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

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in these buildings An impartial observer finds l caiil cmtv ulion . ii artist ' s eye brightens at the (hited eolumns piiardiiii; liic ciiliancc tn liic Fisher Gallery of Fine Arts. Live Oak and Olive trees oril serve to emphasize the ])ortal s classic beauty. The modernists glow with pride to see the shiny efficiency of recently completed Hancock Hall, unprotected save by Mr. Big of Troy. Children are entranced b the little |)e( ple. the clock-watchers and bell-listeners that sparkle in the i(inil of Mudd Tower. College is a rare combination of oMlh ami aj. ' r. if activity and leisure. In such an atmosphere of continual change and movement, the seeds of reminiscence are sovsn. If campus life were stripped of its streamlined flavor, of shiny buildings and youthful associations, it would become a barren plane of time, offering scanty excuse for future recollection. Memories are silent songs, keyed to a pitch of quiet reverie, soft in the voice of a past. The beauty of memory lies in man s art of selectivity. He need not preserve dis- cordant tones, oidy the soft refrains of former satisfactions. Then, as dusts of experience dull recorded thought, he goes about his way, unmindful of these poems until by chance, a word or face throws liack tlie draperies of fond remembrance.

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I pledge allegiance to the Flag of the United States of America and to the Republic for which it stands, one nation, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. While embryonic architects spend hours within Harris Hall striving to transfer textbook principles to real-life ivy covered walls or smooth flowing cement buttresses, jurists of the future search for knowledge among the legal documents, the tier upon tier of ancient jurisprudence sheltered behind the red brick walls of the Law Building. We realize, after a moment ' s thought, that lawyers as well as architects are builders. While one is designing a fashionable apartment house or blue-printing a utilitarian factory, the other is seeking information so that we may have better interpretations of the wishes of the majority. and

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