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

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and students. He introduced Bishop Adna Wright Leonard of San Francisco, who, as president of the Board at the present time, made the principal address. Led by the University band, the entire audience then marched from the bleachers, around the track of Bovard field, formally dedicating the new equipment to the cause of the Greater University. Later developments indicate that a large auditorium will be among the first buidings erected, and it is planned that this structure, located midway between Jefferson Street and Exposition Park, shall be the most imposing building of the campus, housing the administration offices as well as including the auditorium in which all the students of every college may assemble. In addition to the property on University Avenue, a frontage of 279 feet on Exposition Boulevard has also been purchased by the University. This property has a depth of 130 feet. COMMENCEMENT Because President Bovard had suffered a slight injury to his knee while in the East, and was therefore unable to return in time for graduation, the thirty-third annual commencement exercises of the University were con- ducted under the direction of Dr. Ezra A. Healy, president of the board of trustees, on June 8, 1916, in the Bible Institute Auditorium. Dr. Charles Edward Locke, speaking on the subject, What is an Education? , delivered the commencement address. The total number of certificates, dip lomas and degrees granted upon this occasion was 488. They were apportioned as follows : High School Teacher ' s Certificate, 115; Bachelor of Arts, 129; Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineer- ing, 4; Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering, 5; Master of Arts, 30; Master of Science, 1; Bachelor of Laws, 64; Juris Doctor, 14; Master of Laws, 1; Doctor of Medicine, 24; Doctor of Dental Surgery, 38; Graduate in Pharmacy, 33 ; Bachelor in Pharmacy, 1 ; Diploma in Oratory, 3 ; Certificate in Oratory, 6; Diploma Piano and Theory, 1; Certificate Piano and Theory, 5; Voice and Theory, 2; Bachelor of Divinity, 3; Certificate in Theology, 4; Diploma in Fine Arts, 4; Bachelor of Fine Arts. 1. IVY DAY CEREMONIES. LIBERAL ARTS Page 26

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GREATER UNIVERSITY ANNOUNCEMENT Declaring that the University of Southern California has purchased, and now owns, almost the entire frontage on University Avenue between Ex- position Park and the present campus, with a depth of 130 to 195 feet. Presi- dent Bovard, at a mass meeting of students, alumni, faculty members, trustees and friends of the University, on the bleachers of Bovard field, March 30, 1917, announced that the permanent location of the University will be where it now is. This decision has been reached after long and careful deliberation by the Board of Trustees, and when everything had been considered, it was thought best to keep the University of Southern California a city university, continued Dr. Bovard. Following this announcement a huge drawing of the new campus as it will appear when the Greater University plans are more nearly realized, was uncovered. It showed the location of each of the new buildings included in the University ' s proposed forward movement. Congratulatory remarks were made by Mayor Frank T. Woodman; Mrs. Susan M. Dorsey, assistant su- perintendent of schools; and Dr. Jesse F. Millspaugh of the Normal School. Dean Ezra A. Healy of the Maclay College of Theology, former president of the Board of Trustees, in a ringing speech told what the prospect of beautiful and adequate buildings meant to the University and to its faculty PLANS FOR THE GREATER UNIVERSITY ANNOUNCED. LIBERAL ARTS Page 25

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ANNUAL PAJAMARINO November 2 was the date for the big night rally on the bleachers, before the game with California. The Pajamarino of all freshman men, and the giant three-story bonfire provided the big events of the evening ' s entertain- ment. The Varsity and freshman football squads occupied seats of honor on the platform. Manfred Evans, as student body president, was in charge of the rally, which was conceded to be the best of the year. k 1 M mumm. iii ii i-V, . J.-. = ■ ■- 1 : W BEFORE THE CALIFORNIA GAME. THE MAY FESTIVAL Spectacular for its beauty of costume and coloring, and interesting in its wide variety of numbers, the annual May Festival claimed the attention of a large audience on the campus, the evening of May 17. Following the pageant of over two hundred brightly arrayed performers, Bernice McCurdy ' 16 was crowned queen of the May. Her entertainers were costumed to represent humble peasant folk and stately courtiers of colonial days. THE QUEEN AND HER ATTENDANTS. LIBERAL ARTS Page 27