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

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MONROE E. DEUTSCH Vice-President of UK Uniwrsity and Provost at Berkeley From the Provost I ' NIVERSITY life today is very unlike the normal ex- istence of pre-war years, but in spite of its unbroken sequence of terms, in spite of the smaller number of students, in spite of many elements of former under- graduate life which are lacking, it has, I believe a quality the memory of which we shall always treasure. The importance of the educational side of the University i: liein emphasized, and the presence of so large a number of men in our Nation ' s uniform constantly reminds us of the greatf-t ii-r-ue which confronts mankind today, i e hesitate in their presence to talk of patriotism and sacrifice, but our minds cannot fail to dwell on them. And when we see in our classrooms the first group of men who have come to college from the battlefields where they have suffered wounds which incapacitated them from further service, we do indeed re- alize that we are a nation at war, and each of us has im- pressed upon him and her the responsibilities and duties which every one of us must face. The University in time of -when we read of it vears hence, it will have an atmos- war- phere such as no peacetime era has had. And behind it all will be our pride in the men and women who trod our campus in those days when college training was truly regarded as a preparation for the Nation ' s service. 25

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ROBERT GORDON SPROUL President of the University The President ' s Message THE Class of 1945 is unique among the many that have been graduated from the Uni- versity of California. To ,the truth of that statement, this volume of the BLUE AND GOLD, traditional chronicle of the past year in student society, bears witness. For here is pictorial representation, not of Junior Prom, but of war work ; not of the Big Game, but of war bond contests. The Class of 1945 is a war class, from first registration to Commencement impelled by one inexorable purpose to acquire, as rapidly as possible, the education and the training essen- tial to useful and responsible citizens of a nation at war. Has the class of 1945 thereby lost something of its birthright? Yes, but it has gained something, too, for even as it has foregone frolic or academic tranquility, it has learned, as few classes before it learned, the meaning of education. It has learned that education is not the filling of the mind with facts, soon to be forgotten, but the whetting of the intellect that it may cleave into the very secrets of the universe. Tough of moral and mental fibre, trained of eye and of brain, the class of 1945 is ready to take full share in the win- ning of the immediate battle and in that even more heartbreaking task which is the inevitable aftermath of war, spiritual and material recon- struction of the world. It can be counted on to pit tolerance and justice against flaming hatred, and to face with high idealism and unwavering realism the obstacles which lie between man and his ultimate destiny: peace that shall be peace, not truce. The University of California is proud of its wartime class, of its stamina, its courage, and its promise. With each of you, down whatever perilous path you may travel, goes my personal Godspeed. 24

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EARL WARREN Governor of the State of California. President of the Board of Regents. Board of Regents THE acceptance of Santa Barbara Col- lege as the eighth campus of the University of California on July 1, 1944, marked the beginning of the year ' s activities of the Board of Regents. Meeting on the third Friday of every month, this busy Board is responsible for all the business transactions and aca- demic affairs of the University. It checks transfers of students, accepts gifts for funds and scholarships, and makes appointments. The Board does most of its work through committees, the most important of which is the Finance and Bvisiness Committee. With Governor Earl Warren as president of the Board, its most commendable act has been the continued purchase of Government war bonds in the name of the University. An important appointment of this year was that of Dr. Clarence A. Dykstra as a provost of the University. The management of the Univer- sity is a difficult and demanding task, but, even in wartime, the Board of Regents has successfully maintained the high standards to which we are accustomed. 26 LEFT TO RIGHT: Frederick W. Roman, Fred M. Jordan, Jean C. Witter, Brodie E. Ahlport, Chester H. Rowell, James H. Cor- ley (comptroller), Grace Kirk (stenographer), Robert M. Underhill (secretary and treasurer), Earl Warren (Governor of California), Robert G. Sproul, JohrrF. Neylan, Mortimer Fleishhacker, Edward A. Dickson, Sidney M. Ehrman, James K. Moffitt, George U. Hind.