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

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BLUEC5 GOLD bound record whose value increases with time. To the undergraduate, it is a source of never ending interest; to the graduate, it vies with old love letters and the favor- ite, filthy pipe as an effigy of past joys. Progress is undeniably noticeable in each successive year of the book ' s history. Each volume reflects a growing institution and hence a group of students who de- mand and create a representative year book. With the increasing importance of various activities, and the overcoming of problems in administration, comes an expansion in the BLUE O- GOLD, to record, adequately, that growth. Hence, our Volume Fifty -Pour has aimed to reflect, simply and clearly, the student life in an institution which has expanded in many ways, since the last appearance of its recording year book. A diamond in the rough is only a pebble. The intrinsic contents of this year ' s BLUE O GOLD have been hewn and polished in a dominant desire to achieve perfection in the minutest detail. But, as a diamond ' s chief loveliness lies in its clear transparency, the chief instrument of art has been simplicity. Yet, despite the relatively important aims of unity, simplicity, symmetry, beauty and correctness, no effort to achieve these has, at any time, eclipsed the more vital and immediate purpose : that of truthfully representing life on our California campus duringthe college year of 1921. WlLBURN R SMITH HELEN C. FORTMANN 12

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BLUEd GOLD recordingthe activities, administration and achievements of the students, has been accomplished through relating the truth directly, simply and correctly , of putting as much life and vitality as possible into the limited number of words used, and of making the copy an interesting story of college events. By means of copy -in -pictures, undergraduate, as well as faculty and depart- ment affairs, have been illustrated. Moreover, the aim to achieve unity has resulted in the use of the same type of borders, color work, and halftones throughout, while the correct and conventional order of the opening pages combines to make the final effect one of beauty and simplicity. The equally important aim to achieve sym- metry in this book, has led to the consistent use of harmonious design and type. The French Garamond type and Tory Ornament, not only aid in achieving har- mony, but also contribute to the ultimate artistic result. To recognize and encourage the future Shakespeares and Leonardo da Vincis now on the campus, an art and literature section was opened to contributions from all undergraduates. Qf the many entries submitted, the four best works of art have been chosen by the faculty of the art department, while the English department selected the four finest poems. This Prefatory Note is to serve as a sort of tombstone to put it morbidly, re- spectfully identifying the revered remains below. For the 1 927 BLUE C GOLD, in a few years, will be no longer a source of discovery; it will be a relic, a keepsake instead. The aims and the theme which this is meant to explain will become more significant as time goes on. In years past, as now, the BLUE C5 GOLD has occupied a place on the campus, comparable to no other publication in permanency . It is a 11

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BLUE GOLD n (ttXemoriam GuvC. BAKER DR. WALTER I. BALDWIN GEORGE B. FOREST ELEANOR WILEY JACKSON EXUM PERCIVAL LEWIS MARGARET ESTHER MEYERS DR. SAXTON P. POPE ROBERT CARPENTERWHEELER ROBERT MCBRIDE 13