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“IHE SPRING Ml IS BILLED FOR THURSDAY
Arch McGee and Rosalind Williamson Featured in Dance Numbers
BALLET ALSO FEATURED
Members of Ballet Will Represent Anmals; Al Behrendt Appears
Many features are to be included in “The Spring Maid,” the musical comedy to be presented ’,y the Opera Association Thursday nicl't n Bovard Auditorium. Rosalind Williamson, mistress of the ballet, 's to be featured in several dance m:mbers.
Members of the ba’iet are to represent animals, such ; s a bat. mouse, butterfly, bird. bee, rabbit or moth. In the second scene cf the second act, which has a beautiful .orest picture, a pantomimic dance of classic poses is introduced.	*
Arch McGee, member of the Glee Club, who has appeared for sometime on the Orpheum circuit, takes the comedy lead and Joes his best work in his recitation of “The Three Trees.” In this sketch he portrays a ham actor and sper4al scenery is to be used. Dance steps and novel cos. tumes are to add co'or to this skit. Kdgar Pritchard. Har' ev Hastain. »nd Kenneth Shutts are taking comedy parts and will assist Arch McGee in furnishing much broad comedy.
"The Spring Maid ’ contains many delightful numbers and its most captivating number is “Day Dreams.” The singing of this number was characterized by one New York critics as being a show in itself and could bring success to the show even wthout the additional support of beautiful scenery, pretty girls, real comedians and excellent songstresses.
Al Behrendt who has appeared in whistling numbers in every U. S. C. musical show this year, is again to be heard in “The Spring Maid ”
Pub ic ticket sale for the show is to commence Monday at the box office, but tickets may now be obtained through members of the Opera Association.
THEATRICAL COMEDY PLEASES STUDENTS
The Show Shop,” First Lance and Lute Production for Students in Assembly is Played to Crowded Auditorium
College audiences are always critical and difficult to please. In their campus plays they dislike to see heavy dramas unless they are realy ex-ceptionaly presented, and are quick to detect flaws. On the whole, light comedy is the most popular, and of course, lends itself most readiiy to . mateur production. That, however, is only one of several reasons why . . . . the “Show Shop.’i presented by the Lance and Lute fraternity, registered such a success as ^t did in Bovard Auditorium, yesterday.
That the new 'idea of presenting 1 lays during the chapel period met the approval of the Student Body was evidenced by tbe audience that saw the production, and the comment heard about the campus. Daylight production was made more satisfactory by the use of the new curtains at the side windows. Acoustics powers have been much im proved Smce the original presentation of the “Show Shop," several weeks ago.
The most delightful of comedy patter runs throughout this play. Perhaps it is of the broad tendencies of the farce, but it is none the less enjoyable. The plot, in itself, is nothing startlingly oi'.ginal, being a record of the trials and tribulations of a typical road show playing the tank towns of the east, and their later attempts at putting on a New York *'hit.” The first three acts moved at a rapid rate, and never failed to hold the attention, but there was an evident drop in the fourth act which completed the denouement.
Taken on the whole the “Show Shop’’ moved as evenly as any production U. S. C. has seen in a long time. Stage settings were attractive, and the hotel lobby of the little jerkwater town was typical. That Lance and Lute has achieved their first outstanding success in light comedy, should prove definitely the type of plays that college students care to see.
On the whole the second production of the Show Shop was an improvement over the first. Perhaps some of the zeal of the first performance was gone, but it more than made up any such lack in added smoothness.
If there was any such thing as one particular player standing out in the cast, the laurels would fall to S. D. Seamons in the roll of Rosenbaum, the theatrical producer. Sea-
$400 RAISED FOR STAGE EQUIPMENT
Four hundred dollars worth of new* scenery will soon be seen on the Bovard Auditonura stage, as a result of the benefit performance of “The Show Shop” yesterday morning. Leo Anderson, business manager of ',he produc tion, stated yesterday that about $200 were raised, students buying tags at ten cents each. To this amount, the Administration will add a similar amount, w'hich will make the fund lor the new stage equipment amount to around $400. Yesterday’s show was the first ever backed by the. administration and was the first long play to be given at chapel time.
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Third Ballot at Eastern University Mock Convention Decides Nomination
LOCAL AFFAIR BRIEF
TICKETS ON SALE FOR ANNUAL SENIOR SHOW
“Fun and Bubbles’’ Trio From the Rendevous to be Featured
TWELVE ACTS BILLED
Other Acts From Vaudeville Are Booked on Orpheum and Keith Circuits
Seven Planks to Bring Forth Heated Argument at Convention May 1
Caivin Coolidge was nominated for President of the United States on the mons has never failed to give con- i th»ir<i ba Io; by the student Republi-sistently good character portrayals,1 can Ccnverlion at Northwestern Uni-but ‘in the ’ Show Shop he does versity on April 11. The e3stern uni-some of the best work that has been %-ersity s assemblage lasted from 7 p. done at U. S. C. in the last four ni. till 3 a. m. This information w'as
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SKULL AND DAGGER TO ENTERTAIN AT VIRGINIA
Skull and Dagger, honorary fraternity. will have its annual formal, a dinner dance, tonight at the Hotel Virginian in Long Beach.
At this time the guests of honor, this year’s pledges, will be initiated into the fraternity. The fifteen pledges will also be presented with their pins
The alumni of the fraternity will provide the program. The speakers of the evening are President von KieinSmid and Elmer Henderson. The music for the dancing will be provided by the Extravaganza Orchestra.
Unique programs will serve as favors of this Skull and Dagger formal.
Arnold Eddy, in charge of the pro-gratn. urges those who are attending the affair, to be present promptly at six o’clock.
SAILORS WILL SEE “POOR OLD JIM”
Sophomore Company Presents De Mille Comedy Saturday Night in Fleet Benefit
• Poor Old Jim,” the one act comedy hit that was given in chapel in the auditorium by the Sophomore class, and scored such a hearty reception, appears Saturday night in the Y. M. C. A. auditorium, San Pedro, as one of the first benefit welcomes to the prodigal Pacific fleet.
This is the second road trip of the U. S. C. company with “Poor Old Jim,” the trio having exposed the riot of fun to an appreciative audience at Fullerton High School two weeks ago. A third appearance is being planned for Glendora High School, for their second annual college night, Tuesday, April 29. s
It is estimated that at least fifteen hundred sailors' will go in a body to one of their first coast re ceptions. the U. S. C. production of “Poor Old Jim.”
The stars are well known in Southern California amateur circles, as they have appeared in many of the U. S. C. major productions. Ells-
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“ALLEY RAT” TO BE EL RODEO FEATURE
told to a recent gathering of state chairmen for the U. S. C. convention.
The nomination itse'f took little time, but because the normal order of convention business was followed distinctly the gatherings adjournment was delayed. Other candidates prcmi-
T.ckets are now on sale at the box office for the annual Senior Road Show to be staged Wednesday night, May 7, in Bovard Auditorium. The management has booked twelve acts of merit, five of which have professional standing. The show, a much looked forward to tradition of the university, promises to surpass all its precedents.	f
The act from the Rendezvous, featuring Grant La Mont, Dana Robertson and Kenny Gillum, is to be one of the big features of the bill. This act, called ?‘Fun and Bubbles,” is of a side-splitting nature and has created a sensation at the Rendezvous.
Three other acts on the bill have a ready been booked on vaudeville circuits. Two are to start on the Or-j pheum at the close of the semester, I and the third is booked for a long j tour with Keith’s this summer.
A professional mystery act is to be
■	another feature of the show and is said to contain much suspense and many thrills.
The ticket sale has begun at the box office and admission is seventy-five cents lor the main floor and the first four rows of the balcony, 3nd
■	fifty cents for the remainder of the | house. Fraternities and sororities
that plan to attend the show ensemble ! are requested by the managers to purchase their tickets at once. It is desired that members of fraternities and so-orPies will attend in grouos.
El Rodeo Making Progress To- nert in the tilt were Frank O. Low-ward Completion and	I den and General Charles G. Dawes.
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| Present plans for the U. S. C. con-Well known sororifies, fraternities vention call for a limited time to trans-and campus celebrities may expect i act the business of a political party, startling mention in the “Alley Rat.-’ j If much debate is offered, and much ai#entirely unique and novel feature is expected for and against various section of the El Rodeo, especially planks of the partys platform, the fitted to take care of the sensational. 1 time limit mecessaHily will be ex-according to a recent report re-' tended. Nominations will not be asked ceived from the feature editor. i for until all other business is accom-Tlf.s section is to comprise the i Pushed. Repoi ts of the committees last thirty-two pages of the book : and approval of a platform aH preceed following the style introduced by the larger Universities of the east.
Those colleges have mad^ this one
Water Replaces Punch At Third Senior Class Snap
Even though the famous orange j or nine years, was entrapped by a punch failed to materialize and the beautiful senior damsel and made .o thirsiy’s thirst had to be appeased dance. It was at the same affair that with water, the “frolicv Seniors" i this professor made his debut that seemed to h ve the best time ever at many of the high and mighty Senior the third of the traditional seven tribe became extremely youthful and ‘ Snaps" Wednesday evening. The threw serpentine to their heart’s con-“Snap” started, a.* per schedule, tent. Wednesday night because of promptly at seven-thirty and at nine the boys being in the minority many •thirty the little Senior boys were ! of the Senior girls who were desig-seen departing from the Delta Gamma nated to stand along the wall, boldly house, escorted by the fair Senior i walked up to the boy they wished to girls .for home.	dance with and tagged him. It is
According to Harry Silke who made said that Harry Silke and Buck
his second initial appearance at the “Snap” W ednesday evening, the “snap” was a decided improvement over the first one. Harry said he had a gr>od time even if the girls did run after him. Over eighty were present at the last affair and the committee in charge, headed by Marjorie McComber. is planning on accommodating that many «t the Sigma Tau house some time within the next two weeks a definite date for the fourth Snap has not been decided.
Quite a list of interesting incidents have occurred at these Senior ■Snaps. At the second “Snap” two weeks ago. a professor from the commerce department who had kept away from the wily snares of the syncopation artists for something like eight
Oudermuellen had an awfully good time Wednesday night.
“We the committee think that the Senior ‘Snaps this year are doing a great deal toward developing a fine class spirit It is evident, however, that there are a great many of the cl: ss who are not taking advantage of
of the best and most interesting features of the annual and it is hoped by the feature editor that thiiS section principally a razz section will surpass any of the publications of this type on the campus. Short articles will be written on the various sororii. •»$ and fraternities especially those well known, besides something of the various activities that have taken place during the year. This copy will be razz and only razz according to reports.
“We are trying to make the coming annual one of unusual interest to all,” said the feature editor. “It is our hope that it will be more than a catalogue of events and wTill
the selection of a standard bearer for the party.
Seven planks for the platform are now eminent. All except three are expected to provoke warm argument i and heated debate. Present reports I indicate ihat all delegations will ap prove of the recent passage of the immigration bill by both houses of the American Congress because it points toward the national atttude. That TJ. S. C. delegates will give support to (CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO)
COMMITTEE TO DECIDE ON COMMUNITY CHEST
The Community Chest Committee of the Associated Student Body is to have a. meeting Tuesday, at 2:15 in Harry Silke's office. All organizations possess an individuality distinctive on campus who expect to take of the University.” The “\lley Rat”'part in the campus community chest, is more or less of an experiment and if *uch a thing is established, are entirely new to the Western Uni-' as^e(^ by Art Metcalfe, chairman oi
the committee, to send representatives to the meeting and also to send their estimated budgets so that the committee wil be able to gain an idea of how large an amount would have to be raised to insure the success of a
community chest project.
versities. it has been claimed so great a success in the east that it was decided to follow that same style here,” he continued.
The fifteenth of May will find the annual near completion. The staff is very much encouraged over defin- j
ite results. Practically three quar- llT i ftffriTTO DAr*UUTADC TA ters of the material has been sent ffnlflrUu dALIiIjLUuJ IU to the engraver. AU the engraving work for the senior class has been
finished and nearly all of the print-!	-’
ing has been completed. A few divs Wampus Bachelors will meet today are left to complete the beauty con- at noon for a luncheon and an im-test. Thirty pictures have been Portant business meeting. Bachelor turned in according to the commit- 0 Henry King, president of the “femi-tee chosen to select them. All sor- nine avoidance club,” says that the orifiies are asked to submit at least meetinS 5s of extreme importance to
GREEN BEANER GIVES WAY TO NEW CRUSHER
The “Green Beaner" is to be no more.	(
U. S. C- Freshmen next year will wear Cardinal and Gold “Crushers” in place of the little green cap which has in years past designated the new arrival upon the Trojan campus. This was decided by the Executive Committee of the Student Body at the regular meeting l“st Tuesday evening. The new Frosh head-dress will be made of cardinal felt, with a small gold band around the rim. The type of hat to be worn by the next year Fresh has been adopted by many of the leading Universities throughout the United States to replace the green hats which held sway for so m'any years.
DIONYSUS IS THEME OF FIRST SPRING PAGEANT AT U.S.C.
Greek Festival to Afford Plot of Outdoor Affair to be Given on Old College Lawn in Afternoon of May Fifteenth
The Spring Pageant, which is to be presented by the physical education department and is under the direction of Miss Dorothy Doty, will be given May 15 on the lawn of the old college at 3:30. The pageant is rapidly progressing, the dances being practically completed and work on the costumes already started. Dionysus has been chosen as the theme of the pageant and offers opportunity for many beautiful and colorful scenes. Marjorie Vawter will have two solo parts and Jane Moss one solo part. The rest of the solo dancers will be announced next week.
— O Dionysus was one of the most important of Greek festivals, held in
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Mr^-rge Irwin to be Trojan Delegate at National “Y” Conference
honor of the God Dionysus (Bacchus) regarded as the spiritual form of the new vernal life, the >ap and pulse of vegetation and the new bom year, especially as manifested in the vine and juice of the grape. The Greater festival was held each spring as Dionysus rceovered from EXPECT BIG DELEGATION his midw.nter madness and intense-
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procession, profusion of flowers, songs, and dances and bore the character of a cheerful national feast. It was a festival of the fruits of the whole earth and was the origin of the drama.
The first part of the pageant deals with aurora, goddess of Dawn, who W. 1 awakens with a restless desire for spring and calls Boreas, Zephyurus, i® Natus, and Eurus the four winds
As Her Y. W. C. A.
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Madge Irwin, undergraduate representative of the campus Y. W. C. A. leaves today en rcute to New York where she will represent the Uni versity of Southern California at the National Biennial Conference of Y C. A.
The national conference which is to be held at the Hotel Commodore, j to her aid. The winds approach New York, from April 29 to May 6 in- trcm the four corners of the earth elusive, wil. be composed of college and assemble in a fervent prayer to
Iris, goddess of the Rainbow, who performs incantations which bring rain and the rainbow. Apollo, the Sun god appears with his followers and when the earth is fuily warmed and illumined, a messenger comes heralding the approach of Spring and her maidens who pour upon the earth fragrant blossoms of health and happiness.
The scene of part two is laid in the forest of Attica. Greece. The vestal virgins enter w,th the sacred fire (symbol of life) followed by men and women bearing gifts for E>iony-sus. Following a solemn ceremony in honor of the sun and trees, the character of the festival changes to
and university representatives from every state in the Untion, besides hundreds of representatives from industrial girl's organizations. Europe and Asia will also have delegates at the convention. There is no old-world Y. W. C. A. organization, but there is a similar, corresponding girl's association which the foreign members wi l represent.
Los Angeles city alone is sending ten girls, and many other Southern Ca ifornia cities are sending representatives to New York from their Industrial Y Clubs. Pomona, Occidental, Whittier, Redlands and U. S. C. women will represent Southern California coliegiate Ys.
The scope of this mammoth con
ORATORICAL TRYOUTS
Tryouts for the oratorcal contest to choose a speaker for the Commencement Week program will be held Thursday, May 1, at 11 o’clock, in room 333 Old College Bldg. All competitors will be excused from chapel. For any further information see Prof. Fink.
PREMED MEETING
Pre Medical Society will meet today at 12 o’clock in Room 203. The president urges that all members be present as very important business matters are to be taken up.
vention will be wide. All phases of Y. W. C. A. work will be revealed, and the probdems and the successful methods of furthering Y. W. C. A.’s power for good in America will be taken up in detail. At the convention. Miss Irwin will present the budget plan as U. S. C.’s greatest Y. W. C. A. prob lem.
An attendance surpassing that of past years is expected and more than assured by the fact that all nearby hotel accommodations are being rapidly reserved.
“Having been in campus Y activities since her Freshman year, and always one of the most prominent cf Y. W. C. A. leaders at U. S. C-, I know of no other girl who is more fitted or better able to represent us at the New York convention than Madge Irwin,” said Elinor Kemp, president of the organizaton.
merriment when various groups of dancers perform for the entertainment of their comrades. A Bacchanal ensemble in celebration of the joy of life brings the festival to a close.
PRE-LEGALS MEET
The F^e-Legal Society will meet Wednesday afternoon at 3:30. The place of the meeting will be announced in Tuesday’s Trojan.
Richmond Pearson Hobson Speaks To History Club
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STATE CHAIRMEN MEET
There is to be a special meeting for these get-togethers. We hope that at I t*le final arrangements of the Conven-
the next ’Snap.’ which is to be given within the next two weeks, that these peop’e will come out and meet the Seniors socially.” said Miss McComb er. who is a the bead of the committee in charge of the seven proposed “Snaps.”
“Bud ’ King’s orchestra will again •furnish the music for the next Senior “Snap" which is to be given soon at the Sigma Tau house.
tion tonight. This meeting is important; it is probably the last; your attendance is of great consequence. Within less than a week thereafter fhe Convention is to be held!
The chairman of the Convention does net say that he merely wants all the managers there, but he says hat they murt be there tonight, from 7 p. m. to 7:45 p m. in Room 206.
Wm. Cockroft,
al! of the members.
The baches have a clever act worked up for the Senior Road Show. Today's conference will be partly to work up the act to a greater state f perfection, and partly to see that no part of it will become too captivating. The mere conservative members feel that no chances must be takken in the way of enticing any feminine affection or sympathy. There will be entirely too many women in the audience on the night of the Read Show.
At any rate, the Bachelors will settle and censor at their meeting today at noon.
Captain Richmond Pearson Hobson president of the International Education Association Against Narcotics, was the speaker of the evening at the iHistoiv and Political Science Club Wednesday night. Former Congressman from Alabama, and a noteworthy hero of the Spanish-American War, Captain Hobson, addressed the club on “Studies in Social Pathology” pointing out to political science students that more emphasis must be p’aced on this phase of study.
During the Spanish-American War it was Hobson who received orders to sink the Merrimac in the channel of Santiago harbor and bottle up the Spanish fleet. History now records how the Merrimac was sunk and the captain and seven men left afloat in the bay of Santiago. Hobscn ’nd his aides w-ere p’eked up by a Spanish skiff rnd taken to the enemy’s warship where the Spanish admiral took them on board and treated them with true Latin royalty.
In 1894 Captain Hobson made an investigation of the political situation
existing at that time in Europe. Upcn reurning to America he wrote a pa^er explaining oondit’ons, and foretelling that, because of the ba'ance of power situation in Europe the World War was an inevitable outcome. During his career as a Congressman he fought hard for a larger Naval armament.
He closed his address with a review of the narcotic situation in the United States.
“The only hope for the human race is to get hold of the narcotic situation Otherwise the national life of America is doomed,’ said Captain Hob-
scn.
The facts concerning this growing evil are startling. Over five million dope addicts, of which one million are users oT heroin, rpell human degreda-tion. According to the speaker the inly solution to this prob'em s through edrc-tfciu Education, stressing the point of s?'f-preservation is a probable future remedy.
Miss Alice V. King concluded the program with a clever pianclogue.
NEW EQUIPMENT ARRIVES AT U.S.C.
Physic Department in Receipt of Some Special Apparatus For Class Work
The Physics Department has recently received new apparatus among
which are:
A Westinghouse motor generator set, with a capacity of 1000 watts, tak-ink power at 220 volts, three pha'e and delivering direct current power at 125 voits. This will be used in connection with course 7L for determination of generator efficiencies and characteristics.
A high vacuum tube, 20 inches long, equipped so as to focus the cathode stream into a line of fast moving electrons and then pass these through controlled magnetic and electric fields. ■The resu ting path of the electrons wii be determined by a flourescent screen, enabling calculations to be made of the ma3S ind the velocity of the electrons. This will be used in course 219L.
For the mechanics laboratory there have arrived an Atwodd machine of improved form, with electrically operated tuning fork ;a rotational inertia apparatus of new design and high grade construction: a Boyle's law apparatus, and an especially complete bridge model. The latter is ten feet long and will support a load of 300 pounds. The construction allows of assembly of the component members info m?ny different forms of trusses, and in ail cases the stresses in the rr.ricus members may be measured by a set of specially designed dynamometer;. The niece of apparatus is intended particularly for use in engineering physics cias^es.
SIGMA SIGMA MEETS
Sigma Sigma. Junior men’s honor fraternity, will held a meeting in Harry Silke's office next Tuesday at 1:15 p. m., for the purpose of electing officers.