Trojan Wishes All A Merry Christmas
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Vol. XV
Los Angeles, California, Wednesday, December 19, 1923
ASILOMARCONFEREOGE
Large Delegation Expected to Go From U. S. C. to Convention
A. S. B. OFFICERS GO ALSO
Montgomery and Hill Will Represent Faculty; Few Places Still Open
All students who are planning to go to Asilomar at Monterey, Dec. 26-January 2 should register at the Y but today, according to the announcement made by the authorities of the University Y. M. C. A. Already about thirty-five men have signified their intention to go.
The gathering at Asilomar during I tbe last part of the Christmas holi-|days is an annual event. This contention is under the auspices of the IY Student Conference and is held [with the purpose to bring students of Pacific Coast colleges and universities together in a spirit of C-hris-hian fellowship. The Asilomar L'rounds at Monterey. about 300 Imiles north ot Los Angeles, are un-|dei the direct control of the Y. M.
A. Its location is one of beauty |and of interest in its significance i early California history.
An interesting and varied program has been arranged. Many well |known student leaders are to speak ind confer with the delegates. There ire to be also many intercollegiate Activities such as games, hikes and pi?hl seeing trips.
1 • S. C. is to be represented by sme of her most prominent students. Harry Silke, president of [he student body, and Kenneth Stonier, manager of the Trojan, are lo attend the convention as the representatives of the University. Lmong others who expect to spend ie.ir holidays at Asilomar are Ralph ummings of the 1923 Varsity football
“IHE PRODIGAL MET IS GIVEN J Y.M.G. A.
Dramatic Version of Ben Hur Presented in Bovard Auditorium
STAGE SETTING FEATURE
Large Cast of Students Took Part in First Annual Production
BY RALPH HOLLY
“The Prodigal Giver”, a Biblical drama adapted from the story of Ben Hur by Glen Edward Turner, was presented by the Y. M. C- A of the University Friday night in Bcvard Auditorium. This was the first large dramatic production of the year.
At this holiday time such a play is of significance as it has something to tell of the person for whom Christmas is celebrated throughout the Christian world. The first aot dragged considerably and worked a tedious spoil on ’he audience. It was only the various musical interludes that reawakened an interest in the dramatic back ground. Acts two and three move 1 n.ov* rapidiy toward the climax. ;f it may be called such, when the whole cast appeared on the stage and vowed themselves to be follow, ers of the cross.
9*AGE SETTING GOOD
If there were any outstading features of the production it was the stage setting. It was simple and yet it fitted every scene. The curtain was not lowered once during the performance but the action was continuous, the end of each scene being denoted by complete darkness on j the stage. Whoever was responsible for the stage managing of “The Prodigal Giver” needs praise. The costuming of the play was commendable.
Narrators appeared between acts to tell the audience the story of the play. Use of narrators, chroniclers or whatever one mav call them is not
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I quad; Stanley Wheeler, president of new .as all pageants of this sort con-Ihe Senior Class; Don Cameron, sider them necessary, but the two in [•resident of the Sophomore Class; 1 this production were presented in \nd George Orme. president of the : novel fashion reciting their narration junior Cia^s.	from niches at both ends of the
Asilomar has invited especially stage.
iculty members to come to the About forty students took part in [athering. U. S. C. will be repre- the play. There were few characters *nted by Professors J. H. Mont- who gave any spontaneity in their |omery and John G. Hill.	(Continued on Page 5)
HELD AT UST CHAPEL
Glee Clubs, Directed by Prof. Cogswell, Feature in U.S.C. Song Service
DEAN McCORMICK SPEAKS
HOLD NEWSPAPER DA Y AT S. C. JANUARY 17
Press Club, Trojan Staff, and Journalism Classes Sponsor Event; High School Journalists to be Guests; Leading Newspaper Men to Speak
Series of Lectures to Be Given On Scientific Subjects
A series of lectures on “Sound”i the talks:
ill be given next week before the1 Monday: Sound Waves and Meth-
lience and Mathematics Sections of |:e California Teachers' Association, p cord ins to Dr. LeRoy S. Weather-of the Chemistry Department, Iho is chairman of this Section.
ods For Recording and Photographing Them.
Tuesday: Noises and Non-Musical Sounds.
Wednesday: Acoustics of Auditor-
These lecture®. wi® be gpven a't iums.
130 daily in the auditorium of the Thursday: Tone Qualities of Must l>s Angeles High School by Dr. Day-1 cal Instruments.
In C. Miller, head of the Physics Friday: Physical Characteristics of! ably be “the animal kingdom.”
True Christmas Spirit Lacking Without Christian Spirit, Says Speaker
Chapel services, Thunrsday. were in keeping with the Christmas spirit. The Glee Clubs under the direction of Professor Horatio Cogswell, sang the Christmas carol, “Hark the Herald Angels Sing.” Dean William McCormick, of St. Paul’s Cathedral, diocese of Los Angeles, gave a talk in which was embodied the true spirit of the first Christmas.
Dean McCormick brought out the ract tha*: the true Christmas spirit is lacking without the Christian spirit. The spirit of Christmas should be one of brotherly love.
“God is a being of unchanging love. The present generation, because of certain philosophies and the Darwin theory. Is apt to take a low, mean view of the human race. If the average person was asked what kingdom we belong to his answer wrould prob-
The
By MADGE McCONNELL
Newspaper Day will be held on January 17, at which time the leading newspaper men of Southern California will meet with the students of journalism of the University, as well as high school editors and business managers who will be invited for the day. The program will consist principally of speeches by the professional men, but a luncheon and short entertainment is being planned by members of the Press Club, Trojan staff and journalism classes, who are sponsoring t'he event.
Marc N. Goodenow, head of theQ Journalism department, and Miss
apartment of Case School of Ap-1 the Sounds of Speech.
|ied Sc ence. Cleveland, Ohio. The	-*--
?tures are open to all and will be especial interest to students in iguages and in music as well as students in the sciences. The tec-res will be illustrated by experi-?nts. and pictures, and especially the “Phonodeik." an instrument rented by Dr. Miller for projecting kind waves upon the screen.
The following are the subjects for
ATTENTION. ASILOMAR!
All men going to Asilomar are asked by Don Cameron to meet at the Y hut at 3 o’clock today. Plans for the trip will be definitely made at that time, and the assignments to the various machines will be announced.
fact is that we do not take the view duf? to the dignity of human life. We belong to the kingdom of God, not to the kingdom of materialism.
“We should keep the picture cf true Christmas in our mind as we go out for the holidays and drop the i selfish spirit.”
Julia McCorkle, assistant professor, are in charge of Newspaper Day. The idea of having such a gathering for the purpose of bringing together those who have made good in the world of tyype, with the students of that art, was originated by Professor Goodnow last year, and the carrying out of the plan was so successful that it will be made a yearly event.
The program as constructed so far consists of forty-minute talks by the newspaper men from the neighboring districts. They will be.jin about nine o’clock in the morning, or as soon after the registration of the guests is accomplished, and with intermissions for the entertainment by the University students and the luncheon at noon, will continue until about 3:30.
ATHENA MEETS
The program for the Athena Literary Society will be in keeping with the Holiday spirit tonight, for I a Christmas program is to be the | main feature of the last meeting of I the year.
The program is:
“How Christmas is observed in other lands”—Hazel Gregg, very ticket'has been sold for the been chosen to supply the music for Musical Reading—Dorothy Cooke.
runior Formal Tonight at the Wilshire Country Club
t affair, the Junior Formal, to be jd at the Wilshire Country Club kdnesday night, December 19. A \cx iimit was placed on the tickets account of the size of the hall the Juniors not wishing the |ne to resemble that of the Bilt-at the California-!’, s. C. dance. This darifce being the first large lal of the year is eagerly antici-|ed and is expected to come up to expectations. The Wilshire Coun-Club, one of the most beautiful most exclusive clubs of Southern ifornia, was especially difficult to in for it has been their policy illow no College affairs to be held, rt those given by some member
the evening. Keen jazz is thus in- A Christmas Stovy-sured.	- ! mug.
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Interesting Snapshots Are Wanted for El Rodeo
Snapshots’’! This is the latest call under said motto. An invitation to a
issued from the El Rodeo office and accord ng to reports is to be one highly important feature in the coming annual.
“Snappy Snapshots” is the motto adopted by the collectors and during
the Christmas holidays is the time sorority or fraternity. The club set for these precious photographs lose -;n and easy to find. WilaMre! to be taken. “Buy. borrow, or steal to Rossmere being the best a kodak and start in," is the word to take.	j sent out by Kenneth Crist. “All your
e Arlington Foe. which is so! spare time devote to the taking and giving a little leeway in the matter lar for all campus activities, has retaking of suitable subjects com ng of subjects
beach party, mountain party, or any other kind of a party is highly com mendsble. The kodak in such cases should be one’s possession.
“Snap surrounding scenery and turn it in at the El Rodeo office when classes again take up. Here is a chance to make the U. S. C. An nual one of special interest and personal interest as well.”
Names will not be printed under photographs unless permitted, thus
house, Kling Stoddard and Dorothy Herriman; the place of meeting is in the hands of Ercil Adams, Clara Gilbert and Isabel Hancock; publicity, Ross Wills, Carey McWilliams, Cora McCorkle and Dorothy Crowley.
“In my mind,” stated Professor Goodnow, ‘Newspaper Day is the most important event we have this year. Besides bringing some of the best known men in this part of the country to give their experiences and t'heir practical knowledge to th students, it also creates a bond of sympathy between the University and the surrounding hi«h schools.
PHI BETA KAPPA TO DFFEB PRIZE CONTEST
Fifty Dollars in Books to be Given to the Writer of Best Essay
CONTEST OPEN TO ALL
Essays Must All be Turned in Not Later Than the 24th of April
An opportunity for winning fifty dollars, in books is offered by the Phi Beta Kappa Alumni in Southern California. The only thing necessary to win the books will be to write the best essay submitted to the judges of a contest conducted under the auspices of Phi Beta Kappa. The contest is an annual event offered by the local alumni of the national scholarship society in an endeavor to stimulate a deeper and more wide* spread interest in scholarship.
The following rules will govern the contest:
1.	The contest shall be open io those students of any standard College or University in Southern California who are in residence on April 15, 1924, (the closing date of the contest), and are of the rank of Sophomores, Juniors or Seniors.
2.	The contest shall consist in the writing and submission, by individual students, of original essays, ranging from 2,000 to 3,000 words in length, on the general subject of Scholarship and the State, with permission to select the exact phase of f^e subject to be treated.
Suggested topics are:
Scholarship and Democracy.
Scholarship and Citizenship.
The American College and Democracy.
The Function of the Scholar in the Body Politic.
Scholarship and Internationalism.
3.	The essays, in typewritten form,
shall bear fictitious names and shall be accompanied by sealed envelopes containing the true names of the
writers.
4.	One copy of each essay shall be in the hands of the Secretary of the
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U. S. C. Student Body President
Gives Xmas Message
FORM COMMITTEES TO MANAGE JUNIOR PROM
Only 250 Tickets Will be Sold To Annual Junior Formal;
Go on Sale Soon
FEATURE FAVORS - MUSIC
Special Entertainment Planned; Definite Work Begins on Party After Vacation
Junior Prom committees have been appointed by the executive body of the class and are as follows George Orme. chairman; John Woods, general arrangements: Katherine Cattell, entertainment; Madge McConnell, publicity. The business end is to be handled by Ed Monroe as business manager, with Ralph Miller and Fred Olds acting as his assistants.
Definite wor* on the Prom, which will be held at the Biltmore Friday, January 25, will start immediately on the return to sefcool after the holidays. Plans which promise to make this affair the biggest and best on the University calendar, and which will set a precedent to bi* followed by every Junior class in the future, are tieing considered by the Executive committee of the class.
Not more than 250 tickets will be sold, and to the Junior and Senior classes of the University only. They
will go on sale as soon as the Christmas vacation is over, in order that the check from Dad may be put to immediate and sure use.
The favors and the music are the lijain attractions of the evening. There will be nothing of excellence missing in either, although just which one will receive the more praise is hard to determine. Suffice it to say that sufficient funds are at hand with which to obtain the best which Los Angeles can offer.
Another indefinitely rosy cloud is the entertainment. The fact that there will be some is made certain by the appointment of Kitty Cattell to handle this important feature.
e may well live in anticipation and feel that maybe there will be something worth living for after the holidays are over, besides term papers and finals.
SELL OUT WAMPUS
The ‘Kitty" has come arid went Verily what a howl went up, w'hen about four hundred unfortunate students found that the last copy had The following committees have be‘en goj^ before they arrived. Al been appointed: In\itations, Bill says: “Twelve hundred copies were Rice. Betty McConnell, Teet ^Carle sold and there were about four hun-and Marguerite Matson; reception dred short. These copies were sold will be directed by Okey King and to Campus Colleges only. The fir3t Peggy Moore, with a large number issue has been a great success and of assistants to be named later; en- drives on to a speedy issue of the tertainment, Marquis Busby, Ruth j next number.” All material should be Canary and Josephine Clancy; lun- turned in to Al Wesson after vaca-cheon arrangements. Alva Wood- t on.
Harry Silke, student body president, extends a Merry Christmas and Happy New' Year to the students of U. S. C., through the columns of the Trojan. He is proud and happy because of the excellent effort the students have put forth to make U. S. C. a bigger and better University. The ultimate has been accomplished, he believes.
“Now that the football season is
Harry Silke
WINNER OF YELL PRIZE GETS CASH
Jack McGee, Freshman, Given $100 for Yell Chosen as Best in 400
Stamm Returned to Post As Head of Federal Students
over and a vacation lies oefore us the students can return to th^ir studies after New Years with new vigor and make this year surpass
Jack McGee, a Freshman, was th© author of the prize winning yell in the contest which recently closed at U. S. C. . McGee’s yell was selected by a committee from four hundred yells that were submitted for the contest.
In the process of selecting the four
best yells for trial before the student body, JdcGee s name was lost. He responded to a request by tfie committee for the author to make himself known.
Gordon Campbell presented McGee with the $100 prize money before chapel yesterday. The money was
all others in scholarship. Sports given by Allan T. Archer, alumnus of have their part in college, life but U. S. C. McGee, * who was a high after all scholarship is the main school cheerleader last year, submit-
feature.”
ted only the one yell in the contest.
Razz Edition of Trojan
Socks Campus In the Eye
Well, the much-heralded Razz Edi- over appearing so fully i-n public is tion of the Trojan appeared yester- not known up to the time today’3
day and in the course of the morn-At the semi-annual banquet of the the Veteran Bureau trainees and em- a £°°dly number of dimes were
Associated Federal Students of the phatically urged their participation University of Southern California in student aceivities at the Univer-held last Thursday night at the City sity.
Club it was announced that F. J. Connely, co-ordinator, would resign and W. W. Stamm would again resume his post as head of the United States Veterans’ organization on the local campus.
Stamm has been on sick leave for several months, and. according to members of the Veterans’ Association, his presence at the Trojan institution is very welcome and they are pleased with his return.
Elmer L. Sherrill, head of the Veterans’ Bureau on the Pacific Coast, and Harry Silke, president of the Associated Students of U. S. C., wrho were also among the guests of honor, spoke to the assemblage of wounded men and were greeted with a round of applause.
President Grayson and the Executive Committee of the Association of Federal Students have asied to extend through the columns of the Tro-
President Rufus V. Von Klein Smid	jan their vote of thanks to President
made what is said to have been a	Von Ktein Smid, Elmer Sherrill,
very interesting and inspiring taik	Harry Silke and all the men who re-
to the disabled men. The president	sponded to the call and made the
touched on the opportunities afforded	affair the success that it was.
extracted from the pockets and pocket books of the U. S. C. students. Some persons who bought the issue for the express purpose of finding themselves razzed were not disappointed and others who looked in
Trojan went to press, but one who was duly exhibited in a bathing suit told one of the salesmen for the Razz Edition that since she was given so much publicity gratis she should have been awarded a dozen copies of the issue for distribution among her friends. The salesman,
vain and found their names not however, had no authority to hand breathed lightly and sought amuse- over the copies free of charge, ment by reading the gall poured forth Dr. Lowry, it is said, gave the edi-on their special professorial abomi- tion honorable mention in his ten nation.	1 o’clock class yesterday morning. Be-
The feature of the first page of fore beginning his lecture he an-the edition was a number of int mate nounced that any one with a pillow poses of female campus celebrities, handy would be permitted to go to The verdict of campus judges was sleep and that if he didn’t succeed that the pictures were good to look in being sufficiently somnific he at although some of them only would call in James Mussatti to help slightly resembled the persons whose him out. However, Dr. Lowry’s lec-names were placed beneath. Whether ture was not disturbed by any one any one co-ed was riled into wrath snoring, it is said.