard em- phasized his deep regret over the loss of the non-signing instructors, but pointed out he had advised them to sign and then seek legal redress through the courts. He stated, The fact that less than one hundredth of one million people in California have refused to sign the oath, that A 147 ......,. v. ,. , W, A ,,,, i.,,,i,,q?,,,-i,,v- V Y should hesitate to re-affirm his allegiance to the State and nation. Objections to the measure were later summed up in a statement is- sued by the S. F. State Chapter of the American Association of Univer- sity Professors which listed eleven points. 'With this statement the A.A. U.P. included a resolution to work for the repeal of the Levering Act through the democratic process . The eleven reasons for opposing the law were: ill the act is unnec- essaryg f2l it is a product of political hysteria, Q31 the law is ambiguous, fill it is unconstitutional, f5l it sets up a political test for employment, C67 it undermines tenure, CU it weakens the bargaining rights of public employees, f8l it attacks civil libertiesg f9l it attacks academic free- dom, 4109 it heralds future threats and repressionsg illl it provides for smear attacks and intimidation. Another note was injected into the picture when two articles appeared in the San Francisco Call Bulletin about the flunking of a summer ses- sion student by the Journalism instructor. The articles attempted to link the flunk case to the faculty protestations over the loyalty oath. The articles alleged that the student failed a course for patriotically up- holding American intervention in Korea. Because the instructor, Miss Phiz Mezey, privately opposed intervention, the Call-Bulletin articles intimated the student was failed because his political views did not agree with the instructor's. At the time the College administration an- nounced it was conducting an in-vestigation into the matter, but the final results of that investigation never were made public. As the November 2nd deadline approached, five instructors declared their intention not to sign: Miss Phiz Mezey, Journalism instructor figur- ing in the flunk case , Herbert Bisno, instructor in Sociology, John Beecher, assistant professor of Sociology, Frank Rowe, instructor in Art, and Leonard Pockman, associate professor of Physics. Meanwhile, efforts toward the repeal of the loyalty measure were undertaken by a militant student group. Calling themselves the Student Committee for Academic Freedom, this group put out a number of leaf- lets denouncing the oath and organized several protest meetings. While never having more than a hundred students participating or attending their functions with any regularity, the S.C.A.F. group was quite active. The majority of the work was done by less than twenty-five people who also made all the important decisions of S.C.A.F. The extreme opposi- tion to the oath advocated by this group hindered its attempts to expand the membership. Because of this it never became more than a highly or- ganized minority ofthe total student body. 148 THE EMPIRE STATE BUILDING HAS 102 STORIES THE BOOKSTORE HAS THOUSANDS OF THEM Take a sight-seeing tour among the tomes of SHORT STORIES FOR FUN ANDXOR ELEVATION in THE BOOKSTORE q,,, DUTCH KITCHEN is the place to go for that home cooking 1859 MARKET ST. SACK BARREN RO0FING CO' TAR Cr GRAVEL O DAMP-PROOFING ROOFING 0 SHINGLES If TILE 3733 Geary Blvd. 222222122222 KOEHLER Auto Body Works Auto Painting 1336 GROVE STREET, UPSTAIRS Flllmore 6-9359 I 'Uptown Drug Store FOUNTAIN SERVICE ' DRUGS, SUNDRIES AND COSMETICS . . 1900 MARKET ST. TEL.: -UN. 1-5100 149 .,,,.,..t.T..,,,,, . . One million State employees were required to sign the oath, yet less than one thousand failed to comply. Some of the most marked reactions to the Levering Act occurred in San Francisco. Municipal employees, City College instructors as well as those from S. F. State, held a series of meetings protesting the new loyalty measure. State, among all the California State Colleges, was the only one to lose so many instructors. The battle of the loyalty oath at State can be divided into three phases: ,the events occurring up to the actual passage of the oath in early October, the interim month between passage and the November 2nd deadline, and finally, dismissal of the instructors and the beginning of the repeal fight. . PHASE ONE: Although the uneasiness felt by most college faculties stems considerably farther back than the University of California loyalty oath controversy, that institution's battle undoubtedly aided in precip- itating the affair at State. National sentiment against Communism and the threat of subversive activities was heightened by the beginning of the Korean War --- a condition that was reflected in the summer session issues of the Golden Gater, the student newspaper. The pros and cons on American intervention were discussed and finally led to an unfortun- ate incident which had later repercussions. Military defeats, the imminence of the draft, and uncertain world conditions set the mood for the Fall semester at State. Governor War- ren's Civil Defense program, of which the Levering Act was part, began rolling into high gear, culminating in the Legislature approving a series of defense measures to meet the emergency. lt was at this time and under these circumstances that the Levering Act was passed. PHASE TWO: A student protest rally against the new oath was plan- ned, but the act was passed before the meeting could be held. Deter- mined to hold the rally regardless, the organizing students, also officers of the International Relations Club --- a campus organization --- failed to clear their proposed plans through the administration as required The reaction was swift. On the same day that the protest meeting was scheduled, the student Board of Directors suspended the l.fi.C. and instructed the officers to state at the rally it was not officially recognized by the college. The meeting was held and four members of the college faculty spoke at the affair. Of the four speakers only one ever actually signed the oath. T A s'econd meeting was delayed by the refusal of the Police Depart- ment to issue a permit for a public assembly. The reason for the,refusal was never explained, but the permit was later granted. lt was from this second meetingthat the idea of forming a militant student group emerged. 150 mum' lulliglilvvww H Q Because of the considerable student agitation, both organized and unorganized, a closed meeting of the Board of Directors was called by President Burk Faraola to determine the Associated Students policy in the matter. There had been demands for a student vote on the loyalty issue and calls for united opposition to the oath. One of the College Deans explained to the student board that, as an official body of the college, it could not stand opposed to a law which President J. Paul Leonard --- as head of the institution --- was duty-bound to uphold. It was for this reason also, that a student vote on the loyalty oath never was conducted. Indecision on the part of most Board members precluded any Associated Students sponsored opposition to the oath in any case. A student-faculty roundtable discussion on the oath was proposed and, after some delays, held. The purpose of the roundtable was to clarify the various provisions of the oath and present arguments both for and against the measure. There was general agreement among the eight speakers that the measure was loosely constructed. lt was felt that it was too general and comprehensive for a penal code and con- tained potential loopholes and inadequate provisions for those who objected to it for different reasons. Proponents of the oath maintained that the State had the right to de- mand the allegiance of its employees. Briefly stated, the points cited in favor of the measure were: ill the oath is constitutional: QD subver- sive elements must be exposedg f3l since all State employees are blan- keted into the Civil Defense program a loyalty check is necessary: ffl-l the people want a loyalty screening program, C51 the practicalities of a tense international situation with Soviet Russia demand it: f6l no.one pub 1C opinion as expressed in the last election is favorable to the oath, together with the continued pressure of Soviet Russia, will serve to strengthen for some time those who earnestly believe in the value of the oath as well as those who have not thought greatly about it. So ended the battle ofthe loyalty oath at San Francisco State College. From that point on all repeal activity stemmed from off-campus. The dismissed instructors figured prominently in the founding of the Federation for the Repeal of the Levering Act. A. Eason Monroe still heads that organization which has been making itself heard moreiand more in the current legislative session. Also Monroe recently completed an Eastern speaking tour of universities and colleges where he presented the case of the non-signers. Leonard Pockman and Herbert Bisno are among the group of twenty- one plaintiffs now fighting the Act through the courts. A State supreme ,151 0 J 1 l l 4 1 4 -MJ Court hearing is set for May 23, 1951. Miss Phiz Mezey is editor of the F.R.L.A. newsletter, The Repeal . The final outcome of this repeal fight will probably not be known for several years, but the recent flurry of special oath bills pending be- fore the Legislature, plus a recent proposal to include the Levering Act as an amendment to the Constitution, indicates a long fight ahead for the Federation. -Bob Donovan. THE LITERATI fOne gal to anotherj Oh, I can't come to class this morning. I feel a short story coming on. Try Hadacol for a better tomorrow. 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The 1950-51 season heralded the following: in the fall, two sets of workshop one-acts, opera workshop productions, two three-act plays, .IOAN OF LORRANE and LADIES IN RETIREMENT, in the spring, 'two sets of workshop one-acts, five scenes from the Classics: opera work- shops, one three-act play, ANIMAL KINGDOM plus THEATRE OF THE SOULS, a workshop, and ROBIN HOOD, not presented on campus, but with the director and the actors from State, sponsored by the East Bay Children's Theatre for Bay Area touring. All try-outs are open to the entire student body, they are not limited to drama students. A segment of Creative Arts, drama perhaps incorporates the talents of the entire division. Music for dramatic productions is provided by various instrumental and vocal groups, both live and recorded. Electrical transcriptions and sound effects are prepared by specialists in the cam- pus radio studio. From the area of art are contributed set designers and painters. In turn, special effects for musicales and opera workshops are provided by many of the drama facilities, such as sets, lighting, crew members. Ever since the separation of the college administration into the di- visional set-up some five years ago, increased cooperation has been stressed among the various areas within each division. The Division of Creative Arts, by the mentioned illustrations, would appear increasingly commendable in this respect. A new policy was initiated at State three years ago--a doing re- quirement. The speech faculty strengthened its aim to provide drama students with every possible opportunity for experience in all facets of theatre work. With each acting and technical course students are re- quired to enroll for drama activities. These include work on the various 153 's 7 ,.,...........v technical crews--props, make-up, costumes, scenery, stage, lighting. ln addition to class lectures, students work extra hours to produce the shows presented by the State Theatre. This is the practical application of the theory--the doing that is necessary for the learning. From a study of one show produced this season it wasdiscovered that everyone connected with the presentation had spent, on the average, 180 hours each. Nultiplied by 20 or 25 persons, the result represents an outstanding illustration of the work put forth by drama students. U There is no material reward, except the earning of points toward membership in the campus chapter of Alpha Psi Omega, national honor- ary co-educational drama fraternity. A total of 50 points--25 in acting and 25 in crew or other production work--is required. Points cannot be earned during the freshman year, which serves as an apprenticeship. Perhaps one of the most fascinating areas of theatre at State, as elsewhere, is found in lighting. Despite the artistry of the other theatri- cal elements, lighting, literally, can make or break a show. It can wash out make-up, or emphasize the wrong effects. It can ruin the most in- genious set. lt can make a sofa look painted, instead of brocaded. With- out it, a show is impossible, for, minus lighting, there is no stage, no show, for nothing can be seen. Yet, this is the element many theatre- goers overlook when viewing a production. Lighting, possibly, is the most fluctuating department in State theatre. An illustration of its steady growth may be seen, for example, in the supply of spotlights. From ten 500-watt spotlights in 1947, the total now is 32. With an eye to the future, varied equipment is added regularly. This spring the department obtained a new portable switchboard. As is true of the other appliances, this latest addition can be utilized on either the old or the new campus. Other new apparatus include two small aux- iliary boards, built by lighting students. In lighting, as in all phases of production, there is much preliminary work. The crew studies the play, interviews the scene designer, the di- rector, and all others connected. A lighting design is evolved on paper. It is based around six major classifications--acting area, blending tonal effect background, total effect, and motivating lighting. Then a scaled equipment set-up chart is prepared, in order to get a picture of the light- ing lay-out. This chart shows each piece of equipment used, the color of gelatin it contains, the area to which it is directed, its connection to JOAII OF LOHRAIPTI: Loft to right: Kenny O'Hara, Virginia Cox, Bill Green, Dan Uniteside and John Bradley. 155 the switchboard, and the way it is mounted. From this is obtained a color frame schedule, listing the various colors of gelatin which must be cut and put into the frames of the various pieces of equipment. Next, a switchboard set-up chart is completed. This contains a dim- mer chart, which shows the various dimmers connected to each piece of equipment. QA dimmer is a switchboard device by which the intensity of a spotlight is lowered or raised so that proper readings or intensities can be adjusted to best light or improve a set.l When these arrangements are completed, cue sheets are made up. These are the sheets used for the actual running of the production. Cue sheets list every lighting change in the show. They are used back-stage by the switchboard operator. When the plans are ready, the light crew sets up equipment according 'to these blueprints , mounting, angling, and connecting the spots. ' Although paper plans save many hours of wasted effort, they are not perfect. During the onextechnical and three dress rehearsals, the light- ing technician sits out in the house, wearing earphones connected with 'the switchboard operator backstage. Following a duplicate set of cues on a control chart, he watches the effects produced, phoning results backstage. The switchboard operator gives directions to crew members. They make the changes indicated by the technician out in front. The room is in darkness. Slowly, at one end, light appears, growing from a single narrow crack until an entire picture is revealed. The sub- jects in the picture are moving and speaking. There is action, color, excitement. Suddenly, from out of the darkness comes the command, House lights! The whole room is snapped into brightness. In response to the summons overalled workers swarm the scene. A few clamber up and down ladders, adjusting and angling lights. Others start changing setls and furniture. There is a hurried conference within a group. The whole procedure moves swiftly and easily--a well-oiled mechanism. Minutes later another call is heard-- Places for 32! The house lights dim, the curtains open, and Act 3, Scene 2 is ready to roll. This is San Francisco State Theatre in action at a technical rehearsal! Theatre at State can be defined as theatre anywhere. Luring victims with Lorelei intensity, the theatre is a captivating sorceress who relentlessly whips emptiness into substance, imagination into reality. Shjgeit to right: Ifarfgarite 'i lv 1 6 v 1 1- 1 Stanfzon Keene' 13 , Il 6 Dwyer, Lynn Dum-Ll' t i- . J J, ,. ernadette Dowd and I-tary Qntadigjan. 156 ig-g?ie 5,3-4' 3 Mfg Q T2 gigigggjafzgfggfggi EW? f Wiz' ' - 5225: diizif f, ' Ill B -- . , -ry.. ...If .. 4-..... Q x . V 51,,,,' 53 U M sv.- 333-2 'iuirsrs :riff 5.-if-Mtfapgfk 2 M TT 2. N: - of A ,He W Q sWe QW M? ' f :' .Qzf4Y6w' - f1 V Y v A Muasie- 4Yt hw Q. ,-59 wx S K ' ----.vu--v---Y Those who know her say, Theatre has everything! But, that every- thing is not allpleasant. That everything means hard work night and day. That everything is a drive which pushes a project on toward completion. Once the goal is'reached, another takes its place, and the story starts again. What does theatre offer at State? On the one side--hard work, difficult problems, frustration, sleepless nights, time for little else but theatre. On the other--a tolerant attitude toward fellow workers, sense of teamwork, spirit of comradery, true Democratic living procedure, creativity, satisfaction, pride and devotion. A beguiling sorceress is the theatre, yes, but she does not exist for weaklings. Those who know her see her as she really is--naked, without a prop on which to stand--sans make-up, sans back-drop, sans magenta spot--hard in the light of reality. Those who know her, condemn her, damn her, work for her, sacrifice for her--love her. -Luisa Hepper. 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His curiosity piqued, the father put down his book and went over to the table where his son had left the notebook he was writing in. It read: Accord- ing to the best information available there have been no sexual relations in rny family for the past three generations. 166 K ,-,-M-1--RAM,-Y V--, N ' P - DAGMAR DERN V AM' AI Eoulfaz. ' -Q45 I ' JACKIE My sCI-INITTGRUND 42 IRIS PA Z 2 3.5 P E 43 f, lz,a.a. REI ' Ecard' 7,LKATIIY GRUNER A'A'q Sim BEVERI. EY KASTER 6414121-Ofoliaz, an9aM,,7aJfau i:'A 1 J ide JW EDITH A-USTIN -Q'-- M, M005 I A-af1 '-f' JACK BARREN ' NORMA SWAI 'P ' . . I ,ik-P f77?fl, 5 gp . an ff ,I 4? RJ J pm M xii? 5 :-in :eggs RM RAFFO ' FRANK OALO . D . new I N ei LENORE RICCI .- I- ' ' . . wII.MA PPLIEOER Ph I I, F, DON STUPFEL JI' oogmp e' W 5 ' R, 1 3, r K Z VK 4 K - , ,. VV I DONOVAN JOE PELLETIER VICSPINGOLO Q V lluubi BOB KAFKE I DICK LARRICK ,.'A TONI ROBINSON MARV COHN - ' DAVE COHEN in 2, A I L + '- ---' . 'iffis f .s k V in gi ,I In In EDITH CHATFIEL Y , . ', , f - DOROTHY MCDAD In I W A Q lm Q . Anja VALERIE NAI.DuCCI ' 5 A PM DALE PERKINS DARL ENE WHITB 'I b ff A AVL 5 ' alan' WALTER HEIL JOAN PEARL I at , ' 5 'ig ' RNEE sOI.I. LUISA HE -e-pm ACKNOWLEDGMENTS As Editor of STATESIDE, I thank all of you who contributed to the making of this magazine. My special thanks go to: Jack Wallace and Herbert Blau, our co-sponsors, Waldemar Johansen, for his specialized assistance, Arthur Foff, for his help in recruiting writers, Andy Andreason, senior class president, for his help in getting the senior pictures, Ralph Lewis, for his liaison work, Ethel McKay of The Letter Shop, who set our text on the Vari-Typer machine, Alpha Phi Gamma and Alpha Omega for their rallies on our behalf, Pisani Printing and Publishing Co. and Don Prator, their representative. Dagm ar Dem is Q Q