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

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HWHYNl Hlllllll Born af Porf Hope, Onfario, Canada, Dwayne Orfon worked in many fields before faking on a posifion wifh fhe College of fhe Pacific. Graduafing from Redlands Col- lege, Dr. Orfon did graduafe work af bofh U. S. C. and U. C. earning an M. A. from C. O. P. in I933. For six years he was an agenf in fhe Hazen Foundafion, an insfifu- fion devofed fo 'rhe developmenl' of sfudenf personnel work. He served two years as a iunior engineer in fhe oil indusfry. He be- gan his feaching career af Baylor College in Belfon, Texas in I926. He faughl' fhere unfil I929 when he came fo 'rhe College of fhe Pacific as an assisfanf professor of speech. Always climbing, Dwayne Orfon, Principal of fhe Sfockfon Junior College, has been elecfed Presidenf of fhe Norfh- ern California Junior College Associafion as well as a member of fhe sfafe advisory com- miffee for fhe NYA.

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If N l' . ,V IlH.lHllY E. KNHHS Pacific can ceriainly be proud of i+'s presidenil He is well-known in all educa- +ional circles and has a splendid record be- hind him. ln +he early years of 'rhe 'I'wen- 'riefh ceniury, Presidenl' Knoles received his A. B., M. A., and D. D. respeciively from 'ihe Universily of Souihern California. In l927 he received a LLd from fhe College of 'rhe Pacific. Since April I, l9l9 he has been Presideni' of 'l'his ever-growing college. Bu'r a period never fo be forgo+'I'en +0 him is 'lhe +en years of leaching as fhe head of ihe Hisfory deparlmeni al' U. S. C. in I909- I9I9. Dr. Knoles is a Mason, a Rofarian, and belongs 'ro ihree Greek fraferniiies as well as a hosl' of oiher organizaiions 'through- ou+ +he Uniled S+a'res. And so we say All Hail!! +o Tully Cleon Knoles, a man respecfed and wor'I'hy of being +he presidenl' of our College of 'rhe Pacific. He has a record any of us would be iealous and is a man we like +o know.

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llHllINISlHHllllN Professor Charles Corbin is now commencing his fwenfy-fiffh year as Dean of lnsfrucfion and pro- fessor of Mafhemafics af fhe College of fhe Pacific. Previous fo his posifion as Dean of fhe Digifs and Masfer of fhe Mafh. Book, he affended fhe Huron College in Soufh Dalcofa. Corbin received his A. B. in l904 from Doane College followed fhree years lafer by an A. M. from Norfhwesfern Universify. Courses insfrucfed by Corbin include fheory of number, fheory of equafions, proiecfive geomefry, and college geomefry. Algebra, geomefry, and calculus are his Junior college courses. Commencing his fhirfeenfh year as a College of fhe Pacific Faculfy member is Mr. O. H. Riffer, head lcale-keeper and Professor of fhe Business Ad- minisfrafion de,parfmenf.. Mr. Riffer received his A. B. degree from Sfan- ford Universify in I904, iusf a year affer fhe Wrighf boys wenf up in a fhing called fhe airplane-and sfayed up. The Orienf fhen received his affenfion for fourfen years. Upon refurning fo 'fhe Sfafes Mr. Riffer became associafed wifh fhe College. Freshman foofball, varsify, fraclc and general afh- lefics were direcfed by Mr. James Corson before his appoinfmenf as Dean of Men Sfudenfs in I934. Dean Corson firsf affended fhe Modesfo Junior College, and he fhen acquired A. B. and M. A. degrees from 'rhe U. of S. C. following graduafion from Pacific. He is a member of fhe Sfudenf Chrisfian Asso- ciafion board, Sfudenf Affairs Commiffee, lnfer- frafernify Council, Board of Afhlefic Confrol, and he is affiliafed wifh fhe Omega Phi Alpha frafernify. Miss Opal Berg, Dean of Women Sfudenfs, is commencing her second year af fhe College. The Universify of Minnesofa gave her a B. S. degree in I929, followed by an M. S. af Syracuse in I936. Before coming fo Pacific, she was social direcfor fo fhe Dean of Women af Syracuse. Direcfor of Women's Affairs, sponsor of fhe A. W. S., sponsor of fhe Pan-Hellenic Sociefy, ex- officio on fhe Sfudenf Affairs Commiffee, and sponsor of Social Hall acfivifies are a few of fhe imporfanf posifions held by Miss Berg fhe lasf year.