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

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V V .. •. „» K if -. FLOWER OF FLORENTINE BEAUTY

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SHEER VERTICALITY SYMBOLIZING THE IDEAL OF THE UNIVERSITY, EVER TO REACH UPWARD TO A LOFTIER SPHERE, THESE TWIN SENTINELS CHALLENGE THOSE WHO APPROACH THE NORTHERN AND SOUTHERN PORTALS OF THE CAMPUS, SHEER VERTICALITY OF A GLEAMING LIMESTONE SHAFT, CUT OCTAGONAL AND HEWN IN THE MOD- ERN MOLD, ANNOUNCES THAT BEYOND THIS LANDMARK THE SPIRIT OF MOD- ERNITY RESIDES. THE ALUMNI MEMORIAL PYLON BETOKENS A ZEAL OF SCHOL- ARSHIP THAT IS ETERNALLY ALERT FOR WHAT IS BEST IN THE NEW. )UST AS THE OBELISK ON THE NORTHERN END OF THE CAMPUS MAY BE REGARDED AS EMBLEMATIC OF WHAT THE LEARNING OF TODAY GRANTS AND THAT OF TOMOR- ROW PROMISES, SO THE TOWERING CAMPANILE OF MUDD MEMORIAL HALL OF PHILOSOPHY, MOLDED IN THE FLORENTINE GRACE OF THE ROMANESQUE, EM- BODIES THE SPIRIT OF WHAT IS NOBLEST IN THE LORE OF THE PAST. COMPLE- MENTARY TO EACH OTHER, THE TWO SPAN THE DIAPASON FROM THE WISDOM OF THE ANCIENTS TO THE MARVELS OF MODERN SCIENCE, FROM ARISTOTLE TO EINSTEIN, IN THE SCALE OF HUMAN KNOWLEDGE.

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MIRROR OF MAJESTY SHELLEY AND KEATS IMMORTALIZED ABSTRACT BEAUTY IN VERSE, THE ARCH- ITECT OF MUDD MEMORIAL HALL OF PHILOSOPHY HAS BUILT A PERPETUAL MON- UMENT TO BEAUTY IN THE MATERIAL FORM. THE HOOSE LIBRARY READING ROOM BREATHES A SPIRITUALITY THAT INSPIRES REVERENTIAL AV E. ITS SUC- CESSION OF ARCHES MAY BE LIKENED TO THE MEASURED RHYTHM OF POETRY. THE SLENDER GRACE OF ITS COLUMNS AND THE EXQUISITE LACE-LIKE TRACERY OF THE INTAGLIO V ORK MAY BE COMPARED TO THE FIGURATIVE ORNAMEN- TATION OF VERSE. RICH OLD FURNITURE. INVITING ALCOVES LINED V ITH TEMPTING VOLUMES, ANTIQUE CHANDELIERS, MASSIVE CROSS-BEAMS IN THE CEILING, AND STAINED-GLASS V INDOV S THROUGH V HICH TRICKLE WARM-COL- ORED RAYS, GIVE A MELLOV NESS TO THE ROOM THA T IS ENCHANTING. IMPRES- SIVE BY VIRTUE OF ITS MASSIVENESS AS MUDD HALL IS BECAUSE OF ITS ETHER- AL BEAUTY, THE ADMINISTRATION BUILDING PICTURED ABOVE OFFERS THE HOS- PITALITY OF ITS SHELTERED ARCADE. THIS STRUCTURE ADDS TO THE IMPRESSION OF A CAMPUS OF SPIRES.