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

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HUGH CAREY WILLETT What is a Trojan? Is it just another athletic nickname-a little less hackneyed than the unimaginative ani- mal designations adopted by so many other schools-but still merely another nickname? To the uninitiate it may be that, and nothing more. But to the University of Southern Cali- fornia's men and women it is a way of life, a code of behavior, a name to be borne proudly forever. We are intensely proud that we are Trojans. No one has given the world a truer picture of what Trojan means than our beloved Hugh Carey Willett. A full life of service to SC, which began in the first decade of this century when he was a student, has expanded through the years to this mid-century point where his service now has a nationwide scope. A year ago-facing a period of great internal turmoil-the National Collegiate Athletic Association knew of only one man it could turn to as a president who could demand the respect of all factions. That man was Hugh Willett, who led the NCAA so success- fully through its troublesome l950 that the governing body of American collegiate athletics continued him in office as the 1951 president. Quiet . . . unassuming yet efficient . . . sincere . . . hard-working . . . fair and honest . . . unprejudiced . . . keen witted . . . intensely loyal . . . even of disposition . . . able to appreciate the viewpoint of the young with the wisdom of the elder . . . equally at ease and vastly respected in matters athletic or academic-those are but a few of the Trojan attributes possessed by Hugh Willett. He started his SC career as a scholar twinner of the Lottie Lane prize for the Liberal Arts student with the highest scholastic averagel, participant in campus activities Ceditor of the school paperl and athlete tletterman on the baseball team, football managerl, grad- uating in 1907. He stayed at SC, rising through professorial duties in the mathematics department to administrative duties as director of admissions. Simultaneously with his full academic career, Hugh Willett was continuing his athletic career at the University. The path which led to his present NCAA prominence was opened in 1922 when the University gained membership in the Pacific Coast Con- ference and he soon stepped forth as SC's faculty athletic representative. Throughout it all-traveling the road of the mighty--Hugh Willett has retained that one Trojan characteristic which has endeared him to generation after generation of students and faculty, his all-encompassing friendship. Truly a Trojan and one to whom all E1 Rodeos-past. present and future-are wordlessly but sincerely dedicated, that is our own Hugh Carey Willett.

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