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

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THE PRESIDENT It is not strange at all that the University of California and its sister universities and colleges throughout the free world attach great importance to tradition and to the cere- monies and observances surrounding them. A university, any university, is not merely an architectural setting of stately buildings and beautiful grounds in and about vi hich young people gather before they toke up their tasks for the long years. The bonfires, the rallies, the walks through the campus, and the later nostalgia link the present student and the alumnus in common bond to the highest ideals and goals to which civilized man can lay claim. This is not to say that the classroom should be abandoned in favor of the ball session, or the words of the teacher exchanged for the spell yell. What it does mean is that between the classroom and the residence hall lounge; between the teacher and the yell leader, there runs a historical thread of tradition which draws all elements of university life together into a durable fabric of intellectual interests, cultural understanding, vocational preparation and that love for Alma Mater known as college spirit. Whether your home is Berkeley, Davis, La Jolla, Los Angeles, Mount Hamilton, River- side, San Francisco, or Santa Barbara, you share with thousands before you one Alma Mater, the University of California, thus shar- ing the traditions its sons and daughters have helped evolve and promulgate. Robert G. Sproul IS 1

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ADMINISTRATION CHIPPERFIELD

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During the year the Board of Regents were not only involved w ith the UCLA Medical School, but also with the UC branch at Riverside, Seated above (L. to R.) are Dr. ROBERT SPROUL, EDWARD DICKSON, JESSE STEINHART, GERALD HAGGAR, DONALD McLAUGHLIN, and AFFZIGER HOWARD. Standing: CORNELIUS HAGGERTY, EARL FENSTON, GUS OLSON, VICTOR HANSEN, WILLIAM MERCHANT, EDWIN PAULEY, FRED JORDAN, JOHN NEYLAND, EDWIN CARTER, CHESTER NIMITZ, THOMAS CUNNINGHAM, JOHN SYMS, A. J. MCFADDEN and BRODIE AHLPORT. From a lone building at Hill and Second Streets in Los Angeles to a panorama of red brick buildings, UCLA has grown to rank among the top ten universities in the nation. 1915 saw its birth at Hill Street as a mere extension of Berkeley; 1929 saw its move to the Westwood Hills; and 1945 saw newer phase developing — the UCLA Medical School. Responsible for much of the success of UCLA, the Regents of UC, in the policy of continual growth, carried on a study of the junior colleges of California. The purpose of this study was to determine the success of junior college graduates in the University. Adult education was also expanded. As equal growth was seen on all of he University ' s eight campuses, 1953-1954 waf termed highly productive. On October 5, 1953, GOODWIN J. KNIGHT took his oath of office and became the 31st Governor of California, the 31st state. Prior to this. Governor Knight hod served California as Lieutenant Governor for seven years. Now, as Governor, he shows interest in the University ' s growth. 19