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

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ulty tliis tecliiit; l lransjciK-ss wofl- off and vc have come to know and admire them for their many worthy qualities. They have hroui ht to us high ideals and standards, fresh and inspiring thoughts, and have sought in every way to further the interests of our school. With the acKent of new Faculty members several new features have been introduced into our schoc l which we feel have been highly beneficial and which serve to rouse us from the steady routine of our daily work. .Among these are the Friday after- niKin recitals, under .Miss t ' lill ' s management. W ' e shall say nothing more concerning these here as they are commented on elsewhere in these columns. ncither feature that is especially noteworthv is the series of Monday morning cha])el talks by Ur. -Millspaugh or other members of the Faculty, or oc- casionally a student, and we have frecpienth ' had the ])leasure of hearing prominent ]ieo])le from out- side. These talks have been not only of a ])rofes- iiiual n. ' ilnre. but nf lra els and e.xjjeriences out- side of t)ur strictly .XHrnial life: and thev have been both inspiring and broadening. low to escape our attention is the re-arrangement of the course of study. This change was made not with the view of lightening our work that we might have less work to do, but that we might do better work, that we might have time to do earnest, inde- pendent thinking, that our etiforts might be more concentrated. To attain such a result is worth striving for and this action is a great step taken in the richt direction. We are more than grateful to all those who have encouraged lis by their interest and co-operation in the publication of our Exponent and we especi- allv appreciate Miss Wood ' s assistance. The whole Stat? joins in thanking her for her help and valuable I EX. IK TKOXEL. Another commcnda1)le feature that we cannot al-

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At last has come the time for us, the Summer class of Xaughty Five, to say Goodbye to our Alma Mater, and we leave as a farewell ofTering in accordance with an established custom, the Xormai Exponent. Our Exponent differs somewhat from its predecessors in that we have attempted to make it of interest to the whole school. It is our belief that a school annual, to be the most successful, should contain articles of interest to the school in general and to the Senior A class in particular. Consequently we have given one page of the Ex- ponent to each class and have striven to show forth every phase of our school life, thereby making it a truly representative paper. If we have especially emphasized the Senior A life and have too promi- nently (in your estimation) set forth the merits of being Seniors (such Seniors as we are!) we trust you will pardon ns, as it is our last chance ti) bring ourselves and our acts before you as a class. When you publish your Exponent, you will understand and sympathize with us. In making a success of this paper as a rejiresenta- tive paper, we feel that we owe much to the vari- ous classes and organizations who have so heartily co-operated with us and we desire to thank them for their interest. In times past it has been noted that among the under classes very little interest has been taken in the publication of the E.xponent. We point to the interest shown by the students this year as a very hopeful sign, as something to be sought for. that ought to be shown in the publi- cation of every Exponent and we urge our suc- cessors to strive to increase that spirit of interest and co-operation among the students. Many of us upon returning to school last fall ex- perienced a feeling of strangeness when we saw so many new faces among our Faculty. Hut as we assumed our school duties and came in contact almost daily with these new members iif our Fac-

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CLASS HISTORY Just four short years ago, on a bright day in Sei)- tember, nineteen hundred one, seventy-eight strong, we entered the Los Angeles State Normal School. And did anyone ever see such a class of Juniors. ' e were all ushered into room B, the door was opened into Dr. Pierce ' s private office, and we poor, timid little Tuniors were retiuested one bv one to hie into that office. How we trembled and many of us blushed as we went forth to present our cer- tificates and other necessary papers ! Then we went into the main office to Mr. Dozier. the vice- president, who registered us as members of the Los Angeles State Normal School. Oh, how our hearts swelled with pride as he wrote our names ! Our next task was to find our way about in that great building. ( )n our programs were rooms I and C and R. and what wasn ' t there! . nd we were due there for recitations and were expected to find them. We had heard of never being asked to do impossibilities, but there seemed to be excep- tions. . fter we had wasted much time and had been laughed at by those who knew the ins and outs of the building, we finally found them one at a time. The next great trouble was to find them again. But we soon learned, as all wise people do. Once we were installed in our new home, all went smoothly and everyone was very kind to us. As the first term drew near its close, it began to be whispered about what an unusual class we Tuniors were, and, when the marks went in. it could not be denied. With the new term came the transference of Phys- ical Training from the tennis court to the new gynmasium and dances therein the last Friday of each month in which we always participated. The same term wc made our debut into Nurmal