University of the Pacific - Naranjado Yearbook (Stockton, CA)

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TR USTEES TERM EXPIRING 19 26 Rev. A. H. Briggs. D. D.. San Francisco Rev. John Stephens, D. D., Oakland Rev. H. E. Milnes, D. D.. Stockton B. J. Williams, Berkeley O. D. Jacoby, Oakland Rev. J. L. Burcham, D. D.. Stockton Judge W. H. Vv'aste, Berkeley W. C. Anderson, Berkeley J. H. McCallum, San Francisco Henry G. Turner, Modesto Mrs. Jessie Wilhoit, San Francisco TERM EXPIRING 19 27 Homer Brown, Dixon Mrs. H. E. Williamson. Stockton L. K. Van Allen, M. D., Ukiah D. C. Crummey, San Jose W. H. Hotle. Sebastopol M. F. Hopkins, M. D., San Jose C. N. Kirkbride, San Mateo W. F. Morrish. Berkeley Dr. Roy Kelly, Berkeley Mrs. Anna Holt, Stockton Rev. C. M. Warner, D. D., San Francisco - TERM EXPIRING 19 28 Bishop Charles Wesley Burns, San Francisco Rev. E. R. Dille, D. D., Alameda R. V. Watt, San Francisco G. D. Gilman, San Jose John A. Percy. San Francisco C. A. Parmlee, San Francisco John D. Crummey, San Jose Rev. A. C. Bane, Berkeley E. L. Wilhoit, Stockton B. C. Wallace, Stockton George H. Harris, Stockton

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Q' i BOARD OF TRUSTEES OFFICERS ROLLA V. WATT A,,,,,, , ,,,A,- M, p1'QSl.dEfjf GEO. H. HARRIS ..... .,, V ice-President H. E. lVlII.NES. .,....,., ,,,,,, , -,,,,,,,, S ecretary GRACE M. CARTER ..... Assistant Secretary B. C. WALLACE .... 7,,. Treasurer l se HoN. Rott.-x V. WATT. President, Board of Trustees . Deceased, May 15, 1926. HE Board of Trustees comes together three time during the year to handle the important business connected with the college. The first of these general meetings is held during January in San Francisco: the second at Commencement time is held on the college campusg and the third general meeting, where all are present, is held at General Conference. During the interim between these meet- ings the Executive Committee meets once a month in the college dining hall, to take care of the business requiring immediate attention. This body is distinctly representative of the varied interests within the church body. There are three bankers, fourteen business men, one chief justice of the supreme court, eight ministers, two physicians, and two lawyers. It is interesting to note also that out of the thirty-three members of this body of outstanding members of the California Conference Methodist Church, eighteen of them are either graduates, or former students of this institution. The students of the college are deeply indebted to this group and those whose term has recently expired for the tremendous responsibility which they have taken upon their shoulders in engineering the magnificent task of moving a college which had stood in one spot for over half a century, to a new Held where a new college with old traditions in strange surroundings would have to be erected. To those who have watched with amazing wonder at the rapid transition which the garden plot of three years ago has undergone, comes the realization that behind the curtains of this institution there is a tremendous amount of effort being spent in bringing to this great central section of the state. a college, surpassed by none in fmeness, beauty, and ideals. Rolla V. Watt was one of the most remarkable men of thc west in that he built fame and fortune in the center of San Francisco's business activity and yct hc kept his religious ideals to rlic last. He enjoyed the good things of life and yet had a real sympathy for those not so fortunate. He had no children but gave a large pan of his life to rhe care of orher pcoplc's children. He was one of the most loyal supporters of the college. -Dr. Tully C. Knoles. -Hol-

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.AB VARSITY CAMPUS O THOSE who in years past were acquainted with the forty-acre tract of land which comprises the campus of the College of the Pacilic, it seems that the day of miracles has endured until the present time. Since the days of '49, only a wide field overgrown with grass and weeds marked the place where the College buildings now stand. And then suddenly-almost in a night it seemed-this same field was transformed into a campus of the newest College in the state, which strangely enough is also the oldest. This noteworthy achievement was made possible by the generosity of scores of the friends of Pacific who were determined that the College should have this opportunity of renewing her youth in a new environment. Besides having the newest campus in California, Pacific has in her uniform type of architecture an added distinction which few other colleges can claim. When the decision to move the College from San Jose to its new location in Stockton was reached, the trustees engaged in many discussions concerning the type of architecture to be used on the new campus for they were determined