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

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29 ,X s A - f-. 4- .. - . 2? ---ff. '-Rss. XML, N I. :Q4 V f 3 ' ,tiiflfi -NNW-s. . M V xv: gig. es B- ' -1' s- '-,- : Samuel B. Gould x-xvzcymxxtbx NPN.. S New J CHANCELLOR SAMUEL B. GOULD On September I8 of last year, Dr. Samuel B. Gould was inaugurated as the first Chancellor of UCSB. The fact that Santa Barbara was to have a chancellor was an important milestone in the growth of the campus. Having Dr. Gould in this position appears to make the step all the more significant. A man with a varied and impressive bakground, Dr. Gould brings to Santa Barbara an administrative approach well-grounded in experience. After receiving his B.A. from Bates College, Dr. Gould went on to a Masters degree from New York University doing work in between at Oxford and Cambridge. He continued his studies at Harvard after receiving his M.A., and was awarded an honorary LLD from Bates College in l957. Since T954, Dr. Gould has served as President of Antioch College in Ohio. He has taught at both the high school and college levels, and is well known for his essays on education. Through his numerous speeches during this school year, Dr. Gould has revealed himself as a man with very definite ideas both on educa- tion in general and on the problems that will accompany Santa Barbara's growth into a major institution. ln his inaugural address, Chancellor Gould said this of the purpose of education: Only the full utilization of our mental and physical capacities can assure us some hope for success in the world-wide strug- gle. And the truly important battleground is that of the development of men's minds and hearts. This is competition of the highest order in which we must not hesitate to take up the gauntlet or give anything but our best to the conflict of ideologies. Speaking to freshmen on the importance of centering college life around intellectual pursuits, Dr. Gould said, Since you are to be our product, we have a deep and sympathetic interest in your devel- opment, we hope you will cultivate this some sort of interest in the university's development, for then you will be mindful of your own per- sonal stake in education for the rest of your lives. ln the coming years, it will be Dr. Gould who, more than any man, will be responsible for determining the direction of our growing university. .ludging by the positive impression left on students and faculty during this, his first year at UCSB, Chancellor Gould will have the complete confidence of the school in what- ever course of action toward this end he should choose to take.

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...f,1'St ? K 7 uw, is s-'sw THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY The Board of Regents is a corporate body entrusted with the administration of the University of California. Composed of 24 members, the Regents have a large number of duties, among them being the selection of the President of the University. Presi- dent of the Regents is Governor Brown and the Chairman is Dr. Donald H. McLaughlin. One of the Regents is Santa Barbara's Thomas M. Storke, to whom this book is dedicated. The Regents held one of their meetings on the UCSB campus in September, directly after Chancellor Gould's inauguration. ,af PRESIDENT CLARK KERR Only last year Dr. Clark Kerr stepped into the position of President of the University of California, succeeding retiring president Robert G. Sproul. Within a short time President Kerr found himself vitally embroiled in all of the rigorous administrative problems inextricably a part of his position. Extremely concerned with the im- portance of the relationship between the University and the state, the necessity of retaining high quality in the education provided by the University, and the complex problems facing the University as it grows, President Kerr has carried through existing policies and initiated his own as well, earning the attention and respect of administrators, faculty, students, and the public. Since the publication of the controversial Directives, Dr. Kerr has been called upon to justify and explain the reason behind their issuance. The reasonable and intel- ligent way in which he has handled this task has beyond any question reassured everyone in the University sys- tem of Dr. Kerr's integrity and ability. VICE-CHANCELLOR ELMER R. NOBLE Vice-Chancellor Dr. Elmer R. Noble took a leave of absence immediately after Christmas this year to spend four months in Indonesia as a consultant on higher education with the International Cooperation Administration, the U. S. agency for international aid in education. Dr. Noble's experience at Santa Barbara as former Dean of Letters and Sciences, then Acting Provost, and now Vice-Chancellor, gave him much of the knowledge required for the iob he is to do in Indonesia. As well as having been a top administrator at UCSB, Dr. Noble is also a professor of Zoology and has done a large amount of research in the biological field. Dr. Noble was last year's recipient of the La Cumbre Dedi- cation, the highest honor that the Associated Students can confer upon an individual. E 2l