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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!u ' Out of a 19th-ceiitur iiiustard ytaU-h and iiiUi a mass of foliage grew the setting of shrubbery that surrounds Old College. Rustic, like Gothic age. this University landmark reminds the student of time and growth — and then again of stability in the face of change. Pictured above in jungled shadow. Old College shows the artist how beauty survives the stroke of contrast, how red and gray do sometimes blend in complement. to live— 14