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

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DR. FRANK C. TUTON The educational program of the University is under the able direc- tion of Dr. Frank C. Tuton. For a number of years he was director of educational research. While serv- ing in this capacity he devoted a great deal of his time to the study of the college curriculum. His spe- cial interest is psychological testing. This research work has taken the greater part of his time for several years. This, together with his long experience in the educational field resulted in his writing many articles. It might be said of him that he is the central point about which the educational endeavor of the Univer- sity revolves, his efforts being re- sponsible for most of the newer methods now in vogue. Dr. Tuton has long had the best interests of Southern California at heart and his work has been instrumental in bringing the institution to the high position which it now occupies among the representative universi- ties of the nation. , ; llt : . — -0 22

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-tf I ACH YEAR I have enjoyed the privilege of a brief word to the Univer- sity family through the El Rodeo , and particularly am I happy in this opportunity this year; for the present year marks the beginning of the second half century of our existence as an institution of higher learning, and beginnings are always auspicious. With the present generation of college students rests the responsibility in a large measure to set the forms and standards of our second fifty years. While there is never a proper time for boasting, we of the Trojan community are glad of the progress of last year. First of all there have been several notable additions to our faculty and by their activities outstanding contributions have been made to Science, Letters and Art. The gymnasium with its rich facilities for physical education is now complete and in use and is the best adapted to the needs of the student body of any similar plant with which I am acquainted. Plans are now being drawn for the Edward L. Doheny, Jr., Memorial Library which we have so sorely needed. The library is the very heart of an institution and the opportunities that it furnishes and the study that it encourages are rightly accepted as an index of the real worth of such an institution as ours. Any growth or develop- ment which the University may experience in the future will come to pass through the hearty co-operation of all concerned: — not the administration, nor the trustees, nor the faculty, nor the students, nor the alumni, nor the friends of the University can make progress without it, — it will require the everlasting team work of all these. To the seniors of 1931 I wish Godspeed — good fortune in all your plans. You now join that great body of Alumni of the University of South- ern California of which we are so proud and upon whom we are all com- ing to depend more and more. In the community where you will reside, men and women will largely judge the University by you and by your atti- tude toward the better things in life. You will be our ambassadors and I am confident that you will represent us worthily. To you who are to be with us for succeeding years, I trust that each term of further study will prove richer and finer. Let us all together pledge ourselves anew to more loyal devotion and more generous service to Troy and the things for which she stands. R. B. VON KLEINSMID : 21

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DEAN BACON Dean Francis M. Bacon, lecturer and counselor of men, has become a campus friend known alike to freshman and senior. Aside from his long list of duties he has won the friendship of every student. He has been so successful in meeting the problems that come to the counselor of men that it has be- come necessary to appoint an as- sistant. No matter how busy he may be he is always glad to discuss a student ' s problem with him. In addition to his other activi- ties the Dean is advisor to the men ' s council. During his stay on the Tro- jan campus he has been noted for his extreme loyalty and great inter- est in the affairs of the University. His willingness to see the problems of the student from the student ' s point of view has made him one of the most popular of Troy ' s faculty members. Dean Bacon is a man whose sincerity and straight-for- wardness make an indelible impres- sion upon all those who meet him. 23