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

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■ yHERi-; are three hundred and thirty-six law- yers in Los Angeles, six hundred and ninety-one dentists, five hundred and eighty-three teachers in the metropolitan area who have all received their training in the different schools and colleges of the University of Southern California. With the celebration of the semi-centennial anni- versary, the University of Southern California be- gins its second fifty years. The past half century appears in retrospect as a colorful panorama ; the oncoming years slowly come into view as one goal after another recedes. The student body, with the conscious pride of Trojans, looks forward to the accomplishment of its ripening desires. This anni- versary year means the beginning of greater endeav- ors, the building of a beautiful and serviceable struc- ture on the sturdy foundation of the past fifty years. Progression is the order of the day. With the formation of the campus site into a triangle by the changing of Hoover Street, the University plans to develop the campus into a com- plete imiversity unit. The groups of buildings com- pleted and planned by the administration will be the nucleus of the campus grounds. The Library, which will probably be situated opposite the Administra- tion Building, the Athletic Building, the Arts group, of which the Law School and Bridge Hall are now completed, the Seeley Wintersmith Mudd Hall of Philosophy, the Science unit. Old College and its environs, all comprise the future collegiate center. The proposed changes will give Southern Cali- fornia a campus that will be unique among those of metropolitan universities in the L ' nitcd States. The greatest progress and development has taken place since l ' )2(); this was made possible by the great constructive work of the preceding years. The fac- ulty group, the high scholastic standing, the ath- letic prowess, the collegiate activities, will all con- tinue to contribute to the advancement of the Tro- jan institution throughout the succeeding years. The research that is carried on in the labora- tories and libraries of the University constitutes one of the great services of this institution. The Jour- nal of Applied Sociology, edited and published at the University, is a recognized authority among the advanced thinkers in that field. The Personalist, a quarterly publication of the Philosophy depart- ment, and the Hoose Library of Philosophy, add further distinction to the University. The professors, instructors, and graduate stu- dents of the University of Southern California are in estigating problems of genetics that will have a definite bearing on the subject of heredity and race improvement. Another field of research is that of petroleum products where they are seeking im- proved methods of fuels and lubricants. In the School of Education intensive study is being made of teaching problems and the application of psy- chological tests in estimating the students ' ability and guiding them in their work. In the School of Social Welfare, problems and social relationships and social adjustments are receiving definite atten- tion. The materials used in these investigations are those peculiar to Southern California; therefore, the results obtained from this work have an especial interest for the surrounding community. Thus, ac- tivity progresses at the opening of the second fifty years. The dynamic character of the university, ex- pressed in this record of cont inuous growth, augurs well for the next fifty years, when a mature univer- sity will reach new heights of fame. Admimsikai ion l-ii ii.dini The Law Schooi. :2i}

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T hc Modem Era ' he inauguration of Dr. Rufus Bernhard von KleinSmid as the President of the University of Southern Cah ' fornia marks the beginning of the present era. Growth and expansion have continued unabated, and many schools and colleges have been established. Today the fame of the Southern Cali- fornia Trojans is wide-spread ; the University has become the dynamic center of a dynamic com- munity. The College of Letters, Arts, and Sciences is the nucleus of the campus life and activity. Radially from the College of Letters, Arts, and Sciences spread other colleges — Music, Dentistry, Medicine, Pharmacy, Commerce and Business Administration, and Engineering, and several schools — Law, Speech, Architecture, Education, Social Welfare, Religion, and Citizenship and Public Administration. Be- cause of Dr. von KleinSmid ' s intense interest in International Relations, the Los Angeles Univer- sity of International Relations was founded. The extension of the university program has been ampli- fied to include three summer sessions, the Commun- ity Service division, and a Radio department. Be- cause Southern California believes in scholarship applied to the problems and activities of life, it has remained a metropolitan university rather than ac- cept the proposals that have been made to move the campus to more spacious grounds. Its situation in the heart of a city has brought to the university the responsibility for supplying the cultural needs of the people of the community. The achievements of Southern California in the world of sports have been remarkable. Trojan ath- letes held national records for the hundred yard and two hundred and twenty yard dashes, in the high and low hurdles, javelin, discus, shotput, and world record in the pole vault, discus, and sprint relavs. Its football teams have won their wav to the top of the national ratings. Nevertheless, the real goal should not be overlooked in considering these feats. Athletics are encouraged because the Univer- sity believes in the great physical and mental benefit of physical development. Scholarship is watched and guided from the time that the student enters the University until he leaves for the last time. The faculty acts as an advisory body in helping students to select their vocations. The incoming student is required to pass a psychological examination that aids in placing him according to his ability. The University of South- ern California has been granted chapters in the two foremost honorary scholastic fraternities of the coun- try, Phi Beta Kappa and Phi Kappa Phi. Graduates of this institution have received hon- ors in all walks of life. Numbered among the not- able alumni are a star of the Chicago Grand Opera, the only woman Assistant United States Attorney General at Washington, an Associate Justice of the California Supreme Court, two Justices of the Dis- trict Court of Appeals of the State, seven municipal court judges in Los Angeles, the Los Angeles Coun- ty District Attorney, and a member of the United States Court at Shanghai. Trojan alumni clubs show on their member- ship rolls men and women prominent in business, politics, the professions and the arts. Bridck Hai I. A CoRNtR OF Old C nl.l.lci [20]

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The Semi- CetiteiDiial Celehratioji ' he University of South- ern California celebrates its fif- tieth anniversary by an entire week of festivities in the month of June, 1930. One hundred and seventy-eight outstanding foreign universities have been invited to send representatives to Los Angeles to participate in the event. Some of the fea- tures of the Semi-Centennial program are the educational ex- hibits, scientific studies, and aca- demic demonstrations ; a histor- ical pageant to be presented by the School of Speech ; a colleg- iate chorus that will present the oratorio Elijah ; the Golden Jubilee Banquet ; the dedication of the new buildings ; the laying of the cornerstone of the new Library Building; the presentation of the University Ode; the unveiling of the emblematic Trojan statue, The Spirit of Troy. The chairmanship of the Executive Committee is held by Dr. Rockwell D. Hunt; other members are Emory S. Bogardus, vice-chairman; Hugh C. Willett, .secretary; Ruth Brown, James McCo) ' and Charleii Seaman. The Alumni Committee is headed by James McCoy, chainnan, and Frank Hadlock, Allen T. Archer, Linton Smith, Helen AL Morehouse and Everett ALittoon complete the committee. The Associated Students committee is composed of Leo Adams, chairman. Bob Beardsley, Art Neeley, Sam Newman, Isabel Loftus, Janet McCoy and Dorothie Smith. The members of the Entertainment Committee are Francis Bacon, chairman, Bruce Baxter, Louis Wann, Dean Crawford and Ruth Brown. Charlotte Brown is the chairman of the Exhibits Committee; her assistants are Dr. Irene McCul- loch, Ray MacDonald, C. A. Johnson, Clayton D. Carus and Willard S. Ford. The Music Committee is headed by A. M. Perry as chairman ; Horatio Cogswell, Alexander Stewart, Harold Roberts and J. Arthur Lewis are the other members. The Printing Committee is composed of H. W. Dean ' Rockwell D. Hum Hill, chairman, Josephine C. Wice and Roy T. Thompson. The Program Committee is made up of R. D. Hunt, chair- man, E. S. Bogardus and Hugh Willett. The Publications Commit- tee consists of Emery Olson, chairman, Grace Walker, Gladys Wadsworth Tuttle, Gwynn Wilson, R. L. French, and Esther Shelhamer. The Reception Committee is composed of Roy Malcolm, chairman, Francis M. Baldwin, Delia T. Early, O. W. E. Cook, T. D. Cooke, Justin Mil- ler, Ray K. Imme ' l, V. H. Brown, C. M. Case and Edith Johnson. These committees have outlined one of the most brilliant celebration programs ever undertaken by an educational institution. Visitors from great uni- versities throughout the world received invitations to attend the Semi-Centennial celebration. A Cour- ier Committee, composed of faculty members and prominent alumni, visited Europe in the summer of 1929, and delivered personal invitations to celebrat- ed friends of the universitv in everv nation of the Old World. Madame Ernestine Schumann-Heinck, Alice Gentle and Laurence Tibbett, singing in the ora- torio, Elijah, are only three of the famous per- sons whose efforts assisted in the success of the plans of the committee. Every student enterprise during 1929 and 193(1 has also been directed toward the great June program. Those faculty members of the university staff whose terms of service exceed the quarter century compose an honorary committee. The members of the committee, all veterans in the service of South- ern California, are: President Emeritus George Finley Bovard, Dean Laird J. Stabler, Dean Walter F. Skeele, Dean Lewis E. Ford, Charles E. Pem- berton. Dr. Albert Ulrey, Margaret G. ]?orthwick. Dr. J. F. Mauer, Frank M. Porter, dean emeritus of the Law School, Dean Ezra A. Healy, Adelaide Trowbridge Perry, and Dr. James Main Dixon. This Silver Committee, as it is known, represents almost every college in the university. Each of its members has distinguished himself in his field. [22]