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

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(Pf dgD dROir ROBERT G. SPROUL PRESIDENT UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA ipwwos ' ir ELMER C. NOBEL ACTING PROVOST SANTA BARBARA COLLEGE Graduation from a college of liberal arts implies that the graduate is prepared, through formal in- struction and informal experiences, to take his place in a community as on intelligent participant, alert to changing ideas, and able to communicate effec- tively with his fellow men. The academic year of 1957-1958 has seen the attentions of college stu- dents sharply focused on an enlarged and chang- ing scientific world, but at the same time, there is a heartening awareness of a concurrent and increas- ing need for the balance provided by a liberal edu- cation. Santa Barbara College is doing its part in providing that balance. Man ' s memories are more than recordings of experiences valued for pleasure and profit. They are the source of an infinite power by which civiliza- tion grows and realizes its stature. Experience eventually falls from man ' s con- sciousness and dies unless it is preserved in a tangible medium. Thus books serve to insure the existence of fact and stimulate the mind to high endeavor. The yearbook of Santa Barbara College is such a record and resource. It will change life little ,but will add to the graces of living for more than a few. It is the record of a community of students during a significant period in their lives. This record is important to me, too, for it repre- sents the final class in my twenty-eight years as president. I too, graduate this June, and at an age that I realize the meaning of memories and friends associated with them. This yearbook can be a treasure. It is more than a record of events, but of people with whom we have spent the most formative period of life. It will serve its purpose if it attracts your recollections as a store for your memories of life. 18