c i The San Diego BULLETIN^ State Normal School INFORMATION CONCERNING THE SCHOOL AND ITS EQUIPMENT Volume I No. 4 September, 1913 HI I 3 3 limmmem*** ililHSlf : 1 hi 1 i i I i I 1 1 i I MAIN I',UIL!> PUBLISHED QUARTERLY BY THE STATE NORMAL SCHOOL OF SAN DIEGO SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA Entered as second class mailer, April 15, 1913, at the post office, San Diego, Cal., under the act of August 24, 1912. uted at the Stale riintins 0111c, California. Friend Wr ii. Supeiinteii'len PAGEANTS AND FESTIVALS. DEDICATION DAY. On the first day in May, 1899, the building shown on the opposite page (and also shown on the cover) was dedicated. The anniversary of this day has since been kept as "Dedication Day" — the most important one in the school year. The exercises commencing the day always include a Mayday pageant. The picture — one of the scenes in the festival of 191 3 — shows the May Queen ushered to her throne by her page and maids of honor. NoTE.- The Ci talog of the school, with complete information as to courses of study, school calenda entrance r« [uiremi nis. etc., will In- sent on applfcatioi Address all communications to THE REGISTRAR, State Normal School. San Diego, Californi SCENES FROM THE MAY FESTIVAL OF 1913. Scenes from the May festival of 191 1. THE DANCERS— SAILORS. DUTCH LASSES, SENORITAS. The Maypole dance, by the children of the intermediate school, May festival of 1913. THE MAYPOLE DANCE. FESTIVAL OF 19 THE GREEK PLAY. The great Greek porch in the central portion of the building provides the setting for a beautiful out-of-door Greek theatre. In IQI2, the senior class presented on this stage Ben Jonson's "Hue and Cry After Cupid." The class of 1913 gave Stephen Phillips' "Ulysses," on a moon- light night in June — a truly interesting production of a notable play. The two productions have established a firm foundation for an annual rendition of a Greek play as one of the traditions of the school. SCENES FROM "UEYSSES. Characters in "Ulysses." Upper picture, Ulysses and Calypso; lower pic- ture, Penelope. ;RS IN "ULYSSES.' THE LIBRARY. There are not many rooms more loved by the students than the library. It is efficiently administered — one gets the hint, the help, that one needs. It is a beautiful room, bountifully supplied with books — books for pleasure and personal culture, as well as books of professional use. THE LIBK \RY. THE TRAINING SCHOOL LIBRARY. The training school library is one room, at least, that might find place in a true "house of children," for it has not only the charm of low shelves, fine pictures and the books that children love, but is administered by trained people skilled in child lore. This library, the normal school library, the studios, shops, and laboratories of the institution, are all freely used in the work of the training school, which is made the center of the circle of administration. No member of the faculty, no officer of administration, ever forgets that the training of teachers must imply for all constant contact with and constant attention to the problem of the child. THE TRAINING SCHOOL LIBRARY. PHYSICAL EDUCATION. Out-of-door physical education — which includes not only rowing, but also tennis, basket-ball, captain-ball, baseball and walking — is supplemented by sys- tematic work in the school gymnasium, accompanied by courses in physiology and hygiene, with social and personal hygiene. The gymnasium is well equipped, and is so well ventilated as to be virtually an out-of-door gymnasium. PHYSICAL EDUCATION. OUT-OF-DOOR LIFE. One of the school crews — "Pristis." The delightful waters of San Diego Bay furnish the Normal School students with splendid opportunities for recreation and physical development. Every afternoon, the school barge, "manned" by one of the six school crews, is taken out for a cruise on the bay. Each crew makes up a natural social group, and the crews, taken all together, function admirably in the social life of the school. There are five or six other crews besides the Pristis, as the Glaucus, Rhinegold, Dos: Watch, Argfonauts. White Ducks, etc. Physical development through work, as well as through athletics and gym- nastic exercises, is one of the features of the curriculum of the school. The pictures on the opposite page show a group of intermediate school boys ready for lessons in agriculture, and groups of normal school students in the wood shop. HOUSEHOLD ARTS. The courses in household arts are deservedly popular. A suite of rooms, inclusive of sewing room, kitchen and dining room, has been set aside for the work, in the east wing of the main building. Students in the advanced courses are given excellent opportunity for practice teaching, since courses in cooking and sewing are required of the pupils in the training school. HOUSEHOLD ARTS— VIEW OF KITCHEN. SOCIETIES. The students of the school have not forgotten religion as fundamental in the whole problem of life. Religious organizations among the students may find a place in the school life without offense to any creed or doctrine. During the past year, the Young Women's Christian Association has taken on a new significance in an efficient program of social service rendered in the true Christian spirit. MUSIC. Music is made one of the major subjects of the normal school curriculum. In addition to the regular courses in the teaching of public school music, choral singing is required of all students, while special choral work through the "Philo- mel Club" gives added opportunity to students who wish to specialize in choral singing. The Philomel Club and the school orchestra have provided the school with some of its most delightful musical entertainments. THE PHILOMEL CLUB. OUT-OF-DOOR SCHOOL ROOM. This is one of the out-of-door school rooms, of which six have been built, with more to be constructed as the school grows. Some of the rooms are avail- able for normal school classes, as well as for the children of the training school. L, 1 HallEl' (UT-OF-DOOR SCHOOL ROOM. CLIMATIC ENVIRONMENT. An Athenian poet described his people as "ever delicately marching in most pellucid air." This "most pellucid air" of the classic poet bathes at least one shrine in America — a shrine set up to the spirit of democracy on the heights above the Pacific where the first settlement in California was planted — at San Diego. Appropriately enough, the roofing of this shrine is Athenian in the motif of its architecture, and climate and architecture combine to make a school home of genuine beauty and of genuine comfort to the human spirit. To those who must balance poetry with fact, the exhibit on the opposite page will make its equal appeal. THE CLIMATE OF SAN DIEGO. Since the beginning of meteorological records, the tempera- ture has averaged less than one hour per year above 90 degrees. The thermometer has but once gone below 32 degrees, although the records extend back to 1871. The annual rainfall in San Diego averages ten inches. Back from the coast, the rainfall increases to over forty inches. It is in this well-watered region that the magnificent water supply of San Diego is located. The sea breeze keeps San Diego cool in summer, and warm in winter, and the near-by mountains and desert give it a dry marine climate. The wind averages five miles per hour throughout the year. The sun shines in San Diego on an average of 356 days a year. The photographic sunshine recorder shows that for over twenty years there has been an average of less than 9 days a year without one hour or more of sunshine. Temperatures are usually shown on a globe by lines which pass through regions of the same degree of heat or cold. Red lines of 60 degrees and 70 degrees showing the summer tem- perature at San Diego also enclose Alaska and Siberia. Blue lines of 50 degrees and 60 degrees, showing the winter tem- perature at San Diego, enclose Egypt and Arabia. Thus San Diego may be said to have Alaskan summers and Egyptian winters. —From U. S. Weather Bureau Records. TEMPERATURE. Mean highest 72.8 Mean lowest 63.5 Mean for the month 68.2 PRECIPITATION. Total inches this mo... 0.06 MONTHLY SUNSHINE RECORD. Number hours, actual sunshine 320.3 Number hours possible 436.9 Percentage of possible 73 Weather Conditions Obtained During the Summer Session of 1913. Monthly Meterological Summary for San Diego, July, 1913. Temperature. Highest, 78, 7th ; lowest, 60, 25th; greatest daily range, 15, 1st; least, 5, 13th; normal for this month, 66.9; absolute highest for this month for 42 years, 93 ; lowest, 54 ; average daily excess of this month compared with normal, 1.3; accumulated deficiency since January 1, 2.12. Precipitation. Total this month, 0.06; snowfall, 0; greatest precipi- tation in 24 hours, .05, on the 20th ; normal this month, .00 ; total from September 1, 1912, to date, 5.63 ; normal from September 1, 1912, to date, 10.01 ; deficiency from Sep- tember 1, 1912, to date, 4.38; annual normal, 10.01. Wind. Prevailing direction, west; total movement, 4,932 miles ; average hourly velocity, 6.6; maximum velocity (in 5 min- utes), 20 miles per hour from west, on 21st. Weather. Number of days clear, 20; partly cloudy, 11; cloudy, 0; on which 0.01 inch precipita- tion or more occurred, 2. Mean monthly relative hu- midity, 80 per cent. Note. — This is a typical record of temperature conditions in San Diego in midsummer. Temp. _? Date I 1 g Character of tlay ~^l 1— 75 BO 68 .no Clear 70 ') 71 61 00 .(X) Clear 70 3 Oil 61 65 .00 Pt.Cldy 01 4— ,1 62 00 .(HI Clear m 5__._ 7.-i 61 OS .00 Clear Kin 6_._ 74 05 70 .(XI Clear Kin 7___- 7S tir, 72 .(X) Clear 01 8 75 00 ,11 .00 Pt. Cldy fil 9_— 75 66 70 .00 Clear ss 10 76 6.'! 70 .00 Clear 100 11__._ 74 64 69 .00|Pt. Cldy 02, 12 74 65 70 .00 Pt. Cldy 40 13_.__ 71 oo <;s .(X) Pt.Cldy 50 14. - 7166 70 .(Ml Clear ,s 15— _ 73 00 7(1 .(X) Clear 70 16____ 72 65 OS .0(1 Pt.Cldy 12 17 71 02 60 .(X) Clear S4 18____ ,2 02 6, .(Ml Pt.Cldv 6.4 19.... 72 62 07 .0(1 Pt.Cldy 65 20_.._ 74 66 70 .05 Clear 67 21.... 74 65 70 .(Ml Clear 86 22— 73 66 70 .(X) Clear 83 23— 72 05 OS .00 Clear 74 24 74 6.4 (iS .(XI Clear 74 25— 71 60 00 .(XI Clear 93 26... 72 61 OS .01 Clear 71 27— 71 6! 07 .(X) Pt.Cldy 40 28— 60 61 00 .00 Pt.Cldy 56 29. 71 6.4 07 .(Ml Clear KM) 30_— 72 61 00 .00 Pt.Cldy 66 31— 72,62 67 .00 Clear 83 3 0112 105611112