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

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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.

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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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HHIS HNH llllllll Sculpfure and Greek Arf and language are fhe main inferesfs of Dr. Fred L. Farley, Dean of fhe College of fhe Pacific. Greek language and civi- lizafion and fhe Arf of Language are fhe courses faughf by fhis popular professor. Dean Farley received his masfer's degree from Albion College, Michigan, his Ph. D. from Sfanford. Farley sponsors fhe Classical Club, and he is a member of fhe All-College Honor Sociefy. Dr. Irving Goleman was insfrucfor of English and Public Speaking af California before coming fo 'rhe College of fhe Pacific and Sfockfon Junior College. His A. B. and M. A. were obfained af fhe Uni- versify of California as a sfudenf. Goleman is now sfarfing his fhird year on fhe Pacific Campus and holds fhe posifion of chairman of fhe Division of Arfs and Leffers of fhe Sfockfon Junior College. l've been acfive in speaking ever since l was a child, claims Dr. Roy McCall, Asociafe Profes- sor of Speech, and l guess fhaf is sfill my favorife hobby, Mr. McCall was Direcfor of Debafing during I938 and is a member of Pi Kappa Delfa and Phi Rho Phi, honorary forensic sociefies. He mainfained a speech major during college years, is acfive in debafing, dramafics and liferary work. Mr. McCall is now commencing a fhird year as a member of fhe College of fhe Pacific Faculfy. He received a B. A. degree af Redlands in I930 and an M. A. af fhe Universify of lowa in l93 I, followed five years lafer by a Ph. D. No, l don r like fo hear small children play fhe piano. l'm more inferesfed in spor+s, confesses Mr. John G. Ellioff, Dean of fhe Conservafory of Music. Mr. Ellioff revealed in fhis inferview fhaf he had been a rabid foofball fan fhe pasf few years. Mr. Ellio'H' affended Norfhwesfern Universify where he received Graduafe and Bachelor of Music degrees before coming fo Pacific in l927 as a faculfy member. He is a member of Phi Mu Alpha and Phi Kappa Lambda nafional music sociefies, and he is also an honorary member of Rho Lambda Phi af Pacific.