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

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WIS ONLY -4s the nerve center of the academic community, the University library houses the literary symbols of our culture ' s quality. The value of books lies in the use which the intelli- gent mind makes of them. Through education one learns to discriminate between valid, constructive literature and worth- less pulp. Once this distinction is made, however, the intellect becomes engrossed in the significance of that which it can draw from the minds of others in the formation of thoughts and knowledge. Exclusive of classroom learning, the most accomplished students at the University spend over 20 hours per week studying during the normal course of a quarter Much of this time is spent in the studious library atmosphere, utilizing some of the 445,000 volumes, the records, pamphlets, periodicals, and often just the quiet study booths. The time taken yields unlimited rewards in the enrichment of our culture.

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For one hundred years now the University of California has pursued its search for truth. Cultural enrichment, growing through progress and change, has long been its heritage to the people of its home state. Yet during this extended accumulation of human achieve- ments in California some basic human enjoyments have remained constant. The natural splendor of the land that has attracted multitudes over the past century inspires intense appreciation in scholars, workers, artists and students alike, in spite of their commitment to relentless progress. UC Santa Barbara is a focal point of this confrontation between progress and permanence. Here, among all of the uncertainties which surround the complex life devoted to inquiry, simple pleasures and beauty still satisfy the aesthetic nature. Intellectual progress may also heighten the scholar ' s appre- ciation of the natural rhythms of life and his desire to preserve them. The purpose of the University is to seek out and teach the best expressions of the human existence in the context of past, present and future.