University of California Davis - El Rodeo Yearbook (Davis, CA)

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h .h .llllllll'l'llll'lllll 11 . y . o ' i'. . -.'..'.' . - . 5. ..wl a!. i' 'IIIIIIIIIIIIIIlivah Vat OIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII'. h .o .C h1l' ' - men that we appreciate their efforts in our deSlI'C tgnssltfzivifetftlgsihe people of this great co.mmonwealth that 8:11:23 to HdeIEO f A griculture is returning f ull value received en their investment 513d etiat it merits their futuIB support? It is With thls aim in View that, al Picnic ay. we Sgigftigigriiignsumall way in the spring. of 1908, Picn into a traditional annual event, becoming larger an influence with each successwe year, until we new ac fifteen to twenty thousand Oh this day. Included 1n. th farm industries exhibits, llvestock parade, .student . athletic events, dances, and many other original features Wthh add to the days attractiveness. The success of purenrieavors is measured in the number of friends we make for .our institutiona and the increasing numbers in attendance at each successwe Picnic Day 18 sufficient evidence that our efforts have been rewarded. It is deeply regretted that this year, for the first time si tion, sixteen years ago, Picnic Day must be omitted fr The outbreak of the foot and mouth disease Within t ic Day has grOWn d broader in its commodate frOm e. program are the J Hdglng contests, HCe itS incep- Om our SChEdule. he States and the

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vfk fur Linrnm .xrrsnt r! ilir. N am .pxanf niyk ,erV'l fouli. .ylnli'tl It NH. .3 Jilin- . this bx lil' .,tt1 33 .lLJY4' 'th. . tilt! . ms ' v 4 . l'apnnnlanlndtlnlo : :' il'. : t: i. $l '--- -- -- J 4:; Q I n u y tn; 1...... 0.; spnnntllllllllllllll THE 1924 PICNIC DAY COMMITTEE Picnic Day In the cycle of modern agriculture, the agricultural college plays a very definite and important part. Much of the recent rapid advancement in development of systems, improvement of methods, increased produc- tion, etc., has been correlated closely with the growth and development of the agricultural colleges and experiment stations, which have been, in the major part, directly responsible for it. It is natural then, is it not, that California, the state in which the most rapid and extensive develop- ment has occurred, should be possessed of a College of Agriculture and an Agricultural Experiment Station whose resources, achievements, and possibilities are second to those of no other like institution in the world? One has but to consider for a moment the reputation, both local and international, which the College of Agriculture of the University of California has attained to realize the truth of this statement. And how, it might be asked, was all this brought about? The answer to which is that the people of the State of California, even from the days when the Argonauts drew up our first constitution and provided therein for a great State University, have ever been most generous in their support of their educational institutions, and have liberally provided for the growth and development of their College of Agriculture. We, the students of this College of Agriculture, realize the debt which we owe to those who founded and fostered the institution which we Claim as our Alma Mater. We realize that we who are here now are deriving the benefits of years of sacrifice and devotion on the part of those men who have built our institution into the reputation which it now enjoys. What, then, is more typically Californian than that we should feel a l39l

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nefit '.:TD T giTz Q .Is 7 n 4'. l..'..-'..'.. .'O : - I :Q :4. g .. g T, '-'-- .1- W: - .1! 0.1111111111111111... .Q '. 35' . 1.. .':l 5: b: nflllllllllllllllllllll Soph vs, Frosh Each semester hazing, as it is carried on here, is brought to an official close with the annual tank rush between the Sophomores and Freshmen. Prior to this fateful water-cure on Friday, the F reshmen had some taste of the second year men,s ability to hold their own in a rough and tumble battle. Some fifty shirts succumbed the festivities following the first Freshman meeting, which suddenly ended in a midnight bath. So it went all through the entire week before the F riday for settle- ment. Legs and faces were smeared freely with red paint, to obliterate the greenness. Songs and yells and stories all added to the amusement of the Sophs. . However, Friday of the rush, the Frosh were undaunted believing that the class of Twenty-six was as the proverb goes just 6tLouzy Sopho- mores? T hey knew better at the end of the day. Their first awakening came when twenty-five of the choicest from each gang vied for honors in the tug-of-war. Experience told because twenty-five Frosh were pulled into the hose awaiting the loser. The next event of the afternoon was the water-oure in the form of the Royal Tank Rush. The event was a fight for superiority in rough neckness. If the speed in which the lowly Sophs did their duty indicates anything, they are a rough lot. Details of the rush: On one side Husky Rothschild led the Frosh . and on the other Tiny Osborne attempted to make their respective teams strive for Victory. Osborne with a system, told his men that the job must be done in nine minutes. Therefore, when the gun sounded the pace was set and in eight minutes and fifty-nine seconds the last forlorn lad with a tt27ii on his back gave a faint cry, ttGive iem hell, feed iem bricks, California Twenty-sixf, Gurgle, and the day was a Sophomore day spiritually and physically. The reception during the afternoon was followed by a milder one that evening in the form of a Frosh mixer. A11 ill feelings were cast aside. The upper classmen exemplified to the new men what this institution stands for, and what California Spirit is, and, foremost, that the Freshmen are welcomed into the student body of the California Aggies. f411-