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

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The highest honor the Associated Students can confer on on individual is to dedicate the Annual to that person. This year, because of the men in question, specifically, their contribu- tions to the University and to this college, the Associated Students dedicate the 1958 La Cum- bre to former President Robert Gordon Sproul and new President Clark Kerr. Dr. Sproul has headed the University he graduated from for over twenty-five years. While he is receding into the past, he will be remembered for his frequent appearances on this campus, greeting the incoming students, and his casual informal manner. Dr. Sproul has been a man who commanded respect as well as friendship. Those who have had an ac- quaintance with him will long remember him, and those who know only of his accomplish- ments will long respect him. President Sproul has guided the course of the University and its eight component campuses on the principle of home rule to insure ade- quate educational service for an entire state. Each campus has developed the freedom of a separate institution and the pride and facilities of a multi-million dollar organization. President Sproul has tried to direct the Uni- versity along the lines of three objectives: the production of a cultural foundation for the com- munity, the development of a civic responsibil- ity, and the acquisition of specific vocational and professional skills. After twenty-eight years of outstanding leadership, Robert Sproul is retiring. He has done his job well.

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After five busy years as chancellor of the Berkeley division of the University, Clark Kerr is stepping high up to the position of President. During his time at Berkeley, Dr. Kerr has en- joyed the same popularity as the President has in the University. While the scope of Dr. Kerr ' s new position is greater, the sense of responsi- bility is much the same as in his former position. While the physical and social strains of the position of President are greater than is the Chancellor ' s, Dr. Kerr is a young man and has much experience in the fields of government, public and educational service. The student body of Dr. Kerr ' s school is now 42,380 instead of 18,980. Doctor Kerr is at the peak of his career after forty-seven years of contribution and service to his fellow man and the community. One need not think of this as the pinnacle of his career, but merely as a high point in a man ' s life. Cer- tainly, his life is one of fulfillment and satis- faction if not one of hard work and dedication. mm mm oraowiKSffiRf @(F mummm