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

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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

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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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BACK ROW: Dan Watt ' 29, Robert K. Rupert ' 34, Robert Sibley ' 03, H. B. Knowles ' 12. FRONT ROW: Marcia Smith ' 40, Viola Kuehne, Jean L. Backus ' 37, Katharine H. Williams ' 31, Jane B. Adams ' 31, Jean McNeill. Alumni Association FOUNDED in 1872, the California Alumni Association is approaching its Diamond Jubilee celebration and soon will be ploughing ahead toward the one-century mark. With its more than 25,000 dues-paying members, it constitutes the largest organization of its kind in existence. It is well organ- ized throughout the State of California and in distant sections far beyond California ' s confines with some 72 diffe rent alumni centers. In California eight district areas, blanketing the entire state, con- tribute to a scholarship fund which has in the last ten years collected something over $150,000. This scholarship fund has sent more than 700 of the most brilliant young leaders the state possesses to the halls of the University on its several campuses. Many of these young men and women have proven to be outstanding in scholar- ship, leadership, and student activities. The California Alumni Association, headed by Jean C. Witter ' 16 as President, is this year particularly exercising its strength toward aiding alumni returning from the war, securing jobs for them, helping in the rehabilitation of those who so sorely need it and in every way being useful to them. The governing council of the Association consists of many alumni who are prominent leaders in our industrial, civic, and educational life. Under such leadership factual progress of the University is sure to reach the necessary channels where it will do the University most good. As a consequence the Association ' s activities are of deep- est significance in forwarding the educational progress of our great University. 28