San Jose State College - La Torre Yearbook (San Jose, CA)

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O Tl-lE CURRENT GENERATION San Jose College La Torre is as well-esTablished a on WashingTon Square as The Tower aTTer which iT was named because Their knowledge oT This insTiTuTion's hisTory goes back no TurTher Than The daTe OT Their maTriculaTion here, They assume iT is as old .... BUT There was no La Torre in l9l6 aT whaT was Then The old San Jose Normal. La Torre was born as a flash of inspiraTion in The mind oT Raymond W. Miller, elecTed ediTor oT The Normal School Yearbook. Ray Miller had imaginaTion-and a sense oT The impressive background and The color of The insTiTuTion which his DRAWING BY MARJORIE SERIO

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publicaTion would represenT. The name Yearbook was TlaT, colorless. inadequaTe, he argued, demanding someThing more suiTable. l-le goT iT. The Yearbook became La Torre. And iT is To Ray Miller. TwenTy- Three years laTer, This La Torre is dedicaTed .... WiTh The change oT name. lvlr. Miller Tounded a TradiTion which La Torre ediTors ever since have endeavored To observe-ThaT each new La Torre should be a liTTle diTTerenT, a liTTle more original Than iTs predecessors. WiTh This TradiTion in mind your ediTor oTTers you La Torre Tor I939. She hopes ThaT iT is worThy oT' The name: ThaT iT has caughl' wiThin iTs covers some- Thing oT ThaT spiriT oT San Jose STaTe College which Ray Miller oT The Class oT 'I6 capTured in iTs TiTle.