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Troian
Political Adv. Issue of Trojan Out Tues.
ime XVI
Los Angeles, California, Monday, May 18, 1925
Number 107
Y DAY FESTIVAL OTED SUCCESS FRIDAYNIGHT
von KleinSmid Is Sponsor For Dormitory Fund Benefit
tbe elaborate plans for the May Festival Friday night, were all ft tlwy were supposed to be, was Fbved by tht* evident enjoyment of rthe huge crowds which thronged the U. S. C. campus that night, j Troy was transported bodily to the University of Southern California from tbe moment one left Bovard Audito-Irium and wandered over the Pass of ■Thermopylae until he arrived at a [transformed Bovard Field where, aft-ler a plight interruption at the gate [whereby he was relieved of his ticket, Ithe spectator was allowed to "go in-liside the big tent” and enjoy the thrills |fherein provided; that is. if he had (he »eoessary silver prerequisite.
The program for the evening began ith the Trojan Feast held in the resident's Buite at 6:30. The rooms |were completely filled with long flower-iatten tables, and all the plates for the tffair were reserved. Many of the tests were society people of the city rho reeej-ved places for themselves j.nd for parties of friends.
WORK APPRECIATED Immediately following the dinner, the throngs dispersed to meet again in |Bovard Auditorium where the Greek ers and tableaux were scheduled ^.o take place. Solo and group dancing ?ere the first numbers of the program, participants being members of the lancing classes taught at the University. Following these, was the play I'X-O” by Drinkwater, which was well feoetved by the audience. The story the play dealt with four characters, two Greek soldiers and two Trojan rarriors. The pantomine called “The Iwakening," by Mrs. Alice Barney, of Washington.*D. C., was tbe last num->er on the varied program. An appreciative audience applauded the work >f the principals in the cast, and the splendid lighting effects were appreciated.
Ten-thirty saw the crowds conduct-crrer a cleverly constructed Pass of (CONTINUED ON PAGE FOUR)
iETROPOLITANITES GIVE FOUR PLAYS
[Downtown College Players Guild Gives Benefit Performance
The Players Guild of Metropolitan Ic-oilege presented four one-act plays for tbe benefit of the Daughters of Job of Southern California, Saturday |nigtaL The plays presented were: “The Elm,” “So This Is Paris Green,” I' The Maker of Dreams,” aid “The Bedroom Suite.” In addition to the plays, the Hollywood De Molay Band was present and played several selections.
Mrs. Laurabelle Dietrick deserves la great deal of credit for the time and effort she spent in making ih*- plays |ready for the performance.
Tbe program was as follows:
“The Elm"
A New England Farmhouse. Present.
Scene:
Time:
Cast:
Joseph
Baxter, a New England [farmer—John B. Rogers.
Orpka Baxter, his wife—Margaret [Ixmgyear.
Patience Nesbit, a poor relation.— Beatrice Hanning.
Ruth Barnum. a friend—Zoila Conan. Henry, a neighbor—Joseph Wurth.
"So This is Paris Green”
Scene: A garret in Montmarte. Time: Present.
Cast:
Mimi— Louise Schrynemaker.
Pierre—Kenneth Lynch.
Bobo—Wesley Oliver.
-The Maker of Dreams”
•Cast:
PRrette—Zoila Conan.
Perrot—Morton Col grove.
The Maker of Dreams—Rawlins lk-s ton.
**The Bedroom Suite”
Scene: A department store window, ime: Present.
Cast:
Jerry—Myron Bonham.
-Alice—Dorothy Morgan.
Watchman—L. Bishop.
Business Manager—Charles Ormsby. Electrician—James C. Porter.
CHET DOLLEY WINS PRESIDENCY OF LAW OVER HUNT AND LEO FR1IS IN ELECTION
ORNITHOLOGIST TO SPEAK AT WEEKLY T MEETING
Dr. Allred Cookman, a graduate of the LTniversity of Southern California, holder of a Ph.D. degree from Yale
University, an outstanding ornithologist and lecturer, president of the Southern California Nature Club, and president of the Los Angeles, California Nature Club and other kindred organizations, is to be the speaker at ihe weekly dinner meeting of the U. Y. Council Wednesday evening at the Y. hut at 5:30.
Dr. Cookman is an outstanding authority in the field of bird life. His lecture, which will be on “The Romance of Bird Life." will be illustrated with actual specimens of Lhe fowl which he is introducing to his audience.
Members of the Biological Society of the University are to be the special guests of the Y. during the evening. This is in continuation of the policy of the organization to have as its guests the campus leaders in different fields of activity. In addition to the talk of the evening the College of Music will render a "surprise number.” Dinner is to be served at 5:30 and all the men on the campus are welcome to come, according to Stan McKee, president of the Y. M. C. A.
Tie Vote Results in Election of Alberta Balford Kendra Hamilton For Vice-Presidency
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ROAD SHOW GETS CAMPUS SUPPORT
Senior Vaudeville Production Creates Marked Interest From Outsiders
With the Senior Road Show only three days away and the pasteboards rapidly disappearing from the box office, all students who desire seats for this production should make reservations immediately, according to the manager.
That the student body is backing the" vaudeville show with the greatest enthusiasm is shown by the rapidity with which the tickets are going. This production is creating a great deal of interest among outsiders and many demands for seats have come in. U. S. C. productions have always been popular with the people of Los Angeles and this year’s Road Show will have an appeal to outsiders as well as the student body.
The first four acts of the show are asked to report at Bovard Auditorium tonight at 7:30. The acts wanted are: I>ake Arrowhead orchestra; Williamson and Wernett; Hall, Williamson and Cook; and Woodford and Rathert. The other four acts are to report Tuesday evening in the Auditorium at 7:20. Full dress rehearsal of all acts will be Wednesday evening promptly at 7 o’clock.
The managers of all the acts are asked to see Solly Seamons and give him a list of props and stage settings.
It was announced that the first report of the campus election returns will be announced at the Road Show.
Although it had been predicted thatOschool student from »J:00 to 7:j0. In
the most spirited campaigning would be done in the election of student body president of the School of Law last week, polling resulted in a comfortable majority for Chet Dolley, with a tie of 129 votes each for Albert Balford and Kendra Hamilton, the two vice-presidential candidates.
The complete result of the poll was: For President, Chet Dolley 119; Vernon Hunt 83; Leo Fries 63. For vice-president, Alberta Balford, 129, and Kendra Hamilton 129. Secretary-treasurer, C. T. Donavan was elected. Ed Goldsarb will be sergeant-at-arms. For editor of the Stare Decisis, the I.aw section of the El Rodeo, Thilo N. MteGiffin won over Vinton Woods by a small margin. John Hopkins will be business manager of the Stare Decisis.
One feature of interest of the Law election was the vote of the night
some cases the vote of these students decided the election.
Due to the fact that the Law elections were prior to Che general alluniversity election, little interest has been evidenced in the political arena on the Liberal Arts campus. With their own elections out of the way, however, the lawyers are expected to turn their interest to the student body election.
Candidates for student body offices will appear at the Law School this week. Campaign managers have already been much in evidence. As in the past, when Law has often changed the tide of election of a certain candidate by its vote, the downtown students are not being neglected in the campaigning.
Law will vote throughout the day, Thursday, May 21, with polls opened again for the night school students.
R. O. T. C. Not Popular With Boston Students
Commerce Club Nominations To Be Held Tomorrow Noon
Deciding that the Liberal Arts nomi-O it to compete in his stead against nations were more interesting than their own and because many of the members of the College of Commerce were very much interested in the campaigns of their personal friends in the general student body elections the Commerce Club adjourned its political meeting, which w’as to have been held Friday morning simultaneously with the Iaberal Arts rally, and the members sat in on the larger meeting.
About fifty or seventy-five members of the club came to the intended meeting, but were in favor of a sentiment, to postpone the meeting until some later time. Although it has not been definitely decided, it is probable that the next meeting will be held Tuesday noon in the Touchstone Theater. If this is done it will be a short meeting, lasting not more than twenty or thirty minutes, according to Red Haynes, the president-elect of the Commerce Club. ‘The fact that the regular meeting was dismissed is the more reason why we all should show our loyalty and come out and show some interest in our own special nominating assembly,” said Haynes Friday.
W’hen the meeting is held nominations will be made for all the Commerce Club offices. In order to hurry the meeting through as quicly as possible, the chairman of the meeting will simply introduce the candidates who have turned in their petitions and allow' them a brief time to speak for themselves.
Not to be outdone by the College of Liberal Arts, the future business men have also their “dark horse.” At the very last hour before the Friday meeting Red Haynes, who was admittedly a candidate for the Executive Committee from the College of Commerce, withdrew from the race and Justin Dees, a junior in the college, entered
JOURNAL OF SOCIOLOGY FOR MAY, JUNE ON SALE
The Journal of Applied Sociology. May-June issue, is off the press and is ready for circulation in the sociology office. A special rate of thirty-five cents on single copies is being made to students of this univerity for this issue.
The table of contents indicates the scope and interest of this number. “Albion W. Small: An Appreciation,” by George Vincent; “Franklin Gid-dings: An Appreciation,” by James Lichtenberger ; “Democracy as a Social Ideal," by Edward Hayes; ‘‘Chang ing the Child’s Behavior by Indirect Methods,” by Phyllis Blanchard and R. Paunter; “The Trend of Anthropology,” by Fay-Cooper Cole; “The Impersonal Confession and Social Research,” by Read Bain; ‘‘International Social Service,” by Jane Clark; "The Turnover of leadership in the Community,” by Carl Strow; and ‘‘Analysing Changes in Public Opinion,”’ by E. Bogardus.
The Journal also contains valuable book notes on new books in the sociological field, as wel las notes on social •work, on recent sociological fiction, and on international movements.
Alden Ross. So suddenly did Dees enter the lists that less than half an hour remained for the “dead line" for petitions to be in when he obtained his quota of fifty names.
One other matter of importance is to be taken up for brief discussion at the next meeting. This is a proposed revision of the constitution which will change the name of the Commerce Club to the College of Commerce student body. The kernel of this plan is that every man in the college shall have a vote without having to be a member of the club. The plan will not be discussed in its entirety, but a vote will probably he taken to ascertain the will of the school as to whether or not such an idea should be worked out. I: the measure passes, it will be the task of Red Haynes, the president-elect, and whose idea it is. lo wr*rk out the lorm of the constitution with his newly appointed executive committee.
Mr. Haynes has not been formally elected to the presidency of the club, but inasmuch as his is the only name on the ballot, his position is assured. Commenting on the work of the Commerce Club for next year, he said, “The big purpose of the College of Commerce next year shall be to foster a better spirit between the different Southern California colleges. Much of ‘ this is to be done through the medium of inter-mural athletics. A field day has already been proposed for this year and an invitation has been sent to the College of Dentistry to participate, but it had to be given up on account of the final examinations at the Dental college. However, It is our hope in Commerce to lead out and do something very worthwhile for the University next year. To do this we must have every man in the college backing the executive committee in whatever it tries to put across
JUNIORS, SENIORS PLAN FOR DINNER
Tickets on Sale at Student Store or From Senior Committee
Abolition of compulsory R. O. T. C., in the Boston School of Business Administration is not an open question, according to Dean Everett W. Lord of that school. Accordingly, he suppressed the “Beanpot” issue which laughed at compulsory militarism; and later refused to permit a debate to be held on the subject in any Business School classrooms.
Neither the Debating Society, whose president happens to be sergeant of Headquarters company, R. O. T. C., nor the Christian Association would schedule the debate. Consequently a group of students, members of the Fel-1 lowship of Youth For Peace, hired an outside hall rnd conducted the affair.
Despite the fact that the school authorities announced a rally at the school hall for the same hour as the debate there were almost 200 students present. Voting at the close of the debate disclosed the fact that 149 of the audience were for abolishing compulsory R. O. T. C. and 49 for retaining it
WOMEN PROVE THEY KNOW HOW
TO WRITE AND EDIT NEWSPAPER
Marked by the absence of frills andoshort and pointed fashion the empti-
froth. the Women's Edition of the Trojan which appeared Friday seemed to justify all that has been said about the girls’ ability to write, edit, and publish a newspaper. The twenty women who are on the regular Trojan staff took the entire responsibility for the Friday number, under the direction of Dorothy Crowiey as Managing Editor. They wrote everything from editorials to sports, and then went down to the print shop and made up the paper.
The news stories are well written in general. Balanced heads help make the front page attractive. An interesting feature is that by Dorothy Herriman on the subject of “Cavemen.” A fault, perhaps, is the use of a feature style in some of the news stories. However, the feminine reporters seem to have covered the field very well.
The editorials and the Editor’s column. ‘‘On the Lookout,” are worthy of any college newspaper. The editorial on “Keeping Educated” expresses iu
ness of measuring knowledge by an A.B., while the discussion of “College Women and Marriage” is meaty and contains some sound reasoning.
Perhaps the sport page is the department which deserves the most credit. This page was entirely writt*- n by Helen Scheuer aDd Marjorie Hull. They obtained the four cuts used by personally going after them to the Times. After the copy had be-?n set up in type they read proof on it. Then with the help of the printer they made up the page. It is a surprise to discover that two such charming young ladies know the sporting lingo so well They have good sense about style, and their copy is to the point. Tbe makeup of this page is pleasing.
The entire paper shows conclusively that the women are as ablte to handle the news aR the men. It is to be hoped that their next effort will be a Razz edition similar to the Pi Delta Epsilon Razzberry. This would make an interesting subject for comparison.
With a sales campaign that will strike with a bang the first of this week, the commitee tn charge of the Junior Senior banquet scheduled for May 29 intends to have a rapid sale. Each member of the Senior Executive Committee has five tickets to rid himself of, so anyone so desiring, may obtain the cardboards either from these persons or at the Associ ated Students’ Store.
Tickets for this big annual affaii are to be five dollars. These tickets will admit one couple, and not, as pre viously, just one person. One mem ber of the couple must be a junior or a senior to enjoy the varied enter tainment to be provided at the Oak mont Country Club on May 29.
The committee considers that the price of five dollars is unusually rea sonable for the amount of amusement derived from it. A dinner dance whict is to be informal and, therefore, whicL spares the masculine member the prict of a tuxedo and a corsage, should alsc attract the hungry and syncopating crowds of upperclassmen.
Marjorie Rice, vice president of tht Junior class, is in charge of ordering the programs, and proclaims that wher they arrive they are to be exhibited as an added reason why every gir will wish to attend. Miss Rice’s sue cess in securing the favor for the Junior Prom is assurance that the programs for the banquet and dance will be worth while.
“The Oakmont Country Club is located at a pleasurable distance from the city and is noted for its w’onderful cuisine. “And a campus jazz orchestra has been secured to provide the music,” say's Revelle Harrison, chairman of the committee in charge.
Patrons and patronesses for the affair are: Coach and Mrs. Howard Jones, Mr. and Mrs. Harold Stonier, and Dean and Mrs. Karl T. Waugh.
POLITICAL CAMPAIGN BEGINS IN EARNEST AT ASSEMBLY
Candidates Formally Introduced To Student Body By Nominators
BY DON PIERCE
Southern California’s political machinery eased into action at Friday morning’s assembly, May 15th, when introdoctury speeches put into nomination the various candidates for the Student Body offices and executive committee for the coming year. Ned Lewis, president, and Helen Humiston, Secretary of the Student Body, presided at the largest chapel turnout for the semester. Standing room was at a premium, and the attentive concentration of the audience made all present feel the gravity of the occasion.
VOTE ON AMENDMENT
All aspirants were grouped together upon the stage and the nominaters spoke from the massed student body. Nominaters for the student body presidency, editorship of El Rodeo, and the editorship of the Daily Trojan were allowed two minutes for stating the morits of their preteges; the presidential candidates were given four minutes to accept and respond to the nomination and the scribes were al-loted three minutes for their reply. One and one-half minutes was the share of the nominaters for the secre-tarship and vice-presidency and the contestants were permitted two minutes for their speeches. Executive committee and yell king nominees were introduced and stood for recognition w-hile their various activities were outlined by Mr. Lewis.
An amendment to the Associated Students’ constitution is to be voted upon at the election Thursday, May 21st. This provides that a five dollar fee shall be collected from each individual student at the beginning of each seemster, which will automatically cover admittance to all home athletic contests, will give one El Rodeo, subscriptions to the Campus Chest .and all class dues. One executive committee has voted in favor of this but it is necessary that a two-(CONTINUED ON PAGE FOUR)
Masters’ Candidates Have Time Limitation
All extensions of time for final pure-sentation of Masters’ theses of June, 125, candidates will expire Thursday, May 21st.
Theses should be handed in at the Graduate Office.
PRESS CLUB TO MEET
Members of the S. C. Press Club are asked to meet in the Trojan office Tuesday noon by Chet Mackie, president of the organization, to consider some very important business. The question of the club’s last social even of the year is to be decided upon and other business is to b^ transacted.
ORATORY CONTEST
AROUSES INTEREST
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Kathleen Campbell Will Speak In Semi-Final at Stanford Friday
A number of friends of Miss Kathleen Campbell will accompany her to Stanford on Friday, May 22, where she will compete with seven other orators in the contest being conducted by the Better America Federation Oratorical society. The winner of the contest at Stanford will meet the winners from six other regions at the grand finals to be held at Los Angeles June 5. The winner at the grand finals will be awarded $2,000 cash prize, and $3,000 in prizes will be distributed to tbe other contestants, the amounts ranging from $1,000 to $3,000.
The Better America Federation Oratorical Contest is being conducted among college students for the purpose of arousing interest in, and respect for, the Constitution of the United States, and for the purpose of turning college thought and enthusiasm in this direction. Out of fifty students who tried out at the University of Southern California, Miss Campbell was elected to represent tbe school. She was also among the fortunate contestants to be chosen when the manuscripts were submitted to Washington, and will again represent her school at Palo Alto on May 22.
Miss Campbell is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Campbell, of Arden Ave., No. Glendale. She graduated from the Glendale Union High School, where she was prominent in debating and oratory, having taken part in five debates and two oratorical contests. She attended Pomona college last year, and entered the University of Southern California as a Sophomore this year. She is registered in the School of Speech, and is a member of Pi Beta Phi, and Zeta Phi Eta, dramatic sorority. She is also an Amazon, and has served on the Rally Committee.
Friends of Miss Campbell are looking forward with confidence for her success at Stanford on May 22.