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

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WILLIAM LEES JUnsoN Dean College of Fine Art.:

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College of Theolog N the southwest corner of the campus stands the home of the Maclay College of Theology. The building is one of the least pretentious of the University group, but it has an honorable record. In the remote past the Chaw Sir Club was housed therein, and for some years the College of Music lived and prospered under its roof. The session of 1913-1914 is the seventh in the life of the young and growing College of Theology. Here its students and professors, building on the founda- tion of a broad culture, believe that in mastering the tenets of the Christian faith they are laying the cornerstone of a liberal education. Maclay's diploma, succeeding the Bachelorls Degree from Liberal Arts, is year by year adding rare equipment to Christian character and sending out noble men to the highest of all vocations. Many of the men are already engaged as pastors of churches, some at a considerable distance from the College, so that home demands and time for travel divide the days with their College work and make them the busiest of men. The alumni and students of Maclay represent a world constituency. The sons of England, Ireland, Australia, Armenia, Japan, Korea, Denmark, Norway, Germany, Canada, and our own land are in the classes or out in the arena of the world. The alumni roll is rapidly increasing and the summer of 1914 will mark the graduation of the fourth Senior Class from the College. If you a Theologue would be Prepare to sail Truth's deepest seag 'Tis vain for the far goal to start Until from dogma's shore you part. The world needs men of breadth and scope, Clear brain, warm heart, firm faith, bright hopeg If you would think, and love, and do, Maclay's the school of schools for you. EZRA ANTHONY HEALY, D.D. 1 ul Q A 'i 2 1

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College of F ine Arts QQ NLY the best is worth While is the motto which was adopted as the watchword of the College of Fine Arts at its flag raising in September, l90l, when the first section of the present plan of build- ings was finished and opened to students for the first time. The real birth of the College dates back to 1897, and the first graduates Cthere were only three of themj received their diplomas in 1900. The College had existed as an institution for some years in connection with the art classes of the College of Liberal Arts, with headquarters in the Blanchard building and classrooms on the top floor of the old university building. The creation of an art atmosphere in an inartistic community cannot be accomplished without much time and effort. It was necessary to produce first an environment of beautiful things, to stimulate the love for beautiful things and to get together people who love and practice nrt for its own sake. Bohemianism, as a necessary adjunct of art, is a myth. A Bohemian rarely arrives anywhere except at the 7 by 9 feet to which all men are finally entitled, but a spirit of comradeship in the mutual enthusiasm for art and a humming, booming activity in the making of things worth While produce a state of mind which is a joy in itself and becomes a contagion which makes the ideal school of art an environment much to be desired. That this has been accomplished, all who come within the range of the influence of the College of Fine Arts readily proclaim. The willing helpfulness and unselfish goodfellowship prevailing among the students prove that the mutual love and practice of art forms a magnet which robs study of all its drudgery. The situation of the College buildings is in itself an inspiration to work. The nearness of the choicest section of the Arroyo Seco with its perennial stream and groves and hills, the easy accessibility of a great wealth of paintable material form in themselves a stimulus and an important asset. Three years ago the building was burned to the ground, with its thirty years' accumulation of art treasures, its library, pictures, musical instruments and statu- ary. It was impossible to replace all the quaint and unique creations of the past years, but today the rebuilt school is, in all of its vital needs, better prepared than ever before for the training of the generations to come. Only the best is worth while is still the motto and guiding principle of the school. WILLIAM Lens JUDSON. 23 ,agi ng Qigg,