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

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FOHtAL. To all our fellow students and friends of the State Normal School of Los Angeles, from the Exponent of the Summer Class of ' 06, (Srwtutgs: We submit to you the result of our aim and efforts to prepare a book that will be profitable, interesting and en- tertainino-. How far we have succeeded, it is for you to judge. The Exponent should have such intrinsic worth, such suggestiveness, and such enduring qualities that in the years to come yon may take it from its favoi ' ed place on your book shelves and find it an unfailing joy, remind- ing 3 ou of the life and spirit of the school in which you spent so many daj ' s, conjuring up in fanc ' s play the forms of those with whom you were once so intimatelj associated. If this be the outcome of the time and labor spent in the preparation of this book, then we have full repaj ment and are quite content. Pleasure and profit have been ours during the weeks we have frequented the old, but newl} decorated halls of the Normal School. But our thoughts are deeply tinged with the not unalloyed joy of the anticipated separation which our graduation will bring. We shall go forth into the world to oui ' work, and to find other friends; but we shall miss greatly the school life, our fellow students and friends, and most of all our teachers who have been ever willing and ready to help us, have been our inspiration as well as, sometimes, our despair. By their example have they shown us what it means to live a noble life and in so living to build up a character strong and high and fine. We appreciate what they have all labored to do in our behalf — possibl} ' not quite fully now, but we shall inereas-

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Nellie Haddock G. Wiiiifi-fd Smith Daisy M, Burns Edna May Carpenter Grace N. Gill Laura P. Charles Ruth B. Colborn Edyar A. Norton Myrtle A. Coy Jessie M. Spritifjer

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inglj as life brings to us wisdom and insight. We recog- nize that our faculty seeks to uplift the work of education so as the more effectively to build up the right kind of character; and that we have become the beneficiaries of their labors and ideals. It is, then, decidedlj natural that we should be reluctant to say farewell to our teachers who have had, and will have alwaj s, our best interests at heart. We, The Exponent staff, have labored long and faithfullj in the preparation of this little book, but not to our labor alone do we attribute its success. Without the willing and cheerful cooperation of students and teach- ers it could never have seen the light of da3 Deep and sincere is our appreciation of this fact. We are no more grateful for material used than for the contributions, of which lack of space has prevented the publication. One of our most serious difficulties has been lack of space. We allotted a special place for each department and or- ganization : and, as The Exponent stands for the school and school life, we have sought to make it thoroughl} representative. To Dr. Allen and Dr. Smith, who during the past weeks have given freely of their time and service, at every step in the making of The Exponent, we express our appreciation and thankfulness. To our printer, the best to be found, we owe no inconsiderable gratitude. There has not previously been an Exponent so gener- ously illustrated with original cuts, for all of which we are indebted to the printer. It may not be improper in this place to express our thanks to our official photog- rapher, Mr. Howland, for his generous and excellent work, which, however, bears its own testimony in the pages of The Exponent. With all its faults and virtues, knowing its faults will be forgiven and its virtues appreciated b} those who have the good fortune to peruse its pages and to know the meaning of our all too unsuccessful efforts, we, the editor and staff, herewith send out The Exponent of 1906 into the bright light of the world.