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

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llisturv uf the llulleglc F ,HE University of the Pacific is a missionary child of a zealous Methodism. As early as 1843, the Central Missionary Board of the M. E. Church had sent four missionaries to the Pacific coast. In 1848, the Rev. Isaac Owen and the Rev. William Taylor, outstanding in christian education and Methodist history, were commissioned to California. These two men were in- strumental in founding the present College of the Pacific. In 1850, eastern offi- cials wrote to the Rev. Owen asking that he promptly but prudently start work on plans for an institution of learning. Acting on this, the Rev. Owen called an educational convention in the Methodist church at Pueblo de San Jose, Jan- uary 6, 1851. Committees got the school in working order in short time. By De- cember, the student body numbered fifty. Professor Bannister had been sent out from the east to take charge of the educational department, and his wife assisted in the instruction of the young ladies. The first regular graduation took place in 1858 when five young men took their baccalaureate degrees and five young ladies completed the work of the Female Institute. + The greatest obstacles in the path- way of complete realization of the founders' plans have been debts and divisions. In 1865, the debt was about 310,000, but through skillful real estate deals, the debt was erased and the buildings of the San jose campus started. The principle buildings included South Hall, women's boarding house, East Hall, men's boarding house and recitation rooms, Central Hall, the dining room, the Conservatory of Music, and jacks-Goodall Observatory for practical work in astronomy. In 1871, the Board of Trustees decreed that the next president would have to stand all ex- penses of the college out of his own pocket. This included paying taxes on build- ings and campus, keeping the insurance up to its former amount, and subjecting the Board to absolutely no expense. And Dr. Thomas H. Sinex accepted! Next year however, friends subscribed upwards of 345,000 and nearly 340,000 more was realized from the auction sale of some lots, thus getting rid of the most distress- ing burdens. 9 Under the Rev. C. C. Stratton in 1878, a high point was reached. Professorships increased from six to ten, students from 166 to 423, degrees granted were 197, and five new departments were added. But after this golden age came one very, very much tarnished. Through trouble among the faculty, four of the most popular professors resigned, and at the same time a great majority of the student body members asked transfers to the recently opened Stanford University. At the end of all this, the president himself resigned. This trouble was only grad- ually dismissed. + In 1894, Napa College was discontinued and all forces di- rected toward Pacific. Then through friends again, the debt of 360,000 was fully provided for. + The term University was not warranted, so in 1911, by legal procedure, the present name of the College of the Pacificu was adopted. The years following were important ones. Central and West Halls, including the li- brary, were destroyed by fire. Then came the uncertaintities of the World War. + In 1924, the college was moved to Stockton on what is now known as the Harriet M. Smith Memorial Campus. The citizens of Stockton subscribed 3750,000 for buildings of which there are now ten, all of Collegiate Gothic architecture. Page 17

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Ilivisiml uf Natllrall sCil5IlCl!S Page 16 ALDEN E. NOBLE, Biology, Chairman This division comprises the fields of Astronomy, Biology, Chemistry, Geology, and Physics. It aims to realize a twofold purpose of scientific education: QU the fostering of an intelligent appreciation of natural phenomena and of natural law, with the inculcation of scientific habits of thought, and Q21 the preparation of students for various technical and professional callings, ranging from those pursued in the commercial laboratory and the hospital to those in the halls of pure scientific research. This year forty-six students are majoring in some subject in the division. + Faculty: Arthur T. Bowden, Chemistry, Samuel R. Cook, Physics and As- tronomy, John H. jonte, Geology and Chemistry, Louis S. Kroeck, Physiology, Winifred McClatchy, Chemistry, Harry J. Snook, Biology, and Ernest E. Stanford, Biology. Ilivision uf Social Sciences ig, e..,, PAUL A. SCHILPP, Philosophy, Chairman The division includes the departments of Eco- nomics and Sociology, History and Political Science, and Philosophy. It aims at a coordina- tion of the social sciences in an age when some of mankind's most needed discoveries lie in the realm of social relations. Besides affording training of a specific character in each one of the departments, the division offers a major in the social sciences as a whole. During the present year over twenty students have enrolled as divisional majors, while there are about one hundred majors in the different departments. The division aims to provide all students with a broad foundation of social understanding through which they may be enabled to take their place in the further evolution of human society. + Faculty: Malcolm R. Eiselen, Political Science, Lorraine Knoles, History, Ovid H. Ritter, Economics , Robert C. Root, Sociology, Luther Sharp, Economics, G. A. Werner, History, Wesley G. Young, Social Science.

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