University of Northern Iowa - Old Gold Yearbook (Cedar Falls, IA)

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GEORGE S. DICK, B. Ph., Professional Instruction. ROBERT FULLERTON, M. Di. Music. B. W. MERRILL, Music.

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KARL F. GEISER, Ph. D., Political Science. CHARLES H. ANTHONY, B. S. Chemistry. HARRY C. CUMMINS, B. Di., Penmanship, Bookkeeping. CLAYTON IB. SIMMONS, B. A. Physical Training. IRA S. CONDIT, M. A., Mathematics. SEELEY K. TOMPKINS, A. B. Oratory.

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Long Beach, California, March 7, 1008. My Student Friends: Southern California is fast lxung made a resort by people from all part of the country. Nearly every State is represented, and each lias its rallying; day. Iowa representatives are most numerous. They came to the Iowa Winter Picnic, on February Twenty-second, twenty thousand strong. Los Angelos, “City of the Angels,” is the chief city. Besides the many interests within the city, railroads and electric car lines radiate to many inland cities and beach resorts, each with its special interest and attraction. On the north lie the Sierra Mad re Mountains, overlooking the valley in ealm grandeur, and affording every facility for camping and mountain climbing. Between Los Angeles and the mountains is Pasadena, one of America’s most beautiful cities. It is situated in the center of the San Gabriel Valiev, t 1 and is called “Crown of the Valley.” In this valley was laid the seeno of Helen Hunt Jackson’s “Ramona.” To the east is found the fruit country, with its splendid groves of orange, lemon, olive, fig and walnut trees, and its extensive vineyards. West and south are the beach resorts. Those that can he reached bv direct line from Los Angeles are Santa Monica, Ocean Park, Redondo Beach, Terminal Island, Venice, San Pedro, Huntington Beach, Catalina Island, Long ISeacli. Long Beach is about twentv-five miles south of Los Angeles, and is con- nected with it by two lines of railways and one electric car system with a double track— a ride of about three quarters of an hour. This gives it all the advantages of the city. It has a population of twenty-two thousand and is visited by thousands of tourists during the year. The greatest attraction at Ixmg Beach is its fine stretch of hard, level beach, ten miles in length. Surf bathing is fine all along the coast. While bathing, it is well to guard against two dangers, the undertow, which at times is very strong, and the “stingaree.” It “will get you if you don’t watch out.” Its sting is not dangerous, but extremely painful. Another attraction is its double-decked pier, extending eighteen hundred feet, into the ocean, with a fine sun pavilion at its outer end. At the entrance to the pier is an auditorium, with a seating capacity of six thousand. Here for the last two or three years have been given two concerts daily, of highly classical music, by Marco Vessala’s celebrated Italian band. Long Beach is a city of churches, having fifteen in number. Its school system is excellent. The public library is good and well patronized. A new Carnegie building will soon he erected. The usual quota of fraternities and woman’s clubs are found here, also an active V. M. C. A. and Y. W. C. A.,