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

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BLUEd GOLD CLEMENT CALHOUN YOUNG GOVERNOR CLEMENT CALHOUN YOUNG, governor of California, is a native of New Hampshire. He came to California, however, while still a boy, and was educated in the high schools of San Jose and Santa Rosa. In the year 1892 he received his degree from the University of California. For fourteen years after his graduation from the Uni- versity, governor Young was a teacher in Lowell High School of San Francisco. He was head of the English de- partment in that school, and while there he wrote a text book which is still used in California. In 1906, Governor Young resigned his position at Lowell High School to take up real estate development. He entered the- field of politics in 1908, when he was elected to the As- sembly of the State of California from the old fifty-second district. He has been in political circles since that time, and was elected lieutenant-governor in 1918, and re-elected in 1922. In 1926 he was elected governor of the state. As governor of the state, Young is also at the head of the Board of Regents of the University, and through this channel keeps in constant touch with the needs of the campus and its students. His sanction is necessary for all measures passed in connection with the University. Governor Young is greatly interested in the University and the many young people who comprise its student body. Since California is his Alma Mater, he holds great love for our campus, and is able to realize its needs. WILLIAM H. CROCKER, Chairman of the Board of Regents, is vitally interested in the University and its students, and is anxious that improvements which will increase the efficiency of the University be made. Mr. Crocker is a native of California, and was educated in the East. He attended Andover preparatory school near Boston, and later received his degree from Yale. After receiving his degree at Yale, Mr. Crocker took a position as messenger boy in his father ' s bank in San Francisco. From this beginning he has risen to the position of president of the Crocker First National Bank in San Francisco, and also holds interests in other financial and industrial con- cerns. Seventeen years ago, Mr. Crocker was appointed as a Regent of the University by Governor Gillett. He served his full term of sixteen years, and at its expiration last year. Governor Richardson appointed him for a second term, at the same time making him Chairman of the Board of Regents. As chairman of the board, Mr. Crocker has a responsible duty and an important task to perform which is of vital interest to the students of the University. In the hands of this body is placed the administration of the University of California including management of finances, appointment of teachers, and determina- tion of the particulars of internal organization. Mr. Crocker believes that college education should be the privilege of everyone that wishes it. It develops the abilities of a person to a great extent, he says. One may be a man of great ability without a college education, but how much greater the same man might be if he had the benefit of college training. With this theory in mind, Mr. Crocker successfully guides the policies of the Board of Regents, of which he has been a loyal and conscientious worker since his appointment in 1910. As a member of this body he has been influential in building up the University of California. Not only has Mr. Crocker been valuable in building up the University of California proper, but also in promoting the spirit of cooperation that exists between the Board of Regents and those instructors who are actually engaged in the teaching of courses in the various colleges on the campus. 23

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BLUE GOLD DIKING offic frier CHARLES G. HYDE DEAN OF MEN the four years that it has been in existence, the office of the Dean of Men has been on peculiarly friendly and intimate terms with the men of the Uni- versity, helping and advising them not only with problems of curricula, but also conferring with them and their parents on personal problems. By acting as the representative of the President to the Executive Committee of the Associated Students, Dean Hyde forms the connecting link between the University adminis- tration and the student government. In this connection, it is his place to approve for the President all measures passed bv the Executive Committee, and to furnish any data or assist- ance needed by the students. Dean Hyde is also responsible to coaches and to other insti- tutions, and especially to members of the Triangular Con- ference, the University of Southern California, Stanford, and the University of California, for all reports and judgments on the eligibility of athletes in all conference sports. Dean Hyde received the degree of B. S. from the Massa- chusetts Institution of Technology in 1896. Organizations of which he is a member include the American Public Health Association, the American Water Works Association, the N. E. Water Works Association, the Pacific Association of Consulting Engineers, the Bohemian, Faculty and Commonwealth Clubs, and Rho Alpha Mu, Delta Kappa Epsilon. WHEN President Emeritus Benjamin Ide Wheeler created the office of the Dean of Women, he said that its function should be to advise the President in all matters of personal and general interest to the women of the University. Assistance in the adjustment of the individual student to university life is the ultimate problem of Dean Stebbins, and with this end in view, she undertakes to aid in solving the personal problems of students whether these problems have to do with finances, health, scholarship, social life or conduct. Dean Stebbins has endeavored also to foster the ideals of student government through counsel and advice to student leaders, and through promotion of activities essential to the academic life of the women students. Types of training of special interest to women have been promoted by this office, which has outlined as well, funda- mental training looking toward vocations open to women, and to the encouragement of the students themselves to strive for good scholarship. Miss Lucy W. Stebbins graduated from Radcliffe in 1902. For several years she was actively engaged in social-service work, and in November, 1910, she came to this campus in the capacity of Assistant Dean of Women, becoming Dean of Women in April, 1912. At present she also instructs several classes in social economics aside from the many and varied duties which the office of Dean of Women demands of her. Because of the genuine interest she manifests in all women ' s affairs on the campus, her department has greatly stimulated interest in women ' s activities. LUCY W. STEBBINS DEAN OF WOMEN 22

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BLUEOGOLD A CTING Dean of the College of Letters and Science, R. G. Gettell is a graduate of the State Normal School at Shippensburg, Pennsylvania. In 1903 he received his A. B. degree from Ursinus College and in 1906 he was granted his M. A. degree at the University of Pennsylvania. For a while Dean Gettell acted as assistant principal in the high school at Duncannon, Pennsylvania. He became pro- fessor of history and political science at Trinity College in Hartford, Connecticut in 1907 and remained there for about seven years. He then went to Amherst College, where he re- mained until 1923 when he came to the University of Cali- fornia in the capacity of professor of Political Science. This year he is acting dean of Letters and Science, in the place of Dean Deutsch. During summer sessions Dean Gettell has served as profes- sor of Political Science at several of the large universities, in- cluding those of Maine, Illinois, Texas, Columbia, Michigan, and Cornell. Among the books which Dean Gettell has writ- ten are an Introduction to Political Science, Readings in Political Science, and Problems in Political Evolution. Included in Dean Gettell ' s duties are all academic matters, such as the curriculum of the College, the requirements for the junior certificate and for the A. B. degree. The College of Letters and Science embraces over two-thirds of the students attending the University. The course of instruction takes in the curriculum of the first two years of the Medical School, and School of Jurisprudence, as well as the social sciences, languages, literature, mathematics, and architecture. Assisting Dean Gettell is Warner Brown, Acting Associate Dean of the College for this year. Doctor Brown ' s duties consist of adjusting any irregularities in registering or enrolling, such as taking care of those students who register late, or who have to enroll in classes after the limiting date. Within the past year certain privileges to honor students have been accorded, such as library privileges including admission to the stacks. RAYMOND G. GETTELL DEAN OF THE COLLEGE OF LETTERS AND SCIENCE WHEELER STEPS BETWEEN CLASSES 24