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

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SWAN SONG By the Editor It is 2:25 a.m., Tuesday, April 16th. The lost piece of copy has just been written for the 1957 El Rodeo. Now I am able to write the Swan Song, a perogative of every editor, and a time to thank various people for jobs well done. Before I go into that, however, I ' d like to point out to anyone that takes the time to read this 10 pt. futura type with a 1 pt. slug just what the yearbook has meant to me and those who have worked with me on it. Beginning last April, when I undertook the job, I had no idea what it entailed and, as the year progressed, I had even less of an idea. What I mean is, I was flabber- gasted that so much would have to be turned out for such a small publication. (Well, after all, the Encyclopedia Brittanica has 20,000 pages.) Just for a moment, though, ponder with me on this topic. First, before anything can be done in the book, a layout must be made. That is, each of the 520 pages must be envisioned, not abstractly, but concretely, by marking lines where each picture, each caption, each copy block is to fall. So much for that. After three months of same, the next step is scheduling the pictures. Does that take much trouble? Well, do you know how long it took them to dig the Panama Canal or build the Empire State Building? They eventually finished, but I ' m sure there are some pictures we haven ' t taken. Jerry, did you ever get that picture of Dr. Ballard? Never mind, I ' ll look in the index. To continue, we must line up each individual shot in the book . . . somewhere around 10,000, and then find someone to accompany the photographer when the appointment has been made. Then, we must politely and repeatedly tell the person(s) in the picture what to do. Sometimes we end up telling them just what to do and that doesn ' t go well at all. Of course, if you ' re Jon Arnett running with the ball or Tommy Trojan ' s horse, we can ' t give you very good instructions, but we always hope for the best. So, after the picture is taken, we hop back to the photo shop and wait for it to be blown up. Not the photo shop, the picture. Actually, we receive a contact print of the picture first and then it ' s blown up. The thing to do when you get the contact is to crop the picture and, believe me, some of them are really croppy. When the picture is blown up to the proper size, it is given to the engraver who reduces it to a size that will fit right in the space we had reserved for it at the beginning of the Summer. You remember, that was where our layout came in. (Came out?) You may ask, why blow a picture up if the engraver reduces it down? A good question. There must be an answer somewhere. Well, I won ' t go into the rest of the procedure, but the point I ' m trying to make is that too much is taken for granted. You pick up the yearbook, thumb through it, perhaps toss it back on the shelf for twenty years and that ' s that. Not to us, it isn ' t. We hope you ' ve gone through the yearbook from cover to cover. Maybe you even found a mistake. We ' re not infallible, you know. But we are human and being human we ' d like to have you get as much satisfaction out of enjoying the book as we did out of bringing it to you. There are many new concepts in the book and we personally feel that it ' s unique and interesting. Good manners limit us from saying anything else. Now, for the staff and for myself, I would like to thank, first of all, one of the finest all-around men I have ever had the pleasure of working with. Subtract his skill and good nature and you have just subtracted a yearbook. So John Morley, wherever you are, stand up and take a bowl Thanks too to Karmi, Rollie, and the gang at Fashion Press for a nice job. And to my very good friend at Superior Engraving, Jack Conlon, the salt of the earth, for all of his cooperation. Jack, take it easy and remember, let somebody else work. You go out and have some fun. Thanks, too, to Marion at Henderson Bindery. My warmest thanks to Earl Thielan and the DT staff for being so very, very cooperative about supplying pictures when needed. Thanks to Harry Nelson for his unending cooperation and to Don Simonian for his great sports copy. Thanks to Jerry Kaye, my favorite cameraman who did a superb job and who should go places with his fine ideas. Thanks to Jack Towers and to Polly Kaye and Willie Shaw, the personality girls of the Photo Shop. Thanks to Paul Aiello and Greg Taylor for help above and beyond the call of duty. Thanks to Carl Terzian for his many offerings. Thanks to Dale Kenway in the ticket office for the typing. It came in handy. Thanks to Don Richman in Athletic News. Thanks to Bob Gordon, our great Dean of Men, for his advice. Thanks to Tery Finigan, Arnie Marquez, and Charlie Balderas, too. And to my staff: Sheila Palmer and Lolita Kennedy, REALLY BIG THANKS go to you for all those extra hours you spent on the Index, better known as the Monster. I wish there were more like you who placed getting a job done over personal gains. Thanks, too, to Chuck Swan, my photo editor, Marcia Boteman, my copy editor, and to Pari (I ' ll see you in the Army) Holman, Nancy Van Dyke, Dick Hamilton, (Did you ever find those checks?) Thad Brown, Carl Strobel, Don Williams, (You ' re a big one, you are). Jack Casey, and everyone else who gave of their time. Extra thanks to Herb LaBin, Ed DeRoo, Phil Salsbury, and Bob Finestone for a great Sounds of Troy record. It was a lot of fun. No, Bill Lachs, I ' m not forgetting you. You had a big task, lining up the Calendar Girls (but pleasing) and doing the Achievement Section. You did both so well that you impressed me and many others. If I left out anyone, it ' s unintentional, as I know there are many more who rate a special thanks. That concludes the 1957 edition of El Rod. Hope it will find a soft spot on your shelf and be well-worn thirough the years. SEQUENCE OF SOUNDS ON ' SOUNDS Of TROY Sounds of Troy — SC Rooting Section Dann Angeloff Mudd Hall Tower Chimes Jess Hill Danny Thomas, Narrator Carl Terzian Two Students en route to class Cynthia Dixon Professor Russell Caldwell Frank DeVol Instructor Richard Condon Karl Yeager Kappa Alpha Theta singing a portion ZBT Trolios Act of Collegiate- Ken Shanks Noises heard in the Student Grill Vic Hayden as Captain Thetas again Queeg in Cai Te Mutiny Football Color Marion Oles si nging Jerry Madera from Tales of HoflFmann Jack Casey William Vennar d singing Red Skelton from Susannah Rally at San Francisco Cecil B. DeMill Jon Arnett ASSC Senate Carl Terzian Joe Cerrell Lynne Morgan Dr. Frank Baxter SC-UCLA Basketball Game Jr. Class Jazz Concert Chancellor Rufus B. von KleinSmid Jim Stewart Selection from My Fair Lady, by Tri-Delt and Sigma Phi Epsilon Closing by Trojan Symphonic Band

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