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

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THE HALL OF SCIENCE was erected in 9 ' M). Aiiidii others, the Schools of Science and Pharmacy are located here. ine years previous to the building of this structure. Dr. Rufus B. von KleinSniid became our fifth President, and we defeated Occidental ( ' ollege in nur first inlcrcnllesiate football game ; 22-0 ! . . Troy hns estciblisbcd itself as an outstanding educational institution. OUR SCHOOL C)F COMMERCE has produced the majority of the leadinjr businessmen in the Southern Cali- fornin area. In BRIDGE HALL, these men received their college tr.uning. ADMI.MSTRATIVE AND STUDENT leader offices are located in the STUDENT l NION, along with a huge student loimge. gift shop, bookstore, and cafeteria.

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■wm. ■XBa m ■ - »i ■ ' «5=W»!fe«c!a,)s nil AD.MIM.N TkA ri() lUlJ.DINC hou.c tin- ISiiii- seat lioxani Aiuliroriuni, the largest of se en auditoriums on laiiipii . Alsii ItH.iicil hi-ir .lie the uiIucn and suites of tile Chancellor, the President, and the Educational Vice-President of the University. Founded seventy-eight years ago, our University has never stopped growing During this time . . . ALTHOUGH ORIGINALLY a Methodist school, the land for the L niversity was given to us by a Catholic, a Protestant and a (ew. This church, the UNIVER- SITY .METHODIST CHURCH, used to serve as a meeting place for the majority of Students. SC is now a iiiin-ijriii iminjrinii.il I ni iT-it . OX SKl ' TEMRER 4, I8S(I, the cornerstone was laid for tUe first university buililing in California. This building, known to us as WIDNEY HALL (housing the present School of Music), was the beginning of Troy. It was located, by itself, in the midst of a mustard field.

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THE TROIAN HEAD on the- face of the PHYSICAL EDUCATK)X HIILDIXG symbolizes the strength of Trov in Athletics — the strongest of any institution in the United States with a staggering total of twenty-six NCAA championship teams! m W [ y THE SCllii()|. ( )F LAW has contributed two out of e er - three la ers in Southern California, ( ur Law School is an outstanding College — among the best in the country. Ah ho Ugh the prime factor in the makeup of our school is Academics THE ALLAN HANCOCK FOUNDATION houses the Uni- versity ' s radio and television stations KL ' SC-EWI and KL ' SC- TV, respectively. Many of the Natural Science exhibits and labora- tories niav be found within. nOHENY LIHR. ' RY contains nearly a million olumes. The i)n KleinSmid Library of World Affairs is also located in this huge structure which was donated to Troy by Edward L. Doheiiy in 1932 in memor - of his son.