University of California Santa Barbara - La Cumbre Yearbook (Santa Barbara, CA)

Page 27 text:

r«a g T »T I .A ClJMRRE. T « T»iTa THE COLLEGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL THE ELEttlEnTARlJ SCHOOL The College Elementary School which came into existence in the fall of 1925 has as its faculty Mrs. Laura Specht Price, Mrs. Florence Lyans, Miss Elsie Pond, and Miss Edith Leonard. Many improvements are being made continually, one of which is a new industrial shop built this year. Here the children carry on all kinds of industrial activity under the direction of Mrs. Lyans. I ' oward the latter part of the fall semester, the children of the Elementary School gave an exhibition of the regular work done in Physical Education. This included games, rythmic work and appa- ratus activities. In connection with their art work, the children competed in the Santa Barbara Hobby Show. They entered a variety of things in- cluding boats, pictures, lavalieres and jewel boxes. Perhaps one of the most interesting plays of the year was a Circek play given by the fifth and sixth grades under the direction of Robert Wormser. This play was written by the sixth grade as a culmination of a year ' s work and study in Greek mythology. The College ? lementary School aims to be practical but pro- gressive in its attempt to arouse, guide, and interpolate purposeful, self-directed activity on the part of the children. xTxT.T.T.T.l.T.T.T.T.T.TTTTfTTTW ■M 17 ]»•

Page 26 text:

.1ga, T 5g-iT LA CUMBKL. J P.J ' :J COURSES OFFERED Since the establishment of the Santa Barbara State Teachers ollege five years Ago, there have been a number of added improve- ents, both in buiidings and in courses ollfered. There were formerly three Major Departments, Home Econo- mics, General Professional and Community Mechanics, with degree id certificate granting privileges in each. This year the Art De- artment was given the right to grant a degree as well as certificate. Last November, Columbia Cniversitv completed final plans and )ecifications for the recog ' nition of A. B. degrees from this insti- Jtion. This places the College on a firmer basis and marks a step in ur progress. . Besides having local degrees recognized by Columbia Univer- ty, recognition by Stanford furthers the advancement of degree ' ork in Santa Barbara. Stanford Universitv has a widely established holarship rating that makes the recognition the more desirable. This institution has the great honor of being the first Teachers ollege on the Pacific Coast to be admitted to the American As- ciation of Teachers Colleges with a Class A reading, a factor niat gives -a distinct preference to the students of the institution. At the present time the College ofifers the following courses: ' ommunity Mechanics, either degree or certificate; Home Econo- lics, either degree or certificate and a certificate course in Insti- itional Management; both certificate and degree courses in General Professional and Art work; a Physical Education Minor that may e elected in any degree line, and certificate courses in Music and unior College. TiT.T.|To ' ,|iT.T.,T .1.1.11111

Page 28 text:

,itKTmJiitKT I A CUMRRL. Jtit JtSitl I The Earthquake On the morning of June 29, 1925 Santa Barbara was visited by an earthquake of an intensity sufficient to reduce many of the older buildings of the city to a state of utter ruin Practically no major structure or business house escaped some damage. State engineers estimated the loss in the business district at over $15,000,000. The State College, along with many of the citv school buildings, suffered about . 1 0,000 loss when the concrete pillars in the front corridors swayed and cracked with the force ,if the quake. Aside from the c( st of reolacinp; these nillars, the loss f HI Bf -■ ' ■i|j to the other buildinsrs on the camnu ' was ■Bf? . siiKill importance. ■j Hyl 5.,. ' Santa Barbara folk, except in rare p|| H[ 1 ■ ' instances, went on with their usual duties yH K.:i ' ' shortly after the heaviest shocks, sensibly seeking to resume their normal trend of life. In fact, it has been a source of pride to many of the business houses to adver- tise, We Never Closed. The com- mendable absence of hysteria reflected Ti.T.T.T.T.T.t.T.T.T.T.T.T.T.T.T.l§ 18 ])$••