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California
Vol. XIII
Los Angeles, California, Friday, September 16, 1921
No. 1
Registration Record
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Student Body Card Sale Starts With Flying Colors
Card Offers Great Reduction
On Game Entrance Prices
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Down town department stores are >t the only institutions offering ma fide bargains, according to fTle McGinnis, student body presi-nt. U.S.C. is having a great clear-ice sale on Student Body cards is week. New students as well upper classmen are urged to se-these tickets immediately as go off sale Monday afternoon. These cards, purchased at the very nominal sum of six dollars, admit the owner to all football, baseball and basketball games, as well as to the big track meets and debates. Of even greater importance to the student is the fact that only those who purchase cards may hold offices in the student body or vote in elections. The Executive Committee also stresses the fact that this new ruling holds good at all professional colleges.
Cheaper Cards Obtainable For those students who are unable to attend the afternoon games, a two dollar card may be purchased, entitling the bearer to attend the evening games and debates, as well as giving them full priviliges in student body affairs.
Last year the season ticket for the football games alone was five dollars. According to the Graduate Managers office these new cards rep-
resent a valuation exceeding fourteen dollars, provided only the cheapest tickets were bought to the various
games.
All home games, as well as the frays scheduled for Tournament Park at Pasadena, will be included at the price. So far as the calendar is completed, U.S.C. will play California Institute of Technology. Whittier, Occidental, Pomona, California, California Frosh, Oregon Aggies, and Washington State.
The basketball privileges include the L.A.A.C. games, with dancing afterward. U.S.C. will meet many of the big Universities during track season in the spring.
California Prices High
At California the football card alone is over seven dollars. This does not include the Stanford game in the new stadium. Both Occidental and Pomona charge ten dollars for the games.
“A student can not be a loyal Trojan,” said Merle McGinnis, “if he does not buy one of these two cards. Not only does he help the University by pledging his support, but he gets a real bargain in tickets to some of the greatest games to be played in the country this year. All students should secure them immediately.’'
"DOPE’ GIVES Assembly Plan U.S.C. Maintains Steady TROJAN FANS Provides For Growth In All Departments
GREAT THRILL Class Seating
Former Pessimistis Chortle They Cogitate on Varsity and Frosh Football Prospects.
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Handbooks for the benefit and guidance of Freshmen who offend the dignity of upper classmen by trespassing against school tradition have been put on sale at the price of 15 cents, the remainder of the cost of 35 cents being made up by the University. The Handbooks contain detailed information of all school activities, societies, rules and regulations. Its purpose is to acquaint the new students with the spirit and life of the campus. The editors. Marguerite F. Ward and William S. Barber assisted by Clara J. Gilbert and Marquis Busby, have seen that the j book was filled with solemn warnings and instructions for the infants.
T raditions t
Among the traditions the strictest is that which Compels every Fresh-j man to wear green skull caps when-1 ever on the campus. These must be worn throughout the first semester.
Smoking is absolutely forbidden and queening in basement windows will not be countenanced. Prep, or high school monograms, are not to be worn on the campus nor are S. C. ! pins to be worn, except by winners . of them. These traditions and all others are to be rigidly enforced by i the traditions committee composed of upper classmen.
Love, Honor and Obey.
PROF. POWER TO TEACH IN 0. S. C.
Prof. Ralph L. Power of Boston University and William and Marry College in Virginia has arrived in Los Angeles to take up his duties in the College of Commerce and Business Administration of the: University of Southern California.
Mr. Power, a formei r«gident of this city, was graduatedl from the Los Angeles high school and holds graduate and under graduate degrees from Boston University. He has also completed graduate study at Harvard, Boston, American and George Washington Universities.
During the war he was in France one year on general staff statistical and historical work and was elected the first commander of Massachusetts Post 43, American Legion, on his return to this country.
EXCELLENT NEW MATERIAL
All Sporting Department Rosters Chuck Full of Names Made Famous in Southland.
New Office of University Preacher Created; Best Men in Country to Address Students.
ATTENDANCE COMPULSORY
CONTINENT TO ENTER 0. S. C. Li
S. B. U. C. STAR DEBATERS REGISTER AT U. OF S. C.
Clifford Davis and Bernard Brennan,' the two bright stars of the University of California, Southern Branch, de- ' bating forces for the last two years, j have shed their bear skins to adopt the senatorial togas of the Trojan squad. I The men are registered as juniors and expect to come out for debating. Both have distinguished themselves in high school.
Averaging about 85 miies a day, between hikrng and “lifts," William Hassel, 18, and William Caldwell, 19, of Blomfield, N. J., walked across the continent last summer to study law at the U. S. C. Law School.
The two hikers left their home town, July 2, and covered a total distance of about 4000 miles, following the Lincoln Highway, and passing through Philadelphia, Gettysburg, Chicago, Omaha, Neb., Cheyenne, Salt Lake, Carson City, Sacramento and San Francisco.
They were offered scholarships at the University of Illinois but preferred to complete their trip.
Fraternity Scholarship Report
Delta Pi sorority stands at the head of the list in the sorority-fraternity report furnished by the Registrar’s office. Counting 100% for a B grade this sorority ranks 98^. It was the only fraternal organization without a single “con,” “inc" or failure.
Lambda Rho earned second place with a standing of 89#. Three soror t'es were listed below the fraternity holding the highest rank among t naen’s organizations. They were the Iota Sigma Theta, Kappa Alpha The d the Pi Beta Phi sororities.
Phi Alpha leads the men’s fraternities at U. S. C. with a n . me frai^rnny ?cftofarsfnp report for the second semester ows that they head the list despite the nine failures and ditions or incompletes. Three other fraternities are listed which holds the lowest rank among the sororities, namely,
Sigma Tau and the Gamma Epsilon fraternities.
Sororities	Frater
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Delta Pi ............ 98 .. .. 195 1 Phi Alpha.........
Lambda Rho........ 89 6 1 343 Sigma Tau.........
Beta Pfat ........... 82 25 1 354 Gamma Epsilon ...
Zeta Tau Alpha...... 82 1 6 125 | Phi Beta Delta.....
Alpha Chi Omega.... 81 8 3 295 Zeta Kappa Epsilon
phi Mu............. 81 3 2 169 i Sisrma Alpha Epsilc
Kappa Delta ....... 81 5 3 257 | Sisrma Chi
Delta Delta Delta... 80 8	278 Zeta Beta Tau.—
Iota Sigma Theta... 75 7 6 195 ! Theta Psi .......
Kappa Alpha Th^ta. 72 12 7 265 j	(Sipq,
Alpha Epsilon Phi. . *1 & 5 101|	J. J
Phi Beta Phi........ 68 20 8 287 1
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Another season has arrived and, according to all the “dope,” it will be the biggest season the ’Varsity will ever have to face. With *three P.C.C. teams on the docket, it means that U.S.C. will have to be on its toes if it wants to pull away with the success that attended its effors last season.
On the schedule, Washington State, Oregon Aggies and California will all be played. Up in the foggy regions in which the Bears hibernate they have already designated November 5th—the Great Day for the U. S.C. Varsity—“Skinday.” They’re a bloodthirsty gang; but so are the rest —as for the Trojan: Watch ’em!
Schedule Starts Early.
WTith the first game of the season only three weeks away, the work is cut out for both the coaches and the men. The California Tech. game falls on October 8th. That means hard work and lots of it. Not only does this aply to the Varsity, but the Frosh also will have to hump themselves considerable, but with the men that are flocking to the Cardinal and Gold, the Frosh promise to be a hardy crew.
As for that, the best point of all is the men; and they are certainly a sight for sore eyes. On the Varsity everyone is coming back who hasn’t graduated, suffered the storm of parental authority, or been injured in an accident, which means that the Varsity will still be able to take care of its humble little self.
Pea-Greens Choice Crew.
As the young hopefuls are still somewhat new, we are going to have the gall to introduce them ahead of there betters. In the first place, Henry Le Febvre of Jackrabbit fame registers his firm intention of attending the Trojan institute, and with him comes Winchell Boice, an end that is an end, Roy Baker, one of the best backs that has ever been developed in local prep circles.
From Pomona comes Otto Anderson and Kirkpatrick. Kirk was a star a year ago, and Anderson, although he hasn’t played much football, promises to do about as good in this branch as he has done in track, and everybody knows how good that is. Murdock from San Pedro, another beefy youngster, wishes to play in the backfield, and, from all that can be found about him, we should say that he will probably be able to do just about what he wishes.
Maury Cuddeback from Poly and Chuck Johnston from the same institution will both be in S. C. uniforms, and there is no doubt but that they will give good accounts of themselves. Norman “Swede” Anderson from L. A. lends his weight to the aggregate as does Haydon Pythian from Montana and Adam, from Chaffee or there-abouts.
This does not happen to be a cattleman’s classification of blue-ribbon beef, but what can you do? The youngsters have all seemed to develop a determination to enter college with enough dead weight to start two or three football teams, all of which means that Coach Oftsie develop an eleven that ought
More Than Five
Semester Causes Disquaifi cation of Student.
The following article^ written for The Trojan by the Assembly Committee of the University, explains in full the new plan for use by students of the auditorium.
One of the most pressing questions for many years at the University of Southern California has been the development of college spirit. On no occasion has it been possible to have practically the whole of the college of Liberal Arts together in one body. The thing, chiefly, which made this impossible was the lack of a suitable auditrium. This lack has now been done away with by the erection of what is perhaps the finest college auditorium in America.
A movement was started by the students last year, in view of the completion of the new building, to make the wisest and best possible use of the auditorium in the development of college life and spirit. The Administrative authorities have worked in hearty sympathy with the student leaders, and are providing to make the assembly a greater factor in the educational life of the student-body.
New Offices Created
As a part of this plan, the office of University Preacher has been created, the position to be held by men of wide reputation from all denominations. It is hoped that during a student’s four years in the university, he will have had the opportunity to hear the lead ing preachers of America. In addition to this is to be estan*rshed a system of educational lectureships by leading professors and notables. The Tuesday assembly will, so far as it is consistent, be held to be the religious type, while the Thursday assembly will be used for the educational lectures, special entertainments and student rallies. with occasional addresses from
the University Preacher.	_
The University Preachers for the next few months will be Dr. Dillon Bronson, of Boston, world traveler and preacher; Dr. Carl S. Patton, of the First Congregational Church, Los Angeles; and Bishop Stevens, of the Episcopal Diocese of Los Angeles. There is a tentative arrangement made for the month of January with Dr. Henry Crane of Boston, the nephew of Dr Frank Crane, so widely known through his newspaper writings.
In addition to his speaking, the University Preacher will hold office hours when he will be accessible to the students for vocational advice and religious counsel or consideration of student problems.
Seating Arrangement Planned The students will be seated according to classes. The first six rows of the center section of the floor will be reserved for faculty members. The center seats immediately behind the-faculty will be occupied by the seniors. The right, or north section, will be held by the juniors, and the left, or south, by the sophomores. The center, front section of the first balcony, will be reserved for visitors, special and graduate students. The remainder of the balcony will be occupied by the freshmen women. The second balcony will be occupied by the freshmen men.
endance at the Tuesday and assemblies will be required, absences exceed five jalification of the
result. Inasmuch will be of a the speak-; to
Indicating the growth of U.S.C., and materially aiding in the “(^eater University Movement,” are the registration reports which show an average of 25 per cent gain over last year. Unprecented growth records are awarded to the College of Commerce which reports an increase of 75 per cent. Every other college reports from 20 to 30 per cent gain with the exception of Liberal Arts, —	j where careful estimation places the
Absences Per number of students at 1200, which equals the registration of last year but which leaves little hopes for a noticable gain in the number of students for this year.
With the assurance of a heavy late registration, U.S.C. firrmly maintains her position of second largest institution of learning in California, and third largest on the Pacific Coast. The University of California, one of the largest, if not the largest colleges in the world, holds the atten-dence record in the West. The University of Washington is second, and the University of Southern California follows a close third, with a total registration for last year of 5379.
New Entrance Requirements In the college of Liberal Arts a new system has been worked out for the entrance of freshmen and specials. Formerly the number of recommended grades which the student brought from high schools governed his status, but this year a personal recommendation from the principle of the high school is required in every case where it was possible to obtain it before registration closes.
Where the student was a transfer or a graduate of a far eastern institution it was necessary to follow the old rule of recommended grades. Dr. Montgomery, registrar, believes that “the new regulations raises' the standard of scholarship of U.S.C. because those intimately acquainted with the students former work are best prepared to judge his qualification for university requirements.
“Of course,” continued Dr. Montgomery, “there was no question as to the eligibility of the majority of applicants, but we have found several cases where the students had enough recommended grades ordinarily to make them eligible, but the principles of the schools from which they came flatly refused to recommend them for reasons unknown to us.”
Enthusiastic Workers
Information concerning hundreds
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spective schools, and 1 the University and it will receive many ne I iastic workers.
Besides excellent n<
| football, track, baseb etc., the literary, oratorial and other organizations will receive a corresponding high grade of new workers.
Growth of Liberal Arts
In 1917 U.S.C. stepped into second place, in regards to size, with an enrollment of over 3000, and has been steadily gaining ever since. Liberal Arts alone, in 1918-19 had a total registration of 2124; a year later it possessed a total of 2710, and last year 3001 students were counted.
The College of Commerce and Business Administration was started last year with an enrollment of 343 day students and 195 evening students, making a net total of 538. To date there are 318 day students registered and many more applications to be acted upon. The evening division will not open till October, but advance registration makes it certain that a new* high record will be established.
Law Steadily Increases
In 1917 Law had a total registration of 273. The year following it jumped to 448, and last year it boasted of 453 students. This year they report a comparative increase of 15 to 20 per cent. The College of Music had a like history, the registration jumping from 243 to over 550 last year, and 700 entrants are expected this year.
The registration rush at Dentistry will not take place for about two weeks, while the College of Pharmacy will not open its doors for classes till October 3. The College of Theology has the longest delay, as it will not commence registration until after the ministers’ conference in the early part of October, and October 10, is the most likely opening date, according to those in charge.
The College of Oratory will have a heavy late registration, but at present seems to have a comparative advantage of 20 per cent over last year. Miss Ulrey, dean, claims that many of their students are specials, and that more than half of the special students of last year are now teaching oratory in high schools.
OVER WELFARE OF I
Because of the many requests during the past year, the College of Commerce board of control has decided to establish an evening division, open to business men and women, teachers and college students. The location chosen is 631 South Spring street, on the sixth floor of the Realty Board building.
The subjects offered are: Business Economics, Elementary Spanish, Commercial Spanish, Geography of Commerce, Business Law, Business Correspondence, Theory and Principles of Accounting, Ad/ertising, Business Speech, Corporation Finance, Salesmanship, Credits and Collections, Office Management, Advanced Accounting, Business Psychology, Industrial Management, Purchasing and Stores.
All of the courses open on or about September 20th, with the exception of Purchasing and Stores, which opens September 15.
Regular faculty and co-operating organizations are offering special lectures in both the evening and day di-vi'Kfons. Sis. rfof/ars Cuitioa vrill i/e charged per semester.
Further information may be had either at the Colelge of Commerce of-during the day, or from 11:30 a. :30 p. m. and 5 p. m. to 7:30 p. e Realty Board building.
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“We want our now little sisters to feel as much at home as possible. We want each new girl to come to us for aid or advice.” This is Chief Big Sister, Monna Bethunes’ message to the newcomers.
Each year the Associated Women Students of the University adopt little Sisters from the number of entering girl students and try to be true Big Sisters to them. The purpose of the arrangement is to facilitate the adaption of the students to the University and its ways by providing personal advisors who are familiar with them.
Miss Bethune is anxious to meet as many of the new girls as possible in Miss Biles office, where they will be assigned to their big sisters. Likewise any senior women who have not signed up for a little sister is asked to report at once.
Arrangements for the Big Sister program are practically compk le and Monday morning a list of the Big Sister appointments will be posted in the Women’s Hall in the south wing of Old College. The annual Big Sister reception will be held Wednesday, September 21, at 2:30 p. m., in the college parlors. Each old girl is expected to bring her little sister and make it possible for her to meet others. All girls are urged to attend regardless of whether or not she has found her little sister. All addresses may be had in Miss Biles office.
“Lets all get together ^Wednesday for a time we’ll all remember. We want the first part of the year a pleasant one and hope that the new students will enjoy U.S.C. as much as we do,” says Chief Big Sister Monna.