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Vol. XV
Los Angeles, California, Thursday, April 24, 1024
Number 76
“SHOW SHOP” TO BE PRESENTED IN AUDITORIUM THIS MORNING
DISCUSS PLANS FOR CONVENTION
State Chairmen Meet and Plan for Political Affair
CHOICES ARE STATED
Increased Strength Shown For Robert La Follette At First Poll
By RALPH HOLLY
Discussion of convention procedure featured the first meeting of the state chairmen held Tuesday. About one-foalf oa the state leaders were present and a toll was tak* n of these few to ascertain their political choice. All in attendance were strong in their approval that a mock convention is an event from which a great benefit can be derived.
The gathering was called to order by James Mussatti, general chairman of the convention. He briefly stated the aim of the venture and summarized the order of convention business which has been modeled after the
CAST OF OVER EIGHTY FOR MUSICAL COMEDY
Ballet of Twenty, Chorus of Thirty, Twelve Singing Leads and Two Glee Clubs Take Part in “Spring Maid,” May 1
Over eighty persons are to take part in "The Spring Ma d," the fa mous musical comedy to be presented by the Opera Association Thursday ni?^iL May 1, in Bovard Auditorium. The cast is to include a ballet of twenty, a chorus of thirty, twelve singvng leads, and the combined glee clubs. The production is predicted to be the biggest musical achiebement of the University this year and is drawing the interest of many persons promvnent in Los Angeles musical and dramatic circles.
Marjorie Thomas, as Princess Bozena, is to take the lead and is expected to do her finest work in this role. Monroe Sharpless will portray Prince Aldar and play opposite Miss Thomas. Ray Cowley, as Rudi, will play opposite Edna Glass who takes the part of Annamirl. Arch McGee, a member of the Glee Club, who has had a great deal of professional experience, is to have the comedy lead as Rolaud. Jack Thomas, as Prince Pepomuk, wiil furnish humor also. The female comedy lead is to be taken by Edythe Koke as Evakatl. Other important comedy parts are to be played by Reva Hawkins and Jack
, Hiid, plaving Ursula and Spactling. procedure used in the great national ,
j r__ __I Edgar Pritchard, Harvey Hastam and
Kenneth Shutts are to take comedy parts, paying Col. Boone, Mr. Lomax and Mr. Skinner.
The story of the musical comedy concerns Princess Bozena who is visiting Carlsbad Spa at the gala season with her father. His Highness Prince Nepomuk. Bozena meets
conventions. He called for a report from the chairmen as to the standing of their delegates. Representatives (from fifteen states will go to the convention uninstructed. Thirteen chairmen present at the meeting stated preferences.
The toll showed increased strength for Robert LaFollette of Wisconsin. The last report gave him but twenty-five supporters. Tuesday's standing points to a gain of some thirty-six votes, giving him a total of sixty-one. Wisconsin led the LaFollette pa rade of supporters when O. H. King chairman of the badger state representation, stated that ihis twenty-five delegates were instructed for their favorite wm. Rhode Island from out of the East reported nine votes for the senator from Wisconsin
Prince Aldar, a Hungarian nobleman whose aversion to women of his own rank leads him into a flirtation with Annamirl, the favorite fountain girl at Carlsbad, known as “The Spring Maid.’ The latter is being courted by a young officer, Baron Rudi, a cousin of Bozena. who. like her, has come to Carlsbad to participate in the annual pageant of the discovery of Carlsbad Spring. The pageant is directed by Roland .the famous English tragedian, whose favorite role is Othello. Roland has a great fondness for Ursula, one of his admiring matinee patrons, and it has resulted in their being pursued by Spaetling, a commissioner of police. Spaetling’s clues are said never to fail until he meets Evakatl at whose popular hostelry are sojourning various American visitors. These include Col. Boone, who objects to the water cure, Mr. Lomax, who is trying to get thin, and Mr. Skinner, who is striving to get stout.
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TICKET SALE FOR ROAD SHOW OPENS
Cardboards May be Purchased at Ticket Booths at 50 and 75 Cents Today Noon
Gene Johnson and his "Syncopa-From out of I t°rs- the Wampus Bachelors and their the West came New Mexico’s sflx ‘ act> anc* Lance and Lute Dramatic So-votes. The most noticeable swell in t >,,> *ita a one-act p!a\ ar^ but a l.aFollete’s rank came when Kansas j	P** for the features that will
with its twenty votes marked time be presented in the Senior Road Show for him	i according to George Hall and his
Coolidge is to get the support of Koad Show Committee.
Arkansas. ConnecticuL Iowa. Maine' Twelve acts have been booked for Massachusetts and the Philippines, the production. Rehearsals and stage That adds two heretofore doubtful work are now in progress. Ray Mac-states to the Coolidge fold. The pres- ! Oonald will manage the stage and
ident's tally stands now at 121.
According to Tuesday’s toll Hiram Johnson’s fort has lost Missouri with its thirty-three votes. That delegation although slated previous for Johnson, has announced through Its chairman that they are uninstructed. Minnesota has been added to the California senator’s cortege. Lowden’s lone support comes from his home state, Illinois.
Arizona. Colorado. Georgia. Indiana, Michigan, Missouri. Nevada, North (CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO)
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Tickets for the Show will go on sa'e today at noon. They will cost 50 and 75 cents. Several campus organizations have already intimated that they will be at the window of the ticket booth in the Arcade early in order to secure the best seats. None of the pasteboards have as yet been reserved according to the business manager of the Show. This will give every person or organization a fair chance to be served in the order that they show up at the window.
Boyle Deggs Given Decision In Famous Mule Kick Case
By FREEMAN HALL
The suit of Boyle Deggs. defendant, V6. Ham Neggs. plaintiff, ended at noon yesterday when the jury after a deliberation of fifteen seconds gave the decision to the defendant and in compliance with a hint from the court, recommended that the plaintiff be given a jail sentence. The suit arose out of Boyle Deggs- mule kicking Ham Neggs somewhere between the Delta Gamma house and the Kappa Delta house.
Very good w\>rk was done by attorneys from both sides. Spectators who saw this remarkable trial have the tendency to give E. Will Grabbe, attorney for the defense a slight lead over Lyon Steele, attorney for the piaintifT .because of his business-like questioning. It was, undoubtedly, the last witness. Miss Ima Kissa. who swung the jury into giving the hard fought verdict to the defendant. Her vivid, and heart-touching description of the accident evidently proved to the jury how nasty Ham Neggs acted when the poor mule kicked him. This is a portion of the testimony given by the beautiful damsel, Ima Kissa:
1 saw the accident. That man 'pointing to Neggs Iran his great big hard back into the poor tender hoof of the he.pless dumb animal. It was
horrible. The mule writhed and squirmed and pawed and snorted and I knew the animal must be in intense pain. And then that terrible brute (Ham Neggs) lay on the ground and colled the poor defenseles mule the most awfulest names you ever heard.” These few pathetic words turned the hard-hearted jury to a decision in favor of the mule.
Henry, utility man, general baliff. street cleaner, and etc., had, it seems, a great deal of difficulty in swearing in some of the witnesses, especially A. Guy From. When the court was called to order by Judge M. Knott ,the mere speaking of the words “Come to order” brought a wonderful repsonse. This ^hows. without a doubt that the judge had wonderful control on his small, but cute court. Some of the judge’s friends, on the strtngth of his fine judicial sense which he show ed in yesterday s procedure are planning on proposing him for supreme court bench for the next term.
No liquor was brought out and imbibed in openly, but many expressed their belief that Boyle Deggs. the defendant was under the influence of something. The whole trial can be commented upon for its cleanliness.
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SPANISH CLUB TO PRESENT PROGRAM
Touchstone Theatre to be Scene of Varied Program Tomorrow Evening
Arrangements have been completed by ‘‘La Tertul'a” for the presentation of a colorful program in Spanish, at an entertainment to be held in the Touchstone Theatre tomorrow evening for the benefit of all those interested in the language.
Special invitations have been extended to the Spanish departments of over 60 High Schools of th s city and its suburbs. It is the aLm of the club to acquaint high school students of Spanish with the activities of the club, w'ith the view of promoting 'interest in the language and in the opportunities which the University offers for its teaching.
The first part of the entertainment consists of typically Spanish songs, dialogues, and dances. A two act play “Levantar Muertos,’’ which has been successfully presented on four previous occasions takes up the second part of the program. The comedy is delightfully clever and well presented. The entire program demonstrates the progress that North American students are making in the study of the language, having the full cooperation of valuable I^atin American element.
The charge of admission is 25c and tickets may be secured at the Spanish office or at the door on the evening of the performance. The proceeds are to cover the expense of presenting the program.
STATE CHAIRMEN MEET
There 'is to be a special meeting for the final arrangements of the Convention Friday. April 25. This meeting is important: it is probably the last; your attendance is of great consequence. Within less than a week, thereafter. the Convention 'is to be held!
The Chairman of the Convention does not say that he merely wants all the managers there, but he says that they must be there, April 25, from 7 p. m. to 7:45 p. m. in Room 206.
WM. COCKROFT, Secretary to General Chairman
ITALIAN CLUB MEETS
The Italian Club will hold a very important meeting tlfis evening at 8 o’clock at the home of Dr. Collins, West 23rd St. and 2nd Avenue.
Motion pictures will probably be known of scenes from Dante’s Di-
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ON SOCIAL PROGRAM
Hotel Green to be the Scene of Annual All-Sorority Formal Affair
ALPHI CHI~IS IN CHARGE
Varied Program Planned for the Evening; Zeta Tau Alpha and Phi Mu Assist
By HELEN FAULKNER
Plans have been completed for the semi-annual Panhellenic Formal, to be held Wednesday evening, Apr. 30, at the Hotel Green, Pasadena. This event is a long established tradition and 'is looked forward to as one of the outstanding events in social activities.
Dr. and Mrs. von KieinSmid. Mr. and Mrs. Warren Bovard, Dr. and Mrs. Lowrey, Professor and Mrs. Marston. Miss Emily Biles. Miss Ruth Brown, and • Dr. and Mrs. G 1- I liland are to attend as patrons and . patronesses.
Alpha Chi Omega sorority is act- I ing as chairman of the affair with I Zeta Tau Alpha and Phi Mu as as- j sociates. They guarante everything: good floor. deliC ous punch and a jazzy orchestra. McVea’s colored orchestra has been chosen to supp'y the music for such terpsichorean art as may be exhibited. According to various rumors about the campus this aggregation is one of the best.
Panhellenic iis holding the dance as a scholarship benefit. It provides an unusual opportunity of getting acqprf nted as all the sororities are supporting it 100 per cent. A novel method has been accepted of ex- i changing the third and seventh dance with members of other sororities in this way encouraging sororities to exchange dances and not dances ; merely among themselves.
Considering these attributes and the fact that the Panhellenic Formal is one of the most important dances of the social calendar, it should be wrell attended and prove highly successful. For those who do not know the location of Hotel Green it can be stated that it is on the corner of Fair Oaks and Green streets.
One of the scenes in “The Show Shop” which is to be given this morning pictures a dress rehearsal of a Broadway production. "Max Rosenbaum,’’ producer, demonstrates how to keep a thief guarded. Solly Seamons. as "Rosenbaum” is shown above holding Howard Bridegroom at bay while Bonnie Palmer holds up "the papers.”
A NNUAL SER VICE DRIVE WILL OPEN NEXT WEEK
Campaign to Raise Funds to Keep Harris, U. S. C. Representative in China, Planned for Next Wednesday and Thursday
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Annual Southern California Oratorical Contest Held Last Friday at Caltech
PLAN NATIONAL CONTEST
Silver Loving Cup Presented to Winner; Thirtieth Contest Held
Another Trojan orator is in the limelight. Arthur Syvertson will journey over to Caltech tonight where he will endeavor to uphold U. S. C. customs and bring home the baoor. in the annual Southern California Oratorical Contest. Syvertson gained fame for himself by winning the fifteen hundred dollar prize in t ie high school oratorical com est last y-*:ir
The Southern California Oratorical Contest has been an annual affair for the past thirty years. During that time U. S. C. has coped first place about half the time, the rest of the first places being divided among the other Southern California Colleges. Last year, however, Trojans succeeded in getting only third place, Redlands having taken first place. A silver loving cup goes to the college which takes first place.
The winner or the contest this year will be advanced to an international contest, where he will have a chance to compete for national honors. This is something new, and is expected to make the competition much keener.
Syvertson is considered a debator and an orator of unusual ability. By winning ,the high school contest last ytar simi’ar to the one which is now attracting so much attention in the city high schools, he proved that he is superior to the average orator, and for that reason, the Trojan student body believes that he will make up for last Year's losses.
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All members are requested to attend.
The annual service drive will swoop down on the campus Wednesday morning. Teams are now being organized by Barton Hutchins and Helen Greene, chairmen of the workers with the expectations, of making the campaign tlfis* year the most successful in the history of the University. The service campaign is a U. S. C. tradition, with which the funds are used to keep a Trojan representative in China. Harold Harris, known tc most of the students, is at the present time In Peking University and is doing active work there. By ma*nt<vining a representative in China U. S. C. is acting on a plane with thec large eastern universities, such as Yale. Harvard and Princeton.
A tag day will take place next Wednesday and Thursday when U.
S. C. students will be given an opportunity to give to a worthy cause.
All branches of the University will be represented with teams in the campaign, Law, Music. Engineering,
Pharmacy, Junior Dents, and Senior Dents, will each have a team working on the campus.
Showing that they were in harmony with the drive, the executive committee passed the following resolution: ’•Since the annual Service Campaign is a tradition of the University of Southern California, and since the honor of the entire University is at stake, and since our representative in the University of Peking 'is dependent upon us for support, we, the Executive Committee of the Student Body urge that every student and every organization enter into the spirit of this drive and prove that the students of the University of Southern California are behind Harris, their representative.
‘Further: We consider this cause worthy of the strongest support of every loyal Trojan, since it affords a means of definitely touching in a most practical and effective way the lives of the entire population of China wlfich constitutes a quarter of the peoples of the world.”
Lester Heineman is in charge of the campaign and has outlined a campaign Ln which all students will be given a chance to do their bit.
A special workers dinner will be held in the cafeteria next Tuesday, and it is expected that a hundred workers will be on hand to receive instructions.
SCHOOL OF SPEECH RECITAL
Silver-tongued students of the School of Speech present as their Friday morning program for this week the fo lowing two selections, to be given iTi 33 Old College, at 9 a. m.: Mrs. Pat and the Law ...Mary Ardis Miss Hines Polly of the Circus.. .Margaret Maro Miss Gertrude Street
II. S. C. students h<fve one more big dance on the social program for the year. Shall it be a formal affair or an informal get-togetheri This is the question which has been worrying Vice President Evelyn Smith. She wants the students to decide the issue. Many are in lavor or another big format hail, w. i!e ethers have intimated they are tiral of dres---UD occasions and wan^t something decidedly informal. As this is to be the final A. S. B aaair of th eyear. Miss Smith wants to satisfy the majority of the students. If you are interested, write your choice on a slip of paper and hand it in to Mr. Huse’s office for the Student Bodv mail box.
PLAY TO START AT 10 O’CLOCK
All 10 O'clock Classes Are Dismissed For the Benefit Show
TAGS AReTtO ADMIT
Proceeds of Show Used to Buy New Stage Equipment
By GRADY SETZLER
One of the big dramtic events of the year, and one of the assured hits of the Los Angeles theatre world, namely the l>ance and Lute production, the “Show Shop,” occurs exactly at ten o'clock in Bovard Auditorium, for the benefit of the select audience of the University of Southern California. There will be no ten or eleven oclock classes, and it is the intention of the Administration to back the “Show Shop" without reservations. The big war cry now is to get your yellow tag before it is too lave, for the very obvious bargain of twenty five cents.
Hugo Kirchoffer. broadcaster supreme. will lead the student body in lively singing between the second and third aets. and thereby enhancing the value of the performance. About eight hundred tickets have been sold, and the auditorium is expected to .'€> filled early. Never before in the history of U. S. C. has such a finished play been offered for the popular price of twenty-five cents. Performances of the caliber of the ‘‘Show Shop” u3ual-y taps the individual treasury for the neighborhood of one dollar. In order that the entire school may take advantage of this universally liked comedy, the University is making the “Show Shop” co convenient, in its second U. S. C. appearance.
Every big event staged in Bovard Auditorium has cost those responsible hundreds of dollars alone for the rentals of scenery and fittings. For the purpose of furnishing the stage with the sorely needed trimmings, the, proceeds will be thus used, and the administration promises to add an equal amount to match the gate receipts.
The “Show Shop' needs no introduction. having been enjoyed already by a smaller U. S C. audience. It is a comedy hit of the most popular type, all entertainment, and r.o aftermath of bad tastes. Lance and Lute honor dramatic fraternity, represent the best amateur talent of Southern California, and the cast is perfectly adapted. Such artists as Ruth Seaver. Howard Bridegroom. Hank McCann. Solly Seamens, Altabelle Ros?. Phoebe Sischo. Paul and Bonnie Palmer, Mont McMillan are featured in the “Show Shop.*
TAGS TO MAKE UP A.W.S. DEFEC1T AT LUNCHEON
iN'ext Tuesday has been set as the date for the annual A. VV. S. tag day. Proceeds of this year's tags will go into the Women's 3uilding Fund.
The Associated Women's Student Body was represented at the recent two hundred dollar a p’ate Biltmore uncheon by Marion Wood. Already ninety dollars of this amount has been raised by the student women's organization and it is expected that Tuesday’s tag day proceeds will take care of the remainder necessary to clear this year’s financial slate.
Committees have bten appointed by Elinor Rogers, president of the association, and A. W. S. girls will be on deck early Tuesday morning with ten cent booster tags, which evety Trojan will be expected to buy and wear.
SKULL AND DAGGER MEETING
Skull and.Dagger will hold a meeting at 1 p. m. today in the Student Body President’s office. All active members must be present.
Arnold Eddie, Secretary.
EL RODEO MAKES LAST CALL FOR PHOTOGRAPHS
Several organizations on the campus have not had their group pictures taken for the El Rodeo, according to Harry Holton. These pictures are due immediately if they are to be included in this year’s annual. All organizations who have not done so are asked by the manager to make arrangements for their pictures with Mr. Ward at the Pho-toritim. The following have not turned in their pictures: Associated Federal Students. Quill Club, Pharmacy Women’s Athlefl c Association. Men's Tennis Club, History and Political Science Club, I Circolo Italiano. Home Volunteers. Student Volunteers, Oxford Club, Pre-Medical Society, Biology Honor Society.
Delta Gramma Benefit At Pasadena Friday
A Scholarship Benefit will be given by the Delta Gamma Sorority at the Huntington Hotel, Pasadena, Friday evening. The benefit w.ll take the form of an informal dance and bridge party. Good music is promised, and a cup will be given to the best dancers. Tickets may be purchased from any Dee Gee on the campus or at the door and the price is $1.10 each. Bryant Washburn. Lois Wilson and Helen Ferguson will be present to present the cup.