University of Southern California - El Rodeo Yearbook (Los Angeles, CA)

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hlancc to a Spanish market-place, with outside stairways, patius, fountains, and balconies, the student will find grouped tor his convenience the shops of various merchants now located along University avenue. In addition to its convenience tor the students, this plan would clear the campus of the rented structures of the tradespeople. Shops which will probably be found will include a beauty parlor, bar- ber-shop, drug-store, haberdasheries, no- tion shop, cleaning establishment, laundry, and other serv ice shops. The Paseo will also provide extra facili- ties for Y.W.C.A. and Y.M.C.A. activi- ties, and will include club rooms and a ban- quet hall. Also, it will provide space for the much needed addition to the present over-cr owded Student Union fountain. On the first floor of the little tower, which is planned as the pivotal part of the structure, will be located a chapter-room where honorary and professional organiza- tions which have no chapter houses may meet for business or ritualistic proceedings. On the second floor, and reached by an outside stairway, will be located the Mar- riage Chapel. This is an interesting inno- vation now in vogue in many schools which is ideal for campus weddings. If the dream of these architects comes true — and it will if all the campus gets in back of the idea and boosts it — we will have a picturesque addition to the campus which we all may be proud to call our own. A decade of highly successful adminis- trative progress was fittingly closed wih the testimonial dinner held in honor of Dr. von KleinSmid ' s ten years as president of the University. The affair was held at the Biltmore hotel, December 12, and was given by the alumni association of the Uni- versity, the Board of Trustees, the facul- ties, and an honorary committee of citizens. The past decade has been one of prog- ress, during which the control of Southern California has passed from the founder group of the Methodist Episcopal church, with a board of trustees of twenty-one members, into the hands of a self-perpetu- ating board of thirty members. By this action, the University has become an in- stitution with the responsibility for the education and training of an ever-increas- ing group of leaders and citizens. The net assets of the University corporation have more than trebled in value during the de- cade, increasing from approximately $1,- 947,000 m 1921 to $6,651,000 in 1931. 20

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ncctiiin with tin- m.in,ii;i.-incnt ot the li- brary will he t.ikeii care ot hy hook ehutcs, a holt conveyor, and a pneumatic tube communication and distribution system. When the buildinjj is completed, the University will have as the focal point ol its expansion program one ot the must beautiful and complete libraries iii the country. But the library is not the only new building to be added to the campus. The Physical Education building, completed last year, is a structure ot which any school might be justly proud. One of the foremost of its many fea- tures is the swimming pool, pictured be- low, which is used jointly by the men ' s and women ' s physical education depart- ments. In addition to the large pool are two smaller pools, used for instruction. Two major gymnasiums are provided for men ' s and women ' s sports, and smaller rooms are used for corrective and special classes. The women ' s portion oi the building boasts a beautifully equipped dance studio for the classes in folk and natural dancing. There are also comfortable club rooms which are the center ot A. A. and other activities. In the MKiis division are basketball courts, with seating accommodations for spectators, the athletic training quarters for the University teams, boxing and wrestling rooms and handball courts. In addition, the building contains the Physical Education faculty offices, class- rooms, the offices of the I ' niversity Health Service, a sun porch, and a solarium. The whole structure of the building is of Roman brvck in the Romanesque style of architecture, and throughout the coun- try it is looked upon as exceptionally beau- tiful and well-equipped. So much for the past and present in building construction on the campus. The thoughts of progressive-minded students and faculty are now turning to the future and the proposed addition to the Student I ' nion, to be known as the El Paseo. The structure, which is the idea ot Dean Arthur C. Weatherhead, of the G)l- lege of Architecture, and Professors C. Raimond Johnson and Raymond M. Ken- nedy, also of Architecture, will consist of an L-shaped building surrounding the ex- isting Student Union, and will provide added facilities for student and profession ' al enterprises. In a setting bearing a marked resem- wKk ■ Hi[il ii iF S 19 m • • • • •

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Prohosfd daaition lo tlie Student U mni, HI i The building program during the past ten years has added approximately one building to the campus each year. In 1921 the campus had eight buildings, five ot which are still in use. They are the psy- chology building, built in 1880, and the first frame building on the campus; Old College, built in 1884; Clinic building of the College of Dentistry, 1914; Science and Technique building of the College ot Dentistry, 1920; Administration building, 1921. At present the growing student body IS housed in sixteen buildings. The group added during the decade includes the Architecture building, built in 1923; Science Hall. 1924; Women ' s Residence Hall, 192 ' ; Law Building, 192 ?; Bridge Hall and Student I ' nion, 1928; Mudd Hall of Philosophy. 1929; and the Phy.M- cal Education building and the Memorial library already described. The growth of the student body over the ten-year period is shown from a com- parison of the enrollment of ' ,63 ' ) in 1921, to a total of 16,18 in 1931 . Keeping pace with the growth in enrollment, the faculty has increased from a staff of 283 members in 1921 to a staff of 481 members in 1931. The numbers of degrees granted annually has grown from 398 in 1921 to 1388 in 1931. S. C. ' s scholastic standing has been lifted to the first rank in the nation, and in athletics, the department has risen to first place in the co.ist conference. Shortly after assuming the administra- tive responsibilities of the I ' niversity, Pres- ident von KleinSmid introduced a plan of administration which has proved very suc- 21 rm 4