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First Meeting of the USC Board of Trustees. . The Board of Trustees of the University of Southern California met for the first time on September 3, 1880, culminating years of efforts by leaders of the Methodist Episcopal Conference of Southern Cal…
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A Gathering Place. . His given name is the Trojan Shrine, but he is best-known by his nickname: Tommy Trojan. Probably the most popular and recognizable member of the Trojan Family, he is a physical and symbolic rallying point for the entire unive…
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Student Media. . Ever since USC was founded, its students have sought ways to have their say. The earliest student publication, The College Review, dates back to 1884, only four years after USC was established. A slim monthly magazine, it lasted o…
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Teaching and Learning. . If USC's earliest students could travel through time to today's university, they would probably find the changes inside the classrooms even more astounding than the transformation of the campus. Confined to a rigid academi…
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Gwynn Wilson Student Union. . Gwynn Wilson, an exemplary student who graduated in 1921, has enhanced the University in many ways. He served USC with great distinction as a student body president and as president of the General Alumni Association. …
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University of Southern California. . The First Trojan—Before There Was A University. Amid the ivy-covered brick buildings and towering palm trees of the University of Southern California, there survives a two-story white clapboard building,…
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John C. Argue Plaza. . This plaza, located on the site of the 1984 Olympic village, honors a great Trojan instrumental in bringing the Olympic Games to Los Angeles. . . A 1956 graduate of the USC Gould School of Law, he served with distinction…
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Petrified Tree from the Arizona Forest. . This section of petrified tree from the Arizona forest was presented to their alma mater by the members of —The Class of 1887— under the direction of Professor John Dickinson of the Department …
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USC Urban Legends. . The University of Southern California is rich with story. Its buildings, its faculty, its eminent benefactors and alumni — all are the subject of urban legends that are passed along from student to student, year after ye…
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