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

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Cal students and alumni dress formally for the Charter Day banquet at the Palace Governor Olson, Mrs. Sproul and Dr. Conant, president of Harvard, form a conversational trio. The athletic department forsakes sports momentarily to attend the Members of the Glee Club enjoy dinner before presenting their concert to Charter Day guests. ' TE. University administration leaders gather at long banquet tables. The Alpha Delts turn out en masse to represent the undergraduates at the banquet.

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It takes an army of orientation workers to counsel the new women students. Student leaders conduct mass meetings to orient the new students. Registration formal ities end with study- list filing. Lower clansmen receive faculty advisor assignments during registration. anxious fresh hurry in to official ly become Californians. Through the intricate puzzle of the registration area pass thousands of undergraduates.

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PRESIDENT ROBERT G. SPROUL 18 There ' s a remark that some people make, and make, strangely enough, with pride : I ' ve forgotten more than you ever knew, as if forgetting a great deal was, in some manner, a thing to boast about. But there are more peo- ple, I think, who deliberately try to remember. They have perceived that memories are the vital essence dis- tilled from experience. They remember the pleasant for the happiness it brings. They remember the unpleasant, on occasion, for the humility that it engenders, and the sounder strength of character, and surer accuracy of judgment. Those who have had the foresight to provide them- selves with a copy of this Blue and Gold possibly realize this, though somewhat vaguely; they will realize it bet- ter with the passing years. The book is, in effect, a diary of the life of the Class of 1940 during the four years of undergraduate experience. It is a roster of friends and acquaintances and mutually enjoyed events. It will keep these fresh and vivid, and renew enjoyment of them again and again. I am venturing to hope that, as the truth of these statements is confirmed by time, some, at least, of the members of the Class of 1940 will pause, now and then, to remember, with an unwonted gratitude, other, perhaps more serious experiences within the classrooms, the lab- oratories, and the libraries which comprise the University of California. From them you have learned much; but knowledge forgotten is knowledge shorn of its power. Remember, therefore, to use this advantage that the discipline of the University has given you, and to add to it. Let your Blue and Gold be a part, a precious part, of your library, but not a substitute for it. Keep your mind growing and moving! The bud that withers never knows the beauty of the blossom; the dead plant bears no fruit.