SPACE DEADLINE For El Rodeo Is December 1st
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“BROKEN BACHELOR” Tickets Are Now On Sale
VOL. XVII
Los Angeles, California, Wednesday, November 25, 1925
No. 51
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Austin, Cooke and Riddle Will Address Philologists in Annual Conference.
El Rodeo Deadline For Space is First of December
Three University of Southern California professors will speak at the twenty-seventh annual meeting of the Philological Association of the Pacific Coast, Friday and Saturday, at the University of California. Professors Cooke, Riddle and Austin are the local men who will talk.
Dr. John D. Cooke will speak at the session Friday afternoon. His subject will be “Origin of the Medieval Identification ol the Classical Pagan Gods with the Planets of the Same Name.” Dr. Cooke will trace this interpretation of classical paganism from its source in the writings of the Stoics and Neo-Platonists, through late classical and early medieval literature.
Professor Herbert D. Austin will talk at the final session Saturday morning. “The Bearing of Multiple Meanings in the Divine Comedy on the Understanding of Metaphors,” is the title of his paper.
Professor Austin will discuss the double meaning of some of the passages in Dante, and will consider the modern view that Dante meant to give these passages a double meaning.
December first is the deadline for reserving space in the 1926 El Rodeo.
Rates for space in the annual are $35 for one page and $20 for a half page. A deposit must be paid with each order, totalling at least half the entire amount. The El Rodeo office is located in the Healy building, 36th street and Hoover and some one will be in the office all day Monday and Tuesday, November 30th and 31st to take orders.
DISCUSS BOY LIFE SURVEY AT MEET
Religious Education Association Holds First Conference of Year at S. C.
Basing most of their discussions upon the Boy Life survey conducted by the Department of Religious Education, during the past year, the Religious Education Association of Southern California held its first meeting of the year 1925-26 at this university Saturday under the leadership of Pro-iessor J. H. Montgomery.
In their discussion of the work of tbe Religious Education Department in making a survey of tlie religious life of high school boys in the city of Los Angeles ,the members of the Association made large use of facts and figures obtained by the survey, as published in ‘ The Southern California Journal ef Religious Education.”
The Religious Education Department of the University obtained complete data on the religious life of boys of the city through a system of inter views and questiODaires. The boys were questioned on their knowledge of the Bible; they were asked for their ideas on the church, and home; they answered questions on subjects ranging from their thoughts on school life to their opinions on marriage. In this connection, each boy told just what kind of a wife he preferred, the preferences ranging from the choice of a good entertainer to that of a good cook.
A Thanksgiving sermon by Dr. Carl S. Patton .pastor of the First Congregational Church of this city, will be the feature of today’s chapel. Dr. Patton spoke in chapel here last year.
According to Dr. Bruce Baxter, Dr. Patton is one of the best known speakers in Southern California. He has just returned from Washington, D. C., where he was a delegate to the National Council of Congregational churches. At this convention he pi^ached the annual council sermon which is ihe highest honor that can be bestowed upon a Congregational minister. The sermon tomorrow will be J appropriate to the season and special Thanksgiving music will be played.
BULLETIN
Fire broke out in one of the laboratories of the Chemistry building shortly after five o’clock last night, following an explosion during the process of an experiment, by two freshmen.
The pair were slightly injured in the blaze. Their names were withheld.
The explosion and blaze did rot cause any serious damage, but drew fire engines and a crowd to the new Science Hall.
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WAMPUS PROM NUMBER SOON
Prom and Broken Bachelor Wampus Out December 3, Says Editor.
When there are bigger and better Proms » Tommy Wamp will still be writing funny things about them, according to Grady Setzler, editor of the Wampus. The Wampus will make its next appearance December 3 in the ‘‘Junior Prom” number.
Features are a co^er by John Post, who is in his second year as art editor of the celebrated humorous publication, a full page of drawings by Don Mike, “Football Penalties a la Prom,” and art creation by Thomas Aguilar, one of Joy Greenberg’s penand-ink poems, and art work by Julia Suski and Bob Crosby.
On the literary side, Milton Booth appears for the first time as Wamp's special correspondent from Reno in a skit on divorce. Mamie Leung, Helen Scheuer, Marjorie Hull, and the rest of the staff are represented by jokes, bigger jokes, and still bigger jokes.
ENGINEERS TAKE TRIPTO EXAMINE CASCADE COUNTRY
Party Wil Be Guests of Edison Co. at Big Creek Dam.
Under the auspices of the A. I. E. E. Southern California Engineering students are completing plans for one of the most interesting and educational trips ever taken by that organization.
According to John Kelley, the party plans to leave S. C. on Wednesday evening, Dec. 2, and will proceed by automobile to Fresno. Weather conditions at this point wTill decide the means of transportation from there to Cascada. If bad weather is encountered the party will have to desert the automobiles in favor of trains.
Arriving in Cascada sometime Thursday afternoon, they will spend the night at this juncture of the journey before attempting the tedious journey on to Big Creek.
Officials of the Southern California Edison Co. will act as hosts to the Engineers and will furnish the transportation from Cascada to tbeir camps. According to W. T. Scott, member of the committee in charge of the trip, the students hope to visit Edison Camps Nos. 1, 2, 3, 8, and if the weather permits, to see that great multiple arch dam. Heavy snows have been reported in this vicinity, however, and the journeyers have small hopes of seeing this great engineering masterpiece.
The distance to the Cascade camps is 210 miles by automobile, and the round trip fare or the train is $11.75. There is plenty of automobile space and those wishing to go by this method will defray the expenses with the car owners.
Scott also said that aside from the educational factor of the journey it is expected by several members of the party that upon arriving back in the sunny Southland, they will be quite well acquainted with old man Snow, and the ways of the Yukon.
Every S. C. Engineer has been invited to join in this trip, but it is only expected that about twenty-five students and two professors will make the journey. ‘‘The cost of the expedition will not exceed $17,” says Scott, “which is really a very small sum for such an exceedingly interesting venture.”
VACATION NOTICE
According to word received from the registrar’s office, Christmas vacation will start Wednesday night at 5:00 on 1 December 16. Tb>s announcement was made in order to clear rumors that have been circulating on the campus.
Southern Presidents Decide to Go Into Association of Coast Chiefs.
Thanksgiving Game Furnishes Jobs For College Students
All regular guards, gatemen and
traffic men are asked to report at
9 o'clock Thursday morning at Bovard Field.
Any men who have worked at any of the games can secure work by signing up in Miss Flock's office this afternoon. Fifty men are wanted.
1R0JAN" STUFF 10
Organization May Make Reservations For Tickets Up To November 30.
Meeting at Occidental college 'Thurs- \ day evening, the Southern California Student Body Association reorganized and joined the Pacific Student President Association. For the southern division Mac Innes of Occidental was elected president; Don Cameron of S. C. vice-president; Dixon of Caltech, secretary.
Colleges represented at the meeting were the University of California, Southern Branch, Accidental, Caltech and Southern California. Redlands and Pomona were the only members of the association not present.
This was the first meeting of the S. C. S. B. held for three years. The association’s purposes is to foster better spirit and understanding among the universities. As its work was felt to be duplicated by the Pacific Student President Association, the S. C. S. B. decided to apply for admission to be known as the southern division.
The P.S.P.A. now has 18 members, and 48 presidents of other universities have been asked to join. Conferences are held once a year, the next one being scheduled for Seattle, during May. Secretaries of the different student bodies represented send out quarterly reports. Officers are Fred Hou-zer, Southern Branch, president; Chal-mer Walters, University of Washington, vice-president; Don Cameron,, secretary.
The southern division will hold its next meeting on the campus of Southern California, January 14.
PLANS FOR PROM MADE BY JUNIORS
Annual Promenade to be Big Social Event of Year at Close of Gridiron Schedule.
Indications that a full house will greet both performances of the “Broken Bachelor”, on December 3rd and 4th, were noticed yesterday when five hundred tickets were sold on the opening day of the ticket sale. These two performances will mark the first time that “The Broken Bachelor” has ever been presented before an audience.
The play was written this summer by Ellsworth Ross and Teet Carle for eastern production but it was later decided to give this premiere as a student production. Western critics say that it abounds with humorous situations.
“Almost Bigamy,” written by Ross, presented in the- spring of 1925, was an astounding success, and the Extravaganza in February, 1924, by Carle are samples of the work of these S. C. playwrights. Pauline Klein, Selvyn Levinson and Ellsworth Ross are largely responsible for the success of these two productions. They are playing the leads in the Sen?or Farce and will be more amusing than they have been in past performances.
Dorothy Davis as Mrs. Ann Murray, plays her part in the entertaining manner; of Trixie Friganza ,the well-known stage comedienne. Miss Davis has been a bright light in productions of the past.
Fraternities and sororities wTho wish to order blocks of tickets should do so immediately at the Student Store, as no tickets will be reserved after Monday, Nov. 30th. After this date seats will be put on sale for the general public.
Reorganization of the Trojan staff will take place immediately after vacation, according to Lee Conti, Editor o f the Southern, California daily. Changes will be made which will improve conditions which now exist.
At present reporters are composed of people of all classes, that is Freshmen, Sophomores, Jflniors and Seniors. According to Conti the reorganization will affect these people as well as feature writers, editors, etc. The plan as it has been given out now is that freshmen will not be permitted to write big stories until they have proved their worth in covering beats to which they will be assigned.
Sophomores will write the big stories which appear on the front page, and write features,. However, much of the dead-weight which it is felt by the Editor is present on the staff will Ae eliminated. Juniors will be given the desk jobs, copy-desk editorships, and city editorships.
Editorial jobs, places on the editor-
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all board, managing editor, sport editor, etc., will be tak^n care of by the Seniors. The managing editor, assistant editor, sports assistant editor and stome news editors will be chosen from Juniors who have attained efficiency.
The system which will be given a trial on this campus is being used in the majority of the Pacific Intercollegiate Press Association colleges. Ac. cording to information from the northern schools this system is proving very successful.
When dreams of Thanksgiving turkey are lost in the mad rush of term papers, and Christmas is still an anticipation dimmed by days of grind, then is when the thoughts of the coming Junior Promenade will be the ohly salvation of Southern California studes.
Coming on the cl?max date of the social and football season, on December 12, the Junior Prom will be in celebration of the end of a highly successful football season, *n honor of the Saint Mary’s football team, and the most elaborate formal ball on the entire social schedule, according to the junior committee in charge of the dance.
Sale of the tickets will begin on Dec. 4, just one week before the actual night of the Promenade. Juniors are still firm in their announcement that only upper classmen will b e given the privilege of buying the engraved bids. In past years preliminary announcements restricted the sale of tickets, but in the late days of the sale, Freshmen and sophmores were given a chance at the ticket booth. This will not be the case of this year’s prom.
S. C. FRATERNITY RECEIVES MENTION
Epsilog Carries Story on Activities of S. C. Chapter of Pi Delta Epsilon.
STUDENT CALENDAR Today
Chapel Program, Bovard Auditorium ..................................................10:00
Thanksgiving Vacation begins...... 1:00
Thursday “Y” Thanksgiving Dinner, Residence Hall ...........!........................ 6:30
Saturday S. C. Varsity vs Washington State,
Coliseum ........................................ 2:00
Sunday
Sunday Service, Bovard Auditor-
Southern California Chapter of Pi Delta Epsilon, national honorary- journalism fraternitly, has just received the November issue of the Epsilog, the fraternity’s quarterly publication, in which the Southern California chapter receives a write-up.
The S. C. chapter is said to be one of the most active on account of its numerous activities, which are described in the Epsilog. Its main activities are the publication of the Pi Delt Razzberry in December, and its participation in Newspaper Day during the seceond semester.
The Epsilog contains a description-of the work done last year by the fraternity in connection with its own publication and of Newspaper Day, which was held in February, and in which Pi Delta Epsilon cooperated with Alpha Chi Alpha, Sigma and the Press club.
It comments upon the work of the chapter: “The fraternity is often called upon for other campus considerations, including drives and rallies, but its main object is the following of journalistic plans and ideas.”
PROGRAM JOBS
Men desiring positions as program salesmen for the Occidental-Hawaii football game in the Coliseum Thanksgiving Day are asked to sign a list in
the office of Kenneth Stonier, mana-iura ..................................................11:00 ger of Students’ Publications.
THURSDAY TO BE CELEBRATED BY COMMERCE WOMEN
Women’s Group Holds First Annual Thanksgiving Party at Zeta Tau Alpha House.
Members of the womens group in the College of Commerce celebrated the Thanksgiving holiday season yesterday afternoon when they held the first annual Commerce Women’s Thanksgiving Party at the Zeta Tau Alpha house, 2719 Ellendale Place.
Dorothy Hayward, chairman of the group, divided the Commerce women into four sections at the time of the first meeting. This plan was worked out in order that all women in Commerce might actively participate in the work of a group. Over each of these sections, Miss Hayward appointed an upper-classman as chairman to have charge of the individual section’s activity under her general supervision. Frances Robley, one of the chairmen appointed at that, time, planned and superintended yestevday afternoon’s party.
The affair was the second social function given by the women in Commerce this year. All arrangements were made to conform to the popular Thanksgiving motif, which was cleverly carried out in the general decorations throughout the house as well as in the other details. The afternoon was spent in an informal manner, the entertainment consisting chiefly of bridge and other games.
Dean Mary Sinclair Crawford. Edith M. Weir, University Employment Secretary, and Margaret Keefe, instructor in Secretarial Science in the College of Commerce, were the guests of honor The 30 girls who attended were so pleased with the affair that they expressed the desire that the Thanksgiving party be made an annual func tion.
E SERVICE RAISES IRE OF A. S. B. OFFICERS
Students Not Allowed to Talk Over Own Telephones; Meters are Threat of Company.
Discussion of the teephone service through the University switchboard, was the chief item of business at the regular meeting of the rally committee yesterday noon. Much dissatisfaction was expressed by the various members as to the difficulties that must be encountered in the use of the Associated Students' phone, according to Sam Gates, chairman of the committee.
There has been friction between the various student body officers and the University operator for some time but the crisis was brought to a head yesterday when one of the members of the rally committee attempted to put through an outside call. After the call had been made the party was recalled to the phone and told that the call was considered a social one by the operator rather than a strictly business use.
In voicing the opinion of the committee, Don Cameron, president of the Associated students, said, “It is very annoying and seems unnecessary that
FRATERNITIES GIVE FORMAL AT CLUB
Three Houses Combine for First Joint Dance in Pasadena, December 16.
The Sigma Chi-Sigma Tau-Theta Psi assembly dance at the Annandale Country Club of Pasadena, December 16, will usher in a new era in inter-fraternity relations on the S. C. campus. This formal buffet-supper dance is planned to be one of the outstanding social events of the year, according to Fred Nason of the dance committee.
The inter-fraternity assembly has just been organized. Sigma Tau, Sigma Chi, and Theta Psi are the charter members. It is planned to increase the number of member organizations at the rate of not more than one a year. The officers of the asesmbly are: Ben Harold, president; Dave Culver, treasurer and Grant Mont, secretary.
The purpose of the organization 1® to create a better understanding between the members of the various frv-ternities. At the University of California a similar assembly has been sue* cessful. The formal assembly dance just before the Christmas holidays will be an annual event, and will be the chief activity of the assembly.
Besides the officers those in charge or arrangements for the dance Dec. 16 are Fred Nason, Harold Johnson, Al Slocum, Ray Foote, and Ormond Greer. Nason states that an excellent orchestra will be obtained. The dance will be from nine to one.
TROJAN ATHLETES LEAD IN CONTEST
Elliot, Adams, Drury and Taylor Have Chance to Win Overland.
“An Overland to the most popular athelete in the south,” is the contest which the Express is sponsoring to determine which man deserves the title “most popular” in Southern California.
This contest ka3 started and several S. C. men have already been nominated. Chief among the leaders are Howard Elliot, Hobbs Adams, Morley Drury and Brice Taylor of Southern California. The Willys-Overland Co., is providing the car, a six cyUnder Overland.
The method of choosing the most popular athlete will be by means of coupons which appear in each Issue of the Express. No limit to the number each person may hand in has been set. The only requirement is that the coupon which appears in the Express be filled out correctly. The man having the most votes at the end of the contest will be the winner of the car and also winner of *he appelation “most popular athRte in Southern California/