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

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Expansion and building took place at DAVIS where the major work of the University ' s large agricultural program was carried out in the instruction of farming and other related subjects. Students made use of the new modern laboratories and class rooms and lived in recently completed dorms. eight campuses SANTA BARBARA is been opened in 1944. Liberal this coastal campus which had ing the 1952-53 school year. N miles north of Santa Barbara, the family circle, having are heavily stressed at enrollment of 1,547 dur- quarters at Golita, seven j to be ready next fall. BERKELEY ' S famous campanile towered over the rest of the campus which is the eldest child in the university family. With the largest enrollment of the eight campuses, since 1853 Cal has grown from a mere baby to a proud, dignified institution which now proudly boasts two Nobel scientists. Education stood as the unifying purpose which bound together the eight campuses of the world ' s largest university ... the University of Cali- fornia. Though separated by many miles, the eight campuses remained close in thought, tra- dition and practice; a nd students were indeed proud to claim the Blue and Gold as Alma Mater. I

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Members of the Board of Regents were, standing left to right, VICTOR HANSEN, GUS OLSON, CORNELIUS HAGGERTY, DR. HOWARD NAFFZIGER, GERA1D HAGAR, WARREN CROWEll ond JOHN SYMES. Those seated were, left to right, DON- ALD McLAUGHLIN, JESSE STEINHART, EDWARD CARTER, Admiral CHESTER NIMITZ, Dr. ROBERT SPROUL, Chairman ED- WARD DICKSON, EDWARD HELLER, FRED JORDAN, EDWIN PAULEY, EARL FENSTON, WILLIAM MERCHANT and BRODIE AHLPORT. The Board of Regents met for the first time last foil in their new quarters in the new Administration building. Though first and foremost a Col nterested in the growth ond pr n his support of Uclan outonoi n its medical building, whose School was assurance of the re( I, Governor EARL WARREN was deeply i of UCLA. This interest was evidenced vhich began to function last fall, and scaffolding was fast rising. The Med ion of this great humanitarian dream.

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' ' 1 High atop Mt Hamilton wot the LICK OBSERVATORY. It be- came part of the University in 1888 and wat one of the first to be built on the top of a mountain. Besides housing the astronomical department of the University of California, it maintained the second largest reflector in the world. North of this citrus experiment station, which has been in operation for thirty-five years and which plays an impor- tant role in the research on the RIVERSIDE campus, a brand new College of Letters and Science was planned . . . though it was, last semester, only an architect ' s dream on paper. one university Located on the California coastline, the SCRIPPS INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY carried on off-shore studies of the ocean as well as maintained a small ship which traveled the seven seas gathering new information, making tests, and taking samples. Of interest to tourists was their aquarium-museum. Second oldest campus of the University of California is the Medical Center at SAN FRANCISCO which opened its doors in 1873. Last year 1,296 students attended classes in its medi- cine, dentistry, and pharmacy schools, as well as the Hast- ings College of Law, also situated on the northern campus.