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Vol. XV
Los Angeles, California, Tuesday, February 18, 1924
Number 52
BEARS FOR CONFERENCE LEAD
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Tickets for
SONGS FEATURE OF ANNUAL SHOW
Copies of “When You Are Near* to be Sold After Play
FIFTEEN SONG ACTS
Varsity Ball for March 3rd Also Announced for Campus Week
By GRADY SETZLER
If thf results of the Extravaganza ticket sale for the last few days mean anything, then in much less than a week, the situation of Bovard Auditorium will be very much like that of the Gym during the Stanford games—very tight. Acording to Johnny Hawkins, chairman of the sale, this year’s output of cardboards exceeds that of last year’s at this early stage and the Extravaganza of 1923 played before a crowded house.
And, as an added feature of Campus Week along with the Extravaganza.
‘ Hello Campa gn.’ and others, Frank . Hadlock announces that the “Pollies of 1924” will be climaxed by an all-, University and Varsity Ball March 1,1 in the Hotel Alexandria, with tickets soon to go on sale at two dollars a , couple.
Also now comes the word from the musical department of the Exrava-gana that it has completed the greatest galaxy of musical hits ever ex-uposed to U. S. C.—fifteen numbers, of every type of music and as many
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Selling Rapidly THREE CORNERED
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PRESENT “BOOK OF JOB” IN AUDITORIUM FRIDAY EVENING
BIBLICAL DRAMA NEXT
CHORUS IS ONE OF FEATURES OF EXTRAVAGANZA
ON ARTISTS COURSE
Stuart Walker Players to Give Dramatic Presentation of Bible Story
SPECIAL STUDENT RATES
PLAYS “JOB” IN
BIBLICAL DRAMA
CAST COMPLETE FOR CLOSE SALE FOR 1924 “THE SPRING MAID” EL R00E0 FEB. 29TH
Marjorie Thomas and J. R. Thomas Get Leads in College of ^shor^So” Orde^fc^Covers^
Can be Made
Music Comic Opera to be Given Last Part of Next Month
By CHET MACKIE
Cast for “The Spring Maid,” the comic opera to be presented this semester by the lT. S. C. Opera Association, has been completed, accord varieties of themes so written to ap- ing to Howard Coy. chairman of the organization. Production is now peal to everyone and all written by under way. No date has been set but the play will probably be pre-1 S. C. students. rented late next month. Marjorie Thomas has been chosen to play the What will probably be one of the part of Bozena. the daughter of Prince Nepomnk. Prince Nepomuk is best hits of the show and which con-j to be played by J. R Thomas. Howard Coy is to take the part of the tains the theme song of the Extrava- j flirtatious Prince Aladar.	0-.
The role of Annam rl is io ne por-
t:anza is the fox trot, “When You Are
Near” hy Al Wesson. One thousand | tniyed by Edna G,ass and that of copies are being printed, and will be | Roland by Arch McQee Reya Hawk.
ins is to play Ursula, and E. Pritch-
DATE BOOK FOR
sold during the show, and later at
various shops. It is also being broadcasted every Wednesday night over
K F I by the Hollywoodland Commun-; Citrin WilIard Smith. Cec l Birtcher ty orchestra The Hal Roberts band j Frank Groot Arthu,. z?hn Wesley' will Ive printed on the cover. The song will probably sell for the reasonable sum of twenty-five cents, and all proceeds will go to the Varsity Club.
The pick of the prize winning Hal Roberts Hollywood Legion Orchestra will g.t in a pit. and furnish plenty of musical variety with overtures, grand openings and finales, and a (CONTINUED ON PAGE 5>
CAMPUS FUNCTIONS
ard is to take the part of Mr. Lomax.
The c.aveliers_ are to be William Purpose is to Avoid Conflict Between Campus Affairs in Future
As a step toward the unification of student activit es and to avoid future conflicts between campus functions, j the Executive Committee decided at. • its meeting last night to establish ai
DANCING CLASSES FOR T
Frank Groot, Arthur Zahn Beans.and T. S. Mielsen.
The spring maids chosen are Rosalind Williamson as Gretel; Dorothy Reel as Hanni, Ruth Sampson as losie, Marian Bettler as Fritzi. Inez \V4lbur as Barbara. Dora Druce as Momie, Marvella Hacker as Sophie.! date bool<-
and Kathryn Ginsburg as Elsie.	This record is to be in charge f
Rehearsals for “The Spring Maid" ! the student vice-president and is to already have commenced, and it isj kept in Gwynn ilson s office. It planned to present the production dur-1 w111 be necessary for every organiza-ing the last of next month.
The story of the operetta is based on the Grimm’s fairy tale of the hunts-
IS ALL-UNIVERSITY BOOK
Annual to Contain a Hundred Pages More Than El Rodeo of Year 1924
Sale of El Rodeo of 1925 will close February 29, Manager Harry Holton announced yesterday.
With ithe addition of a hundred pages more than last year and plans for exceptionally high quality in workmanship and contents, the book promises to surpass those of all previous years. “We are confident that this year’s El Rodeo will represent the highest type of college annual.” said Manager Harry Holton. “We hope to make it a book which every Trojan will be proud to own.”
A president of a great university in the East once said that the book agent is a forerunner of progress. And there are two such forerunners on the campus.
Subscriptions for El Rodeo are cn sale in the Associated Students Store and n the Arcade. Everything is being done to make it convenient for students to buy the ocial, and the
Craracteristic Oriental Scenes Are Included in the Stage Settings
“The Book of Job,” a dramatic presentation of the Biblical story, is to be presented by the Stuart-Walker Players Friday night in Bovard Auditor, ium. This is to be the next Artist Course offering, the proceeds for which go for the erection of the Women’s Building.
The production made its first appearance on March 7, 1918, when Stuart Walker presented it at the Booth heatre in New York. The presentation met with success and received recognition because it proved to be an interesting effort, respectful in spirit, and up to the mark in declamatory accomplishment.
Stuart Walker's dramatization of1 “The Book of Job’ was an experiment j
on his part and was looked upon with	---
much interest by dramatic critics. Mr. j Will Tour California and U. S. Walker did not try to make the pro-1 Tryouts This Afternoon in duction simply a play dealing with	Old Chapel
Job’s trials.
Both Teams Due to Scrap Hard to Take First Place
BEARS ARE FAVORED
WILL HAVE UNIV. JAZZ ORCHESTRA
The dramatization is drama in its simplest form. It is simply a combination of narrative and dialogue, with scenery, costumes and lightning giving life to it. The scenery and lighting give an effect that is pronounced and gripping. The stage version is presented in such a realistic and appealing manner that the brilliancy and magnificence of the original is disclosed in all its splendor.
The performance begins with the turning off of the lights, result;ng in a deathlike darkness. The curtain rises slowly .and the setting presented reminds one of some great master’* painting. A characteristic! Oriental scene outside a village in the land of Uz is shown, writh some round, barren hills and a few trees for a background. A raised platform w th steps rising (CONTINUED ON PAGE 2)
For the purpose of forming a U. S. C. orchestra which will tour Cal ifornia and perhaps the United States as the University of Southern California Jazz orchestra. Irving Abrahamson, who has agreed to select the orchestra and book the players, will meet all who wish to try out for the musical organization in the Old College chapel at 4:1ft o’clocl. this afternoon.
Those who want to try out for
Trojans Handicapped by Loss of Captain Gordon Campbell, Forward
Someth ng is going to break loose in the three-cornered tie for honors in the Southern section of the Pacific Coast Conference basketball schedule when the Golden Bears from California again invaded Troy for a return series of two games, the first being ton ght and the second tomorrow evening at the Trojan pavilion. The two quintets will batle for both games as a split series will probably only complicate matters all the more. Californ a and Stanford have two games yet to play and as the race has been so tight, the last game of rhe schedule will probably be the one that decides things.
California beat the Cards Saturday even ng at Oakland by a 26 to 25 count and evened up their series so far played. From all repoits. the game was a whirlwind al Ithe way and closely resembled the torrid series of last week, with the Trojans and Cards furnishing the amusement.
Tonight’s game will probably be a continuance of the previous series with Coach Earl Wight’s Bears. The games in the north were all hard fought and in many places, the going was a little rough. The split series signifies that both aggregations are about evenly matched and the games in the south should be worth going many miles to see.
CAMPBELL WILL BE OUT
Captain Gordon Campbell, great Trojan forward, is still out with the shoulder that he dislocated in the first game with the Cards. This was the hardest blow that could have been dealt to the Trojans as Campbell's absence is as noticeable as the absence of water in a river. The star robably the great-
the orchestra are asked to brin
their instruments with them. Twelve. casaba artist was men will form the organization, i est floor man in tht south and could which will be the first of this type | he counted on to do a great part of to advertise the University.	i the countinsr in the B^ar games. In
Many have already tried out be-1 thc north, on both inbasions. he sho»e
fore Abrahamson although this is the first general tryo”t he has announced since agreeing to take charge of the work.
brightly and the northern squads had come to fear him. "Cot" Rice will probably sit in for “Cam" although it is not sure who Coach Les Turner will start. Floyd Reeves .the youth who made such a fuss in the Frosn-(CONTINUED OX FAGE 2>
First Event of the Kind Ever to be Attempted Here at U. S. C.
MANY GIRLS WANTED
Two Classes to Train Dancers for Coming Festival Have Been Opened
By HELEN FAULKNER
Preparations for the Spring Pageant to be presented by the Physical Education Department of the University, will start immediately. The department, for a long wh'le, has been considering a production of this type, but up to the present time it has never been attempted.. With the aid of Miss Dorothy Doty, instructor of danc- i ing. it is hoped that it will be possible to offer a pageant of such beauty that the University will demand that it be an annual event. U. S. C- is practically the only University that does not have a spring dance fete and it has been wondered by many why the college does not have an affair of this kind.
The following months will demand the earnest work of all the women interested in dancing and those who desire the suscess of such a project. Miss Doty urges all those who have had any training along this line to see her in her office at any time.
*1 shall have to pick the groups almost immediately in order to begin practice on the various group dances.” said Miss Doty. “We are attempting an affair of such magnitude tlia1 the (CONTINUED ON FAC'S 5)
man who discovered the famous springs at Carlsbad in Bohemia tt s a quaintly delicate story with comedy element that is broad, but not offensive.
In the story, Bozena. daughter of Prince Nepomuk. wishes to teach 1 Prince Aladar of Hungary a lesson in the danger of flirting. To do this. Bozena disguises herself as a spr ng maid and takes the place of the fountain girl in the public square. Her father, who enters into the fun of Bozena’s scheme, disguises himself as his daughter's aunt and chaperon.
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tion on the campus that desires to ,, .
, u	.	all-mclusive year book of the Univer-
hold a university gather ng of any	. _ * „
. . . .	., - 4	. ,, , sity of Southern California,
j kind to secure its date through this I
new agency. No functions will be Early in March the covers for El
recognized as university affairs unless j Rodeo w 11 be ordered. This means
this permission has been given and ! t*iaT an exact knowledge of the num-
! the date recorded.	' ber that are wanted by students must
v , . ..	. - ! be known at that time. Hence the
The student body and its organiza-	_
.	.., , , ] reason for buying'a subscrintion rieht
tjons are growing so rapidlv that there i	p ngni
.» I now. The sale of the book will posi-the .. , .	_ .	1
tively close on February 29. 1924.
are too many conflicts between various activities. Our interests are becoming scattered. The “date book"
Harry Holton, manager of El Ro-
will assure open dates for all of the deo- and b 8 assistant. Merle Ott. are activities without any of them inter-1 n,a^'ng it as easy as possible to ob-
fering with the others," said Harry Silke. President of the Associated Student Body.
The new date book is not to be confused with the record which is keot.
tain El Rodeo. Terms are $3.00 down and $1.50 when the book is delivered on May 15.
5. C. to Form Mandolin-Banjo Club Under Noted Banjoist
University of Southern California will soon have a Mandolin and B3n-jo Club if plans, formulated by Salvatore Tamaso. noted banjoist receive a satisfactory response. Mr. Tamaso. with the aid of his daughter Elsine. will appear in Assembly Thursday morning to play a forty-five minute program and to outline his plan.
Mr. Tamaso is the man who was responsible for the formation of the Mandolin-Banio Clubs at the University of Chieaso. Northwestern University, and the Lake Forest Academy. These clubs have proven extremely popular and successful and play in conjunction with the
It is the intention of Mr. Tamaso
GYPSY PAT SMITH CHAPEL SPEAKER
Captain Gypsy Pat Smith, “the greatest evangelist of the age.” will be the main attraction of today’s to create a club at U. S. C. which 1 cI*aPel. Gypsy Sm:th is a man of will not only play for University d>namic force and appealing person-occasions here but will be able to ality- With his great oratorical ability take short tours throughout the sou- iand strong religious principles, he is them part of California. His plan jone. of *he outstanding leaders of will be outlined Thursday morning C hl ist ani,y today, and arrangements will be made for *n T^e rev*val which he has been
conducting at the First Methodist Church of th's city during the past two weeks, he has shown many disbelievers the true faith.
Those students who have heard im will welcome another opportunity, while thousands who have missed this treat may be thankful that they have a reserved seat wait ng for them
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New Spirit Infests Campus As “Hello” Week Is Begun
Hello" week started with a bang yesterday morning. Men grappled in ! great endeavors to shake hands with each other, Professors substituted 1
their usual forced bored greeting with a beautiful friendly smile, and :	-
women spoke—even the sorority girls in spite of the fact that Rush 1 Different News Edrtor and Two Week was not yet over. ‘ There was only one slacker in the three groups—the girls! Gee! the girls sure fell down on their end of the movement," said Dave Cleveland. “With the ‘feminites’^ it looked by their faces as if this was a week of pessimism instead of joy. Although
--^.the movement is new, there is no
reason why the girls should resent saying hello to everyone. Most cf
Mr. Tamaso to meet all those interested in the formation of such a club. Mr. Tamaso plans to hold weekly rehearsals with the men.
Mr. Tamaso will play some of his own compositions on the mandolin and banjo tomorrow. He is to be accompanied by his daughter, who will also play a piano solo. The two recently played over the Times Radio and made a big hit with the
Le Febvere Leads
Frolic Ticket Sale
Henry Le Febvre is not only fast in football, but he is also fast in selling tickets. He has sold over 160 tickets to the Campus Frolics, the entertainment extraordinary of the year. To stimulate the activity of the vendors of the precious cardboards a gold pencil and pen is to be awarded to the one selling the most. Henry says that the writing equipment will come in handy as he has to write all his social correspondence on the typewriter.
those who were addressed by the boys yesterday appeared very surprised. some managed to return the greeting, but the majority grew in dignant. If only these fair dam.,els could realize the importance of their :
Assistants for Every Issue of Paper
BENEFICIAL TO STAFF
Editor Believes New Ideas and Treatment Will be Result of Change
Beginning with this issue of the
“Trojan.” a new system of handling
the news which goes into the paper
! will be used. The plan is to use a
news editor and two assistants for
,_r ,i ,	‘	* " , j every issue, which will enable every
Hellos and 3iniles wnen directed I J
members of the staff to have an op-
Fortun ty to learn how to handle the
news as it comes in and how to man-
toward the campus masculine sex.
As an example—a wonderJ 1 gi.l smiles and says hello to ame peer man. He in the ecsticy of Joy warders around the campus in a dazt
,___, ... . .	. departure of William Rice, managing
snaking hands with all his worst en- ■
age the paper.
The plan is brought about by
the
emies. Thus the grils can see the vast importance of their partaking in this big movement."
The committee urges all those who
editor for the first semester. Each day the news editor will handle tbe work done by Rice. The news ed tor. in consultation with the editor and with the aid of the two assistants Mill
PRESS CLUB PICTURE
Members of the Press Club are
asked to meet in front of the Old College building at noon today for an El Rodeo picture.
have not got hold of a Say Hello n]ake ouf he dajly aSRi?Bment sheet
Glee Clubs ar the annual concerts, radio fans.
TROJAN KNIGHTS MEET
Troian Knights will nippt in Harrv Silke’s office at noon today.
NAME OMITTED
The name of Lyman Johnson, president of the Commerce Club, was omitted from the list of pledges to Skull and Dagger, Un-niversity honorary fraternity, which was published in last Friday’s “Trojan.”
, and Smile” sticker, to get one. They I are free at the Associated Student*;’ i Store. I^ast night the committee in full force visited the campus sororities in an effort to gain their support of the campaign. ‘ It is very I necessaiy that the feminine sex on the campus give us U>Qr/r backing." said rhe committee chairman. “And as soon as they do realize this fact, I think like true Trojans they will ! conic across big."
t "Hello” week has started. L"t'j as good and loyal Trojans alvayj i do, finish anything we start.
nforming fhe reporters what stories they are to write.
The news editor and the assistants will then be at the copy desk at noon to aid in the general management of the news. They will learn to write heads, plan makeups and to read copy.
Instead of tying the reporter down to mere reportorial duty as has been she casa in th- past, th s plan will
< nable each one on the staff to learn
tho managing side of the nev.s game, '•vhicii. i is believed, will be benefi-< CONTINUED ON PAGE 6»