University of Arizona - Desert Yearbook (Tucson, AZ)

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(Above I CARPENTRY WORK in the university ' s own shop ploys an important part in the maintenance of the buildings and grounds. Altogether, the university owns 646,080 acres of land, on the campus section of which over thirty buildings are maintained at on annual cost approximating $210,000. Right! PARKING VIOLATIONS are really the smallest concern of the four campus police officers, who ore deputy sheriffs of Pima county and are responsible for the protection of the state ' s property. W. F. Carson, number-one mon labovei and his fellow officers Frank Frey, Ben W. Blair, and C. S. Hoffman, average 56 hours on duty each week, have one Sun- day off each month Friends of the students, they write off most transgressions with good-natured warn- ings, average hardly one arrest per year. Opening and closing buildings after hours is one of their big |obs. Right TWICE-A-DAY delivery is made to buildings on campus by Nick Wallace, university mail car- rier. Mail and parcels is picked up and sorted en- route, government mail being taken direct to the downtown post office. Campus mail averages 100 pieces per day, with parcel post packages adding another 25 bundles Lorge express shipments are separately delivered by truck Several times a year a heavy volume of official university mail is taken directly from the mailing bureau in the stadium. CAMPUS INDUSTRIES By ROGER MORGAN EDITOR ' S NOTE; Complicoted is the intricate business orgoniza- tion of the university, which disburses $2,000,000 annually, em- ploys 440 people, and owns land totalling 646,080 acres. Large scale consumption is balanced by extensive productive octivily. The university ' s primory function of teaching, educational service, and research, result in various by-products, portly consumed by the university ond portly sold in the open market. It provides for Itself police and health protection, heat, water, publications, ond enlertainment services. In the following pages, Roger Mor- gan gives you the picture story of the university ' s non-teaching activities. (261

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it v ARDUOUS PREPARATION of Iralernity, sororily and hall f:--::- -.-- --- oration were not all in vam, Gamma Phi, above, p t the imtshjng louche on their winning lloat. THEIR ALMA MATER House decorations displayed the usual student humor and confi- dence of winning the football gome. Fred Fichett of Tucson, class of 1917, and his committee of judges gave Delta Gamma first piece. Alpha Phi second, and Pima hall honorable mention. In the men ' s competition they awarded Alpha Tau Omega first place. Phi Gamma Delta second, and Phi Delta Theta honorable men- tion. For the annual float parade that night before the game, campus organizations again gave homecomers a new thrill . Float committee judges had a difficult time coming to a decision, but finally awarded Gamma Phi Beta, first place in the women ' s division and Alpha Phi second. In the men ' s division the Aggie club took first place and Kappa Sigma second. Among alumni groups this year, the law college graduates did most to attract attention. They firmly established the custom among alumni groups to hold reunions for classes 5, 10, 15, and 20 years back. This custom was deemed better than having a celebration for each class or with classes having the largest attendance. In this way an a lumnus may come back every five years and expect a special celebration for himself and his own classmates. To Mr. Goodson, former alumni secretary, Mr. Slonaker, univer- sity officials, and students, goes credit for the success of Homecoming Day this year. HOUSE DECORATIONS displayed the usual student humor and confidence of winning the football game. Phi Delta Theta won honorable mention for their efforts. BEAUTIFUL Ganj- ia Phi i oj. ;:roudly passes the reviewing stand and promptly awarded the trophy as the outstanding entry. ORREC- WILL| JRS - € . I TAKING ADVANTAGE ol currer.l news. iJalta Gammas use poiiccai poster and prophesy Arizona victory — winning fust award for house decorations. COCHISE HALL group hurriedly puts float material together for evening parade. Dr. Roy, m the foreorouiid. head resident, makes suggestions. 3

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iLefti ELECTRIC TYPEWRITERS give the required perfect touch in cutting the 5,000 stencils made every year in the mimeographing department of the mailing bureau. Over ten thousand much -used stencils are kept on file, none guarded so care- fully as final examinations. An amazing variety of work is neatly and swiftly turned out in a volume that keeps several students em- ployed. (Right) ADDRESSOGRAPH STENCILS are cut for the many mailing lists used by the university. Thousands of pieces are sent yearly to all points in the United States and many for- eign countries. In addition to the university catalogs and announce- ments, a large volume of mail orig- inates with the services of the Agri- cultural extension to farmers of Ari- zona, and with similar bulletins pub- lished by the colleges of Mines and Engineering Left ' PREPARING MAIL is a big job, as is the task of mimeogrophing the thousands of items demanded every year by various departments of the university. The several student help- ers employed by the mailing bureau ore paid out of its own fund. A reasonable cost-plus charge keeps the bureau on a self-sustaining basis.