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

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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.

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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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. Charter Day ARCH twenty-third marked the seventy- -f enth anniversary of the granting of the charter of the University of Cali- fornia. Student- and -pecial gue-t- gathered at the Greek Theatre to witn- the academic procession and to hear addre e- } honored speakers. Herbert Vere Evatt. minirU-r of Australian external affairs and delegate to the San Francisco World Security Conference, encouraged special jio-t-war cooperation between Au-tralia and the United States, as well a;- rolidar- ity between these countries in Pacific operations. TOP: The tatty procession ' a cotarM sight aritfst degrees of enerjr type and of w Uwoenity. CEN- TER: Robert SMejr ' 03 is aided bjr a Naval R.O.T.C hen exatMi Major Charles Lee Tilde T8, and Frank Oenman -77 to UK Greek Theatre. BOTTOM: Students, faaKy, and gKsts gather to the Creek Theatre for the 77th Charter Dai celebration. President Sproul conferred four honorary doc- tor of law degrees upon Pierre Monteux. Jacob iner. J. N. LeConte. and Vi ilber Sawyer in an impressive ceremony, and the new provost. Clar- ence A. Dyk;-tra. was presented. Dykstra was also the principal speaker at the Charter Day dinner at the Palace Hotel. We are grateful for the granting of our Uni- versity ' s charter, not only for ourselves, but for those who will follow us. e look to it as a symbol of higher education today and as a stronghold of freedom in a world of peace tomorrow. 27