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

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A. S. U. C. E Associated Students of the University .of California are a democratic, cooperative, ' and self-governing group. The control of the student body is under a governing council known as the Executive Committee. This body at its weekly meetings acts upon recommendations from various councils and committees in order to improve the welfare of the men and women of the University. One of the most important events of the college year was the dedication of Eshleman Hall, the new home of all campus publications. On Wednes- day afternoon, November 4th, at three o ' clock, the building was formally set apart in memory of John Morton Eshleman ' 02. President Robert Gordon Sproul presided, and Hiram Johnson, United States senator, Fred S. Stripp, Jr. ' 32, President of the A. S. U. C., and Regent John Francis Neylan were the speakers. A new feature inaugurated by the Rally Com- mittee in the fall was the practice of holding bleacher rallies at four o ' clock on Friday after- noons before major football contests. At these gatherings members of the student body met in the Memorial Stadium for songs and yells while the Varsity ran through a short scrim- mage. As in 1930, dances were again held in Harmon Gymnasium from nine until eleven o ' clock after the Freshman, Pajamarino, and Spring rallies. This will probably be the last season in which Harmon will house such demonstrations because of the plans for a new- men ' s gymnasium which will be ready for occupation by August of 1932. Perhaps one of the most fiery showings of student spirit in many years took shape in the On to Portland Drive last October. Enough money was raised by campus contribution to send one hundred members of the California Band to Portland for the Washington State game. In the 1931-32 academic semesters Californians displayed a new school consciousness, one of greater cooperation and enthusiasm. Thus, they have brought to a close one of the most successful years in the history of the A. S. U. C. WHITE, VICE-PREMDEXT, A. S. L . C. Bartlert Patterson Boylan Hawks Resner

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MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT OF THE A. S. U. C. I DOUBT whether there is a student on the cam- pus who has not heard or asked the question, What do they do with all the money they make on football ? Some of the structural answers to that query are Eshleman Hall, Stephens Union, the California Memorial Stadium, and the new Southwest Field project, which, when it is com- pleted, will include a men ' s gymnasium. The jour- nalist, the actor, the athlete, and the debater can tell you where some of that money goes. The Associated Students of the University of California is a body not only great in size, but in scope of activity. So many different types of ac- tivities are carried on by so many people that few of the University students come in contact with many of them during the entire college career. Few of us know of the night activity of the Daily Californian ' s journalists; few realize the hours, days, and weeks necessary to put out a BLUE AND GOLD; few stop to think that every athletic game and event must be preceded by long, weary hours of practice and training which mean hard work and self-sacrifice on the part of the participants; few know the hours of preparation and rehearsal that go into a Little Theatre play or a Varsity debate. It is a good thing, therefore, to pause at the close of a year well spent and in retrospection picture the magnitude and complexity of the A. S. U. C., which is clearly presented on analyzing its structure. It is indeed a big thing, and worthy of the active cooperation, hearty backing, and actual participation of every one of its members for the mutual benefit of that member and the student body. The A. S. U. C. is afforded a rare opportunity this year in aiding to prepare for and re- ceive the nations of the world in the tenth Olympic Games. Just as this BLUE AND GOLD is dedicated to the Olympic Games, so are we, the Associated Students, dedicated to those games, to their support, to the spirit in which the participants in them are received, and to the hope that they may in the future be the only field of conflict where nations shall meet in competition. FRED S. STRIPP, JR., PRESIDENT, A. S. U. C. Taylor Farr Barber Smart [26]

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GENERAL MANAGERS REEK, athletes depended not alone upon their physical prowess, but upon great arenas and fields in which to exhibit their perfection. California athletes need no longer feel that their surroundings do not conform to their athletic feats. Rather, with the coming of new and beautiful facilities, the men of the University will be spurred on to conform to their environment. When Greek meet s Greek, the encounter will gain glamour from its setting. Important acquisitions to the University of California will have been made by the start of the 1932-33 academic year. The George C. Edwards Fields, comprising the new track and field stadium, a baseball diamond, and a football practice field, will be ready, and, in addition, the new gym- nasium will be completed. The athletic field provides California with the standard track and field, which means that the Big Meet will be held in Berkeley every other year. Added to this is the advantage of a new impetus given to the sport by proper quarters. The new gymnasium, besides relieving a trying condition in regard to general physical education for men, will provide ideal facilities for intercollegiate sports. The plans include a main auditorium suitable for basketball and other competitive sports. This auditorium will make possible the holding of all intercollegiate basketball games, boxing, wrestling, and tournaments of various kinds on the campus. Two outdoor swimming pools are planned with adjacent bleachers able to accommodate 1000 spectators. With William W. Monahan, graduate manager, striving for perfection in the athletic de- partment, and a willing staff of departmental managers aiding him, the outstanding success of this department is not surprising. The building of so many new athletic facilities will have a profound influence upon the future of California athletics, particularly the sports of the spring, in the same way that the Memorial Stadium has brought football into its present position of prominence. WILLIAM W. MOWAHAH GRADUATE MANAGER, A. S. U. C. DEPARTMENT MANAGERS OF THE A. S. U. C. Mr. Ott, Mr. Davis, Mrs. Davies, Mr. Morton, Mrs. Parent, Mr. Monahan, Mrs. Bumstead, Mr. Priestley, Mr. Wilde [28]