Ima Whitaker Will Speak To Press Club
Southern
California
Trojan
Popular Vote Decides May Chariot Drivers
ume XVI
Los Angeles, California, Monday, April 27, 1925
Number 92
ONTO CLUB SHOW ALMA WHITAKER WILL JuJge Bledsoe Will Speak
WINS APPROVAL ™_onpubucity
OF AUDIENCE
th Annual Dental Minstrel Plays to Large House Friday Night
By BRIGHAM BENNETT
be Dental minstrel show, presented the Odonto Club last Friday night Bovard auditorium was a huge suc-It was the fifth minstrel of its d given by lliis club and it played a record house.
?he show opened with the Circle, luding the chorus and the end men h ail their clever jokes and retorts.
first of the "Oleo” acts was an ophone solo by Ralph Arnold, ac-npanied by Jack Laughlin at the ,no. The Metropolitan Quartet then g a few numbers.
!ome very snappy music was ren-red by the so-called Dental Trio; 's was composed of Joe Bresee and ton Harpst at two pianos and Nor-in Rathert on a banjo, and it cer-inly was a popular specialty act. :e of the cleverest and most unique rts of the entire production was the ince of the Gold Dust Twins, with •arlie Dorr and Dick Arends as the ick sprites. This was arranged by ,con Cliffton, who originated the ;ark Plug Dance in last year’s min-el.
The jazz orchestra produced some gh class syncopation for several imbers and William Boaz sang Sou-ern California, composed by Norm ithert. accompanied by the orches-a. It was composed of Joe Bresee, ano; Norm Rathert. banjo; Leo ild, saxophone; Douglas Buck, vio-and Nat Gladstone, drums.
Freddy Parisi sang a fine tenor so->, accompanied by Jack Laughlin at le piano and Walter Pinkham on a iolin. Six members of the Dental ?hool from Hawai rendered a string-id sextet and sang in their native ongue. One of them. Luke, better -nnwn as “Tia Juana” imitated Gilda !}rey as cleverly as anyone could hope :o do. The other five were Kahalea-liu, Pekelo, Wong, Auna, and Tenn. After this tho Circle and chorus re-ippeared and the Grand Finale that '.hey gave brought the show to an end :hat will long remain in the minds of those who were fortunate enough to Witness it.	-y? [
TROJAN DEBATERS SACK ON CAMPUS
On Tuesday night. April 28, at the Vanity Fair Team Room, Alma Whitaker, well-known feature writer of the : Los Angeles Times, will be the speaker at the next dinner of the Southern California Press club. Miss Whitaker’s lecture will be on the subject of Publicity, and it is expected the dinner will be one of the most successful events of (he Press club this year. All members and friends ol the Trojan staff are invited to attend. Reservations should be made in the Trojan office. One dollar will be charged for the dinner.
Miss Whitaker’s talk delivered to the Press Club last year proved to be exxtremely interesting to Southern California journalists. The Club has been endeavoring for a long time to again secure Miss Whitaker as speaker, but was unable to do so until the present lime.
Miss Whitaker has requested that the dinner on April 28 be informal, aud she states she would rather answer questions of the members of the club than to deliver a formal speech.....
At “Y” Dinner Wednesday
Bringing to the Southern CaliforniaOford, Bledsoe engaged in the general
campus one of the most outstanding men in this part of the state, those in charge of the Wednesday night programs at the Y. M. C. A. a.aners announce that the principal speaker at the meeting next Wednesday night will be former Judge Benjamin Franklin Bledsoe.
Judge Bledsoe’s talk should be of interest to members and friends of the University Y. M. C. A. since he was president of the Y. M. C. A. at San Bernardino from 1911 till 1914. and has been a member of the State Executive Committee of the Y. M. C. A. of California since 1912.
The former judge is a native of Southern California, having been born in
law practice in partnership with his father at his home town of San Bernardino. Four years later he entered the field of politics and was elected judge of the Superior Court of San Bernardino County in 1900. holding this office for a term of six years. He was re-elected to the judgship in 2 900 and again in l$l2.
It was on October 23, 1914, that Bledsoe received his biggest advancement when he resigned from tbe position he held in the San Bernardino County Superior Court to accept an appointment by Preside: * Wilson as United States District Judge of the Southern District of the State of California. Judge Bledsoe presided in this
San Bernardino on February 8, 1874. capacity until last month when he re-
He attended Leland Stanford Junior University, from which he received his bachelor’s degree in 1896, and was admitted to the California bar in the same year. In 1920 the University of Southern California honored him with the degree of LL. D.
signed his position to enter the race for mayor which is now being held in Los Angeles.
Bledsoe is a university mai* and a fraternity man. being a. member of Phi Beta Kappa, Delta Epsilon, and Phi Delta Phi, and is paid to be a
RODEO MANAGERS MEET TO CLOSE TRANSACTIONS
Final meeting of the El Rodeo Manager’s Staff will take place ar noon today, in the El Rodeo office. Important proceedings are to take place. This will be the wind up before the El Rodeo goes to press Wednesday. Plans for the distribution of the annual will be discussed.
Managers Neil Harvey, Jim Robertson, Burdette Ives, George Woise, Bob Service, and Ellis Hampton are re-j ballot from the Trojan in the box proquested to be present. All books andivided for that purpose in the student
CHARIOTEER BALLOT AFFORDS SHIEKS OPPORTUNITY
Popular Election to Decide May Day Festival Horor Men
By CATHARINE POTTER
Have you a charioteer in your house? If so. be sure you cast your
lists are to brought along also.
Campus organizations which have ieserved space in the 1915 El Rodeo, are urged to please pay for that space as soon as possible.” The reservation was a strictly business proposition, with rates payable in advance. Wednesday is the date the book will be set for printing, and all pages must be paid for prior to that date, or it will be eliminated entirely. The only other alternative is to delay the publishing of the annual but this will not be tolerated, said Myrl Ott, manager of the book.
I Following his graduation from Stan- ; forceful and interesting speaker.
CHOSEN FOR PLAY
CLEVER ONE ACT PLAY TO BE
FEATURED ON BENEFIT PROGRAM
SENIORS PUT OFF FINAL DRIVE DATE
Represented University Against Ten of Best Teams in Middle West
Returning from a trip which has occupied nearly a month and during which [time they have represented the University of Southern California against ten of the best debate teams of the middle west, Ned Ivewis and William Barber, the Pacific Coast’s leading for-Jensic combination, returned yesterday lorning to Los Angeles.
During their journey Barber and jewis succeeded in making an excellent record for Troy, losing but three af the first nine contests in which they competed. The last debate was held Friday evening against the University 3f Utah at Salt Lake City, which resulted in a 3-0 victory for the Trojans.
This record is regarded as being par-icularly good as very few teams, debating away from home against the caliber of competition which has been met the Trojans, ever are victorious in as many as half of their contests. It is noted that in each of the defeats suffered by Southern California one of he judges has been of the opinion that the decision should have been rendered in favor of Barber and Lewis. It I is thought that, had these debates been held at home before a favorable audience, all three of clashes would have been awarded to Troy.
Coach Alan Nichols, who is responsible for the high quality of work done at U. S. C. in oratory and debating, expressed himself as being well pleased with the work done by Barber and Lewis on the road.
Leaving Los Angeles on April first Barter and Lewis went to Tucson where they met and defeated the representatives of the University of Arizona. From there they jorneyed to Kansas where they competed against Washburn College at Topeka on Apr. 7, and the University of Kansas at Lawrence on April 9. The next state (CONTINUED ON PAGE FOUR)
Resulting in the selection of the permanent cast for “The Taming of the Shrew,” the final tryouts for the annual School of Speech play, which is Lo be the first Shakespearian production presented on the campus for many years, were held Friday afternoon.
The cast follows:
Katherine, Josephine Campbell; Gianca, Genevieve Mulligan; Baptista, William Hogue; Vincentio, Stevens Fargo; Lucentio, Edward Blaine; Pet-ruchio .Robert Rade; Gremio, Franklin Murrell ;Tranio, John Parsons; the Widow, Harriet Pearson; Blondello. Mary Brooks: Grumio. Harry B. Hall; Curtis, Miss lenders; Pedant, James Corbett; Taylor, Edith Koke; serving women, Eunice Bird. Helen Dillon, Estelle Obrikat. and Kate McNenny.
‘‘This play was chosen as being one which would appeal most to college students. It is one of Shakespeare’s best comedies, “Said Miss Florence Hubbard, who is to direct the cast. Much comedy talent has been found during the tryouts which have been held recently. A large number of students have reported for these tryouts.”
“The Taming of the Shrew,” which is a costume play, is to be presented in Bovard auditoruim on the evening of June 16 during commencement week. The play has been studied by the Shakespeare class since the l'irst of the year, and is one with which tre Speech students are thoroughly famil iar. Details of staging are to be under the general supervision of Miss Elizabeth Yoder of the School of Speech, who will be assisted by the other in structors o fthat department. An attempt is being made to make this an all-Speech oroduction, with students and professors co-operating on the committees.
Rehearsals are to start today and will be held regularly until the day o. presentation, since much time is needed to train the members of the cast physically and as regards diction according to Miss Hubbard. It is desired that the play be presented as a finished production.
Bringing to the campus dramatic expositions of real value the Zeta Phi Eta Sorority, dramatic society is to present a program of one acts plays. The program will be of one full evenings entertainment, the admittance to which will be thirty-five cents.
All of the three one-act plays that are to be given are from the pen of authors and playwrights of note and experience. Especially noteworthy is “On the Shelf,’ by Christopher Morley. This play is novel both in setting and content and its characters are drawn with subtle charm. While the play seems to take place in a world of make believe the characters that roam about in this world talk naturally and possess much of actuality.
Hazel Bobbitt and Ralph Holly are to have the leads in this clener sketch. They will be supported by Genevieve Mulligan, Helen Humiston, Louise .Mc-Mitchell. Jerry Young, Bill Hansen and Harry Hall. Miss Georgia Fink is responsible for the direction of the play.
“The Open Door,” by Sir Alfred
Sutro will be the next play presented.
It is a very sophisticated play with a ‘ and sorority houses British locale. The lines are brilliant ing.
and it is said by some iroiriir.eE; English critics that “The Open Door” is the most clever of English one-act plays. It deals with the problem of the eternal triangle ami it concerns two men and one woman. The play is a comedy of manners according to the classification of the critics.
Clare Kaufer and Mont McMillan will essay the parts in this bit of clever satire. Miss Elizabeth Yoder is directing the play. Helen Humiston and Jerry Young are limited in their parts in the “One Word Piay,” b; Frank Egan. This sketch is being directed by Miss Florence Hubbard
Miss Rosling Williamson whete reputation as an artist is recognized in Southern California will appear on the program in a toe dance intreprel .tion called “Whispering flowers.”
Funds from the sale of tickets for the affair will be used entertaining the delegates lo the national convention of Zeta Phi Eta which will be heid at the University of Southern California in June. Tickets are thirty-five cents and will be sold at al! the fraternity tonight’s meet-
COMMERCE CLUB MEETS IN OLD COLLEGE FRIDAY
The Commerce Club met at ten Friday morning during the chapel hour in Touchstone Theater in Old College building. Reports were submitted concerning the new changes in the constitution changing the number of officers of the club from fifteen to seven. By the vote of the students present, the revisions in tbe constitution were accepted.
Mr. Tuckker, of the First National and Pacific Southwest Banks, gave a brief ouUine of the present day business conditions in Los Angeles. “W’e are paying the penalty,” he said. “ in a slight halt of business because of the over-development of oil, the big real estate boom, and the too optimistic plans for the future. However, Los Angeles is bearing uj splendidly and the enlarged population has created a big home market that will en-j able Southern California to continue i a steady advance for years to come.
Fellowship Fund Aids International Goodwill
International good will is to be furthered by the $1,000,000 fellowship fund which was proposed by the American Association of the International Federation of University Women, on April ninth, at their annua! con vention at Indianapolis, Ind. The project was outlined to the convention by Miss Theodora Bosanquet of England, executive secretary, and Virginia C. Gildersleeve, dean of Barnard College, president of the International Federation.
Winners of the fellowships will be awarded scholarships permitting them to study in any country but1 their own. The recipients of the awards of this fund will be chosen irrespective of nationality and will be permitted to study in any country in wrhich they desire. They are to be sent into other countries in order that they may get an inside view of foreign nations and thus help to pi'omote true international understanding.
Plans for this fund will be carried further at a meeting of the executive council of the international federation in Brussels, in July. It is expected that representatives of twenty national federations will be present to take up the matter.
BACHELOR’S NOTICE
There will be a Bachelor’s luncheon at the Cozy Den Cafe tomorrow af 12 o’clock. Members unable to be present should leave the name of their condidate for membership with Carleton Moorehouse.
Political and Scientific Isolation Face Russia
Since the war, Russia has been isolated from the rest of the world politically, and, as the result of this, scientific and cultural relations have also been severed. Intellectual contacts with Europe have been resumed of late, but there is still a lack of intercourse between the United States and the Soviet Republic.
To remedy this situation, a special organization has been brought, to life, the Joint Information Bureau, which has been created in Moscow with the aim of assisting in the establishment of closer cultural connections between the Union of Soviet Republics and other countries.
Constant communication with the scitntific and cultural establishments of the Soviet Union is maintained by the Joint Information Bureau. It announces that it is now ready to facilitate regular contact as well as an exchange of scientific periodical and non periodical publications between interested cultural groups in Russia and other countries.
Personal exchange of their work between scientists engaged in similar research activities is also encouraged.
The Russian Information Bureau in Washington has undertaken to represent the Moscow Bureau in America. Its address is 2819 Connecticut Avenue, N. W., Washington, D. C.
Seniors who have not had the opportunity to pay their class dues of one dollar may do so this week. Last week’s campaign for seniors has been carried over to this week on account of the difficulties that have been experienced by the solicitors in seeing every member of the class in such a short time. Not all of the seniors have paid their dollar and the additional time is granted so that nobody will be slighted.
Reports from the committees charge indicate that the responses have been very good from the members of the class that have been approached, and a goodly number of the class have made it a point to make a personal trip to the Information Bureau of the Students Store to pay their assessment immediately on the receipt of the cards that have been sent out to them. Any students who | do not happen to be seen by the so- | licitors of the Senior Dues Committee are requested to drop into the , store and get their receipt there.
One of the oldest traditions of the | University of Southern California is j that every graduating class presents the school with some token of their love and respect for her. Sometimes an annual fund is built up for this purpose and either used to buy the gift or left in proper hands to apply on a class gift that would be beyond the means of the graduating class so that some really big thing may come to the campus. It is very possible that the fund for this year may be combined, with last years fund and used to secure a big gift.
Students of the senior class may pay their dues to Okey Kraus, treasurer of the senior class and chairman of the Dues Committee, or any members of the committee, who are: Vivian Mead, Elizabeth Adamson, Ruth Schifferle, Dot Crowley, Marguerite Matson, Virginia Thomsen, Ernest Judson, Roy Cunningham, Bill Kinche-loe, Hubert Smitz and Willard White.
body store, as the chariot drivers for the May Day festival will be chosen as the result of the popularity contest, carried on in the columns of the Trojan.
Campus curiosity has run high for several weeks as to who the chariot drivers for the May Day festival would be and the manner in which they would be chosen. After much consideration the committee decided to select the drivers by means of a popularity contest conducted through the columns of the Trojan.
There is just one qualification for the candidates. That is, that the candidate must be at least a Sophomore in the university and must have con-ributed some service of worth to his Alma Mater.
Ballots will be collected daily, and the May Day committee, consisting of Miss Betty von KleinSmid, Miss Eva-lyne Ross, Miss Martha Smith, Ray Elmquist and Burdette Ives will supervise the counting of the ballots. Final count will be taken May 12 and the names of the five contestants will appear in Wednesday, May 13, Trojan.
Other plans for May Day include a Grecian ballet, being trained under tbe direction of Grant La Mont, a Grecian frieze, and a meet in the Coliseum, wherein feats of strength and foot ln races will be features.
A feast will be spread in the evening in the President’s parlors, and a donee wil! be held in the Pavilion in the evening.
May Day, an annual tradition at Southern California, is being sponsored by Mrs. Rufus B. von KleinSmid.
GLEE CLUB MAKES GOOD ON PROGR AM
Trojans Entertain Santa Anans At Three Consecutive Performances
AT COLUMBIA
Only thirty eight men appeared at the second outdoor spring football practice at Columbia recently, despite Coach Crowley’s plea for increased attendance at preliminary sessions. Crowley has stressed the fact that men turning out for spring practice will have an advantage over those reporting next fall.
OREGON BACKS DRIVE
In order to build a Student Union building on the campus of the University of Oregon, students were assessed $200,000. Freshmen were assigned $60,000; Sophomores. $50,000; Juniors, $45,000; and Seniors $35,000. In four days more than the sum set had been
turned in.
Fraternities at the University of Chicago are holding a bridge tournament.
University of Toronto has a freshman who is three feet six inches high.
ENGINEER BASKETBALL TEAM DEFEAT LAWYERS
On Thursday evening, April 23 when the annual roundup was staged by the engineers, the School of Law and the School of Engineering met in a hotly contested game of basketball, the outcome of which was doubtful until the final whistle blew. However the Engineers succeeded in downing their traditional rivals by the score of 17 to 14.
The lineup:—Lawyers — Forwards, Shapiro, Goldfarb; center, Ferguson; guards, Lewis, La Fetra.
Engineers—Forwards, Wheeler, Herman: center, Jones; guards, Few. Oudermeulen.
The various matches in wrestling and boxing arranged by Coach Anderson proved very interesting and displayed some local talent that one might be proud of. The Jiu Jitsu match was something seldom seen by the American people and proved very interesting, the speed and skill acquired by these men would make it quite uncomfortable for one unacquainted with their tactics.
Scoring one of the biggest hits of its season, the Men’s Glee Club of the University of Southern California appeared at the Yost Theatre in Santa Ana last Thursday, Friday and Saturday nights. The Glee Club, making one of its contract appearances under the banner of the Orpheum Vaudeville Circuit, gave the only act on these three evenings. The Yost Theatre is the largest and finest in Santa Ana, and the Club sang to capacity houses all three nights. At the last appearance on Saturday Miss Rosalind Williamson gave a special dance number in addition to the regular program.
The members of the Club made the trip by bus on Thursday afternoon, and spent the entire week-end visiting in Santa Ana. Through the courtesy of Mr. Yost, owner and manager of the Yost Theatre, the Quartet from the Glee Club gave a special program on Thursday night before the Santa Ana American Legion.
The act as now being presented is made up of five groups and features several new numbers, including the “Soldier’s Chorus.” In the first group the Club comes on the stage singing the “Trojan Marching Song.” This is followed by the “Winter Song” and the “Soldier’s Chorus.” The second group presents a dance act with HaJJ and Cook doing the Waltz of the Ice Skaters. Frank Murrell presides at the piano. The third group features the G!ee Club Quartet which is made up of McDonald. Spring, Beeks and Feamey., singing “Swing Along.” The fourth group is another dance by Hall and Cook with Murrell at the piano. In this group they give the Dance of the Wooden Soldiers to the tune of Oh Katherina.” In the fifth and concluding group, the entire Club is on the stage singing Funiculi-Funicula” and “My Love’s Own Song.” "All Hail” is given as the final number. For an encore, which is always demanded, the Club sings Johnny Schmoker.
Under the terms of its new contract the Southern California Glee Club made its first theatre appearance in San Bernardino, which was followed
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