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

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EL RODEO i a living reality. After much talking, dreaming, and planning, it is an accomplished fact. We were daring enough when we were Freshmen to threaten the publication of an Annual; we vainly threw down the same challenge to the class of ' 97 when we became Sophomores; but when we reached the dig- nit ' of Juniors the field was clear and ' 99 has at last realized her fondest hopes. The commendable loyalty which has characterized the student body as it has rallied to the support of every proposal concerning the Annual has been an incen- tive to the staff to do their utmost to make EL RODEO a success in every partic- ular. When we tell you that we ha ' e lived upon a diet of tacks to give us pointers, eaten pickles and hot Spanish tamales to sharpen our wits, and devoured sardines and canned salmon with avidity in order to increase the activity of our brains, you will begin to understand the enjoyments that the Annual staff has endured that we might say something interesting and funny. But this is not our full tale of woe. We have also carried double English that we might do credit to our professor of English. Not only have we risen early in the morning, but we have denied ourselves the privilege of taking the young ladies to the prayer meet- ing Thursday evening, that we might have more time for Annual work. Scattered throughout these pages you will find the history of the past year in a form which will be indelibK ' impressed upon the memory of everyone who has been within these walls. It has not been the intention of the staff to be cruel or hard hearted in any personalities or eccentricities that we have inadvertently touched upon. In case your name does not appear in some form or another, you may rest assured that vour conduct has been of such a character as not to excite remark. However, if your feelings have been hurt, do not blame the editors, for they could not resist recording the predicaments into which you have cast your- self. Furthermore, if you are an upper classman, it was once in your power to