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

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; w: LEFT: Rally Commrnee celebfated ' 100 Years of Excellence ' in 2001 as the official keepers of tradition at Cal. RIGHT: Natalie Le Slanc smiles with a Cal flag in hand after stepping off the cable car is San Francisco The Cable Car Rally IS an annual part of the Big Gamp Week events California spirit and traditions, was chosen to act as Custodian of the Stanford Axe. The Women ' s Rally Committee was formed in 1939. and it eventually took over the functions of the California Rally Committee during the years af World War II. as most of the men on campus were fighting in the war Following the war, the California Rally Committee re-formed. In the fall of 1963, the senior class donated the California Victory Cannon to the University. Since then, the task of operating and maintaining the cannon has been the Rally Committee ' s. In 1969, the Women ' s Rally Committee took over the management of card stunts from the defunct Card Stunts Committee. Once the ASUC Senate refused to fund student groups I that were segregated by gender, the all male California Rally Committee and the all-female Women ' s Rally Committee merged to form the University of California Rally Committee. Despite problems that occurred during i this union, the Rally Committee succeeded under the leadership of Co-Chairmen George Hendrickson and Lynn Nakada. In 1988, The Rally Committee and other spirit groups became a part of the Department of Recreational Sports in addition to the ASUC. In 1992, the Department of Recreational Sports, Women ' s Athletics, and Men ' s Athletics were merged, making the Rally Committee and other spirit groups apart of the Athletic Department. 1997 saw Rally Committee absorb the Califomians, another campus spirit group. In addition to all other activities. Rally Committee now took charge of all Big Game Week activities. This is just the beginning for Rally Committee. The members are constantly looking for new ways to spread the Spirit of California throughout the campus by reviving and improving our current traditions and looking to build on the foundation that the Committee has laid In the last 100 years. story by Chi»SVN£ M. Lrrw Chirs Cokomn photos by Xaviek Cok na Rally Committee has significantly improved its current traditions over the last year. Activities like Card Stunts, Homecoming Rally and of course Bonfire Rally were better than ever. This drive towards constant improvement has made Rally Committee great and will continue to push us forward. New traditions and projects are developing all the time. This year, the Committee has taken on the project of renovating the Big C, as well as Founder ' s Rock. In addition. Rally Committee has made an effort to bring the Spirit of California to more members of the campus community More students, employees, and alumni have been involved in ouraaivities than in years past, and our effort to educate even more people I will never wane. Rally Committee believes that spirit represents something very important. It unites the activities of the campus into a bond of common endeavor and it is a I common denominator that can give every individual a sense of belonging and accomplishment in the University. Of course, traditions and education are abound, but the Committee itself is a unique group of people, those who truly pride themselves on working for the betterment of the University These people are willing to get up at 6:00 in the morning to do early morning fliering for events, wear sandwich boards, yell FIRE at the top of their lungs without incurring the wrath of the fire department, and arrive at football games four hours early to tape up 2500 bags of cards to each seat in the student section. Hiking up to the Big C is a regular occurrence, and It ' s not just for one ' s physical health. The university may be a place In which fouryears out of one ' s life is filled with grueling midterms, tedious labs, and endless papers, but it is also a place in which some of the best (and worst) memories are to be found. In the words of Benjamin Ide Wheeler, Cheer for her: it will do your lungs good. Love her; it will do your heart and life good. It is to this ideal that the Rally Committee works so tirelessly to uphold. -€

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TOP: Members of Rally Comm. the Cal Band. and Cal Dance Team panicipate in the annual Pre-Big Game festivities at Ghirardelli Square in San Francisco BOTTOM: The Rally Committee show their spirit at a Cal basketball game This year For the last 100 years, the University of California Rally Committee has worked diligently to spread the spirit of California throughout the University community. In that time, Rally Committee has led the cheering section to new levels of enthusiasm, invented card stunts, cared for the Big C, fired the California Victory Cannon, hung the California Banner, protected the Axe and much more. To understand all the Committee does, one must look back over the last 100 years to see where it has come from and where it is going. The Rally Committee was founded in 1901 as a men s group to plan and stage rallies on the University of California campus, replacing the chaotic rallies of spontaneous mobs that were more like riots than celebrations of spirit. Under the leadership of the first Chairman, Alex Adier. and his successor. Robert Sibley, the Rally Committee members quickly became known for their hard work and unselfish attitudes in all projects they undertook. Rally Committee originated bleacher stunts at the 1910 Big Game . The activity, which was to be known later as tard stunts. was so successful that it was later adopted by many schools around the country. Card stunts eventually became so time consuming that a seperate group. called the Card Stunts Committee, was formed to manage them. In 1927, the Rally Committee was designated as the official guardians of all campus traditions (except for The Axe). The Rally Committee was also put in charge of the rooting section, making sure that all men sitting in the rooting section wore white shirts and blue and gold reversible caps. In 1933. the Stanford Axe was made a perpetual trophy to be awarded tc the winner of the Big Game. Rally Committee, as the official guardians of lOO YeariS of Exoellende Rally Committee -€

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The sturdy golden bear watches over Lower Sproul from the skies thanks to the class of 1929 This lovely sunbather. nestled in the bushes by Faculty Glade is directly in the line of sight of the statue of Pappy Waldorf a linle way down the path The Campanile retains Its placid demeanor throughout protests and inclement weather Your University: Past Present A Look at University Traditions and Symbols Berzerkeley. That is how many students describe the prestigious college known as the University of California. Despite this, the university has remained among the top schools in the nation ever since its founding over 100 years ago. in the city of Oakland. Before the University of California was chartered, a smaller College of California stood in the middle of today ' s Oakland business distria. After receiving 160,000 acres of land on which to build and expand, the trustees of the College of California decided to hand the job of running the college to the state. The University of California was bom on March 23, 1868, in a new city just north of Oakland - the city of Berkeley. The first graduating class of the University, in 1873, went on to prestigious positions in the working world. The alumni graduated to such occupations as UC Regent, congressional representative, and governor of California. But as with everything else in Berkeley things got a little crazy. Students in the late 1800s were Irate and would join in pranks with their graduating class, such as knocking over trolley cars, burying and burning textbooks at the end of the year, and participating in random illegal bonfires throughout the city. The situation grew out of hand. There was no end to the mayhem until the election of Chancellor Benjamin Ida Wheeler in 1899. The university was molded after Wheeler ' s visions. Infrastructure and curriculum were priorities, and Wheeler policed his staff with strict rules and clear goals. The roots of the ASUC took hold dunng Wheeler ' s presidency. After he left in 1919, Cal was a full fledged university with extension campuses all over the state. The students, however, seemed as rowdy and energetic as ever Up until 1908, freshmen and sophomores would participate in the rush, an ongoing battle for supremacy among underclassmen. Though the actual activities of the rush were kept secret, numerous injuries to students during these events caused the classes of ' 07 and ' 08 to end the fighting. As a symbol of unity these two classes constructed a cement letter C that sits to this day above Charter Hill, in plain view from most of the campus. The Big C has of late been a target of vandalism, including an ingenious attempt by Stanford to change the letter C into a despicable letter S. Today, the University of California remains as prestigious as ever, holdint true to its traditions and maintaining its integrity A well known symbol of this great history is Founders Rock. It is said that the 12 trustees of the story by Nathm Kmav photos by Stum Ui