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

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R. B. voK KleinSmid - XyO Rufiis Bernlianl von KhinSinul. pitsiiUnt of llic I ' nivtrsily (if Southern Calif orniti, mint yo the lion ' s share of credit for the re iiarl-ahle groivth of the university iluriny the past deeaile of our history. An administrator par exeellenec. an educator tcho values eoininunity cultural progress as irell as traditional standards of edu- cation. President von KleinSmid has made the University of Southern California an integral pari of the life of Los Angeles and of Southern California. Today the university, celehratini its fiftieth annivcr- sar , remembers the names and the deeds of those ivho built the nails of Troy, and Rufus Bernhard von KleinSmid, ivatehing the great Semi-(Jentcnnial Jubilee, may justly be proud of his share in the development of this great institution of learning. ■25}

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I Gf.orgf. Finlev Bovard Because he aiiUd a small, growing university through the dangerous period of the war, and because he was the moving spirit behind the rapid expansion ivhich carried that university to the heights during the year inimediatdy foUoiving the war, George Finley Bovard, President Emeritus of the University of Southern California, rightfully deserves a place of honor in the history of Troy. His was a task as difficult as that which faced Marion Mc- Kiiilcy Bovard in his efforts to build a university from the tiny institution trhich occupied a small tract of land on Wesley Avenue in 1R90: and the completion of that task made Southern California ready to step into its place as the great university of the Southicest. [24]

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W ' ARRKN li. BOVARD Dr. Frank C. Touton The Vice-Presidents ARREX B. BovARD, vice-presideiit and comp- troller of the University of the University of South- ern California, and secretary of the Board of Trus- tees, today keeps the name of Bovard as prominent in the activities of the university as it has been since Marion M. Bovard took office in 1880 as the first president of the institution. First as comptroller, now as vice-president, re- taining his former duties, Warren Bradley Bovard has served the university in an executive capacity since 1920. Young enough to respond to the name Bovie, yet experienced in business and executive work through years of association with business men, with the university, and with state government officials, Warren B. Bovard has done much to aid in the great strides which the university has made since his appointment to office. Future histories of the university will place his name beside those of his father and his grandfather, George Finlev Bovard and Marion M. Bovard, in the ranks of those who built the mighty educational institution which is the University of Southern California. Because he is extremely young, compared with many other university executives, and because his family history is so closely tied up with that of the University of Southern California, Warren Bradley Bovard is ideally suited to serve the institution at the close of its first and the beginning of the second fifty years. He knows the university, its st udents, its problems, and its purpose, and with that knowl- edge he is able to serve Southern California as a leader, a friend, and an ardent worker. HOUSAXDS of high school and grammar school students know more of Frank C. Touton than did most Southern California students until a compara- tively short time ago. Most of the students entering Southern California gained their first knowledge of algebra from the books which bear Dr. Touton ' s name. Today, however, as vice-president of the uni- versity. Dr. Touton has become known to every undergraduate on the campus. In less than one year he has taken a new office and made it one of the most important imits in the administration of the university. The appointment of Dr. Touton to a vice- presidency during the summer of 1929 was a meas- ure of recognition for the admirable work which he had done as director of educational research. His labors in the field of education were invaluable in improving the standing the the university, and in making the School of Education one of the great forces in the improvement of education throughout the state of California. Representing the university in many conven- tions, acting for the president in important cases of all kinds, and directing a myriad activities on the campus. Dr. Touton is one of the busiest college executives in America. He is an important factor in the administration of the university. Beginning his second year in office in Septem- ber of this year Dr. Touton will find more tasks awaiting him, tasks which will aid in the develop- ment of a greater university. [26]