i On the j Lookout
Yean of Trouble Indications Tendencies Work for Students Juniors Busy
Polly With a Past”
Is Only Week A way
tIi© South
FOR YEARS the elections at U. S. C. have strred up s lot of trouble when they were over; those with a technics! mind would find flaws in the way the election was conducted, others would find instances of injustice or partisanship, while everybody was dissatisfied with the elections in general.
This year is no exception. True, politics lies at the base of some of the trouble, and polities is what the lawyers are playing, for the most part, when they bring their troubles before the Executive Committee.
California
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Polly With a Past”
Is Only Week A way
Vol. XIV
Los Angeles, California, Friday, May 18, 1923
No. 93
GOLF BUGS ORGANIZING ON CAMPUS
Otto Anderson’s Track
Career a Brilliant One
BY BILL RICE
____Along in 1919 a new star shot suddenly into the athletic firma- j
Many Are Signed Up for New ment of Southern California, and from Southern California it pro-
FIRST PRIZE IN CONTEST IS AWARDED
Football Fever” Felt;
Gloomy Gus Optimistic
SUCH TROUBLE INDICATES that there is need of radical change in the manner in which the elections are held.
Why should these troubles multiply every year? They are not the result of just one administration, but the culmination of years of inadequate election proceedings.
While these lust elections arp fresh in mind, why not immediately proceed to draw up by-laws governing elections that will eliminate many of the present objections in the future?
Minor Sport at
U. S. C.
KNICKERS” TO ABOUND
TENDENCY OF MOST OFFICIALS, just when they are about to leave office, is to leave the work which they can see ought to be done immediately drag on till some indefinite future for someone to complete then.
The term of the present administration is nearly over, but the work that lies ahead would take years to complete. Before the year ends, however, there is still time in which to make the much needed provisions in t ie by-laws, thus giving permanent aid to the officials who follow.
STUDENTS WHO WISH work of almost any form, either for a perma-rent position or a summer's job, are asked to see Miss Weir, appointment secretary, whose office is in the Old College.
Many requests for student labor are constantly flowing into that office, but, due to the lack of facilities to get in touch with the students who really desire to work, the department is not able to fill all the requests.
ceeded to enlarge and grow until that same star is now known and recognized among followers of track sports everywhere in the world. Introducing one Otto Anderson, late of Pomona High and now of the University of Southern California, track and football star of the first magnitude.
Otto first startled the followers f------
of the cinder path sport in 1919, when he took four first places in the Orange county interscholastic meet. He copped the two hurdle events, the broad jump, and the discus, beating' the mighty Tart-ranft in the latter event. After that introduction the new athletic sensation entered the State and
All Entries to Be Handed to College Managers by Friday,
May 25 th
By BOB LOCKE Golf Editor L. A. Times
Before long another form of athletic uniform will grace the fields of the University of Southern California.
Much has been heard of the B.V.D. athletes, the moleskin athletes, and other forms of athletic dress, but there Souhern California meet that same is one more to come, and it is on its year, taking- second place to Charley Daggs in the 120 high hurdles. KEPT UP WORK In 1920 Anderson proceeded to keep hitting tlie fast pace lie slarted ilie previous year, taking j three first places and one third in the Orange County meet. In this , affair he set the State interschols-tic 120-yard high hurdle record, which stood for three years, and was only broken last Saturday.
After this triumph Otto entered ' the Olympic game try-outs ini Pasadena, and won third place in the 120-vard high hurdles. On this showing he was sent to the
way at the present time with a ter rific rush. We may now speak of the Trojan “knicker” artists.
It Is only too true, U. S. C. is to be forced into the world of golf, and the fate that awaits the college is only a week away. Plans are now on foot at the college of Liberal Arts to put on. May 28, the first annual All-University golf tournament.
MANAGERS ELECTED Managers are to be elected or appointed at each of the colleges, and they are to meet soon to plan for the affair. At present it is planned to
BY ROSS BASIL WILLS
__EXTRA! EXTRA! “Gcomy Gus” Henderson has become a
Judges of Letter Contest Held by , smiling optimist. You don’t believe it? Well, we a^ked him yester-Endowment Committee Early day w*iat kind °f football team he would have next year, and this is in Year Reach Decision : just exactly what he said: “Next year? Well, that’s still quite a
long way off yet, but I’ll tell you, I think we will have a good team next fall.”
We solemnly swear that Goolmy ;
Gus made the foregoing statement, r\r T) P rr\ T T) T and what is more, he completely £ 11Y O 1 \ T 1 K I j took us by surprise by coming out
MILDRED FITCH WINNER
English Department Professors Submitted Best Letters Written by Their Classes
Mildred Fitch, junior in the College i of Liberal Arts, is the winner of the | twenty-five dollar prize offered for lhe : best business letter in the contest which the Ten Million Dollar Endowment Committee held early in the year, according to judges who reached a decision late yesterday afternoon.
V. M. Lyles took second, and will be presented with a check of $15, while C°orge Orloff won third and gets $10 | concern
and stating: “You know, I wouldn’t be surprised if we gave the ‘Golden Bears’ a tougher run for their money even than at last season’s affair.”
FAMOUS GLOOMY ONE lint the famous man of gloom couldn't hold such a strange character very long—long enough for him, to be sure, to cause grave over his health—and
TEAM WILL SPEAK SOON
Monday Wiil Be First Time Girta Represent U. S. C. in Debate
PROVEN GOOD DEBATERS
for his efforts. The five to receive i then, lookiug down his nose a hit honorable mention and a five-spot ' d o w n e a s t—the old “Oloomy”
apiece are: Adah KieinSmid, Horace Turner, Margueret Edgin, Francis Armour and Harold Wright.
I. H. Rice, president of the Merchants and Manufacturers’ Association, will make the awards in Chapel Tuesday morning, according to the downtown offices of the campaign. At the same time M. E. Miner, chairman
himself—he shook his head.
“1 don’t know.” he said, “you see. we are losing several of the best football men in the country. Lord, any team that could stand to lose such men as Leo Calland, Harold Galloway, Roy Baker and that fine player, Howard Kincaid, well, ii would surely have a lot of reserve ta’.ent not to
Larger Team of Girl Debater* to Be Formed in the Future
have an eighteen hole qualifying round
to be played on Monday, the 28th. . ”"'1 "	, T‘“ T/siVi
. ^ A ^	Boston try-outs, where he got tilth
>finav thtt first nf thp matnhpft trill .	„ „ , » «*-»
place out of a lield ot 4o entries, and won a place on the American
JUNIORS PUT ON “Polly With a Past” next week.
The proceeds of this play are To go To the endowment campaign. That is a good place to put all profits, and lt ought to be an incentive for the students to see to it that all the tickets are purchased ahead of time.
The cast is working hard to perfect the production; critics who have t;een it progress thus far are much encouraged, and state that the Juniors will have as good or better show than their predecessors.
Tuesday the first of the matches will be played off, and until Thursday eighteen holes will be played daily. On the last named day the finale will be played, the winner to receive a handsome cup, and to have his name placed on a permanent tablet on the campus.
Stanley Volp, College of Law. manager. and the manager of the College of Liberal Arts, have already signed up several player, and the managers of the other colleges are working to put the tournament across as it should
Olympic team, besides the distinction of being the youngest man ever to be sent on an American Olymptic team. In the later games at Paris the youthful phenomena copped fifth place in the high sticks. Still another honor fell to Anderson that year when he was picked by Rubien as interscholastic champion of America for 1920.
OUT OF SCHOOL The year 1921 found Otto out of
The young athlete stepping spryly over the sticks is none other than Otto Anderson, one of Dean Crom-weli’s most consistent point winners. He spends his spare moments in carrying the pigskin around the lot for “Gloomy Gus” Henderson.
be. All entries may be handed to 8Ci100i an(j running under the banner
either of the above men or may be turned in at the Trojan office before a week from Friday, May 25, at noon.
Blythe Squirt Gets a Thrill In Glass Cage j
Once upon a Time there was a Demure Thing who parked her limousine in front of Old College Building. For several Days, at the third Hour she sat in her Glass Cage alone and looked Pitiful and Forgotten. A Young Squirt, who often passed that way. observed her and his Heart was filled with Pity. “Ah,” said he. “I will be her Friend, and relieve her Lonesomeness." So one day, when passing, he
GRADUATES WILL HAVE POSITIONS
Word from the appointment secretary’s office is encouraging to the senior, for whom graduation comes too soon, in that there will be plenty of positions open to them after the June Commencement exercises.
Although, according to Miss Weir, there are# numerous part-time positions. at the present time, the stress of school activities have put the need • of them in the background.
of the Los Angeles Athletic Club in the Southern California A. A. U. championship meet, where he was high point man with 11 digits to his credit. Later in the year he took (CONTINUED ON 1*.AST PAGE)
ATTENTION, SENIORS!
All members of the class of 1923 who ordered greduation announcements are notified that they have arrived. It is important that they be called for as soon as possible. Murray Leifer, who has charge of distributing same, announces that they are available today from 9 to 10 a. m. and from 12 noon to 2 p, m. at the box office of the Bovard Administration Building. Bring the receipt!
of the poster committee which award- j notice it.’ erl Mildred Bryant first prize of $100, will present the winner with tho check.
Judges for the letter writing contest are: 1. H. Rice, Edward Dickson, publisher of the Express; and G. G.
Young, general manager of the Examiner. They made their, selection from the letters submitted to them by the various English instructors in the English Department at Liberal Arts, who turned in five or six of the best letters written by students in their classes.
Miss Fitch’s letter was addressed to
GRAVES MAY HAVE CAULIFLOWER EAR
Honestly, ed., it’s going to be ex-trard-i-nary. By gollies, this Ralph Graves, star wrestler of the may look like quite a line I’m giv-
Managed to Stumble and drop his Trojan varsity, was painfully injured mg- you (in fact, several of them)
Book under her car—and thus did he *ast Thursday when ( oach Lee exe- but, J)ave Belasco himself—keep
Break the Ice.	cuted a rushing headlock on the this quiet—told me that the
The Demure Thing accepted his Hos- >’ounK aspirant. In administering the 1 bloomin’ thing is quite the arti-
pitalitv with a genial Smile. After Padlock Coach Lee’s hands slipped. I choke’s whiskers as a play. Poso-
that the Young Squirt resolved to tearing a Part of Graves' ear' After lutely, ed.!
visiting a doctor the bantamweight ,
star was noTified that he had more	*****
than an even chance to develop a eauliflour ear. The injury to Graves
Two Ttavs M bv. Bv this Tim«jis liabl* t0 prov(‘ a	<° lhl>
varsity.
In the past two years Graves has been the mainstay of the team. In each contest Graves, by his fight and
Junior Play Quite “Slick,” According To Campus Talk
By“DOUG”
Dear Ed.: Perhaps you isn’t wise to it, but somethings’ coming off here at Useless Sea next Thursday and Friday besides your top-lid and my hat. Posolutely, ed.!
Sure, ’tis nothing else but—but—well, anyway it’s a doggone good play with a name something like “It Went Past Polly,” or “Polly’s Pasture,” or maybe “Polly with a Past”—one of the three. Absatively, ed.!
FEEL FOOTBALL FEVER
Yep, although the month of September is the month of the grand ceremony of donning the pigskin clothes, the football fever is beginning to be faintly felt on these spring winds. And although, unlike most other lead-(CONTtxrrcn on tvo?. d
TWO ENGAGEMENTS RESULT SERIOUSLY FOR FOUR TROJANS
Marco H. Heilman, prominent banker j	_
of Los Angeles and chairman of the Mr	^ Mrs. Claude E. Marcus
committee of one thousand workers!	Mf and Mrs Hugh
among the business men downtown.	Brown Is Outcome The letter showed why the business
men of Los Angeles should get behind the ten million dollar drive which the University of Southern California is row conducting.
GREEN DIAMONDS GIVEN AWAY FOR ONLY FOUR BITS
spend all his third Hours in a Glass Cage. The Demure Thing silently acquiesced in his unannounced Decision.
he was calling her by her First Name, and writing her English Compositions for her.
Two weeks later he was saying.
“You are so Different?” And she was saying, “Am I?”
One month later the Demure Thing was Sporting some extra Jewelry, and the Young Squirt was losing much Sleep.
Two months later and he had Popped the Question.
Two seconds later she said. “Yes.” Six months later they visited an Altar.
A year later .... and he was thinking Reverently of his Past Life. Moral—Why does a Spider weave its
Web?
i aggressiveness, won an untold num-
ber of friends sesses is
met and defeated some of the best amateur wrestlers ou the coast.
And, oh-h-h-h, ed., y’ otta see how' the Leading Lady “struts her stuff.” I wouldn’t get in the way of that lady’s vampirish orbs for three chunks o’ platinum. And clever—! Why, say, she’s a combination-salad of Pola Negri, Al Jolson. Con Talm’age, and
Absatively,
. .	i Charles Spencer Chaplin
The record he pos-1 . ,
an enviable one. He has
FIFTY ON TRIP
Fifty members of Professor Life’s botany class took a field trip to Laurel Canyon, Wednesday afternoon. Numbers of wild flowers were found and classified by the youthful and eager botanists. No accidents were sustained by any member of the party, I and all returned wiser in nature lore.
“Every Chinaman knows," says Bill Rice, “that condensed milk comes from contented cows and that bulls give tobacco.”
HISTORY ELECTIONS
NO PICNIC TODAY
It was announced in Chapel yesterday that the Senior picnic, which had been scheduled for today, has been Indefinitely postponed. According to cision
1
Elections of the History Club will be held tomorrow noon at 12 o’clock. Plans for the picnic which the club is planning will be discussed. The picnic will be held next Thursday.
You know “Red” Kennedy, don’t ed.? Well, he claims to know something about this afourmenchunned (whatever that means—maybe it’s a cuss-word) “Polly” and he says to me, “On the level, old dear, this ‘Polly’ ain’t a parrot.” Furthermore, he says she was raised in a French convent and not Greenwich Village. Now, if that ain’t one peculiar cage for a vampire to be raised in. ed., I’ll be thoroughly gumswiggered and wag-foozeled. Posolutely, ed.!
Between you and me, ed., after reading all the above wise cracks, I think
______________the bloomin’ play ought to be pretty
Chet McKay, Senior class president,; slick. Wvhaddya say wTe go? It’ll cost the cold weather caused the de- you only one-fifty for the two of us.
Whoopee!
Green diamonds! Genuine green diamonds—and just imagine only 50 cents. Not only real diamonds that you can wear (on a rubber band), but better still—they will entitle you to a supper-dance at the Alpha Chi Omega sorority house, Saturday evening.
This is to be the annual Building Fund Benefit and will be neld at the house, 3977 South Budlong avenue.
The program for the afternoon will include a card party. Tables for both | bridge and fiive hundred have been j arranged, that all players may satisfy i their preference. Prizes will be awarded to those with highest scores, and rerfeshing punch will be served to all. Tickets may be procured at the rate of 75 cents per person or $3 a table, from any Alpha Chi on the campus.
Another feature of the afternoon will be a sale of candy and cooked food. (This does not mean to imply t that the candy will not be cooked.) ! But for those who may be inclined to harbor any doubts concerning the matter, there will be delicious pies and j cakes. Better than the kind mother i can make. Special orders may be placed now’.
The decorations for this affair will lend a very delightful and attractive Japanese atmosphere.
Many “surprise features” are being planned for the evening’s entertainment.
PAPRIKA SANDWITCH FOR JUNIOR CLASS
I “Paprika Sand-witch” is the official | title of the last Junior function of the I year, scheduled for Thursday. May 31,
I according to Margaret Edgen. vice-president of the class of ’24.
“Because none of the customary terms, such as party, picnic, dance, hop, affair, etc., are applicable, the above title wras selected for ,what is planned as the grand finale of the semester. The beach will be made use of,” continued Miss Edgen, “and if water appeals to anybody, there will be plenty of opportunity to be appealed to.”
Thursday, May 31, 3 o’clock, with one of the popular and convenient beaches as the destination—convenient in location and dancing facilities— and transportation by individual automobiles. furnished by loyal auto-owTn-ing Juniors, comprise the facts known to date of what the executives call the end of organized amusement for the third-year class.
Press Club Members
Urged to Function
Press Club will meet Tuesday at 12 o’clock noon in the Trojan office for the purpose of electing officers, submitting candidates for membership, • nd setting the date for the next “Newspaper Dinner.” All members on the campus are urged to attend.
In the spring a young man’s fancy goes wild, simply wild, over love. Marriages that hit the campus with the force and rapidity of hail stones have made serious inroads on tht LTniVer-sitv’s crop of eds and co-eds.
Every day brings forth a dozen or more newT diamonds and jeweler* who advertise in the Trrtjan announce that they are doing a record breaking business. Not to be outdone by the sparkling solitaires a number of plain gold ! bands have found their way to the 1 campus.
Two University couples have stepped out during the week. Claude , E. Marcus, office manager for the $10,-! 000,000 campaign, has been wanting to return to his home in Clanton, Alabama, for some time, so Monday he went (U>wn and purchased a ticket. But before he turned away from the ticket window he realized that it would be a lonely trip and decided to make it a honeymoon. So he hurried to the telephone, called Miss Helen Pierini, heard her say “Yes,” and darted off to find a minister. They left for Clanton Monday night.
Just as great a surprise to the campus was the marriage of Mabel Brown and Hugh Miller in Anaheim last Saturday. The young couple returned to fhe campus yesterday following a short honeymoon in San Diego.
“I've only known her three months,” Hugh said yesterday. “I really didn't know how wonderful she was. And, oh, boy. how she can cook! Yes, the marriage was an elopement and a great surprise to everyone, myself included. I’ll tell the world we’re happy. We’re the third couple to elope from our Epworth League in the last month.”
For the first time in the history of the University of Southern California girls will uphold the glory of their Alma Mater when they appear against representatives of Oregon Agricultural College, Monday night In the old chapel. Girls will represent both institutions.
The question is: “Resolved. That the United States Should Cancel the War Debts of Italy. France and Belgium.” U. S. C. arguing in the affirmative.
SIEGAL AND HARRISON
Esther Siegal. winner of a Bowen cup in this year's forensic contest, and LaVerne Harrison will speak for the University, while Oregon Agricultural College will he represented by Miss Essie Reems and Miss Hazel Williams.
Miss Reems and Miss Williams have won many oratorical contests and recently debated against the University of California women's team.
NEW VENTURE
“The girls’ team which Miss Siegal and Miss Harrison represent is the first ever formed at the University of Southern California. It is expected to be the nucleus of a nationally known women’s debating team,’’ said Coach Allan Nichols yesterday. “Oregon is sending down a representative delegation and we hope that U. S. C. students will turn out in large numbers.”
Edith Wilson is managing the debate.
MUSIC AT CHAPEL
Faculty of the College of Music will furnish entertainment during chapel next Tuesday, May 22. The program will be a musical one, comprising numbers both vocal and instrumental. Some of the best talent in the West is to be found among the faculty of the College of Music. A program which will interest everyone is promised.
GLEE CLUB SINGS AT WESTLAKE PARK
Introduce “Music Week” to Patrons of the Lake; Begin Saturday
Westlake Park parons were given a “treat” last night, aside from the regular orchestra feature, when the Gtee Club dropped anchor ln the center of the lake and sang many of the poplar secular numbers which have met with such success in their concerts this year.
Loud acclamations of approval thundered from the hundreds of boaters and those who lined the shore as the ciub finished.
In >his way the club advertised and introduced ‘‘Music Week.” which begins Saturday evening with a mammoth float and electrical parade. The club has entered a float and will once more bring before the public the name of the University of Southern Califor-| nia as one of the backers of good I music in the city.
FIVE ARE CHOSEN FOR COMMITTEE
Because of lateness of the returns Thursday night and an error in the , following paper, the names of those who were chosen to the Executive Committee from the College of Liberal Arts were not published in the “Trojan.” Helen Fine and Arthur Metcalfe got enough first choice votes to assure them of a position on the committee. After counting seconds, three more, Harold Williamson, Howard Coy and John Flor were chosen to constitute the remainder of the representation
EXPECT 200 STUDES AT COMMERCE FEED
Two hundred Commerce students are expected to attend a dinner of the Commerce Club at the Union League Club. Wednesday, May 23, at 6:30.
Principal speaker of the evening wil! be a man prominent in industrial development of Southern California. Hi® topic will be “Southern California’s Future and the College of Commerce
Student.”
The present Commerce Club will turn over the gavel to the incoming president and the other offlcer3 will be installed.
Tickets may be secured at the Commerce office for $1 25.