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

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Wfiat Wt S eprtsent ' T may be of interest to readers of The Ex- ponent to know something- of the past his- tory of the Senior A ' s, their birthpkice, and their preparation for Normal School. Out of a class numbering nearly one hundred and ten we find that but twenty- three, or about one-fifth, are native-born Californians. Of the large remainder five are of foreign birth, hailing from Vancouver Island, New Zealand, Can- ada and Engkind. New England can lay claim only to four, three from Massachusetts and one from Connecticut. Other Eastern states are rather meagerly represented. New York leading with six and none of the others having more than one representative. Fewer still come from the South, as Texas, Alabama, Mississippi, Kentucky and Tennessee are the only states on the list. Evidently it is from the Western and Central states that we draw our largest number. Iowa leads with eight, and Illinois and Kansas follow with seven and six respectively. From these the number dwindles down to Wisconsin with five; Ohio, Michigan and Missouri with three each; Minnesota, Nebraska, the Dakotas, Colorado and New Mexico with two each, while Oregon and In- diana bring up the rear with one apiece. In all these are twent3 -five states represented. When we look at the past prej aration of the class we find a still more varied tale. Twenty-three members of the class entered the Normal School from the grammar grades, though several of these were in high school for a 3 ear or two. The great majority of the class have had the full high school course, and in this division we find that fifteen are graduates of the Los Ang ' eles Hig-h

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School; twenty -four come from other Califor schools, and twenty-three from other schools rank all over the country, usually from those in their native states. Two members are graduates of the Kin- dergarten here and are now completing the regular course. There are eighteen in the class who have either graduated from or attended other normal schools for a part of the course. Twenty have had experience in teaching prior to their work here, and one at least has taught twenty 3 ears. The greater part of these gained their experience in the mid- dle western states. We have quite a fair proportion of col- leg-e girls in our class. Three have their degree and nine have had at least six months ' college work. Eight colleges are represented: Universities of Washington, Chicago, California, Cornell, Tufts, Mt. Holyoke, State College of Kentucky and Occidental. Thus ends our surve} ' of the class. It is quite safe to conclude that one does not often find so cosmopolitan a group gathered together under one roof. ALICE C. PAIXE. nia high of a like