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

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It is customary to dedicate the yearbook to a person who has fulfilled the motto displayed on the great seal of the University. Palniam Qui Meruit Ferat. . . . Let Him Bear The Palm Who Merits It. In the past this dedication has been made to one person, but it is very difficult to select one individual as there are so many that are qualified or de- serving of this honor and distinction. In looking over the campus, we see people . . . students, faculty, administrators, and University em- ployees. It is these people who have made SC what it is today. So it

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FOREWORD People! People! People! Everywhere we look we see people. It is only natural. You cannot have a University without this all important factor. We feel the same about a yearbook presentation. It is the people who make it interesting and gay, just as they make a campus live and vibrate. In planning a yearbook, you must have a basis, a keystone or a motif. It is always easiest to overlook that which is before our very eyes, that which makes the University tick. As we scanned the campus trying to find this underlying essence, spirit, or reason for SC and all it symbolizes, everywhere we found one thing, on all occasions and at all times . . . people, the people of Troy. This is natural, for it is people, the students, faculty, adminis- tration, maintenance, that make up the foliage of the Univers- ity. Therefore in our 1954 round-up we have used you and all you represent as our theme. The 1954 El Rodeo has been divided into eight sections, symbolic of the eight famous men seen atop the tower of Bovard. who represent the finest ex- amples in education, religion, science, and leadership. They are e.xcellent reasons why we are building our foundation of education. The colored dots represent the graph of progress of you and SC, In 20 years when you open this memorv book of 1954, we hope it will bring back the memory of . . . the blue haze in the grill . the rapture of homecoming . the torrents of rains, or was it Old Faithful ? . the flaming palm trees . the gay TGIF times in St. James Park . the fe ' er of exams and graduation . . . the staff has tried to preserve all this and more thru photographs and cartoons, so that you will never forget these the happy times of the years. 1953-54 at Troy. V 13

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DEDICATION is to you . . . the family of SC that we dedicate this, the 1954 El Rodeo. You . . the ALUMNI, the STUDENTS, the FACULTY, the AD- MINISTRATION, and EMPLOYEES , . . you, who embody the Spirit of Troy . . . You, who are a part of Troy and all it means, this is your hiook. You are important people, you are FAITHFUL to your University, you are SCHOLARS seeking knowledge, you are SKILL- FUL in your professional endeavors, you are COURAGEOUS in athletics, you are AMBITIOUS in activities . . . you are the citizens of Troy, and to you we say, Palmam Qui Meruit Ferat.