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

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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

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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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