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

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U ' fit Gordon Substitutes Golf For Office After Hours After a busy day at school where Dr. Gordon spends most of his time counselling males on how to make better grades and making such decisions as to whether a student should be placed on probation for academic and other reasons, attending various schol- arship and student activity meetings, and visiting other schools and clubs for speaking engagements, he agrees that there ' s no place like home. If you are visiting Dr. Gordon in his office for the first time, you will no doubt be informed of his good- looking family and will have the opportunity to see them in photographs which share the most prominent position on his desk. A MEAN GOLF game is played by Dr. Gordon and he will challenge all comers who persist in having ever handled a club. Here he is getting in shape for a forthcoming faculty match. ANTICIPATED GUESTS are greeted by Bob and Betty for a short chat and perhaps a game of bridge. The visit- ing tv osome ore Mr. and Mrs. Jack III. uJiiiini jtiotion. Later arrivals, be- low. Dr. and Mrs. Art Kooker, he being head of the history department, sip coffee and listen to one of Gor- A LONG DAY ends about mid- night where Bob relaxes in his favorite chair after attempting to read a new novel.

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GRACE BEFORE MEALS is always in order at the Gor- don household. Dinner is a time for an exchange of the day ' s events between Bob, his wife, Betty, and sons Rickie, 7, (left) and Jim, 5. WATCHING TELEVISION with Betty is a good way of relaxing without using too much brain power, ex- plains the Doctor. It ' s a fight, at times, to coax the boys into going to bed so that a western can be switched off and a good drama switched on in its place. A n ightly tradition at the Gordon home is Pop ' s reading of a well- known story to further educate his off-spring. Troy Administrator Leads Happy Life Bob Gordon, SC ' s colorful and well-liked Dean of Men, is as typical a family man as he is a school administrator. He is happily married, has two fine boys, and has plans for his family which even- tually include a new home. Currently, the Gordon family resides in a spic ' n span apartment in the Crenshaw area, about a ten-minute drive from the University. Perhaps many of you have won- dered what type of life a school adminis- trator or faculty member leads outside the classroom or office. What are his interests, his habits, and what does he do in his spare time. To find out these questions, which we admit we have been curious about, El Rodeo visited the Gordon house- hold and shot some pictures at random. They are presented now on these pages.

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FRIENDS ARE EASY to find at SC and Meeici has no trouble in making acquaintances. She chats with other foreign students over coffee and donuts in the Conn- mons. Some she had known before coming to America. MEERA SAJNANI, a pretty Indian girl trom New Delhi, gets her first view of the famous Trojan Statue. She wonders how this new life in Amer- ica will turn out. 750 Foreign Students Are Enrolled at SC How does a foreign student feel in a new and strange environment? At first, most foreign students feel out of place and ill-at-ease, but at SC, one of the three American Universi- ties to have a large foreign student enrollment, oil efforts are made to see that the 750 students from 64 foreign countries are properly oriented and feel at home. Because of the large number of for- eign students, a special staff of administrators, headed by Viets Logue, foreign student adviser, oversee the activities of the group and offers counsel to them at any time. A special student orientation committee, which coordinates its affairs through the foreign students adviser ' s office, sets up an orientation program for the visiting scholars which includes learning the his- tory of the University, meeting American stu- dents, and visiting fraternity and sorority houses for an American meal and some cross-country talk between friends. CHATTING WITH CHANCELLOR von KleinSmid, a great advocator of the foreign student program, Meero in- forms him that she is happy with the University and grateful for the opportunities it provides.