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

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THE TROJAN SHRINE Faithful Skillful Srholarlv Courugeous ihnl lie may conquer the jenrs nnil inlnlrninrrs ihiit are a .■ilifima In our i Id the dirlales oj our conscience regardless oj the pressure of ouliiiird ja in the dispatch oj the duties that work toward the advancement of our r that we may he prepared to combat and cure the afflictions of greed and m iiffairs. in the fa of danger and those who would deter us in our path to peace.

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FOREWORD rill- liMM- 111 llii- Miliiinr Imlil ;i -inri ' nf -i;;iiirn;mic fur llic rrailcr llial far Iraii-irruls llic rt ' .ilrii 111 |iii ' liiri- . wiir«l . ariil |ii-rsiiiiali(ii ' s. ' I ' iii- iiu ' ssa-;)- In In- licanl i not iiiir nf miTC iliilicalioii 111 llic uccoriiplislinicnl nf llic | ussiii;i aims nf cMTV-ilay rxi-.lciicc luil ratliiT a iliiliralinn. almnsi a rnnsccralinn. In tin- fiiHillincnl nf the ri ' s|iniisiliilily lliul (ind lia -ccii III In [ilacr upon niir Ino oflon failin;; shoiiUlcrs willi llic siicci ' ssful cniiclusinn nf tlic lin - lililii« It liaiiil. TluTc exists no slate or federal orfiaiii atioii that has acliieveil true !real- i,i» ami l.roa.l respeel Iml ulm-e rniiipiesl nf pri.iiiple lia- ii.-en ai.lr.i l,v Ni in.i llin.uv.li intrinsic ediieatinn. Victory in war is nnl a ■.iiri-c--fiil end in its o«n narrow self. Imt rallier a ))resentalion nf .III opportunity for the xiilnr- In jielter the stead of their fellowinen thru the judicious and liiou-jht-provoked actions nf llic nicndiers of their state. America and the sustenance of nicrican hopes and ideals rest on ihe aliilities of the students in the nation ' s halls of learn- iim whelher in collejie or in the school of experience throufih contact. The soldiers who ha e fought the nation ' s wars on the held of natural combat deserve the expectation of Ihe utmost from the students who have scanned the nation ' s book.s. The faces of men and women which we enclosed between this volume ' s boundaries are not best thou d t of as students who observe the world and its troubled affairs with an airy and a detached heart but rather as the future of America. Those who lead now in this preparation for duty in the field of friendship and unity are the selfsame who will diclali- ihe position of mankind ' s freedom and happiness in the lecades to come. The need nf the race for leaders and followers who have the streniTlh of character and the buffer of diplo- macy to see beyond the presented outer shield nf ibr world ' s needs is the quantity who.se desirability borders on infinity. The education in whlili reference is alluded is the education and recofjnition to lasting happiness anion;; p nplc nf every ra -e. every ideal, and every creed. The L ' niversity sets u| as llie reipiirements for its decree the know ledse of certain facts ihat are the backbone of our technical, literary, and financial world. The complete and inmprebensive understanding of these data are incalculably paramount, but their inclusion in the -inpc nf stale is useless unless there is also the understanding of the problems of the people ill all walks, no matter how infinitesimal their financial prominence and position. hal merica needs is technicians and craflsiiien. to be sure, but if llic peace is to be permanently established in the heart of everyinaii ; and thai is when- il miisl be finallv rnnl cd. nnl on Ihe wood of the conference table, llie education of the mind to the real liappines. III. 11 is 111 111- wriiii ' dil frnni nicn ' s delilicralio;i i the pi iine reipiisite of the |.cai efiil broth- .rlnod nf nalions.

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BOOK I THE UNIVERSITY