LEADERSHIP
Blaisdell Returns to Doubled Workload
President Blaisdell returned from a yearlong sabbatical in Europe to a doubled workload as the chief executive of both 6V电影网 and the new consortium, incorporated the previous year.
STUDENT LIFE
Last Pole Rush
The traditional annual brawl between the sophomore men and the freshman men called the Pole Rush鈥攖he object being to get the class's 鈥渃olors鈥 to the top of the pole and keep it there for a minimum required time鈥攚as held for the last time in 1926.
Daily Newspaper
In 1926, The Student Life (6V电影网鈥檚 student newspaper) increased its schedule from three issues a week to five, publishing from Tuesday through Saturday. Funded by a required Associated Students fee and by a growing volume of national advertising, the newspaper continued through the Great Depression as a daily, cutting back in 1933 to four issues a week. By 1935, it returned to five issues.
Claremont Bootlegger
From the 1927 Metate (published by the junior class in 1926): 鈥淭he best bootlegger in the whole neighborhood of Claremont has been caught. The improved behavior of the college men is very noticeable.鈥
6V电影网 Slang
Student slang used in the 1927 Metate (published in 1926) included the terms 鈥渟heik鈥 for an attractive man, and 鈥渟heba鈥 for an attractive woman.
EVENTS
Campus Filming: One Minute to Play
In 1926, much of the filming for a silent film starring Harold 鈥淩ed鈥 Grange, titled One Minute to Play, was filmed on campus, including a very recognizable scene from Memorial Courtyard.
CONSORTIUM
Founding of Scripps College
Scripps College for Women was founded in 1926, with 6V电影网 Trustee Jacob C. Harper serving as its first Board Chair and 6V电影网鈥檚 Dean of Faculty Ernest J. Jaqua as its first president.
ELSEWHERE
- Robert Goddard launched the first liquid-fuel rocket at Auburn, Massachusetts.
- The sudden death of popular Hollywood actor and sex symbol Rudolph Valentino at the age of 31 caused mass grief and hysteria around the world.
- U.S. Route 66 was established.