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CALIFORNIA STATE POLYTECHNIC COLLEGE
ANNUAL REPORT
1951-52
to the
CALIFORNIA
STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION
AND THE
STATE DEPARTMEtJT OF' EDUCATION
San Luis Obispo, California
April, 19,52
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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EDUCATIONAL PHI.LOSOPHY • • • • • • • • • • • • • •
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PERSONNEL DIVISION • • • • • . . . • • • • • • . 15
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LIBERAL ARTS DIVISION
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MASTEH BUILDING PROGRAM
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FOR EVJOf< D
As President of the California State Polytechnic College,
it is my privilege again to submit to the State Board o.f
Education and the State Department of Education a report on
the progress of the college.
This year's report, covering the school year 1951-1952,
actually begins the second fifty years in the history o.f the
institution.
Appropriately enough the college begins its "second .fifty''
with the beginning of the physical development of the KelloggVoorhis branch campus in the rapidly growing area of southern
California.
The Legislature, State Board of Education, State Department
of Education, Committee for the Study of Higher Education,
Kellogg Foundation, private citizens, other educational instit,utions, as well as the young people of the state, have encouraged
Cal Poly's expansion and continued progress.
We are well aware of the responsibility we have been asked
to assume in building a new Cal Poly at the Kellogg-Voorhis
campus. I.f we are to be successful in carrying out the development of this new branch and at the same time continue to improve
our program of occupational training at the San Luis Obispo
carnpus, we will need the continued and active support of the
State Board of Education, State Department of Education, and
the Legislature.
Respectfully submitted,
Julian A. McPhee, President
ENROLLf\j!E NT
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Fall Quarter 1951
A total of 2213 full-time students registered ·at the San Luis Obispo
campus of the college for the fall quarter, 1951, while a total of 331 men
registered at the Voorhis campus during the same period---a total for both
campuses of 2544.
At present no wome11 students are enrolled as there are no adequate
dormitory or physical education facilities available for them.
San Luis Obispo Campus Enrollment
By
Division
By
Engineering Division
Agricultural Division
Liberal Arts Division
Graduates
886
1073
196
58
2213
Year
626
First year
Second year
Third year
Fourth year
Fifth year
Graduates
469
533
474
53
58
2213
Enrollment by Departments
Engineering & Industrial
Agricultural
Agricultural Engineering
Agricultural Inspection
Animal Husbandry
Field Crops Production
Truck Crops Production
Dairy Husbandry
Dairy Manufacturing
Fruit Production
Ornamental Horticulture
Poultry Husbandry
Soil Science
Citrus Fruit
116
17
487
59
26
99
25
27
115
186
72
84
160
218
_g
886
75
67
67
8
1073
Graduate
Liberal Arts
Biological Sciences
Mathematics
Physical Education
Physical Science
Social Science
Agricultural Journalism
Aeronautical Engineering
Architectural Engineering
Air Conditioning & Refrig.
Electrical Engineering
Electronics & Radi~
Mechanical Engineering
Printing
39
8
89
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Agricultural Education
Education
42
16
58
32
20
196
Total
2213
Place of Le~al Residence
21
1946
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1950
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ALL STU0ENTS REGISTERED AT THE SAN LUIS OBISPO CAMPO$ WERE INCLU0E0 r°N THIS SURVEY AS SOME
CAA"S
AVAILABLE AT THE TIME THE STUDY WAS MADE.
!N 1946 ACTUAL ENROLLMENT WAS 1571 1 IN 1947 IT -As
2229 1 lH 1948 IT WAS 2575_, IN 1949 IT WAS 2909, IN 1950 IT WAS 2767., ANO tN 1951 IT WAS 2213. HAO THE
BALANCE BEEN INClUDE0 IN THIS STUDY, SOME ADDITIONAL COUNTIES WOULD 8£ REPRESENTED.
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Summary of Enrollment Distribution Within The State
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Following the trend which began in 1903 and has continued ever since,
Cal Poly's enrollment is wide-spread throughout the state---in contrast to
that of the regional state colleges. i-1t the San Luis Obispo campus 53 of the
58 counties in the state were represented in the fall of 1951, At the Voorhjs
canpus fall quarter, 1951, enrollment distribution shows students from 26 of
California's counties.
Enrollment by Glasses and Curriculum Level
.ri.gricultural
Freshmen
Sophomores
Juni~rs
Seni~rs
Fifth Year
Graduate
Vocational
33
16
0
0
0
0
-49
Technical
62
216
54
172
68
0
0
Freshmen
Sophomores
Juniors
Seniors
Fifth Year
184
1073
Technical
De~ree
30
235
162
170
198
25
48
0
0
-103
18
78.3
Total Engineering
886
Liberal l~rts
Degree
Freshmen
Sophomores
Juniors
Sen:i.ors
Fifth Year
48
39
53
42
Total Liberal Arts
Graduates
Agricultural Education
Education
196
235
21
0
Total ~griculture
Engineering and
Industrial
Degree
42
16
58
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Enrollment of Veteran and Hon-Veteran Students
Veterans
Non-Veterans
Total
Freshmen
102
149
524
;Jophomores
Juniors
626
469
533
218
232
23
32
7$o
Seniors
Fifth Year
Graduates
320
315
21.i.2
474
30
53
26
1457
2213
58
Enrollment of Married Students
368
Public Law 346
Public Law 16
State Veterans
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~larried Veterans
➔~446
135
Students t.581
*Approximately
59% of vetera.ns
enroll.."'ilent
i:f arried !Jon-Veterans
Total Married
t Ap9roximatcly 26. 3:·;
of total enrollment
Comparative Enrollments by Years
(San Luis Obispo)
~-Yr. Intervals
1-Yr. Intervals
1-Yr. Intervals
1903-04---- 20
1900-0)-----151
1913-lh----1?4.
1918-19----110
1923-24----114
1)20-2~---- 39~-
1938-39---651
1939-40----780
1940-41----739
1941-42----711
1942-43----570
1943-)~4---- 80
1945-46---- 819
1946-47----1571
l)JJ- 34----239
1944-45----128
1947-48----2229
194 8-49----2575
19 49-50---- 2909
19 50-51----2767
1951-52---2213
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Kellogb-Voorhis Campus Enrollment
Fall Quarter 1951-52
Non-Vets
Degree
Tech.
Voe.
4
113
213
88
89
87
40
304
6
35
24
76
65
56
16
Veterans
Fresh.men
Sophomore
Junior
Senior
22
32
5
4
0
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Spec.
3
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
7
Enrollment by De,Eartmer.i.ts
Agricultural In3pection
Citrus Pruit Production
General Crops
urnamente..l Horticulture
Pre-Transfer to San Luis Obispo
in r.i ajors other than the 4 listed above.
94
47
.58
81
46
326,'t
enrollment for this period was 331 students, but at the time this
survey was made five students had not turned in their regiatration cards.
➔Mctual
?lace of Le 4al Residence (New Students Cnly➔~)
County
Fresno
Imperial
Kern
Los Angeles
liendocino
County
Riverside
San Bernardino
San Diego
San Francisco
Santa Barbara
Ventura
Other States
Foreign Countries
2
4
1
54
Naoa
1
1
Placer
l
Orange
9
9
5
3
l
1
5
6
6
109
it-Place of legal residence of the 222 old students is not shown in this survey
but they are distributed in the above counties and in an additional 12 other
California counties.
Enrollment of Married Students
Public Law 346
Public Law 16
State Veterans
44
10
5
59
Married lfon-Vets
15
74
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DEGREES AND CERTIFICATES
Number of Degrees and Certificates Granted
(June 16, 1951--both campuses)
Division & Department
Agriculture
Agriculture Engineering
Agricultural Inspection
Animal Husbandr/
Dairy Manufacturing
Dairy Husbandry
Ornamental Horticulture
Poultry Husbandry
Crop Production, General
Citrus Fruit Production
·neciduous Fruit Production
Soil Science
Engineering
Aeronautical :ngineering
Air Conditioning & Refrigeration
Mechanical ~ngineering
Electrical :ngineering
~lectronics & Jadio Engineering
Printing
Architectural Sngineering
:Maintenance :Sngineering
Liberal Arts
Biological Science
Health & Physical Education
Mathematics
Social Science
Physical Science
Bachelor of Voca- Tech- Master of Arts
Science
tional nical
In Education
15
27
43
0
6
3
0
0
2
7
21
1
8
1
0
17
30
10
18
18
6
1.3
0
0
2
6
1
1
6
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
4
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2
0
21
27
0
0
1
28
35
0
0
10
51
41
5
24
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7
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16
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15
1
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0
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0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
4
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
16
118
1
1
1
0
0
4
Grand Total Graduates, June 1951 -➔}Note:
➔E-589
The total number of graduates in June, 1951, was greater than the
total number of students enrolled during any school year in the
first 35 years.
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Combined Campuses
173 persons are on the teaching staff at the San Luis Obispo and
San Dimas (Kellogg-Voorhis) ca.mpusAs. The folloV\ring t:-:.bles indicate
the distribution of the teaching staff according to de 5rees, as of
April 1, 1952.
San Luis Obispo
Degrees:
Kellogg-Voorhis
Degrees:
Ph.D., Ed.D.
l.1.A., M.S.
PhoD., Ed.D.
l 7·H·
Ivi.As, M.S.
62
A~Bo, B~S.
No Degree
Total
50
A.B., B.S.
18
No Degree
Total
i1i7
*This includes one 6-year Chemical ~ngineering degree and two D.V.ii. degrees.
~Hnhis includes one D. V.M. degree.
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Th~ California State Polytechnic College is a part of the state college
system of California. It is administered by the State Board of Education and
the State Department of Education.
Within the college it is the policy to allow the heads of the respective
divisions to establish and carry out policies and procedures by which tho
respective divisions are operated insofar as those policies and procedures
affect only the one division. When policies and procedures are college-wide in
their effect, _they are established and coordinated through the President's
Council with the approval of the President.
Administrative Reorganization
The college has continued to implement the new organizational plan recommended for the state colleges by the State Department of Education and the
State Department of Finance. An Administrative Handbook designed to give
divisional and department head staff members a clear and direct understanding
of their duties and responsibilities is nearing colii)letion. A simplified chart
of the present administrative setup is shown below:
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An Err.ployee Handbook of basic policies and procedures was published and
distributed to staff members during the month of ~rch. The Handbook, published in loose-leaf form followitg a decimal classification of subject matter,
was designed to give employees: (a) information about the various operational
divisions of the college, · (b) an understanding of the policies which guide
these ope:i··ations, and (c) a familiarity with approved procedures by which thingr
get done.
The Handbook compilation was begun in 1950-51 by a committee of seven
academic and non-academic employees working closely with personnel throughout
the college who assisted in developing both policy and procedure statements
ralated to their respective areas of responsibility, Material in the Handbook
was carefully considered and approved by the President 1 s Council and the President prior to its publication, Material in the Handbook is always subject to
review and change, and a procedure for correcting and revising the Handbook was
developed aud nade known to all staff members.
Staff Bulletin
Improved two-way communications between the administration and the staff
has continued to be the major purpose of the weekly mimeographed STAFF BULLETIN.
Established in December, 1950, the BULLETIN has editorial staff refresentation
from each division of the college, both academic and non-academic.
College Council
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During the year the old "Faculty Council" was broadened by State Department
of Education reorganization regulations so that it now represents both instructional and non-instructional staffs of the college on a non-managerial and nonadministrative level~ Representatives were elected from each department of
the college, according to by-laws drawn up by a represent.ative committee and
later accepted by the Council itself; First meeting of the College Council was
held November 19, 1951. Regular meetings are held once each month. Purpose of
the College Council is to act as an advisory body to the President. Mltters
relative to the welfare of the college are studied and courses of action recom~
mended.
While certain functions and objectives of the California State Polytechnic
College are held in common with the other state colleges, there is a~le
official recognition that the functions of this college are not to be limited
except within the boundaries established in the founding act, Exall!)les of such
official recognition of broadness of scope are:
"The primary function of the California State Polytechnic College is to
educate young people in the arts and sciences, including agriculture, mechanics,
engineering, business methods, domestic economy, teaching and such other branche,
as will fit the student for the non-professional walks of life. 11 (Section 900,
tdm. Code (1951) Title 5, Education, Chapter 1, Subchapter 4.)
11 The CalJ.fornia State Polytechnic College may, in accordance with the
organic act establishing the college and upor. recommendation by the Diractor of
Education and approval by the State Board of Education, establish and maintain
course patterns requiring college work of such length as is appropriate for the
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educational curriculum leading to each objective. The college may, upon recommendation by the Director of Education and approval by the State Board of Education, establish and maintain pre-professional curriculum patterns which require
college attendance for the length of time, but not to exceed four years,
appropriate to the objectives of each pre-professional curriculum." (Section
906, Adm. Code (1951) Title S, Education, Chapter 1, Subchapter 4.)
llThe California State Polytechnic College is an exception to the statement
that the (state) colleges are primarily regional institutions. Although it by
no means neglects the educational needs of its area, the institution is a statewide insitution in its appeal and student patronage.n (Page 33, A Report of a
Surve of the Needs of California in Hi her Education, Strayer and Others, 1948,
Stat8 Printing Office, acramento.
General Objectives of the College
The primary function of instruction at California State Polytechnic College
is to impart to students those techniques and sciences necessary to perform
successfully the occupations in which they will be employed. To balance this
concentration on offerings designed primarily for occupational competence, the
curricula must therefore also emphasize general education subjects which help
the student to understand the world in which he lives, assist him to express
himself, help him to live harmoniously with other people, and to assume his
appropriate citizenship and cornnrunity leadership responsibilities. Currently,
the offerings at the San Luis Obispo campus are grouped under three divisions
of instruction, as follows: Agriculture Division, Engineering and Industrial
Division, and Liberal Arts Division. The agricultural and general education
offerings at the Kellogg-Voorhis campus are combined into one division for administrative purposes.
EDUC /,T I ONnl PH I LOSO PHY
Upside-Down Plan
California State Polytechnic .College has established a unique ed~cational
plan sometimes described as the "upside-down educational plan. 11 This plan is
characterized by the grouping of .as many job-preparatory courses in the first
two years as possible. While general education courses are included in the
first and second years, this area of preparation is extended throughout the
four years of the college program. The net result is that a student who completes the four-year course leading to a degree will have covered substantially
the same material as that covered in a similar major in a typical agricultural
and mechanics arts type college---but in a somewhat inverted order. This way
the student comes immediately into contact with the field of his major interest
and does not feel thwarted by numerous hurdles which seem to him unrelated to
his interest. He also acquires a realization of need for "theory" courses.
This systern enables a student to better earn a living, using the knowledge and
skills he has acquired at whatever point he may complete his formal education.
Project System
The function of preparing students for maximum employability is carried
out by a thorough integration of the "doingn practices with the underlying
theory. The classroom instruction, the formal laboratory experiences, and the
actual project operations on a commercial scale are each used in their proper
proportion. The project system consists of self-owned or managerial projects
operated by students in such a way as to give knowledge and provide experiences
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in thD cozr.r.1ercial production and marketing of agricultural products or in the
construction, rebuilding, repair, or m.qintenance of industrial machinery or
equipment. This combination of the practical "learn by doing" and "earn while
you learn" philtlsophies not only enables a student to earn money while doing
work directly related to his major academic interest, but also creates an added
incantive for the more rapid acquisition of further skills and knowledge, A
revolving fund from which students may borrow without co-signers makes it
possible to finance the many projects.
The California State Polytechnic College Foundation is a non-profit corporation
organized under the corporatd laws of the State of California, _;l l)ril 23, 1940.
Organized for the purpose of furthering the educational aims and the adminis.:..
trative objectives of the CollGge, th8 Foundation follows the policy of conducting business operations that will be a basis for instruction in best
practices,
Organization
Foundation activities are directed by a board of sev8n directors who serve
for a term of not more than four years. Virectors are selected according to
provisions in the By-Laws of the Articles of Incorporation.
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A Foundation Y.anager, under the direction of the Board of Directors,
initiates and is responsible for providing certain services and for establishing, conducting, and accounting for the operation of the Foundation properties.
He manages the properties so that facilities are provided for instructional
purposes as well as providing student services, such as: post office, infirmary, housing, feeding, trust fund, etc.
A simplified chart shows the administrative organization of the Foundation:
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College Foundation Relationships
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The relationships of the Collage and the Foundation are subject to the
provisions of the State-Foundation lease and have been define~ in an agreeroont.
This agreement pinpoints areas of responsibility in respect to use of facilities, maintenance of facilities, provision of Foundation herds and flocks,
provis'i on of other services to the college, fmancing of projects, keeping of
accounts and other acts or services that aid in instruction or service.
Foundation Activities
Activities of the Foundation fall into these broad areas: agriculture and
engineering, housing and cafeteria, and special services. Activities are
similar on the several cal!J)uses.
Agriculture and Engineering: Activities are divided between Foundation
operated projects and student projects. Foundation projects include the basic
breeding herds and flocks, some crop items as well as printing services and
electronic repAjr work. Student projects are in many areas 9f business activity in both agriculture and engineering. Students may borrow from the
Foundation to feed animals, repair airplanes, grow crops, or build basic producing herds. In fact, any productive activity related to a student's major
interest and properly planned and budgeted can feasibly be financed by the
Foundation. This loan fund is approximately $75,000 and is revolved at 5%
interest to the student plus a share of his net profits.
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Cafeteria and Housing; Operations are a large share of the Foundation's
work anµ the scope of the business can well be indicated by their budgets for
the year. The budget for cafeteria for the year 1951-52 indicates gross sales
of approximately $200,000. The Housing budget for 1951-52 calls for expenditures of $101,000.
Special Activities: These include the Health Center work, post office
operations, the Kellogg Horse Show, the feed mill, and several others. This
group carries an operating budget for the current year of approximately ~200J)CO
The entire operation calls for operating budget for 1951-52 of approximately t750,000 of which some ~150,000 is spent for student labor.
On all campuses the Foundation enters into the life of th~ student in many
ways. It operates his housing and aids in feeding him. His start in life or
aid to his basic training comes from his project work. Health needs, and many
other services care for his many needs.
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In curriculum planning, the College has gone to the "grass roots" to help
determine what competencies and degrees of competency need to be developed by
the student. Tnat the instructional programs have sufficient breadth, depth,
and balance is evidenced by the fact that graduates are successful in a variety
of positions and responsibilities. The college, hcwever, is aware that conditions are constantly changing and that the evaluation and revision of curricula
is a continuous process.
As the result of a continuing curriculum study which began two years ago,
under guidance of the Dean of Instruction and the President, much progress has
been made in eliminating duplication or overlapping of courses between divisions
and within single departments.
First step in the college-wide curriculum study was to work out a way of
showing the intent of, and so far as possible, what actually goes Qn in a given
course. A special representative committee, with the Dean of Instruction as
ch~irman, began the study. The committee developed a group of headings under
which a statement describing a given course would be prepared. This is referred
to a.s the "Expanded Course Outline, 11 and the headings under which courses are
described are as follows: 1) Catalog description, 2) Required background of
experience, 3) Expected outcomes, 4) Texts and references, 5) Minimum student
materials, 6) 1\-:inimum college facilities, 7) Expanded description of content
and methods, 8) Methods of evaluating outcomes.
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A further step in the continuing study to improve instruction is the
analysis of expected outcomes of courses and curricula in relation to areas of
employment. Each department head has studied and reported on areas of employment for which they believe each year of their curriculums prepare .
The study has included, in addition, an evaluation by a representative
faculty committee of "inter-division-interest'' courses for the purpose of
securing better coordination between courses, departments and divisions of the
college to the end that a given supporting science, for example, makes its
appropriate contribution.
On the basis of these studies, catalop descriptions were re-examined, and
in many cases re-written.
The study will continue with expanded course outlines prepared for every
course offered in the college. The final step in this continuing study will
always be the examination by a representative faculty committee of the expanded
course outline in the light of studies which will provide the cormnittee with
the following: 1) the year by year list of jobs, 2) the list of essential
achievements, and 3) the course ''directional-statements" in the case of interdivision-interest courses.
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The program of curriculum development at the college has been set up not
only as a continuing study on campus but as a continuing survey and interview
program with employer representatives to determine: 1) needs of employers,
2) effectiveness of a curriculum in terms of employability of the graduate, and
3) potential areas of improvement in the instructional program.
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During the year the prestige of the college was further extended when it
received full accreditation by the Western College Association. Already fully
accredited as a four-year degree-granting college by the Northwest .Association
of Secondary and Higher Schools, the college received this accolade in the
Western College Association committee's report which followed a painstaking
two-day campus investigation,
i•Calif ornia State Polytechnic college probably comes close to exemplifying
in practice what is popularly conc~ived as being the Jeffersonian theory of
democratic education, according to which the artisan, mechanic., and the agriculturalist would be informed and enlightened citizens of the Republic, Your
committee was impressed by the clearness with which the objectives of the
college were stated, the whole-hearted endorsement of those objectives---a
wholesome minority dissenting---and the effectiveness with which those objectives are reduced to practice, as manifested in the classroom, the seriousness
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The college has been granted regular reaccreditation by the State Board
of Education to give the training and to make the reconmendation for the following credentials:
Special Secondary Credential in Vocational Agriculture
Special Secondary Limited Credential in Agriculture
Special Secondary Credential i11 Physical Education
General Secondary Credential with majors in: .Agriculture, Health and
Physical Education, Life Science and General Science, Mathematics, Physical
Science ar.d General Science, and Social Studies.
LI BHAkY
During the past year., every effort has been made to carry on a program of'
improvement in efficiency and quality of library services.
Out of print items have been searched for regularly. Several have been
discovered and purchased through various second hand dealers, thus removing
- ~ome of the shortages in the library collection.
The general book coll€ction has been increased by approximately 5,000
volumes bringing the total collection to about 32,000 volumes. Practically all
of this material has been processed and put into service in the library,
Periodical subscriptions have remained much the same as last year, but an
effort is being made to extend all subscriptions froffi one to three year periods
and so gain savings in the budget.
~t the present time, there are eleven professional librarians and five
clerical assistants on the library staff.
STUDENT PEkSONNEL JIVISION
During the year the Dean of Students and personnel under his supervision
have been actively engaged in improving the student service and activity program
within the organizational setup established last year as part of the administrative reorganization.
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The Student Personnel Division is a service division providing for
students and all other divisions of the college activities, aid and assistance
under the following administrative functions: Guidance and Counseling;
Activities; A and evaluations; Plac~ment, including on-campus, off-campus and follow-up;
Health, including the Health Center work, environmental sanitation and athletic
teams medical work; Room Assignment; Residence Hall morale and .supervision
( other than maintenance and custodial work); Intercollegiate Athletics; Graduate
Manager's Office; Loans, Scholarships, and Alumni Activities.
Counseling Center
In addition to being responsible for the administration of the entranceplacement tests and for providing individual counseling service to the students,
the Counseling Center has expanded its activities in the following areas:
1.
Every new student has a conference with a counselor during his
freshman year for the purpose of helping the student (1) evaluate
the soundness of his choice of major curriculum, (2) determine his
needs in such areas as academics, study techniques, and personal
development, and (J) establish major goals to be achieved while in
college.
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selected group of faculty members have been organized as 11 freshman
advisorsn whose primary function is to help his group of students
make a positive adjustment to college life. Every new student is
assigned to one of these advisors.
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series of advisory meetings are regularly scheduled so that every
student can meet with his advisor. These meetings are devoted to
group guidance activities which have included discussions of personalsocial characteristics, efficient use of time, and academic loads.
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number of selected seniors were organized as 0 Senior Counselors."
Their primary objective was to help students overcome many of the
problems which are typical with freshmen.
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Ldmissions and Records
l simplified grade reporting procedure was put into operation during the
year. .i1.s a result, there is considerable saving in instructors' time and effort
in submitting grades; the time taken for the Recorder's Office to issue grades
to the students has been cut from an average of two weeks to two days.
~fter a study of all forms and reports issued by the Admissions and
Recorder's offices undertaken by a Faculty committee at the request of the Dean
of Students, it has been possible to make a reduction in the number of such
reports, thereby effecting a saving in clerical time in the Recorder's Office.
Student Activities
The development of the individual toward social competency as well as
vocational competency is one of the objectives of the college. The activity
phase of the Student Personnel program is designed to develop young men with
social poise who can take a place of leadership and responsibility in a
democratic society--and make it better because of their educational experience
at this college.
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'rhe addition of a full-time activities officer has ma.de it possible to
expand the student personnel program in this area. For the first time it has
been possible to include an organized leadership training program which can be
measured with positive results. ri continuing effort is being made to make all
phases of student activities of educational value to all students.
;.. survey undertaken during the year revealed that approximately 77% of the
students participate in one or more phases of extra-curricular activities . A
total of forty-eight clubs have offered a variety of opportunities from hobbies
and crafts to student chapt,ers of professional societies. Organized activities
in music, publication, athletics and other campus-wide events have reached a
very large proportion of students. An all-campus blood drive netted 879 pints
to sot a new national collegiate record, according to the American Red Cross.
_ Class programs have received added emphasis, with special days set aside
for class meetings. An inter-class council of class leaders was organized to
coordinate all class activities, including inter-class athletic events.
The intramural sports program was expanded. Twenty-eight basketball tearrs
played a total of 123 games and not a single game was forfeited. Twenty-three
softball teams enjoyed equal success. Other intramural activities included
touch football, boxing, wrestling, volley ball and bowling. Limited facilities
prevented further expansion of the intramural program into other sports areas•
Residence Halls
The Residence Hall as a laboratory of learning has received considerable
attention during the year. The planning of an expanded program of extracurricular learning through dormitory living has given a wealth of opportunities
for the application of the democratic process. The completion of five temporary
dormitories this spring and the anticipated completion of five permanent dormitories this summer will allow the housing of nearly 1$00 students on campus in
twenty-five living groups or areas. The projection of learning into the residence halls program will continue to be exploited to the fullest possible
extent.
Placement Service
An expanded and improved progra~ of placement services was made possible
during the year by providing the Placement Officer with two assistants, a
Placement Secrbtary and a stenographer-clerk.
In addition to .assisting students to find part-time employment in their
major field of interest and thereby utilize and make more meaningful their
educational experience, the Placement Office aids former students and graduates
in securing permanent employment at the occupational levels for which they are
prepared. This latter service is provided jointly by the Placement Office and
the respective department heads.
During the year the Placement Office has been unusually busy coordinating
visits to the campus of employer representatives and arranging interviews with
qualified seniors.
Employers visit the campus not only to discuss employment opportunities
with graduating seniors, but to explain to undergraduates what agriculture,
education, business, and industry expects of its employees. This provides the
s~nior with an opportunity to accept employment where he can put his education
to use most effectively. Under-graduates are brought up to date on developments
in various fields and many times are given opportunity to work during school
vacations in fields in which they hope to obtain permanent employment.
A series of Employment Clinics again were sponsored by the Placement
Office during the year for all students interested in the employment process.
Attendance is voluntary, with meetings held after school hours. Some 200 to
300 students attended each session. Representatives of agriculture, business,
and industry come to the campus to explain what is expected of a student when
he accepts o~ applies for employment. Group counseling also is offered at
these Clinics by staff members.
An extensive follow-up program on graduates is in progress. This will
provide an evaluation of instruction in terms of the product. It contributes
valuable information on the success of graduates, the true value of training
received, the cause and consequence of occupational drift, and the need for
revisions and additions to the several curricula.
The follow-up program will be expanded to provide students and staff with
current pertinent occupational information which applies to the occupational
offerings of the college.
Health Service
The student health program and environmental sanitation program are under
the direct supervision of the College Physician, a new position added to the
staff during the year. The addition of the full-time physician to the staff
has resulted in a more efficient and smooth-running h~alth service program and
has made possible considerable improvement in environmental sanitation as a
preventive phase of the health service.
The student health program is headquartered at the Health Center. The
full-time physician, two registered nurses, and three student orderlies make
up the staff. The service of four part-time physicians is available under a
contract arrangement maintained with a local clinic. The student pays $3.00
a quarter fee for medical services. The service provided includes a physical
examination and all minor and major surgery. In addition, the service includes
visits to the students' residence and first-aid treatment within a radius of
five miles of the campus. Diseases .of a chronic nature which the student
contracted before ent ering college are not covered. Staff members are not
eligible for service in the Health Center, except in emergency.
The Health Center is contained in one building near the center of the
campus. The present bed capacity is 12, with 8 beds in a large pleasant ward
and 4 beds in two rooms for isolation purposes. The waiting room has been
remodeled. The nurses' work room contains charts, records, refrigerator for
biologicals and other equipment connnon to a nurses' station. The drug room
and the laboratory are combined and contain the common drugs used for treatment,
the equipment for the connnon laboratory procedures, and has a microscope,
centrifuge, blood and urinalysis equipment.
Three treatment rooms are well equipped. One serves as an operating room
where minor operating procedures are done. X-ray equipment consists of a
portable machine, a stationary machine with tilt table, wall cassette holder,
facilities for fluoroscopic examinations and complete dark room equipment.
A diet kitchen has recently been added. It contains a stove, sink, refrigerator, dishes, and other equipment for special diets. The main source of
food for bed patients comes from the nearby college cafeteria.
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There is a private office for the physician and living quarters for one
resident nurse and three student orderlies.
1:ihysical examination procedures have been reorganized and extended. Each
hospitalized student is given a complete examination on admission, including
routine laboratory and follow-up examinations following recognized hospital
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.Approximately 12.,000 visits are made each year to the out-patient departApproximately 500 bed patient days are accommodated during the year.
An attempt is being made to cooperate more closely with the counseling
center and the corrective physical educati.on program.
Plans are now underway to increase the consulting staff 'by obtaining a
panel of recognized specialists to cover needed areas.
It is hoped that the unit will be constantl'j' improved and extended to
receive approval and recognition by the American Hospital Association.
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Objectiv0s of the Division
The .'1.gricultural Division gives basic training to students in agricultural
production fields of their choice. A broad training in fundament:1.l practices
of agricultural production is assured agricultural majors through related work
offered by agricultural depa~tments other than the major department. Both the
how and the why are · given students in th~ fdur-year degre~ curricula by providing a group of major courses; a block of closely related agricultural
courses from other agricultural departments and a block of related courses in
science and gen0ral education. In addition, all department wajors have a
liberal number of free electives, courses giving the student an opportunity to
complete a well-rounded program.
Students not wishing to sp,,jnd four years in a degree program may select
a two-year technical program in any agriculture major- Two-year students
follow ~he regul~r degree pattern in major work with a minimum of related
courses. This allows a greater choice of electives in other agricultural
fields. On completion of 100 quarter units, students may be granted technical
certificates in their fields of specialization.
The major dep~rtments included in th~ Agricultural Division are: Agricultural Engineering and Mechanics, Animal Husbandry,. Citrus Fruit Production,
Crops Production, Dairy Husbandry, Dairy ~~nufacturing, Fruit Production,
Horticultural Services and Inspection, Ornamental Horticulture, Poultry Husbandry, Soil Science, and Truck Crops. A service departroont of this division
is Veterinary Science.
Agricultural Engineering
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As an indication of average enrollment of students in classes offered by
the :'1gricultural Engineering department, a SULlillary of the winter quarter, 19.5152 shows a total of 858 students in classes under agricultural enginsering
instructors. vf this number, approximately 130 were agricultural engineering
majors. The balance of over 700 indicate a college-wide service to the various
other departments.
In addition, the elementary surveying courses taken by 108 students of the
Engineering Division are given by instructors for the Agricultural Engineering
departm0nt. This would indicate a total student enrollment in classes handled
by agricultural engineering instructors of over 960.
Th8 program of leasing equipment from various manufacturers continues.
This equipment includes tractors, planting and harvesting equipment, as well
as heavy equipment primarily used in earth moving. Replccemcnts with new
models have been made under this lease agreement in several instances.
Classes in tractor operation hRve aided development of the new dairy site,
moving some 60 thousand yards of dirt in preparation for the new dairy. During the coming year, it is planned that the department, through both classes
and student employment ,till prepare sites for the ornamental horticulture unit, .
the poultry unit, and move an additional 30 thousand yards of material before
the new dairy is completed. Roadways to the new locations also will be
developed~
. Classes in surveying, irrig~tion, and carpentry completed a concrete da~
across Stenner Creek to hold back the stream flow and increase th2 water ltwel
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of wells in the stream basin. This structure involved excavation, construction
of the forms, and pouring of 42 cubic yards of concrete. The actual water
holding capacity of this structure is approximately two acre feet, but the
purpose as indicated, is to retard the stream flow rathar than store water
above ground.
In addition, tractor and irrigation classes improved and increased the
capacity of the reservoir at the college's Cheda Ranch property from two acre
feet to a total capacity of approximately 40 acre feet. The old reservoir
basin was cleared, the dam was raised an additional 12 feet, and new spillways
were installed.
The preparation of tha seed bed and the planting of some 700 acres of
forage and crops land is largely acconplished through the training program of
tractor and farm machinery classes. This work, of course, is an annual problen
and hence gives each succeeding group of students a similar opportunity.
During the past year, the curriculum in the various departments has been
re-evaluated and, where desirable, changes made. In the Agricultural Engineering department this revision provides for specialization in the junior and
senior years. By proper selection of available cours~s in the junior and
senior year, students may specialize in one of two occupational areas: Power
and l11achinery and Mechanized Agriculture.
Since it is the policy of this college to offer real rather than synthetic
opportunities to apply the skills and principles learned in class work, the use
of students from th0 various classes to do the construction and repair work
available about the college areas is an ideal part of the educational process.
The fact that this type of practical training is available has materially
increased the demand for the students trained in this manner, with the result
that the list of jobs available has continued to exceei the number of men
trained for agricultural engineering positions.
Animal Husbandry
During 1951-52 the Animal Husbandry departmant expanded its beef productio~
sheep and swine production program over the previous year on newly acquired
acreage and added feeding facilities _.
The beef herd consists of 125 registered Hereford, /mgus, and Shorthorn
breeding cows and replacement young stocko Two hundred and fifty feeder steers
were finished for show and marketed during the year in student projects. The
swine herd consists of 75 Poland China, Berkshire, and Duroc Jersey brood sows
and replacement gilts. Over 800 head of swine were £ed by students for show
and market. The sheep flock consists of 150 Han:pshire, Suffolk, Southdown,
and Corriedale ewes. Six hundred head of feeder lambs were finished in student
projects for show and markets.
The mats labora\ory and killing plant was coIJ4)leted and added courses in
meats processing were initiated in the spring quarter. Added feed storage
space is under construction in connection with the feed milling plant. A
livestock judging pavilion is ready for use during the spring quarter.
A total of 467 students were enrolled in this department in the winter
quarter. One hundred and rseventy two different students carried on production
livestock projects, marketing !95,000 worth of live animals. The students•
share of the profits amounted to approximately ~11,500; the Foundation retained
$5500 as its participating share.
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Students e:xhibited livestock at the California. State FG.ir, LOS r\ngel0s
County Fair, Cow Palace, and Great Western Livestock Shows, con1_P!:~ting with
livestock breeders from the western states.
Livestock judging teams competed at the ..:>acific International at Portland,
Grand Nntional at San Francisco, and the Chicago International at Chicago
with teruns from agricultural colleges from all parts of the United Statas.
The department faculty has been of assistance in improving livestock in
the state by officiating at fairs, assisting in FFA and 4-H Field Days and
tours, conducting judging schools, and sponsoring other such educational
programs.
Graduates are being placed as farm managers, farm owners, livestock buyers,
feed lot operators and managers, agricultural teachers, breed associations,
extension service, market news service, feed companies, etc.
Crops Production
The Crops department is ·composed of three sub-departments: Field Crops,
D8ciduous Fruits, and Truck Crops. Total enrollment in the three sub-departments during the winter quarter was 121 students majoring in those fields.
In addition, the departm0nt serves over 600 other students taking such related agricultural work as forage crops, general truck crops, and general fruit
production,
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During the year responsibility for the control of we~ds on the farm and
campus was deleg~ted to the department. This arrangem0nt closely coordinates
the lecture and laboratory work in tha weed control course with the practical
phases of weed control •
A similar arrangemmt finds the department charged with the responsibility
for rodent and insect pest control on the farm and in the fead mills and barns.
Agricultural inspection majors completing their work on the San Luis Obispo
campus and students taking the course in crop pest control gain practical laboratory experience in such activities as fumigating grain for weevil and in
rat and gopher control.
The Crops depart~~nt maintains a store on the campus for the sale of the
products of orchard, vineyard, truck and field crops. This is entirely handled
by students and caters principally to student families, faculty, and other ·
GJnploye8s. A total of ~4,438.12 was returned to the state during the 1951
calendar year as a net profit on sale of surplus fruit and vegetable products .
.A new building, erected by agricultural engin~ering classes, will soon be
completed and available to house honey making, honey extraction, cider making}
olive pickling, and similar processing operations.
Members of the department faculty have been instrumental in promoting the
addition of vegetable growing projects and truck crops contests as part of the
Future Farmers of lunerica program. Department faculty have prepared instructions and study guides for instruction of students in truck crops in relation
to the newly established FFA truck crops judging contest, and have held demonstrational meetings for the benefit of vocational agricultural instructors.
The department is sponsoring three of the state-wide FFA contests being held
during tha annual State FF.i\ judging program to be held on the campus May 3.
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A dairy cattle project farm was put into operation in the spring of 1951.
This was made possible by the purchase of an adjoining 400-acre farm, with a
good, small grade A milking barn and large feed barn. This addition enables
dairy husbandry students to keep more cattle of their own to operate as dairy
projects while attending college~ Adult dairymen throughout the state who
have visited this new project unit have been very favorably impressed with this
lfdown to earth" method of instruction. This separate unit for student-owned
cattle enables more accurate records to be kept and reduc·as the hazard of
spreading cattle diseases to tha collage breeding herd.
Dairy students now own 46 milk cows and 25 head of young stock which they
operate in projects on the college farm. They own some other stock which they
keep bn home farms. During the past year, dairy cattle projects have returnet
over $16,000 gross income. Those students with milking cows have made a labor
income of approximately ~10 per cow per month which compares favorably with
commercial herds. There has also been some net earnings in raising the young
stocko
For the past few years, the dairy herd and creamery has been returning a
gross income of around ~100,000 annually which has more than paid operating
expens.es. The department has provided around $2000 per month in part-time work
on an "earning while learning" basis. The creamery is now marketing around
$7500 worth of milk, butter, cheese, and ice cream each month. Practically
all of this is sold on the campus in the sales room, student store, and cafeterias. The operation of the dairy and creamery on a commercial-scale provides
a very valuable laboratory for training future dairymen.
The college dairy cattle breeding herd has continued to win national recognition. The Holstein herd was awarded a second Constructive Breeders' Award,
the highest recognition by the Holstein-Friesian Association of 1unarica. Only
·one other Holstein breeding herd in California won this award in 1951. Bulls
and seioon for artificial insemination have been shipped throughout the United
States as far distant as Tennessee. Local dairymen obtain dairy sire semen
regularly at the college. It is also shipped throughout California to Future
Farmers, 4-H Club members and adult dairymen to improve many dairy herds. The
college herd of Guernseys, Holsteins, and Jerseys averaged 487 pounds of butter•
fat per cow which is more than double the national average. Two Holstein
heifers topped the last two California State Sales at $2050 and ~1135~
Dairy cattle judging teams have continued to win honors in Pacific Coast
and National competition. The Junior team won second place in the Collegiate
contest at the Pacific International at Portland, Oregon competing against
teams from eight leading agricultural colleges. The senior team now ranks
second in the nation after thr~e years of competition at the National Dairy
Congress at Waterloo, Iowa in competition with about thirty of the leading
colleges throughout the United States and Canada.
The student Dairy Club has been very active in supporting the department
program. It has purchased, fitted and sold three animals at public auction to
raise funds for the support of the dairy judging teams. It has sent members
to assist breeders with cattle sales, shows, judging contests, and exhibits.
Detailed plans have now been practically completed for the construction o:f
a new barn unit to house the dairy cattle breeding herd. This unit is being
re-located out of the crowded campus area where more corral and pasture space
is available. Barns worth moving will be located at the new unit and others
will be constructed. When this new unit is completed, it will be modern and
adequately equipped to train students in an up-to-date manner.
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During the year 1951-52 the Ornamental HorticulturG d8part~~nt maintained
a student average of better than 75 students. A noticeable change this year
in student population was the increase in men from high schools with fewer
from junior collages, thus increasing the size of freshman classes.
The departm0nt was host to more visitors this year than ever before, some
7500 visitors being counted. One of the attractions bei.ng the large display
of tropical foliage plants grown in the tropical glass house.
Plans have been developed for the removal of the entire horticulture unit
to a new location on coll~ge property southeast of the canpus proper,
Landscape plans for the new dormitories were drawn by students of the
departm,~nt of Arc hi tee ture.
The total gross sales from 30 student projects was t2806. Approximately
2500 student-grown shrubs and trees were planted from gallon and five-gallon
cans to beautify the campus. A double row of 50 shade trees was planted along
Coilege Avenue as part of the student planting program.
The students installed a sprinkler system on the four-acre plot in front
of the Administration Building and assisted the gardening crew in planting the
lawn in that area.
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The dopartrrent furnished floral decorations for more than 200 canpus
oanquets, meetings, and conventions, and participated in two flower shows .
Many of the flowers for the college entry in the Rose Parade float were
grown and picked by Ornamental Horticulture students.
Poultry Husbandry
Last year the Poultry department completed 52 student projects. Each of
th8Se projects were student managed and represented nearly all phases of
poultry production including meat birds, turkeys, egg production, breeding as
well as incubation and marketing poultry, The students participate in the
financial returns from the projects which aid them in meeting the costs of
attending college.
The poultry plant is widely diversified with comrr~rcially adapted equipment
to give students from all parts of California an opportunity to become familiar
with the use, maintenance and repair of each of these varied units. This tends
to prepare them for a wider field of endeavor after completion of their
college training.
All of the poultry students who graduated last year, except two, are
presently err4Jloyed in the poultry business or closely allied fields. One of
tha graduates is in military service and the other is doing special civilian
work at a military base.
Plans are well under way for the moving of the poultry plant to a new
location. This move fits in with the general campus plan of growth and relocation of services. The new poultry plant will embrace more adequate space
for classes and laboratories. It includes a new hatchery building and feed
building as well as some new poultry flock units.
Soil Science
P~ogress during the year 1951 moved ahead in the following areas: Training of agricultural students in soil management, development of instructional
facilities, graduation of Soil majors, and the placement of men in Soils and
relnted fields.
Enrollment of students in all soils courses during the year including
summer sessions, totaled 983, showing a continuing increase over previous yearf
This figure indicates increasing interest in the offerings of the Soil Science
department on the part of agricultural students and to some extend those students majoring in Liberal Arts and Engineering.
Total enrollment of 66 majors in Soil Science at the close of 1950-51
showed a net gain of 21 over the previous year. At the June gradua tion 13
ma jors received bachelor of science degrees in a.gricult ure.
Curriculum evaluations were initiated durin · the year for the purpose of
strengthening the offerings in Soil Science. This need for adding certain
courses and perhaps elimination of some was indicated by experience of graduates in various fields and also from the suggestions of workers in the field.
Little difficulty was encountered by graduates in Soil ·science in finding
desirable employnEnt. Openings were available and all graduates were placed
in-such fields as: conservation, reclamation, extension, fertilizer distribution, graduate work, and farm operations. its a result of the fine showing
of our graduates, demands for additional men far exceed present prospects of
supply.
The staff in Soil consisted of two Junior and one Senior instructors during
the year 1951. With the majority of students enrolling in four unit laboratory-lec·ture courses, the staff was provided with a maximum load of instructional dutiese This, however, did not preclude participation in numerous
activities of a gener~l college nature such as catalog revision, college farm
operation, employment clinics, counseling, building planning, etc e
Veterinary Science
The Veterinary Science departme nt acts as a service department in the
agricultural divisiono The course of instruction ranges from fundamental
biology to practical field programs in disease and parasite control. Livestock sanitation and prevention measures of disease control are stressed in
class assignments. Both members of the Veterinary Science departrrent devote
considerable time to the maintenance of the health of the college herds and
flocks. It is especially important that the college livestock be kept free
of animal diseases transmissible to humans, and would prove a hazard to
students working with themo The herds are kept free from tuberculosis,
brucellosi$, encephalornyelitis, and similar diseases which a.re dangerous to
human heal th. Special pro gr ams are being followed for the control of mastitis,
contagious ecthyma, swine cholera, and both internal and' external parasites.
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Supervisory inspection of the meats laboratory will be maintained. The
production laboratories are utilized to demonstrate the value of livestock
disease control programs~
A new veterinary science hospital is being provided for in conjunction
with the new dairy and poultry development.
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ENGINEERING DIVl~ION
Objoctives of the Division
The Engineering Division emphasizes the applicatory aspects of 1..;ngineering. The Division prepares men for employment in the planning, production,
opGrations, distribution, and services phases of engineering.
The Engineering program is characterized by four distinguishing features;
First., the student specializos in one phase of engineering for four years.
Second, the student b~gins his major work in engineering in his first year.
In the first year or two, emphasis is placed upon knowledge and skills which
would assist him in r"Jh.t,Rining employment if he leaves college before completing
the four years, Third, there is a direct coordination between theory and
application in the learning process. Fourth, funde.mentals and basic principles are taught through real situ~tions, as far as possible, Problem solution
technique is emphasized. Progress is from the specific and practical case to
the general principle, with emphasis placed upon laboratory work.
The major departments in the Engineering Division are: Aeronautical
Engineering, li,ir Conditioning and Refrigeration Engineering, Architectural
Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Electronic and Radio Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, and Printing. There are two service departments, Welding
and Machine Shop, which give courses to nll Engineering Departments as well
as to students from the other divisions.
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Aeronautical Engineering
The draftine room and freshman engine laboratory have been equipped with
fluorescent lighting which has greatly increased the efficiency of these
laboratories. A steel building was obtained for use as a yaint room to be
located at the airstrip, The old paint room which was located near the airplane engine shop has been converted to a storeroom and additional space for
the aeronautical laboratory.
Plans for consolidating the various physical units of the aeronautical
departrrsnt as well as enlarging and repairing the airstrip are in the process
of developmant.
The curriculums for both the Aircraft Maintenance and Operation Engineering, and the Aeronautical Engineering courses have been revised and
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.i1S a senior th1:;Jsis project, several of the students are constructing
laboratory equipment for demonstration and experimental purposes. Most of the
material used for this equip:rent was obtained through war surplus sources.
All of the 1951 graduates obtained jobs in the aircraft industry before
tho end of the spring quarter. 'These graduates were offered jobs by a number
of the aircraft companies which indicntes we could have placed a much larger
nurr~er of graduates had they been available. This same condition exists with
our present seniors,
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Air Conditioning and Refrigeration Engineering
The improvements have been of two types in the Air Conditioning and
Refrigeration Department:
Construction and erection of laboratory test equipment,
Improvement of facilities for the engineering practice courses.
A forced draft cooling tower specifically designed for laboratory
instruction and test purposes has been designed, constructed and installed,
A twenty-five horsepower, high pressure, semi-automatic, oil burning, steam
boiler has been installed. A test system for tests' on air flow and air distribution has been constructed.
The instructional material and equipment for our engineering practice
courses has been greatly improved. Books of plans and specificntions for our
second, third, and fourth year engineering practice courses have been assembled
Drafting machines, inproved drafting boards and a computing machine have been
added.
Greater recognition by the American Society of Refrigerating Engineers
and the Americ~n Society of He~ting and Ventilating Engineers has been
attained. The department head is a national committee member on education
for the American Society of Refrigerating Engineers.
Architectural Engineering
The Department now stands second in the nation in enrollment for schools
of architectural engineering and nineteenth for schools of architecture. The
California State Board of Architectural Examiners has seen fit to rec~gnize
the completion of the course as three years toward the seven years of experience necessary for eligibility to take the architectural licensing examination.
There has been an emphasis on community relations. The students have
designed a Red Cross building and a Pioneer Museum for the city of Paa,Robles,
These structures will be followed through to completion with the Department
Head serving as architect. These projects benefit the students in experiencing field conditionsa
Other projects designed to educate student and community are a shopping
center, cultural center, and a school for ban Luis Obispo, Surveys, studies
and models were presented in an exhibition to the townspeople,
Studies are being made for a Student Union for the San Luis Obispo
campus, and a horse diagnostic unit for the Voorhis canpus. The Department
is anticipating doing all design, calculations, drawings, and supervision.
The forty-two graduates will all be placed despite a depressed building
situation. The demand of civil service, shipbuilding, aircraft, and material
houses cannot be met.
Electrical Engineering
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Revisions in the Electrical Engineering curriculum recommended as the
result of the "unified curriculum study" have resulted in the strengthening of
the skills content of the degree program, and a general strengthening of the
junior and senior year courses. Considerable change of emphasis on electric
machine theory, design, and application was made in favor of more work on small
machine characteristics and applications. Demands of industry encouraged the
inclusion of a course in servomechanisms in the senior year.
Progress was made in providing shop facilities for the freshman and
sophomore skills courses. Additional laboratory equipment was procured. Some
revision of the laboratory was made. Consideration of safety and other aspects
of laboratory work resulted in change of colors for laboratories, shops, and
machines from drab grays and tans to brighter greans, etc.
Arrangements were made with the General Elec~ric Company's Educational
Division and with the Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing Conpany's Educational Service to include us on the list of colleges for which technical
speakers are supplied. Both of these companies have made much student material of a technical nature available to the departrrent.
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The General Electric Company made offers of employment to approximately
half the graduating class. These offers are for their engin0ering test program. The Westinghouse Company made offers to about one third of the graduating class to join their training program. (Yiestinghouse has also made
offers to two men for direct employment at their Sunnyvale, California plant.)
Electric Power Companies such as Pacific Gas and Electric Company, Southern
California Edison Company, smaller electrical manufacturers and Government
services employ about 40% of the graduates.
Electronic and Radio Engineering
Enrollment in the Electronic and Radio Engineering departmant has remained steady throughout the yearo There is good indication that departmam.t
enrollment will increase in the fall of 1952.
There will be about 32 graduates this year. All who are seeking employment will be placed before graduation, June, 1952. Graduates are now e~loyed
by some forty California concerns. About ten per cent are working outside the
state, and about five per cent are angaged in graduate study.
&everal rathGr large projects were undertaken, su~h as the Kellogg Ranch
Sound System,Voorhis campus sound system, Audio-Visual installation in the
Dexter W~morial Library, all in addition to the regular service work on all
types of electronic equipment,
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Revisions recommended by the 11 unified curriculum study" have strengthened
the offerings of the departrnent,ti.eing the expected outcomes of the instructional program more closely than ever to the needs of a vastly expanding
electronic and radio industry, and combining the technical and degree programs
into a single curriculum.
In the revised program students start with courses in radio technology,
acquiring an understanding of how things work and some ability to make electronic devices operate as they should. Because skills and information which
can be put to use in technical employment are acquired at an early stage in
the curriculum, many students find that one or two years is sufficient background for gainful errployment in radio and electronics. Those who desire to
qualify as engineers complete the full four-year courseo
Mechanical EnP,inocring
Moving of the Mechanical Engineering faculty into a n<:.1w central office
with adjoining drafting room has permitted considerable improvement in senior
courses. Industrial catalogs and technical references of many kinds not usually available in the college library are now equally convenient to both
faculty and students. Centraliz,:ition of offices has allowed better coordination of various class activities and greater exchange of ideas among
instructors.
The new senior .drafting room has eighteen student stations each with a
drafting machine. Two of thu drafting m1.1chint0s are for left-handed persons.
Improved tool and instrµment storage facilities in the Power Plant make
for considerable improvement in laboratory operations and general orderliness .
The completion of a roversed bending fatiguJ testing machine for metal
specimens provides an opportunity for increasing the scope of tests in the
Materials Testing Laboratory.
Senior thesis projects are espe.cially notable in the field of fluid mechanics. Two ingenuous, .simpi'o water pumps were built and tested by students.
Both pumps proved to be very successful and especially instructive to the
individual students concerned, A successful 11 smoke tunnel" for air flow
pattern demonstration was also completed.
The curriculum has been considerably remodeled for next year. The most
notable changes are: (1) the combining of the technical and degree programs
into a single curriculum, (2) strengthening of the heat power coverage by
adding an advanced course in the senior year and (3) re-arranging the senior
year so that all seniors take certain essential topics in a new required
course, thereby eliminating som3 duplication.
Printing Department
The Printing department attained its largest enrollment in 1951-52, and
pre-registration for ~he 1952-53 school year indicates the enrollment will be
held at 55 students.
A revised curriculum was developed during the year to keep the occupational offerings abreast of the continuously advancing methods used in the
newspaper and printing industry. The revised curriculum will meet increasing
demands from industry for students qualified in tho field of printing engineering maintenance.
The four-year curriculum leading to a bachelor of science degree with a
major in printing has been well received by employers of the publishing anei.
printing industry. So far all graduates of the printing department have been
employed by newspapers, printing plants and several of the larger manufacturers
of printing equipment. Those students, who, due to personal or financial
-reasons, have been forced to drop out of the course at the end of the second
or third year, have also been placed on jobs of lesser responsibility with the
printing industryc
The Printing Department was co-host with the .Agricultural Journalism
Department to the 11 iviid-Coast Yearbook Workshop 11 on two occasions the past year.
This comprised instructions to the newspaper and year-books staffs of more than
thirteen hig,h schools and junior colleges. This program was received with such
enthusiasm that the department has been requested to continue this service on
an annual basis,
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Due to th0 limitations of space the department has b(:wn .forcod to select
its onrollrront from a large list of applicants nnd many students will rer.iain
on tho 11 waiting list 11 until such time as vacancies develop, or until the .
department can be expanded to meet the demand being r.Ade upon its facilities.
Machine Shop
There were two outstanding developments in the Machine Shop department
during the school year 1951-52. The first was the revision and rewriting of
the course outlines to b~tter fit tho 0stablished coursas to 'the revised engin0ering -curricula.
Tho second was the moving of equipment in the shop in order to provide a
c0ntraliz0d location for equipment used prirnarily for the senior course in
Manufacturing Proce~ses.
As in previous years, a good deal of work was done for other departw2nts
on the campus, both repair and construction, without cost or int0rference with
instruction in b~ginning courses~ Further advancement wus made in the objective grading of labor2.tory work by the use of e_s pecially designed precision
measuring instruments. An impressive array of production tools were designed
and built in the Manuf~cturing Processes class, these including punch press
tools, jigs and fixtures, plastics molds, and ·die casting dies, A new lightduty vertical milling ma.chine was added to the shop equipment.
Welding ,Department
During 19Sl-52, the Welding Department provided instruction to approximately 400 students per, quarter from the five main engineering departments
of the college~
In addition, .furth~r developments and improvements were undertaken,
They
were:
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Installation of an outside covered shop area equipped with the necessary arc and gas welding stations. This work area provides a place
to carry on individual project work without interfering with class
.i\otivies,
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Install~tion of chemi.cal apparatus for determining the total carbon
in steel. This equipment provides data on the weldability of
questionable steels.
3. Through efforts of the American Welding Society, floor space at the
Western Metal Congress was made available to the Department. A display booth was set up showing the wide range of educational and instructional activities.
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A plan was worked out in cooperation with the American Welding
Society for a Member-Student sponsor program. This program mak~s
possible an arrangement where students in advanced work in welding
engineering accompany a member of the AWS (salesman, estimator,
designer, engineer, production specialist, etc.) on his job for a day
or two to see the nature of the problems and how the jobs are handled
in that particular branch of the welding industry.
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A darkroom laboratory was inst~lled for processing films used in
welding inspection work. This darkroom enables the student to do
weld inspoction work the same as is presently being carried on in
industri
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Objectives of the Division
The Liberal Arts Division has three principle functions. First, it is
a service division providing for students in agriculture and engineering
those courses closely related to and directly supporting tho area of the
major. Second., it provides those courses supplemental to the major, and
also those required as general education. The third function is to prepare
tfJachers who aro seeking teaching credentials.
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The Liberal Arts Division cooperates with the Agriculture Division in
preparing teachers for the Special Secondary Credential in Vocational
Agriculture, the Special Secondary Limited Credential in Agriculture.
~rhe Liberal Arts Division recommends candidates for the Special Secondary
Credtmtial in Health and Physical Education, and the General Secondary
Credential with tE1aching majors and minors in tho following fields: Biological
Sci8nce, Health and Physical Education, Mathematics, Physical Science, and
Social Sciencee The College grants the degree of Bachelor of Science and
degree of Master of Arts in Education with concentrations in Agriculture,
Biological Science, Health and Physical Education, Mathematics, Physical Science, and Social Science.
The departments included in the Liberal Arts Division are: Agric1.1ltural
Journalism, Biological Science, Education and Psychology, English, Health
and Physical Education, Mathematics, Music, Physical Science, and Social
Science.
Teacher Education
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The California State Polytechnic College was approved to give agricultural credentials in 1946 and general secondary credentials in 1948. During
the year 1951,52 general secondary credentials, 6 special secondary credentials in physical odu~ation and 7 special credentials in driver education
and driver training were granted.
In the field of agricultural education, the college continues in its
direct cooperation with the State Bureau of Agricultural Education by
training and qualifying teachers of agriculture who arc carefully selected
and who are trained both in general education and in the needs of the
specific field.
At the present time approximately 350 teachers of vocational agriculture
are employed in secondary schools of California and 32% of this n~~bar have
been trained e.nd qualified through California State Polytechnic College
since July 1, 1946.
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Between July 1, 1946 and March 31, 1952, a total of 14h teachers in
agriculture have been qualified--121 as teachers of vocational agricult1.1re
and 23 for the limited credential in agriculture. Of tho 121 trainees
qualified for tho special secondary cr6d.ential in vocational agriculture,
110 are currently teaching agriculture in the state; 1 is teaching agriculture in another state; 2 are continuing their training in education and
anothor who completed his training in March 1952 is not yet employed in teaching; 5 have left teac~ing for other work. Of the 23 men qualified for the
special secondary limited credential in agriculture, 19 are currently teaching, 1 is continuing his training in education and 3 have left the field.
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The Masters Degree
Since the state colleges were empowered to grant the masters d0gr0e
to those who hold teaching credentials and who are otherwise qualified,
California State Pozytochnic College has granted 12 degrees, the first of
which was in Jlrrio 1951. At the present time there are 57 candidates who
have declared their intontion of completing the degree requirements. Many
of those are employed teachGrs, predominently in agriculture, who are
taking advantage of the colJ.ego's regular summer quarter. While the graduate
program will probably never be very large, it is very essential to those
teachers who 2.ro particularly interestod in improving their teaching in
fields whero traditionally graduate work tends to emphasize research.
Agricultural Journalism
Job opportunities for which this new department is not yet able to
supply candidates marked another year. Numerous openings rang8d from frequent advertising, editorial and combination assignments on community newspapers to editorships and assistant editorships of trade magazines and
house organs, copy writers for advertising agencies merchandising agricultural
products or s0rvices, public relations men for agricultural firms and associations, farm and communi~y program personnel for radio chains and stations.
California's need for journalists with agricultural interests and backgrounds was indicated by placement of several agricultural majors with some
non-major journalistic training. Jobs filled included editor of a livestock specialty magazine, advertising manager of a horseman's magazine,
editor of a community weekly newspaper, associate editor of a regional
consumer agricultural magazine, advertising man in charge of developing a
farm supplement for a mid-coast daily.
One of the department's principal problems thus far is frequent attempts
to hire away its better majors before completion of their degree programs. Enrollment of majors roached 23 during 1951-52 (30% increase over the
previous year). Total enroll~ont in journalism courses continued to mount
with 205 (an incroase of 24% over the previous year) as the single quarter
high point thus far -- reflecting need for training in advertising, public
relations and similar fields as found ty majors in other departments.
Four scholarships were established: _the Overland Scholarship in
Agricultural Journalism, two w. B. Camp Revolving Scholarships in Agricultural Journalism and the Sears Foundation opened its agricultural scholarships to Ag Journalism majors.
Further emphasizing Cal Poly's learn-by-doing philosophy, a field team
program was set up whereby groups of two to three majors were sent to fairs
and 0xpositions requesting such help as assistance to over-taxed public
relations staffs during height of tho r~spectivo ev0nts. Five such fairs
and expositions wore serviced this y~ar; invitations already received
increase the number to eleven for the coming season. Majors on such field
assignments make valuabl€ contacts, obtain experience in actual work
under pressure conditions, increase their acquaintance with products and
people from all parts of the state.
At its 1952 convention, the California Newspaper Publishers Assoclation
passed a resolution endorsing the work done by the department and progress
made in developing its program.
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Biological Sciences
Forty-five students enrolled as biological sciences majors during the
academic year 1951-1952. Eight of those men expect to graduate this June.
Three other students have accepted positions since last fall. One is an
entomologist with the Los Angeles City Health Department; another is a
biology teacher in the Atascadero High School; and the third is a scientific
book representative.
A new faculty member was added to the biology staff at the beginning
of the fall quarter.
A new chapter of the national biological fraternity Beta Beta Beta
was organized during the year. Many of the members and some of the officers
are students from the agricultural division of the college. This organization is an outgrowth of the former biology group, the Natural History Club.
The biology staff, as part of a campus-wide curriculum study, revised
the · biology curriculum. Some courses were eliminated, some new ones added
and all courses were carefully examined and altered where necessary to bring
thom closer in line with the educational objectives of the college.
Health and Physical Education
Program expansions have included opportunities for students to select
various recreational activities in several course sequences. Instruction in
boxing, wrestling, golf, and badminton havo been well received by the students.
A program of physical achievement testing was started in September and satisfactory progress is being made in this activity.
Additional facilities completed this year include construction of three
horseshoe courts and additional facilities for boxing classes. Extensive
painting and repair w:Jrk has been accomplished in the natatoriurn and in the
gymnasium offices.
1952 will mark the fifth year the California Association for Health and
Physical Education has selected the campus for its annual physical education
workshop for mon. The third annual physical education workshop for women
also will be held here in the summer of 1952.
Last year all physical educ~tion majors who were graduated found positions, most of which were in the t eaching field of either elementary or
secondary level. Reports from school principals have been complimentary
concerning the quality of the work which graduates of this department are
doing.
Mathematics
The mathematics department has improved its mathematics laboratory
program. The improvements were made possible by the new offices. A
student can now receive instructional help from an instructor at the reception desk any hour from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. The new conference room provides
space for students to do remedial work or to try to continue the work
after gotting aid. Mathematics majors are som0times used to assist the
instructor during some of these hours. It is folt this experience is very
valuable to the te.s.cher candidates. It provides them with an "uarning while
learning" oxperionce.
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Of the 16 grnduatos o.f the past year, threo arc omployed at tho U.S.
Naval Air Missile Center, Point Mugu; one is working in an aircraft factory, onu is in tho U.S. Nnvcl Electronic Lab, one is with International
Business Machines, four aro teaching school, onu is with the ~nginc0ring
Instruments Company, ono is in the Naval Air Corps, and one is a computer for
a company in Los li.ngc:les. This group was tho largost list of graduates tho
mathematics department hns hnd.
Physical Science
During tho current school year the Physical Science departmont has continued primarily as a sorvicc department. It has offered courses that
provide scicmtific b~ckgrounds for students in the agricultural and engineering divisions and courses that contribute to the general education of students
in all divisions. In addition it has continued training students majoring
in physical science. Roc0nt graduates ar0 employed at the National Bureau
of Standards and at th0 Electronic R~soarch Laboratori0s of Douglas Aircraft
Company. Tho deportment has also continued t,he tuacher training program.
Ono instructor is at present on a one yoar leave of absence to complete
tho requirements for tho PhD in chemistry. A major part of this work is in
biochemistry. Ho is returning in Soptombor to resume tenching biochemistry.
All departmental course offerings have been carefully ro--~valua tod as
a part of the college wide curriculum study. As a result tho course offerings
will bu even more closely in line with the educational objectives of the
colloge,
During tho spring quarter, the enrollment in throo courses excoeded by
far that of any other spring quarter in tho past five years and in two of them
it is the largost on record. Indications are that fall quarter enrollments
also will bo largo. '
Social Science
During the 1951-1952 year, the Social Scienco departmunt continued to
servo the three divisions of the college in tGrms of genoral education
courses. Tho dep~rtmont also mot the demands of its own majors, numboring
somo thirty-four students. In the process of revising the curriculum, three
now graduate courses wore prepared, and one of these, a seminar on contemporary international problems, is being offered during the spring quarter.
The two remaining courses will be offered in tho summer quarter.
This past yoar saw the department is~uing a now publication, called
"Political nnd Economic Footnotos, 11 which is published monthly with tho
cooperation of tho Foundation. It has as its chief purpose the compiling
of information e.nd interpretations which aro noeded by those membe~s of the
staff engaged in agricultural production projects.
Tho toacher-training program of the department is now in its fourth yo:ir.
English Department
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The dcp2.rtmont is a S8rvicc department serving the 0ntire school.
During oach quarter of tho 1951-1952 academic year more than fifty p0r cent
of the: student body was ~nroll:::d in one or more English cb.sses.
Two new instructors were ndd0d during the fall quarter .
Tho dcp:1rt.rnent has ·;1orkcd tovre.rd the intogr.:!.tion of its course offorings
to incroasc its usefulness to students, both during their college studies and
aftor graduo.tion., In tho basic coursos the student moots tho practical uses
of langungc so tlint ho may bocome an info:rrnod citizen, abla to present his
own ideas to othtJrs in either written or spoken form and compotE:nt to select
intelligently among tho ideas prosontod to him i.n any field arrl by any mGdium.
Muaic Departncnt
No graduation majors aro offered by this dopartm0nt, but during the first
two qu.':'..rtors of the 19.51-1952 school yoar nearly 225 students had ol0ctod to
tRke c ours(;;;S in music approciat:i on, harmony_., glee club, orchestra, bJ.nd.,
etc. The department provid0s a bnnd, dance orchestra, glee club and nu.merous
speciality groups. During the last w0ck in March they completod a wook-long
good-will tour of 20 s~n Francisco Bay area high schools, Travis Air Base,
Oaknoll and Lottcrman hospitals.
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KELLOGG-VOORHIS CAMPUSES
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The same educational philosophy, pattern of courses, and requirements of
the Agricultural Division of California State Polytechnic College at San Luis
Obispo are follo1'1 ed at the Kellogg-Voorhis campuses.
Instruction is offered in Horticultural Services and Inspection, Citrus
Fruit Production, Ornamental Horticulture, General Crops, and related agricultural subjects.
In addition, instruction is offered in the fields of Biological Science,
English and Journalism, Health and .Physical Education, Mathematics, Music,
Physical Science, Psychology, Social Science, and Soils, which provide courses
to meet State Department of Education requirements for graduation as well as
offering opportunities for broadening the student 1 s educational program.
Students seeking the .Bachelor of Science degree normally complete the
first two or three years at the Voorhis Unit and transfer to the San Luis
Obispo campus to complete their degree requirements.
Instructional Program Improvements
This year has been devoted to the perfecting of procedures of the campus,
Considerable amount of time has been devoted to a study of the curriculum
coordinating it with the study being made at the San Luis Obispo campus, The
courses have been evaluated and the program studied in terms of the objectives
of the college. As a result of this study new course outlines are being prepared f9r every course offered giving the objective of the course and the
expanded outline of the material covered.
The Agricultural Inspection Department name has been changed to Horticultural Services and Inspection, as it was felt this title was more descriptive
of the placement opportunities afforded students graduating in this major. lll
courses in fruit production, both deciduous and subtropical, have been combined
in a Fruit Production Department.
For 1952-53 the first year courses in Animal Husbandry have been added to
the curriculum. Existing facilities on the Kellogg Campus can be utilized with
some facilities remodeled to handle student projects in livestock.
During this year greater emphasis has been given to the coordination of
operations between the Kellogg Campus and the Voorhis Campus. The chairmen of
the Instructional Production Departments have been given the responsibility for
all operations on the Kellogg Campus, related to their departments. The Kellogg
Campus is thus utilized by students for widening their instructional experiences,
Administrative Heorganization
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A conference committee leadership program was developed for the adrninistra~ion of the Kellogg-Voorhis Campus. This program offers every member of the
staff an opportunity to participate in and make recommendations on the operations of this branch of the college. Through this committee program greater
coordination and integration has been developed in all departments throughout
the campus,
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Project Operations
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Greater emphasis has been given to the implementation of student projects.
Students in Ornamental Horticulture and Crops have enlarged their project programs. Livestock projects also have been carried on the Kellogg Campus, offering educational opportunities to students taking introductory courses in Animal
Husbandry. Many pastures have been improved through the utilization of grass
by livestockJ
~ecial Services
This campus of the college has been able to offer its services to many
organizations of Southern California. Conferences of vocational education
leaders were held on the campus during the year. The California Agricultural
Teachers Association, the Future Farmers of America, and the Young Farmers
Association have held conferences and in-service training programs on the
campus in cooperation with the staff members. The Arabian Horse Association
of Southern California has utilized the facilities for many of their activities and the Soil Conservation Service and the California Farm Bureau have held
meetings for their members on the campus. The college has sponsored an Agricultural Educat ion Field Day for the high school agricultural students in
Southern California •
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San Luis Obispo Campus
•
In 1950 the ~,;f aster Building Plan for the Californi .:1 State Polytechnic
Coll~ge campus at San Luis Obispo was approved. This plan was develop0d in
accordance with the policy established jointly by the ~ogislature and the
various State agencies and boards rasponsible for considering and r?.pproving
Capital Outlay items for thG State colleges. ~s has been stated in previous
reports to the State Board of Education, the plan is based on projected,
estimated enrollments and approved functions and objectives of this college.
The plan reflects due considert:tion that Wet s given by the designing architects to the existing typography of the campus and the buildings already
located on it&
Financed for planning and const,ruction in 1951-52 were: Five student
resident buildings; Slaughter House and Meats Laboratory; Beef Feeding Unit
and Hay Storage Building; Horse and Beef Judging Pavilion; Extension of the
Concentrate Feed Storage Building; site development work necessary for the
moving of the present Dairy, Poultry, and Ornamental Horticulture Units to new
locations; and the Central Heat and Power and Mechanical Engineering Laboratory Building.
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The five permanent dormitories will be finished so that students may
occupy them next September. ' This will provide housing on campus for an additional 480 students. The Slaughter House is almost completed 2nd will be
turned over for use by the college by June 1, 1952. The Beef Feeding Unit
and Hay Storage Building were finished before January 1 and are already in
use. The Horse and Beef Pavilion was erected last summero The extension to
the Concentrate Feed Storage Building is under construction at the present
time and should be completed in time for the storage of the coming year's
grain crops. Work is progressing on the site development of the three agricultural units, but detailed plans of the new units are being developed at the
present time and it is expected that tho units will not be completed before
the summer of 1953. The preliminary plans for the new Central Heat and Power
and Mechanical Engineering Laboratory Building were approved on April 8.
Working drawings upon which bids will be requested are in the process of being
developed, It is hoped that the contract for this building will be let sometime this sunnner and that the building will be completed by the surmner of 1953,
Appropriations were passed by the Legislature in its session that ended
April 2, 1952 for the following major construction at San Luis Obispo and the
Kellogg Unit, at Pomona:
Science and Classroom
San Luis Obispo
$2,315,300.00
Miscellaneous new construction and
site development for the new dairy
area and the area adjacent to the
Central Heat and Power Building
San Luis Obispo
244,ooo.oo
Site Development for the Science
and Classroom Building
San Luis Obispo
77,300.00
Classroom Science Building ~nd
Site develop~ent
Kellogg Unit,Pomona
TOI'AL Major Construction financed for 1952-53
l,000,000.00
$3,636,600.00
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When all of the above work is completed, the c~llege still will hav8 only
50 p~r cent of its total classroom needs at San Luis Obispo financed for its
1954-55 enrollment, and only about 15% at the Kellogg-Voorhis campus. :M:l.ny
of the temporary buildings providing classroom and laboratory space are rapidly deteri.orating and must be replaced in the next two or three years. Of the
total number of the instructional rooms housed in temporary buildings, 26 are
in pre-fabricated, metal buildings that were secured from war surplus sources
in 1946 and 1947.
In addition to the above-mentioned permanent construction that has been
completed or financed, five temporary, wooden barracks were financed and constructed to provide housing for 284 students. These facilities and the five
new permanent dormitories were required to meet the emergency of the critical
housing problem that occurred when that section of Camp San Luis Obispo which
was being used by the college to house some 1100 students was lost to the
college last July by re-activation of Camp San Luis Obispo. These terrporary
housing units, together with existing permanent and temporary housing and the
five new permanent dormitories specified above, will provide campus housing
for 1478 students which represents 90% of the needed campus housing.
Kellogg-Voorhis Canwus
With the completion of the Master Plan for the building program of the ·
Kellogg-Voorhis campus, plans are now being outlined for implementing the
initial phases of the building program, The legislature has appropriated
$1,000,000 towards the first unit which will be a Science Classroom Building.
Preliminary plans will be drawn during the coming year and the complete
proposal will be submitted to the Director of Finance,
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A study of the population figures for southern California shows clearly
the urgency that additional collegiate educational facilities be establishea
and expanded to serve the concentration of students in this area. There is
no other proposal for any public or private four-year college to serve this
area of southern California with the practical type of occupational training
which is needed.
The Legislature, State Department of Education, State Board of Education,
Corrnnittee for the study of High0r Education, Kellogg Foundation, private
citizens, other educational institutions, as well as the young people of the
state, have encouraged Cal Poly 1 s expansion and continued progress,
Those of us who administer the operations of the college are well aware
of the important responsibility we have been asked to assume in the development of the Kellogg-Voorhis campus. We accepted the responsibility with
knowledge based upon investigation that there was a real, long-time need for
more occupational training facilities in the southern California area, and
that the Kellogg property could efficiently and profitably become an additi~n
to the now inadequate facilities and incomplete offerings of the Voorhis Unit.
-we need the continued and active support of the State Board of Education,
the State Department of Education, and the Legislature, if we are to successfully carry out the development of the Kellog~•Voorhis campus to the point
where it will adequately meet the educational needs of a student body of
2700 men and 900 women.
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When all of the above work is completed, the cnllege still will have only
50 per cent of its total classroom needs at San Luis Obispo financed for its
1954-55 enrollment, and only about 15% at the Kellogg-Voorhis campus. Mlny
of the temporary buildings providing classroom and laboratory space are rapidly deteriorating and must be replaced in the next two or three years. Of the
total number of the instructional rooms housed in temporary buildings, 26 are
in pre-fabricated, metal buildings that were secured from war surplus sources
in 1946 and 1947.
•
In addition to the above-mentioned permanent construction that has been
completed or financed, five temporary, wooden barracks were financed and constructed to provide housing for 284 students. These facilities and the five
new permanent dormitories were required to meet the emergency of the critical
housing problem that occurred when that section of Camp San Luis Obispo which
was being used by the college to house some 1100 students was lost to the
colleg~ last July by re-activation of Camp San Luis Obispo. These temporary
housing units, together with existing permanent and temporary housing and the
five new permanent dormitories specified above, will provide campus housing
for 1478 students which represents 90% of the needed campus housing.
Kellogg-Voorhis Campus
With the completion of the Master Plan for the building program of the
Kellogg-Voorhis campus, plans are now being outlined for implementing the
initial phases of the building program. The legislature has appropriaten
$1,000,000 towards the first unit which will be a Science Classroom Building.
Preliminary plans will be drawn during the coming year and the complete
proposal will be submitted to the Director of Finance.
A study of the population figures for southern California shows clearly
the urgency that additional collegiate educational faciliti8s be establishe~
and expanded to serve the concentration of students in this area. There is
no other proposal for any public or private four-year college to serve this
area of southern California with the practical type of occupational training
which is needed.
The Legislature, State Department of Education, State Board of Education,
Corrnnittee for the Stuczy- of High0r Education, Kellogg Foundation, private
citizens, other educational institutions, as well as the young people of the
state, have encouraged Cal Poly 1 s expansion and continued progress.
Those of us who administer the operations of the college are well aware
of the important responsibility we have been asked to assume in the development of the Kellogg-Voorhis campus. We accepted the responsibility with
knowledge based upon investigation that there was a real, long-time need for
more occupational training facilities in the southern California area, and
that the Kellogg property could efficiently and profitably become an additi~n
to the now inadequate facilities and incomplete offerings of the Voorhis Unit.
•
·vve need the continued and active support of the State Board of Education,
the State Department of Education, and the Legislature, if we are to successfully carry out the development of the Kellog~•Voorhis campus to the point
where it will adequately meet the educational needs of a student body of
2700 men and 900 women.
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CALIFORNIA STATE POLYTECHNIC COLLEGE
ANNUAL REPORT
1951-52
to the
CALIFORNIA
STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION
AND THE
STATE DEPARTMEtJT OF' EDUCATION
San Luis Obispo, California
April, 19,52
TABLE OF CONTENTS
FOREWORD •
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DEGREES AND CERTIFICATES
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EDUCATIONAL PHI.LOSOPHY • • • • • • • • • • • • • •
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ACCREDITATION
LIBRARY
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PERSONNEL DIVISION • • • • • . . . • • • • • • . 15
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FOR EVJOf< D
As President of the California State Polytechnic College,
it is my privilege again to submit to the State Board o.f
Education and the State Department of Education a report on
the progress of the college.
This year's report, covering the school year 1951-1952,
actually begins the second fifty years in the history o.f the
institution.
Appropriately enough the college begins its "second .fifty''
with the beginning of the physical development of the KelloggVoorhis branch campus in the rapidly growing area of southern
California.
The Legislature, State Board of Education, State Department
of Education, Committee for the Study of Higher Education,
Kellogg Foundation, private citizens, other educational instit,utions, as well as the young people of the state, have encouraged
Cal Poly's expansion and continued progress.
We are well aware of the responsibility we have been asked
to assume in building a new Cal Poly at the Kellogg-Voorhis
campus. I.f we are to be successful in carrying out the development of this new branch and at the same time continue to improve
our program of occupational training at the San Luis Obispo
carnpus, we will need the continued and active support of the
State Board of Education, State Department of Education, and
the Legislature.
Respectfully submitted,
Julian A. McPhee, President
ENROLLf\j!E NT
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Fall Quarter 1951
A total of 2213 full-time students registered ·at the San Luis Obispo
campus of the college for the fall quarter, 1951, while a total of 331 men
registered at the Voorhis campus during the same period---a total for both
campuses of 2544.
At present no wome11 students are enrolled as there are no adequate
dormitory or physical education facilities available for them.
San Luis Obispo Campus Enrollment
By
Division
By
Engineering Division
Agricultural Division
Liberal Arts Division
Graduates
886
1073
196
58
2213
Year
626
First year
Second year
Third year
Fourth year
Fifth year
Graduates
469
533
474
53
58
2213
Enrollment by Departments
Engineering & Industrial
Agricultural
Agricultural Engineering
Agricultural Inspection
Animal Husbandry
Field Crops Production
Truck Crops Production
Dairy Husbandry
Dairy Manufacturing
Fruit Production
Ornamental Horticulture
Poultry Husbandry
Soil Science
Citrus Fruit
116
17
487
59
26
99
25
27
115
186
72
84
160
218
_g
886
75
67
67
8
1073
Graduate
Liberal Arts
Biological Sciences
Mathematics
Physical Education
Physical Science
Social Science
Agricultural Journalism
Aeronautical Engineering
Architectural Engineering
Air Conditioning & Refrig.
Electrical Engineering
Electronics & Radi~
Mechanical Engineering
Printing
39
8
89
8
Agricultural Education
Education
42
16
58
32
20
196
Total
2213
Place of Le~al Residence
21
1946
/'i,AR.
-
COUNTY
ALANEOA
Nov. 1
Nov. 1
OcT.
1
OCT, 1
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J!iL
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-1!it.
119
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ALPfNE
0
AMADOR
0
1
0
0
0
1
0
2
1S
Burn
CALAVERAS
COLUSA
2
7
0
0
CONTRA COSTA
DEL NORTE
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FRESNO
GLENN
0
65
3
12
1
6
3
63
0
85
0
4
t
108
0
2
6
0
10
0
3
37
7
1
2
12
0
3t'I
7
14
65
73
5
13
12
10
17
INYO
0
2
KERN
3
29
KINGS
LAKE
8
6
0
27
17
LASSEN
2
18
1
2
0
0
0
20
HUMBOLDT
IMPER I AL
3
1
14
6
8
31
5
25
3
M€R CED
2
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0
0
0
~NTEREY
8
39
7
1
12
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4
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7
5
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59
78
5
0
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SHASTA
SJEitRA
StSKfYOU
SOLANO
STANJSLAUS
15
28
43
15
69
19
14
134
6
19
10
3
2
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0
7
SONOMA
8
SunER
0
TEHAMA
TRINITY
2
0
2
TUOLUMNE
TULARE
VENTURA
YOLO
YUBA
OTHER STATES
18
27
9
44
54
10
6
1
0
0
38
5
1
0
64
68
46
56
47
42
10
65
73
33
5
7
3
64
79
95
68
39
51
34
61
28
427
28
27
225
64
89
32
5
108
31
2
2
3
11
43
25
7
11
63
38
11
4
12
6
9
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1
2
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67
47
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15
19
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21
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179
231
20
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56
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84
114
33
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4
5
38
2
4
481
5
12
2
57
5
19
175
22
32
28
1
47
13
93
2
53
37
26
7
2
51
6
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125
53
TERRITORIES
* Nor
81
38
11
6
0
50
78
34
655
7
41
53
8
3
1
FOREIGN COUNTRIES
u.s~
32
13
5
11
2
6
26
13
27
4
1
41
11
5
1
13
43
14
17
9
13
1
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596
4
2
NAPA
NEVADA
OR AN6£
PLACER
PLUMAS
RIVERS JOE
SACRAMENTO
SAN BENITO
SAN BERNARIIHO
SANTA CLARA
SAN OtEGO
SAN FRANCISCO
SAN JOAQUIN
SAN LUIS OBISPO
SAH MA TEO
SANTA BARBARA
SANTA CRUZ
4
36
11
651
5
3
3
0
0
8
2
10
588
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11
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397
10
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12
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MADERA
MAP. IN
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Nov. 10
1950
66
215
42
5
1
68
50
199
43
120
34
5
1
6
12
46
31
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301
31
34
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5
390
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59
307
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76
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53
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219
60
52
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ALL STU0ENTS REGISTERED AT THE SAN LUIS OBISPO CAMPO$ WERE INCLU0E0 r°N THIS SURVEY AS SOME
CAA"S
AVAILABLE AT THE TIME THE STUDY WAS MADE.
!N 1946 ACTUAL ENROLLMENT WAS 1571 1 IN 1947 IT -As
2229 1 lH 1948 IT WAS 2575_, IN 1949 IT WAS 2909, IN 1950 IT WAS 2767., ANO tN 1951 IT WAS 2213. HAO THE
BALANCE BEEN INClUDE0 IN THIS STUDY, SOME ADDITIONAL COUNTIES WOULD 8£ REPRESENTED.
WERE NOT
Summary of Enrollment Distribution Within The State
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Following the trend which began in 1903 and has continued ever since,
Cal Poly's enrollment is wide-spread throughout the state---in contrast to
that of the regional state colleges. i-1t the San Luis Obispo campus 53 of the
58 counties in the state were represented in the fall of 1951, At the Voorhjs
canpus fall quarter, 1951, enrollment distribution shows students from 26 of
California's counties.
Enrollment by Glasses and Curriculum Level
.ri.gricultural
Freshmen
Sophomores
Juni~rs
Seni~rs
Fifth Year
Graduate
Vocational
33
16
0
0
0
0
-49
Technical
62
216
54
172
68
0
0
Freshmen
Sophomores
Juniors
Seniors
Fifth Year
184
1073
Technical
De~ree
30
235
162
170
198
25
48
0
0
-103
18
78.3
Total Engineering
886
Liberal l~rts
Degree
Freshmen
Sophomores
Juniors
Sen:i.ors
Fifth Year
48
39
53
42
Total Liberal Arts
Graduates
Agricultural Education
Education
196
235
21
0
Total ~griculture
Engineering and
Industrial
Degree
42
16
58
-19614
Enrollment of Veteran and Hon-Veteran Students
Veterans
Non-Veterans
Total
Freshmen
102
149
524
;Jophomores
Juniors
626
469
533
218
232
23
32
7$o
Seniors
Fifth Year
Graduates
320
315
21.i.2
474
30
53
26
1457
2213
58
Enrollment of Married Students
368
Public Law 346
Public Law 16
State Veterans
J.i4
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~larried Veterans
➔~446
135
Students t.581
*Approximately
59% of vetera.ns
enroll.."'ilent
i:f arried !Jon-Veterans
Total Married
t Ap9roximatcly 26. 3:·;
of total enrollment
Comparative Enrollments by Years
(San Luis Obispo)
~-Yr. Intervals
1-Yr. Intervals
1-Yr. Intervals
1903-04---- 20
1900-0)-----151
1913-lh----1?4.
1918-19----110
1923-24----114
1)20-2~---- 39~-
1938-39---651
1939-40----780
1940-41----739
1941-42----711
1942-43----570
1943-)~4---- 80
1945-46---- 819
1946-47----1571
l)JJ- 34----239
1944-45----128
1947-48----2229
194 8-49----2575
19 49-50---- 2909
19 50-51----2767
1951-52---2213
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Kellogb-Voorhis Campus Enrollment
Fall Quarter 1951-52
Non-Vets
Degree
Tech.
Voe.
4
113
213
88
89
87
40
304
6
35
24
76
65
56
16
Veterans
Fresh.men
Sophomore
Junior
Senior
22
32
5
4
0
E
Spec.
3
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
7
Enrollment by De,Eartmer.i.ts
Agricultural In3pection
Citrus Pruit Production
General Crops
urnamente..l Horticulture
Pre-Transfer to San Luis Obispo
in r.i ajors other than the 4 listed above.
94
47
.58
81
46
326,'t
enrollment for this period was 331 students, but at the time this
survey was made five students had not turned in their regiatration cards.
➔Mctual
?lace of Le 4al Residence (New Students Cnly➔~)
County
Fresno
Imperial
Kern
Los Angeles
liendocino
County
Riverside
San Bernardino
San Diego
San Francisco
Santa Barbara
Ventura
Other States
Foreign Countries
2
4
1
54
Naoa
1
1
Placer
l
Orange
9
9
5
3
l
1
5
6
6
109
it-Place of legal residence of the 222 old students is not shown in this survey
but they are distributed in the above counties and in an additional 12 other
California counties.
Enrollment of Married Students
Public Law 346
Public Law 16
State Veterans
44
10
5
59
Married lfon-Vets
15
74
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DEGREES AND CERTIFICATES
Number of Degrees and Certificates Granted
(June 16, 1951--both campuses)
Division & Department
Agriculture
Agriculture Engineering
Agricultural Inspection
Animal Husbandr/
Dairy Manufacturing
Dairy Husbandry
Ornamental Horticulture
Poultry Husbandry
Crop Production, General
Citrus Fruit Production
·neciduous Fruit Production
Soil Science
Engineering
Aeronautical :ngineering
Air Conditioning & Refrigeration
Mechanical ~ngineering
Electrical :ngineering
~lectronics & Jadio Engineering
Printing
Architectural Sngineering
:Maintenance :Sngineering
Liberal Arts
Biological Science
Health & Physical Education
Mathematics
Social Science
Physical Science
Bachelor of Voca- Tech- Master of Arts
Science
tional nical
In Education
15
27
43
0
6
3
0
0
2
7
21
1
8
1
0
17
30
10
18
18
6
1.3
0
0
2
6
1
1
6
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
4
J
2
0
21
27
0
0
1
28
35
0
0
10
51
41
5
24
2
7
9
16
6
2
m
15
1
7
0
0
l
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
4
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
16
118
1
1
1
0
0
4
Grand Total Graduates, June 1951 -➔}Note:
➔E-589
The total number of graduates in June, 1951, was greater than the
total number of students enrolled during any school year in the
first 35 years.
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Combined Campuses
173 persons are on the teaching staff at the San Luis Obispo and
San Dimas (Kellogg-Voorhis) ca.mpusAs. The folloV\ring t:-:.bles indicate
the distribution of the teaching staff according to de 5rees, as of
April 1, 1952.
San Luis Obispo
Degrees:
Kellogg-Voorhis
Degrees:
Ph.D., Ed.D.
l.1.A., M.S.
PhoD., Ed.D.
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A~Bo, B~S.
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A.B., B.S.
18
No Degree
Total
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*This includes one 6-year Chemical ~ngineering degree and two D.V.ii. degrees.
~Hnhis includes one D. V.M. degree.
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Th~ California State Polytechnic College is a part of the state college
system of California. It is administered by the State Board of Education and
the State Department of Education.
Within the college it is the policy to allow the heads of the respective
divisions to establish and carry out policies and procedures by which tho
respective divisions are operated insofar as those policies and procedures
affect only the one division. When policies and procedures are college-wide in
their effect, _they are established and coordinated through the President's
Council with the approval of the President.
Administrative Reorganization
The college has continued to implement the new organizational plan recommended for the state colleges by the State Department of Education and the
State Department of Finance. An Administrative Handbook designed to give
divisional and department head staff members a clear and direct understanding
of their duties and responsibilities is nearing colii)letion. A simplified chart
of the present administrative setup is shown below:
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Employee Handbook
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An Err.ployee Handbook of basic policies and procedures was published and
distributed to staff members during the month of ~rch. The Handbook, published in loose-leaf form followitg a decimal classification of subject matter,
was designed to give employees: (a) information about the various operational
divisions of the college, · (b) an understanding of the policies which guide
these ope:i··ations, and (c) a familiarity with approved procedures by which thingr
get done.
The Handbook compilation was begun in 1950-51 by a committee of seven
academic and non-academic employees working closely with personnel throughout
the college who assisted in developing both policy and procedure statements
ralated to their respective areas of responsibility, Material in the Handbook
was carefully considered and approved by the President 1 s Council and the President prior to its publication, Material in the Handbook is always subject to
review and change, and a procedure for correcting and revising the Handbook was
developed aud nade known to all staff members.
Staff Bulletin
Improved two-way communications between the administration and the staff
has continued to be the major purpose of the weekly mimeographed STAFF BULLETIN.
Established in December, 1950, the BULLETIN has editorial staff refresentation
from each division of the college, both academic and non-academic.
College Council
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During the year the old "Faculty Council" was broadened by State Department
of Education reorganization regulations so that it now represents both instructional and non-instructional staffs of the college on a non-managerial and nonadministrative level~ Representatives were elected from each department of
the college, according to by-laws drawn up by a represent.ative committee and
later accepted by the Council itself; First meeting of the College Council was
held November 19, 1951. Regular meetings are held once each month. Purpose of
the College Council is to act as an advisory body to the President. Mltters
relative to the welfare of the college are studied and courses of action recom~
mended.
While certain functions and objectives of the California State Polytechnic
College are held in common with the other state colleges, there is a~le
official recognition that the functions of this college are not to be limited
except within the boundaries established in the founding act, Exall!)les of such
official recognition of broadness of scope are:
"The primary function of the California State Polytechnic College is to
educate young people in the arts and sciences, including agriculture, mechanics,
engineering, business methods, domestic economy, teaching and such other branche,
as will fit the student for the non-professional walks of life. 11 (Section 900,
tdm. Code (1951) Title 5, Education, Chapter 1, Subchapter 4.)
11 The CalJ.fornia State Polytechnic College may, in accordance with the
organic act establishing the college and upor. recommendation by the Diractor of
Education and approval by the State Board of Education, establish and maintain
course patterns requiring college work of such length as is appropriate for the
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educational curriculum leading to each objective. The college may, upon recommendation by the Director of Education and approval by the State Board of Education, establish and maintain pre-professional curriculum patterns which require
college attendance for the length of time, but not to exceed four years,
appropriate to the objectives of each pre-professional curriculum." (Section
906, Adm. Code (1951) Title S, Education, Chapter 1, Subchapter 4.)
llThe California State Polytechnic College is an exception to the statement
that the (state) colleges are primarily regional institutions. Although it by
no means neglects the educational needs of its area, the institution is a statewide insitution in its appeal and student patronage.n (Page 33, A Report of a
Surve of the Needs of California in Hi her Education, Strayer and Others, 1948,
Stat8 Printing Office, acramento.
General Objectives of the College
The primary function of instruction at California State Polytechnic College
is to impart to students those techniques and sciences necessary to perform
successfully the occupations in which they will be employed. To balance this
concentration on offerings designed primarily for occupational competence, the
curricula must therefore also emphasize general education subjects which help
the student to understand the world in which he lives, assist him to express
himself, help him to live harmoniously with other people, and to assume his
appropriate citizenship and cornnrunity leadership responsibilities. Currently,
the offerings at the San Luis Obispo campus are grouped under three divisions
of instruction, as follows: Agriculture Division, Engineering and Industrial
Division, and Liberal Arts Division. The agricultural and general education
offerings at the Kellogg-Voorhis campus are combined into one division for administrative purposes.
EDUC /,T I ONnl PH I LOSO PHY
Upside-Down Plan
California State Polytechnic .College has established a unique ed~cational
plan sometimes described as the "upside-down educational plan. 11 This plan is
characterized by the grouping of .as many job-preparatory courses in the first
two years as possible. While general education courses are included in the
first and second years, this area of preparation is extended throughout the
four years of the college program. The net result is that a student who completes the four-year course leading to a degree will have covered substantially
the same material as that covered in a similar major in a typical agricultural
and mechanics arts type college---but in a somewhat inverted order. This way
the student comes immediately into contact with the field of his major interest
and does not feel thwarted by numerous hurdles which seem to him unrelated to
his interest. He also acquires a realization of need for "theory" courses.
This systern enables a student to better earn a living, using the knowledge and
skills he has acquired at whatever point he may complete his formal education.
Project System
The function of preparing students for maximum employability is carried
out by a thorough integration of the "doingn practices with the underlying
theory. The classroom instruction, the formal laboratory experiences, and the
actual project operations on a commercial scale are each used in their proper
proportion. The project system consists of self-owned or managerial projects
operated by students in such a way as to give knowledge and provide experiences
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in thD cozr.r.1ercial production and marketing of agricultural products or in the
construction, rebuilding, repair, or m.qintenance of industrial machinery or
equipment. This combination of the practical "learn by doing" and "earn while
you learn" philtlsophies not only enables a student to earn money while doing
work directly related to his major academic interest, but also creates an added
incantive for the more rapid acquisition of further skills and knowledge, A
revolving fund from which students may borrow without co-signers makes it
possible to finance the many projects.
The California State Polytechnic College Foundation is a non-profit corporation
organized under the corporatd laws of the State of California, _;l l)ril 23, 1940.
Organized for the purpose of furthering the educational aims and the adminis.:..
trative objectives of the CollGge, th8 Foundation follows the policy of conducting business operations that will be a basis for instruction in best
practices,
Organization
Foundation activities are directed by a board of sev8n directors who serve
for a term of not more than four years. Virectors are selected according to
provisions in the By-Laws of the Articles of Incorporation.
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A Foundation Y.anager, under the direction of the Board of Directors,
initiates and is responsible for providing certain services and for establishing, conducting, and accounting for the operation of the Foundation properties.
He manages the properties so that facilities are provided for instructional
purposes as well as providing student services, such as: post office, infirmary, housing, feeding, trust fund, etc.
A simplified chart shows the administrative organization of the Foundation:
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The relationships of the Collage and the Foundation are subject to the
provisions of the State-Foundation lease and have been define~ in an agreeroont.
This agreement pinpoints areas of responsibility in respect to use of facilities, maintenance of facilities, provision of Foundation herds and flocks,
provis'i on of other services to the college, fmancing of projects, keeping of
accounts and other acts or services that aid in instruction or service.
Foundation Activities
Activities of the Foundation fall into these broad areas: agriculture and
engineering, housing and cafeteria, and special services. Activities are
similar on the several cal!J)uses.
Agriculture and Engineering: Activities are divided between Foundation
operated projects and student projects. Foundation projects include the basic
breeding herds and flocks, some crop items as well as printing services and
electronic repAjr work. Student projects are in many areas 9f business activity in both agriculture and engineering. Students may borrow from the
Foundation to feed animals, repair airplanes, grow crops, or build basic producing herds. In fact, any productive activity related to a student's major
interest and properly planned and budgeted can feasibly be financed by the
Foundation. This loan fund is approximately $75,000 and is revolved at 5%
interest to the student plus a share of his net profits.
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Cafeteria and Housing; Operations are a large share of the Foundation's
work anµ the scope of the business can well be indicated by their budgets for
the year. The budget for cafeteria for the year 1951-52 indicates gross sales
of approximately $200,000. The Housing budget for 1951-52 calls for expenditures of $101,000.
Special Activities: These include the Health Center work, post office
operations, the Kellogg Horse Show, the feed mill, and several others. This
group carries an operating budget for the current year of approximately ~200J)CO
The entire operation calls for operating budget for 1951-52 of approximately t750,000 of which some ~150,000 is spent for student labor.
On all campuses the Foundation enters into the life of th~ student in many
ways. It operates his housing and aids in feeding him. His start in life or
aid to his basic training comes from his project work. Health needs, and many
other services care for his many needs.
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In curriculum planning, the College has gone to the "grass roots" to help
determine what competencies and degrees of competency need to be developed by
the student. Tnat the instructional programs have sufficient breadth, depth,
and balance is evidenced by the fact that graduates are successful in a variety
of positions and responsibilities. The college, hcwever, is aware that conditions are constantly changing and that the evaluation and revision of curricula
is a continuous process.
As the result of a continuing curriculum study which began two years ago,
under guidance of the Dean of Instruction and the President, much progress has
been made in eliminating duplication or overlapping of courses between divisions
and within single departments.
First step in the college-wide curriculum study was to work out a way of
showing the intent of, and so far as possible, what actually goes Qn in a given
course. A special representative committee, with the Dean of Instruction as
ch~irman, began the study. The committee developed a group of headings under
which a statement describing a given course would be prepared. This is referred
to a.s the "Expanded Course Outline, 11 and the headings under which courses are
described are as follows: 1) Catalog description, 2) Required background of
experience, 3) Expected outcomes, 4) Texts and references, 5) Minimum student
materials, 6) 1\-:inimum college facilities, 7) Expanded description of content
and methods, 8) Methods of evaluating outcomes.
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A further step in the continuing study to improve instruction is the
analysis of expected outcomes of courses and curricula in relation to areas of
employment. Each department head has studied and reported on areas of employment for which they believe each year of their curriculums prepare .
The study has included, in addition, an evaluation by a representative
faculty committee of "inter-division-interest'' courses for the purpose of
securing better coordination between courses, departments and divisions of the
college to the end that a given supporting science, for example, makes its
appropriate contribution.
On the basis of these studies, catalop descriptions were re-examined, and
in many cases re-written.
The study will continue with expanded course outlines prepared for every
course offered in the college. The final step in this continuing study will
always be the examination by a representative faculty committee of the expanded
course outline in the light of studies which will provide the cormnittee with
the following: 1) the year by year list of jobs, 2) the list of essential
achievements, and 3) the course ''directional-statements" in the case of interdivision-interest courses.
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The program of curriculum development at the college has been set up not
only as a continuing study on campus but as a continuing survey and interview
program with employer representatives to determine: 1) needs of employers,
2) effectiveness of a curriculum in terms of employability of the graduate, and
3) potential areas of improvement in the instructional program.
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During the year the prestige of the college was further extended when it
received full accreditation by the Western College Association. Already fully
accredited as a four-year degree-granting college by the Northwest .Association
of Secondary and Higher Schools, the college received this accolade in the
Western College Association committee's report which followed a painstaking
two-day campus investigation,
i•Calif ornia State Polytechnic college probably comes close to exemplifying
in practice what is popularly conc~ived as being the Jeffersonian theory of
democratic education, according to which the artisan, mechanic., and the agriculturalist would be informed and enlightened citizens of the Republic, Your
committee was impressed by the clearness with which the objectives of the
college were stated, the whole-hearted endorsement of those objectives---a
wholesome minority dissenting---and the effectiveness with which those objectives are reduced to practice, as manifested in the classroom, the seriousness
of the students and their achievement .... 11
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The college has been granted regular reaccreditation by the State Board
of Education to give the training and to make the reconmendation for the following credentials:
Special Secondary Credential in Vocational Agriculture
Special Secondary Limited Credential in Agriculture
Special Secondary Credential i11 Physical Education
General Secondary Credential with majors in: .Agriculture, Health and
Physical Education, Life Science and General Science, Mathematics, Physical
Science ar.d General Science, and Social Studies.
LI BHAkY
During the past year., every effort has been made to carry on a program of'
improvement in efficiency and quality of library services.
Out of print items have been searched for regularly. Several have been
discovered and purchased through various second hand dealers, thus removing
- ~ome of the shortages in the library collection.
The general book coll€ction has been increased by approximately 5,000
volumes bringing the total collection to about 32,000 volumes. Practically all
of this material has been processed and put into service in the library,
Periodical subscriptions have remained much the same as last year, but an
effort is being made to extend all subscriptions froffi one to three year periods
and so gain savings in the budget.
~t the present time, there are eleven professional librarians and five
clerical assistants on the library staff.
STUDENT PEkSONNEL JIVISION
During the year the Dean of Students and personnel under his supervision
have been actively engaged in improving the student service and activity program
within the organizational setup established last year as part of the administrative reorganization.
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The Student Personnel Division is a service division providing for
students and all other divisions of the college activities, aid and assistance
under the following administrative functions: Guidance and Counseling;
Activities; A and evaluations; Plac~ment, including on-campus, off-campus and follow-up;
Health, including the Health Center work, environmental sanitation and athletic
teams medical work; Room Assignment; Residence Hall morale and .supervision
( other than maintenance and custodial work); Intercollegiate Athletics; Graduate
Manager's Office; Loans, Scholarships, and Alumni Activities.
Counseling Center
In addition to being responsible for the administration of the entranceplacement tests and for providing individual counseling service to the students,
the Counseling Center has expanded its activities in the following areas:
1.
Every new student has a conference with a counselor during his
freshman year for the purpose of helping the student (1) evaluate
the soundness of his choice of major curriculum, (2) determine his
needs in such areas as academics, study techniques, and personal
development, and (J) establish major goals to be achieved while in
college.
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selected group of faculty members have been organized as 11 freshman
advisorsn whose primary function is to help his group of students
make a positive adjustment to college life. Every new student is
assigned to one of these advisors.
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series of advisory meetings are regularly scheduled so that every
student can meet with his advisor. These meetings are devoted to
group guidance activities which have included discussions of personalsocial characteristics, efficient use of time, and academic loads.
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number of selected seniors were organized as 0 Senior Counselors."
Their primary objective was to help students overcome many of the
problems which are typical with freshmen.
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Ldmissions and Records
l simplified grade reporting procedure was put into operation during the
year. .i1.s a result, there is considerable saving in instructors' time and effort
in submitting grades; the time taken for the Recorder's Office to issue grades
to the students has been cut from an average of two weeks to two days.
~fter a study of all forms and reports issued by the Admissions and
Recorder's offices undertaken by a Faculty committee at the request of the Dean
of Students, it has been possible to make a reduction in the number of such
reports, thereby effecting a saving in clerical time in the Recorder's Office.
Student Activities
The development of the individual toward social competency as well as
vocational competency is one of the objectives of the college. The activity
phase of the Student Personnel program is designed to develop young men with
social poise who can take a place of leadership and responsibility in a
democratic society--and make it better because of their educational experience
at this college.
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'rhe addition of a full-time activities officer has ma.de it possible to
expand the student personnel program in this area. For the first time it has
been possible to include an organized leadership training program which can be
measured with positive results. ri continuing effort is being made to make all
phases of student activities of educational value to all students.
;.. survey undertaken during the year revealed that approximately 77% of the
students participate in one or more phases of extra-curricular activities . A
total of forty-eight clubs have offered a variety of opportunities from hobbies
and crafts to student chapt,ers of professional societies. Organized activities
in music, publication, athletics and other campus-wide events have reached a
very large proportion of students. An all-campus blood drive netted 879 pints
to sot a new national collegiate record, according to the American Red Cross.
_ Class programs have received added emphasis, with special days set aside
for class meetings. An inter-class council of class leaders was organized to
coordinate all class activities, including inter-class athletic events.
The intramural sports program was expanded. Twenty-eight basketball tearrs
played a total of 123 games and not a single game was forfeited. Twenty-three
softball teams enjoyed equal success. Other intramural activities included
touch football, boxing, wrestling, volley ball and bowling. Limited facilities
prevented further expansion of the intramural program into other sports areas•
Residence Halls
The Residence Hall as a laboratory of learning has received considerable
attention during the year. The planning of an expanded program of extracurricular learning through dormitory living has given a wealth of opportunities
for the application of the democratic process. The completion of five temporary
dormitories this spring and the anticipated completion of five permanent dormitories this summer will allow the housing of nearly 1$00 students on campus in
twenty-five living groups or areas. The projection of learning into the residence halls program will continue to be exploited to the fullest possible
extent.
Placement Service
An expanded and improved progra~ of placement services was made possible
during the year by providing the Placement Officer with two assistants, a
Placement Secrbtary and a stenographer-clerk.
In addition to .assisting students to find part-time employment in their
major field of interest and thereby utilize and make more meaningful their
educational experience, the Placement Office aids former students and graduates
in securing permanent employment at the occupational levels for which they are
prepared. This latter service is provided jointly by the Placement Office and
the respective department heads.
During the year the Placement Office has been unusually busy coordinating
visits to the campus of employer representatives and arranging interviews with
qualified seniors.
Employers visit the campus not only to discuss employment opportunities
with graduating seniors, but to explain to undergraduates what agriculture,
education, business, and industry expects of its employees. This provides the
s~nior with an opportunity to accept employment where he can put his education
to use most effectively. Under-graduates are brought up to date on developments
in various fields and many times are given opportunity to work during school
vacations in fields in which they hope to obtain permanent employment.
A series of Employment Clinics again were sponsored by the Placement
Office during the year for all students interested in the employment process.
Attendance is voluntary, with meetings held after school hours. Some 200 to
300 students attended each session. Representatives of agriculture, business,
and industry come to the campus to explain what is expected of a student when
he accepts o~ applies for employment. Group counseling also is offered at
these Clinics by staff members.
An extensive follow-up program on graduates is in progress. This will
provide an evaluation of instruction in terms of the product. It contributes
valuable information on the success of graduates, the true value of training
received, the cause and consequence of occupational drift, and the need for
revisions and additions to the several curricula.
The follow-up program will be expanded to provide students and staff with
current pertinent occupational information which applies to the occupational
offerings of the college.
Health Service
The student health program and environmental sanitation program are under
the direct supervision of the College Physician, a new position added to the
staff during the year. The addition of the full-time physician to the staff
has resulted in a more efficient and smooth-running h~alth service program and
has made possible considerable improvement in environmental sanitation as a
preventive phase of the health service.
The student health program is headquartered at the Health Center. The
full-time physician, two registered nurses, and three student orderlies make
up the staff. The service of four part-time physicians is available under a
contract arrangement maintained with a local clinic. The student pays $3.00
a quarter fee for medical services. The service provided includes a physical
examination and all minor and major surgery. In addition, the service includes
visits to the students' residence and first-aid treatment within a radius of
five miles of the campus. Diseases .of a chronic nature which the student
contracted before ent ering college are not covered. Staff members are not
eligible for service in the Health Center, except in emergency.
The Health Center is contained in one building near the center of the
campus. The present bed capacity is 12, with 8 beds in a large pleasant ward
and 4 beds in two rooms for isolation purposes. The waiting room has been
remodeled. The nurses' work room contains charts, records, refrigerator for
biologicals and other equipment connnon to a nurses' station. The drug room
and the laboratory are combined and contain the common drugs used for treatment,
the equipment for the connnon laboratory procedures, and has a microscope,
centrifuge, blood and urinalysis equipment.
Three treatment rooms are well equipped. One serves as an operating room
where minor operating procedures are done. X-ray equipment consists of a
portable machine, a stationary machine with tilt table, wall cassette holder,
facilities for fluoroscopic examinations and complete dark room equipment.
A diet kitchen has recently been added. It contains a stove, sink, refrigerator, dishes, and other equipment for special diets. The main source of
food for bed patients comes from the nearby college cafeteria.
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There is a private office for the physician and living quarters for one
resident nurse and three student orderlies.
1:ihysical examination procedures have been reorganized and extended. Each
hospitalized student is given a complete examination on admission, including
routine laboratory and follow-up examinations following recognized hospital
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.Approximately 12.,000 visits are made each year to the out-patient departApproximately 500 bed patient days are accommodated during the year.
An attempt is being made to cooperate more closely with the counseling
center and the corrective physical educati.on program.
Plans are now underway to increase the consulting staff 'by obtaining a
panel of recognized specialists to cover needed areas.
It is hoped that the unit will be constantl'j' improved and extended to
receive approval and recognition by the American Hospital Association.
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Objectiv0s of the Division
The .'1.gricultural Division gives basic training to students in agricultural
production fields of their choice. A broad training in fundament:1.l practices
of agricultural production is assured agricultural majors through related work
offered by agricultural depa~tments other than the major department. Both the
how and the why are · given students in th~ fdur-year degre~ curricula by providing a group of major courses; a block of closely related agricultural
courses from other agricultural departments and a block of related courses in
science and gen0ral education. In addition, all department wajors have a
liberal number of free electives, courses giving the student an opportunity to
complete a well-rounded program.
Students not wishing to sp,,jnd four years in a degree program may select
a two-year technical program in any agriculture major- Two-year students
follow ~he regul~r degree pattern in major work with a minimum of related
courses. This allows a greater choice of electives in other agricultural
fields. On completion of 100 quarter units, students may be granted technical
certificates in their fields of specialization.
The major dep~rtments included in th~ Agricultural Division are: Agricultural Engineering and Mechanics, Animal Husbandry,. Citrus Fruit Production,
Crops Production, Dairy Husbandry, Dairy ~~nufacturing, Fruit Production,
Horticultural Services and Inspection, Ornamental Horticulture, Poultry Husbandry, Soil Science, and Truck Crops. A service departroont of this division
is Veterinary Science.
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As an indication of average enrollment of students in classes offered by
the :'1gricultural Engineering department, a SULlillary of the winter quarter, 19.5152 shows a total of 858 students in classes under agricultural enginsering
instructors. vf this number, approximately 130 were agricultural engineering
majors. The balance of over 700 indicate a college-wide service to the various
other departments.
In addition, the elementary surveying courses taken by 108 students of the
Engineering Division are given by instructors for the Agricultural Engineering
departm0nt. This would indicate a total student enrollment in classes handled
by agricultural engineering instructors of over 960.
Th8 program of leasing equipment from various manufacturers continues.
This equipment includes tractors, planting and harvesting equipment, as well
as heavy equipment primarily used in earth moving. Replccemcnts with new
models have been made under this lease agreement in several instances.
Classes in tractor operation hRve aided development of the new dairy site,
moving some 60 thousand yards of dirt in preparation for the new dairy. During the coming year, it is planned that the department, through both classes
and student employment ,till prepare sites for the ornamental horticulture unit, .
the poultry unit, and move an additional 30 thousand yards of material before
the new dairy is completed. Roadways to the new locations also will be
developed~
. Classes in surveying, irrig~tion, and carpentry completed a concrete da~
across Stenner Creek to hold back the stream flow and increase th2 water ltwel
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of wells in the stream basin. This structure involved excavation, construction
of the forms, and pouring of 42 cubic yards of concrete. The actual water
holding capacity of this structure is approximately two acre feet, but the
purpose as indicated, is to retard the stream flow rathar than store water
above ground.
In addition, tractor and irrigation classes improved and increased the
capacity of the reservoir at the college's Cheda Ranch property from two acre
feet to a total capacity of approximately 40 acre feet. The old reservoir
basin was cleared, the dam was raised an additional 12 feet, and new spillways
were installed.
The preparation of tha seed bed and the planting of some 700 acres of
forage and crops land is largely acconplished through the training program of
tractor and farm machinery classes. This work, of course, is an annual problen
and hence gives each succeeding group of students a similar opportunity.
During the past year, the curriculum in the various departments has been
re-evaluated and, where desirable, changes made. In the Agricultural Engineering department this revision provides for specialization in the junior and
senior years. By proper selection of available cours~s in the junior and
senior year, students may specialize in one of two occupational areas: Power
and l11achinery and Mechanized Agriculture.
Since it is the policy of this college to offer real rather than synthetic
opportunities to apply the skills and principles learned in class work, the use
of students from th0 various classes to do the construction and repair work
available about the college areas is an ideal part of the educational process.
The fact that this type of practical training is available has materially
increased the demand for the students trained in this manner, with the result
that the list of jobs available has continued to exceei the number of men
trained for agricultural engineering positions.
Animal Husbandry
During 1951-52 the Animal Husbandry departmant expanded its beef productio~
sheep and swine production program over the previous year on newly acquired
acreage and added feeding facilities _.
The beef herd consists of 125 registered Hereford, /mgus, and Shorthorn
breeding cows and replacement young stocko Two hundred and fifty feeder steers
were finished for show and marketed during the year in student projects. The
swine herd consists of 75 Poland China, Berkshire, and Duroc Jersey brood sows
and replacement gilts. Over 800 head of swine were £ed by students for show
and market. The sheep flock consists of 150 Han:pshire, Suffolk, Southdown,
and Corriedale ewes. Six hundred head of feeder lambs were finished in student
projects for show and markets.
The mats labora\ory and killing plant was coIJ4)leted and added courses in
meats processing were initiated in the spring quarter. Added feed storage
space is under construction in connection with the feed milling plant. A
livestock judging pavilion is ready for use during the spring quarter.
A total of 467 students were enrolled in this department in the winter
quarter. One hundred and rseventy two different students carried on production
livestock projects, marketing !95,000 worth of live animals. The students•
share of the profits amounted to approximately ~11,500; the Foundation retained
$5500 as its participating share.
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Students e:xhibited livestock at the California. State FG.ir, LOS r\ngel0s
County Fair, Cow Palace, and Great Western Livestock Shows, con1_P!:~ting with
livestock breeders from the western states.
Livestock judging teams competed at the ..:>acific International at Portland,
Grand Nntional at San Francisco, and the Chicago International at Chicago
with teruns from agricultural colleges from all parts of the United Statas.
The department faculty has been of assistance in improving livestock in
the state by officiating at fairs, assisting in FFA and 4-H Field Days and
tours, conducting judging schools, and sponsoring other such educational
programs.
Graduates are being placed as farm managers, farm owners, livestock buyers,
feed lot operators and managers, agricultural teachers, breed associations,
extension service, market news service, feed companies, etc.
Crops Production
The Crops department is ·composed of three sub-departments: Field Crops,
D8ciduous Fruits, and Truck Crops. Total enrollment in the three sub-departments during the winter quarter was 121 students majoring in those fields.
In addition, the departm0nt serves over 600 other students taking such related agricultural work as forage crops, general truck crops, and general fruit
production,
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During the year responsibility for the control of we~ds on the farm and
campus was deleg~ted to the department. This arrangem0nt closely coordinates
the lecture and laboratory work in tha weed control course with the practical
phases of weed control •
A similar arrangemmt finds the department charged with the responsibility
for rodent and insect pest control on the farm and in the fead mills and barns.
Agricultural inspection majors completing their work on the San Luis Obispo
campus and students taking the course in crop pest control gain practical laboratory experience in such activities as fumigating grain for weevil and in
rat and gopher control.
The Crops depart~~nt maintains a store on the campus for the sale of the
products of orchard, vineyard, truck and field crops. This is entirely handled
by students and caters principally to student families, faculty, and other ·
GJnploye8s. A total of ~4,438.12 was returned to the state during the 1951
calendar year as a net profit on sale of surplus fruit and vegetable products .
.A new building, erected by agricultural engin~ering classes, will soon be
completed and available to house honey making, honey extraction, cider making}
olive pickling, and similar processing operations.
Members of the department faculty have been instrumental in promoting the
addition of vegetable growing projects and truck crops contests as part of the
Future Farmers of lunerica program. Department faculty have prepared instructions and study guides for instruction of students in truck crops in relation
to the newly established FFA truck crops judging contest, and have held demonstrational meetings for the benefit of vocational agricultural instructors.
The department is sponsoring three of the state-wide FFA contests being held
during tha annual State FF.i\ judging program to be held on the campus May 3.
Dairy Department
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A dairy cattle project farm was put into operation in the spring of 1951.
This was made possible by the purchase of an adjoining 400-acre farm, with a
good, small grade A milking barn and large feed barn. This addition enables
dairy husbandry students to keep more cattle of their own to operate as dairy
projects while attending college~ Adult dairymen throughout the state who
have visited this new project unit have been very favorably impressed with this
lfdown to earth" method of instruction. This separate unit for student-owned
cattle enables more accurate records to be kept and reduc·as the hazard of
spreading cattle diseases to tha collage breeding herd.
Dairy students now own 46 milk cows and 25 head of young stock which they
operate in projects on the college farm. They own some other stock which they
keep bn home farms. During the past year, dairy cattle projects have returnet
over $16,000 gross income. Those students with milking cows have made a labor
income of approximately ~10 per cow per month which compares favorably with
commercial herds. There has also been some net earnings in raising the young
stocko
For the past few years, the dairy herd and creamery has been returning a
gross income of around ~100,000 annually which has more than paid operating
expens.es. The department has provided around $2000 per month in part-time work
on an "earning while learning" basis. The creamery is now marketing around
$7500 worth of milk, butter, cheese, and ice cream each month. Practically
all of this is sold on the campus in the sales room, student store, and cafeterias. The operation of the dairy and creamery on a commercial-scale provides
a very valuable laboratory for training future dairymen.
The college dairy cattle breeding herd has continued to win national recognition. The Holstein herd was awarded a second Constructive Breeders' Award,
the highest recognition by the Holstein-Friesian Association of 1unarica. Only
·one other Holstein breeding herd in California won this award in 1951. Bulls
and seioon for artificial insemination have been shipped throughout the United
States as far distant as Tennessee. Local dairymen obtain dairy sire semen
regularly at the college. It is also shipped throughout California to Future
Farmers, 4-H Club members and adult dairymen to improve many dairy herds. The
college herd of Guernseys, Holsteins, and Jerseys averaged 487 pounds of butter•
fat per cow which is more than double the national average. Two Holstein
heifers topped the last two California State Sales at $2050 and ~1135~
Dairy cattle judging teams have continued to win honors in Pacific Coast
and National competition. The Junior team won second place in the Collegiate
contest at the Pacific International at Portland, Oregon competing against
teams from eight leading agricultural colleges. The senior team now ranks
second in the nation after thr~e years of competition at the National Dairy
Congress at Waterloo, Iowa in competition with about thirty of the leading
colleges throughout the United States and Canada.
The student Dairy Club has been very active in supporting the department
program. It has purchased, fitted and sold three animals at public auction to
raise funds for the support of the dairy judging teams. It has sent members
to assist breeders with cattle sales, shows, judging contests, and exhibits.
Detailed plans have now been practically completed for the construction o:f
a new barn unit to house the dairy cattle breeding herd. This unit is being
re-located out of the crowded campus area where more corral and pasture space
is available. Barns worth moving will be located at the new unit and others
will be constructed. When this new unit is completed, it will be modern and
adequately equipped to train students in an up-to-date manner.
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During the year 1951-52 the Ornamental HorticulturG d8part~~nt maintained
a student average of better than 75 students. A noticeable change this year
in student population was the increase in men from high schools with fewer
from junior collages, thus increasing the size of freshman classes.
The departm0nt was host to more visitors this year than ever before, some
7500 visitors being counted. One of the attractions bei.ng the large display
of tropical foliage plants grown in the tropical glass house.
Plans have been developed for the removal of the entire horticulture unit
to a new location on coll~ge property southeast of the canpus proper,
Landscape plans for the new dormitories were drawn by students of the
departm,~nt of Arc hi tee ture.
The total gross sales from 30 student projects was t2806. Approximately
2500 student-grown shrubs and trees were planted from gallon and five-gallon
cans to beautify the campus. A double row of 50 shade trees was planted along
Coilege Avenue as part of the student planting program.
The students installed a sprinkler system on the four-acre plot in front
of the Administration Building and assisted the gardening crew in planting the
lawn in that area.
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The dopartrrent furnished floral decorations for more than 200 canpus
oanquets, meetings, and conventions, and participated in two flower shows .
Many of the flowers for the college entry in the Rose Parade float were
grown and picked by Ornamental Horticulture students.
Poultry Husbandry
Last year the Poultry department completed 52 student projects. Each of
th8Se projects were student managed and represented nearly all phases of
poultry production including meat birds, turkeys, egg production, breeding as
well as incubation and marketing poultry, The students participate in the
financial returns from the projects which aid them in meeting the costs of
attending college.
The poultry plant is widely diversified with comrr~rcially adapted equipment
to give students from all parts of California an opportunity to become familiar
with the use, maintenance and repair of each of these varied units. This tends
to prepare them for a wider field of endeavor after completion of their
college training.
All of the poultry students who graduated last year, except two, are
presently err4Jloyed in the poultry business or closely allied fields. One of
tha graduates is in military service and the other is doing special civilian
work at a military base.
Plans are well under way for the moving of the poultry plant to a new
location. This move fits in with the general campus plan of growth and relocation of services. The new poultry plant will embrace more adequate space
for classes and laboratories. It includes a new hatchery building and feed
building as well as some new poultry flock units.
Soil Science
P~ogress during the year 1951 moved ahead in the following areas: Training of agricultural students in soil management, development of instructional
facilities, graduation of Soil majors, and the placement of men in Soils and
relnted fields.
Enrollment of students in all soils courses during the year including
summer sessions, totaled 983, showing a continuing increase over previous yearf
This figure indicates increasing interest in the offerings of the Soil Science
department on the part of agricultural students and to some extend those students majoring in Liberal Arts and Engineering.
Total enrollment of 66 majors in Soil Science at the close of 1950-51
showed a net gain of 21 over the previous year. At the June gradua tion 13
ma jors received bachelor of science degrees in a.gricult ure.
Curriculum evaluations were initiated durin · the year for the purpose of
strengthening the offerings in Soil Science. This need for adding certain
courses and perhaps elimination of some was indicated by experience of graduates in various fields and also from the suggestions of workers in the field.
Little difficulty was encountered by graduates in Soil ·science in finding
desirable employnEnt. Openings were available and all graduates were placed
in-such fields as: conservation, reclamation, extension, fertilizer distribution, graduate work, and farm operations. its a result of the fine showing
of our graduates, demands for additional men far exceed present prospects of
supply.
The staff in Soil consisted of two Junior and one Senior instructors during
the year 1951. With the majority of students enrolling in four unit laboratory-lec·ture courses, the staff was provided with a maximum load of instructional dutiese This, however, did not preclude participation in numerous
activities of a gener~l college nature such as catalog revision, college farm
operation, employment clinics, counseling, building planning, etc e
Veterinary Science
The Veterinary Science departme nt acts as a service department in the
agricultural divisiono The course of instruction ranges from fundamental
biology to practical field programs in disease and parasite control. Livestock sanitation and prevention measures of disease control are stressed in
class assignments. Both members of the Veterinary Science departrrent devote
considerable time to the maintenance of the health of the college herds and
flocks. It is especially important that the college livestock be kept free
of animal diseases transmissible to humans, and would prove a hazard to
students working with themo The herds are kept free from tuberculosis,
brucellosi$, encephalornyelitis, and similar diseases which a.re dangerous to
human heal th. Special pro gr ams are being followed for the control of mastitis,
contagious ecthyma, swine cholera, and both internal and' external parasites.
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Supervisory inspection of the meats laboratory will be maintained. The
production laboratories are utilized to demonstrate the value of livestock
disease control programs~
A new veterinary science hospital is being provided for in conjunction
with the new dairy and poultry development.
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ENGINEERING DIVl~ION
Objoctives of the Division
The Engineering Division emphasizes the applicatory aspects of 1..;ngineering. The Division prepares men for employment in the planning, production,
opGrations, distribution, and services phases of engineering.
The Engineering program is characterized by four distinguishing features;
First., the student specializos in one phase of engineering for four years.
Second, the student b~gins his major work in engineering in his first year.
In the first year or two, emphasis is placed upon knowledge and skills which
would assist him in r"Jh.t,Rining employment if he leaves college before completing
the four years, Third, there is a direct coordination between theory and
application in the learning process. Fourth, funde.mentals and basic principles are taught through real situ~tions, as far as possible, Problem solution
technique is emphasized. Progress is from the specific and practical case to
the general principle, with emphasis placed upon laboratory work.
The major departments in the Engineering Division are: Aeronautical
Engineering, li,ir Conditioning and Refrigeration Engineering, Architectural
Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Electronic and Radio Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, and Printing. There are two service departments, Welding
and Machine Shop, which give courses to nll Engineering Departments as well
as to students from the other divisions.
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Aeronautical Engineering
The draftine room and freshman engine laboratory have been equipped with
fluorescent lighting which has greatly increased the efficiency of these
laboratories. A steel building was obtained for use as a yaint room to be
located at the airstrip, The old paint room which was located near the airplane engine shop has been converted to a storeroom and additional space for
the aeronautical laboratory.
Plans for consolidating the various physical units of the aeronautical
departrrsnt as well as enlarging and repairing the airstrip are in the process
of developmant.
The curriculums for both the Aircraft Maintenance and Operation Engineering, and the Aeronautical Engineering courses have been revised and
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.i1S a senior th1:;Jsis project, several of the students are constructing
laboratory equipment for demonstration and experimental purposes. Most of the
material used for this equip:rent was obtained through war surplus sources.
All of the 1951 graduates obtained jobs in the aircraft industry before
tho end of the spring quarter. 'These graduates were offered jobs by a number
of the aircraft companies which indicntes we could have placed a much larger
nurr~er of graduates had they been available. This same condition exists with
our present seniors,
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Air Conditioning and Refrigeration Engineering
The improvements have been of two types in the Air Conditioning and
Refrigeration Department:
Construction and erection of laboratory test equipment,
Improvement of facilities for the engineering practice courses.
A forced draft cooling tower specifically designed for laboratory
instruction and test purposes has been designed, constructed and installed,
A twenty-five horsepower, high pressure, semi-automatic, oil burning, steam
boiler has been installed. A test system for tests' on air flow and air distribution has been constructed.
The instructional material and equipment for our engineering practice
courses has been greatly improved. Books of plans and specificntions for our
second, third, and fourth year engineering practice courses have been assembled
Drafting machines, inproved drafting boards and a computing machine have been
added.
Greater recognition by the American Society of Refrigerating Engineers
and the Americ~n Society of He~ting and Ventilating Engineers has been
attained. The department head is a national committee member on education
for the American Society of Refrigerating Engineers.
Architectural Engineering
The Department now stands second in the nation in enrollment for schools
of architectural engineering and nineteenth for schools of architecture. The
California State Board of Architectural Examiners has seen fit to rec~gnize
the completion of the course as three years toward the seven years of experience necessary for eligibility to take the architectural licensing examination.
There has been an emphasis on community relations. The students have
designed a Red Cross building and a Pioneer Museum for the city of Paa,Robles,
These structures will be followed through to completion with the Department
Head serving as architect. These projects benefit the students in experiencing field conditionsa
Other projects designed to educate student and community are a shopping
center, cultural center, and a school for ban Luis Obispo, Surveys, studies
and models were presented in an exhibition to the townspeople,
Studies are being made for a Student Union for the San Luis Obispo
campus, and a horse diagnostic unit for the Voorhis canpus. The Department
is anticipating doing all design, calculations, drawings, and supervision.
The forty-two graduates will all be placed despite a depressed building
situation. The demand of civil service, shipbuilding, aircraft, and material
houses cannot be met.
Electrical Engineering
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Revisions in the Electrical Engineering curriculum recommended as the
result of the "unified curriculum study" have resulted in the strengthening of
the skills content of the degree program, and a general strengthening of the
junior and senior year courses. Considerable change of emphasis on electric
machine theory, design, and application was made in favor of more work on small
machine characteristics and applications. Demands of industry encouraged the
inclusion of a course in servomechanisms in the senior year.
Progress was made in providing shop facilities for the freshman and
sophomore skills courses. Additional laboratory equipment was procured. Some
revision of the laboratory was made. Consideration of safety and other aspects
of laboratory work resulted in change of colors for laboratories, shops, and
machines from drab grays and tans to brighter greans, etc.
Arrangements were made with the General Elec~ric Company's Educational
Division and with the Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing Conpany's Educational Service to include us on the list of colleges for which technical
speakers are supplied. Both of these companies have made much student material of a technical nature available to the departrrent.
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The General Electric Company made offers of employment to approximately
half the graduating class. These offers are for their engin0ering test program. The Westinghouse Company made offers to about one third of the graduating class to join their training program. (Yiestinghouse has also made
offers to two men for direct employment at their Sunnyvale, California plant.)
Electric Power Companies such as Pacific Gas and Electric Company, Southern
California Edison Company, smaller electrical manufacturers and Government
services employ about 40% of the graduates.
Electronic and Radio Engineering
Enrollment in the Electronic and Radio Engineering departmant has remained steady throughout the yearo There is good indication that departmam.t
enrollment will increase in the fall of 1952.
There will be about 32 graduates this year. All who are seeking employment will be placed before graduation, June, 1952. Graduates are now e~loyed
by some forty California concerns. About ten per cent are working outside the
state, and about five per cent are angaged in graduate study.
&everal rathGr large projects were undertaken, su~h as the Kellogg Ranch
Sound System,Voorhis campus sound system, Audio-Visual installation in the
Dexter W~morial Library, all in addition to the regular service work on all
types of electronic equipment,
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Revisions recommended by the 11 unified curriculum study" have strengthened
the offerings of the departrnent,ti.eing the expected outcomes of the instructional program more closely than ever to the needs of a vastly expanding
electronic and radio industry, and combining the technical and degree programs
into a single curriculum.
In the revised program students start with courses in radio technology,
acquiring an understanding of how things work and some ability to make electronic devices operate as they should. Because skills and information which
can be put to use in technical employment are acquired at an early stage in
the curriculum, many students find that one or two years is sufficient background for gainful errployment in radio and electronics. Those who desire to
qualify as engineers complete the full four-year courseo
Mechanical EnP,inocring
Moving of the Mechanical Engineering faculty into a n<:.1w central office
with adjoining drafting room has permitted considerable improvement in senior
courses. Industrial catalogs and technical references of many kinds not usually available in the college library are now equally convenient to both
faculty and students. Centraliz,:ition of offices has allowed better coordination of various class activities and greater exchange of ideas among
instructors.
The new senior .drafting room has eighteen student stations each with a
drafting machine. Two of thu drafting m1.1chint0s are for left-handed persons.
Improved tool and instrµment storage facilities in the Power Plant make
for considerable improvement in laboratory operations and general orderliness .
The completion of a roversed bending fatiguJ testing machine for metal
specimens provides an opportunity for increasing the scope of tests in the
Materials Testing Laboratory.
Senior thesis projects are espe.cially notable in the field of fluid mechanics. Two ingenuous, .simpi'o water pumps were built and tested by students.
Both pumps proved to be very successful and especially instructive to the
individual students concerned, A successful 11 smoke tunnel" for air flow
pattern demonstration was also completed.
The curriculum has been considerably remodeled for next year. The most
notable changes are: (1) the combining of the technical and degree programs
into a single curriculum, (2) strengthening of the heat power coverage by
adding an advanced course in the senior year and (3) re-arranging the senior
year so that all seniors take certain essential topics in a new required
course, thereby eliminating som3 duplication.
Printing Department
The Printing department attained its largest enrollment in 1951-52, and
pre-registration for ~he 1952-53 school year indicates the enrollment will be
held at 55 students.
A revised curriculum was developed during the year to keep the occupational offerings abreast of the continuously advancing methods used in the
newspaper and printing industry. The revised curriculum will meet increasing
demands from industry for students qualified in tho field of printing engineering maintenance.
The four-year curriculum leading to a bachelor of science degree with a
major in printing has been well received by employers of the publishing anei.
printing industry. So far all graduates of the printing department have been
employed by newspapers, printing plants and several of the larger manufacturers
of printing equipment. Those students, who, due to personal or financial
-reasons, have been forced to drop out of the course at the end of the second
or third year, have also been placed on jobs of lesser responsibility with the
printing industryc
The Printing Department was co-host with the .Agricultural Journalism
Department to the 11 iviid-Coast Yearbook Workshop 11 on two occasions the past year.
This comprised instructions to the newspaper and year-books staffs of more than
thirteen hig,h schools and junior colleges. This program was received with such
enthusiasm that the department has been requested to continue this service on
an annual basis,
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Due to th0 limitations of space the department has b(:wn .forcod to select
its onrollrront from a large list of applicants nnd many students will rer.iain
on tho 11 waiting list 11 until such time as vacancies develop, or until the .
department can be expanded to meet the demand being r.Ade upon its facilities.
Machine Shop
There were two outstanding developments in the Machine Shop department
during the school year 1951-52. The first was the revision and rewriting of
the course outlines to b~tter fit tho 0stablished coursas to 'the revised engin0ering -curricula.
Tho second was the moving of equipment in the shop in order to provide a
c0ntraliz0d location for equipment used prirnarily for the senior course in
Manufacturing Proce~ses.
As in previous years, a good deal of work was done for other departw2nts
on the campus, both repair and construction, without cost or int0rference with
instruction in b~ginning courses~ Further advancement wus made in the objective grading of labor2.tory work by the use of e_s pecially designed precision
measuring instruments. An impressive array of production tools were designed
and built in the Manuf~cturing Processes class, these including punch press
tools, jigs and fixtures, plastics molds, and ·die casting dies, A new lightduty vertical milling ma.chine was added to the shop equipment.
Welding ,Department
During 19Sl-52, the Welding Department provided instruction to approximately 400 students per, quarter from the five main engineering departments
of the college~
In addition, .furth~r developments and improvements were undertaken,
They
were:
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Installation of an outside covered shop area equipped with the necessary arc and gas welding stations. This work area provides a place
to carry on individual project work without interfering with class
.i\otivies,
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Install~tion of chemi.cal apparatus for determining the total carbon
in steel. This equipment provides data on the weldability of
questionable steels.
3. Through efforts of the American Welding Society, floor space at the
Western Metal Congress was made available to the Department. A display booth was set up showing the wide range of educational and instructional activities.
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A plan was worked out in cooperation with the American Welding
Society for a Member-Student sponsor program. This program mak~s
possible an arrangement where students in advanced work in welding
engineering accompany a member of the AWS (salesman, estimator,
designer, engineer, production specialist, etc.) on his job for a day
or two to see the nature of the problems and how the jobs are handled
in that particular branch of the welding industry.
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A darkroom laboratory was inst~lled for processing films used in
welding inspection work. This darkroom enables the student to do
weld inspoction work the same as is presently being carried on in
industri
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Objectives of the Division
The Liberal Arts Division has three principle functions. First, it is
a service division providing for students in agriculture and engineering
those courses closely related to and directly supporting tho area of the
major. Second., it provides those courses supplemental to the major, and
also those required as general education. The third function is to prepare
tfJachers who aro seeking teaching credentials.
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The Liberal Arts Division cooperates with the Agriculture Division in
preparing teachers for the Special Secondary Credential in Vocational
Agriculture, the Special Secondary Limited Credential in Agriculture.
~rhe Liberal Arts Division recommends candidates for the Special Secondary
Credtmtial in Health and Physical Education, and the General Secondary
Credential with tE1aching majors and minors in tho following fields: Biological
Sci8nce, Health and Physical Education, Mathematics, Physical Science, and
Social Sciencee The College grants the degree of Bachelor of Science and
degree of Master of Arts in Education with concentrations in Agriculture,
Biological Science, Health and Physical Education, Mathematics, Physical Science, and Social Science.
The departments included in the Liberal Arts Division are: Agric1.1ltural
Journalism, Biological Science, Education and Psychology, English, Health
and Physical Education, Mathematics, Music, Physical Science, and Social
Science.
Teacher Education
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The California State Polytechnic College was approved to give agricultural credentials in 1946 and general secondary credentials in 1948. During
the year 1951,52 general secondary credentials, 6 special secondary credentials in physical odu~ation and 7 special credentials in driver education
and driver training were granted.
In the field of agricultural education, the college continues in its
direct cooperation with the State Bureau of Agricultural Education by
training and qualifying teachers of agriculture who arc carefully selected
and who are trained both in general education and in the needs of the
specific field.
At the present time approximately 350 teachers of vocational agriculture
are employed in secondary schools of California and 32% of this n~~bar have
been trained e.nd qualified through California State Polytechnic College
since July 1, 1946.
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Between July 1, 1946 and March 31, 1952, a total of 14h teachers in
agriculture have been qualified--121 as teachers of vocational agricult1.1re
and 23 for the limited credential in agriculture. Of tho 121 trainees
qualified for tho special secondary cr6d.ential in vocational agriculture,
110 are currently teaching agriculture in the state; 1 is teaching agriculture in another state; 2 are continuing their training in education and
anothor who completed his training in March 1952 is not yet employed in teaching; 5 have left teac~ing for other work. Of the 23 men qualified for the
special secondary limited credential in agriculture, 19 are currently teaching, 1 is continuing his training in education and 3 have left the field.
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The Masters Degree
Since the state colleges were empowered to grant the masters d0gr0e
to those who hold teaching credentials and who are otherwise qualified,
California State Pozytochnic College has granted 12 degrees, the first of
which was in Jlrrio 1951. At the present time there are 57 candidates who
have declared their intontion of completing the degree requirements. Many
of those are employed teachGrs, predominently in agriculture, who are
taking advantage of the colJ.ego's regular summer quarter. While the graduate
program will probably never be very large, it is very essential to those
teachers who 2.ro particularly interestod in improving their teaching in
fields whero traditionally graduate work tends to emphasize research.
Agricultural Journalism
Job opportunities for which this new department is not yet able to
supply candidates marked another year. Numerous openings rang8d from frequent advertising, editorial and combination assignments on community newspapers to editorships and assistant editorships of trade magazines and
house organs, copy writers for advertising agencies merchandising agricultural
products or s0rvices, public relations men for agricultural firms and associations, farm and communi~y program personnel for radio chains and stations.
California's need for journalists with agricultural interests and backgrounds was indicated by placement of several agricultural majors with some
non-major journalistic training. Jobs filled included editor of a livestock specialty magazine, advertising manager of a horseman's magazine,
editor of a community weekly newspaper, associate editor of a regional
consumer agricultural magazine, advertising man in charge of developing a
farm supplement for a mid-coast daily.
One of the department's principal problems thus far is frequent attempts
to hire away its better majors before completion of their degree programs. Enrollment of majors roached 23 during 1951-52 (30% increase over the
previous year). Total enroll~ont in journalism courses continued to mount
with 205 (an incroase of 24% over the previous year) as the single quarter
high point thus far -- reflecting need for training in advertising, public
relations and similar fields as found ty majors in other departments.
Four scholarships were established: _the Overland Scholarship in
Agricultural Journalism, two w. B. Camp Revolving Scholarships in Agricultural Journalism and the Sears Foundation opened its agricultural scholarships to Ag Journalism majors.
Further emphasizing Cal Poly's learn-by-doing philosophy, a field team
program was set up whereby groups of two to three majors were sent to fairs
and 0xpositions requesting such help as assistance to over-taxed public
relations staffs during height of tho r~spectivo ev0nts. Five such fairs
and expositions wore serviced this y~ar; invitations already received
increase the number to eleven for the coming season. Majors on such field
assignments make valuabl€ contacts, obtain experience in actual work
under pressure conditions, increase their acquaintance with products and
people from all parts of the state.
At its 1952 convention, the California Newspaper Publishers Assoclation
passed a resolution endorsing the work done by the department and progress
made in developing its program.
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Biological Sciences
Forty-five students enrolled as biological sciences majors during the
academic year 1951-1952. Eight of those men expect to graduate this June.
Three other students have accepted positions since last fall. One is an
entomologist with the Los Angeles City Health Department; another is a
biology teacher in the Atascadero High School; and the third is a scientific
book representative.
A new faculty member was added to the biology staff at the beginning
of the fall quarter.
A new chapter of the national biological fraternity Beta Beta Beta
was organized during the year. Many of the members and some of the officers
are students from the agricultural division of the college. This organization is an outgrowth of the former biology group, the Natural History Club.
The biology staff, as part of a campus-wide curriculum study, revised
the · biology curriculum. Some courses were eliminated, some new ones added
and all courses were carefully examined and altered where necessary to bring
thom closer in line with the educational objectives of the college.
Health and Physical Education
Program expansions have included opportunities for students to select
various recreational activities in several course sequences. Instruction in
boxing, wrestling, golf, and badminton havo been well received by the students.
A program of physical achievement testing was started in September and satisfactory progress is being made in this activity.
Additional facilities completed this year include construction of three
horseshoe courts and additional facilities for boxing classes. Extensive
painting and repair w:Jrk has been accomplished in the natatoriurn and in the
gymnasium offices.
1952 will mark the fifth year the California Association for Health and
Physical Education has selected the campus for its annual physical education
workshop for mon. The third annual physical education workshop for women
also will be held here in the summer of 1952.
Last year all physical educ~tion majors who were graduated found positions, most of which were in the t eaching field of either elementary or
secondary level. Reports from school principals have been complimentary
concerning the quality of the work which graduates of this department are
doing.
Mathematics
The mathematics department has improved its mathematics laboratory
program. The improvements were made possible by the new offices. A
student can now receive instructional help from an instructor at the reception desk any hour from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. The new conference room provides
space for students to do remedial work or to try to continue the work
after gotting aid. Mathematics majors are som0times used to assist the
instructor during some of these hours. It is folt this experience is very
valuable to the te.s.cher candidates. It provides them with an "uarning while
learning" oxperionce.
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Of the 16 grnduatos o.f the past year, threo arc omployed at tho U.S.
Naval Air Missile Center, Point Mugu; one is working in an aircraft factory, onu is in tho U.S. Nnvcl Electronic Lab, one is with International
Business Machines, four aro teaching school, onu is with the ~nginc0ring
Instruments Company, ono is in the Naval Air Corps, and one is a computer for
a company in Los li.ngc:les. This group was tho largost list of graduates tho
mathematics department hns hnd.
Physical Science
During tho current school year the Physical Science departmont has continued primarily as a sorvicc department. It has offered courses that
provide scicmtific b~ckgrounds for students in the agricultural and engineering divisions and courses that contribute to the general education of students
in all divisions. In addition it has continued training students majoring
in physical science. Roc0nt graduates ar0 employed at the National Bureau
of Standards and at th0 Electronic R~soarch Laboratori0s of Douglas Aircraft
Company. Tho deportment has also continued t,he tuacher training program.
Ono instructor is at present on a one yoar leave of absence to complete
tho requirements for tho PhD in chemistry. A major part of this work is in
biochemistry. Ho is returning in Soptombor to resume tenching biochemistry.
All departmental course offerings have been carefully ro--~valua tod as
a part of the college wide curriculum study. As a result tho course offerings
will bu even more closely in line with the educational objectives of the
colloge,
During tho spring quarter, the enrollment in throo courses excoeded by
far that of any other spring quarter in tho past five years and in two of them
it is the largost on record. Indications are that fall quarter enrollments
also will bo largo. '
Social Science
During the 1951-1952 year, the Social Scienco departmunt continued to
servo the three divisions of the college in tGrms of genoral education
courses. Tho dep~rtmont also mot the demands of its own majors, numboring
somo thirty-four students. In the process of revising the curriculum, three
now graduate courses wore prepared, and one of these, a seminar on contemporary international problems, is being offered during the spring quarter.
The two remaining courses will be offered in tho summer quarter.
This past yoar saw the department is~uing a now publication, called
"Political nnd Economic Footnotos, 11 which is published monthly with tho
cooperation of tho Foundation. It has as its chief purpose the compiling
of information e.nd interpretations which aro noeded by those membe~s of the
staff engaged in agricultural production projects.
Tho toacher-training program of the department is now in its fourth yo:ir.
English Department
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The dcp2.rtmont is a S8rvicc department serving the 0ntire school.
During oach quarter of tho 1951-1952 academic year more than fifty p0r cent
of the: student body was ~nroll:::d in one or more English cb.sses.
Two new instructors were ndd0d during the fall quarter .
Tho dcp:1rt.rnent has ·;1orkcd tovre.rd the intogr.:!.tion of its course offorings
to incroasc its usefulness to students, both during their college studies and
aftor graduo.tion., In tho basic coursos the student moots tho practical uses
of langungc so tlint ho may bocome an info:rrnod citizen, abla to present his
own ideas to othtJrs in either written or spoken form and compotE:nt to select
intelligently among tho ideas prosontod to him i.n any field arrl by any mGdium.
Muaic Departncnt
No graduation majors aro offered by this dopartm0nt, but during the first
two qu.':'..rtors of the 19.51-1952 school yoar nearly 225 students had ol0ctod to
tRke c ours(;;;S in music approciat:i on, harmony_., glee club, orchestra, bJ.nd.,
etc. The department provid0s a bnnd, dance orchestra, glee club and nu.merous
speciality groups. During the last w0ck in March they completod a wook-long
good-will tour of 20 s~n Francisco Bay area high schools, Travis Air Base,
Oaknoll and Lottcrman hospitals.
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KELLOGG-VOORHIS CAMPUSES
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The same educational philosophy, pattern of courses, and requirements of
the Agricultural Division of California State Polytechnic College at San Luis
Obispo are follo1'1 ed at the Kellogg-Voorhis campuses.
Instruction is offered in Horticultural Services and Inspection, Citrus
Fruit Production, Ornamental Horticulture, General Crops, and related agricultural subjects.
In addition, instruction is offered in the fields of Biological Science,
English and Journalism, Health and .Physical Education, Mathematics, Music,
Physical Science, Psychology, Social Science, and Soils, which provide courses
to meet State Department of Education requirements for graduation as well as
offering opportunities for broadening the student 1 s educational program.
Students seeking the .Bachelor of Science degree normally complete the
first two or three years at the Voorhis Unit and transfer to the San Luis
Obispo campus to complete their degree requirements.
Instructional Program Improvements
This year has been devoted to the perfecting of procedures of the campus,
Considerable amount of time has been devoted to a study of the curriculum
coordinating it with the study being made at the San Luis Obispo campus, The
courses have been evaluated and the program studied in terms of the objectives
of the college. As a result of this study new course outlines are being prepared f9r every course offered giving the objective of the course and the
expanded outline of the material covered.
The Agricultural Inspection Department name has been changed to Horticultural Services and Inspection, as it was felt this title was more descriptive
of the placement opportunities afforded students graduating in this major. lll
courses in fruit production, both deciduous and subtropical, have been combined
in a Fruit Production Department.
For 1952-53 the first year courses in Animal Husbandry have been added to
the curriculum. Existing facilities on the Kellogg Campus can be utilized with
some facilities remodeled to handle student projects in livestock.
During this year greater emphasis has been given to the coordination of
operations between the Kellogg Campus and the Voorhis Campus. The chairmen of
the Instructional Production Departments have been given the responsibility for
all operations on the Kellogg Campus, related to their departments. The Kellogg
Campus is thus utilized by students for widening their instructional experiences,
Administrative Heorganization
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A conference committee leadership program was developed for the adrninistra~ion of the Kellogg-Voorhis Campus. This program offers every member of the
staff an opportunity to participate in and make recommendations on the operations of this branch of the college. Through this committee program greater
coordination and integration has been developed in all departments throughout
the campus,
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Project Operations
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Greater emphasis has been given to the implementation of student projects.
Students in Ornamental Horticulture and Crops have enlarged their project programs. Livestock projects also have been carried on the Kellogg Campus, offering educational opportunities to students taking introductory courses in Animal
Husbandry. Many pastures have been improved through the utilization of grass
by livestockJ
~ecial Services
This campus of the college has been able to offer its services to many
organizations of Southern California. Conferences of vocational education
leaders were held on the campus during the year. The California Agricultural
Teachers Association, the Future Farmers of America, and the Young Farmers
Association have held conferences and in-service training programs on the
campus in cooperation with the staff members. The Arabian Horse Association
of Southern California has utilized the facilities for many of their activities and the Soil Conservation Service and the California Farm Bureau have held
meetings for their members on the campus. The college has sponsored an Agricultural Educat ion Field Day for the high school agricultural students in
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San Luis Obispo Campus
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In 1950 the ~,;f aster Building Plan for the Californi .:1 State Polytechnic
Coll~ge campus at San Luis Obispo was approved. This plan was develop0d in
accordance with the policy established jointly by the ~ogislature and the
various State agencies and boards rasponsible for considering and r?.pproving
Capital Outlay items for thG State colleges. ~s has been stated in previous
reports to the State Board of Education, the plan is based on projected,
estimated enrollments and approved functions and objectives of this college.
The plan reflects due considert:tion that Wet s given by the designing architects to the existing typography of the campus and the buildings already
located on it&
Financed for planning and const,ruction in 1951-52 were: Five student
resident buildings; Slaughter House and Meats Laboratory; Beef Feeding Unit
and Hay Storage Building; Horse and Beef Judging Pavilion; Extension of the
Concentrate Feed Storage Building; site development work necessary for the
moving of the present Dairy, Poultry, and Ornamental Horticulture Units to new
locations; and the Central Heat and Power and Mechanical Engineering Laboratory Building.
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The five permanent dormitories will be finished so that students may
occupy them next September. ' This will provide housing on campus for an additional 480 students. The Slaughter House is almost completed 2nd will be
turned over for use by the college by June 1, 1952. The Beef Feeding Unit
and Hay Storage Building were finished before January 1 and are already in
use. The Horse and Beef Pavilion was erected last summero The extension to
the Concentrate Feed Storage Building is under construction at the present
time and should be completed in time for the storage of the coming year's
grain crops. Work is progressing on the site development of the three agricultural units, but detailed plans of the new units are being developed at the
present time and it is expected that tho units will not be completed before
the summer of 1953. The preliminary plans for the new Central Heat and Power
and Mechanical Engineering Laboratory Building were approved on April 8.
Working drawings upon which bids will be requested are in the process of being
developed, It is hoped that the contract for this building will be let sometime this sunnner and that the building will be completed by the surmner of 1953,
Appropriations were passed by the Legislature in its session that ended
April 2, 1952 for the following major construction at San Luis Obispo and the
Kellogg Unit, at Pomona:
Science and Classroom
San Luis Obispo
$2,315,300.00
Miscellaneous new construction and
site development for the new dairy
area and the area adjacent to the
Central Heat and Power Building
San Luis Obispo
244,ooo.oo
Site Development for the Science
and Classroom Building
San Luis Obispo
77,300.00
Classroom Science Building ~nd
Site develop~ent
Kellogg Unit,Pomona
TOI'AL Major Construction financed for 1952-53
l,000,000.00
$3,636,600.00
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When all of the above work is completed, the c~llege still will hav8 only
50 p~r cent of its total classroom needs at San Luis Obispo financed for its
1954-55 enrollment, and only about 15% at the Kellogg-Voorhis campus. :M:l.ny
of the temporary buildings providing classroom and laboratory space are rapidly deteri.orating and must be replaced in the next two or three years. Of the
total number of the instructional rooms housed in temporary buildings, 26 are
in pre-fabricated, metal buildings that were secured from war surplus sources
in 1946 and 1947.
In addition to the above-mentioned permanent construction that has been
completed or financed, five temporary, wooden barracks were financed and constructed to provide housing for 284 students. These facilities and the five
new permanent dormitories were required to meet the emergency of the critical
housing problem that occurred when that section of Camp San Luis Obispo which
was being used by the college to house some 1100 students was lost to the
college last July by re-activation of Camp San Luis Obispo. These terrporary
housing units, together with existing permanent and temporary housing and the
five new permanent dormitories specified above, will provide campus housing
for 1478 students which represents 90% of the needed campus housing.
Kellogg-Voorhis Canwus
With the completion of the Master Plan for the building program of the ·
Kellogg-Voorhis campus, plans are now being outlined for implementing the
initial phases of the building program, The legislature has appropriated
$1,000,000 towards the first unit which will be a Science Classroom Building.
Preliminary plans will be drawn during the coming year and the complete
proposal will be submitted to the Director of Finance,
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A study of the population figures for southern California shows clearly
the urgency that additional collegiate educational facilities be establishea
and expanded to serve the concentration of students in this area. There is
no other proposal for any public or private four-year college to serve this
area of southern California with the practical type of occupational training
which is needed.
The Legislature, State Department of Education, State Board of Education,
Corrnnittee for the study of High0r Education, Kellogg Foundation, private
citizens, other educational institutions, as well as the young people of the
state, have encouraged Cal Poly 1 s expansion and continued progress,
Those of us who administer the operations of the college are well aware
of the important responsibility we have been asked to assume in the development of the Kellogg-Voorhis campus. We accepted the responsibility with
knowledge based upon investigation that there was a real, long-time need for
more occupational training facilities in the southern California area, and
that the Kellogg property could efficiently and profitably become an additi~n
to the now inadequate facilities and incomplete offerings of the Voorhis Unit.
-we need the continued and active support of the State Board of Education,
the State Department of Education, and the Legislature, if we are to successfully carry out the development of the Kellog~•Voorhis campus to the point
where it will adequately meet the educational needs of a student body of
2700 men and 900 women.
52-640
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When all of the above work is completed, the cnllege still will have only
50 per cent of its total classroom needs at San Luis Obispo financed for its
1954-55 enrollment, and only about 15% at the Kellogg-Voorhis campus. Mlny
of the temporary buildings providing classroom and laboratory space are rapidly deteriorating and must be replaced in the next two or three years. Of the
total number of the instructional rooms housed in temporary buildings, 26 are
in pre-fabricated, metal buildings that were secured from war surplus sources
in 1946 and 1947.
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In addition to the above-mentioned permanent construction that has been
completed or financed, five temporary, wooden barracks were financed and constructed to provide housing for 284 students. These facilities and the five
new permanent dormitories were required to meet the emergency of the critical
housing problem that occurred when that section of Camp San Luis Obispo which
was being used by the college to house some 1100 students was lost to the
colleg~ last July by re-activation of Camp San Luis Obispo. These temporary
housing units, together with existing permanent and temporary housing and the
five new permanent dormitories specified above, will provide campus housing
for 1478 students which represents 90% of the needed campus housing.
Kellogg-Voorhis Campus
With the completion of the Master Plan for the building program of the
Kellogg-Voorhis campus, plans are now being outlined for implementing the
initial phases of the building program. The legislature has appropriaten
$1,000,000 towards the first unit which will be a Science Classroom Building.
Preliminary plans will be drawn during the coming year and the complete
proposal will be submitted to the Director of Finance.
A study of the population figures for southern California shows clearly
the urgency that additional collegiate educational faciliti8s be establishe~
and expanded to serve the concentration of students in this area. There is
no other proposal for any public or private four-year college to serve this
area of southern California with the practical type of occupational training
which is needed.
The Legislature, State Department of Education, State Board of Education,
Corrnnittee for the Stuczy- of High0r Education, Kellogg Foundation, private
citizens, other educational institutions, as well as the young people of the
state, have encouraged Cal Poly 1 s expansion and continued progress.
Those of us who administer the operations of the college are well aware
of the important responsibility we have been asked to assume in the development of the Kellogg-Voorhis campus. We accepted the responsibility with
knowledge based upon investigation that there was a real, long-time need for
more occupational training facilities in the southern California area, and
that the Kellogg property could efficiently and profitably become an additi~n
to the now inadequate facilities and incomplete offerings of the Voorhis Unit.
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·vve need the continued and active support of the State Board of Education,
the State Department of Education, and the Legislature, if we are to successfully carry out the development of the Kellog~•Voorhis campus to the point
where it will adequately meet the educational needs of a student body of
2700 men and 900 women.