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

Page 24 text:

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

Page 23 text:

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-

Page 25 text:

ScliDol society. W ' liat an event it was! W ' c felt the inii ortance and lionor attached to such an occasion and did our best to act accor(Hntcl . We decided it should be a dancing party and be held in that new gymnasium. Well, it was a grand success. Why, the boys voted it one of the best Junior l nrties ever given at the Normal School. . fter the summer vacation our first great sor- row came wlien the Faculty decided still to con- sider some from among our number as Junior A ' s. Time passed quickly now and nothing of unusual interest took place except the addition of a bov to our number when we were Middle C s. Another summer vacation passed and we were Middle B ' s. B}- this time our numljer had greatly decreaseil. Some had left us to seek fortune along other lines. Cupid had captured his number, and. alas ! the various studies had taken others. But there were still twenty-seven of us and we worked hard to kee]) together. All along our course new students had joined us but at this time we were reinforced by seventy-four graduates from the vari- ous high school. What a large class we were now ! Why, it took almost six weeks to get our programs settled. It was one of the largest classes of high school graduates that ever entered the Los An- geles State Xormal School. e organized as one class and immeclialely set to work to uphold the name which we had made. The days slipped into weeks, the weeks into months and we were Senior B ' s, a class of seventy six. Fifteen new members, known as the one year girls, were added to our number. It was at this time that we descended into those long-feared lower regions where the rising generation holds forth in abundance. How we did work! And the result? by, we did such unusually strong teaching that the old mark C could not express it. so a new one. C+, ' was invented especially for the Senior B ' s. The Faculty, not wishing to ajspear partial, now use it occasionally in other classes. When our marks went in, they proved that we had made a star record. The Faculty were amazed at all the C+ ' s that we Senior B ' s had receixed, and we were justly proud of them. It was during this term, too, that we learned to cook, lest we might need to know how some day. you know. What good times we did have and what proficient cooks we became ! And why did we enjoy it so much, you may ask. Because Mrs. Haz- zard was there. Xo one ever took more interest in us or helped us more in our social undertakings than this most gracious lady who has endeared herself to the Senior As. And. then, there were the Nature Study excur- sions to the Arroyo Seco at (larvanza. How we did enjoy watching the little birds and how (|uiet (?) wc did keep! Why, Mr. Miller instilled intu