University of Redlands - La Letra Yearbook (Redlands, CA)

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V9SiC116VLf,S essage Another year at the University of Redlands has passed into history. La Letra will record many of the extra- curricula activities of the year. The book will record little, if anything, of the academic work of our college. It is right that this should be so. This is the why of the book. i However this does not indicate that any one of us regards the academic work 'of minor importance. I know that every loyal member of our college would deplore any lowering of academic standards. If he perceived any slipping, he would immediately place himself un- der that he might restore to its deserv- ing place this most important feature of our work. Last fall a raging forest fire swept over our Letter on the mountainside. ln spite of the flames the letter stands out in all its former glory, proclaiming to the one who looks and reads that the R , symbol of the Redlands spirit, has not beencon- quered by the Hery flame. Along with the honors and victories of the year there have come reverses and defeats, but the true Bulldog spirit still survives with all its vigor, enthusiasm and optimism. The new year will develop an increasing loyalty and an increasing determination. Each of us will, l am sure, resolve to give himself un- reservedly to all those activities which make for a bigger and better Redlands. Sincerely yours, W wi

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gfistoifty of thercll. of qui- ,fwemy-tw0 years ago a handful of Baptists of Southern California resolved to nfound and foster 3 high grade, first class, Christian institution of learning, and cl 1 0 ted the organization of the plant in Redlands, entrust- with rare foresight they C 6521 I g U ing the first administration to the judicious leadership of Dr. AN. Field. . 1 1 . d t ' ro ressive Redlands That first term only three students vt ere graduate , ye a p ug tradition was born. It found material realization in the construction of the Adminis- tration building and Bekins, Hall, as well as in the inauguration of the colorful Zanja Fiesta. The expansion energy was systematically generated until 1916, when Dr. V. L. Duke received appointment as President, and the institution launched into a remarkably rapid growth. By 1921 seven fine permanent structures graced the cam- pus . . . while in 1928, with thetotal number reaching fourteen, the tremendous building program is not yet completed. The University campus is characterized by a beautiful symmetry. Next to Bekins on the west side of the quadrangle have appeared two modern womenls dormi- tories, Grossmont Q1926Q, and Fairmont C192lj. To the southwest stands the finely- equipped library Q1925j, and the Hall of Science Q1921j. South-east, beyond the Administration building and the President's home, arises H9285 the spacious Currier Gymnasium, one of the finest on the Pacific Coast. Occupying the eastern side of the quadrangle are the menls dormitories, California Hall C1921j and Melrose H9235 5 and at the northern end, between Fine Arts A H9215 and Fine Arts HBH t1923j, has been erected the magnificent Memorial Chapel H9275 which, sentinal-like, ap- pears an imposing tower. The Chapel contains a far famed Casavant organ and represents, all told, an expenditure of a quarter of a million dollars. A project which is being entirely sponsored and financed by the Alumni Asso- ciation is the construction tpartly finishedj of a 320,000 Greek Amphitheatre on the Zanja. - The University of Redlands ranks fifth among endowed colleges and universities of California, possessing assets of approximately four million dollars. This past semester the enrollment of students has exceeded six hundred, and the personel of the faculty swelled to nearlyfifty. All in all, such rapid development along different Sine? lsdpreparing the institution for a position of leadership among other colleges in e an . . The University has grown not only in physical size and beautv but also in favor with the na.tion. Since 1916 the high forensic reputation of Redlands has been upheld by biennial inter-state debate expeditions. Last year acknowledgement came from the A.SS0C121fiO11 gf American Universities and Colleges, placing Redlands on the accre- dited list of institutions of higher learning, and acruing to her a signal honor. This was artl du - , . v kpn Y e to the scholastic records made by alumni who have continued their wor m graduate schools. T141