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

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UNIVERSITY CENTENNIAL 1868-1968 UNIVERSITY of CALIFORNIA SANTA BARBARA VOLUME 48 La Cumbre Published by the Associated Students University of California, Santa Barbara JOHN ZAIMT, Editor KAREN GERNHARDT, Assistant Editor CONNIE PORTER, Copy Editor TINA JILLSON, Layout Editor GARY PEARSON, Photoqraphy Editor JOE T KOVACH, Director of Publications

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- ■ ' i f ■r.,. ' ■ .■y f T ■ A i- ' - Jfi ' FOREWORD California-a land of richly varied features and vast natural wealth. The discovery of these resources brought to the land thousands of people, hoping to secure for themselves a fruitful existence, more prosperous than mere subsistence. To this end the settlers joined the unique assets of their know- ledge with the natural resources of the earth. California assumed a new, more dynamic character. It became a place for the enrich- ment of humanity. This enrichment depended upon man ' s culture, which was becoming increasingly corruptible in California as its population swelled. To preserve the excellence of this precious human commodity, men of vision established a vital institution. The University of California, creator, corrector and protector of civilized culture, was chartered in 1868.