Oral Histories

Interview of James W. Lloyd

Subtitle:
UCLA Student Leaders: James W. Lloyd
Series:
UCLA Student Leaders of the 1920s and '30s
Topic:
UCLA and University of California History
UCLA Student Leaders
Interviewer:
Gist, David P.
Interviewee:
Lloyd, James W.
Supporting Documents:
Records relating to the interview are located in the office of the UCLA Library's Center for Oral History Research.
Language:
English
Copyright:
Regents of the University of California, UCLA Library.
Series Statement:
Interviews in this series document the experiences and activities of student leaders at UCLA beginning in 1919, when the institution was named University of California, Southern Branch, and moving forward into the 1930s. This series was funded in part by Associated Students UCLA (ASUCLA).
Abstract:
Family background; memories of Los Angeles in 1910s; Japanese-Americans in local community; working on Hollywood High School yearbook; decision to attend University of California, Southern Branch; student hazing; pep rallies; bond drive for the Westwood campus; joining Delta Mu Phi fraternity; status of minority students; religious life on campus; Reserve Officers Training Corps; Rally Committee; freshman debating team; Charles A. Marsh; Charles H. Rieber; Ernest Carroll Moore; Lloyd Douglas; Hell's Bells; The Claw; working on the yearbook, Southern Campus; becoming yearbook editor; Senior Executive Council; Thanic Shield; Blue Shield; alumni activities; career with the Los Angeles Unified School District; philosophies of education and life.