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

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Jrnali Qlnlnr iag and mav An emerald city of Greenland ' s deepest hues was the campus of the Southern Branch on Tuesday, January 13, when the class of ' 23 inaugurated Fresh Color Day and the Freshmen folk were loyal subjects of the Irish king. Rags, that loyal member of ' 23 and most faithful mascot, flaunted a royal green tail in his efforts to vie with A-bes checks. Shrubbery, in the form of South Sea skirts, moved about the halls and classes. It was estimated that the ties of Erin faith would have made flags for every pole in Dublin. The day was also featured by the classical strains of the Frosh band, and except for the interruptions when a young lady, demure above green hosiery, passed a young man in a vest of another green, the discord continued most soulfully. For the first time the Freshman class was an entity, united by a band of color a spirit of prankishness that made ridiculous the holding of classes to the dis- of the faculty and even — visitors from the north ! 28

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Sph Maxms (Hanvtntian He that would be greatest among you, let him be servant of all. This was the gist of the message brought from the great Student Vol- unteer Convention at Des Moines, Iowa, by the eight delegates of the Sout hern Branch. The delegates sent from S.B.U.C. were Mary Frances White, Berenice Winkleman, Daisy Law, Henrietta Josleyn, Luverne Mattox, Professor Marvin L. Darsie, John McManus and David K. Barnwell. The entire University of California had the larg- est delegation of any college or uni- versity represented, one hundred and sixty having been sent. The convention was perhaps the most cosmopolitan gathering of stu- dents ever held. Forty nations sent delegates from more than a thousand colleges, the whole totaling nearly eight thousand students. Above the inspiration of such a dramatic spec- tacle as the gathering proved, was the earnest, purposeful intent behind the conclave. In the opening words of the chair- man. Dr. John R. Mott, We have come together that we might catch a vision of a new world. The re- sponsibility and the opportunities of university and college people in the building of a new world, were em- phasized ; the call for leadership in world tasks ; for consecration in life- giving service; for Christian altruism and Christianization work, was echoed and re-echoed throughout the five-day session. The delegates returned to the Uni- versity full of conviction and deter- mination, sensible to the opportuni- ties which are their ' s, to impart some- thing of the mountain-top experience of the Des Moines Convention to their fellows and to keep the fires burning for the next convention four vears hence.

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Sr. fSarrnuia ' Aaapmblg Monday, February 9, was the gala day for this University, for it was then that Dr. Barrows came to talk to us. It was an enthusiastic student body which gathered in the auditorium to welcome the president of the University of Cali- fornia with the same California songs and yells that he had lately heard at Berkeley. President Barrows was introduced by Dr. Moore, and made a brief address. He told of the California spirit, and the California ideals and praised the Board of Regents in their endeavors to make the Southern Branch a successful and worthy extension of the great University of California. President David P. Barrows is a man of magnetic force, and his dominant and vigorous personality was felt by every student, and his straightforward address was keenly appreciated.