Southern
California
Trojan
TROJANS DEFEAT ARIZONA
Collecting 8 runs and 1 2hits the Trojans took the third game and the series from Arizona here today. It was the first win for S. C. in nine years.
R. H. E.
Trojans..........................8 12 2
Arizona..........................6 11 0
Batteries—Gormson and Gibson. Miller, B. Tolson and Salmon, Badgers.
VTL7 E VE been called to task ** again for giving our personal opinion on a question at issue before the student body. This time it is relative to the item that appeared in this column Friday urging students to vote down the amendment to the constitution which concerns the eligibility for the Editorship of the Daily Trojan. It seems that because we are opposed to the amendment we should not voice our opinion and the argument used against us is that we had previously declared in this same column to handle the coming political campaign in a fair basis.
By that we meant that we would not use names of candidates running for the various offices and if the article referred to is looked over it will be found that such was the statement. The question of amending the constitution, however, does not deal with any individual, but is a matter of principal and logic. Therefore as editor of the Daily Trojan, with the backing of the staff of the paper and the editorial organizations in the University, I take this stand and urge the student body to reject the amendment when it is proposed at the next student body election.
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It would please me to publish articles “pro” or “con” and invite the members of the executive committee and the student body president and iall students who are interested to give us their views. We do not desire to “railroad’’ the election through, but 'want tbe student body as a whole to decide it. Therefore both sides have an equal opportunity to voice their opinion in the Daily Trojan.
If we were to limit publicity given to amendments on questions of issue tt must bercmembcrcd then that the Trojan would be required to censor all publicity favoring thc student union plan. We do not intend to do this because of it will be remembered it was the Daily Trojan last November that started the agitation for the building and did not “let down" until committees were organised to investigate the plan.
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WELL that was some job. Referring to the 36 page paper that members of the Trojan staff edited at San Pedro Saturday. A 36 pa§e edition of the San Pedro News, edited by Lee Conti. Freeman Hall, city editor, Dave Fred, sports editor, and Sam Freidman and Beth Baker, desk edi-ors. plus a staff of eight other people, as the treat that citizens of San edro received Saturday. It is far the angest paper ever edited by members the staff of the Daily Trojan, since rofessor Marc N. Goodnow has taken he embryo Trojan journalists on their eld tours.
The writer wishes to thank the following Trojan workers for their efforts and earnest co-operation in editing the 36 page edition of the San Pedro News. They are: Beth Baker, Freeman Hall, Dave Fred. John L. Scott, Ralph Holly, Maude Miller, Sam Freidman, Florence Middleton, John Hunt, M. A. Abaya. Bil Jeffrey, Vivian Murphy, and Mike Elwood.
VOL. XVII.
Los Angeles, California, Monday, April 26, 1926
Number 131
HOUSER WINS DISCUS LOSES TO KOCK IN SHOT
PHI ALPHA PETITION ACCEPTED
CALIFORNIA SON-SHINE BRIGHTENS SENIOR ROAD SHOW
Kapoa Alpha Southern Will Establish Local Chapter; Is Strong National.
Phi Alpha, long one of the leading local fraternities on the University of Southern California campus, received word Saturday morning that its petition to Kappa Alpha Southern had been favorably acted upon, and that the local organization would shortly have a national chapter of Kappa Alpha formally installed.
Kappa Alpha Southern was established at Washington and Lee University in 1855. It now has 55 chapters scattered throughout the leading universities of the country. There are over 200 alumni living in Los Angeles, among them being Captain Hodgson, the famous hero of the Merrimac; J. W. S. Butler, former president of the California State Bar Association; Nor-(Continued on Page Three)
MOTHER’S DAY IS TO BE OBSERVED ON S. C. CAMPUS
Y. M. C. A. in Charge of Program May Fifth Honoring Mothers of University Men.
Mother’s Day will be observed by the fraternities on the campus, according to the latest reports from the Y. M. C. A., sponsors of the occasion. The fraternities will entertain their mothers with luncheons at noon on May 5th.
The Mother’s Day program for May 5th begins with the distributing of carnations to all University men at 8:00 o’clock in the arcade. A special and appropriate chapel will be held in Bovard, to which all of the visiting mothers are invited. At noon will come the luncheons. During the afternoon the visitors will be entertained by the University Woman’s Club with a reception; they will then he taken on a tour of inspection around the University and Exposition grounds. At 5:30 the annual Mother and Son banquet will take place at the “Y” Hut.
The Y. W. C. A. has decided to celebrate Mother’s Day at the same time. They will give a luncheon for the mothers of all girls on the campus at the Y. W. lodge at 12:00 o’clock noon, for which tickets are sixty cents.
GUTHRIE IS VICTOR OVER K. GRUMBLES
Locke, aided by strong wind, Runs 100 in 9.5; Hoff Vaults 13 feet 9l/2 inches.
Contributing to the deluge of record smashing feats at the Seventh Annual Drake Relays ,held Saturday, April 24 at Des Moines, Iowa, Leighton Dye and Captain Bud Houser, Trojan track and field stars, each turned in sensational wins, the former tieing the Drake meet record in the high hurdles at 14.8 and Houser setting another meet
w„+i	. .. « , .	.	*	,	record in the discus with a toss of
Native sons of the Golden State present a clever caricature of student inhibitions in the hectic days of ’49 as 147 feet 7 inches. Kenny Grumbles
the featured act of the Senior Road Show. Leads are given to Eddie Blaine, Wes Woodford, “Gogo" Belanger, and the third member of the Troian trio
Veryl Sweeney. Notice sons shining shoes of sun-kissed g iris.	followed Guthrie of Ohio State to tho
j tape in a 24.5 second low hurdle race, a muddy track slowing up the athletes, Dye grabbed fourth in the event.
I The long awaited duel in the shot | put between Kuck of Kansas State Teachers’ College and Houser of j Southern California developed, but not at the distances anticipated. The Mis---souri Valley champion defeated Hous-
Freeman Hall and George |er one half inch at 48 feet 5 1-2 Jordan in Race for Edi-
JUNIOR MEN GIVEN HONOR
Sigma Sigma Holds Formal Initiation Friday; Dinner-Dance at Beach Follows.
Pseudo-Realism Features Parody On Student Life
Formal initiation for Sigma Sigma, Junior men’s honorary fraternity, was held under the auspices of Ravelle Harrison, president of the organization, in the debate office Friday at 3 p. m. The initiation was marked by a number of impressive ceremonies.
Following close upon the formal initiation of Sigma Sigma came a dinner which was given ta the Westport Beach Club Saturday evening. The social function had as its patrons and patronesses, Dr. and Mrs. Bruce Baxter, Professor and Mrs. Fagan and Mr. and Mrs. Bernard Brennan. Among those initiated w?ere Hobbs Adams, Manual Laraneta, Jeff Cravath, Grant La Mont, Ray Brennan, Ed Murray, “Boots” Ouder-meulon, Freeman Hall, Russ Neeley, Bill Stewart, Lee Conti, George Jordan, Dan Smith and Eddie Blaine.
Act of Senior Road Show Will Reproduce College Scenes of Historic Gold Rush.
STAFF MAKES NOMINATIONS
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Elds and co-eds who roamed the campuses of Harvard, Dartmouth and other early colleges in the days that George Jordan were nominated as the
At a general meeting of the staff of the Daily Trojan at 10 o’clock on Friday morning, Freeman Hall and
Newman Club Acts To Secure Suitable House
The Newman Club met at St. Vincent’s Hall last Thursday, April 22. The meeting was taken up with the discussion concerning a house to be maintained by the members of the club. The discussion has been favorable an daction is to be taken at once.
It may be well to say here that the regular editor of the San Pedro News Is Lowell E. Jessen, editor in chief of the Daily Trojan in 1921 and a member of the Phi Alpha Mu, Sigma Sigma and Skull and Dagger fraternities. Jessen has been with the News a little short of a year and has brought the water-front paper to the high level it now holds among the smaller city dailies of Southern California.
There are several coptcs of the 'rojams cf page edition of the News’ in thc Trojan office. We 17>itc the student body to glance ver the work of the Trojan staff.
STUDENT VOTE NECESSARY TO GIVE CAMPUS UNION BUILDING
If Trojan Students are Willing To Assess Themselves Five Dollars a Semester Student Union Building Hopes Will Be Realized, Committee Reports.
If the student body of the University of Southern California backs up the Student Union when it collectively goes to the polls on May 6th, Southern California will have that icng awaited Student Union building, according to the committee in charge.	the sum of $5.00 per semester for the
The Executive Committee has done Student Union for a period of two
its share by approving the plans for	yea-rs-
' „ The financing of the Student Union the campus building and now the fate j
of this structure lies in the hands of
the “Covered Wagon” was making western history will be rejuvenated and brought back to life for a short time, when the feature act entitled “Seventy-seven Years Ago” is presented as a part of the Senior Road Show Friday night for the approval of a capacity house.
Since this is the pivotal act, it has been necessary for the co-authors, Eddie Blaine aijd Wes Woodford, to spend much additional time in rehearsing the play so that it will be flawless and therefore deserve the high spot on the program
Eddie Blaine and Wes Woodford are said to be so sincere in their rehearsals that when they are called upon to recite in class they automatically performed a couple of archaic bows so prevalent a century or two ago. Gogo Belanger, playing opposite Eddie Blaine, was seen reaching for imaginary long dresses when she stepped upon a curb, and any person with a trace of imagination can hear the rustle of silk as Veryl Sweeny glides by.
Tickets are going rapidly, according to the committee, and they wish to warn all the students desirous of attending to purchase their pasteboards immediately, for indications point to an early sell-out.
Trojan students, whose duty it will be to finance the building, those in charge state.
The Student Union committee is composed of Hal Williamson, chairman; Gladys Lee, Frank Hadlock, Johnny Woods, Eldon Snow, and Mike Elwood. These aforementioned students and alumni have done a great deal of work in fostering the Student Union.
The following is the clause which will affect the students: The student body executive committee will place ! on th? ballot at election time an amendment to the Constitution of the Associated Student Body of the University of Southern California assessing each regular and special student
will be handled jointly by the alumni and student body. According to Mike Elwood. it will be up to the students to start the campaign and the alumni to finish it. The total cost of production will amount to approximately $400,000.
According to plans, the possible money that can be raised by students and alumni could be divided into five divisions: a student body assessment of $35,000 .alumni and faculty memberships, $20,000; surplus from athletic funds, $25,000; surplus from book store, $5,000; and donations, $5,000. This would give a total of $90,000 with which to start the building.
Donald Parkinson, architect, is now constructing plans for the structure which will be decided upon in the near future.
TRAVEL WAMPUS WILL PROWL OVER CAMPUS TUESDAY
Winner of Alphabetage Contest Will Be Announced; 34 Pages in this Number.
Providing a safety valve so that the rapidly increasing pressure in the preelection day’s boilei will not work damage to the campus, the “Travel” number of Wampus will be offered for sale on Tuesday morning, April 27. Its theme deals with voyages, transportation, locomotion and sundry phases of the traffic problem.
Final decision on the Alphabetage contest will be announced, according to Leon Wolpe, editor .of this section of Wampus. Feminine wiles captured the prize as a girl submitted the best specimen of the n^w language. Her name is being withheld temporarily and will doubtless be printed in the forthcoming issue of Wampus.
Prizes will be announced for the next and last edition of Wampus, which is to be known as the Lass number and dedicated to ye fair co-ed. Bob Sandusky has drawn the cover, (Continued on Page Four)
candidates for the position of editor of the paper. Their names will be placed on the ballot at the coming student body elections.
Freeman Hall is managing editor and George Jordan is assistant editor in the present organization of the Daily Trojan. Both men have served more than four semesters on the staff, will be seniors next year, and meet all requirements o€ the position.
Both Hall and Jordan have been actively connected with the Trojan during the past three years. Under Lee Conti this past year, Hall has acted as managing editor, while Jordan has served as assistant editor, making out the daily assignments for the members of the staff.
JUNIOR ORPHEUM ENGAGEMENT FOR TROJAN GLEE CLUB
Southern California Entertainers To Be Featured By Vaudeville Circuit.
Following a successful tryout at the Glendale Theatre Wednesday evening, the Trojan Glee Club has been given a contract on the Junior Orpheum circuit in Southern California theatres for the next few weeks.
The club will play the Carlton Theatre in Los Angeles April 30 and May 1. The West Coast Theatre in San Bernardino will be played on May 2. Engagements will follow during the last part of each week until the end of the school year.
The act presented by the Men’s Glee Club is the same as that given on the
At Annual Shie^jinx recen^ twelve-day tour of Northern
__I California. It composes twenty-five
minutes of entertainment in whicfy many specialty acts are featured. At Behrendt, whistler; Sherrill Cohen^ comedian; Bob Bechtelhelmer, piano, make up a trio which presents popular numbers. Al Behrendt also gives whistling solos and imitations of bird calls. Cohen presents vocal solos, including “Peoria" and original campus compositions.
Nevada Co-eds Frolic
UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA, Reno, Nev., April 25, (P. I. P.). — Gypsies, clowns and chorus girls frolicked and ate peanuts when the Tri Delta sorority entertained the women of the campus and the faculty women at the annual She-Jinx April 9. Side shows and skits of all kinds were featured by the program given by the various sororities.
SMILES AND PETITIONS START TROJAN POLITICAL CAMPAIGNS
Three Candidates for Student Body Presidency, One for Vice-presidency, and Four for Secretaryship Signify Their Intentions of Running.
Friendly smiles abounded on the campus Friday and members of the-most exclusive and most highbrow sororities and fraternities were seen to speak amiably to even the lowliest frosh, as the campus political season went
into full swing.
Petitions for candidates for 9tudent offices (which mark the beginning of the political campaigns) were circulated Friday until 3 o’clock.
By 1 o'clock Friday afternoon the following partial list of candidates had been received:
For president of the Associated Students of the University of Southern California, Willard Brown, Julius “Mike” Elwood and Arthur Syvertson; for vice-president, Gladys Lee; for secretary, Betty Baker, Eloise Parks, Ora Mae Smith and Martha Wiggett; for executive committee, Tom Brooker. Chase Burns, Lee Conti, Paul Cunningham, Sam E. Gates, Bart Hutchins, John R. Kelly, Mildred Martz, “Boots” Oudfrmeulen, Henry C. Rohr, Henry
Segretti, H. Jeffrey Smith and Pari Welch; for editor of the Trojan. Freeman Hall and George Jordan; for
business editor of the Trojan. J. Wayne Harrison; for Wampus editor. Tom Aguilar, Milton Booth, John R. Kelly and I^eon Wolpe; for Wampus manager, Adna Leonard, Jr.; for editor El Rodeo, Ralph Holly and Bill Stewart; for El Rodeo manager, Les Heilman and Ed Murray; for play production manager, John Atwill and Eddie Blaine; for debate manager. Bill Henley; for president of the College of Commerce, Don Edwin; for vice-president of the College of Commerce.. Jessie K. Grant; for secretary of th^ College of Commerce, Ethel Taeckerr for treasurer of the College of Commerce, B. Wallace Hicks; for yell leader, Burdette Henney.