A user needed to transport a gift to a UCLA office. The gift was the annual for the Southern Campus, University of Los Angeles for the year, 1928 . . .

• Donation of a major collection on the Civil War to the current library by a local businessman, William Wyles.
  
• Completion of the first year in the California Coast Conference

But 1928 in the Southern Campus (Los Angeles) history is quite remarkable.
It was the last year for the University to occupy the Vermont Street campus and the beginning of construction at Westwood. From the hay fields of Westwood, ground was prepared for the grand university buildings that are UCLA landmarks. The annual records the framing of the library tower (now the Powell Library).

"Royce Hall, auditorium and classroom building, and the University library, were the first two buildings to be erected on the new campus . . . Including complete equipment, the two will cost approximately $1,900,000." (p20)

The annual also reports all aspects of student life:

• photographs of lines of students (ladies in coats with fur collars, gents in wool slacks) waiting for registration...
  
• dramatic performances with elegant costumes... and
  
• detailed commentaries of each football game for that year:

Scoring what the theatrical producer would term a distinct hit in their first act of the prologue to the season of 1928, Coach William Spaulding's latest version of "what a football team should be" overwhelmed the Santa Barbara Teachers College Roadrunners 33-0 in the opening practice tilt.

The Roadrunners were well run over at the heels when the dust of the battle cleared away after the Bruins had charged over their goalline twice in the first quarter and once in each of the remaining three. From start to finish the heavier California team dominated the situation at every point. The work of the Bruin backs, Fields, Fleming and La Brucherie was especially impressive considering the earliness of the season.

Santa Barbara, although outclassed, was putting up an admirable stand against the Bruin eleven, but Spaulding's men in the initial game, were playing excellent ball.

In the final period Coach Spaulding began sending the regulars to the showers...A few minutes later the game ended on the Santa Barbara five-yard line, the Bruin substitutes having pounded their way down the field.

Spaulding, while making no statement regarding the game, seemed pleased with the showing made by his proteges. (p198-199)

The Southern Campus 1928, University of California, Los Angeles, (volume 9), n.p., n.d.