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REPORT TO THE STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION
ON THE
PROGRESS OF THE CALIFORNIA POLYTECHNIC SCHOOL
SAN LUIS OBISPO, CALIFORNIA
January 7, 1937

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INDEX

Section

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I.

HISTORY------~-------------------~----~--------------------

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II.

THE BUDGET--------------------------------------------------

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III.

EtTROLI1,1ENT --------------------------------------------------

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Tnble Showing Enrollment by Counties-------------------

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IV.

'11YPE OF INSTRUCrl1ION -----------------------------------------

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V.

EQUIPl1IENT ---------------------------------------------------

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VI.

PROJECT OPERATION----~-------------------------------------- 10

VII.

STUDENT L~IBOR ----------------------------------------------- 13
October, 1936, Payroll--------------------------------- 14

VIII.

STUDENT PL~CEi.iENT ------------------------------------------- 15
Agricultural Placement--------------------------------- 15
Industrial Placement----------------------~------------ 16

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IX.

SERVICE TO AGRICtJLTURA.L EDUC/~TION --------------------------- 18

X.

TE..tCHER TR:1.INING --------------------------------------------- 21

XI.

ca~~CTER BUILDING ------------------------------------------ 21

XII,

GEl\!~R:. .L NEEDS ----------------------------------------------- 22

Agricultural Buildings and Equipment------------------- 23
Industrial Buildings nnd Equipment--------------------- 24
Miscellaneous Buildings nnd Improvements--------------- 25

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•f college level offered.
2.

The adoption of California Polytechnic as a desirable institution by

scores of studehts of a type equal to those entering nny other institution cf
higher education in the state.

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A number of the members of the freshlr£n class

had been tffered scholarships at other colleges and universities.

Ten of them

had received California Bankers' Association awards as the outstanding
agriculture students in their respective high schools.

Eight of th~m were

enrolled on scholarships given by various corporations for outstanding youth.

A considerable number had successfully attended junior colleges.
The net result of this change in attitude gave the California Polytechnic
school the largest freshnnn class ~f college level in the history of the

institution--more men students enrolling than in several r.f the State Cclleges
The quality was as high as the nurnber.

At the close of the first quarter, less

than 5 per cent were dismissed because cf scholastic difficulties, in tbe face
of a stiffer curricula than ever before required.
This genernlizaticn in the history of the institution will serve to bring
these repcrts up tc date, and provides a bright chapter in c~mparison with the
rather gl~omy report of two years ago.

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II.

THE BUDGET
Principal increases in the budget ever the previous fiscal year, were to
take care of the incrensed enrollment, and to provide replacement of laboratory
equipment and supplies which had been depleted during the years when budgetary
provisions were decidedly inadequate.
The following table shows the comparison in the budget between the 87th
Fiscal Yenr, and the 88th, or current, Fiscal Year:

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REPORT TO · THE STA'I1E BOARD OF EDUCATION ON THE PROGRESS OF 'I1HE CALIFORNIA

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PCLYTECHNIC
FOREWORD:

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This is the third annual report of this tYP,e•

In order to make it

possible for members of the State Board of Education and others who have
received this report, to compare the progress with that of previous years, the

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same index headings are being retained .
I.

HISTORY
A rather complete history of the school was given two years ago.
time it was pointed out that one

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At that

the major obstacles in the growth of the

school was its dissimilarity from the conventional, academic type of
institution.

Another obstacle was the failure cf the school to find its place

in the level of instructien, and in the most desirable type cf curricula.
The last three years have seen a decided change, both from within the
institution and from the attitudes of education as a whole.

The entire

philosophy of education has undergone a change during the so-called depression
years.

Experience with those

n relief pointed out the millions of

"unemplcyables"--those without any vocation or trade.

Economists pointed out

that lack of training w uld be a permanent bar to those people ever getting
steady employment

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New tax laws put a premium on the skilled craftsman,

while better econ mic conditions gave a new impetus to agricultural prwducticn .
All of these had a definite effect on the attitude t~ward vocational educaticn
carried to technical college level.

Surpluses cf professional and "White-

collar" workers was another element in changing the attitude toward vocational
education.
The net result nf this grouping of conditions was:
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The adoption of California Polytechnic as an approved instituti•n ef

higher learning, ranking with other institutions in the three years of work
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Salaries & Wages
Mat. & Supplies
Service & Expense
Prop. & Equipment
Toto.ls

87th Fiscal Yenr
88th Fiscal Year
. Amounts·
Perceifages_
Amounts
Percentages
09i7383:T7
68.80
G?l~404.73
68.10
15,767.28
15,·0~_.
21,980.00
16.54
7,563.59
7.21
10~120.00
7.61
10,114~38
9.65
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7,.05
~132,853.17
100.00
$104,849.98
100.00

This separation of budget items revenls another interesting comparison.

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Even though the California Polytechnic school is of the technicalt or trade
type necessarily inv~lving small classes nnd a :maximum of individual instruction,
the por pupil cost is found to be surprisingly low on the bo.sis of salaries
and wages po.id--0274.00 per year for the nUlilber enrolled during the first
quarter.

It must be remembered, too, that the salaries and ~ages include a

considerable office and administrative staff needed to handle the 1400-acre
fnrm and extensive laborntory properties not found in the nverage institution.
It must also be remembered that the usual procedure is to divide the total
enrollment for the year, into the budget item, to secure nn overage; while we
have only the first quarter's enrollment as a basis.

For exmnple, the actual

salaries charged to instruction are :;;,55,201.37, and the probable number of
students to be enrolled during tho year more than 400-.

Dividing the number

into the budget nmount gives an amount of ~}138.00--c. much more fair comparison
with the av0rnge institution with classroom buildings nnd a typical cnmpus.

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On tho other hand, nll of the farm is essential for instructional purposes
and is a necessary charge against tho per pupil cost.

The other statistics

are given simply ns n more equitable bnsis for comparison.
Finally, in reference to the budget, it may be said that not a dollar
hns been expended except in the fo.ce of certain nnd dofini te present needs•
No investments have been made for the future, with an clmost certain further
increase in enrollment nnd necessity for more extcaded facilities.

It has

been possible to make little provision ns yet to replace facilities constructed
30 years or more ago, which have long since outlived their usefulness and are

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These needs o.re discussed more fully later in the

report.
Budget demands, too, ho.Ve been such that it has not been found possible
to put into effect a recommended system or salary increases based on
experience and years of service and adopted some four years ago.
one or two instances were any changes made.

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Only in

This is in tho face of increased

living costs, nnd nn average salary somewhat lower tho.n thnt pnid in other
institutions for instructors of equal training and ability.

A continuation

of this policy ultimately mo.y lead to the loss of highly-desirable staff
members to other institutions or con101crcial concerns.
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ENROLI1.1ENT

For tho third successive your, tho enrollment has shot up to a new
level

bringing 345 men of college level, to the institution for the fall

quarter of 1936-37 alone.

This is on increase of 68 students over tho

enrollment at the end of the fall semester of 1935-36, California
Polytochnic having changed from tho semester to tho quarter system in tho
meantime.

Not only was tho toto.l number greater tho.n tho previous year, but

the increase was also groator--68 compared with an increase of 41 tho previous
year.

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The big growth was in the freshman class, indicating a greater interest
throughout the state on tho po.rt of undorgraduntos.
enrolled, more than 200 were freshmen.

Of the 345 students

If this proportion is retained,

together uith tho addition of a full year of instruction, every facility
of the institution uill be crowded during the next tuo or three years.

All

dormitory rooms wore filled before school opc~ed in tho fall, and some 60
students were sent to private homes in tho city of San Luis Obispo.
Of greatest significance is tho statewide oducotiono.l service of
California Polytechnic, m.th enrollment from 43 different counties.

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distant countios--for example, 64 from Los Angeles county, 17 from San Diego
county, five from Colusa county, 20 from Fresno county, nnd 11 from Sonoma
county.

Thero nro more students onrollod fron1 Los Angelos county than from

San Luis Obispo county, which is runplo ovidonco in rebuttal to the statement

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of nn ea.uca.tional investigating committee of n for: years past which found that
the California Polytechnic school was serving "largely local needs."
Comparable enrollment for the fall semester of 1935-36, and the fall
quarter .-of 1936-3?, is sh01m by counties:

County

~ e r 2.f. Students

]'all Quart er
Fall Semester
1936-37
1935-36
_______ .. ______ .,.
3
7
Alameda--------------------------------------2
2
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Butte ------~---------------------------------1
5
Colusa-----------------------------------~---___________ .. __
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1
Contra Costa---·-----------------------------20
Fresno ---------------------------------------- l?
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.. _____ _,_
l
1
Glenn----------------------------------------5
4
~------------Humboldt ---------------·---------------------_____________
3
2
Imperial-------·--------~~----------------------------------l
l
__________ .,. ___
Inyo -----------------------------------------2
2
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Kern----------------------------------------2
1
Kings ----------------------------------------3
2
Lake---------------------------------------------------------.., _______________
0
1
Lassen ---------------------------------------------------64
Los .Angeles----------------------------------- 42
3
1
Madera ---------------------------------------------------______ .,. ________
2
2
Mendocino------------------------------------_____ .. _____ __
2
0
Marin ----------------------------------------Merced------------------------------------~--- 10
------------___
.. __________ ,.._ 10
0
2
Modoc ----------------------------------------______ .. __ .. _____
6
9
Monterey-------------------------------------________ .., _____
5
2
__________
..., ____
Napa -·---------------------------------------2
Orange--------------------------------------......,._.. _________ 19
0
Placer -------------------------·-------------4
--.------ ...
Riverside----------------~-------------------- 11
2
3
--~--.--------Sacramento -----------------------------------________
.., ______
10
8
San Bernardino------------------------------San Diego------------------------------------- 13
--------------- 17
3
1
San Francisco---------------------------------------------- ...
4
3
San Joaquin----------------------------~-------------------- 40
San Luis Obispo------------------------------- 54
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.. _______ ........... l
1
San Mateo--------------------~----------- ----........ 19
Santa Barbara-----·-----------~--------------- 14

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Number of Students
------ ----County

Fall Semester

Fall Quarter

1935-36

1936-37

Santa Clara
Santa Cruz----------------------------·------~Siskiyou --------------------------------------Solano------------~---------------------------Sonoma -----------------•----------------------Stnnislaus -------------------·----------------Sutter----------------------------------------~
Te ho.ma----------------------------------------Tuolumne ---------------------------------------

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8
3

1
2
4
8

1
1
0
11
6
Ventura---------------------------------------1
Yolo ------------------------------------------1
Yuba------------------------------------------265
Other Countries and States
12

TOTAL
IV.

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5
3

_,..

,...

...

2
7

------------__________ .., ____...

11

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10
1
2
l

14
4
2

2
316
29

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OF INSTRUCTION
In comparison with last year's report, there was a consider~ble difference

in the type of instruction offered, although he basic philosophy of the
vocational and technical training offered, or the ultimate goal of the
graduate, has not been changed in any degree.
The major change in type of instruction wo.s to divide the curricula into
three major levels:

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Degree-transfer, in which a student might get a maximum of scientific
background, technical and vocational information and skills, to
successfully pursue his chosen vocation and at the sarae ti.me be eligible
to transfer to a degree~grunting institut·on without loss of tj.me.
2.

Technical certificate. in which a student in three years of study would
receive full recommendation for various technical employment but would
not be eligible for transfer to u degree-grunting institution with full
satisfaction of lower-division requirements.

3.

Vocational certificate, in which a student in t~o years of study bnsed

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on n maximum of technical and vocational courses and n minim.um of related
subject mutter, would receive reconmendQtion for less-highly technical
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.Any entering student who had been graduated from high school, was given
an opportunity to enroll in the clll"riculn of his choice.

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A n\lillber who enrolled

for degree-transfer work dropped into the three-year technical course after
a few weeks, leaving the majority in this three-year curricula, and smaller
numbers in the degree-trnnsfer and vocational groups.
At the same tim.e, the courses were re-codified to bring their tenninology
more closely in line with the conventional names.

Whereas chemistry, or

bacteriology had been included previously as an integral part of the Dairy 1,
or Poultry 1 course, it was now set out as u separate unit; in order that it
would hnve transfer value and units.

In general, this h~s strengthened rather

than weakened the vocational value, since men uho specialize in nnturnl science
and biological science and ~ho have a vocational outlook, have been employed
for such instruction.
For the current year there nre 67 students enrolled in the degree-transfer
curricula.

This means thnt they uill receive virtually all of the technical

training the institution affords, but may plan to go on for en academic

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degree ns an honor nnd u "lnbel."

This is almost a necessary condition,

since there ore virtually no institutions offering uork beyond the level of
California Polytechnic in its technic~l fields.

Unless the student ' wishes to

go into a professional field, it will be possible only for him to satisfy
his graduation requirements as to natural and social scienees in other colleges,
but not possible to get much additional mnjor uork.

A considerable number of

these students plan to attend one of the various State colleges.
Colif'ornia. Polytechnic nou faces the same condition which evecy other
college has faced at some time in its history or fornw.tion.

Th~t condition

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is a continued demn.nd on the part of the undergrnduate for a diplomn similar
to, and equal to, that of other institutions,

For several years, groduntes

of California Polytechnic have been given Certificates indicating recommended
uork inn particular vocation.

Now a third year of work has been cdded in

keeping uith the level of em~loymcnt demnnds for older and better-trained

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young men.

It is apparently only a short step from here to the four-year

college curricula.
At tho srune time that the type of instruction was changed to bette
meet student and employment needs, opportunities uerc expanded.

Three major

divisions were Qddcd to the courses, offering full curricula in Truck and
Field Crops, Deciduous Fruits. and Air Conditioning; in addition to the
previous ran.jars in Lnndscape Gardening, Iv!ent Animnl Husbandry, Dairy
Husbandry, Dairy iki.nu:t'acturing, Poultry Husbandry, Aeronautics and Electricnl
Industries.

At the opening of school, t~o more divisions uere tentatively

started and appear no~ to be on~ permanent basis--Agricultural Inspection,
and ,\gricultural ~lcoho.nics.

The latter uill remain clso as a service field

for all agriculture courses, ns it has been for mn.ny yeo.rs; houever, the major
TTill permit instruction for young men uho ultimately plan to become high
school agricultural mechanics tench0rs, or those who plan to become agricultural

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machinery specialists on large estntcs nnd corporation farms.

The .Agricultural

Inspection curri ula is designed to train young men for the various fields
of inspection uork in the counties and bordor quarantine stations, as uell as
for private producers and packing houses.

The courses a.re based on the needs

of, and approved by the State Department of Agriculturo--in other ~ords,
rccormnended graduates of the course will fit specific employment needs of the
state department.
Loss change has boon mnde in the c.erouo.utics curriculum than in many
others, since this hnd been bnsod on the requirements for the various

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United States Department of Commerce licenses; and had requirod throe years
of mo.tricultition for both mocho.nis and construction licenses .

.As an eXOJllplo

of the efficiency of this type of work, out of 12 seniors ,·,ho took the
United Stntes Department of Commerce license tests lost spring, 11 pcsaed
every test~

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Tho usual percentage, from private schools specializing in this

type of instruction, or from those engaged in the industry, is ubout ton
per cent.

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EQUIPMENT
Again in contrast with last year's report, considerable change has been
made and will continue to be made, in the physical equipment.

Many of the

additions and betterraents are to replace antiquated equipment.
Major construction of new buildings during the last year, was principally
confined to the last three months, when five new agricultural buildings have
been started, some of which are almost completed.

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include a central

swine unit, a beef feeding barn, a dairy and beef herd sire barn, a dairy
calf barn and a dairy cattle feeding barn.

All of these structures have a

definite place in the livestock instruction progrom, and several will be
directly used in the studeht project progrrun.
The establishment of new curricula in the fall was preceded by some

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important changes in facilities.

A new Air Conditioning division was set up

and the first series of demonstration equipment was provided.

Plant science

equipment for a dozen new courses, and animal science equipment for
number, was provided.

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equal

These included two complete laboratories as well as

the smaller paraphernalia.
Re-utilization of the old creamery building for animal science, and
creamery use, was ordered.

11achinery to re-equip the creamery plant is being

ordered nnd will be installed on t~1e louer floor, while dairy, nnd science
classes, are being taught on the second floor.

This building has not been

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used for instructional purposes since 1927.
The livestock herds and poultry flocks have not been ro.atorially increased
during the last year, being about as lnrge ns present facilities permit .
Quality of the livestock and poultry was rnnintained, with animals bred on the
farm and sold to students taking top honors in the livestock shows, and with
the poultry plant having produced 15 hens in the lnst two yenrs with records

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of more than 300 eggs each.
Two mnjor buildings nre in the current construction progrmn.

One is the

indoor plunge for which money hns already been earmarked to the ertent of
$80,500.00, nnd tho other is the first unit of n now classroom building.
Plans for tho plunge hnve been drnmi nnd approved, and spec~ficntions nre
being prepared contingent to calling for bids.
In betterments and additions, about a mile of campus road was paved, the
athletic field was surrounded by a seven-foot fence, ground was prepared for
new tennis courts, a neTT artery to bring commercial trucks into the campus was
constructed, trro new garage units uere constructed--one for state cars and
the other for student cars.

A large gully in the center of the campus uas

connected by drains to an existing system, and filled in.
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PROJECT OPERATION
Continuation of the project system of teaching is basic uith the
California Polytechnic School, and the increase in enrollment nithout
provision for increased project facilities, forms the most serious problem
of the entire institution.

A more adequate ~ater supply is essential to any

expansion in the agricultural projects--a need rrhich appropriations alone
cannot provide.
However, this situation is being cared for at present to such an extent
that each student has an opportunity for practice on a corrnnercial scale.

A

summary of the projects for the fiscal year follows:

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Animals Department
Approximately 56 boys carried meat animals projects during the
school zeor 1935-36. The production follows:

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40 Beef cattle raised in projects with a total value of ~4,322.90.
These animals uere awarded $525.00 in prize money at the various
shows and fairs and netted the students as their share of the
projects $610.83. A profit of $434.47 uas returned to tho
school project fund from these animals •
251 Swine raised in projects, uith a total value of ~5,651.35.
Prize money - $172.50. Net profit to students - $1,468.15.
Net profit to project fund - ~517.34.
49 Sheep raised in projects, with a total value of $501.89.
Prize money $1ss.oo. Net profit to students - $249.68. Net
profit to project fund - $36.37.

nairy Department

Of the 24 students enrolled in the dairy department during the
school year, eight did all the milking of the dairy animals uith
an average monthly earning of $138.66~ They uere paid on the
basis of the production of the animals. Ten students uere in
charge of supervised practice jobs in the dairy uith an average
monthly earning of $112.00. There ·uere six student ouned projects
made up of 12 animals valued at 01,310,00. (Herd average BF per
cor. $301.89)
Poultry Department
July·!, 1935 to June 30, 1936 - 24 student projects in laying
hens, brooding, and incubating:

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Total eggs produced---------~------------ 251,699
*Gross egg sales------------------------*Gross young stock sales----------------~
*Gross hen sales---~-------------------->fcpoultry project fund net profit--------1,532
Average number of laying hens-----------(Hen day basis)
Number of laying projects completed--•---·
12
Student project labor income laying
projects--------------------~--------··
Number of brooding projects completed•--12
Students project labor income, brooding
projects--------------------------~---Number of chix hatched & brooded--------3,840
Chicks sold to High School Future Farmersl.._500
IIatching eggs sold to High Future Farmers6;100
Total hatching eggs sold----------------- 43,?40
(*Figures taken from monthly project office reports)

~5;881.42
1,739.10
274.79
1,371.05

692.01
181.66

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Horticulture Department
The students in the Horticulture Department conducted projects as
follows:

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lf ~cres youngberries.
14 Acres tomatoes.
2 Acres miscellaneous v~getables.
600 Flats of miscellaneous plants were produced for sale while
2000 Flats were used in the landscaping of the school's 85 acre
campus.
Students from the horticultural department had an average monthly
income of $55.00 from landscaping work done for citizens of
San Luis Obispo.
Aeronautics Department
Planes reconstructed during 1936:
Valuation
One Boeing 100 for United Air Service, Burbank---------- $6,000.00
One Travelair 2000, Cherokee Flying Club, Santa Barbara - 1,200.00
Two Curtiss Juniors, for students Calif. Poly.---------- 1,000.00
600.00
Labor on planes----------------------------------------Planes now in process .of repair:
900.00
One American Eagle, Harry Nuss, Jr., San Luis Obispq ---One Buhl uBull Pup," Martinsen & Jones, San Luis Obispo-500.00
Two Waco 10 Biplanes, for students Calif. Poly.--------- 1,000.00
500.00
One Swallow Biplane, for student, Calif. Poly. ---------One Stinson Reliant for resale-------------------------- 9,boo.oo
One Yarrick Special Racer for resole-------------------- 1,000.00
300.00
Lobor on above to date---------------------------------Electrical Industries Department
Report of projects completed on the campus during the calendar
yeo.r ending December 31, 1936.

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Wiring for light and power in various departments and buildings,
among which were the Administration Building, Poultry Department,
Dairy Barn, Milking Barn, Automobile Repair Shop, Auto Storage
Building, Welding Shop, Aeronautics Department, Chemistry
Laboratory.
Rebuilding power lines ond installing Transformers.
Wiring signal system in main offices.
Repairing and rewinding motors and control equipment.
A total of 26 jobs with a labor value of-------------- ~10.00
Operation of power plant by student operators--------- 288.00
Total
698.00
Air Conditioning Department
(For calendar year 1936)
Work completed:
Estimated Value
Ventilating system for the chemistry department---- $125.00

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Estimated Value
Service of refrigerating equipment on campus--------- $15.00
Work Under Way:
Construction o.nd installation of heating equipment,
in 8 rooms on the crunpus --------------------------1,000.00
Installation of temperature, humidity, und air,
circulation control in the green houses----------- 200.00
Dust control in feed grinding room-----------------50.00
Rebuilding coils for cafeteria and dairy
refrigerators to get better cooling characteristics 100.00

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Miscellaneous odd jobs of welding und construction of
equipment for use on the compus --------------------Blacksmithing and uelding for the buildings under
construction----------------------------------------

250.00
75.00

50.00

Miscellaneous repair jobs for tho campus es a whole
VII.

STUDENT LABOR

Probably no institution in the United Stnt0s provid0s n greater percentage
of its students uith some supplemental income through student labor, than
docs the California Polytechnic school.

No uork is DCrformed on tho campus

by adults which can sntisfactorily be performed by students.

The entire

labor in the poultry plant, dairy, power plant 1 janitor service, grounds
and similar activities, is done by the students.

This is frequently' a good

device for additionnl training, as ~ell as supplemental income.

Figures for

the month of October may be taken us c typical month, shouing that 204

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students received work uith nn nv0rngo pay of Jl2.40 per month.

The total

number of students employed during October - 204 - should not ba contrasted
with the 212 shoun tho previous year, ~ithout some explanation.

In the first

place, tho students this your were financio.lly in a much better position
than for sovornl yonrs, and ther0 m1.s less demand for student uork.

In tho

second plo.co, tho number lnst yeo.r - 212 - rm.s different students employed
during the entire year, uhilc this report shm;s those employed during u
·single month.

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At the same time, a considerable number of students who will have
reasonable incomes from their own projects, (which are not listed belou)
are not being given any paid labor jobs this year.
October,

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The work report for

936, follows:

STATE
Administration (Office)
Instruction - Agriculture
Crops
Agricultural Economics
Instruction - Industry
Instruction - Related Subjects
Janitors
Grounds keepers
State automobiles - service
Farm
General
Meat Animals
Poultry
Agricultural Mechanics
Dairy

3

30.00
21.00

l
l
4
4
19
9

1?4.75
144.. 61

3

113.90

23
13

151.85
128.00

6
3

17.82

38,,84
32.94

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'rotal State

24.37
~1,032.20

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PROJECT
FUND
Poultry
Dairy
Meat Animals
Feed Room
Horticulture

~)10? 33

12
19
1
5
2

342.33
15.00

53.35
13.8?
:;531.88

Total, Project Fund
~TERIA, DORUITOR_L_

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Cafeteria
Dormitories
Power House

HOUSE

17

~353.02

9
3

117.00
100.12

;,.,570.14

Total, Service
FEDERAL (NYA).
Miscellaneous
GRJOO) TOT.!~S

44
204

v2,529.41

In the above table, the amounts paid out of the project fund are not
to be confused with the income from self-ovmed student proj~cts, which does
not appear in here but does appear in the student project summary.

Neither

- 15 should the runount paid out of state funds under the heading "Farm" be
confused with project operation.

The

above vms labor performed in connection

with the state-owned foundation herds and flocks.

IIewever, under the project

fund above is included the labor in the poultry plant and dairy herd, both
of which are o,med by the state but leased to the project fund for mo.nugement.
The project fund has been developed through the cooperative efforts oft~~

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students and faculty and has assets of ~26,000.00.

It is used to finance

students in their projects and to carry on many farm operations at the
school.
VIII.

STUDENT PLACEEIENT

Placement of recormnended graduates has long been considered on integrnl
function of the California Polytechnic--in fact, it has not considered its
function complete until every recommended graduate has been placed.

In this

service, the school has been unusually successful, plncing from a majority
to nll of its reconnnendcd graduates straight through the depression years.
Last yoo.r, there uas n marked change in agricultural placoment trends,
Whereas in previous yenrs students were very anxious to got jobs immedint011,
last year it was almost impossible to get boys for permanent employment.
With a return of farming to better incomes, a number of boys ucnt to the

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homo farms uith prospects of bettor incones than in working for some of tho
largo livestock ranches, dairies, poultry plants, etc.

Another largo group

who hnd completed tho tuo-ycor courso offered at that time, ol0ctod to return
for the third year of work added this fall, and refused proforrcd employment.

On tho other hand, every recommended boy in tho ooronautics department
wns "snapped up" by tho aircraft industry.

The complete list of plc.comont

follows:

AGRICULTURE
Rnlph

Ada.ms-----•-----

Buttormnkcr, Challenge Cromnory, Los llllgclos

- 16 John Bntomnn ----------

Dniry herdsman, Rocky Hills Farm, Exeter.

Earl Buell------------

F~rming in partnership uith father, Buellton.

·Fred K. Beecher-------

Plo.nt operator, Borden Crecmery Co., Los Angeles.

Rny Biedonwig ---------

Farming in partnership with father, Modesto.

Gordon Foster--------- Plo.nt operator, croa.mory, Snn Diogo.

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Po.ul R. Do.nbom --------

Suine hordsmnn, J. A. Thorpe, Lodi .

I. F. Kmmokn ---------

Poul try business ui th father ( 6000 hens) , P0to.luma.

Charles McGarvey ------

Turkey business ~ith father, Atascadero.

Roy Mc!hrtin ----------

Operating own fnrm, Hrunilton City.

Jomes F. Taresh

Farmer in partnership with father, Rio Oso.

Robert Tmmsond

Rnnching near Spcnrhoad, South Dnkot o..

Harry Whitesides------

Manager 1~golor-Musscr Seed store, G~rdon.n

Gordon Conlee---------

Ranching nenr Chico.

George Vogt -----------

Fnrmir~g ni th fa.thor nonr J.din.

Russell Do.vis ___ ._ _____

Purchased orm rc.nch noo.r San Luis Obispo.

Lanrcnce Jespersen

Farming n ith fo.thor and brothers, Atcscndoro.

Tho follouing students returned for an additional your of vork:
W. Lindsny Boggess, Fred Alloy, Fred Brndloy, Bernard Bu tchor, Alvin Cc-.ndoe,

Ivnl Ford, Robert Cocko, John Gilli, Charles Iddings, Hnrry Linville,

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Wilbur C. Kinney, o.nd Molon Moore .
One student, Hnltcr Murphy, tra.nsferrod to the university at Davis;
and tho uhoreabouts of tno, Pnul Plummer and 11.lexa.ndcr K. Nicol, are
unknorm.
INDUSTRY
Tho follouing neronautics graduates of 1936 voro placed:
Joel Ci:'.11lsou ---·~.- ------ • .Northrup .:i.ircratt Corporation, Inglenood.
Robert J. Christensen Willio.m

c.

Hoover-----

Douglcs Aircraft Corporation, Santa Monico.
Lockheed Aircro.ft Corporation, Burbo.nk.

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Richard Huntsinger

Douglo.s Aircraft Corporation, Santa Monica.

Philip Jensen---------

United Air Service, Burbank.

Jo.ck Mnrtin -----------

Palo Alto Air Service, Palo Alto.

Balduin . Reinhold------

Lockheed Aircraft Corporation, Burbo.nk.

J. At~ood Rodgers--·--

Pacific Airmotivc Corporation, Burbank.

Hnrloy Smith----------

Pan-Amcricnn AiruE.'..ys, Alameda.

Lloyd Smith-----------

Air Associntos, · Inc., Glendale .

Alden Turner----------

Stcnrran.n Aircraft Corporati~n, Wichita, Kuns.

Hounrd

s.

Wilson------

Lockheed Aircraft Corporation, Burbnnk.

Tho follo-rdng graduates of tho Electrical Industries Di vision ner0
placed during 1936:

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Edward Berghuis -------

Assembler, Square "D" Electric Compnny, Los Angeles.

Allon Burnett---------

Operator, Southern C~lif. Edison Co., Visnlin.

Earl Coleman----------

Assembler, Square "D" Electric Co., Los Angeles.

Paul ·Friel------------

Factory, Westinghouse Elec. & Tu1fg. Co., Emeryville.

Drraine Henderson ------

Service Dept., Westinghouse Eloc.
Los .Angeles.

'vlfaltor ·Klr.msmo.n -------

Elec. Service Dop-t., Columbia. Stool Co., Pittsburg._

Morris Lovy -----------

Repair Dept., Bureau of Poucr and Light, Los Angelos.

Walter Linquist-------

Did not r:ish plncomont - went to uork at home.

Edrm.rd Luttropp -------

Laboratory Asst., Shell Dovolopment Corp., Emeryville •

Richard Morton--------

Testing, Westinghouse Eloc. & Mfg. Co., Emeryville.

Glenn Roberts---------

Gcnornl Eloctrica.l o.nd shop uork, Atlas Eloctrica.l
nnd Engineering Co., San Francisco.

Stanley Rogers--------

Service Dept., Westinghouse Eloc. & Ivifg. Co.,
Los .Angelos.

Vernon Rush-----------

Suitchbonrd Dept., Westinghouse Elcc. & :Mfg. Co.,
Emeryville.

Fredrick Southnrd -----

Eloc. Construction, Pacific Gns and Elcc. Co.,
Stockton.

Harry Wntson ----------

Service Dept., U. s. Elcctrico.l r.Inchinory Co., Los
Angelos, lutor trnnsforrcd to Insulation Do~t.,
TTostinghouso Eloc. & llfg. Co., Emeryville.

& l\Ifg.

Co.,

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Jarnes Young---.--------

Service Dept., Westinghouse Elec. & Mfg. Co.,
Los Angeles.

Former industrial division graduates uere assisted in improving their
placement as follons:

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Harold Gilliland------

Placed nith United Air Service, Burbank.

Jack Reingpach --------

Placed r: i th Westinghouse Eloc. &, Mfg. Co., in
Transformer Departn~nt, Oakland •

Hubert Gaskin---------

Electrical, U.S. Elec. Machinery Co., Los Angeles.
Later transferred to Pac. Tel.&, Tel. Co., San
Luis Obispo.

Elmer Hollouay --------

Electrical, Pac. Tel. &, 'l1el. Co., San Luis Obispo.
Later transferred to U.S. Electrical ~Iachinery Co.,
Los Angeles.

John Mils(!J.p --------.---

Aeroncutics, Pan-American Airuays, Alameda, Mechanic.

Phil Taylor-----------

Aeronautics, Lockheed Aircraf t Corp., Burbank, general
factory uork for promotion into the engineering
d0partment.

William Burns------·--

Electrical, Seaside Electrical Co., Ventura, Motor
Dept.

All of the sophomore aeronautical students, uho nished to r:ork for the
summer, uere placed for summer employment at the factories in southern
California.
IX.

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SERVICE

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STATE PROGRAM OF AGRICULTURAL EDUCATION

One of tho major obj0ctives in the reorganization of the California
Polytechnic school in 1933, i.7as the service that such an institution could
render to the entire state educational system, particularly in the field of
vocational agricultural education.

It iras r,-ith that objccti ve in mind that

the chief of the state bureau of agricultural education, ~as placed as
director of California Polytechnic; nnd tho institution uas later made a
responsibility of the bureau.

Such a proccduro _perrnits tho most desirable

coordination bet\,een tho stnto technical college and the program in tho
secondary schools, nith a maximum of s ervice :provided to tho latter.

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The service features include the follouing mo.jor fields:
1.

Help and advice of agricultural exports at the school to the
agriculturnl teachers in the secondary schools.

2.

Providing foundation animals and poultry for high school projects,
of quality superior to that obtainable elseuhero.

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3.

Providing a centralizing ogency for publications of the bureau,
teacher-training materials, and supplies for the high school Future
Farmers of America chapters.

4.

Providing a contralizing agency for~ uidespread series of radio
programs extending agricultural education to homes and schools in
addition to the regular classes.

5.

Providing physical facilities for teacher-training.

(Since this

has boon discussed in a separate section in previous reports, it
uill be trentod separately in this report.)
During the last year, it has been possible to extend the help and advice
of the agricultural experts on the California Polytechnic faculty~ to a greater
degree than ever before.

This has been mudc possible by the addition of

severnl faculty members, increasing the fields of spociali~ntion, nnd nt tho
srunc time mnking it possible to occnsionnlly shift the teaching lond and

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permit memb0rs of the staff to get a,;o.y for o. ncek at n time •
This typo of service is absolutely essential to the general progrrun of
agricultural education in tho stnto.

In such a divorsifiod state, it is

impossible for a single agriculture toucher to be an expert in livestock,
poultry, dairy cattle, a score of ,:idely different field and truck crops,
deciduous fruits, citrus fruits and even sub-tropicals--yet that is uhat some
of th0m. arc called upon to do.

The result is that they need all the

assistance they can get, in planning and co.rrying out the all-important project
progro.ms for their students.

It must be roclizod that there ere some 9,000

- 20 high school boys in tho sto.tc, studying voco.tionnl o.griculturc from nbout 250
tenchcrs.

This is o. trori1crtduous field for service, and it 11ill be rno.ny ycnrs

before tho Cnlifornio. Polytechnic cnn nppronch o. fulfillment of its
rosponsibili ty.
In tho service of providing foundation nnimo.ls nnd birds, it mcy hnvo
beon noted in tho report of tho poultry plant nt tho school, tho.t ?,600

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hatching oggs nnd baby chicks ucre sold directly to high school boys, o.nd it
is lmmm that some of the 43, ?40 hatching eggs sold ucnt cventuo.lly for this
purpose.

Somo of the eggs ,,-ore of such high-laying otro.ins thnt it i·; ould have

been impossible to get them from hatcheries at comp~ro.blo prices.
Tho demands for project o.nimnls for Co.lifornin Polytechnic students
kept tho number nvo.ilnble to high school students a.t n rnthor lmi figure.
Attempts ncro rt.1.-:i.do to got nddi tiono.l rnngo land, to ha.vo o. source of noll-brod
beef calves for the high school students; but none •,ms found Qdjo.cont to tho
school.

Hor:ovor, v. cnrlond of lo.mbs nns bought rmd distributed fro1i1 tho

school, and a number of dniry nnd beef cal vos, and breeding s-riine, r:ere sold
The school continued to serve as a centrnlizing agency for publications~
Principal uork done "ltas the monthly Calj_fornia Future Farr.ior magazine, t!hich
reached an average of 7600 persons per month last year.

The magazine contains

inforrnati:v.e articles on agricultural production and management, as ,:ell as

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net;s of the Future Farmor activities.

Other publications included a

secretary's notebook for Future Farmer chapters, a practice project record
book, and minor supplies such as membership cards, livestock shor! exhibit
cards, radio announcements, etc.
Tho school continued to serve as a centralizing agency for radio programs.
A total of more than 100 uore oi thcr u:ri tten,

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edi tcd, and produced under

the direction of members of the school fnculty or bureau of agricultural
education.

These included. 12 programs on the ,7cstorn Red netuork of NBC,

35 programs on tho California Red not\:ork of NBC, 13 programs over station KQ,W,

- 21 San Jose; 32 progro.ms over tho Chico station, nr.d a number of special V/ostorn
and No.tionnl progrmns.

Tho school continued to servo as a 11ooting plc.co for vocntional
agriculture groups, including tho annual convention

n.nd

state judging contests

for tho Future Farmers of America in tho spring, nnd the sunmior sessions and

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conf cronc0 of tho California. Ag1--icul turnl Tonchors' association, the Co.lifornia
Dairy Council, fa.rr~cr groups, otc.

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TE..\.CHER TR.t'JNING

One of tho most important functions of tho California. Polytechnic school
is in the training of Smith-Hughes vocational agriculture teachers.
The nood f"or high school vocational agriculture teachers in Co.lirornia
is increasing annu~lly, and has oxcocdcd tho supply f"or tho lnst three yea.rs.
Under tho Burenu plans, t ncnty or more grc.duntos of Dnvis, or other
agricultural colleges, arc selected from among tho 50 or 60 applicants
annually, nnd arc ci-v-cn o. yco.r of intonsi vo training knmm c.s tho "Cadet Year".
Half of tho co.dots nro placed in the fnll in s elected ~igh schools for pructico
teaching and supervision; tho other half enroll for grnduuto courses and
for n hoo.vy TTork schodulo nt Cnlifornic. Polytechnic.

The 110.ture of tho

school uith its lnrg0 ngriculturnl enterprises being conducted on commorcinl
lines, gives an oxc0llont opportunity for tho co.dot too.chcrs to develop the

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vocational skills r:hich thoy \7ill nood so bndly in touching prncticnl farming.
Lnst yo0.r 19 cndets finished tho yonr, nnd c.11 r:orc placed in tcQching

positionn.
XI.

CH/~!l.C'l:'ER BUILDING

This phase of the student oducc.tion o.t Cnlif"ornia Polytechnic uc..s given
grontcr emphasis tho.n ever la.st yenr.

Clubs and cc.mpus orgnnizntio:ns \:ore

formed to drnrr sclf-contorod students out of their mm. circle.

Installation

of n campus union store to:idod to be c. frntornizir.g influence.

Esto.blishment

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of dro.ma:tics courses last fall, nnd tho employment of n full timo dir0ctor of
music, i.7cro other stops in the dovolo:pmont of o. 110).l-roundod graduate.

Tho

Music director ho.s mo.de excellent progress, trith a high typo of student bc..nd,
n glee club, n school orchestra 2.nd vo.rious s:mnllor vocal groups, one of \,rhich
rocontly nppec.rcd on a. const-to-const radio nctuork program.
At the same time, th~ various character-building influences of the past

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were continued.

Emphasis placed on doing such a good job, and accomplishing

so much scholastically that full recommendation can be made for employment,
is paramount in the student mind.

The net result is that there is virtually

no discipline problem in the entire school--probo.bly less than in any other
institution in the state, in total number or proportionately.
XII.

GENERAL HEEDS

Two or three years ago, there was a definite need for an improved attitude
on the part of other educators throughout the state--both in institutions of
higher learning, and secondary schools from which the San Luis Obispo
institution draws its freshmen--toward both the principles and the methods
employed at California Polytechnic.

This was due tn part to the previous

history of the institution, and in part to the fact that California Polytechnic
is ndiffercnt"; that it does not fit into the routine academic education
program which grows in an unbroken line from kindergarten to graduation in

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letters from a university.
It may be said that this condition is changing.

This year, many boys

of the highest typo, mentally, and morally, nnd with definite objectives, came
to California Polytechnic on the reconmiendation of principals nnd senior
counselors.

This was not true n few yours a.go.

At the snmc time, tho presidents of the State Colleges, in several
meetings, nccoptod tho lowor division uork a.t Cnlifornin Polytechnic as being
equal to thnt of tho va.rious State Colleges.
the dosirnblo typo.

Thls, too, was recognition of

It may thus be concluded that tho need is being partly

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met, and that such sentiment will continue to gro~.
As to physical needs, however, this is another matter.

Lnst summer

when repairs were about to be made to Anderson Hnll, one of the original
buildings on the campus, it was discovered that the structure was beyond
repair, and unsafe for alterations.

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science classes, and the librnry.

This structure has housed some of the

The report of tho state architects revealed

that a new classroom building is therefore ilill'.ilinent.
With tho other two buildings of approximately equal age, it is certain
that they must soon be roplucod also; therefore nny discussion of new
buildings moans beginning them as units of a group which uill eventually
replace the three original buildings.
Based on the long-time needs, tllo follouing have been submitted by tho
department heads ns tho ultimute buildi11g and equipment needs for tho next four
or five years:
AGRICULTURAL BUILDIN~ .AND EQ,UIP1~TT

AB CD-

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From present available funds.
From next year's budget.
Next your or shortly after.
Desired but not i1nmodintc need.

Equipment nnd Repairs
Demonstration Desk for bnsomont J\g. Ed. Bldg. -- A 1
Microscope Case, Annex, (20 microscopes)------- h 2
Laboratory Table, Annex------------------------ A 2
Renova.ting Dairy Hanufacturing Laboratory ------ ,t 3
Dairy ~-mufacturing Machinery ------------------ A 4
Grain Grinder---------------------------------- A 5
Shelv0s Dniry Office---------------------------~ 6
Repairs to A.g. Ed. Bldg.-----------------------~?

~225.00
50.00
50.00
3,000.00
8,000.00
400.00
10.00
200.00
!)11, 935. 00

Building~ and Equipment
Wat or System-----------------------------------~ 1 ------Plant Industry Building ------------------------ "~ 2 ------Plant Industry Equipraont ------·---------------------(Curried Foruard)

~:; s,000.00
20;000.00

. 4,ooo.qo

;32,000.00

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Buildings and ~~~ment (Continued)
~rought Forward) ------------------------------------------Feeder Hog Unit and Pens----------------------- A 3 ------Central Poultry Building----------------------- A 4 ------Central Poultry Building Equipment------------------Quarantine Barns (2) --------------------------- A 5 ------Construction of half of New Bridges------------ A 6 ------One new Silo and Move 2 old Silos-------------- A?------6 Project Laying Houses---------------------· -- A 8 -------

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Agric.u l tural Mechanics Building ---------------Agricultural Mechanics Building Equipment-----Beef Breeding Unit----------------------------Slaughter House and Anatomy Laboratory--------Slaughter House and Anatomy Equipment---------Horse Bai..n and Paddocks -----------------------Feed Storage, Scales--------------------------Feed Stora6 e Equipment------------------------Brooder Houses (4) ----------------------------Incinerator-----------------------------------Pedigree House (Poultry) ----------------------Poultry Range---------------------------------Implement Shed--------------------------------Six Laying Houses-----------------------------Wagon Shed------------------------------------Beef Herdsman's Cottage-----------------------Dairy Dormitory-------------------------------Remainder of Plant Industry Unit--------------Trap Nest House -------------------··-----------Water Supply----------------------------------Poultry Cottage--------------------------------

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B1
B2
B3
B 4
B5

B6
B?
B 8

.-------

B 9
C 1
C 2
C 3
C 4
C5
C6

-------------

-------------

------__ ____
..,.

-------

C 7
C8
C 9

-------------

Remaining half of new Bridges------------------ D 1
Judging Pavillion------------------------------ D 2
1Aanurc Pit------------------------------------- D 3

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$32~000.00
6,000.00
18,000.00
2,000.00
5,000.00
1,000.00
1,000.00
7,500.00
~72,500.00
$50,000.00
15,000.00
15,000.00
12,000.00
1,000.00
22,800.00
s,000.00
2,500.00
8~500.00
2;500.00
8,000.00
1,000.00
~146,300.00
$6,000.00
7,500.00
4,000.00
4~000.00
3,000.00
80,000.00
5,000.00
5,000.00
4,000.00
$118,500.00
$1,000.00
20,000.00
900.00
(;21 , 900. 00

HU)USTRIAL BUILDING~ J\ND EQUIPMENT

Flexible Shaft Grinder------------------------------------Scintilla Magneto Service Set-----------------------------Aligning Jig and Arbors-----------------------------------Spot Welder ----------------------- ·------------------------Dynamometer -----------------------------------------------Aeronautical Instrument Test Set--------------------------Metalizer -------------------------------------------------Shore Scelerscope for IIardncss Tests----------------------Tensil Test Sot-------------------------------------------Blue Printing Machine--------------------------------------

f;l75.00
315.00
100.00
1,500.00
3,000.00
500.00
500.00
350.00
250.00
400.00
?;"~090:-00

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Light Electric Welding Outfit------------------------------Heavy Electric Welding Outfit-------------------------------

$400.00
750.00
~1,150.00

Machine Shol?.,

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4 - 9" Bench Lathes, Individual Motor Drive----------------6 - 11" Lathes~ Individual Motor Drive---------------------1 - 14'' Shaper, Individual Motor Drive ----------------------

$500.00
3,600.00
1,400.00
$55,000.00

Electrical pepartmen~
Megger -----------------------------------------------------Oscillograph -----------------------------------------------Dynamometer ------------------------------------------------Coil Spreader and Taper------------------------------------Induction Voltage Regulator---------------------------------

$300.00
1,500.00
1,500.00
350.00
650.00
$4,300.00

Buildings
Aeronautics Department-------------------------------------Addition to Electric Building------------~------------------

$30~000.00
20 000.00
$50:000.00

Air Condition~
New Equipment----------------------------------------~------

~4,000.00
~4,000.00

MISCELL.\NEOUS BUILDINGS JJID IMPROVEMENTS

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Roads------------------------------------------------------Infirmary -------·------------·---------------~-------------Cafeteria Remodeling and Equipment-------------------------Renovations to Dormitories---·---·-------------------------Rebuild Shop Units-----------------------------------------Aero. Hangers and Runway-----------------------------------Tennis Courts-------·---------------------------------------

~10,000.00
10~000.00
15,000.00
20,000.00
50~000.00
15~000.00
5.J...000.00
$125,000.00

The following improvements will also be needed within the next few years
to keep pace with the growth and development of the school:

Stadium and

Athletic Field, Dormitory with a capacity for 80 students, Handball courts
and addition to Gymnasium, Auditorium, and Office Building and Library.

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It has been customary to include at the end of tho annual ~eport, some
samples of the published material at the school.

Since much of this material

has boen sent to the Board Members frcm time to time, it is not consid.erod of
any particular value to include this with the annual report.

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It is ho:ped that this report will enable you to haven clear picture
of t~1e :prog1,0ss and needs of the Co.lifornio. Polytechnic.

Respectfully submitted,
Julian A. r--I cPhco, Director

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