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Vol. XV
Los Angeles, California, Friday, May 16, 1924
Number 86
PARMELEE, HARRISON AND MAINLAND HEAD CLASSES
Elected Presidents of Upper Classes Yesterday; Matson, Martin and King Are Chosen Vice-Presidents; Voting Was Extra Heavy
Warren Parmelee, Revelle Harrison, and Allen Mainland will head the three upper classes at the University of Southern C alitornia, next year, having been elected presidents of the Senior, Junior and Sophomore classes respectively at class elections yesterday. The jobs of handling the social activities of the various classes will fall to Marguerite Matson, Dorothy Mai tin, and Marjorie King. These results were the returns of one of the heaviest class election votes which U. S. C. has experienced.
As a result of yesterday’s elections,O
- - -«. jfjoiN MOTHERS ARE GUESTS OF STUDENTS
Mothers Are Entertained on the Campus; First Event Of Kind
SPRING PAGEANT IS PRESENTED
Festival Proves To Be An Affair of Beauty and Finish
IS RELIGIOUS THEME
Portrays Annual Ceremony In Honor of God Bacchus
LAST MINUTE ENTRIES FEATURE FILING OF PETITIONS FOR STUDENT ELECTIONS
three classes at U. S. C. next fall: Seniors
Waren Parmelee ...........President
Marguerite Matson ....Vice-President
Jeanette Cecil ............ Secretary
Yale Martz.................Treasurer
Junior
Revelle Harrison.......... .President
Dorothy Martin .......Vice-President
Clare Kaufer ..............Secretary
Le Roy Haynes ...........Treasurer
Sophomore
Allen Mainland ............President
Marjorie King ........Vice-President
Elizabeth Veale ............Secretary
Donald Tapley ............Treasurer
More ballots were cast at this election than ever before at a class election at U. S. C. A contrast was shown in the resuits of the future fourth and second year classes. The senior office® were all won by large majorities, while the Freshmen split their votes up in such a way that a recount had to be made in every case excepting that of secretaryship, where only two were in the race. The vice-president’s position was the most hotly contested, the two leaders splitting votes even to the fourth choices.
Senior elections resulted) in a runaway for every candidate who won. [Warren P or melee won from Holly
Adams by a vote of 88 to 33 for presi. dent. Marguerite Matson took an even larger majority by beating Virginia Thompson for the vice-presidency by a 91 to 28 vote. The prize for heavy majorities, however, went to Yale Martz who was elected by a 94 to 26 vote over Carleton Morehouse. Jeanette Cecil won the secretary job with 76 votes. Freda Sauber collected 26 votes and Caroline Leonard 12. Bud Wei in withdrew from the presidency race, and Ernest Judson dropped out of the running for treasurer.
When there was no majority registered in the vote for Junior presidency, the second votes of Bill Moore were counted and Revelle Harrison was found the winner. The first vote was Harrison 1^7, Burdette Ives 93, and Moore 24. Recounts made Harrison a 100 to 81 w.nner.
Dorothy Martin wen handily for the vice-presidency with a vote of 138 to 72 over Eleanor Rohr. Clare Kaufer was elected secretary of the future Juniors with 116 ballots to her credit, while Marguerite Farlow received only 93 votes. LeRey Haynes was a unanimous choice for treasurer.
To the Freshman goes the prize for making the hair of the election committee grow a little more gray. Al Mainland won the presidency by a vote of 142 to 119 over Arthur Fres-ton after Frank Ferguson's seconds were counted. The first votes were: Mainland 109. Freston 89. Fergusen 75.
The vice-presidency caused the most worry. The vote at first was: Elizabeth Baker 88, Marjorie King 84, Helen Morgan 64, Evah Ellis 27, Margaret Mead 6. Counting the seconds of Ellis and Meade, the vote was: Baker f*2. King 91, Morgan 71. Counting
SPECIAL ASSEMBLY HELD
‘Mother and Son Banquet Ends Festivities; Many Mothers Were Present
By FREEMAN HALL
“Trojan Mother’s Day” ended last night, evidently a huge success. Perhaps this success was do to the special chapel at which the best orators of the Freshman class debated for the Ames trophy; perhaps it was due to the wonderful luncheon served in the cool shadows of Exposition Park by the Associated Woman Students of the University; perhaps it was the beautiful portrayal of the spring festival, “Dionysia” by one hundred members of the Woman’s Athletic Association; or it may have been the closing part of the day when the Trojans and their mothers had supper together at the Y. M. C. A. hut. Taking all of these entertainments together and summing them up, a true Trojan cooperative spirit is found;; and it was this spirit which yesterday made “Mother’s Day” on the Trojan campus a success.
It was largely through the work and trouble to which the committee in charge of this undertaking and the cooperation of the different women’s departments of the college that “Trojan Mother's Day” came to a successful finish. Arrangements for the day can be attributed to Giddings Slater and Wesley Beans. George Jordan was responsible for the program, and the dinner at the Y. M. C. A. hut was made possible through the efforts of John McGee.
Over sixty mothers with their sons sat down to dine at the Y. M. C. A. hut last evening. Just before the group began to eat their delightful supper Glen E. Turner, executive secretary of the “Y” who is indirectly responsible for the “Trojan Mother’s Day” success gave thanks to God for the wonderful day which the sons and their mothers had passed through. George Jordan acting in, the capacity of toastmaster announced the program of the dinner, Mrs. Grace Whitesell Arnold , so-(CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO)
With the presentation of “The Dionysia'’ yesterday afternoon under the auspices of the Women's Athletic Association another tradition has been established which it is hoped will be carried on through the years to come. Those who attended the pageant were inspired by the beauty and color of the finished production which was presented them under the able coaching of Miss Dorothy Doty.
The pageant opened with the appearance of Aurora, goddess of Dawn, who awakens with a restless desire for spring and calls the Four Winds to her aid. Aurora is ably portrayed by Nevin Packard, and the Four Winds are Helen Sherman, Sidonia Chassanoff, Etta Stewart and Helen Ingles. A solo dance by Marjorie Vawter, who has the leading solo part in the production, along with Jane Maas, as goddess of Rain, is follow’ed by sixteen Rainbow dancers dressed in the colors of the rainbow". The Sun Dance with Marjorie Vawter, Jane Maas, and Edwina Vawter is one of the loveliest in the whole production. Next a messenger comes, interpreted by Evelyn Crist, heralding the approach of spring and her maidens who pour upon the earth fragrant blossoms of health and happiness. During the spring dance Jane Maas portrays the spirit of spring in a solo dance.
The scene of part two opens in the forest near Attica Greece. Vestal virgins solemnly enter with the sacred five followed by men and women bearing gifts for Dionysus. A ceremony in honor of the sun and trees and three solo dances follow, the Bow and Arrow, Pastoral, and Warrior dance portrayed by Marjorie Vawter, Edwina Vawter and Grace Adams. The Bacchanal and Ensemble in celebration of the joy of life brings the festival to a close.
Miss Doty, who is a former pupil of Norma Gould was in charge of the pageant and for the last three j months has been coaching the girls faithfully practically every school j night. Marjorie and Edwina Vaw- j ter, Jane Maas. Grace Adams and Evelyn Crist are at present pupils • of the Norma Gould school of dancing.
PARKER chosen new LACK fOMPFTITION FOR
COMMERCE PRESIDENT UMMT1II1UH fUA
Nominations for Commerce Officers Made at Special Commerce Assembly; President is Unanimously Elected;
Only Four Contested Positions
Rolland S. Parker, at present vice-president of the Foreign Trade division of the Commerce Club, was uninimously chosen president of the Commerce Club for next year. He has been active in conducting the special sale of the Commerce Journal and has made several surveys for this publication. He was chosen at a special assembly of Commerce Students in the Touchstone Theater of the Old Chapel at 11 o'clock yesterday morning.	brink were nominated for the office Of the eleven offices to be filled of the Women’s Group for the vice-only four are to be contested. The presidents. Both have been active following were unanimously elected: Commerce work and are anxious Clinton Woodruff, vice-president, for the social job of the Commerce general business. j club.
Arthur Jones, vice-president, bank- Leslie Harding and Lester Holing and finance.	| comb are in the race for Foreign LeRoy Haines, vice-president, mar- Trade election. For secretaryship of
keting.
Morton Petty, vice-president, accounting.
O. K. Kraus, student editor, commerce journal.
Charles E. Berry, student manager,; commerce journal.
the club, two women, Helen Campbell and Rebecca Robb, are competing. Warren Parmelee and Arnald Turnquist are battling for the job of treasurer of the club.
Elections will be held next Wednesday, polls to open at 9 o’clock in
TWO EXECUTIVE OFFICES
Only One in Race for A. S. B. Vice-President and El Rodeo Editor; Many Are Out for Position On Executive Committee
Only one thing saved the day yesterday from bering one of the blackest days in the history of Campus Politics at U. S. C. Ed Martin, chairman of the committee which had been appointed by the Executive Committee to handle e'sctions, was just about to tuck a pile of petitions under his good right arm and sally forth from the Student Body office at six o’clcok last evening when a petition for Ned Lewis for president of the A. S. B. student body came into the office via a friend. This act put the race for leadership ot the student body for next year on a competitive basis. Hal Williamson had been definitely in the race for some time and his friends turned in his petitions yesterday. It was a rather big rumor that Lewis would enter the race but he did not make the decision until late yesterday.
3 About an hour later, after the
Harold Dougher, A. S. U. S. C. the College of Commerce office. The executive committee.	1 newly elected officers will be install-
The four offices which are to be; ed at the Commerce Club banquet filled through election are: vice-pres-i Wednesday evening, ident Woman's Group, vice-president J Commerce elections wrere placed Foreign Trade, secretary of the Com-' this year in order that they might merce club, and treasurer	j be over before general student body
Marie Albertson and Frances Dal-! elections were held.
S
AMES FRESHMEN CUP
Syvertson Second in Rank With Cohen Third and Ruiz Fourth
Morgan’s seconds gave Baker and King a tie The thirds of Meade and Ellis were counted and King won 119 to Baker’s 118.
Elizabeth Veale won the secretary job from Eloise Park by a vote of 134 to 129.
Donald Tapley won 131 to 123 from Lester Heilman after Ralph Bealls second choices were counted. First votes were: Tapley 113, Heilman 83. Beall 72.
El Rodeo Will Be Ready
For Distribution June 2
‘IDYLLWILD INN”
FOR PRESS CLUB
Last Meeting of Year Used For Election of Officers and New Members
By HELEN
In order to reassure some of the pessimistic souls about the campus, who believe that the annual will not be issued until the last week of school, the El Rodeo office wishes to announce that the Book will absolutely be ready for distribution Monday June 2. This date was decided on at a meeting held last evening.
It was also decided at that time to allow those students who have not yet deposited money'for the book ,to buy it after the regular orders have been taken care of. Harry Holton manager, says: “We have ordered a few-extra books from the printers. These books may be bought direct, after the other orders are taken care of. Those who desire to deposit money now,
FAULKNER
may be assured of procuring one Only a limited number has been ordered.”
Work has been progressing rapidly. The three pictures which are to be exhibited in the annual for the beauty contest have been chosen. The editor positively refuses to divulge the names of the lucky winners.
According to the feature editor, the “Alley Rat" is practically complete. He says: “Several offers have been made for the material we have and which we shall publish. One popular organization has offered the enormous sum of $5000 if the El Rodeo would refrain from publishing a certain picture. The offer, however, was refused, for we have decided to publish the truth and nothing but the truth.”
Alma Whitaker, Times feature scribe, whose column is follow'ed daily by thousands of interested readers, will appear Tuesday, May 20, before the Press Club banquet at Idyllwild Inn.
The last meeting of this year and one of vital business importance, all Press Club members and Trojan news gleaners will be on deck for the election of new officers and new members
Idyllwild Inn, a delightful roadside restaurant on the Pasadena boulevard, is the new choice of the club officers and promises to be a fitting scene for this final newspaper gathering of the college year.
President Marquis Busby announces the meeting as the climax of similar past events and urges every Trojan newspaper man and woman, cub reporter and otherwise ,to line up for the Tuesday affair.
Kling Stoddart. Marguerite Matson. Peggy Mcore and Marquis Busby are in charge of tickets for the banquet, which are available at the price of one dollar.
CARDBOARDS GOING FOR “BOOMERANG”
Manager Announces That More Students May Enter By Reporting Today
Contestants in the ticket selling contest for "The Boomerang, the” the comedy by Winchell Smith, to be staged by the Juniors on May 29, in Bovard auditorium, are to meet this noon in the Trojan office for an important business meeting. The card board sellers are rapidly disposing of their tickets in the race for the twenty dollars to be given in two prizes of twelve and eight dollars each. Geo. Orme. manager of the ticket sale, announces that more may enter the contest and should report to the Trojan office this noon.
Those who are taking part in the contest are Tom Harrison, Gerald Wood. Lester Harding, Kenneth Jones, Warren Parmlee, O. K. Kraus. Aubrey Irwin, Carlton Morehouse, Jack Hughes, Clarence Hunt, Marguerite Matson. Jeannette Cecil, Olive Tompson, Katherine Talbot, Dorothy Herri-mian, Alta King, Thelmaj Peterson, Herberta Stewart. Virginia Thompson, Maurine Hinshaw and Jessie Haynes. Memberl of the staff. Ernest Judson, manager; George Orme, ticket manager; Ellsworth Ross, publicity manager; John Woods, class president, and Cora McCorkle, contest manager, are also selling tickets,.
Meiji university, Japanese college champions will play the University of michigan in the annual commencement week games on June 13 and 14. The Japanese team will stop at Ann Arbcr on its transcontinental trip.
SIX GLEE CLUBS IN JOINT CONCERTS
Horatio Cogswell to Direct Ensemble Tonight at Pasadena High School
Tonight six glee clubs of Southern California, representing Redlands University, Pomona Occidental, Whittier College, Caltech and the University of Southern Ca ifornia are to participate in the first intercollegiate glee club concert to be hed in California at the Pasadena High School under ihe auspices of the Pasadena Jubilee Association. The ensemb'.e wil mark the largest number of college glee club men ever heard in the history of the state.
Horatio Cogswell of the College of Music, (firector of the lT. S. C. Glee Cub, is to direct the ensemb’e tonight wiien 155 men will appear together in concert. Proceeding the ensemble, each of the sir clubs will present several numbers.
The' concert tonight is to be the first step in the program outlined by the Intercollegiate Glee Club Conference which was formed last fall and is composed of glee clubs from all large universites and colleges in the state The conference is striving to gain better co-operation between the glee club and student body through intercollegiate competition.
Tickets for the concert tonight are still on sale at the Associated Stu dents Book Store and are selling for fifty cents and one dollar. The concert is creating considerabe interest among the students from the manner in which tickets have been going, and a great many from U. S. C. are expected to attend.
TRADITION IS FOLLOWED
Vic Colburn Winner of Cup Year Receives It Permanently
Adna Leonard, Jr. was selected as winner of the Freshman debate he:d in chapel yesterday, the subject being, “Resolved: that the preservation of the best interests of the United States demands the election of a Republican president in the coming political campaign,” and w^as awarded the Ames Freshmen debating cup.
The rating given to other speakers participating was: Arthur Syvertson, second; Harry Cohen, third, and Manuel Fuiz, fourth. Judges of the debate were Professors Olmstead, Harley, and Hill of U. S. C. Bernard Brennan, president of Delta Sigma Rho, acted as chairman.
^he debating and the awarding of the Ames Freshman debating cup is an annual tradition, its purpose being to arouse interest among the Freshman for debating although they are ineligible to the varsity squad. The contestants are chosen by elimination from a debate open to all Freshmen. The cup is awarded to the winner but remain's in the University trophy case for one year after which it becomes the personal property of the winner.
Last year’s cup was won by Victor Colburn .and was awarded to him yesterday in chapel by Neal Ames, a prominent alumnus of U. S. C- and a member of Delta Sigma Rho. who made a short speech congratulating the winner and enumerating the benefits of public speaking.
The new pledges of Delta Sigma Rho were also introduced at chapel yesterday. The first introduced was Raymond Brennan who won five intercollegiate debates and lost none, second, Al Griewe, who won three debates one of them being the U. S. C. California contest at California, the audience acting as judges, and the third, William Moore, leader of the team, who won three intercollegiate debates and won none.
Midnight Number Of Wamp Will Be Of Inky Character
Sez the editor.
By MAUDE MILLER
Keep it dark— al Dictionary.
The cover is being
CLIONIAN MEETS
At the meeting of Clonian, Tuesday, May 13 the following numbers were featured on the program:
DUET
Mother, My Dear...........Treharme
Frances Schultz Gertrude Stephens
Reading—
Selections from Penrod
Loween Faul.
it’s the Midnight number.”
WThich collection of monosyllables indicates the advent of everybody’s old friend, the w. k. Wampus cat. Owing to its specially inky character (sez the editor, “We ought to raise the price—but we had ’em charge the ink to the office boy”) the Cat will steal upon the campus unsuspected some dark night in the sweet buy and buy, and will strut its stuff during the brief period necessary for Tommy Trojan to dig down deep for the two bits.
There are lots .of cuts and things in the Wampus this time. In this respect it is expected to prove superior to even the New Internation-
done with care and a pencil by two eminent artists who have a wide following among their relatives and
other creditors.
(Sez the editor, ‘‘No, it will not be a picture of Midnight.” And as for COpy_well, forty-eight pages is forty-eight pages. But the editor sez that at present there is enough copy on hand to well-paper and outside of the Administration building, including fire escapes and the gentlemen on the tower. As the staff remarks, they have come through nobly with the material in the Hour oI Need, and are repaying the debt they owe to their Alma Mater in a Bigger and Better way—Hurray for Crime!
MUSIC AND ART TO BE SUBJECT OF SPEECH
Mrs. Beatrice Hubcll Plummer, of Cheer Color Studios, will present an interesting program .Tuesday afternoon at 3:v0 in room 206, Hoose Hall, under the auspices of the Art Department.
Mrs. Plummer will be introduced by Mrs. von KleinSmid and will speak on the relation of Music to Art. She wil show many of her designs and play different piano numbers which have been motives for her designs.
A special invitation has been extended to students in the School of Speech, Music, Architecture, Domestic Science as well as the Oriental students in the University. Anyone interested in the subject, however, is cordially invited to attend.
BACHELOR MEETING
Wampus Bachelors will meet today at nocn in front of Bovard auditorium.
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freshmen ballots had been recount-1 ed Rachael Coleman filed her petition for A. S. B. secretary making this race also a two sided affair. Martin then picked up his material * and struck out for home with the announcement that he would accept petitions of any candidate who became bitten by the political bug at the last moment at his home any time before midnight, for the Executive Committee definitely decided a week ago to hold to the section in the student body constitution which states that petitions shall be due a week before nominations, and mid-nigiht ended the period of lee-way which the candidates had.
Which means that the Trojan went to press last night with a possibility of not having a complete list of candidates for the campus jobs. And if the Trojan has all the candidates in this issue then the elections are going to be pretty much of a dud. Before Lewis’ petition came in there was a possibility that the three biggest offices on the campus would be uncontested—some*King which U. S. C. has never before experienced. The vice-presidency job seemed to be with only one candidate as was that of secetary, El Rodeo editor and manager and Troian business manager.
Only Martha Smith was in the race for vice-presidency with no indications that anyone else would run against her. Helen Humiston was the only candidate who had a petition filed for secretaryship until Rachael Coleman brought in hers at the last minute.
Barton Hutchin seemed to be the only candidate for the editorship of the El Rodeo. A few hints were made yesterday but all failed to bring in any results. George Orme was the only one to have a petition in for managership of the El Rodeo but it was stated that Merle Ott was sending his petition to headquarters.
The race for the Editorship of the Trojan seems to have settled down around the two men who have been mentioned on the campus for several weeks. Friends of both Marquis Busby and Kenneth Crist turned in a whole handful of petitions yesterday. Both men are well qualified to handle the student newspaper having worked on campus publications tor several years. Busby has been on the Trojan staff for several years as reporter, feature writer, desk edi-to, and is at present managing editor. He is also president of the Press Club. Crist will blossom forth with the 1925 edition of the El Ro-, deo next month, having been editor this year. He also has worked on the Trojan, serving as reporter and feature v/riter.
Yell King for the Trojan rooting section.lies between two men. The first is Hank McCann, who has served throughout this year- as Yell King. Up until yesterday noon it was considered he would go to the polls unchallenged but Herman Natowitz announced his candidacy yesterday afternoon by filing a petition. Natowitz was assistant cheer leader this year.
There seems to be a host of offices which will be filled without a battle, judging from the petitions turned in by the time the Trojan went to press last evening. Ken-(CONTINUED ON PAGE FOUR)