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By J A N E T MARTI N, Kappa Theta

THE University of California at Los Angeles came into being on
July 19, 1919, for it was on that date that the Governor signed the
bill handing over the grounds, buildings, and records of the Los
Angeles State Normal School to the Regents of the University of Cali-
fornia.

I t was not until 1923 that a third and fourth year of Letters and
Science college work were added. The Regents thus created two colleges
with four year courses. Their growth since 1919 has been phenomenal.

On March 17, 1925, the Regents voted to accept 384 acres of land
west of Beverly Hills, as a new campus for the University of California
at Los Angeles. This land was given by the cities of Los Angeles, Santa
Monica, Beverly Hills and Venice and a number of citizens. In a bond
issue authorized the following November, $3,000,000 were allocated to
buildings on this new site.

The acquisition of this new land was a wise move on the part of the
Regents, for the enrollment of the University at Los Angeles was grow-
ing so rapidly that they saw that the buildings on the old Vermont ave-
nue campus would be far from adequate. I n 1919-20, there were 250
students enrolled in the College of Letters and Science, and 1,125 in
the Teachers' College, with no special students. Now, in 1929-30, there
are 4,257 enrolled in the College of Letters and Science, and 2,237 en-
rolled in the Teachers' College. The number of faculty members has
reached 281.

There are four buildings and a bridge completed on the new campus,
now known as the campus of the University of California at Los An-
geles. Josiah Royce Hall, an auditorium and classroom building; the
Library, housing the administrative offices temporarily; the Chemistry
and Physics buildings, not complete with additional wings. The Educa-
tion building is not yet built, but is included in the present plan. The
motif of the campus as a whole is Italian, Romanesque, with some
Spanish-Romanesque and some early Italian-Renaissance in the interior
decorations. This period and style unite the warmth and freedom which
are characteristic of a southern climate with the proper air of dignity