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EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
A special meeting of the executive committee will be held at noon tomorrow in the Student Body President’s Office, according to Leland Tallman.
Several important appointments are to be discussed.
p OR the first time in many years will the annual Senior class chapel procession take place on the campus, sans caps and gowns. Through some flaw in the plans of the organization that was to provide the caps and gowns the graduating outfits will not be on the campus in time for the annual procession.
It is regrettable that the seniors should not be able to appear in the traditional costume of the graduating class. The collegiate academic atmosphere will be removed' and the majesty of seeing the seniors garbed in their caps and gowns will all tend to make the affair less impressive. The cap and gown is perhaps the oldest tradition of the modem colleges and it is by that symbol that ye shall know them, THE SENIORS.
We trust that the caps and gowns will at least be on the campus for the remainder of the senior exercises. Without them to many freshmen who have never witnessed a procession thc charm will be removed. The procession is to take place Wednesday morning during the chapel hour and is perhaps one of the oldest traditions of the University of Southern California.
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THE way the delinquent organiza-tions have responded to the urge of the El Rodeo management since yesterday Is to be commended although they can never be quite forgiven for having been responsible for the delay in the issuance of the book.
On the list of fraternities published yeaterday the names of Phi Beta Delta, Women’s Dorm and
Phi Mu Alpha were placed on the list through an error in the business office. These organizations should be relieved of any blame.
Nevertheless there still remain a few delinquent groups, and the books will not be placed on the campus until all bills have been settled. The 1^26 El Rodeo will perhaps surpass any publication that the University of Southern California has ever issued, and is one worth waiting for.
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THE results of the annual class elections placed in office a worthy group of presidents... The senior class voted to place the permanent presidency of their class to J. Barton Hutchins, a man who has proven himself to be a leader in campus affairs, his man has done a good deal for he University during the past four ears, as present leader of the sen or* he has instilled a true Trojan pirit into its members with the result hat the class voted to continue as n organized unit after their college ays... If there is any man that can eep a group interested and together t is the permanent president of the raduating class. J .Barton Hutchins.
The incoming seniors have also made a very wise choice in the selection of Al Behrendt as president. Behrendt has not only proven himself to be a worthy athlete but he has held other offices which merit him his new position.
Morley Drury, a football hero, has been placed in the chair of president of the Junior class next year. To hrm will fall the task of staging the annual Junior Prom. He should d-o that and do it well. Herbert Spencer, popular Freshman as elected to lead tbe Sophomores
CLASS PREXIES, HERE’S FOR Successful administration EXT YEAR.
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The names of Zeta Beta Tau and Phi Beta Delta were omitted from the list of national fraternities on the Trojan campus in the article which appeared in yesterday’s Tro-in dealing with the Kappa Alpha installation. We extend our sin-cere apologies.
VOL. XVII.
Los Angeles, California, Tuesday, May 25, 1926
Number 151
SENIORS T0H Rodeo Will
HOLD CHAPEL ASSEMBLAGE
Leland Tallman Will Give Farewell Address; Justin Dees To Give History of Class.
Following tradition, the annual Senior chapel •will take place tomorrow morning in Bovard Auditorium at tbe regular assembly hour. The entire center section of the main floor will be reserved for Seniors.
Barton Hutchins, the president of the class, will preside at the exercises. The hour will open with the singing of the University Hymn, better known as the old Alma Mater. The invocation will be pronounced by Prof. Carl Knopf of the faculty. Leland Tallman will give the farewell to the Senior class.
Adrienne Zick will preside at the organ at the beginning and the close of the exercises. A group of vocal selections will be given by Mrs. Virgie Lee Mattoon, accompanied on the or gan by Dean Skeele of the College of Music.
The class history will be given by Justin Dees. It has been carefully prepared and should prove an interesting part of the program.
The address of the morning will be given by Harold Stonier, executive secretary of the university. The program will be closed by the singing of "All Hail” y the assembly.
It has been the custom for several years to have the Seniors enter the auditorium in a processional dressed in their caps and gowns. It is reported that the caps and gowns will not be ready for Wednesday morning, so there will not be a processional, the Seniors gathering in the center section seats which will be reserved. The seats will be held only until 10 o’clock and Seniors must be seated by that time.
Grafton Pihilip is chairman of the Senior chapel committee and is in charge of all arrangements. Mabel Cunningham and William Delphy are working with him on the committee.
The mystery bag, baseball bat, doggone button will be out today, according to Sam Gates, who is in charge of the perpetuation of these traditions.
Contain Many New Features
Several Organizations Owe Accounts For Space in Annual; Immediate Payment Urged.
Although several of the delinquent organizations announced recently in the Trojan have now paid up, there are still a number of outstanding accounts which are delaying the appearance of the El Rodeo. It was previously announced that the year book would be ready for distribution on Monday, but due to the remaining nonpayments and several changes and corrections to be made, it will not come out until later in the week.
Heralded as the best edition of the El Rodeo yet to be issued, this year’s book will contain, among other features, colored plates of campus scenes and photography of exceptional quality. About 2300 copies have been printed, exceeding the number contracted for by only a narrow margin.
The revised list of organizations which have not yet paid for their space and which are holding up the year book are: Alpha Phi Alpha, Alpha Kappa Alpha, Bachelors, Delta Sigma Theta, Gamma Lambda Sigma, Interfraternity Council, Japanese Students, Kappa Alpha Gamma Phi Beta, Phi Delta Delta, Phi Delta Kappa, Phi Pi Phi, Physical Education Association, Political Science Club, Pre-Legal Society, Sigma Omicron, Sigma Sigma, Theta Psi, Theta Sigma Nu, Trojan Knights, Women’s Glee Club, Women’s Tennis Club, Y. M. C. A. and Zeta Kappa Epsilon.
Faculty Challenged By Hardy Senior He-Men
Hear Ye, Hear Ye, Honorable Members of the Faculty: Whereas, ye have thus far wielded ye big stick over thfe domes of the quite honorable undergraduates who are now about to commence a new life as alumni,
And whereas the same honorable Seniors do think that this same big stick should be shaken back at ye facultie in the name of sportsmanship, the Senior class does this 24th day of our Lord in the month of May, 1926, make challenge to the aforementioned Faculty of ye •University of Southern California to meet with the male members of the Senior class in a joust of baseball to wave the big stick back and forth at each other, a baseball being the recipient of the many blows.
This battle is to take place on the ancient tournament grounds better known aseBovard Field at 3:30 Wednesday in the Post Meridian on the 26th day of this same month of May.
Humbly and defiantly presented is this challenge.
THE SENIOR CLA8S OF ’26.
Quill Club Will
Initiate Members At Last Meeting
Either Donald Ogden Stewart or Jim Tully To Speak at Chateau Cafe Dinner.
BANQUET FOLLOWS PRESENTATION OF SHAKESPEARE PLAY
A Nominal Fee Will Be Charged for “Tempest’; No Reserved Seats.
One of the few Los Angeles productions of “The Tempest” will take place when this Shakespearean tragedy is presented as the annual com mencement play in Bovard Auditorium the evening of June 3.
“The Tempest,” because of the complicated staging necessary to attain the desired effects and the dramatic ability required, is seldom staged by amateurs, and has been produced in Los Angeles only a few times. Every effort is being made, according to production plans, to make this S. C. production as nearly professional in caliber as possible.
Invitations, printed on the brown butcher paper of the Elizabethan period, have been printed for the Shakespearean banquet to be held on the stage at 11 o’clock, immediately following the performance of the play. The cast and Juniors and Seniors of the School of Speech and prominent guests will be invited.
The cast has been working doubly hard, according to Miss Florence B. Hubbard, director, because Gilmore Brown and Frederick Warde have accepted invitations to attend the performance. “The cast realizes,” stated Eddie Blaine, “that there will be in the audience critical people, used to seeing and producing the best drama. Every effort is therefore being made to make ‘The Tempest’ of the highest quality from every angle, to make it entertaining and of the best caliber of dramatic art.”
No seats will be reserved for the performance. A nominal price will be charged to cover the actual cost of production, and all seats will be the same price.
Either Donald Ogden Stewart or Jim Tully will be the speaker at the Quill Club Homecoming Dinner, which is to be held Wednesday evenin gat the Chateau Cafe, 1201 Shatto Street, according to Myra Waterman, chairman of the committee in charge of arrangements.
Donald Ogden Stewart is the well-known humorist who appeared in chapel a short time ago. It is uncertain whether he will be able to be present at the dinner. Jim Tully, who is the author of several novels, including “Beggars of Life,” and who is at present writing magazine articles and scenarios, has spoken before the Quill club before, and is an honorary member. •
At this dinner, which is to be the last regular meeting of the year, election of officers will be held, and William B. Haughton will be initiated. Initiation will be held promtly at six o’clock, and all members are asked to be present on time. Attendance at initiation is compulsory.
Reservations may be telephoned to Myra Waterman, FItzroy 0293. They must be made before Wednesday noon. The dinner will cost $1.00 a plate, and outsiders may be invited as guests of members.
A beach party is being planned to take place at Balboa June 6. Those who wish to attend should see Myra Waterman at once.
FROSH HAVE CLOSE RACE
Featured by the largest Freshman vote ever cast at Southern California, Herbert Spencer was elected Sophomore president over his nearest rival, Jesse Hibbs, by a vote of 179 to 160.
Cecile Vigne succeeded in besting her rival, Georgennie Hanson, for the vice-presidency by a vote of 175 to 15y. Only after several counts was the result of this balloting definitely known by the election committee headed by Professor James Mussati and Kenny Becker.
Frances Lichty, the unanimous choice for the secretaryship, received her position unopposed.
Paul Slater received the largest vote foiv the position of class treasurer when he polled 186 votes to Bud Merrlfleld’s 101.
In the race for the executive committee for the Freshmen, Kenny Becker, the present president, finished far ahead of the other candidates, garnering 323 votes out of a possible 326.
The others finished as follows: Helen Hill, Ned Cole, Marion Morrison, Bob Behlow, Jack Hartfield, “Red” Garrison and Helen Sauber.
The election was closely contested throughout for all the offices.
Editor Picks Trojan Staff For Next Year
Virgil Pinkley Chosen Managing Editor; Marjorie Hull Will Be Assistant Editor.
Appointments were made yesterday by George Jordan, next year’s editor-in-chief, for the executive positions on the Daily Trojan. According to Jordan the position of managing editor will be filled by Virgil Pinkley while the assistant editor for next year will be Marjorie Hull. Carroll Houlgate has been appointed as the editor of the sport page, and a new ^editorial department has been created to be under the direction of Betty Baker Catherine Caldwell has been named as the new society editor.
Other appointments as * daily news editors, feature writers, etc., will be made at the opening of the fall semester. These positions will be filled by the most promising of the returning staff members. Although only a limited number of these positions are open, It is believed by the editor that all worthy staff members will he given a chance for advancement either during the fall term or next spring.
Virgil Pinkley, the newly appointed managing editor, although comparatively new to the Trojan staff, has had many years of experience on Los Angeles city papers, and high school publications. While In San Bernardino High School he wrote articles for tbe Los Angeles Examiner and had a chance to study the managing end of that newspaper. He is well acquainted with the make-up of the Trojan and has been studying the duties of his new position for some time.
The position of assistant editor will be filled by Marjorie Hull, who has had three years of experience on the staff of the Trojan, and who held the editorship of two publications while in high school. She attended Pomona High prior to her entrance at Southern California, where she was editor-in-chief of the weekly paper called “Ye Chronicle” and the annual “Cardinal.”
LITERARY CLUBS HAVE JOINT MEET AT RESIDENCE HALL
DR. BAXTER LEAVES FOR ENGLISH TOUR
Before leaving for Liverpool on Sunday, June 6th, Dr. Bruce Baxter will deliver his last sermon at the Bovard Auditorium next Sunday morning on the subject “The Place of God in the Midst of Disaster.”
Dr. Baxter, on the invitation of Dr. J. H. Hutton, editor of the British Weekly, the outstanding religious paper in England is going to preach in some of the most historic churches in the country, where he and Mrs. Baxter will remain until September 2, when they will sail for Nw York City on the Olympic.
The morning program will also include a special quartette by the famous singers who have been appearing every Sunday at the auditorium.
Having as principal speaker J. T. A O’Conner, prominent in literary and
forensic work, the four campus literary societies will hold their annual joint meeting to honor the graduating Seniors this evening at 7:30 in the reception room of the Women’s Residence Hall.
The men’s societies, Comitia and Aristotelian, and the women’s societies, Clionian and Athena, will present diplomas to the graduating Seniors, who will be present at the meeting in caps and gowns and will give gavels to the students who have held tbe office of president of each of the societies this year.
Mr. O’Conner, who is a partner in the law firm of MacAdoo, Neblett and O’Conner, located in the Bank of Italy Building, will speak on the problems of literary societies. O’Conner, for four years the national president of Delta Sigma Rho, the honorary forensic fraternity, is an alumnus of Yale and the University of North Dakota. While in Yale, he won seven contests in debate and oratory, and won the famous Demosthenes medal. In addition, he won the North Dakota state medal in oratory.
A special program will be presented by each society. Those who will receive gavels are: Aristo, Johnny McGee and P. K. Webster; Comitia. El-ric Anderson and Bill Deans; Athena, Dorothy Cook and Evelyn Adams; Clionian, Gertrude Stephens and Helen Dillon.
THOMAS WAMP TO WEAR DRESSES IN FINAL APPEARANCE
Costume Designed By Bryant Hale; “Nursery Number” First Edition Next Year.
Tommy Wamp makes his final appearance of the year today attired as the “Lass Number.” Never before has he appeared in such a costume as the one designed by Bryant Hale. With the cover of this issue, Tommy wins the distinction of being the only publication in college circles to ap pear in such a daring design. The news will be flaunted to the college humorists in eight colors.
Julia Suski, Don Mike, Bob Crosby, Parsons and Valerie all have their usual share of art contributions. One of the main features of the Wamp is the play by Jess Hunter composed ot the adventures of a he-vamp at a dance and his experiences after coming in contact with the battering lines of a Frosh and a Senior co-ed.
The other inside dope is made up of "A Devil of a Play,” by Harold Torrance, and “To a Lady’s Eyebrow.” According to Milt Booth, editor-elect, there is more of everything in this issue. There are more definitions of the word “laugh” then can be found ir the dictionary, more pictures and more poetry than ever before. Two of the poems are entitled “What Co eds Are Made Of” and “Prayers.” One of the best Copy-Cat sections that has ever been published will be found in the back of this issue.
The “Nursery Number” will be the first edition of the Wamp under the reign of Milton Booth. It is due to appear the first week of next semester. Contributions for this issue must be in by the end of school and may be left at the Wampus office, in Mr. Huse’s office or sent to Milton Booth.
WILL ISSUE NEW BOOKLET FOR WOMEN
Will Insert Booklet in Cata-* log; Information Aboat Societies and Point System Given.
Distributing a booklet which win contain information on all campus activities concerning women is the plan of the Women’s Self-Government Association, pending the approval of the administration. A complete explanation of the newly applied point system, rushing rules, W. A. A. and Y W. C. A. Information and various other phases of S. C. life will be organised In booklet foiyi and sent to the pro** pective Freshmen women the mkldle of August with the regular registration material.
Co-operating with the registrar's office, the W. S. G. A. will insert a booklet in each catalogue which is sent to women who apply for entrance in 3, C. Definite facts explaining the point system which regulates all women's work will be the first field covered by the proposed plan. Practical information about the honor societies, literary clubs, athletic organizations, as well as all other clubs and groups will be sent to the Freshmen of next semester.
Campaigning tactics, methods of succeeding in campus activities, a resume of the journalistic possibilities on the Trojan campus and other things which will be of Interest in acquainting and interesting the new coeds in the actual functioning of thia institution will be presented to the girls in as clear a manner as possible, according to W. S. G. A. officials.
The women are sponsoring tbe new project in an effort to arouse an inter-ert in the welfare of campus activities In the minds of the new students, as well as bringing a greater registration to this university. It Is believed that if the prep school graduates become partially acquainted with the possibilities of entering Into the spirit of college In their first year .they will be of a greater asset to this alma mater. Also, by distributing the Information to prospective students this material will reoch those women who have not definitely decided upon any particular college. “In the active interest of S. C. and of the Freshmen women” is the way the W. S. G. A. leaders characterize the project which will be developed extensively providing the university officials place the official sanction upon the proposal.
ARISTO NOTICE
The Aristotelian Literary Society will meet at 6:30 this evening in order to have formal initiation before the regular meeting. All members arp urged to be present at this time and take part in the ceremony.
STUDENTS STORE CHECKS ARE VOID AFTER TOMORROW
Rebate of 10 Per Cent on All Purchase Checks; To Clear Debt Next Year.
Rebate checks will not be honored in the Students’ Store after tomorrow. May 26th. This is the announcement made by Dean Fiske, the manager of the Students’ Store, yesterday afternoon.
A rebate of 10 per cent is being paid! on all merchandise checks of this semester. This rebate is paid out of the profits derived from the sale of books, stationery and other supplies: to the S. C. students.
Many students are getting anywhere from $1 to $4 and over, an<t many of the fraternity houses that buy supplies, decorations and the like, in large quantities, have been able to stage an entertainment out of tbe proceeds.
Money was loaned the Students" Store by the Associated Students of U. S. C. to purchase the establishment which has now been in operation for three years. It is expected that thf* encumbrance will be paid off next year, and then the profits made from the store will be deAjpted to the erection of a Student Union, if suitable arrangements can be made to get such a building on the campus.
NOTICE
There will be a short meeting oT the Pre-Medic Society tomorrow nooi* at 12 o’clock in the “Y” Hut. All members are asked to be present.