Southern
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Trojan
“BROKEN BACHELOR Tickets Are Now On Sale
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VOL. XVJI
Los Angeles, California, Thursday, December 3, 1925
SENIORS
Number 54
MURRAY
CURTAIN RAISES AT 8:15 FOR “BROKEN BACHELOR”
Dress Rehearsal Last Night Indicates That Senior Play is a Worth-
While Production; Box Office Will Open at 7 P. M.
Tonight, when the curtain rises at 8:15, the “Broken Bachelor’’ will make its debut in Bovard Auditorium. It will mark a new page in collegiate dramatics at the University of Southern California, as this play, which was written by Ellsworth Ross and Cecil Carle, has never been presented before. The production tonight will attract the attention of the theatrical producers in the entire Southland.
Efficient management, splendid publicity, and good box office sales have made the production a success financially. Now the students will turn to the cast for their ‘‘showing.” Rehearsals have continued until the players are in excellent form and they are ready for the “critics.” Dress rehearsals ♦ last night revealed the fact that “The Broken Bachelor" is to be no amateur
FIRST COMMERCE PEP RALLY FRIDAY IN OLD COLLEGE
Elmer Fagan Will Give Short Talk; Snappy Program is Planned by Committee.
Featuring humor, music and snappy entertainment, together with a total absence of anything in the nature of a formal talk, the College of Commerce will hold its first Commerce Pep Rally of the year tomorrow morning at the regular assembly hour in Touchstone Theater in the Old College Building.
Elmer D. Fagan, prominent returning Commerce professor, will climax a program of several short numbers with one of his lively pep talks for which he became famous at a previous general assembly in Bovard Auditorium. The committee in charge of the rally promises that Professor Fagan’s talk will characterize the entire program in that not a single dull moment will be permitted to creep in.
Songs and yells are to open the program, and will be followed in. rapid succession by a series of animated acts chosen for the rally purely on the basis of their merit as unadulterated entertainment. Prominent among these will be a comedy skit directed by H. Dean Campbell of the Commerce faculty, together with an act presenting Ray Cowley singing novelty songs, accompanying himself on his “Spanish piano.”
Dan Parker and Calvin Hendricks have agreed to give a number of their well-known piano duets, and as further emphasis on the musical part of the program, arrangements have been completed to present a popular campus jazz orchestra, playing the latest dance numbers. Each of the new fac-
--ulty members in the College of Com-
Executive Committee Moves to merce has been asked to relate the Rid Campus of Weak Organ- best and most humorous story that he
show.
The settings will be the most astounding ever seen on the Bovard stage. The interior is a rich, handsome scene in the bachelor’s apartment. The last scene reveals the roof garden and will take the breath of the audience. Lighted house-tops, love, clouds, remorse, and rain, will draw the play to an end.
The plot revolves on the efforts of a. girl-shy bachelor to overcome his timerous habits. Unknown to him, his family and friends plot for his marriage and then the things begin to happen. Fake ministers, attempts at suicide, murder plots, intriguing situations, will furnish a comedy of the type that a college audience will welcome with open arms. The settings are excellent and startle one with their striking reality.
Was Hamlet truly crazy or was he merely feigning? This is a question everyone has discussed pro and con, but now there is a rival for the above mentioned masterpiece of William Shakespeare and that is “The Broken Bachelor.” Come to Bovard Auditorium tonight nnd find out for yourselves if Bob Robbins, the timorous little bachelor who is longing for a girl to love, is raving mad, or just assuming it
Ray McDonald is making a special effort with the scenery.
Seats for tonight are now on sale in the arcade and at the students store ticket booth. The box office will open tonight at 7 P. M. and close at nine.
Cast of characters:
Bob Robbins, a love-shy bachelor— (CONTINUED ON PAGE FOUR)
RULE OUT CLUBS NOT RECOGNIZED
izations.
When is an organization not an organization? According to a ruling made at the Executive meeting last Tuesday evening, an organization is not an organization unless officially recognized by the Executive Committee of Southern California.
“This ruling,” said Bart Hutchins, “applies to all clubs, fraternities, sororities, or organizations of any character whatever, providing they are composed of S.C. students and operating on the S.C. campus.
Hutchins also stated that the Executive Committee recommeded that no organization, unless it was recognised by the committee, should be given any publicity through any campus publication. This rule is not aimed at breaking up any of the campus organizations. he said, but merely a necessary factor in preventing mushroom groups from springing up one week and dieing out the next.
Such groups as the Beta Tau Sigmas have been laboring under the belief that they were a bonifide campus organization, only to come to the grim realization that they are just a bunch
ever heard before coming to Southern California. Justin Dees, chairman of the Commerce social committee, will be there to outline some of the social plans which have been formulated for the coming year.
“It ain’t going to rain no more” but the stars of the Broken Bachelor aren’t taking any chances. Here we have the cast under shelter.
The play written by Teet Carle and Ellsworth Ross Will be presented tonight and tomorrow at 8 p.m. in Bovard Auditorium.
Prominent figures in the theatrical world will attend the presentation.
Ellsworth Ross and Pauline Klene are taking the leads in “The Broken Bachelor.” The plan is to put the show on the professional stage if it goes over in its initial performance.
EX-COMMITTEE PASSES BUCK TO SENIORS
Student Executives Pass Two Motions Which Balance Question .
STEVER HEADS SENIORS
WAMPUS IS OUT TODAY; DEAR CAT ON TIME AT LAST
Don Mike, Mysterious Artist and Rumored Co-ed, One of Many Features in Prom Number.
Eleven Initiated
In Education Group
Eleven initiates were installed on Monday, November 23, at the Women’s Hall in Pi Lambda Theta. They were Edith Hein, Nell Grant, Belle Stever, Rose Smith, Gertrude Petty, Ella Kennedy, Ruth Capito, Elizabeth Sands, Katherine Carey, Marinita Roe and Ruth Haveman. These women are many of them principals and administrators in the city schools. This is the first group to be received this year. Mrs. Susan M. Dorsey having come in as National Honorary member last June with the last group. A banquet at the Mona Lisa, w~here each initiate responded with a clever toast in a mock Intelligence Test, followed the ceremony.
Roses are red,
Violets are blue,
Wampus is out,
And so are you!
For the first time in history Wampus comes out as pre-ordained (in short words, on time). At the risk of ruining the reputation it has built up through the years as always being fashionably late, Wampus bursts triumphantly forth today, on time for the first time.
But that isn’t its only claim to fame no, indeed. Thirty dazzling gems of art work, and numerous side-splitting literary outbursts by campus Ring Lardners and Irving Cobbs make this issue priceless.. Wampus has dedicated this issue to the Broken Bachelor, the Junior Promenade, Santa Claus and all other distractions which arise before Christmas. According to Grady Setzler, chief manicurist for the Cat’s claws, chief dietician for its enormous appetite, chief trainer, etc., this Wampus, from the beautiful futuristic cover by John Post in three bright colors and many shades to the last ad on the last page is “Bigger, better, brighter, and bolder” than ever before.
MORNING SINGS TO END IN TWO WEEKS
Executive Committee Hopes that Sings Will Be Resumed Next Year; Have Been Success.
BUSINESS MAJORS HAVE LUNCHEON
PROFESSORS SPEAK
Professors Harley and Malcolm of ol students and are not recognized on the political Science department of S. the campus. The Bachelors also fall C., spoke at an Institute of govern-
into this class.
These groups may become legitimate organizations, bowrever, by giving their petition to the Executive Committee and having it passed upon by that body.
ment and politics on Tuesday. The institute is being held from December 1st to 5th at the Women’s Athletic Club, 839 1-2 South Flower, and is conducted by the California League of Women Voters.
General Business Majors in the College of Commerce are to hear an address to be given by Mr. Frank of the firm of Harris & Frunk, next Tuesday noon, December 8, in the University Y.M.C.A. hut, at the first get-together luncheon held "by this group. Jens Rasmussen, chairman of the Business Majors, together with his committee, has arange a musical program which he promises will add considerable interest to the meeting.
All General Business and other Commerce students who w'ish to attend are requested to sign up immediately on the bulletin board in the Old College Lobby in order that the committee may know for how many to prepare. The price has been set at forty-five cents per plate, which will be collected Tuesday noon.
Singing in nine o'clock classes before the ringing of the final bell, a custom which has been followed since the early part of this semester, is to continue for the rest of this week and all of next, acocrding to Sam Gates, Chairman of the Rally Committee.
The practice of singing before nine o’clock classes is to end this year at the same time as the football season comes to a close. The Executive Committee has expressed the hope that the sings will be resumed next year, and that, in time it will become a tradition to continue this practice through every football season.
The sings of this semester have proved a success, in the opinion of Gates. They have proved useful in helping to build up student spirit, and this has been reflected in the large rooting sections which Southern Cali-fornia exhibited at every big game
A much greater familiarity with the university’s songs has also resulted from the regular morning practice in singing. The S. C. rooting sections have demonstrated to the public that this year they know their college songs well and are able to produce satisfactory group singing on every occasion.
With less than two weeks in which to continue the nine o’clock sings Sam Gates has said that he hopes the various singing leaders will not abate their efforts, but keep up the good work and fininsh the semester’s singing with the same enthusiasm which marked its beginning.
DIRT OF “BROKEN BACHELOR” SEEN AT LASTPRACTICE
Seniors Resort to Scandalous Methods to Produce First Annual Comedy Farce Tonight.
A lacrosse team from Oxford and Cambridge is to tour the United States next year.
Mountain Barbecue
Planned by Writers
Meeting in the editorial office of tf Daily Trojan yesterday noon the Press Club voted to have their next meeting on the second Tuesday evening after Christmas vacation, January 12th.
Tentative plans are to secure Dr. Hill’s cabin in Pasadena Glenn and hold an old fashioned barbecue. Ed-t itors of the papers of all the conference schools in the vicinity of ol^s Angeles are to be the guests of the Press Club on this occasion. Some prominent writer, possibly Dr. Frank Crane, will be invited to speak at the dinner.
What is a matrimonyial spine? How is physical appeal in love best mode? Is there such a thing as romantic appeal in a true love story? What does a gin bottle have to do with the price of love?—Are you bothered by any of these questions?
Well, the first annual Senior farce to be presented in Bovard Auditorium tonight will satisfactorily answer all these questions.
Last night at the final dress rehearsal of the play the reporter found out the following startling facts: There are too many laws in law. The first thing a man finds out upon marriage is that everyone is his “in law.” In fact, the particular bachelor faces the charge of being related to himself. The outstanding reason why bachelors are is because there mer riege relates you to everyone else Demure Uttie Dot Davis was seen taking the setting up exercises prior to donning the pink braces that have made mirrors famous. She is the same sweet Dot, but you would’nt know it.
Matrimonial agencies do have professional ministers to do professional weddings. The scene reproduced is warranted to be a genuine act taken from the records of a local matrimonial agency.
The play was so “wild” that it was turned down by the student Welfare Committee. But the Authors, Teet Carle and “Smellsworse” Ross, got together and knived a way to put it over the heads of the University fathers. With bribary and graft, together with bombshells from Prexy von KieinSmid, the authors entered a secret session of the Welfare Committee and made them ashamed of themselves Dean Waugh has pronounced the play as the best piece of tragedy and love combined that he has ever read.
Statistics show that there are evactly 29.374 words divided up among eleven actors. There are nine leads, only two of the cast are classed as minor parts.
Murray says, “Seniors Can Have Pictures Taken in Caps and Gowns or in Nightcaps."
Battling to a standstill for the greater part of the evening, the El Rodeo editor, Ed Murray, and the President of the Senior class. Ronald Stever, argued their points of whether the senior class should wear cap and gown in their pictures before the Executive Committee Tuesday night. After a heated discussion action was taken by the committee in the form of two motions.
The final decision was rendered in two motions, the first of which stated that the executive committee would abide by the decision of the senior class to be given after a bona fide vote is taken Thursday noon at the senior class meeting. The other motion was to the effect that the Executive Committee recommend to the senior class that it abide by the El Rodeo’s decision in the mooted question.
Immediately following the decision handed down by the Executive Committee, Murray is quoted as saying the following:
“Personally it doesn’t make any difference to me whether the seniors have their pictures taken in capS and gowns or in nightcaps, but our covers are going to be a little ahead of the game, and I hate to see the senior sections a little behind.”
Excitement ran high at this meeting of the Executice Committee, over one-half of the members participating in the hot discussion. It was brought out that in the meeting of the senior class some time ago the majority of seniors present voted to have cap and gown pictures. The decision of EU Rodeo was not to have cap and gown pictures, and to settle the question representatives of these two sides were present and presented arguments to the Executive Committee.
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FRESHMEN MUSI OBEY ALL S. C.
Squires Change to Monthly Meetings; To Hold Meeting at Theta Psi House, December 16.
“The only tradition that has been discarded is the wearing of the Cardinal hat. All Freshmen are expected to obey the other traditions to the letter, including the one concerning ‘queening’.” This is the statement given by Carl Plate, president of the Trojan Squires in regard to Freshmen obeying traditions.
The luncheon and meeting formerly held every Wednesday has been changed to a monthly gathering. In this way it is felt that more interest will be shown in the meetings by the members of the organization.. December’s meeting will be held Wednesday, the 16th, at the Theta Psi house. 3101 South Figueroa.
The report that the Trojan Squires would be called upon to enforce the Sophomore custom of letting beards grow when the Varsity loses a grid game was unfounded said Plate.
A. W. S. MAY BUY NEEDY
CHRISTMAS PRESENTS
The Alaska Agricultural College and School of Mines located at Fairbanks, Alaska, is the farthest college north being 100 miles distant from the Arctic Circle.
A proposal by Mabel Cunningham to have the Associated Women Students circulate Christmas stockings for the collection of pennies to help buy presents for poor children was approved by the Executive Committee | at its regular meeting Tuesday night, with the provision that Harold Stonier should pass on the proposition.