Plow Through the Farmers!
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Cultivate a Big Score!
ol. XIII
Los Angeles, California, Tuesday November 22 , 1921
No. 22
TROJANS
POETS 14-0
Theta Psi Fraternity Suffers Heavy Robbery Loss
CLOTHING TO VALUE OF 800 DOLLARS TAKEN
orking Leisurely, Burglar Makes Big Haul During Southern Title Clash
EVERY MAN SUFFERS LOSS
New Fraternity Home Occupied Only for Short Period at Time of Loss
U.S.C.—O.A.C. TO BATTLE ON PASADENA TURF
Captain Powell and Kasberger of the Northerners’ Back Field Have Brilliant Records
DEAN PROBABLY PLAYS
Team to Go Through Rigorous Practice Regardless of Thanksgiving Day
Entering the Theta Psi Fraternity house, at University avenue nd 34th street, during the IT. S. C.-Whittier game, Saturday, an inknown thief stole goods valued at eight hundred dollars and es-»aped without detection. Clothing was the chief article taken, ■lthough Lloyd Rogers lost a gold atch.
All of the ten men living in the house were at the game, and from 11 indications the thief entered hrough the back door by means of a passkey, and went through very room and closet thoroughly, aking what he chose and working vithout haste. Every man lost omething of value. Although the Police were at once notified, no rrests had been made at four 'clock yesterday afternoon.
NEW HOME The house, which was formerly ccupied by President George F. jiovard, has been occupied by rheta Psi for only two weeks, and :e men have been centralizing ifter being without one since the ‘ir activities in their new home ipening of the semester.
Fined Tryouts Set for 1-2 December
Schedule for This Year Has not Been Completed as Yet
TWELVE IN FINALS
Manager Maxwell Has Asked Many Prominent Colleges to Meet S. C.
Trojans Might Play Centre On December 26th
WITH OFFICIALS IN SA*N DIEGC ARCHING FOR A REPRESENTA-VE TEAM TO MEET CENTRE COL-EGE IN SAN DIEGO ON DECEMBER 26. IT IS UNDERSTOOD THAT THERE IS SOME .POSSIBILITY THAT U. S. C. WILL PLAY THE CONQUERORS OF HARVARD THIS YEAR. CENTRE HAS ACCEPTED AN INVITATION TO PLAY IN THE STADIUM AT SAN DIEGO, AND THE SAN DIEGO CHAMBER OF COMMERCE IS TRYING TO INDUCE THE PACIFIC FLEET ELEVEN TO MEET THE “PRAYING COLONELS”
THE FLEET IS KNOWN TO BE OPPOSED TO THE GAME, AND SAN DIEGO WILL INVITE U. S. C. IN CASE THEY ARE UNABLE TO SECURE A TEAM WHICH THEY CONSIDER STRONGER THAN THE TROJANS. U. S. C. WAS INVITED TO PLAY IN THE SOUTHERN CITY A MONTH AGO BUT FROWNED UPON THE PROPOSITION. SINCE THE DEFEAT OF U. S. C. AT THE HANDS OF CALIFORNIA. SAN DIEGO HAS FROWNED AT THE TROJANS.
CHARLEY DEAN, CAPTAIN, SAID YESTERDAY THAT HE IS STRONG FOR THE GAME AND BELIEVES THAT THE SCHOOL WILL ACCEPT IF AN INVITATION IS RECEIVED.
COACH HENDERSON INTIMATED THAT HE MIGHT PLAY THE GAME AND GWYNN WILSON, ASSISTANT GRADUATE MANAGER, IS IN FAVOR OF THE CONTEST. BRUCE SAID THAT WHILE HE THINKS THE U. S. C. SCHEDULE IS HEAVY ENOUGH, IT IS NOT UP TO HIM TO DECIDE.
THE STUDENTS WANT THE GAME, AS DOES THE ENTIRE SOUTHWEST. A GAME WITH A TEAM WHICH DEFEATED HARVARD WOULD BE WHAT U S C HAS BEEN WAITING FOR, AND IN CASE THE TROJANS BEAT THE OREGON AGGIES SATURDAY THEY MAY BE ASKED TO PLAY THE SAN DIEGO GAME.
With only forty-eight hours in which to recover from the effects of Turkey Day, U. S. C.’s pigskin varsity will struggle with the Oregon “Aggies” (according to “G. O. M.” Dean Healey) on the green space within Tournament Park, at Pasadena, in what is admitted to be one of S. C.’s three big games this season.
While O. A. C. doesn’t rate at the top of the Pacific Coast conference list, they lost a 14-7 game to Stanford by an intercepted pass, defeated the U. of W. by a 24-0 score, and tied with Washington State, the outfit that lost to the Golden Bears by just two touchdowns. The last mentioned affair is enough to cause Coach Henderson’s cadets to polish up the old armor and practice with the lance and spear.
Three men of the invaders have shoes occasionally used for kicking. McFadden, who plays left end, sends the ball from the peak at the beginning of the game, and after each touchdown, while Crowell and McKenna are the drop kick and punting artists. From past performances it may be expected that the former may make a try for three points any time scrimmage gets within the S. C. forty-odd yard line.
TWO ALL AMERICANS
Followers of the game from the north offer two of the Purple and White back field performers as possible all-American candidates. Quarterback Kasberger, noted for his head-work, open field traveling, and his pass-snagging ability, and “Cap.” Powell. the plunging fullback, are the lads mentioned. Others given credit for brilliant playing are Gill and Miller, shifty halfbacks, and Richert and Tousey, linemen.
Dope shows S. C. and O. A. C. to be quite evenly matched. Stanford, Oregon and U. S. C. were beaten by the Golden Bears by 42-7, 39-0, and 38-7 scores, respectively. O. A. C. played a 14-7 game with Stanford, and a 0-0 game with Oregon, giving a relative measure to judge her strength. From these figures, S. C. has about a seven point margin. Will the game be interesting? We venture to whisper that it will.
After the way Coach Henderson fooled all scribes in his lineup for the Whittier game, it is no easy job to figure the probable lineup. There is a chance that Charley Dean will start the game.
DIXON’S LATEST WORK RECEIVES HIGH PRAISES
Prof. Neilson in “New York Nation” Commends Workmanship of Linguistic Volume
Final tryouts for the University of Southern California debating teams will be held on Thursday and Friday. December 1 and 2. The question selected for the trials is, “Resolved, that a court of industrial relations for the judicial settlement of labor disputes should be adopted by the several states.”
The tryouts will be held through a series of five miniature debates, six candidates competing in each contest. Constructive speeches will be limited to six minutes and rebuttals to four minutes. Twelve aspirants will be chosen at these trials, and from these successful candidates the members of the teams to represent the University will be selected.
SCHEDULE NEARLY ARRANGED Debating Manager Roland Maxwell reports the season’s schedule to be taking on definite form. The triangular contest with Occidental and Pomona colleges will probably take place about the middle of February instead of January as originally thought, and an effort is being made to secure the University of Arizona for the earlier date. The University of Denver, of Denver, Colorado, and Pennsylvania State have asked for debates, and one of these schools will be met, probably the former.
Nothing definite has been heard from Leland Stanford relatvie to the proposed contest with that institution. The University of New Mexico. W’ash-inlgton University of St. Louis, Mo., the University of Nevada and Brigham Young University have delnitely accepted contests for the proposed trip east in the spring. Negotiations are under way with the Universities of Missouri, Ohio State, Colorado, and Utah to fill the remaining dates on the itinerary.
Following is the schedule for the tryouts. The men will speak at the time, in the order, and on the side of the question as indicated.
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 1 3:15 p. m.—Affirmative: Robinson, Crist. Amstutz. Negative: Davis, Cowley. Rheams.
4:30 p. m.—Affirmative: Brennan, Griffin, Boone. Negative: Monroe, Mayhew, Barber.
5:45 p. m.—Affirmative: Trautman, Kinsey, Hervey. Negative: Lewis, Wright. D’Elia.
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 2 3:15 p. ni.—Affirmative: McGregor. Pickens, Riddle. Negative: Hollman. Sewell, Flaherty.
4:30 p. m.—Affirmative: Hill, Las-ter, Maxwell. Negative: Miller. Mason, Bruns.
THURSDAY BEGINS HOLIDAY SEASON
Thanksgiving vacation, which will include Thursday, November 24, and Friday, November 25, ushers in the holiday season. Those students wbo do not live at home have been invited either to have Thanksgiving dinner with one of the faculty members or to take a hike into the mountains.
December 19, not a full month distant. marks the beginning of the Christmas vacation. Most of the students will scatter to their respective homes on this date, not to return until the gay holidays of Christmas and New Years are past.
Regular work will be resumed on January 2. 1922. From this date until January 23, the usual after-holiday quietus will hold sway, while much that has been forgotten is relearned, in preparation for the mid-year examinations. The mid-year examinations will be given from January 23 to January 28. Registration for the second semester will begin on January 30, and be completed February 1. Instruction for the second semester will begin on February 2.
LOST
LOST in U. S. C. rooting section at Whittier game—Valuable lap robe. Finder please notify Orrie Hester.
Yellow Packards Inspire Studes
One good sized fight is being brewed in the schools still over the question of street cars. The Los Angeles Railway Company, in conjunction with the Mojav Fisherman’s League, is hatching up a bushel of plans whereby the five-cent dinkeys which wake up the pupils in the University classes will be substituted by Shank’s Horses.
The whole scrap started when the Student Welfare Committee made a tour of inspection and out of 200 class rooms found that all the students were disturbed by the tiny sound of the cash register in these meat cars which use the iron rails in front of the school.
And as the purpose of this committee is to help the student in more ways than one they immediately took the case up with the high buck passers of the city. The only reason given was that the cars ran at such long intervals and made so much racket that the students couldn’t get any sleep, and consequently their evening (Continued on Page 3)_
Upon the publication recently of Dr. James Main Dixon’s latest work, the “Manual of Modern Scots,” the University of Southern California became the recognized seat of authority of the entire world upon the subject of English in Scotland.
Prof. Dixon, who is the head of the Oriental Department of U. S. C., some time ago produced a volume entitled “Idioms and Grammar,” and treating upon the English language as spoken by the Scottish people. This book was immediately followed by another upon the same subject, the author being none other than Dr. Grant, chairman of the committee for the compiling of the “New English Dictionary,” and a professor in Aberdeen University. These two works were received by the literary world with a great deal of comment, and were used in conjunction one with the other as the final word in Scotch-English phonetics.
Dr. Dixon, realizing the great demand of literary circles for a single, authentic volume upon this important topic, devoted a considerable portion of his time to the fusing of these two books into one complete treatise of the subject.
HIGHLY COMMENDED
After a close and somewhat extended consultation with Prof. Riddle, formerly the head of the Department of French in U. S. C. and an expert In modern phonetics. Dr. Dixon sent his book to the press on April 20, 1917. Three years later, and upon the same date, which happens to be the anniversary of his birth, he received the first copy from the publishers. Since that time thousands of volumes have been sold, and the book reviewed by the world’s greatest periodicals.
In the New York “Nation” for October 19 of this year. Prof. William Allen Neilson, president of Smith College and formerly of Harvard University, expresses an opinion upon this recent work of Dr. Dixon. He says in part:	,
“The knowledge of the Scots shown by the authors is both wide and intimate, and their work has the advantage of being based on a sound knowledge of comparative phonetics and broad linguistic scholarship. Those who know Mr. Grant’s “Pronunciation of English in Scotland” and are aware of the zeal with which Mr. Dixon has for years taught Scottish literature in California, will know what to expect. The authors have done something that needed doing, and have done it well, in spite of very great difficulties inherent in the task. The Scottish Carnegie Trustees have made the publication possible through a financial guarantee. Their example % is worth the notice of the directors of the Carnegie Institution, which has been somewhat reluctant to encourage philological scholarship.”
UNIQUE SCOREBOARD BUILT AT STANFORD
QUAKERS FIGHT HARD TO HOLD SCORE DOWN
SUGGETT REAL STAR OF WHITTIER SQUAD; PUT UP GREAT BATTLE THAT WAS FULL OF THRILLS; NEITHER DEAN NOR TIERNAN PLAYED
BY MAXWELL STILES
Suggett, the Poet, came within two possible stanzas of composing an Ode to Victory on Bovard Field last Saturday, the stanzas representing the two touchdowns by which U. S. C. defeated Whittier College for the championship of Southern California.
Suggett raved and stormed like a madman, as poets often do. Suggett was calm and contemplative in the pinches, and in his more tempestuous moods he pierced the opposition with the keen precision of Whittier’s most fiery satire.
Suggett was a whole team in himself. but the ten other Quakers on the gridiron comprised a second squad that gave the Trojans a pretty fair repetition of the recent “battle of the century.”
Dempsey took a number of hurried uppercuts to many parts of his huge body. He got in the way of another and jaw popped back with a snap. The uppercuts, figuratively speaking, were the ten Quakers last Saturday. The biff on the jaw was Suggett.
PUNTING DUELS
This individual not only penetrated the Trojan epidermis almost at will, but his lengthy punting duels with from the door a good part of the Johnny Leadingham. kept them away away from the door a good part of the time.
The Trojans would march down the field into Whittier terirtory and lose the pigskin on downs. Suggett would punt fifty yards and Leadingham would return the favor. After an exchange of half a dozen punts, one team or the other would threaten to score.
And thus the life circle of the pigskin was complete. Twice, and twice only, did the oval deviate from its natural course and cross the Whittier goal line. It never came nearer to the Trojan goal than the 25-yard mark, but that was about 15 yards too close.
Taking all things into consideration. it was the best college football game played here this year. It Was anybody’s game to the last, and it appeared as though everybody was trying to hand the game to the other fellow.
SCORE HELD LOW
Whittier, finding itself unable to score, fought desperately to hold the Trojans to fourteen points. For many very good reasons, the Trojans fought just as desperately to hold their lead to the same score. To win was the object, and in view of the big game with Oregon Aggies at Tournament Park next Saturday, Coach Henderson evidently did his best to keep the score of the Whittier contest as low as
He succeeded very well. Whether or not old Gloomy could have sent in Dean and Tiernan and Lockett and a host of trick plays and rolled up a heavy score on the Quakers is merely a matter of conjecture. History writes it down that Whittier fought the heavy U. S. C. squad toe to toe, and at times had the better of the argument. The 12,000 cash customers were treated to a real game where a majority had expected a walk away.
Dean and Tiernan were not in, and the only excuse is that ftley are being saved for the Oregon and Washington State contests. They will be needed then, and don’t let ’em tell you different.
PETITE LEO CUDDLES HIDE
U. S. C. opened the game by kicking off to Reece, who was downed on his fifteen-yard line. Suggett kicked to Leadingham and after an exchange of several punts, Suggett fumbled on his own 30-yard line.
Back towards the Quaker goal the pigskin bounded. The moleskin gladiators followed in hot pursuit and Leo Calland finally cuddled the greased hide into his lap as he rolled over the goal line. A pile of Quakers showed their good will by stepping all over Calland’s frame and fighting for what was left.
It was a touchdown in the first *tiree mintes of play and the hand began to write upon the wall.
CAMPBELL CRIPPLED
Gordon Campbell made 28 yards around left and to the Whittier 28-yard line, and in so doing broke his collar bone. He was replaced by Jimmy Woodward. U. S. C. fumbled on the 20-yard line arfd Suggett punted 50 yards. Buckmaster, the Whittier tackle who. with “Swede” Evans, was the outstanding player of the lines, blocked Leadingham’s punt and recovered on the Trojan 45-yard line.
Suggett bi ought the crowd to its feet by gaining 15 yards around left end. Keen nostrils scented a tie score. U. S. C. held for three downs and then a pass to Johns failed. Leadingham punted, but U. S. C. was penalized 15 yards for holding. Leadingham punted to the 40-yard line and Suggett made six around left end. Thompson, went through for first down on one of his many great plunges of the day. u was Whittier’s ball on the Trojan 25-vard line, but U. S. C. held as the quarter ended.
NEAR POET LINE
Early in the second quarter. Wood ward made a 25-yard gain down the (Continued on Page 2)
Piexv Accepts Law Club Bid
LAST DAY OF GRACE
Arm bands may be bought for the last time today. Henceforth they will be secured under protest perhaps and with tearing of hair.
(Signed) THE AMAZONS.
(By Pacific Intercollegiate Press Assn.)
STANFORD UNIVERSITY, Nov. 21.—A mammoth scoreboard, 45 feet long and 25 feet wide, requiring seven men to operate it, is being constructed at the east end of the Stanford Stadium. Every detail of the game—the play, the player’s number, his position, the total score, the yardage gained, the penalties inflicted—will be registered on the board.
NOTICE
All men who have signed up to work at the Pasadena games must report at the pass gate on Wilson Avenue by 11:30 sharp or lose their chance to work.
Signed,
EARLE HAZELTON.
“It will be a great pleasure, I assure you, to accept the invitation of the Square and Compass Club of the College of Law of the University of Southern California to attend a banquet after my arrival in Los Angeles,” Dr. von Kleinsmict, the new president of U. S. C., wrote to A. O. Bray, a former student of the University of Arizona, and a representative of the Square and Compass Club, a Masonic organization.
Dr. von Kleinsmid does not know just when it will suit his convenience to attend the banquet when he arrives, and so a date has not been set. Officials of the club, however, claim that *he banquet will be held either at the Alexandria or at the Ambassador hotel.
‘‘Although this is a law school affair,” states Bray, “we expect to send invitations to other Masons in the University, and nope to make this a reception that Dr. von Kleinsmid will long remember.”
NOTICE
All men who have signed up for work at the Speedway on Thanksgiving Day with Earle Hazelton must report at the Graduate Manager’s office at 7:30 a. m. on Thursday morning. Any person not being able to get there, notify Hazelton before Tuesday night. May phone 21296 and leave message.
ANOTHER MAGAZINE TO APPEAR ON BEAR CAMPUS
(Bv Pacific Intercollegiate Press Assn.)
BERKELEY. Cal., Nov. 21.—Permission has been granted by the Students’ Executive Council of the University of California to a recently organized society to issue a weekly campus publication for the purpose of impartial airing of student views.
“Brass Tacks” is to be the name of the new four-page paper, which will be free of advertising and will depend for support on sales at five cents a copy.
EL RODEO SIAFF IS CHOSEN BY EDITOR
Al Wesson, editor-in-chief of the 1923 El Rodeo, has announced the official staff that is to co-operate with him to put out this year’s annual. Close to forty students have been named to assist, thirty of whom are Juniors.
On the editorial staff Albert Tachet has been chosen as managing editor, with Helen Toby as associate editor. Lowell Jesson is in charge of the business and advertising departments, with Sarah Taft Somers as assistant manager. Anyone wishing to offer suggestions or glean information pertaining to this publication should see Al Wesson or Albert Tachet.
Early plans point to a book containing 100 pages more than appeared in the El Rodeo of 1922. The complete staff includes the following:
Art Editor.............Mabel Needles
Art assistants to be picked by the Art Editor. Lettering, the same.
Organizations ...............Evelyn
Griffin, Guy Claire, Steward Wright
Athletics ...............Carl Farman
Fraternities ...........Eugene Wolfe
Sororities.......Arabella De Oliviera
Publications ..........Kling Stoddart
Society ............Berdine Jackman
Faculty...............Frances Catell
College Year.Lang Felton, Evan Lewis
Dramatics ...............Ercil Adams
Debating............Roland Maxwell
Features.“Joe” Clancey, Paul Greene
Chapel ...........................
____Robert Broadwell, Al Toothaker
■Snaps........Leo Calland, Roy Wolfe