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

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BY 1927, football had become a big thing and yell leaders predicted a win over Cal in the big game up Frisco way. This rally was held at the train depot in San Francisco. Student Spirit Increased With Enrollment During 20 ' s YELLOW DOG bowed out in the early thirties, but for many years it was a big event at SC. In actuality, it was a newspaper published by members of Sigma Sigma, junior class honor society, that parodied the Daily Tro- jan. Members of the society circulated the paper once each year. Sigma Sigma is also a thing of the past.

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A University Sfeeped in Tradition Traditions, or Troyditions as we like to call them, have been said to be the roots of our campus. But traditions, like the rest of our customs, either evolve into nev er traditions or disappear. No longer do we have annual Pajamorino or Yellov Dog celebrations at Home- coming nor do we plant Ivy and bury a mule each Spring. Our predecessors did participate in such rituals which add greatly to our heritage. In present years, we have substituted Tommy Trojan and his horse for the mule and Flapper Day and Trolios have taken over where Pajamorino and Yellow Dog left off. On the following pages, let us look at our University ' s traditions OS they were and see if some of them still remain with us. MUCH PREPARATION resulted in a successful 191 fire, shown here minutes before the actual blaze. bon- LONG BEFORE the Los Angeles Memorial Col- iseum was built, football games were being played on Bovard Field and, along with them went the rallies. While yell kings had been invented, card stunts had not and so the only duty for this crowd of 300, circa 1919, was to yell its lungs out for the mighty Tro- jans.

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Activities Created to Enchance Athletics With the Roaring Twenties, SC found a place of recognition through its ever-advancing athletic program. Many activities were created to complement football, for instance, such as Pajamarino, rallies , and card stunts. It was dur- ing this period that Troy gained a new President, Rufus B. von KleinSmid, improved its curriculum, and added greatly to its student enrollment which doubled from 1920 to 1930. YELL LEADERS, circa 1921, are Ho! Red Kennedy and Lindley Bothwell, creator of American Cardstunts, first presented at SC. PAJAMARINO was a much-antici- the boys ready to light the piled pated event that preceded the Home- wood. Below, an SC signature stunt coming i mi T! i 1 ' 324 scene shows is performed by the rooting section. ? ' - ;«£ ' j f , 9h