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

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Practically an extension of greate Avalon Bay in Santa Catalina Island. Los Angeles is the resort on

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ocn ' IVING in the middle of a world famed international playground has become an old story to most Bruins. Like a man who eats nothing but cavier and champagne until he loses all taste for them, Southern Calif ornians have become immune to the variegated scenic beauties that sur- round them on all sides. They long to travel — to see the deserts of Arabia, the excitement of the Riveria, the enchantment of the Alps with its lofty snow-shroud peaks like that of the Mat- terhorn shown below rising steeply against the sky. And yet, almost in their own back yard they can find sites equal in glamour, exotic beauty and grandeur as are seen anywhere in the world. At the left is a typically California scene. At San Gorgonio, Waterman, Snow Valley, Arrow- head, Tahoe — and many other places up and down the length of the state, this picture could be duplicated. Less than two hours drive from Los Angeles every conceivable winter sport, from skiing to tobogganing is available, and at night it ' s beer and pretzels in a snow-banked lodge. One short trip from ocean to mountains, from sun to snow. The world is full of renowned pleasure spots scattered at sporatic intervals around the globe. We, in Southern California, have a carbon of them all. Risinj; aliove Barns iieai ' Zermatt in the Valais ground of the Alps. Matterhorn.

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, 0 many a tired business man or book weary student, a week-end ' s escape on an island playground is something to be conjured up in a moment of wistful indulgence and to be firmly erradicated as pure nonsense as soon as possible. To the vast number of people in the world, this is true. But to we in Southern California it is not merely a delightful fantasy; it is a rather common and familiar reality. Like a ruggedly cut gem, the cliffs of Santa Catalina island can be seen on a clear day from the U. C. L. A. campus jutting out of the Pacific ocean. Easily recognizable is the picture on the left of famous Av alon Bay and the dance pavilion. Noted for its casual relaxed tempo, its exotic bird farm, the glass bottom boats, and its white beaches and wonderful surf bathing, Catalina is a vacationers paradise. Comparable to the picture below and much more easily accessible, it is the West Coast ' s Bermuda and U. C. L. A. ' s favorite party spot. Continental vacationists set their faces to the west and spend leisure hours in and ahout Hamilton and Front Streets in Bermuda. I ' hot-. icuitisy ..r Pan Anurican Airways ■ k I ' HJH— -