Santa Ana Junior College - Del Ano Yearbook (Santa Ana, CA)

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OF PROGRESS The Junior College News. IT was The ouTcome 0T monThs oT acTiviTy and planning by DoroThy CarTwrighT. TirsT ediTor. TeoI Jessee. Then eoIiTor oT The high school paper. Bob O'Brien. and John H. McCoy. now journalism insTrucTor aT The COI- Iege. Gradually The paper developed and grew. unTiI in I93I. under The ecIiTorship oT Oran Asa, who also iniTiaTed The presenT name oT EI Don. The paper won iTs TirsT AII-American award. a TeaT which has been duplicaTed six oTher Times since ThaT year. This year The paper commemor- aTecI iTs TiTTeenTh anniversary wiTh a sixTeen page anniversary issue. The IargesT in El Don's hisTory. In I926 The TradiTion oT earIy CaIiTornia was inauguraTed on The campus by Mrs. NorThcross in her seIeCTion CT The name Dons Tor The TooT- baII Team. The oTTiciaI college seal was adopTecI exempIiTying The Theme oT earIy CaIiTornia. The name The Don was adopTeoI Tor The newspaper. and in I930 The name CT The yearbook was changed Trom The AIgoI To Del Ano. WiTh The TirsT FiesTa Day ceIebraTion on May l9. I928. The mosT ouTsTanoIing and coIorTuI evenT 0T The college year came inTo being. From iTs mocIeST beginning. when Flora Groenow and PeTe Lehr were crowned as Don and Dona Tor The day by FaTher O'SuIIivan 0T The CapisTrano Mis- sion. The ceIebraTion has become a picTuresque porTrayaI oT oIcI Spanish days in CaIiTornia. In I927 our presenT coach. Bill Cook. ioineol The coIIege. and in l929 he guided his Team To Their TirsT SouThern CaIiTornia championship. The oIdesT in service oT The EasTern ConTerence jay- see coaches. Mr. Cook has seen his Teams win Three oTher SouThern CaIiTornia championships. IT was in These years ThaT The TradiTion oT cIis- playing The VicTory Flag aTTer each winning game played by The Team was insTiTuTecI. The years l928-1929 also saw The inaugura- Tion oT The Tavern PosT. The college IiTerary pub- IicaTion. under The leadership 0T IVIr. Glenn. The TirsT issue was ediTeoI by SherriII Spurgeon. In I934 The college came To have a campus 0T iTs own. separaTeoI Trom The high school. and on This campus iT has worked ouT iTs desTiny Tor The pasT six years, working and building on The ToundaTions ThaT have been laid in The pasT. This growTh and process oT improvemenT are making SanTa Ana Junior College one 0T The mosT ouTsTanding in The sTaTe. and in The TuTure may we see iT rise on a new siTe and in new surroundings To even greaTer glory. buT a glory ThaT wiII sTiII be buiIT on The TounoIaTion work oT The TwenTyeTive years ThaT have gone before. FirsT Don and Dona The PresenT Day College Seven

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Firsf Dance a+ Mr. NeaIIey's Home unior College News ' . f ?;?i; T; OLUME L I SANTA ANA, W'HUNICSDAY. liI'HHUKIC 11 I923 NILMIH'ZR I kbators Work On WWWWM Y. Representatives Next Verbal Battleg ll'vmwww : Leave for Asilomarr With San 113;:ng the mm oppomm I, M . $ M 2 .s m - I m s be. met in the Scuumrn Caiiromia A 111911.11 Rntag . t- V mu unior College debating conference g a ? . I r hm wt AsEIomw 10 members of the Santa Ana wan: re at work preparing for what is msidtsrm the inIfenL meet a! the low Ian L A 3: from from me I .1qu gums W ' : IN : g v; A ':r u m r: ;Stutientt; repuriing far the, wan; jn- Al I A XNMK I .. v' .ude homo: of the atrongewz :lchawrs I r mm coneze. Raymund Vandmlfi , v : awxmge Milib'i John EigcCojsg, Martha u! e y an Truman art a are cx-x ' a s - aifenced from debating in high school! $51pr NPIU E In ,, ' Ana, so tar as could be imm-; Lszholdx the Lead in the conference! 94:31; folawing; her debates with Ful-l 1 . , ,. ?on lung wee Th3 Lafirmmwg gains ' , ., 's'vi'i ' I br: men: Hstming m whip speakers and getting acquaixmv? Twith the Y. EL Cs A. Tandem vi mixer r, universities and mneges, The following wm represent Santa Ana: Ray Vz'xmlmir'. 110nm Ubrmm FirswL Issue of El Don II 25 YEARS San+a Ana Junior CoIIege on iJrs silver anniver- sary Iooks back upon IwenIy-Tive years of growfh and achievement Begun as a small and modesf ininIuIion wifh only +wen+y-Iive s+uden+s and no Tull Jrime IacuIIy. +he coIIege has progressed Io a place of commanding imporfance, wi+h an en- rollmenI' of eleven hundred. a wide and expand- ing curricuIa. and a growing Tradihon of friend- ship. honor. and achievement The coIIege was esIainshed in August I9I5. by Ihe High School Board o1C Educafion wifh D. K. Hammond as dean. The coIIege was Tirsf oper- aJreoI as a deparfmenf 01C Jrhe High School. In I922. however. under Jrhe provisions of a new s+a+e Iaw. a new junior college disfricf was eerab- Iished by Jrhe Board. Under Jrhis new organizafion Sanfa Ana Junior College came To have an in- dependen+ s+a+us and was compIeJrer separafed from Jrhe High SchooI. The firsf acfivifies of +he new college were somewhaf IimiJrecI. In I9I7. however. an eIabor- a+e oquoIoor pageant The Princess, broughf Jrhe newly formed coIIege Io Jrhe affenhon 01C The public. The Iirsf Clubs in +hose early years were Jrhe French Club. Le CerCIe Francais. founded by Miss WaJrson. Jrhe YMCA, and The YWCA. The firsf cIass. composed of only six sfudenfs, was graduafed in I9I7. Two years Iafer. in Jrhe EIks' I-IaII. wiIh a CIass 01c sixfeen girls. +he coIIege heIoI ifs graduafion separaJre from The High SchooI's for Ihe Tirsf +Ime. In Ihe spring of I9I7 Mr. NeaIIey joined Jrhe coIIege Taculfy. He immediaIer became one of The mosI poIenI influences in Ihe life of Ihe coI- Iege. and Ihrough his genial personaIin and pro- found schoIarship helped Io mould ifs Iradifions and ifs acfivihes. Many of Ihe earIy parfies were heId aI his home. and in I920 he was hos+ Io Jrhe firer dance in Ihe coIIege's hisfory. His home has always remained a hospifabIe meefing pIace for groups of sfudenfs. Fur+her achievemenfs came as Jrime wemL on. The firer Sothern California ToofbaII cham- pionship was won in I920. despife Ihe facf +ha+ Ihe Jream was wiIhouI Ihe direcfion of a fuII-Iime coach. In l92l. under Jrhe ediforship of Fred Wright +he firsf issue of Ihe college yearbook appeared under Jrhe name The AIgoI. RoberJr Gerwing. who edifed Ihe book In I922. did much Io Iay Jrhe ToundaHon for ifs achievemenfs in Iafer years. On December I7. l925. Jren years affer Ihe founding of Ihe insfifufion. appeared Jrhe firsf issue of Ihe college's newspaper. Ihen called I :w-wu- .r.... W3 W 351621 N. K .15

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DEDICATION Expressing Jrhe very essence of +he college spirif of vicfory and pro- gress is our factu member Mr. George B. Holmes. Sfudenfs and facuify alike were deeply grieved when his serious illness ias+ December forced him +0 wifhdraw from achive parficipafion in college acfivifies for Jrhe remainder of Jrhe school year. Mr. Holmes ioined Jrhe college Jreaching sfaff in I926 as head of Jrhe Commerce Deparfmenf. His wide experience in commercial and edu- cafional work have made him of parficular value +0 +he college. He has broughf Jrhe Commerce Deparfmenf forward as one of Jrhe mosf pro- gressive and acfive divisions of Jrhe college. increasing +he amounf anci varieer of pracfical commerce Jrraining offered and helping +0 ins+i+ Jrhe college piacememL service for commerce graduafes. Nof only has he become known as an indispensable adminisfrafor and Jreacher. bu'r he has also Jraken an ac+ive inieresf in college affairs. hav- ing been business adviser of +he annual since his arrival. The SiaH: deeply feH +he loss of his fine guidance Jrhis year. Mr. Holmes has always enioyed young people. and his happiesf momenJrs are spenf in advising and helping +hem. Everyone enioys his keen sense of humor and by +his qualify he has become a balance wheel for sfudenfs and Jreachers alike. His daunHess courage, his supreme con- fidence. and his will +0 vicfory are an inspirafion +0 aH. - During his long absence. facuify and sfudenfs alike have missed Mr. Hoimes' genial personalify. The college. has been a duller place wiJrhouiL his amusing sfories. a colder place wifhouf Jrhe warerh of his friendliness. in appreciafion of all +ha+ he has doneand aH JrhaJr he is. we dedicafe Jrhe +wenfy-fiffh anniversary issue of Del Anoif'o Mr. Holmes. u+e