University of California Los Angeles - Bruin Life / Southern Campus Yearbook (Los Angeles, CA)

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EDWARD T. PIERCE: WE SALUTE YOU. Life and labor are prime factors in our educational progress. They are the forces which vitalize college endowments and state appropriations ; they, the gift which Edward T. Pierce has given to this State and City during his ten years ' connection with the Los Angeles Normal School. Ten years ago the student entered the south door as we do now, but had exhausted class rooms, offices, gymnasium, and all other school accommodations when, after going up and down stairs, he had reached the little rise that we now notice in the floor of our entrance hall. Now he would pass on through many feet of hall way, peer into large and airy classrooms and a spacious library, walk through a glass-walled students ' hall into a roomy gymnasium, and up and down stairs into a sunny, airy, lunch room with adjoining kitchen, into well-equipped sloyd rooms, enlarged Training School, well-furnished, ornamented and lighted Assem- bly Hall, and would realize, even before he was told of the Students Loan Fund, the physical laboratory, the chemical laboratory, the children ' s garden, the yearly Exponent, the enlarged course in drawing, the added Chairs of Reading and of Supervising Principal of Pedagogy, that life and labor had been brought to this institution by its honored head. Hundreds of teachers in our state who are extolled for their prompt- ness in discharge of duty, for their exquisite neatness of person, for their careful planning of work, for their punctilious care of public property, for their order in all things, point uith pride to their Alma Mater and say: There had we our example. And thus it is, with appreciation of his labor and his life here, that the Normal School extends the God-be-with-you hand to our outgoing Pres- ident.

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THE CLASS OF ' 04. There was a class of ' 04, Whose wondrous deeds I now implore You to hearken to. For ' twas a class without a doubt Of poets rare and maids devout. Of girls plenty and boys four, This class had want of little more. Class meetings, too, were our delight ; For they were full of life and light On subjects dark as night. Class Spirit ! Did we have it ? Yea. So our class president did say. But ' twas too much of bogus kind. Then straightway we did turn us round, And quickly of the right kind found. We altogether then did work, And no one of the class would shirk, Until this book of books was done. And here it is, so full of lore As doth become the class of ' 04. M. E., S. ' 04. Remember me as you pass by As you are now so once was I, As I am now st you will be, Prepare for NORMAL and follow me.

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EDITORIAL To our dear friends of the Los Angeles Normal School we offer greetings in this little book. Keep it, and reread it once in a while, for you must not forget us — we can never forget you. The manv sentiments we have heard and read that graduating classes always give their schoolmates and teachers have usually filled us with a kind of pity, as we think, Just listen to their talk, when everyone knows they are full of joy because their work in school is over. We almost thought them hypocrites. Now our turn has come. For the first time we appreciate the thoughts and feelings of our predecessors, and as each day goes by they appeal to us yet more strongly. Oi course, we are glad we have succeeded in making of ourselves, or in letting others make of us, what we wish to be ; but we are sorry to leave our old friends, and to assume a greater responsibility than we have yet known. There have been many more things this term to affect the Seniors than is usual. Several of our friends in the faculty have left, and both Dr. Small and Miss Dunn have been ill. There were some things, however, that we could rejoice over, and most of the teachers have done their best to keep us happy, though busy. This applies particularly to Mr. Kirk. You can judge for yourselves, when you read our joshes. We want to give three cheers for our faculty, for it is the best in the land. All are more than teachers ; they are kind friends to each student. Remember this fact. Juniors, for they will help you make the most of vour opportunities, if you will only let them. Only too soon you will be where we are now, perhaps with regret that you have not always done the best you could, and certainly with regret that you must leave the school you have attended so long. This is not a sermon, so please do not take it as one. Just read it, and remember that we are sorry to leave you, and we want only to leave this book in your hands to amuse and remind you of the Summer Class of 1904. I. E. F.