I love this motto: To Rescue for Human Society the Native Values of Rural Life, the Eugene W. Hilgard Hall which seems so incongruent with the building.
Eugene W. Hilgard (1833-1916) was a professor of Agriculture and Botany at CAL between 1875-1904. “The building is part of a trio including Wellman Hall and Giannini Hall that form the original agricultural quad on campus. It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.”)