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

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=: , GEORGE FINLEY BOVARD To George Finley Bovard, President Emeritus of the University of Southern California, must go the credit for the remarkable growth and rapid expansion in the years immediately following the war. The task confronting him was as difficult as that facing Marion McKinley Bovard in his effort to build a University out of a tiny institution. Dr. Bovard ' s place is one of honor in the history of Troy. 18

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THE UNIVERSITY R ESULTINC from the diversity of education within the modern Univer- sity, it has become impossible to have a single administrative unit directly responsible for the administration of the entire institution. Education has become so specialized that it is necessary to have each different division in the hands of a trained executive: one who is well versed in all phases of that particular field. The University of Southern California is a University of vast proportion, and finds it advisable to employ the above mentioned type of administration. It is divided into various units, each under the direc- tion of a college dean. Each of these groups is a complete educational unit within itself insofar as its special subject is concerned. On certain days the faculty of the individual college meet with the dean to discuss and determine the solution of the problems presenting themselves in that unit. These several units are all bound together into one single group through the central administrative body of the University, the Board of Trustees and the officers of the University. The administrative policies of the insti tution are determined by this board. The group as a whole meet four times a year. However, it is divided into numerous committees who meet more often. There is a committee on every major section of the University, such as finance, buildings, personel, etc. The resolutions which are passed by the Board of Trustees are carried into practice through the individual college unit. The members of the Board of Trustees are: George I. Cochran, presi- dent; W. F. Cronemiller, vice-president; Charles S. Seaman, vice-president; Harry j. Bauer, vice-president; Andrew M. Chaffey, treasurer; W. W. Becket, L. E. Behymer, Bishop Charles Wesley Burns, Asa V. Call, J. E. Carr, Ernest P. Clark, Prescot F. Cogswell, W. L. Y. Davis, E. E. Helms, Alfred inwood, F. M. Larkm, Ben R. Meyer, C. I. D. Moore, Wayland Morrison, M. H. Mosier, Seeley C. Mudd, J. W. Oakley, C. A. Parmelle, Harry Philip, S. K. Rindge, Merle N. Smith, A. J. Wallace, Walter P. Watts, George F. Bovard, E. A. Healy, and F. Q. Story are honorary members of the Board. 17

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It is with keen satisfaction that I recognize the marked development within the University of Southern California and its position, not only in the community, but throughout the entire Southwest. I remember those earlier days when the institution was struggling to get and maintain its place in the sun, and am grateful for the faith of the laborers who refused to surrender even when further progress seemed well nigh impossible. The present administration, faculty and student body fully justify the faith of those early pioneers. From the beginnings of the school, character building has been a chief goal, and it is most gratifying to see that this emphasis has not been lost in the later years. We have now come to the end of a half century of University history. As we face the years ahead it is with high hopes and keen anticipation of an institution which shall be without a peer in the country. I wish to express my deep appreciation for the many messages of help- ful sympathy and understanding which have come to me from the faculty and students in the passing of my son. Colonel Warren Bradley Bovard, vice- president and comptroller of the University. GEORGE F. BOVARD 19