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VOL. XVII.
Los Angeles, California, Wednesday, May 19, 1926
Number 147
A edition makes its appearance on the campus today. It is being edited and sponsored by representatives of the Physical Education Department, which is also sponsoring th^ entire Health Week program. The idea of the Health Week is to give the ever busy college student something to think about of what may happen in the future.
It is an undeniable fast that in the rush of the college days few students ever give any attention to their physical welfare. Late hours, rich food, parties, and many of the other collegiate necessities all go to tear down the health of the graduate in after years.
It is well to have a good time and enjoy the many pleasures but it is also well to lend a thought to what comes after.
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The student who crams, keeps late hour8 with his books, is just as bad off as the etudent who loafs away his hours and keeps late hours ln less profitable places.
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The athlete during the time his sport is in season is perhaps the only college student who is physically fit. The strenuous work required in the various sports makes it imperative that a strong hody and constitution be the strong-fort of every participant. A man that is not physically fit has no place on an athletic squad.
One of the most helpful ways a student can attain a good physical foundation is at least attending his gymnasium classes. Too many students are wont to cut the classes that are required without considering that they are depriving themselves of their only form of exercise.
There are a great number of students who yearly drop out of school on account of ill health, because they have not been able to keep pace with thc work—and have never been in a physical condition to accept it. If they had but thought a little further ahead they would have realized the importance of being sound in mind and body.
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The Physical Education Department is deserving of the congratulations of the student body for the work they have spent in an endeavor to interest students in the proper care of the body. Morry Foladare, editor, and Mary Main, assistant, have spent considerable time in collecting the material published in this issue and have offered the campus a worthy edition.
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To the many professors and heads of departments that have spent their time in writing articles for this issue the editors wish to express their thanks for having taken time in supplying the said copx.
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* N INTERESTING program is being offered this morning In Bovard Auditorium in conjunction with the Health Week program. The program is also being sponsored by the Physical Education Department and is the wind-up of the week’s campaign.
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The weekly chapel exercises will give way to the Physical Culture program and there will be some interesting playlets, talks and performances offered.
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IN CONCLUSION IT IS BEST TO OFFER THE SLOGAN THAT HAS BEEN ADOPTED FOR THE HEALTH
PROGRAM—KEEP FIT!
HEALTH DAY PROGRAM HOLDS CAMPUS STAGE TODAY
“KEEP FIT’’ IS SLOGAN FOR TODAY
CLASSES TO AMES TROPHY JUNIORS GIVE Hwer Diagonal
ELECT NEW TO BE PRIZE
EXECUTIVES FOR DEBATE
Nominations Tuesday Noon Forecast Heated Election For Class Officers.
POLLS OPEN FRIDAY
Seniors To Elect Permanent President From Among Five Graduates.
BV BOB KRANZ
Disturbing the calm that has immediately followed the student body political fight, class nominations were held yesterday and a promise of much action was made by the competing candidates. A large number of students attended the respective meetings, while numerous candidates were named for the various offices. Some excellent campaign speeches were made during the period.
The Seniors met in H-206, where five men were nominated for the office of permanent president of the class at large who decided on the five students after determining the qualities and abilities of practically every Senior. Those nominated for the office are Bob Green, Jud Dees, Burke Long, Ellsworth Ross »and Barton Hutchins.
In the present Junior class and next year’s Senior, three men were selected to compete in the race fer president. Al Behrendt will oppose Willard Brown and Lloyd Hersberger. This promises to be one of the most heated fights of the whole election.
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Freshmen Compete in Preliminaries for Ames Cup Today; Finals Friday.
Debating the advantages and disadvantages of co-education, freshman orators of the university will compete in the preliminaries for the Ames Cup this afternoon in H-206 at 3:30. This contest is conducted in the form of a regular debate, the contestants being privileged to choose either the affirmative or negative of the question: "Resolved: That co-educational institutions are detrimental.”
The constructive speeches are to be six minutes in length with the rebuttals limited to three minutes. In choosing the four to compete in the finals, sides will not be taken into consideration. the four best speakers being chosen and assignments made for the finals if necessary.
Finals are to be held in chapel this Friday at which time the winner of the cup will be chosen. Some of the best speakers at S. C. are numbered among the ranks of the freshmen and with a topic such as the one chosen it is expected that an exceedingly interesting debate will be presented to the students. The judges will be members of the faculty, but their names have not been made public as yet.
The freshmen who will compete for the cup are Marion Garrison, George Lawrence, Charles Wright, Elwood Harmon, Frank Colston, Bill Manns, and Leo Harris.
ANNUAL FETE FOR SENIORS
Hutchins To Speak on Morals of College Comic Magazine Editors.
FAREWELL EVENT
Juniors Arrange Plan For Clever Refund of Price of Tickets.
Plan Calls Forth Much Opposition
Hoover Street May Be Cut Through To Figueroa To Make New Circle Park.
Geology Article Wins Professor Recognition
Southern California’s ever-growing list of students and professors who are making a name for themselves in their particular field of endeavor by writing articles in national organs has been swelled by the publication of an article by Dr. Arthur J. Tieje. associate professor of geology at S. C.
Professor Tieje’s article, '‘Geology 3t the Baldwin Hills.” appeared in the ' Bulletin of the American Association of Petroleum Geologists” for June and lay brought much favorable comment :oth cn the work itself and on the 'outhern California department of reology.
S. C. FILLS MANY JOBS
Appointment Office Has Job for Every Type of Campus Man and Woman.
Having supplied 841 jobs out ol 1129 applicants, the Appointment office is now turning its attention to the sup plying of positions for students of the summer school. Calls are continually coming in at Miss Weir’s office for students for summer work, and all those wanting such employment are asked to register.
Jobs of every description are always waiting, and likewise jobs of every description are asked for. Miss Weir stated that the size ol U. S. C. made it possible for people of all talents and training to be found here. Seldom if ever does an application come in, regardless of how queer the position, that someone on the campus who wants work cannot be found to fill it satisfactorily.
Probably no greater personal service is rendered by any organization or department of the university than the appointment office. Boys and girls who could not finish the semester unless a job of some description is found immediately are often in the office during the middie of the semester and around the last part of the year. Often they come in almost hopeless attitudes. thinking that the appointment office is the last resort. These times are the ones that make this service stand out as indispensible. Miss Weir immediately calls up all of the people who employ students and gets first choice of any positions that are open. Something to tide the one in need is always found to tide him over until something he can do better comes up.
Miss Weir maintains relations with all of the employment offices in Los Angeles and surrounding cities. This enables her to know where jobs of various kinds may be found. These offices also give Miss Weir a list of positions open so that she may have first chance at them if there are any students wanting the position in question.
Many of the small business places who have jobs that do not require a man on full time come to Miss Weir first when they need a man.
UNUSUAL SCENES TO BE FEATURED IN “THE TEMPEST”
Storm at Sea, Volcanic Eruptions and Magic Action Promised by Director.
Spectacular scenery, including an actual storm at sea, a volcanic eruption, and magic disappearances, are promised by Ray McDonald, stage director for “The Tempest,” annual commencement play to be presented on Bovard stage June 3rd.
S .C. productions formerly depended on the author’s ltnes or the ability of the actors alone to make the play a success. It is said that the 1926 Extravaganza was the campus production which comes nearest to the plans for the scenic effects in the commencement play.
The merit of the play itself, the former experience of the members of the cast, the beauty of the costumes, furnished by the Western Costume Company, and the colossal scenic effects promise to make “The Tempest” equal to a professional presentation, according to those in charge of production plans.
Instead of the numerous scenes with which "The Tempest” is generally staged, the presentation in Bovard will have two scenes. The first will be a storm at sea, in which a vessel is seen being tossed at sea near an erupting volcanic island. The voices of the characters will be heard in the semi-darkness, through the roar of the storm.
The second scene will be a combination of the remaining scenes with which this Shakespearean tragedy is usually presented; an actual ocean line ,a sandy beach, rocks, and a cave incorporated in one set will obliviate the customary wait for change of sets between scenes.
The scene in which the shipwrecked men on the island see the ghostly banquet will make use of magician's art in the disappearance, in a puff of smoke, of the food from the banquet table.
“The Tempest” is given in honor of the graduating seniors and is not a money-making production. It was originally intended to be free, but in order to cover the cost of costuming and staging, it has been found necessary to charge for admission.
Dancing, dining and diversion will be the ruling mode for the Junior-Senior formal dinner dance, which will be given in honor of the graduating Seniors in the Maryland Hotel Friday evening at 7:30.
J. Barton Hutchins, Senior class president, will be the principal speaker of the evening. According to Hutchings, the topic of his address will be “The Opportunities for Moral Educa tiQn Afforded in the Editing of College Comic Magazines.”
In commenting upon the Junior-Senior dinner dance, “Boots” Oudermeulen, president of the Junior class, S£|id, “The coming social event, given as a farewell to the graduating Seniors of Southern California, promises td be the greatest social success of the year. Various committees responsible for the cuisine, music and programs have spared no effort to make this dinner dance a complete success f^ffin every angle. Both Senior and Junior members of the two classes art expected to turn out in a body to support this farewell to the graduates.
A clever plan has been effected whereby fortunate Seniors who attend the dinner dance will be refunded the price of a $5 ticket. The committee refuses to divulge the nature of the luck scheme until the evening of the gala affair.
Unusual programs are being made for the farewell dance by Gordon Crain, under the supervision of Mabel Smith, chairman of the program committee.
Tickets for the dinner dance are on sale at the Associated Students’ Store. Members of the upper classes who are desirous of attending are asked to get their admissions at the earliest possible date. The price of the pasteboards will be $5 each.
Indignant property owners who have holdings immediately adjoining Jefferson and University avtnues are objecting strenuously to the carrying out of that portion of the major traffic plan which provides for a diagonal exten-tion of Hoover street from 32nd street to Figueroa and Exposition Boulevards.
Under the proposed change, a four hundred foot circle will be made at the present intersection of Jefferson and University avenues in which a miniature park will be erected and the University library put on a separate plot of land within the enclosure.
Advocates of the plan assert it will relieve the city of much heavy vehicle travel as well as providing a beautiful park that will greatly benefit this section of the city. They make the point that it will have to be put through sometime and that today is as auspicious an occasion for undertaking this work as any other time years hence.
Opponents of the scheme maintain it will cause too high a property assessment, cut lots in such small parcels they will be of comparatively little value, and divert traffic clear from the Los Feliz hills to an artery that is already overcrowded.
Two substitute plans are proposed. One would have the street cut diagonally from 32nd to the Figueroa and Exposition Boulevards intersection without the circle and eliminate much of the tearing down of buildings. The other is to carry Hoover street down its present course to Exposition Boulevard where traffic may go either to the right or left.
Betty Baker, news editor on the Trojan, said that she is in favor of the plan because it will help beautify the university grounds. Another student made the suggestion that a Trojan statue be erected in the middle of the square. “Red” Huston, sports writer on the Trojan, objected to the plan “because of the high tax rate and the cutting up of the university campus.”
Annual Health Day in Full Swing Under Heads of Physical Education.
CIRCUS IN AFTERNOON
Von KieinSmid, La Porte and Tallman To Speak on Extensive Program.
BY MARY MAIN
Culminating today with the most extensive health program the Physical Education department has ever attempted, S. C.’s annual Health Day ls in progress.
Professor La Porte and Coach Nichols of the men’s department have spared nothing in arranging a program that will be of interest to the entire student body, and one that will arouse the necessity of organized physical education as an integral part of our college course.
The first event on the program will be the regular chapel period at which time President R. B. von KleinSmhl, Professor La Pdrte and Leland Tallman will speak on the value of physical education from their respective viewpoints. President von KieinSmid has carefully studied health conditions in the United States and is well qualified to speak on the subject. Professor La Porte, as head of the Southern California Physical Education Department, is also well prepared to give an (Continued on Page Seven)
Health Day Dance Scheduled Today Postponed By Ruling
The dance which was to be held today in the men’s gymnasium has been postponed because of a ruling made by the faculty last year. This ruling states that no dances can be held during class hours. The dance was to have been a part of the annual health program which is being presented today.
WIGGETT SELECTED AMAZON PRESIDENT
Nomination, election and installation of executives to carry out the projects of the Trojan Amazons made up the program of that group at a special meeting held in the Women’s Residence Hall Monday afternoon. In order that the newly elected officers could take over the actual managing of affairs before the close of the semester, the installation followed immediately after the elections.
Martha Wiggett was chosen as president and will be assisted by the following officers: Vice-president, Catherine Colwell; secretary, Katherine Curtiss; treasurer, Dorothy Bishop: publicity manager, Vivian Murphy, and sergeant-at-arms, Ruth Carr.
These women will take over the entire responsibility of the enforcement of traditions, the assisting of Freshmen women in registration work, the Big Sister movement and general support of campus activities.
LAST W. S. G. A. PREP DAY FRIDAY
Members of Los Angeles High Senior Board Guests of S. C. Yesterday.
The W. S. G. A. will hold its last Prep Day Friday when the girls who are members of Alhambra High School executive board will be shown around the campus beginning at 4:30 in the
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afternoon, according to Eleanor Mix, social chairman.
With visits to the various houses on the campus and a dinner at the Women's Residence Hall at 6:30, the usualy program for Prep Day will be carried out. The most popular and active girls of the high school will have this opportunity to find out just what a university is like and the W S. G. A. will have a chance to interest them in continuing their education after finishing secondary school.
Members of the Senior Board of L. A. High were the partakers yesterday afternoon in the entertainment making up the program for the fourth Prep Day sponsored by the W. S. G. A. The hostesses at the dinner were Betty Farmer. Jannie Lee Moore, Helen Henderson, Alice Colwell, and Claire McIntyre, all of whom are alumnae of L. A. high. Including the hostesses, 18 girls were present at the dinner.
Since all of the girls making the visits on the various Prep Days are those having the best records in scholarship and activities in high school, W. S. G. A. is keeping a list of them. In this way they are preparing a list of the girls having the most initiative for reference next year. This will enable them to get those girls who come to S. C. into executive positions.
GREAT ACTOR IS PLEDGED
Fredrick Warde To Become Member of Alpha Phi Epsilon Fraternity.
Frederick Warde, internationally known actor, has been pledged to become honorary members of the loca! chapter of Alpha Phi Epsilon, honorary literary fraternity, according to Raymond Brennan, president of the Southern California chapter.
Warde. who is now retired and living in Los Angeles, was acclaimed the greatest Shakespearean actor of his day. He has been seen in roles throughout the world and is taken as an authority on Shakespearean interpretation. He played the leading part in the Mission Play at San Gabriel for many years preceding his retirement. Mr. Warde has spoken at Southern California on many occasions. the last time being drama week, a short time ago.
Alpha Epsilon is a national honorary literary and forensics fraternity. The annual banquet of the chapter will be held at the Mary Louise on May 26th, at which time Warde will be initiated and will be the main speaker.
La Verne Quartet To Sing At Y. M. Dinner
Presenting harmony in a quartet, the Clarion Four, made up of students of La Verne College, will give a sacred and secular concert at the regular Y. M. C. A. Council dinner tlhs ev*» ning. The four men have sung in all parts of the United States and have received very high commendation.
Urbin Hartman, Howard Hoff, Harvey Brubaker and Wayne Bohn make up the singing aggregation. Their music is marked with unusual and skillful harmony, the blending of their voices ls said to be almost perfect*
SUMMER JOBS OPEN
Any student going to summer school who desires part-time work during the session is requested to get in toucfr with Miss Wier of the appointment office immediately. There are several good jobs open for students who ca t work in the afternoons or evening:*.