University of California Riverside - Tartan Yearbook (Riverside, CA)

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Endresult-the largest bright yellow concrete letter in the United States, looks over the UCR campus and the vicinity for miles around. fTopj Working iwth the EL. Yeager Construction Company crew, Larry Beger, left, and Ray Duncan, center, prepare forms for the pouring of cement. Materials and labor were donated by Mr. Yeager, a Cal alumni. Ucrans certainly owe Mr. Yeager many thanks for making the C possible this year. fBottomJ After spreading cememt for ad afternoon, Dave Boin, in sun- glasses, returned to UCR more appreciative of his scholarly existence. Mike Hogan, squatting upper left corner, critically surveys the scene of toil and swear, and shrewdly calculates his next maneauver to evade manual labor. ,, ,,.. , ,.m.....,..........-1-......vMu-m Plans and talk concerning the Big C stopped this year and the real work began. Forms were laid, cement was poured and a coat of paint bright' ened the largest cement college letteri in the United States. The C was the target of many a prank. There was Homecoming, when it disappeared completely, and during finals' modification produced an optif mistic C+, followed by a C-. Thanks to the generosity of a Cal alumni and the hard work of new and old students, a brilliant yellow C now looks over th-e UCR campus and the city of Riverside. but he

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mi er, Library assistants are familiar with icene enacted by Peggy Duncan. Go and drop them! No one can hear over xatter of happy voices. anyway. Tony Tcbelskis, left, and Pat Orrcck, part time employees oi' the Department of Plant Pathology, are two of many students: working for thc Citrus Experi- ment Station. on the pool. Theirs was one of the Right: Life guards Ray Zouhar and r Bonnie Greffenius keep watchful eyes V , more popular campus jobs. Dale jones, working student, trudges from buildng to building distributing mail to campus offices. QBottomQ Eagerly displaying UCR Bookstore wares are charming student clerks Carol Saffel, behind counter, and Babs Smith. In addition to books, the shop carries a wide range of goods to catch the eye of wealthy Highlnders.

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Qpfopj With the trained eye of FL Parif sian artist, Denny Weeks, right, blends the paints to that delicatef shade so fashf ionable for concrete college letters in 1957-yellow. lim Greenfield watches the master's touch admiringly. fBottomj Freshman Judy Gust, left, starts the long process of painting the This job was the first projects of the freshman class and right away they proved themselves worthy of the name, Highlanders. ent a helpin an Page 35