Delta needs yearbooks to preserve memories

BY JADA PORTILLO Opinion Editor

Yearbooks are a way of remembering the school year and bonding with your peers when discussing your summer plans while signing each other’s yearbooks.

While yearbooks seem to be only for high schools, some universities and community colleges have them.

Delta College, once known as Stockton College, hasn’t had a yearbook since 1957 called the “El Recuerdo ‘’ according to the library’s online archives. Most of the yearbooks in Delta’s past are from the Stockton College period of its history.

Delta’s first yearbook was made in 1936 called the “Naranjado,” which lasted until 1949 under College of the

Pacific and Stockton College.

In the 1950s, Delta’s yearbook was called “Yearling” being the only year with that name for the book.

“El Recuerdo” lasted 7 years and was one of the last yearbooks to be made at Delta.

The books included pictures of the administration, faculty and students while showcasing the then campus. Activities and classes are also shown as well as the staff who created the yearbook which are the students.

Considering Delta has about more than 15,000 students compared to more than 60 years ago, I get why making a yearbook would be a hassle.

If Delta were to have a yearbook, it would be a great way for Delta College Alumni to show their kids their college or for a way for them to reflect on