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

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HENRY J. BRADE is a smiling youth from Helsinki, Finland. His life at the University begins with coun- selling on what courses to take from Viets Logue, Foreign Students Adviser. Later, Henry meets an American friend who helps him with his classwork. America is almost like Finland, Henry claims, ex- cept fruit is much cheaper, so 1 drink fruit juice every meal. All Major Countries Are Represented Here Afghanistan or Venezuela, Holland or Hong Kong, Japan or Saudi Arabia . . . SC has foreign students from those and every other major country in the world. Some have come over here through the Fullbright Exchange pro- gram, others through funds made available by the Institute of International Education or the Car- negie Foundation. Still others have paid to come here like most of the American students. Foreign students of outstanding merit are given Grant-in-Aid scholarships, donated by our Chancellor, Rufus B. von KleinSmid. SC is the only school in America to give the foreign students a voice in student govern- ment. A special foreign students ' representative is elected to serve on the school senate each year. Since many of the countries have over twenty students represented at SC, their own in- dividual clubs are set up such as the Philippine Student Club and the Chinese Trojan Club. The Asiatic Studies Society is made up of both American and foreign students for the purpose of cultural integration as is the Inter- Cultural Club. The latter puts on a special foreign students show for the entire student body each year. A REAL MEMBER of the University now, Henry decides to purchase a Trojan jacket. His fine English diction and typical SC look make him almost indistinguishable from most of the American students.

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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.

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y k s- . A DOOR from Italy, located in the Architect- ture Building, is believed to be 1000 years old. TROY STONE (above) was dedicated in 1953 and presented as a gift to the University by Acacia fraternity. It was brought over here from Greece and is believed to be thousands of years old . . . symbolic of ancient Troy. Mounted in the base of the Trojan statue is this carving of a group of athletes, representing the strength of our campus. Landmarks Go Unnoticed We sometimes take for granted the many beau- tiful and significant landmarks that fill our University. Most of us pass them without knowing that they exist., Did you know for instance, that many of the trees on campus come from far-flung parts of the world and that they bear signs telling of their history? Through the years, many unique landmarks have been dedicated here. El Rodeo presents some of the more widely known and lesser known of them on this page. THE WALLS OF TROY were built to designate where the campus begins and Los Angeles ends. In the planning stage for many years, the first portion of the Walls was completed on Exposition Boulevard in 1955. Each separate foundation of the Walls was paid for by a campus organization and plaques set in each section tell the names of the donors. It is believed that the Walls will encircle the entire campus within the next five years.