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B-1Z Black-chinned, cov. 1; B-2Z Snow Egret, cov. 2; B-3Z Gambel's Quail, cov. 3; B-4Z Golden Eagle, cov. 4; DS-1Z Sonoran Desert, p. 2-3; B-5Z Cooper's Hawk, p. 4; ED-2021-22-23-24-25-26-27-28-29 Southwestern Academy, p. 5-6-7; AR-3Z Cardinal, p. 8; AR-4Z Blue Jay, p. 9; B-6Z Harris Hawk, p. 10; B-7Z Black Crowned, p. 10; B-8Z Western Bluebird, p. 10; B-50Z Mockingbird, p. 11; B-9Z Goshawk, p. 11; B-10Z Black-throated, p. 11; B-11Z Lesser Scaup, p. 11; B-12Z Le Conte's, p. 12; BH-1 Riparian Habitat, p. 12-13; BH-2 Desert Habitat, p. 12-13; BH-3 Cultivated, p. 12-13; B-13Z Hummingbirds, p. 14; B-14Z Broad-tailed, p. 14; BH-4 Upper Highland, p. 14-15; B-15Z Mountain Chickadee, p. 15; B-16Z Bridled Titmouse, p. 15; B-17Z Lawrence Goldfinch, p. 16; B-18Z Finches, p. 16; B-19Z American, p. 16; B-20Z Great Horned Owl, p. 17; B-21Z Screech Owl, p. 17; B-22Z Burrowing Owls, p. 17; BH-5 Santa Catalina, p. 18; B-23Z Golden-fronted, p. 18; B-24Z Ladder-backed, p. 19; B-25Z Gila Woodpecker, p. 19; B-26Z Sparrows, p. 20; BH-6 High Sonoran, p. 20-21; B-27Z Lazuli Bunting, p. 20; B-28Z Coppery-tailed, p. 21; B-29Z Red-billed, p. 21; B-30Z Green Kingfisher, p. 22; BH-7 Kingfisher, p. 22-23; B-31Z Cassin's Kingbird, p. 23; BH-8 Santa Catalina, p. 24-25; B-32Z Kingbirds, p. 26; B-33Z Scrub Jay, p. 27; BH-9 Kingbird, p. 27; B-34Z Phainopepla, p. 27; B-35/38Z Orioles, p. 28-29; BH-10 Irrigated Habitat, p. 28; B-36Z Blue Grosbeak, p. 28; BH-11 Ft. Huachuca, p. 28-29; B-37Z Arizona Jay, p. 29; BH-12 Ajo Mountain, p. 30; B-39Z Curve-billed, p. 30; B-40Z Longbilled, p. 31; BH-13 Organ Pipe Cactus, p. 31; B-41Z Becards, p. 32; B-42Z Blue Crowned, p. 33; B-43Z Bald Eagle, p. 34; B-44Z Red-faced, p. 35; B-45Z Wied's Crested, p. 35; B-46Z Coppery-tailed, p. 36; B-47Z Vermilion, p. 36; BH-14 Highland Avian, p. 37; BH-15 Cactus Wren, p. 40; AR-5Z Cactus Wren, p. 41; B-48ZA-48ZB-48ZC48ZD Roadrunner, p. 41; BH-16 Pacheta Falls, p. 43; B-49Z Merriam Wild Turkey, p. 43; WD-1Z Wild Poppies. p. 47.

issue whatsoever) and only a few hardheads were seriously concerned about such unpopular subjects as smog or water pollution.

But Dr. Veronda believed that education is more than absorbing facts and acquiring knowledge. He believed that young men have lessons to learn from nature, lessons far too few of them have the opportunity to learn, in today's noisy, trash-littered world.

He believed that an important part of education is coming to understand yourself in relation to nature, feeling yourself a part of it, valuing its beauty and uniqueness, learning how to test yourself in relation to it, and having time to think, undisturbed.

Dr. Veronda had heard about the property in a conversation with a friend at a football game, and soon thereafter he flew to Arizona to inspect it. The weather in Arizona set records for frigidity that day, dropping to 17 below zero by the time he reached the ranch. The caretaker took him for a jeep ride through the property, over frozen terrain covered with ice and snow.

From a superficial perspective, the ranch didn't look too impressive. Years of disuse had created a facade of neglect. But beyond the frigid, 17-below weather, beyond the weedy, unkept grounds and the musty, covered furniture, he saw unique unparalleled possibilities for giving young men from today's cities a chance to grow and learn in a setting few of them ever have the opportunity to experience.

"I decided on the way back to California that I wanted Southwestern to have the property," he said. "The facilities themselves were ideal for a boarding school, and the setting was spectacular."

Southwestern Academy's San Marino campus was founded in 1924 by Dr. Veronda's father as a family school for 100 resident boys, stressing a rigorous college preparatory program. It is located in a beautiful suburban area, 10 miles northeast of Los Angeles and just south of Pasadena.

The academy draws as students active, energetic young men with good academic potential and average to above average levels of achievement. Although it does not accept discipline problems, it has had outstanding success in helping underachieving boys fulfill their true potential.

During 1969-70, students were enrolled from 14 states, as well as from Iran, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Nicaragua, Pakistan, Peru, the Philippines, Switzerland, Thailand and Trinidad.

"The boys immediately saw the possibilities and were tremendously excited about the ranch," said Dr. Veronda. "Many adults didn't understand what I had in mind. They couldn't understand why I wanted to open a campus in Arizona when we already had one in California."

The old Mellon hunting lodge buildings on Beaver Creek Ranch were quickly transformed into dormitories, classrooms, science laboratories, a library, auditorium, offices, recreation building, and homes for resident teachers, as the facility was prepared for its new role. Several barns and shop buildings continued their usual function.

The new campus was opened in 1963. Juniors and seniors are in residence at the ranch for the entire year, while boys in other grade levels, one through 10, spend a month out of each year in Arizona and the remainder of the year at the campus in San Marino.

The Arizona campus faculty live in homes on the school grounds and provide an intensive program of instruction in English, life science, histories, foreign language and mathematics. Small classes allow teachers to devote personal attention to students' learning needs, and tutoring or after-class discussions frequently continue in living rooms of faculty homes after dinner.

"It was a good year, the best year of my life. It was stiff as far as the studying goes. But now I can look back on it, and feel good. I'm so glad my parents sent me, or I never, ever would have had this experience."

"The teachers, the administration . . . you work for them, and they work for you. There's not anything in the world they wouldn't do for any of us. They're just fantastic."

"Everybody works together as a unit. It's just fantastic. You know the teachers on a personal basis. You respect their knowledge and their age, and that they're teachers, but still, they're more than teachers. They're people you know and work with. They teach you more than lessons. They teach you life."

"At first you consider the isolation at the ranch a detriment - you think you're going to be lonely. But then you learn that solitude is an entirely different thing from loneliness.

"Being in the city, you do the same thing over and over each day. There's nothing to do and nothing to think about. Up there, you start spending some time alone. You learn about yourself. Yourself was hidden in the city."

"When I first got there, I plunged in and tried to do everything there was to do. Then after awhile, I learned I didn't have to rush around all the time, and I'd get a book and go down by the creek and read. I didn't appreciate reading until I went there."

"I used to feel like I was just an average person. I don't feel like just an average person any more. I'm somebody unique so I'm going to be myself. Life is beautiful and I love it. You've got to love life to live it. You have to be able to love yourself to give love. Being alone, you look into yourself, and you learn that."

"You learn what to do in case you get a snake or scorpion bite. You learn what's safe and what isn't. You learn how to get along with nature."

"Birds there are so many beautiful birds. You wouldn't believe the birds!"

"One day I was hiking and I saw a hawk, and it was so beautiful I couldn't imagine it."

"You drive for miles and you don't see any cars. Instead, you see a robin."

"You get so angry at the campers and what they do to the area. They come up for a weekend, with their children, to take in nature's splendor, with their tents and their cars, and they throw garbage all over. It's a rotten shame."

"I could see the smog when we got back to the city, and I could hardly stand it. I didn't realize it was there before I went away and left it."

"What's so great is the total closeness, being a person with other people. In a lot of big schools today, you become a number, not a person. That's awful!"

And so it was that a dream became a reality and is manifesting its wisdom through the growing spirits of evolving young men, young men who are leaving the Arizona ranch campus and entering the adult world with some very special insights to give back to others.