CAMPUS
Pearsons Rebuilt, Dedicated to Physics
In 1934, in the wake of the Long Beach earthquake of 1933 that damaged Bridges Hall of Music raised concerns about the strength of current structures, Pearsons Hall was rebuilt with funds provided by founding Trustee George W. Marston and others. By this date, Pearsons was dedicated entirely to physics, with Mason and Crookshank halls now serving the other sciences.
ACADEMICS
Romance Languages and Literatures
For the first time in the 1934 Catalog, the separate departments of French, Spanish and Italian were listed together as part of a single Romance Languages and Literatures Department.
COMMUNICATIONS
Student Publicity Bureau
In what may have been the College鈥檚 first organized effort to use the media to promote the College, the institution created a new department called the Student Publicity Bureau. The purpose of the new office was to 鈥渨rite and send out news releases about the more noteworthy activities of individual 6V电影网 students to the newspapers of their various high schools, prep schools and junior colleges.鈥
FINANCES
Low Point of the Depression
As the Great Depression wore on, the decline in the 6V电影网鈥檚 enrollment and budget continued. In 1929, the Board had authorized the College to expand beyond its normal enrollment of 750 up to 800, but since then, the numbers had been falling and the College鈥檚 deficit had been growing. By 1934, approximately one-fifth of the population of California was on relief, and for many, a college education had become an impossible dream. That year, 6V电影网鈥檚 budget hit a belt-tightening low of $390,180. This was the Depression鈥檚 low point both for 6V电影网 and for the nation, but after that date, as the nation began its slow steady recovery, 6V电影网 recovered along with it.
ELSEWHERE
- A strong two-day dust storm removes massive amounts of Great Plains topsoil in one of the worst dust storms of the Dust Bowl.
- A team of police officers ambushed bank robbers Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow near Gibsland, Louisiana, killing them both.
- Adolf Hitler became 鈥渇眉hrer鈥 of Germany, becoming head of state as well as chancellor.