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SIGMA CHI WINNERS
With a team average of 90 the Sigma Chi fraternity won the first annual Golf Tourney at Palos Verdes yesterday. Eckles was low man with 76.
Sigma Tau and Delta Phi Delta finished second and third.
HE plans to hold an All-University dance in the Al Mal-|kah temple were greeted with leer among the social climbers the student body when the pro-bsed plans were announced yes-fcrday. Seven thousand couples kn be accommodated in the ball p>om of the temple, which is more lan twice as many as can be ac-ammodated at any other dance Alace where the university has pen in the custom of holding so-lal functions.
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At all university dances heretofore it has been almost an impossibility to dance, even though the ticket sales have had to be limited to 2000 students. Now with , this new hall ready for the use of the Trojans, the all-university functions should be more representative—that is, that the excuse |of not attending because it is too crowded and impossible to dance |will be eliminated.
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he temple, which is only one 'k from the Southern California \tnpus, shall be the future home of tl-University dances. Junior 'oms and other big social func-ms. Its proximity to the campus \d many accommodations will nine the attendance of many stunts who have not been able to in the A11-University functions ore.
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FRESHMAN class meeting was
booked for yesterday at noon and
VOL. XVII
Los Angeles, California, Wednesday, February 10, 1926
Number 85
WAR PLAY IS CHAPEL PLAN FOR FRIDAY
Original Play Honoring Lincoln’s Birthday To Be Presented To
Students in Chapel.
“That these honored dead shall not have died in vain” is the motive for a play depicting thf horrors of war, which will be presented on Lincoln’s birthday, Friday, at the regular chapel period. The rally committee feels that the great emancipator can best be honored, not by giving a pageant of his life, but by carrying out his ideals in a progressive way.
The idea of the play was conceived ! by George Jordan and is being developed by Miss Tacie May Hanna of the j School of Speech, who is also directing it. Principals in the play are Bob i Irvine, former overseas veteran and j now Federal Reserve student at S. C., j who is collaborating in general over- j seas atmosphere and language: Dick> Winslow, KFI “wonder boy”; Marcus Beeks, Charles Wright, Clare Kaufer and Charlotte Sultain. The G. A. R. fife and drum corps from Sawtelle will take part, one of th* members using the drum which he carried with him
5. C. Musical Show To Be Pure Too; Will Have Choir?
That music to be given forth by the approaching “Extravaganza” will be heavenly is a forgone conclusion. Nor does this mean that the music will be “unearthly’' In any sense of the word. If the headlines in Tuesday’s Trojan are to be trusted, choirs of beautiful angels and near-angels will strut their stuff, but even headlines in Trojans err sometimes, and the head writers admit in this case that there are choirs and choirs and that this is neither of them.
So those who attend the Extravaganza need not bring their hymn books, or prayer books, or whatever else one brings to church. It's a CHORUS that is going to sing, and not a CHOIR.
Pi Delt Brings Out Razzberry Trojan Edition
Much Suspense Attends Exposure of Campus Notables and Their Little Foibles.
Tuesday Night Marks Pledging Time F or All Sororities
ATTEMPT TO CHANGE RULE ON CHAPEL
CLASS MAKS NEWS SURVEY
City Papers Investigated For Amount of Information Printed Under Different Heads.
total amount of eight Freshmen through the Civil War.
Irned out. Remarkable! That cer-|inly is a bad starter for the class '30. It is expected of Freshmen to jnd class meetings. They are not jpulsory, but are for the benefit and Irest of the class members. To fail lupport your class activities means [e unloyal.
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[ A unified student body can never ,ope to exist if the Freshmen be-ignoring class activities. It /as planned to give the members If the new Freshman class some lformation about the university, itroduce some campus leaders to |hem and in general have a joint lathering of the class. But when ^ight out of several hundred :reshmen report to the meeting,
It is no little wonder that upper plassmen look upon the Frosh as ^‘lowly."
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|The Frosh have a defense in that ?y were not notified of the meeUng til the day it was to occur. That alt lies in either the Freshman present or whoever was appointed to 1 for this class organization. The Kt Freshman class meeting will be pounced several days ahead of time, Lich will eliminate that excuse.
♦ ♦ ♦ p HE rally committee made an attempt to make chapel non-compul-ry. Tbat would be a Utopia. But w can students ever hope to make ftpel or class attendance non-com-Isory when they so little regard fcir own interests and functions, is was shown at the recent Bowen p rontest when but a handful of ■dents attended, and also illustrated the new Freshman class when put eight members answered the ^t meeting of the class.
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Students have been fed up for the ft few years on chapel attendance.
problem w*as thought to have Jjeen ^ed when chapel attendance was to once a week, but it seems, king from the way students re act [he chapel exercises that all is not Chapel speakers have been said fc>e dry. ttw students discourteous the exercises in general a neces-r evil.
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Regardless of how poor a speak-• may be on the platform or how kecayed or ancient a subject he lay be discussing, college stu-l;nts should have reached the age [here, if they are dissatisfied with lie proceedings, they will kindly psent themselves without causing near riot. Talking, folding of kpers and other methods of communication between the students ktending chapel does not add any Igntty to the affair.
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\f the program be exceedingly I. it 7could be better to leave the ittcrium than cause a disturber. Should enough students leave yould signify to those responsible 1/ the program is not being met |/t approval. This is a far better jthod than trying to out-talk the akcr—thc latte is considered ■curt eons.
The combined Glee Clubs will sing patriotic numbers.
“We do not want the student body to feel that we are merely entertaining them,” said George Jordan, “but that we are trying tc sh^w them, in an entertaining way, wll^t war really is. We are connecting this w'ith Lincoln’s birthday because we feel that we can best honor Lincoln by carrying out his ideals of peace in a progressive way by stimulating a sentiment for world peace.”
Y. W LEADERS WILL SPEAK AT DINNER
All varieties of news, from crime to society and from the comic strips to i Prudence Penny’s column, are being j compiled into an indexed survey by i the class in Newspaper Management, under the direction of Mark N. Goodnow of the journalism department, j The survey will take in the city newspapers, including the Times, the Ex aminer, the Herald, the Express and the Record. It will be conducted for one week, during which the members of the class will record in inches the varying amounts of different types of news appealing in the papers to -which they are assigned.
The truth, clean and undefiled, is , promised to myriads of expectant read-! ers when the Pi Delt Razzberry edi-! tion of the Daily Trojan, the yearly j publication of Pi Delta Epsilon, Na-; tional honorary journalism fraternity, appears on the campus Thursday morning, February 18.
The event is shrouded in secrecy. But already campus leaders are shivering, terror stricken, bothered by the wee, small voice of conscience which is assuming gigantic proportions now that the reckoning hour is approaching. And there is a reason. It is a well known fact that Pi Delta Epsilon has been instrumental in years gone by in increasing the sale of one way tickets to such remote places as Siam and Timbuctoo.
The great and near-great, society leaders and professors alike, wrill find no editorial staff to bribe, seduce, or coax. The Razzberry edition stands for the advancement of truth and the emancipators of the campus will never be known.
Advance information confirms the rumor that the luminaries who are j about to be exposed will rush madly i for the edition as quick as it is off the press in order to monopolize the issue and keep it from public circulation.
With many changes being introduced in the sorority rushing rules for this semester, rushing season is to
close Tuesday night, February 16. A list of the rushees must be in the hands of the Dean of Women at 9 a. m. I
Saturday, February 13, according to Rally Committee Against Making
word given out by the dean’s office yesterday.
The following alterations have been made: A list of the sororities is not to be placed in the hands of the rushees; the Dean of Women does not explain to the rushees the sorority system; special rules govern the dates for rushing week; there shall be no week-end dates; all other dates are to be made on the campus on or before the specified day.
Semi-weekly Assembly Attendance Voluntary.
Proposals to do away with compulsory attendance at Wednesday chapels and Friday rallies failed to meet the approval of the Rally Committee members in a meeting of that body, held yesterday. Art Syvertson broached the proposal of removing the rule requiring attendance at the two weekly assemblies, citing, among other things, the fact that students were continually annoying speakers by their inattention.
Don Cameron, student body president, defending the present ruling, pointed out that numerous universities have not only the bi-weekly meetings, but have compulsorj chapel four and
----i five times during the school week. He
Dr. W. J. Sherman, S. C. Alum- also stated that if the compulsory rule nus, Will Give Address in were not in force there would be no Chapel Today.	appreciable attendance at either chap-
In proof of this the recent
BAY CITY MAN SPEAKS TODAY
Featuring an address by Walter John Sherman, pastor of the Central Methodist Church of San Franrisco,
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today’s chapel hour is expected to be one of the most interesting and important of the year, according to those in charge of the program.
Mr. Sherman is an alumnus of Southern California, having received the degree of Doctor of Divinity in June.
However, such a move will be im 11925- and he is recognized as one of
possible. The management of the Razzberry edition is composed of honorable men. They are guaranteeing to each and every person on the campus a copy for the nominal sum of
City news, crime, divorce records, < fifteen cents.
Discussion Tonight Will Pave Way For National Convention Discussions in Apral.
Miss Helen Hill, secretary of the National Y. W., will speak for twenty minutes on “The Purpose of the Y. W.,” which is to be the main topic for discussion at the dinner to be held from 5:30 until 7:00 at the Y. W. Lodge tonight. Four prominent co-eds of the campus are to lead in the discussion. They are Mynette Ritch, Marjorie Douglas. Marquita Young and Betty Horvath.
This discussion is being held in order to prepare each girl for the discussion of this subject at the national convention in April at Madison, Wisconsin, in case that she should be one of those among the several to go.
Further entertainment for the dinner will be provided by Betty Donnelly, who will give several solos, accompanied by Catherine Nason of the College of Music.
RADIO PROGRAMS PLEASE STUDENTS
j general eastern, national news, fea-I tures, editorials, comics, cartoons and j cuts, finaace, music, art and fiction are a few of the classifications.
The work is being done with the objective of giving the class an idea of the many types of news that there are and also to acquaint it with the management of different papers in arranging and selecting their news.
Those who are making the survey are Ellsworth Ross, Bernard Weinberger, Ralph Shawhan, Ed Murray, Beth Baker, Selvyn Levinson, Myra Waterman, Grant Flint, Lee Conti, Sam Friedman and Helen Hanson.
STAFF CANDIDATES DISCLOSE TALENT
Members and pledges of Pi Delta Epsilon will meet today at noon in the Trojan office, when plans for the coming razz sheet will be made.
The Trojan radio programs over KFI are drawing steadily increasing interest from th^ student bodv. and the interest shows itself in tne numerous requests sent to the management for certaiv- artists and cjvtain numbers.
T hese calls have led the management *o set aside one regular program in 'he near future lor request numbers exclusively, according to Hal Williamson, manager. This program, vliich will be presented o\*-r KFI on au approaching Thursday evening from 7 to 8, will provide the opportunity for the student body to enjoy the work of its favorite artists and to enjoy its favorite numbers. The entire program will be devoted to the filling of requests and all desired numbers will appear in the presentation, sq^lar as possible.
The student body is asked to sei*d their requests for numbers and artists to Fred Kendall, care of the TROJAN office.
System of Tabulation is Devised Whereby stories are Graded According To Merit.
The call for embryo journalists for Trojan staff positions has resulted in unearthing a surprising amount of hitherto unknown talent, according to news editors on the daily. Out of the forty scribes who have appeared as candidates a great number have proved to be first page artists and it looks as if the older members of the staff wTill have to look to their laurels.
A system of grading in A’s, B’s and C's has been formulated to tabulate the ability of people trying out. Five of the new writers have a grade of A for their first stories, which signifies that their stories are well written.
According to George Jordan, assistant editor, try-out candidates who submit unassigned stories of merit wrill be given a little the edge in their struggle for a position. It is felt that writers who have the initiative to get campus new's without w’aiting for the editor to call their atention to it have the proverbial “nose for newTs,” a valuable asset in journalism.
The tryouts will be drawn to a close in about a week, and the successful candidates will be announced as soon after the close as is possible.
HOPE SELL-OUT FOR JAZZ PLAY
Tickets For Junior’s Production Go On Sale Wednesday, February 17, in Students Store.
But one week remains before the tickets go on sale for the annual junior play. John Atwill, assistant manager of play productions, has set Wednesday, February 17th, as the day when a ticket booth in the Students •Store will be opened.
The tickets are expected to go rapidly by the management. ’With the promise of seeing the ever interesting discussion of the “jazz-age” handled from a new' ‘ angle, a capacity house is looked for. Those desiring choice seats should make their purchases on the day the pasteboards go on sale, Atwill warns.
The play the Juniors will present in Bovard Auditorium at eight-thirty in the evening, Friday, February 26, has its scene laid in the home of college students. It is therefore a college play, but not a campus play. The young author, Lewis Beach, handles the reaction of returning college students to their old home environment.
Mr. Scott Crowley, playing the part of Hugh lngals, injects many laughs into the piece. Miss Kathryn Privett as Aunt Julia showrs the results of her previous stage experience. A play of youth, love and human interest is promised by the management.
the outstanding speakers of the Bay region.	,
Professor Bruce Baxter, in comm, nt-ing upon today’s speaker made the following statement: * Mr. Sherman is a young man of dynamic speech and character, and he upholds the viewpoint of the younger generation. His messages are of particular appeal to college and university students. Dr. Sherman has spoken at several assemblies held at Southern California, and has completely captured the attention and admiration of his audiences on all occasions.”
Mr. Sherman delivered an address Sunday morning in Bovard Auditorium, and he has given numerous speeches before prominent audiences throughout Southern California.
Professor Baxter will deliver the invocation, and a special musical program will be presented by Professor Max Swartout of the College of Music
Religious Drama
'Monica” Published
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NO MORE COLD FEET
No more cold feet for Allegheny College students. Acting President Clarence F. Ross has insured against such a calamity by installing a $125,000
Miss Lydia Glover, a teacher of religious dramatics in the School of Religion, has had her play, “Monica,” published by the Board of Foreign Missions and the W’oraen’s Home Missionary Society. She wrote the play to present the wTork of the society in Mexico and the Spanish southwest and
heating plant. This is the first step it was presented at Springfield, Mass., in a $10,000,00 building program. ' at the Methodist General Conference.
PREXY ATTENDS S. F. CONFERENCE
President R. B. von KieinSmid is due to return to the university this morning after a trip to San Francisco, where he attended the Western Regional Conference on Adult Edueation. The conference was held Monday and Tuesday at the Whitcomb Hotel.
Dr. von KieinSmid left for San Francisco Sunday evening, t^here he acted as an official delegate from this university. The conference is under the Carnegie Foundation.
TICKET FOUND
The basketball ticket for the California game from book No. 01033 has been found. Owner may have the same by inquiring of Ralph Holly, who will be found in the Trojan office Wednesday and Thursday noon.
POLY SCI aUB MEETS TONIGHT
el or rally.
Bowen Cup debate contests were used as an example. This activity, wherein nine students contested for torenslc honors, drew but a very small gallery due to the fact tha* attendance was not required of the students.
As Syvertson was the only member in favor of the proposed change, no motion was made to alter the ruling and no vote was taken.
It was announced that the feature of the rally Friday would be a skit written by Miss Tacie May Hanna of the School of Speech and directed by George Jordan. The playette will deal with the attitude of Civil W'ar veterans toward veterans of the World W’ar. To relieve the play of any te-(Contlnued on pace four)
PLAN ALL-U. DANCE AT SHRINE TEMPLE
New Ballroom Can Accommodate 6500; Large Attendance is Expected by Committee.
“Plans for the all-university dance, to be held at the Al Malaikah Shrine Temple March 5, will be completed at a meeting of the social committee tomorrow noon in the A. S. S. C. office,” stated Marjorie Rice, vice-president of the Associated Student Body yesterday.
Preliminary plans have already been made»by the social committee, com-
__I posed of tea representatives of the
Hon. Judge Neeley Will Speak Associated Student Body. At the meet-At Banquet At Twin Cedars ' ing tomorrow, arrangements concern-Inn.	j ing the orchestra, punch, and publicity
will be made. The committee will also
The Honorable Judge Neeley, formerly of the Pomona and Berkeley
decide whether the dance is to be formal or informal, and it may provide
faculties, who taught classes in Polit- for entertainment.
ical Science on this campus last summer, is to be the principal speaker at the annual banquet of the History and Political Science oHnor Society, at 7 o’clock this evening at the Twin Cedars Inn.
He will address the meeting on the subject of “Law and Its Administra-
Approximately 6500 can be accommodated in the ballroom of the new Shrine temple. The attendance is therefore expected to be much larger than at the all-university dance at th*? Ambassador last semester after the Iowa game.
Formerly there was much competi-
tion,” a topic which will afford him j tion between classes, and a large num-an opportunity to say something on ber of small and comparatively unim-diplomacy and international law a3 portant dances by different depart-parts of general law.	ments and organizations were held.
Judge Neeley was a prosecuting at- Progressive dances at the different fra-torney in Chicago for several years j ternity houses were staged last year
and a member of the Illinois circuit court in Chicago, and was the first juvenile judge in the United States. He has been prominent in the Republican party, and started the first cotirse in diplomacy in the state of California.
All those persons whose names were in yesterday’s paper are expected to attend the banquet. The new names which were submitted for membership by the heads of the two departments will be voted on at the banquet, due to the fact that there was no* n-quorum at last Monday’s meetiner.
NOVEL TEACHING
The use of the phonograph and r.he dictaphone in teaching Spanish is being considered by Professor Charles F. Fracker of the romance language department of Northwestern Univer-
As a result of action by the Execu tive Committee and the Associated Student Body, the total number of dances has been cut down, and the all-university dance has been made the most important social event of the year.
DE MOLA YS GIVING DANCE AT PATIO
That the De Molay Club of the University of Southern California will hold a Loge Dance at the El Patio Ballroom, Friday evening, February 12th, was announced at a meeting of this organization Monday.
All De Molays on the campus raa^ attend this affair, either by giving their names to Carl Plate or by ask ing, Friday evening, at the door of th^ El Patio Ballroom, Third St. and
sity. He is going to ask his students to vote on the question and if they Vermont, for the De Molay party. Spe agree will introduce this novel teach-!cIai rates are being extended to alF ing method.	De Molays attending this affair