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USC Helenes Test Spring questions
with solved solutions
What is the university seal - ANSWER>>* California poppy -
rememberance, hope, joy, and growth
* Setting sun in shield - signifies the West, power, and life
* Three torches - learning in the arts, science, and philosophy
* Scroll with motto
USC Motto (Latin) - ANSWER>>Palmam qui meruit ferat
USC Motto (English) - ANSWER>>Let whoever earns the palm
bear it
USC's first valedictorian - ANSWER>>Minnie C. Miltimore, 1884
USC's Alumni Association: founded year - ANSWER>>1885, but
the current general alumni association was founded in 1923
Seven of USC's past presidents - ANSWER>>Marion M Bovard
George W White
George F Bovard
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Rufus B von KleinSmid
Fred D Fagg, Jr
John R Hubbard
Steven B Sample
USC Current President - ANSWER>>Carol Folt
USG President and VP - ANSWER>>Trenton Stone and Mahin
Tahsin
Tommy Trojan sculptor and year of dedication -
ANSWER>>Roger Noble Burnham, 1930
Tommy Trojan five traits - ANSWER>>Faithful, Scholarly, Skillful,
Courageous, Ambitious
Tommy Trojan: who it's modeled after, how the money was
raised to build the statue, what impossible feat he is doing -
ANSWER>>Modeled after USC football players (Russ Saunders,
Henry Becker, John Ward), $1 surcharge on season football
tickets, flexing all the muscles in his body at once
USC Helenes Test Spring questions
with solved solutions
What is the university seal - ANSWER>>* California poppy -
rememberance, hope, joy, and growth
* Setting sun in shield - signifies the West, power, and life
* Three torches - learning in the arts, science, and philosophy
* Scroll with motto
USC Motto (Latin) - ANSWER>>Palmam qui meruit ferat
USC Motto (English) - ANSWER>>Let whoever earns the palm
bear it
USC's first valedictorian - ANSWER>>Minnie C. Miltimore, 1884
USC's Alumni Association: founded year - ANSWER>>1885, but
the current general alumni association was founded in 1923
Seven of USC's past presidents - ANSWER>>Marion M Bovard
George W White
George F Bovard
, 2|Page
Rufus B von KleinSmid
Fred D Fagg, Jr
John R Hubbard
Steven B Sample
USC Current President - ANSWER>>Carol Folt
USG President and VP - ANSWER>>Trenton Stone and Mahin
Tahsin
Tommy Trojan sculptor and year of dedication -
ANSWER>>Roger Noble Burnham, 1930
Tommy Trojan five traits - ANSWER>>Faithful, Scholarly, Skillful,
Courageous, Ambitious
Tommy Trojan: who it's modeled after, how the money was
raised to build the statue, what impossible feat he is doing -
ANSWER>>Modeled after USC football players (Russ Saunders,
Henry Becker, John Ward), $1 surcharge on season football
tickets, flexing all the muscles in his body at once
