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TO DRAGMA OF ALPHA OMICRON PI 15

T H E UNIVERSITY O F CALIFORNIA, SOUTHERN

BRANCH

THE U N I V E R S I T Y OF CALIFORNIA at Los Angeles is an intensely
interesting subject to me. I get, after a morning's visit
through the campus and the buildings, an impression of the char-
acter of the institution as a whole which is so definite and clear
in my own mind that I shall t r y to adequately convey i t to the
reader i n the short space given me.

That definite impression is a strong bond of unity which is
markedly shown in both the running order and the architectural
arrangement of the University.

The institution is situated in an attractive residential district
in the western part of the city. On entering the campus f r o m the
Boulevard artistically arranged palms and shrubbery border the
promenade which leads to Millspaugh Hall. Kipling says there
are four street corners whereon i f a man stand long enough he
will see everybody of importance in the world. I t can be said
with less exaggeration that one may see anybody in the University
by taking his stand upon the steps of Millspaugh Hall. Five thou-
sand persons pass through this hall each day; and the view from
the steps commands the greater part of the campus. This build-
ing serves as a nucleus in the crystallization by which a congeries
of professional schools is becoming a definable university.

The campus comprises thirty acres. Vine covered buildings,
long and low, are connected by picturesque patios. Palms and
large beds of vari-colored flowers make the campus as colorful
as an old Valesquez painting. T o the left of Millspaugh Hall the
laboratory buildings, gymnasium, and Moore's Field are located.
The latter is the scene of the annual Pajamarino, Grizzly-day
episode, Sophomore-Freshman brawl, and athletic events.

The outstanding events and traditions of our university are the
Sophomore-Freshman brawl, in which the customary policies of
chastising guilty Frosh f o r disregarding the law, as interpreted
by the second-year class ensue; the Pajamarino and football
rally; the women's hi-jinks, the green day, in which the Freshman
class celebrates its presence on the campus; and the Grizzly day,
a carnival which is yearly held in commemoration of the fact that
the Grizzly has been adopted as the totem by the Associated
Students.