University of California Berkeley - Blue and Gold Yearbook (Berkeley, CA)

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UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA. CONT ENTS SALUTATORY, EDITORIAL, IN MEMORIAM, SECRET SOCIETIES, MEMBERS OF THE FACULTY, CLASS OF 7 , CLASS OF 77, CLASS OF ' 78, - CLASS OF 78, BATTALION, DURANT RHETORICAL SOCIETY, - NEOLEAN LITERARY SOCIETY, MUSICAL DEPARTJJENT, EATING C LUBS, $ - ATHLETIC SPORTS. SOCIAL, CREMATIO BOURDONIENSIS, PERSONALIA, - LIES OF THE YEAR, RICARDO, 5 7 10 12 23 28 33 37 42 50 52 55 59 65 71 77 82 87 89 91

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UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA. 9,, HE Class of 1877, through the committees appointed for the work now completed and bodied forth in the present issue of the BLUE AND GOLD, has endeavored to express the general status of its own and its fellow-classes ; to enumer- ate the social organizations now in existence among them, and to trace the development and growth of ourselves as a collegiate body ; and especially to bespeak a voice of encour- agement and sympathy for so young an institution as ours, one that is deserving of hearty support, but unfortunately subject to serious impediments, arising from popular igno- rance, demagogism, and the various difficulties that ever beset a new organization. How far these objects have been attained must be left to the candid judgment of the reader; but at least we have the hope that we have succeeded in presenting a truthful and impartial picture of our college life. As for the nature of the contents of this the third number of our University potpourri appropriately named after the adopted colors of the University of California ' we must let them speak for themselves. Suffice it to say that we have aimed at nothing more, in producing them, than to give a lively description of our Alma Mater and her foster children just as they are; without admitting anything, either of an