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

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A PREFATORY NOTE ULL of strange photographs of young women in trailing skirts and youths with rigid derbies, the BLUE O GOLDS of many years past have yet sincerely tried to serve not only as mirrors, but also as varied interpretations of life at the University of California. Thus the solemn declaration of a purpose appears throughout the opening pages of the BLUE C GOLD since the days of beavers and meerschaums. A tangible expres- sion, it has tried to compress within itself the gusty breeziness of college days, like so much air pumped into a pneumatic tire. A sort of Jack-in-the-box policy has been in use by previous BLUE C5 GOLDS. Each has tried to outdo its predecessors in startling uniqueness of theme, or in some innovation such as the addition of a new section. The 1927 book claims the greatest originality of all by adroitly stayingout of the competition! Hike college life all right, says John Held Junior, but the University bores me. Volume Fifty -Four likes college life as well as the debonair Mr. Held, but it is not bored with its University. It seeks to be a colored moving-picture of the gay bustle of campus life. It is a kaleidoscope of slickers and football games, gossip- trysts under the Oak, the pungency of eucalyptus leaves in the rain, and rally fires that burn high with California spirit.

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LIST OF CONTENTS i. University Administration ii. The Classes ui.PicJureYear f f l I nfft - v3 I t -f- IV. ' . Student Contributions .. Women ' s Activities . Intercollegiate Athletics ii. Campus Organizations x. What the Bear Remembers VII VI

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BLUE GOLD Hence no historical or comparative motif has been introduced to detract from the clarity of the strictly collegiate interpretation chosen. California does not need imported atmosphere: there is color enough on our own campus. So this book is de- signed to be, not primarily a work of art, but an accurate, simple, and consequently beautiful interpreta tion of student life throughout the past year. The richness of California spirit as dually manifested in the campus and its population has been the goal of expression in both art and narrative. That we may recognize our own reflections when we peer into the mirror of this volume, definite methods have been employed. We have chosen Sather Gate itself that gateway through which the surging campus life pours each day, those portals to a higher education as the most characteristic of possible frontispieces. More- over the subject of each division page has been chosen as being most representative of the section following. In addition, characteristic figures have been painted into the color work, in an effort to carry out ' the strictly Calif ornian plan which has shaped the policies of the 1927 BLUE d GOLD. Football heroes in the spirited aft of trampling or being trampled, and track stars soaringabove the firmament, play a prominent pittorial part in the annual. Far more action pictures have been used th is year, to bring back memories of con- tests well fought for Alma Mater. Reminiscent of the populous sofa gatherings of the family album, the BLUE C2 GOLD is also enriched by a larger number of group pictures in appropriate settings. They are considered valuable asgivinga truly panoramic view of the various ac- tivity representations. Furthermore, in the copy as in the photographs, the aim of 10