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This report of California Polytechnic School to the State Board
of Education continues the policy established in 1933 of making a
summary of the past year's activities and accomplishments .

However,

for the information of new members of the State Board of Education and
others who read this report, who are not entirely familiar with the
history and scope of this state college• the cur~ent report covers a
considerably greater period than the calendar year, January 1, 1943 to
December 31 , 1943.

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A report confined to the activities or Californi a Polytechnic
School during the war~year, 1943 4 would undoubtedly b~ing praise to this
inst~tution for its contributions to the war ef'fort 4 but it would hardly
afford a clear picture of this state technical college Is normal
a.cti vi ties during a. pre-war and post-war period,
the report has been divided into three sections headed:
ACTIVITIES, DURATION ACTIVITIES , and POST- WAR ACTIVITIES,

PRE~ AR
In order to

cover this greater time-period it has been necessary to greatly condens e the statistical material which ordinarily appears in this
institution's annual report 1

Those who are interested in more statisti~

cal information are invite d to read the previous annual reports whioh
are avail a bl e to ea.oh Board member •

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ANNUAL REPORT TO THE STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION
ON THE
PROGRESS OF THE CALIFORNIA POLYTECHNIC
SCHOOL

P R E -- W A R

A CT I V I T I E S

HISTORY
California Polytech~ic School was established by an act of the
State Legislature, March, 1901, which became effective January 1, 1902.
The purpose of' the school, as stated in the bill, was to "furnish to
young people of' both sexes mental and manual training in the arts and
sciences, including agriculture, mechanics, engineering, business
methods , domestic economy, and such other branches as will fit the

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students for the non-professional walks of life."

It also was stated

that "this act shall be liberally construed, to the end that the school
established hereby may at all times contribute to the industrial welf'are
of the State of' Calif'ornia."
Although no level of' instruction was proposed in the legislative
aet which created the institution, it opened as a State vocational high
school on October 1, 1903.

en other State institutions similarly

created, moved to higher educational levels; as college training became
more general and was more f':requently required as a prerequisite to
employment , California Polytechnic School remained a vocational high
school for about 25 years,

In 1927 the course of study was extended

to the junior college level.
The institution was· the f'orerunner in California, however, of
vocational education along agricultural and industrial lines, whioh
gradually spread to the district high schools and ultimately be came a
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part of the basic Federal and State programs of vocational education,

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beginning in 1917 •
In 1933, the institution was made a part of the State Bureau of
Agricultural Education, by action of the State Board of Education.
This bureau is the branch of the State Department of Education which
administers the vocational program in the State's public schools, and
th e chief of this bureau was made ex-officio president of th e college.
He has b een retained in this dual office since 1933.

In 1936 the course

of study was extended to three years of coll ege work,
In 1938, a complet e ly~ equipped school and farm near San Dimas,
admirably situat ed and ada pt1?-bl e for technical instruction in citri~ultur e , deciduous fruit production, agricultural inspection, and land•
scape gardening was deede d to the California Polytechnic school by its

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owners, Charl es B. Voorhis of Pasadena, and his son, Congressman J erry
Voorhis.

This magµificent gift to practical education was imme diat e ly

put to us e as an int egral part of the main institution, b eing operat e d
as a plant industri e s dep a rtment of the institution.
In 1940, the Stat e Board of Education authorized the Ca liforni a
Poiyt echnic School to increas e its l evel of instruction to tha t of a
four .. y ear coll ege and to grant th e Ba che lor of Science degree to

students succ e ssfully completing the degree -curriculum.

The £irst

bacc a l au r ea t e commenc ement exercis es were he ld in 1942.

CURRICULA

EDUCATIONAL PLAN

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The California Polytedhnic educationa l plan is characterized
by the grouping of teohni ca l and "job-getting'' tr a ining cours e s in th e
first two years.

In the third a nd fourth y ear th e student t uk e s, in
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addition to courses in his major, those courses generally considered as
"background.

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It is found that the student has more interest in the

study of natural and social sciences, and even cultural arts, when he
first has acquired a thorough foundation of practical knowledge and
skills rel ating to his major interest.

Under this system, a t whatever point a student leaves school, as
many are a lways bound to do bec a use of finances, marri age, need at home,
offered a job or other ca use, he has a maximum knowledge of skill which
will enable him to ea rn a subst a nti ~l living.

Natura lly, if he is able

to complete the four year course and get his Bachelor of Science degree
his opportunities for success will be greatly incre a sed.

This educ ation-

al pat tern definit ely improves the immedi ate ea rning capa city of those
students who complete their forma l education after one or t wo years of

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college •
This pl a n makes it possible to run the two-ye a r and three-yea r
curricula which do not le ad to a degre e , closely pa r a llel with the four ..
ye a r progr am, a nd enables s t udents who gra duate with vocation~l or
technic 1 certificates to return to school and, without too mueh shifting of courses, compl et e the fin a l yea r or two lea ding to a degree.
This pl ~n constitutes one of the most outstan ding examples of re al
functiona l educ ation a t the college level to be found in the whole na tion,
It r et 9.ins a ll the virtues of job-getting concreteness a.nd combines with
these the libera lizing adva ntages of social studies integrated a bout the
soci a l issues which cluster about the job.
COURSES OFFERED

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Ba chelor of Science degrees are offered in the following
curricula :

Meat Anima l Production, Crops Production, Fruit Production,

Ornament ~l Horticulture, Poultry Production, Dairy Production, Dairy
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Manufacturing,., Agricultural Inspection., Aeronautical Industries., Air
Conditioning Industries, Electrical Industries, and Mechanical Industries.
All of the degree courses listed above., with the exceptions of
Agricultural Inspection and Fruit Production, also are given as two-year
vocational and three-year technical courses.

Agricultural Inspection and

Fruit Production, both given at the Voorhis unit., are given as technical
as well as degree courses but no two-year vocational course is offered for
either of them.

In addition to the above listed courses, Agricultural

Mechanics and Architectural Drawing, are given as vocational and technical
courses but not as degree courses.
The degree courses both in agricultural and industrial fields require
200 quarter units of credit.

The teachnical courses require 150 quarter

units and the vocational courses require 100 quarter units .

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ENROLLMENT
REGULAR STUDENTS
Full-time student enrollment reached a peak of 980 regular students
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in the school yea~ 1940-41~ but began a decrease the following year because
of the National Selective Service Act, availability
plants. and the shortage of skilled farm workers.

f good jobs in war
The decrease to 828

regular full-time students for the yee.r 1941-42 followed closely the percentage of decrease noted in other col,leges during that year.

During

1942-43, the Selective Service act made further inroads into the student
body., leaving a total of 587.
to include 18-year

When the Selective Service act was changed

lds, it hit this school harder than co-educational

institutions which still can rely on having sNne women students.

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The increase in enrollment from 219 students in 1935 to 980 in 1941
was a normal increase and one which can be expected to continue after the
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war.

During the last few years

of normal enrollment, the school has

attracted students from an average of 50 of California's 58 counties, a
half dozen other states and a number of foreign countries, indicating the
college is of real state-wide scope.

PROJECT SYSTEM
One of the most outstanding features of the instructional methods used
at California Polytechnic School, and one which has brought the school
nation-wide recognition for this application of the "learn by doing"
philosophy, is the project system.

Self-owned projects are combined with

managerial projects to give students a combination of manipulative skills
and scientific · background unequaled in any other public ins,t itution in the
country,

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Each student is expected to fJngage in some project of commercial
caliber.

Agriculture st~dents raise and market meat animals, such as

swine, sheep, and beef eattle.

They conduct dairy and poultry enterprises,

either with their om foundation stock, or by contracting for some of the
school's project animals or birds.
ornamentals.

Thay raise various plant crops and

The students · in the industrial division have projects of

similar commercial scope> such as rebuilding airplanes, constructing
and operating air conditioning machinery, running the college porer plant
and keeping the many electrical motors in good condition.
This training method, which makes it possible for students to market
many thousands of dollars' worth of agricultural and industrial products
annually, is dependent on tho availability of a project revolving loan
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This fund, under careful management by department heads, has grown

from a few thousand dollars, to its present size of over $72,000. (Project
activities during the past year are listed under Department Reports,
DURATION ACTIVITIES.)
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STU DENT LABOR

In addition to the opportunities for students to earn money to assist
them in moeting 6Xpenses through projEJct activiti6s which have just been
mentioned, California Polytechnic School ha~ established a policy of using
a maximum number of students to operate the entire campus and farm
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The average earning is several times as great as the typice.l

college where adults are employed full-time to do a large part of the kind
of work done by students here.

During normal years, California Polytechnic

School employs no adult gardeners or janitors, no dining hall help except
cooks, and only two farm foremen who instruct students in maint8nance,
repair, and farm operation work.
Not only does the school make every effort to place students in
employment both on and off tho eampus, but it seeks to correlate this out-

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side work with the student •s major course of study.

Students of electrical

industries aid in opetation of the powEJr plant. Majors in the fi~ld of
dairying food antl care for the school's dairy herd, milk the cows, and
operat e the milk plant.

Landscaping studont.s maintain and improve the

lawns, trees, and shrubbery.

SCHOLARSHIPS AND LOAN FUNDS

SCHOLARSHIFS
A largo number of scholarships have been provided by various agencies
to assist worthy freshman ~tudents to Qnroll at California Polytechnic
School.

Th0 numbur and scope of these scholarship gifts, ench offered

after careful invostigation of the educntional facilities and opportunities

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at California Polytechnic, are believed significant of th0 high regard
for this institution expressed in tnngible form by various firms.

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The major donor is Sears, Roebuck & .Q o., which ea ch yoa r makes

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available approximat6ly $2500 for 20 state-wide freshmen studont scholarships, two regional freshmen student scholarships and ono sophomore
scholarship.
Freshmen scholarships of $100 each are also offered by Safeway Stores,
Consolidated Chomical Industries, Inc., South Snn Francisco Union Stockyards

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Company, California Cattl€men's Association., Poultrymen's Cooperative
Associatiem of Southern C£'lifornia, Washburn & Condon Live Stock Commission
Company, and Challenge Creamery.

Two $50 freshmen scholarships o.re offered

by C. E. Loomis & Sons and the California ·Polytcchnfo Womon's C~ub.
Advanced student scholarships of $100 each for use at California
Polyt e chnic School only are offered by Philip R. Park, Incorporated, and
tho Van Camp LaborntoriGs.

Four additional scholarships of $100 each are

open to Polytechnic students, or to boys entering other agricultural

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oollogos.

The so are the Carl Raymond Gray scholarships offered by the

Union Pacific System ,

Pro vious winn&rs of Sears, Roebuck freshmen

scholnrships aro also digible to compete against similar winners of other
agricultutnl colleges for a junior scholarship.

LOAN FUNDS
Thorc a rc five Student Loan Funds to temporarily assist worthy
students.

Loans from th E1 s0 funds nre mado for varying periods of time 1

and n r e passed upon by o. faculty committee.
Principal source of loans is tho Leopold Edward Wrnsse Loan Fund.
Dthors arc the Rotary Club Fund; Tho Women's Faculty Club Fund, Student
Accommodation Loan Fund, and tho Wild8r Memorial Loan Fund.
AGRICULTURAL TEACHER TRAINING

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CADET PRO GRAM
Since 1931, California Polytechnic School has been a functional
unit in tho training of prospecti vo vocationn 1 agr icultura 1 teachers, and
of toach0rs in service,

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A selected group of from 25 to 30 men are chosen each year from

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among tho agricultural college graduatGs of California and other wustern
states.

They entor a year of training, part of which consists of super-

vised practice teaching in se le ctod high schools knovm n s "critic cent0rs,"
nnd part of which consists of attending special classes nt CAlifornia
Polytechnic School, in toaching methods and in actual agricultural practices.
The "cad'ets" or trainoos thus spend five months in adding to thoir agri cultural techniques at this institution. · Their work horo is sup6tvis£d
by tho assistnnt State tencher trainer, while California State Polytechnic

faculty members teach oourses in skills.

IN-SERVICE PROGRAM
Tho collage is B-lso the training cortor for the aid of in-service
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During the summer months, various courses are given in agri-

cultural managcmont and farming ski_lls, and in professional improvomont •
In addition , the annual conference of' the teachers is held on the campus.·
Full crodit i1S given toward credentials nnd for local professional standing,
through Polytechnic School-Bureau of Agricultural Education summer work.

SERVICE ANP EXTENSION
An integral part o~ the administratitn of the California Polytochnic
School is tho service program for the vocational agriculture syst6m throughout the stata .

Wh0n in 1933 this school was made the r esponsibility of

tho samo agency which is in charge of this high school agricultural work,
namely tho Bureau of Agricultural Educ a tion, it was officially designated
as the sa rvico institution to a id the high school vocationa 1 a g:ticulturo
pr~grnm,. in addition to its resident offerings.

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In this. function, the school sE:rvcs as heudquartcrs for the bureau •
The president of the school is chief of the bureau., and some of tho members
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of the Bureau Staff ma int a in their offices at the college.

From this point,

they directly supervise vocational agriculture throughout the state, and
provide project materials for boys and teaching materials for the 265
instructors in 196 schools.
Samples of how the various agricultural departments and faculty
of the college assist with this program are listed be low:

1. Use of faculty members to visit schools on dairy, meat animal,
and poultry problems.
2. Writing of articles by Polytechnic instructors for the State
Future Farmer magazine for information and improvement of agriculture in
the state,
3. Correspondence by heads of departments to advise high schools on
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4. Judging of Future Farmer livestock, poultry, and other products
at fairs.
5. Furnishing of breeding stock to improve the herds and flocks of
the Future Farmers throughout the state.
6 . Furnishing of baby chicks and hatching eggs to improve poultry
throughout the state.
7. Preparation and distribution of teaching aids, such as film
strips, charts, blue-prints, photographs, etc.

DURATION

ACTIVITIES

Some of the activities of California Polytechnic School listed in
this section began prior to the entry of the United States in the war, but
~ince these activities were directly connected with emergency defence

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training rather than normal pre - war agricultural-industrial training, they
are included here.

Some of these "duration" training programs have been

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discontinuod; oth6rs arc still in operation.

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It should bo understood, that

despite tho uso of C~lifornin Polytochnic School facilities and staff to
conduct these various "duration" activities, tho regular educational courses
of this institution have been continued in every caso in which student
int on st has been indica to d.

WAR PRODUCTION TRAINING

This Stato Tochnict1l college was one educational institution which
nGcdod no rooricntation of its educational program in ordor to tnke over
its share of National Defense and lntor, War Production Training.

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college was equipped v.rith the facilities and the educational pattern
capablo of training skilled workmen quickly.
National Defense Training classes at California Polytechnic started

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September 3, 1940, at the very inception of this program in the Unitcf States •
Instruction was given in machine shop, welding, and aircraft sh0et metal
work.

Somo classes woro run 24 hours a day, seven days a

ook.

Ono of the first institutions in the nntion to be granted a
National Youth Administrotion residont project, C lifornia Polytochnic
School dedicated tho first unit of this project in October 1940.

Almost

immodiutely 230 young mun begnn trainint in welding, mnchine shop, and
aircraft shoot motal.
boing conducted.

There wore two classes in each of these subjocts

At this time, tho machine shop and welding shop were

running 24 hours per day.

Eight hours a day wore devoted to the rogulnr

P,lytochnic School students in those tPo shops

hile tho evening and early

morning shifts were devoted to dGf0ns0 training workers including NYA
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Tho NYA also built two shop buildings on land lensed from the school
and by the fall of 1941, NYA classes were being conducted in thdse shops
as well as in rogular Polytechnic shops,
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In May., 1941., a course for radio technicians was nddcd to the newly

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nnmed Wnr Production Training program.

From this duto until February, 1943,

classos in nircraft sheet metnl, welding, machine shop, and radio wcro
conduct~d four hours a day, fivo dnys n week for the resident NYA projoct,
In March ., 1942., classes were stnrtod to train individunls preparing
thomselves for civilian employrnont under Civil Service in Unitod States
nir depots.

Thoso trainees, both men and women, were assigned to California

Polytochnic for training in service work in the aircraft maintennnco fiold,
The classes included radio repair work., aircraft sheet metal work , aircraft
mointono.ncc work , aircraft engines , and aircraft clcctricinn .

ThG classes

operated eight hours per day, six days a week and the course was ~Melve
0oks in longth,
In July, 1942., radio training classes for tho U, S. Signal Corps

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wore begun,

These classes also operated eight hours a day, six days a

weak for a period of twelve wcoks,

They wore discontinued in Jununry, 1943,

duo to consolidating of tho Signnl Corps trnining program.

Tho men toking

these classes wor6 employed by the Signal Corps ns radio rcpo.irmen.
During the entire training program o.t the California Polytechnic
School for the War Production Training classes., there
woman trained for omploymcnt~

ere 3.,490 men and

Many mOt"o than this number began classes

and rccoivod partial training but did not complete the course and so were
not considered ns "trained for Gmployment."
By February 19, 1943, all Wnr Froductien Training class6S ut
CAlifornia Polytechnic School were discontinued due to lack of housing
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rhen the U. S . Navy seloctcd this institution as

a Naval Flight Preparatory School,

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NAVAL FLIGHT PREPARATORY SCHOOL PROGRAM

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In January, 1943, Cdifornia Polytechnic School was chosen by the
Navy as ono of tho 20 schools in tho United States equipped with tho
nocossury facilities and staff to begin immodinte training of navo.l aviation
cadets.

On January 6, the first battalion of 200 co.dots arrivod and

instruction for thorn bogan on January 11.

An adc.itional 200 cadets nrrivoq

each month until n comploment of 600 cndGts was roo.ched.

In thG past year,

cloven bo.ttalions Of cadets totaling 2200 men have graduated from tho
throe-months flight preparatory training program, which is the stnrting
point in the fOngost, most thorough pilot training courso in history.
Sinco tho inception of the Navy's now flight preparatory program last
January., some of tho Na-val Flight Preparatory Schools hnve been discontinued,
nnd now Colifornia Polytechnic School is tho only Naval Flight Preparatory

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School wost of the Rocky Mountains .
rith tho arrival of the Twelfth Battalion on November 29, this school
was designated as a "fleet school" with nll cadots in that battalion and
future battalions taken from the "flcot 11 nnd Marine Corps enlisted personnol.
The battalion size has been increased to approximately 280 men, bringing
the total of cadets "on board" ot onG tim0 to ub•ut 840,
Just prior to th~ recent increase in oadat-enrollment, 37 instructors
were teaching full-time in the Naval Flight Freparatory School program.
Of these 37 instructors, 15 were on the California Polytechnic School
regular teaching staff prior tp the inception of the naval training
program.

At present• the instructiona 1 staff is b·e ing en large d to 46

instructors to meet the needs created by the assignment of additional 'oadets.
In addition to the school's instructional staff, the Naval Flight

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Preparatory School has a staff of approximately 25 commissioned officers
who handle training in physical education, military drill~ ship and aircraft

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recognition, and disciplinary and administrative details of the progra~.

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The school provides · instruction, classroom., housing and dining hall
facilities, for which it is reimbursed by the Navy through a special
California Polytechnic Foundation Fund set up for purpose of handling the
financial matters of this program.

All housing and messing is the school's

responsibility.

FOOD PRODUCTION WAR TRAINING

California Polytechnic School serves as the state headquarters and
offices for the Food Production War Training program,
is a training program financed by federal funds

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The F.FWT program

give farmers and members

of farm families training in methods of food product itn training of farm
workers in preservation and conservation of food and related mechanical
skills.

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The president of California Polytechnic is state director of this

program .
During the past year, over 62,000 rural persons were reached by
these courses in California.

Most classes were given in the evening as

part of the regular evening school programs of rural high schools,

Over

1,600 courses in approximately 200 high schools were given last year.
The California Polytechnic has provided offices, warehouse t>pace , and
other facilities for the operation of this program,

DRUG AND OIL PLANT PROJECT
Since April, 1942, the California Polytechnic School has served as
operating agency for the Drug and Oil Project for the state of California
with funds provided first from the Governor's Emergency Fund and later by
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special appropriation of $35,000 by the last legislature •
Offices for this project were established in Los Angeles with a
project director and assistant,

These two individuals are spending full
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time working with farmers and other interested groups in encouraging the

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domestic production in many new crops in California.

It is believed that

this state is a potential production area for numerous plants whose products
are used extensively in this country, yet in the past have been imported,
but due to the war, are not now available.
This Drug and Oi 1 Plant Project has undertaken the promotion and
supervision of domestic production in California of the following crops:
sage, marjoram, summer savory, sweet·basil, colchicum, caraway, corriander,
thyme, belladonna, datura stramonium, digitalis or fox glove, blue poppy,
aloe, and many similar crops primarily of a medical or condiment nature.
In addition, encouragement has been given to harvesting native or cultivated
plants in California.

This list includes essential oils from eucalyptus,

pepper, camphor, laurel and geranium; in addition, farmers have been

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encouraged in assisting in the harvest of cascara, sage, and digitalis .

REGULAR COLLEGE LEVEL PROGRAM

Although the majority of the regular California Polytechnic staff
members are teaching in the Naval Flight Preparatory school program, and
the bulk of the school's classroom, housing and dining facilities are
being used in the Navy program, these changes were made gradually and
caused no great inc~nvenience to the regular student body.

With all the

various "duration" prt'grams which California Polytechnic School has had,
the school's first concern has been for the education and

elfare of the

regularly enrolled agricultural and industrial students.

The steadily

declining enrollment of this group has, however, made it possible for
these war training programs to be undertaken without infringing on the

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normal course of study of those students remaining.

Because of the

lowering of the draft age, the only regular enrollment availabl0 consists
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At present, the California Polytechnic instructional staff has on
it the equivalent of seven and one-half instructors, figured on the basis
of time devoted exclusively to instruction in regular agriculture and
industrial subjects.

In order to maintain and continue production of

essential food on the extensive college farm of 1400 acres with all its
herds of purebred beef cattle., swine, sheep., dairy cattle., and poultry as
well its acreage of cultivated crops and bearing orchards., it has been
necessary to allot time equivalent to that of four and ,me-half instructors
to this essential work .

Thus, 12 Polytuchnic instructors have divided among

them the actual work as , ell as responsibility for all regular instruction
combinod with food production., livestock care and campus maintenance.
AGRICULTURAL DIVISION

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Meat Animals Department:
Each year students in this department hove purchased and fed out
approximately 150 beef cattle, 500 hogs, and 400 hoad of sheep.

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thsse animals are handled on a commercial basis and sold on the opon
market.

Some have been fitted for and 6xhibited at the major livestock

shows in California and Polytechnic students have mede outstanding showing
in competition with the broeders from all the western states.

During the

past four years, California Polytechnic stud6nts have shown grand champion
steers, hogs and lambs ut the California StntG Fair, The Grand National
at San Francisco, thG Los Angeles County Fair, and the Groat Western
Livestock Show in competition with adult breeders.
Although enrollment in this department is small this year, most of
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in addition to currying their own projects and regular course of study. •
The aim of the dopartmont is to koop its br6eding herds of cattle, sheep,

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and hogs intact and hav e en ough live stock to utilize all the f ee d and
pasture produced on the school farm.
During tho past y6ar., the departmGnt has, through projoct
oporntion., marketed 224 head of cattle for $28.,341.97; 340 hand of hogs
for $8 ,421.52; 326 sheep a nd wool for $5.,243.11.

This is a total of

$42 .,006.60 worth of meat animals purchased., fed out, and mark6ted through
the project fund operation, exclusive of sales of stnte-nwned animnls
which nro nbo. tod to the state.

Many head of breeding animals ure sold to

Future F~rrn0r boys thoughout the state each year.
By continuing the production program., this department is using its
f a cilities to produce naoded food supplies and will be in a position to
givo students tho practical typ6 of agricultural training thty will be
demanding at the conclusion of the

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Thoroughbred Breeding Projoct:

Operating as a port of the Animal

Husbandry dopartment, the Thoroughbred Brooding Project has been functioning
sinc e Docombor., 1940.
opportunity to work

Tho project gives animal husbandry students an
ith Thoroughbreds., study feeding methods., watch tho

progress of tho foals and become generally acquointod with tho skills and
practices _in Thoroughbred horse production.
This project is a cooperative program
Association.

ith tho California Breoders 1

Memb6rs of this nssociation donatod t

outstanding Thoroughbred mares in foal and hav6

the college six

agreed to keep thesG

mores brad yEJar ofter year to outstanding stallions.

In turn, the colloge

has bGcome a centralizing agency for stud books and Thoroughbred horse
information.
Foals produced in this program go into tho annun 1 sa lo sponsored

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by th0 brooders' a~sociation ., and the proceeds are turned over to the college
as a batement of 6xpc.nse for the caro of the mnros.

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Dairy Production and Manufacturing:

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The project program in this department has developed with tho
incroE\sing enrollment which began in 1931 and continued until tho outbreak
of tho wnr,

During the year 1939-40., students of the department owned

75 hend of dairy cattle which they hod rnised or purchased ns pnrt of their
project activities.

Several students have made over $1000 each on their

dairy project while attending Cnlifornia Polytechnic.
Tho vn luablc pur0bred dn iry herd is b0 ing kept intact and improved,
and nt tho snmc time., is now producing 2000 pounds of milk daily with a
gross incomo of over $2500 per month or $3QJ)00 per yenr and with a fn irly
good not return.

The not returns are .used to help rnointnin the dairy unit

and further improve tho hord by obtaining high6r quality foundation animals.
Many valuable breeding animals ore being supplied. particularly bulls. to
Future Farmors and mature dairymen in California.

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An artificial insemination

program is also carried on to breed cows owned by Future Farmers o.nd adult
dairymen.
In December 1943., cos in the milking string averaged 47.7 pounds tf
butter fat, and in most years the entire herd has averaged well over 400
pounds butter fr.t per co , per year.
Although it has been necessary to hire full-time workers to take
care of some of the project work ordinurily dona by students, the work is
baing continued so thut the program will be in operation o.nd rendy for
students to take over aftur the war.

This department offers fine post-war

opportunities in rehabilitation training., and by the maintenance of its
excellent herd will be able to supply valuable seed stock for the restocking of domestic and foreign herds depleted during the war.

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Poultry Pro?uction:
Lost year this deportment produced 2500 individu0.lly pcdigreod
chicks.

It is now trapnosting nourly 1000 pullets.
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It has about 2600

f

brooding hons producing eggs ond chicks to supply the noods of former

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studGnts and Future F0.rm0rs throu ghout thu state.

Lnst season ovor 150,000

chicks were suppliGd to tho a bove outlets.
The student-owned project pens won th0 thrcc-yonr n ~ard for th(; most
outstanding porformanco nt the Californin National Egg Lnying t Gst nt
Modosto .

The so student-owned birds a veraged $3.94 net incomo per bird _per

ye a r which ,.~ as tho high6 st for n 11 breeds.
Lnst ycnr, tho tre.pnest pullets in the school projGct flock lnid
o.n o.vornge of 241 eggs per bird.

This is nn exceedingly hi gh record for n

flock of this sizo nnd demonstrates the brooding work being done by tho
student proj e cts.
In addition to the student project activities, it hns beon nocossary,
because of decreased enrollment, to seourc soma adult help during tho
emergency to co.rry on tho work noccssory with tho flock.

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Since eggs aro o.n

important war-time food, an effort has been mode to maintain productien.
During tho po.st your, more than 400,000 eggs were produced, a lnrge port
of which were usod in the Nnvy mess hall on the cnmpus.

The totnl gross ,

inoomo for- this d0pnrtmont during the l ~st fiscal yGar, anding Juno 30, 1943,
was $33,200.
Crops Product ion:
Crop and fruit production, independent of student proj0cts, has boon
carried on incidontal to and as a part of instruction in this department.
Although some of this instructional work must of nocessity involvo crops
not idoally nduptod for commo:rciol production in this nree., substantial
returns have rosultod.

Last y our's totnl sales of fruit nmountod to $615.89.

This is secondary to the uso of the orchards and vineyards e,s lo born tories

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for student practice in pruning, spraying, thinning., control of pests, D.nd
study of varieties.

Total sale of vegetables last year were $509.16, o.nd

this too wo.s secondary to tho uso of the land cs o laborntory for truck
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crop work, not only for students of this department, but for all agri culturnl students.
A typical student projEJct in this department is simibr to the project
complotod lest spring by thre6 students working cooperatively on rented
lnnd.

These threo students grew 00.ts and vutch hay on about 58 acres.

Thay

hurvostod ovor 106 tons of excellcmt hny which they sold for $22.00 per ton
b~lcd in tho fidd.

Their cash income was $2424 of which

hay nnd $86 for pcsturc.

oxpensos wns $1487 .
basis.

$2338 was for

Their net, or labor income, after deducting nll

This project was carried on inn strictly business

Tho boys rented the proporty from the Union Oil CotnpanJ, financed

their own expenses ., paid cash for rent of oquipment, gasoline, seed., wiro,
and hirod lo.bor., nnd made all sulos and other arrangomonts themselves.

One

of tho threo graduated in Moy., writing for his thesis, "Onts and Vetch,

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Its Production and Outlook in Cr.lifol"nin, n n subject closely correlated with
his projoct activity .
Qrnnmontal ~ort~culture :
Evem with fewer students than usu 1., this dopartment curried on more
projects than ovor.

Eleven students of the depnrtmont co.r~ied on two

ptojects each , earning nn average of $25 each.

ThGse projects consisted

of growing nnhuol vogetablo and flowering plants,,.
public by the dozen or by tho hundred.

hich wore sold to the

One projact of growing pot plants

in the glnss housos wlls suecossfully carried on.

Local nursorios bought

a lnrgc percontnge of ull plnnts for rosnlo.
In lino with actual pro.ctice in landscape gardening and design,
students completely ln-ndse!lpod a private homo as ono projoct.
All mnintonance of the grounds ho.s always bcon pnrt of the work of

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this department,

It wasn't until July of 1943 thnt it bccam0 necessary to

employ one full-timo gardener o.nd three po.rt-time men, o.sidc from regular

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students o

Tho dopartment hns plnntGd less shrubbery, trees, nnd annunls

then in previous yenrs, due to manpower shortnge.
plontod by tho department in 1943:

The following wns

33,000 square feot of lawn, 4000 annual

flowe;ring plonts., 70 smoll trees., nnd 550 shrubs.
Agricultura 1 Mochnnic s:
Poak onrollmont for this department was roached in 1940-41, with
17 students mfljoring in the fio ld r.nd 472 students from other departments
onroll0d in ngricultursl mechanics classes.

During th6 foll qunrtor of

1943., 38 students were enrolled in agricultural mechanics classes ·with none
majoring in thnt field.
Every studont who majored in this field hns hnd a job waiting for
him o.t gro.duation and many more could havo bt::en plD.ccd.

Many of the boys

who graduated in this department hnvo been steadily engaged in jobs vital

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to tho war effort such ns servicing and repairing tractors and form
machinery, carrying on large farming operations, and oven designing nnd
0nginooring now equipment for war uso.
Aftor the wnr, training in the mech nico.l phnsos of ngriculturo will
be doubly important.

Anyone

ho is not properly trnined to service,

operate, and koup in ropn ir tho many mochanicol ond motorized dcvic0 s which
will be tho bockbono of post-wnr agriculture cannot hope to compete with
othor farmers who hnve this training.

Adequate training in cvory field of

ngriculturo will requirE:i thot moro time be spent

nd more courses of.forod

in tho m0chnnical phnses of that fiold.
With the, whole farm ns n lrborntory and various equipment such ns
tr£1.ctors ., machinery, irrigation devices, livEistock, dairy., and poultry
equipment , fences nnd farm building to work with under actur.l farming

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conditions., the student hns opportunities for lonrning-by-doing unparalleled
nnywhe ro.
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Since the war , the school farm hos continued, ns in tho past, to
produce as much feed and pasture as possiblo.

This is used primarily by

the students in feeding out hogs, sheep, beef, nnd dairy cattle, nnd poultry
in connection with their rogul r instruction nnd clo.ss work in the pnrticulnr field in which thBy o.re mnjorin[.

Many kinds of fruits and vegetnblos

nro also rnisGd on the farm by those students rnnjoring in horticulture
nnd truck crops.

These are consumed for the most pnrt .in the school

co.fetorin .
Sinco tho primary objoctivo of operating the school farm is to
provide

lnboratory whore as m~ny students o.s possible mfly engage in the

various farming practices and thereby learn how to perform each operation
under actunl forming conditions, ell forming oporntions hovo boon dono

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entirely by tho students in tho pnst •
However , since the war, our enrollment hos dropped so low thnt it
ho.s boon necossory to hire two mon to cnrry on thct pnrt of the farm work
which cannot bo done by studonts in order to mcintnin production.

The few

students who arc here, however, hove a grouter opportunity to learn to do
moro different kinds of things bcco.uoo of the foot thot thGre nro fowor
students

mong which to spread this

ork.

INDUSTRIAL DIVISION
Acronnuticnl Industries:
Tho Aeronautics Department is an c1pproved repnir station , under tho
ro.ting of tho U.

s.

Department of Commerce, CAA.

The students r eceive credit

for nll time spent in clnss and laboratory work townrd eligibility for nn
Airplane nnd Engine Mechanics 1 icense.

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The curric u ln of this department Qro

so nrrnnged thct recommended students complete nll Civil Aeronnutids
Administration roquirements for eligibility for mechanics certificates.
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No pI"oject production schodulo has boon followed during thG pnst
yoar but one nirplnne wns completely ovorhnulod r_nd a second

A.

irplnno was

pnrt in lly complet0d.
Otho r Indus tr in 1 De pn rt me nt s :
Duo to lo.ck of enrollment, the nctivities of the Electrical
Industries, Mechanical Industries, and Air Conditioning Industries dopartmcnts have been curtailed or discontinued for the duration.

VOORHIS BRANCH, SAN DIMAS
Tho Voorhis brunch of this institution also hos discontinued
instruction in the fields of Agriculturnl Inspection., Fruit Production, and
0rno.mcntnl Horticulture for the dur~tion because of lock of enrollment.
Mujors in those fields wore able to transfer to San Luis Obispo to continue
instruction in most phases of thoir work.

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Sinco tho acquisition of this branch in 1938, the production of
citrus and sub-tropicnl .fruit has increased 40% due to the maturing of troos
and improvomont of cultural pro.cticGs in the school orchards.

By the

clearing of land and planting of ndditiono.l treos 1 the ncrongo in production
has bo en incr e sod n bout 15%.

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T-W A R

A C T I V I T I E S

Because California Polytechnic School's educo.tionnl philosophy was
so essentially related to this country's bnsic production neods in a peacetime world, it required no change in policy, training nppronch or methods
to tak6 over the many "durntion activities" which h0.ve contributed to the
war effort in various ways,

Naturally, courses were strenmlined, equipment

o.dded, and instruction intensified - but the fundamental principnlos aro

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ns sound for wnr-timo as peace-time •
The conclusion of the wo.r, again, will require no rnntorinl chnngo.
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This institution is maintaining its f acilities , hns collectod rather thnn
lost mombcrs of its technicnlly trnincd faculty, and is prepr.rod to provide

the typo of oduc~tion needed in the post-wur world.
The world will nlwnys need its fnrmors o.nd industrial technicinns,
its exports in tho V3rious public services for which trnining is provided.
It is probable thnt the lassons of the wnr period - when millions of craftsmen hs d to bo provided upon short notica - may center o.ttention in tho
vnrious stntos to the nll -timo need for protecting nnd encournging vocational
nnd tochnicnl oduco.tion on o.11 the necessary levels.
Educators throughout the country ure nwnre thnt post-war readjustments
will involve much occupational or vocntionnl rotrnining for men nnd woman
demobilzod from military services and from war production industries.
C·1. lifornin 1 s share in this problem wiU bo grant or pcrhnps than nny other

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state •
The number of men nnd women who will sock training in California
after the wnr will bEi largo.
honlth

It will include ex-servicemon in normal

rhose expenses for furthor education would be po.id by tho govornmont;

veterans nnd civilians injured in war or in the dcfGnsc industries and so
needing rohnbilitation and similnrly supportod; and self-supporting young
men and women ready for norma 1 post-high school education,. some of whom
vrill hnva hnd no omploym0nt experience and others who will have had

employment in wnr industries.

This third group would probobly be greatly increased in numbor
bccnuso of the grout growth in popule.tion which California seems destined
to o.chiovo .. a growth which hos boen estimated to produce a populntion of
from fifteen to twenty million within ten years after the w~r.

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Boca use of

tho groat growth of industrial development npparently coming to the state,
thero might be a need not only for moro industrinl training, but also for

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training in whnt might b0 called part-time fnrming.

Many people may work

part-tima in industry nnd yet possess small fn:rms of n few ncres on which
thoy would hopo to make n living.
To provide the vnrious typos of training desired by thcso sovornl
groups, the Cnlifornir. Polytechnic School need only ndd short-term courses,
probably thr00 months in length, to trnin men nnd woman for immcdi['.tc
employment in o.gricu lturn 1 nnd indust ria 1 work not requiring long po riods
of trnining; nnd courses of intermcdinto length (probably one ycnr in
length) for those ox-servicemen and romcn who will, apparently , be allottod
o'ne your of tro. ining nt public expense.

Tho o.ddi t ion of thusc shorter

courses to tho existing curricula would give Cnlifornin Polytechnic School
a rango of courses designed to fit a student for

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definite type of

employment at tho end of throe months., onc-yenr, two-years, three-yenrs,

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or four-years of training.

The post-war progrnm will be greatly expanded

on nll levels in such majors as Business Education, Hotel and Rostnuro.nt
Mnnngomont, Building Trades., etc .

CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT NEEDS
The capitol improvement needs of Crliforni

Polytechnic School os

listed in this roport nro nocessory either to tnko cnro of existing
contingency or necessary to take core of expocted post-war incrc~sed
onrollmont ., or to replace facilities now existing but outmoded, insufficient

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or dangerous to student heolth nnd training .

1. Wflter Storage Tonk nnd Extension of Water Distribution System San Luis Obispo
The California Polytechnic School hns its own wnter system, pumping
,vntGr from wells .

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At the present time the vrnter storage capacity is less

thun two days supply.

This is decidedly an unsafe: limit in cnse of trouble

with pumps or with tho distribution system.

Likewise in cnse of u largo

fire the fire storegc tnnk now in existence could be drcincd in n
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relatively short period.

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This is a very unsatisfactory condition.

Anticipated growth after the war, as well as present experience with the
Naval Flight Preparatory School program which has now grown to more than
800 cadets, indicates that this is a most important need and,therefore,
we have placed it at the top of the list.

Within recont years, a.n improve-

ment in the water distribution system was made by the in~tallation of a
new fiv6-inch line, but an additional loop is required, which was not
compl6t0d at the time of the improvement because of lack of funds.

A new

"'rater storage tank and additions to the distribution system must be
provided.
2. Utility, Building and Distribution Systems - San Luis Obispo
Tho utilities which serve the entire campus area should be centralized
and located in a modern, fire-proof structure.

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The building from which eur

services are distributed now is very old, having b6en constructed about
thirty-five years ago ..

For efficiency of distribution, for safety as

required by state law, because of its use as a laboratory for training,
and because proper utility distribution is a controlling element and is
necessary for the future campus developm6nt, it is imperative that this
improvement be made immediately after the close of the war.

It is proposed,

thorefore, that the central heating plant, the central electrical distribution system, thEJ gas distribution, and firo-fighting faciliti0s be taken
care of in a centra 1 structure.

A. Heating Facilities
Tho prosont old wood structure in which the boilers and electric
generating equipment arc located was constructed in 1908.

The

floors arc oil-soaked because of ths many years of use and constitute

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a constant serious fir

hazard.

The boilers w€re installed between

1908 and 1912, and although in use now, cannot be depended upon much
longo r.

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B. Electricity

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Of the several items under the gonGral heading of improve ment of
cloctrical faciliti e s, the following arc most important:
(1) Installation of a new modorn switchboard.

The present switch-

boa rd do e s not moot safety law roquir0m6nts and constitutes a
constant hazard to students who use tho faciliti e s for instruction
purpos Gs and to those employed to operate the plant.
(2) Transforme r vault.

This was built many years ago and docs

not conform to state regulations; likewise it is a d ucid c d
hazard from a safety point of view.
(3) Campus electrical distribution system.

This should be put

und e rground along with distribution syst e ms of othe r utilities.
( 4) Some buildings such as Doue 1 Dorm must bo re-wired in ordor

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to carry th(; n 0 c e ssary lighting that mod e rn st a ndards roquire .
(5) Suffici ent space must b e provid e d for the installation of
e l e ctrical powe r gen e ration equipment to be us e d for educational
purpos es.
C. Ga s

The centra l control s yst em for gas is inadcqu a t o and is also
hous ud in th o pr e sent powe r plant building which is a definit o fire
haz a rd.

A n ew control syst em of mod e rn d e sign is ne cessa ry and

suffici unt mntori a ls should b0 secur e d for proper handling of this
utility.

D. Fir o Fi ghting F acilitie s
A c e ntral location with ad equa t e living quart ers for att endants and
proper s ervicing unit f or fir o fighting o quipment is absolutely

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o ss c ntial.

It should b e incorporat Gd wi t h or pla ced v e ry near the

centra l headqua rt e rs of ot he r utilitie s.

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3. Library and Classroom Building - San Luis Obispo
Thore is an impc,rativo need for an adequate library nt tho
Snn Luis Obispo campus.

Originally it was contemplated that for an

cxponditurc of $89,500.00 a separate library building could be constructed,
but it appGars now thnt it would bo wiser bocauso of the dire ne6d for
classroom spnco to combine with the library, additional classroom
fncilities that could at a l ater date be used as additiona l library space.
Hence it is rocornmended that instead of constructing a library unit,
exclusive of other facilities., that classrooms be combin~d with it in such

a way that tho entire structure cnn be lator converted to library use
tho growth of tho oollogc demands.

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Wo have never had other than make-

shift library facilities nt the California Polytechnic School and with tho
nticipatcd very great increase in enrollment after tho war, the expansion

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of our offerings, nnd the granting of BachGlor of Science degree, it is
now nc:cossary that this inndoquacy be corrected.

Accruditing by some

r e cognized accrediting association will have an important bearing on th0
futuro progross of th G school nnd library facilities nre one of the most
important factors consid e red.
4, T o Dormitories (to house 100 each) - Voorhis Unit , San Dimas
Expansion of th e.: Voorhis Unit of the California Folytcchnic School
is co rto.in o. fte r the war.

The locnti n of the school in re lat ion to tho

thickly populutod conter of Cnlifornia guaruntGcs that there will be a
dGcidcd nood for oxpanding facilities at this unit.

At tho beginning of

tho war , the faoilititJs were tnxtd to tho limit, particularly with roforunc0
to domitory sp£1co 0nd clnssroom spa ce.

Unless dormitory space can bo

provided for nt loo.st 200 men soon after th e close of the war , progress

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of the school nt this unit will be decidedly curtailed .

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5. Classroom and Library - Voorhis Unit, San Dimns
DormitoriGs o.nd clo.ssrooms arc thEi most importo.nt limiting factors
so f a r as expansion nt Voorhis Unit of the Ca lifornia Polytechnic School is
concerned.

It is nucGssnry thnt some correction be found for this limitation

and o. classroom building with adequate spn co dcvotod to a library in keeping
with the educational objocti~es of the unit should be provided.

6. Ae ronautics and Industrial Shop Buildings - San Luis Obispo
Tho prosent aeronautics and industrial shops ore v e ry old, ere
ina dc quc. to, a nd wore not built for th e se purposes., thoroforo do not mcct
th e naods.

At the pr e s e nt time , mnny thousands of dollars' worth of

oxc o llont equipment for instruction in a e rona utics, welding, sheet metal
a nd machine shop work is housed in these old wood frnm o buildings.

Tho

possibility of fire which would result in destruction of this oquipmcnt is

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too important to ove r-look.

This mn.ior ha s drnwn largo numbors of studonts •

Tho expanding int Gr e st in tho fi e ld will likewise bring largo enrollment in
th o post-war p e riod.

Th(; tra ining which has b e en givon has b o on succ e ssful,

a s measured by not only the plnc umont of students, but th0ir r a pid progre ss
ono o plo.ood on th8 job.

Th c r o for G, it would not b o in k ee ping with th o

import a nco of th o work to f a il to provide s a tisfu ctory f a ciliti €s for thos o
a ctiviti e s.
7. Agricultur a l Mechanics Shop - Sr n Luis Obispo
This building will provid e cla ssrooms, lecture rooms, shops, nnd
l a bora tori e s for instruction in agricultura l m0ch Ernics as well as faciliti o$
for housing th e powe r oquipmunt us ed in conne ction with th e f a rming
opera tions a t

this institution.

too smn 11 o. nd too crowded.

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Tho pre s e nt wood frame building is much

A mnko-shift fr nmo with sh 8e t mot ~ 1 s ido s wns

provid u d sovo ral ye ars ngo as a stop-gnp to reliovo th o over-crowding, but
this is inade qua t e for sntisfa ctory instruction.
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aspects of modern farming, all students of agriculture aro required to tako
consideroblc work in this fiold.

This necessitates proper facilities which

tho school just docs not have at pr0s6nt .
8. Agricultural Classroom and Laborntory Building - San Luis Obispo
At the present time, that instruction in agriculture involving need
for classrooms and laboratory facilities is scattered throughout the
buildings on the campus.

Very poor luboratori0s pnrticulnrly and almost

to an oqunl extent limited classrooms nvailable , makes this ()n important
no0d which must be mot,

During good w0ath6r., n great deal of the instruction

is done outside at the li vcstock units nnd on tho farm, but in bad weathor
it is necessary that there be o. place for housing this work in order for
tho instruction not be unduly crowdod.

For the last several years, the

agricultural onrollmont has constituted considcrnbly more than half the

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totul nt the., institution nnd provisions to take care of this and anticipated
growth nfto r tho wnr must be mn do.
9. Auditorium nnd Assembly Hall - Snn Luis Obispo
At presont we hnvo no ase0mbly hall large enough to house more than
500 students.

To provide for cssombling n stud0nt body of 1500 to 2500,

which wo anticipate., will roquire the construction of nn auditorium e.nd
nssombly hall.

ThG present small auditorium in the nir conditioning

building will nccommodatG about 500,

The institution outgnw this auditorium

soon nftor the completion of tho building.

At this time an effort is boing

mndo to construct, with the holp of the Nnvy, n l&-rgo enough dining room in
the proposed new Navy mess hall to nccommodnte somewhat more than this
number, but to rely on this type of facility as n permanent place for
assemblying students is not to be recommended.

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It could, at best, only

serve for n yenr or two nt tho close of the war until something adequnte
could be provided.
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Miscellaneous Items

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V\lhilc the re o.ro mnny more capital improvcmonts that must bo made
nt both Snn Luis Obispo a nd Sa n Dimas, tho following e.rc n few of the small
but moro important ones thnt should be considored for imrnGdinte consturction
nfter tho wn r.

Most of them are a t San Luis Obispo.

10. Isol ntion Wa rds for DQiry Ca ttle and Swino - Sa n Luis Obispo
The r nthor l a rge numb er of live stock nocessnry for instruction nt on
institution of this kind must b e properly co. rod for when infe ctious disea s e s
strike .

Isol n tion wo rds, whil e thGy nro ine xponsivo , a r c fundnrncntnl a nd

mus t b e provid e d.

11. Infirma ry . - SBn Luis Obispo
Our oxp c ri onc€. ove r ma ny ye ars nnd mor e r e; contly in conne ction with
tho Na val Flight Pr 0 pa r a tory School progra m, ha s shown tho import o. no o of a n
ade quo. t o infir rnn ry.

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Bec n us o our school popula tion hos n l ,,n ys b oo n l a r gely

hous ( d on th e c ampus, provisions for t a king cnr c of st ude nt health is n
nocos sity,

e have ha d stop- ga p working nrr angemo nt with tho County

Hosp i t a l which has ne ve r b ee n mor e thnn n minimum oxpcdi oncy but thc r o have
nc vor b oo n n ny f aciliti us for t s. king cut e of eme rge ncy condit ions which
n r o a pt to nris o , nor hn s th e r G b ee n nny qua rt e r s whor e a school nurs e could
l i ve .

Doctors ha~e b6o n s ecu r o d und e r contra ct by the student body b ut no

f 0. cilitio s othor th n a me r e room
doctor's offic 0 ,

ithout e quipme nt has b een a vo ifoble as n

Th e r e n r e a numbe r of possibiliti e s tha t mny dev e lop after

tho wa r included in which would be a conversion of tho present old dining
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h 11 into a n infirma ry, providing,of course, tho n ow mess ha ll, to be
jointly f-ina nced by the Navy and Cr. lifornin Folyt 0 chnic, is n ctun lly
construct ed.
12, Wa t e r Stora go Tc. nk - Voorhis

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At th o present timo the water a t thu Voorhis Unit is d e pendent upon
the ope r c tion of thre e e l e ctric motors without a dequate dome stic w3t o r
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storage ns a part of this inst n ll o. tion. · With tho construction of a storage
tunk with a c n pncity of perhaps 500,000 gallons, it would be possible to
ha ve not only n storage supply, which is nlmo!;t imporntive bocauso of tho
possibiliti e s of fire, but it would nlso be possible to supply the wntor
noodod nt n much lower cost.

It would bo possible to pump the wntor with

o. sroollor motor in plnco of tho three now usod, ove r o longer period of

the, dny, inst e ad of heving to run these honvy motors which a r c nccess n ry
to mn int a in n d o qu nt o pressure .

A smcl10r pumping installa tion is a p n rt

of the syst em which would includ e n storngo t ank o.nd prossuro would bo
mn int a inod by gravity from th e stora ge tnnk.
13. Incin0rntor - S:rn Luis Obispo
Thor a is no incine r ntor unit in connection with this institution
de spit e the const o. nt hon lth hn z a rd to both stud e nts nnd live stock brought

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nbo ut bucous o of no o dc qu n t 0 pla c e to dispos G of r e fus e a nd di son s od
a n i ma ls.

An o. doqunt e incinera tor must be provid e d o.nd n lthough th o c xpcns o

is s ma ll, it s hould b e consid e r e d a s a n ou rly it em nft or the wa r,

14 . Stree t Li ghting - Snn Luis Obispo
At the prosc nt time the r e er e no str e ~t li ghts on tho c n mpus which
ex po se s stud e nts to unne c e s sa ry ha za rd.

In nn institution wh o r e th e

mn jor i ty of t h o st ud e nts live on the campus a nd h o nc 0 hn v o occ a sion to go
to a nd from dormitori os a nd study rooms a t night, stroo t lights should be
pro v i de d.

In conne ction with th o ext e nsion of utiliti es

'hich mu s t b e

do ne in orde ~ to provid e the fr a mewerk on which tho future prog r e ss of tho
i n st itu tion ma y be mo. de , stroo t
15. Contro l Fee d Storago n nd

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li ghting should, tind must be , includ e d.
.r e hous e - So. n Luis Obispo

In ord e r to purcha s e f ee d a dvant a ge ously for the l n rg o a mount of

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li ve stock nt th o institution, it is noc ossary t h n t

th6 purcha s e s be mado

dur i ng tha t timG of th e y on r wh e n pric os a r o most r ea sona ble,

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to mix foed cffici0ntly , it is nccossary that n c<;ntra l building bo provided
where food grinding nnd mixing can be done and it should be nt tho snme

plnce whore the bulk of the feed storage is located.

At tho prosent time

feed is stored nt mnny out buildings throughout th6 farming nroa .

Tho food

must be hauled to a central place for grinding and mixing nnd then t~kon
out for feeding purposes in smnll quantitites as it is mixed because thero
is no pleco for storing mixGd feeds,

Adequate storngo for livestock feeds

produced on the school fnrm as well ns those bought from the outside
n0c ossitatos this addition.

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