“Silver Box99 Tickets Selling at Associated Students' Store
Southern
California
Trojan
Bishop Edwin Hughes Will Speak in Chapel Tuesday, Wednesday
Los Angeles, California, Monday, March 23, 1925
Number 73
AY HOUR GIVEN VER TO CLASS GATHERINGS
iors and Seniors Plan For inner-Dance To Be Joint Affair
March 31 Closing Day Set For Yell Contest
igular monthly class meetings were during the assembly hour Friday ning. Seniors met in H. 305 with n Woods presiding, Ron Snavely ng the gavel over the Juniors in 206, Sophomores met in Touch-:e Theatre with Bill Stewart pre-ng, and the Freshmen met in Bo-d Auditorium where Ray Hatfield ied them to order, hat the second Senior Snap would eld at the Delta Delta Delta house
11	1, was announced by Dorothy deman, vice-president of the class.
Haldeman expressed herself as ig much pleased with the atten-ce at the first Snap held at the Pi a Phi house this month.
'he Seniors unanimously passed tbe tion that the expenses of the annual lior-Senior banquet be shared equal-y both classes. It was pointed out t in the past it had been customary the Juniors to entertain in honor the Seniors, but due to the size of present class this would be im-ctical.
he purpose of the '“Dog-gone But-was explained by Ernest Judson. is button which may only be worn a Senior is awarded to the one who ceeds in making a professor laugh 'ng class time in the presence of other members of the senior class.
DISCUSS CLASS GIFT iscussion was held as to the nature the gift to be left by the class on graduation in June. Jack Hughes appointed manager of the senior eball team which will meet the oth-'{ classes as well as in the annual ie with the faculty. The Seniors re also urged to place orders for ouncements at the Student Store Is week
Ians for making the Junior-Senior quet in the form of a dinner-dance re discussed at the meeting of the nior class. The following commit-was appointed by Ronald Snavely make arrangements for the affair, rjorie Rice .Clare Kaufer, Ronald ver, Revelle Harrison, LeRoy Hayn-Evelyn Ross and Momon Baber )b Few *was appointed baseball manner for the Juniors.
All Sophomores were urged to at-ind the “hop’' held in the Pavilion 3t Friday night by President Bill ewart in the Sophomore meeting, mong the program features were se--tions by the Hollywoodland orches-a and a pianologue by Rosalind Willson.
A stormy session was held by the eshmen over the proposed holding a dance. No decision was reacheo ans were also discussed for a beach cnic. Harry Hall showed the fresh-' some excellent clogging.
WORTHY PLAY TICKETS SELLING
Tickets unsold in fraternity reserva-ns for the “Silver Box” which will given by Lance and Lute chapter Pi Epsilon Delta in Bovard auditor-Thursday night must be turned today according to Ellsw'orth Ross, oduction manager. General ticket le opens tomorrow at fifty and sev-ty-five cents. It was reported that re has been a heavy demand for ats from the School of Law and the liege of Dentistry.
‘In presenting a great social prob-many critics have proclaimed lsworthv to be at his best in “The liver Box'," said Ross. “It has been edicted that this production will sur-ss all efforts of Lance and Lute. The st after long weeks of rehearsing is ady for the performance Thursday light.”
The play is said to be attracting con-iderable attention from students and ;ritics of the drama in Los Angeles.
Yells entered in the contest for the $100 cash prize that is being offered by Allen T. Archer for the best Trojan yell, must be turned in by 2 p. m. March 31, according to a statement by Sam Gates who is in charge of the contest, and represents the Rally Committee.
According to Mr. Gates many yells have been turned in. and by the number of questions that have been put to him, he feels that interest is high in the race for the cash prize. Yells that are written for the contest should be dropped in the boy that the Rally Committee has placed in the arcade at the main entrance to Bovard Auditorium.
Yells should stress the words Trojan and Southern California as much as possible, members of the committee announced. The tendency to avoid the use of “University of Southern California,” or “U. S. C.” should be followed out in the yell writing, he said.
Short yells, easily pronounced, will be favored by the judg“s, according to those in charge. As many yells as the individual desires to turn in will be judged.
MOVE DEADUNE DATE JUNIORS TO CHOOSE ON ANNOUNCEMENTS REST DANCER ON TO WEDNESDAY CAMPUS
Change Is Due to Late Seniors Cup Awarded To Prize Dancers From Liberal Arts and	As Feature of Annual
Pharmacy	Prom Friday
FOREIGN STUDENT ADVISOR
Mrs. Ella McMath, advisor to foreign tudents, has moved her headquarters rom the journalism building to the econd floor of the Y. W. lodge. She wishes to announce that men students need not hesitate to visit her there •henever they need help.
TO MEET WILLAMETTE
Lewis and Barber Are Chosen To Appear Against Northerners
Tomorrow evening New Lewis and William Barber, members of last season’s famous debating team of the University of Southern California, will meet representatives of Willamette University, in the most crucial debate, to date, of the 1925 forensic season.
Willamette boasts of tbe reputation of being the leading university of the Northwest in forensic activities, and is coming down this year determined to wipe out the surprise handed them last year when they were handed a defeat at the hands of the Trojans. The contest is to be held in the Touchstone Theater, Old College, and will begin promptly at eight o’clock.
Last Wednesday and Thursday Leland Talman and Arthur Syvertson, representing Troy against Brigham Young University and the Univei'sity of New Mexico, lost the first contest to the Mormons by a narrow margin but turned the tables the next even ing and decisively defeated the New Mexico squad.
The Brigham Young affair was the most closely contested struggle of the year, and Syvertson came near to turning defeat into victory when he cut down the lead of the Mormons in a brilliant rebuttal. The Utah tem in the previous debates of their California tour had taken three to nothing verdicts from the College of the Pacific and Occidental.
Thursday evening both Tallman and Syvertson showed improvement over the previous night and took a two to nothing count from the representatives of AJbequerque institution. Tallman’s speech was impressive and polished. Syvertson, in another of his excellent rebuttals, dispelled all doubt *in the minds of the audience and the judges as to which team had presented the most convincing arguments. Both of these men will be back to represent the Universityof Southern California in debating next year and it is expected they will make o»e of the strongest combinations on the coast.
150 HAVE NOT ORDERED Small Number To Be Made For Last Minute Applicants
Due to the fact that a number of Pharmacy seniors and some from the Liberal Arts campus have failed to order their graduation announcements the "deadline'’ has been moved back to next Wednesday, according to an announcement made by O. K. Kraus, who has charge of the sales in the Associated Students’ Store. After next Wednesday it will be absolutely impossible to order announcements, he stated.
At the present time only about two hundred and fifty seniors have gotten in their orders. This means that about a hundred and fifty have yet to order. A very small per centage of extras, probably not more than ten per cent, will be printed but these are to take care of the few students who usually find that they have overlooked someone in making out their lists. Such a number of extras will by no means lake care of the students who have not yet ordered. According to Kraus, the average order is for from twenty-five to thirty announcements.
The explanation for this early deadline date being set is that there are no engraving houses on the coast that put out graduation announcements of this sort. The work is being done by the H. Elliott Company, of Philadelphia. Consequently it takes a good deal of time to get the orders back and the announcements returned.
The announcements are of two kinds, leather bound and cloth bound. Both are beautiful, the first in gray leather and the others in fine buff paper. A gold S. C. monogram is stamped on the front near the top and tne University seal has been worked into an embossed design. They are to be of the best paper obtainable and will contain the usual announcement page, a pic* ture of President von KleinSmid, the baccalaurate and commencement programs, a list of the class officers, the class roll, and all else that similarly pertains to the graduating students.
HELD AT BILTMORE
Corsages Not In Good Taste For Affair According To Snavely
DOG-GONE BUTTON WIU SOON APPEAR
By CATHERINE POTTER
There are thirty five chances available for thirty five men at five dollars apiece to win the cup to be awarded to the best dancers at the Junior Prom which will be held in Biltmore Ballroom on the evening of March 27 and thus settle once and for all the frat brothers the question of who really is the best dancer in the house.
“Would that the question of what has become of Sally oould be as easily settled,” said Ronald Snavely, Junior class president, in an interview yesterday. “However those men had better decide quickly to get their ticket, or the question of who really is the best dancer can not be settled at the Junior Prom. There were forty tickets on sale ip class meeting and in one hour five of them were sold. The announcement that there will be a opportunity to prove their terpsichorean skill before such a large and distinguished assembly of guests and patrons should be inducement to the dancing fools to send them hurrying to Red Haynes and Bill Hansen for tickets.”
A cup that is something rather different as such cups go has been purchased by the committee on favors, of which Marjorie Rice is chairman. Just how it was different, Miss Rice refused to state. It is being kept with the favors to surprise the lucky, or rather the talented dancers, but the members of the Prom Committee have seen it and are busy practicing fancy turns and twists in the gymnasiums and uninhabited hall ways and corridors of the college buildings, in hopes that their particular variety might please most.
The thing that Mr. Snavely wants emphasized about this Prom is that corsages are not going to be in good taste. While Mr. Snavely did not say that he personally did not like corsages, he did say that the men of the class had decided not to get corsages
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S.C. Professor Honored For uLyric West99 Work
Professor Roy T. Thompson ot the English Department has recently been elected to honorary membership in the Poetry Society of America. The organization has a national membership, including such prominent poets as Carl Sandberg, Amy Lowell, and Robert Frost. Membership is extended in recognition of merit and work in the field of poetry.
Professor Thompson has edited the “Lyric West’* since last October. The publication is now in its fourth year. That it is gaining in national recognition is shown in the reprinting of one of its poems in last week’s “Literary Digest.”
GREEK-LETTER SMOKER IS PLANJF COUNCIL
Inter-Fraternity Get-Together to Be Held In Armory Soon
BACHELORS CONTEMPLATE GRAVE POLICY CHANGE
At the Wampus Bachelor’s luncheon and meeting held Friday noon in the Cozy Den a very grave discussion ensued. With careful thought and deliberation it was debated upon whether or not engaged men should be eligible for Bachelor membership. This of course, would be a startling change from the original conception of the Bachelors. But the men feel that with the danger of leap year passed they are now quite able to take care of themselves.
They discussed the pledging of new men. which will be very soon, and it was this discussion that brought up the consideration of the amendment. The Bachelors are planning a beach party to be held in the near future.
Circulation of the “Dog-gone Button” which has been a tradition of the senior class for many years, will begin this -veek, according to Johnny Woods, president of the class of ’25.
“This tradition originated away back in the Dark Ages of JYojan history when one of the philosophy classes was visited by a dog, wearing the now famous button on his collar,” explained the president. “Some enterprising Senior removed the button which was awarded to the Senior who, in the presence of some of his classmates, made one of his professors laugh. This Senior who ever he might be, could keep the button in his possession until some one else made a prof. laugh.”
A record book wag kept in which the name of the senior and two witnesses and the remark which brought the laugh were faithfully recorded. A glance through its pages shows the names of many famous Trojans inscribed on the Dog-gone button honor roll.
Two years ago the Button had a lively time of it, being circulated among a great number of seniors. Last year’s class was more serious minded, judging from its record. Not a-single name is to be found from the class of ’24.
Marguerite Matson has charge of the button and any senior who succeeds in bringing a smile to ^he lips of a professor should report t« her at once. “We are expecting a lot of competition this year,” said Miss Matson. “A good many seniors have already acquired quite a reputation for causing laughs in class and these with help from formerly staid members, will undoubtedly keep the Button busy.”
The Button will make its initial appearance on the campus today although the name of the proud wearei; is being kept a secret.
TROJAN WRITERS TO GIVE DINNER
With Alice Irwin, feature writer of the Los Angeles Evening Herald, as the principal speaker for the evening, the U. S. C. tPress Club will hold its regular business meeting and dinner at the Vanity Fair Tea Room, Tuesday, March 24, at 6:30. This is the second dinner of the semester, and plans for the event have been arranged by Catherine R)tter, vice president of the club.
According to Cliet Mackie, president an important and interesting meeting is to be held." Probably the most vital business will be the discussion on the club's representation in El Rodeo. This subject'will come up for final decision on Tuesday night.
At the last meeting, sixteen pledges were initiated into the organization. Club pins will be given out to all those who have not yet received theirs. It is also hoped to have several prominent alumni members present, among whom are Teet Carle, last year’s Trojan editor ,and Okey King, who was editor of the Wampus and managing editor of the Trojan last year.
The local Press Club is made up of staff members on the Daily Trojan. When such a member has served successfully on the paper for one semester, he is pledged to the Press Club, and later initiated into the band of scribes at one of their regular business meetings. At these meetings, the new pledges offer humorous entertainment for the. benefit of the old members, often at the expense of the members’ reputations. New members initiated at the last meeting are Oliver Howland, Terrel De Lapp, Jack Burman, Bill Stewart, Newton McGillis, Frank Orme, Hargrove Smith, Kathleen Bender, Alice Young. Polly Black, Eileen Brown, Dorothy Davis, Bonnie Higgins, Martha Wiggett, and Paul Churchill.
Plans for a big interfraternity smoker to be held at the Armory in Exposition Park some time in the latter part of April were discussed at the St. Patrick’s Day meeting of the Interfraternity Council at the Zeke house last Tuesday night. This smoker is proposed as a means of promoting greater co-operatoin and better fraternity spirit among the different Greek-letter organizations on the campus, and arrangements are being made to put on the livest and most interesting program possible. The committee in charge is making an effort to secure Cliff Herd as the main speaker, and it is also hoped to have several prominent alumni to make short talks. Along with this there will be boxing and wrestling matches and plenty of good east and smokes.
The council also made a ruling that beginning with the next meeting all representatives to that body are to be appointed by the fraternity presidents and must be upper-classmen. The personnel of the council will thus be made more permanent, and the attendance of representatives will become more regular.
A committee was appointed to work out plans for exchange dinners among the various fraternities. There has been some discussion as to whether there dinners should be voluntary on the part of the houses, or whether they should be given according to a schedule prepared by the council, but at this meetinng it was decided to leave the plans up to this committee.
YELLOW DOG BOUNDS ABOUT CAMPUS SANS MUZZLE
Sigma Sigma Pledges Try In Vain To Curb the Publication
HUGHES TO BE SPEAKER AT TWO CHAPEL HOURS
Bishop Edwin Hughes .resident bishop of the Chicago Area of the Methodist Episcopal church, has been chosen as chapel speaker for both Tuesday and Wednesday programs of this week.
Formerly resident bishop of the San Francisco Area, Bishop Hughes is well known in Los Angeles. That he enjoys a world-wide reputation as a leading thinker of the day is evidenced by his selection as one of the twenty-five foremost ministers in the United States in a poll taken by the Christian Century.
Bishop Hughes is in Los Angeles in connection with the New Era Lectureship, a biennial event maintained by the University under the auspices of the school of religion. He will give a series of six lectures on the general subject of the “Family of God.”
Making its first and last appearance on the Sou'nern California campus, the Yellow Dog, of 1925, publication of the Sigma Sigma fraternity, was distributed to several thousand enthusiastic scandal seekers last Friday, and, judging from the comments, pro and con ,it served its intended purpose of unearthing the past, present, and future of many of the campus highlights. Nothing but scandalized truth appeared in its columns, and, according to officers in Sigma Sigma ,the pledges who were responsible, for the publication will be spared from further punishment.
The Sigma Sigma pledges appeared on the campus early Friday, dressed in wierd costumes, peddling their yellow scandal sheets. A large number were printed, and, by noon, practically the entire consignment had been sold out. Students appeared eager to spend their fifteen cents and the pledges could not make change fast enftugh for those buying the Golden Pups. A near riot took place in the freshman class meeting when several paper boys tried to break up the gathering peddling their wares. However, ten or fifteen husky frosh rallied to the cause, and threw the offending Sigma Sigma pledges out the door. No casualties were reported in the fracas.
According to all readers of the Yellow Dog, those responsible for it certainly carried out their purposes to a high standard of perfection. None of those prominent on the S. C. campus were overlooked in the yellow columns, and some of these mentioned in the Dog were on hand with ready resentment. However, the Sigs Sigs merely answered the complaints with the sly remark that “the truth hurts,” and let the matter drop.
The Yellow Dog. in addition to handling al lthe campus scandal, was, in part, a truly sarcastic editorial publication commenting frankly on a number of systems used in this university. The administrative officers were also included in the commentations, and expressions of dissatisfaction of grade points, examinations, etc., were frankly aired. '
However, the Yellow Dog proved extremely interesting, not only to the campus as a w-hole ,but to those hit by its scandal, as well, and that it was a complete success was the statement made by one taking a great part in the collecting of material for the publication.
Engineers Treated To Moving Pictures at i Y9
Motion pictures illustrating the operation of automatic electric generating stations and substations were shown at the Y. M. C. A. Hut on Friday morning at* eight o’clock. B. J. Hatch of the General Electric Company was in charge of the demonstration. He explained the uses of these stations and their value to the public.
After the pictures were shown, Mr. Hatch accompanied the students to the electrical laboratory’ of the University and explained the demonstration in more complete detail.
These motion pictures were recently issued by the General Electric Company in order to make the automatic electric stations clear to the young engineers.
HIGH SCHOOL PLAY IS HUGE SUCCESS
“The Hottentot,” by Victor Mapes, and William Collier was presented by students of the University High school on Friday night, under the direction of Miss Helen Landers, major in the University school of speech.
The comedy proved to be a horse-racing farce in three acts.
The theme of the play was about a spirited horse “Hottentot” and Sam Harrington, (Max Tonner,) *who did not seem inclined to ride.
The quiet humor of Mr. Tanner combined with his distress in attempting to think up excuses for not riding the livliest horse in the country was keenly appreciated by the audience.
After two acts of very amusing plots and counter-plots to keep himself from the dreaded ordeal, Harrington finally regained his nerve and rode Hottentot to victory and won the girl.
John Dexter as a remarkable butler, Perkins, who helped Harrington in his endeavor to avoid the riding ter-ros, was very amusing and shared honors with the star.
Dorothy Hubbard was delightful as a butterfly type of talkative -widow.
Charlotte Le Fouche was attractive as the “girl,” while Kenneth Earle as Harry Crawford, Cecile Taylor as May Gilford, Ferenz Foder as Swift, Jerome Miller as Alice Fairfax. Henry Harris Jr., as Ollie Gilford, and Edwin Brigandi as Captain Riggie Townsend, all lent splendid support.
Much credit is due to Miss Landers for her excellent achievement in this production.