Many amateur cartoonists got their first taste of being in print by illustrating their school yearbooks from Boody Rogers to Milton Caniff. But here’s a switch: I imagine William Randolph Hearst was a big donor to the University of California and that it was he who drafted his A-List cartoonists to cartoon what have to be the greatest yearbook illustrations of all time. Billy DeBeck (with a little dig at Hearst in the corner of his illustration), Sidney Smith with an Andy Gump, Swinnerton with Little Jimmy, another DeBeck, this time with Spark Plug and Barney Google. Uncle Walt and Skeezix by Frank King, Fay King (no relation that I know of-hm, never thought about that till just now). That’s Fay herself in the background as she often drew herself, BEFORE Segar’s Olive Oyl! And we end with a couple of George McManus’ including a nice Rosie in the swim. There’s more cartoons in the yearbook, but these are the very best, I think. Now lets all applaud these old skool cartoonists and throw our mortar board caps in the air with a shout-let’s hear it for the Blue and Gold! Enjoy…

— C. Yoe (in the funny papers)