NINE COAST ELEVENS HAIL FOOTBALL AS SEASON STARTS
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VOL. XVIII.
Los Angeles, California, Wednesday, September 15, 1926
NUMBER 1
SIGMA TAU HOUSE BURNS
$5080 DAMAGE DONE TICKET COMMITTEE BY FRATERNITY PLANS SEASON HOUSE FIRE SEAT SALES
Brothers Continue With Pledging	„ . _ . . .
of Freshman Hurmo * B Faculty To Get Special Books
For All Home Games Except Two
of Freshman During Conflagration
Damage estimated at $5,000 was done to the Sigma Tau house by a fire of unknown origin which raged in the upper stories of the lodge Monday noon. About $S00 worth of clothing was destroyed.
When the blaze was discovered, members of the fraternity were in the act of pledging Claud Galloway, former L. A. High School football captain. Nothing daunted by the flames and smoke, the brothers escorted the freshmen to the basement and continued their ceremony.
We’re proud of a man who will go rough fire for the house,” laughed of the brothers.
Le fire, which was of unknown n, started in the attic and swept . the west wing of the house. The and the water completely ruin-the third floor room and all except o bedrooms on the second floor. [Tie majority of the men staying in he house suffered losses in clothing and personal effects.
This makes the third fraternity house to burn this year, the Zekes and the Delta Phi Deltas having lost their houses in this way in the spring. The Sigma Taus had just had their house completely refinished inside.
According to one of the members the fraternity has decided to occupy the former Zeta Tau Alpha lodge on Ellendale Place. The burned house is at 335 W. 27th Street and was rented by the Sigma Taus.
Keeping in step with the best balanced football schedule in the history of S. C., the 1926 ticket committee has made various changes which should prove of interest to both faculty and student body.
Under the plan which is to be carried out this year, the Faculty will have special season tickets which will admit them to all of the home games, with the exception of Stanford and Notre Dame. The price o f Faculty tickets has been set at five dollars. According to announcements from P. JC. Marshall’s office, applications for the Faculty tickets will be sent through the mail before Sept. 20.
Student activity books are the same price as last year, five dollars, and will be on sale during the remainder of the j week. Students who have not obtained such books are asked by the committee to report at the booth located in the Student Store.
Perhaps the two outstanding points in regards to the activity* books are: that the yell leaders will have some basis upon which to work, since they make toward a more stablized rooting section; and that they actually save the students ne; rly fifteen dollars. These books include tickets for the Whittier, Santa Clara, Washington I State, Occidental, Idaho, and Montana | games, a rebate on the Stanford and Notre Dame games besides tickets for : all other athletic events which will i take place during the first semester.
I n/^r* /\r* I A IIT The special student books assure a re-
1 L Hir tH* I AW I served seat at a11 Sames in one of the
i largest university rooting sections in
Additional Library Equipment t u counlr>-
Purchased to Care for Many Naturally much interest is centering
New Volumes of Books : arOTnd tickets tor tlw Cal‘(°™'a
____which will be played at Berkley on
By three o'clock of the first official Qct 23. Pasteboards for this game will
registration day over 200 students had be piaced on sale in the Student Store
registered in the College of Law. The on Oct. 5. While the price has not
summer registration exceeded last been set it is expected that two dollars
year’s summer attendance by 12 per wm be the amount. In handling the
cent, and according to Professor Glen saie 0f ^e tickets for the California
E. Whitney indications are that reg- game, a new method of sale will be
i^tration will far exceeded that of last carried out. It is expected that the old
year.	method of standing in line for hours
The faculty of the Law School for to secure a ticket will be done away
the fall quarter will be, full time pro- with, and the new system will prove
fessors: Clair S. Tappan, W. Turney both efficient and helpful.
Fox, Paul W. Jones, Glenn E. Whit- |
ney, Ruel L. Olson, William E. Burby; |
part time faculty, Charles E. Milli-
kan, Kemper B. Campbell, Clair Van
Etten, Lloyd Wright, Harry J. Mc-
Clean.
The new instructors added to the
Student Prexy Urges M anifestation of Trojan Spirit
“The University of Southern California today begins what promises to be the greatest year in athletics, forensics, social life, and student government in the history of our Trojan institution. The achievements in our student year will depend upon the spirit manifested by our student body. Be a booster for Troy and all things Trojan! Back all student activities to your limit and let us this year have the greatest University in the West with a spirit of Troy triumphant.”
Leland “Dee” Tallman.
DAILY CHAPE IS EFFECTIVE TODAY
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INCOMPLETE FIGURES CARDS WILL HAVE GREAT TEAM; INDICATE LARGE BEARS, HUSKIES BOTH STRONG
New System Provides For Daily Assemblies with Voluntary Attendance
MATHESON ELECTED FROSH PRESIDENT
An entirely new chapel policy has been put in effect by the administration for this semester, according to an announcement from that office. Under the new arrangements, services are to be held five times a week, between nine and nine-fifteen o’clock, during which periods all classrooms and teacher’s offices will be closed to the students. These assemblies are not to be compulsory, but it is thought that they will be well attended because of the educational advantages derived from them. All nine o’clock chapel services will be of a strictly devotinal nature and will be under the direction of Dr. Bruce Baxter.
General All-University assemblies are to be called frequently throughout the semester by the President, or through his office, thus affording the student body an opportunity to get together for rallies or business meetings. These special assemblies will be called at various hours so as not to effect the same classes. Under this arrangement no particular period is set aside for student body meetings, but they will be called as often as is thought necesary by the faculty and officers of the student body.
This morning at ten o’clock the first all-University assembly will be held. As it is the first meeting of the entire student body this semester a number of special features have been arranged for the program. Principal among these is the opening address of President von KieinSmid, and the presentation of the new members of the faculty to the students. Professor Swarthout of the College of Music has arranged for an outstanding soloist, who will entertain with several numbers. Dr. Bruce Baxter will conduct a brief devotional service.
By
GEORGE C. JORDAN
Well, here we are. Back at it again. It was our intention to give vent to a somewhat lengthy explanation for the name of this column, together with some of the inside history of its origin. But when we had finished registering last night and had been told that the paper would be on the press in an hour, we decided to omit the rhetoric and get to the problems that are to be solved this year if this is to be “the biggest year in the history of Troy,” etc., etc.
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The first thing that comes into our mind is the Southern California fraternity rushing system as we have been watching it during the past few days. Time presses and we are going T to have more to say of this later, but we just throw it out in advance for whatever it may be worth that we have made up our minds that if wTe can humanize fraternity rushing at the University of Southern California this year our time as a student body servant will have been well spent.
Another thing that comes to mind and which many are wondering about is the old matter of the Student
ENROLLMENT
Estimate Increase of Fifteen Per ent in Number of Frosh Entrants
Union. Returning Trojans will remember how the plan for financing this much-needed building was voted down last semester. Talks with different students has left us a little uncertain as to the possibility of getting this, but it is no less true that we need the building now than it was true last semester when so much was said. We quote President Tallman as saying that the Student Union idea is going to be kept before the students this year and it may be that some other and more feasible plan may be worked out for financing it.
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Probably the change in campus life most noticeable to returning students is the new student assembly situation. It was our privilege to talk with President von KieinSmid about this the
Although the figures for the complete registration of the class of 1930 have not been compiled, it is estimated that there were from 10 to 15 per cent more freshmen registered this year than last. Hundreds of entrants from all parts of the United States and numerous students from abroad formed in line last Wednesday to have their credentials checked so that they may be able to enroll. There was an early rush for places in line and many were on hand at seven o’clock, although the doors did not open until eight.
The close of the first day of registration found that the efficient system employed in the office had enabled more than 250 more freshmen to register than did the first day last year. Although the line was handled as quickly as possible, there were many who became weary and by afternoon several girls had fainted.
Theron Clark, Registrar of the University, stated that more applications for registration by mail had been received this year than any previous year in the history of Southern California. This fact has been used by the Registrar to base his belief that the enrollment this year will be far in excess of that of last year.
It has been necessary to build additional quarters at the college of Architecture to handle the increased attendance, while it has been found advisable to add additional night school classes at Metropolitan College. As an extension of the University of Southern California, the Metropolitan College is fast gaining in popularity with those who find it impossible to attend the regular day sessions on the campus.
SECOND SEMESTER
Answering the many queries as to the ten dollar raise in tuition affective next semester, Warren B. Bovard, comptroller, said today that this raise was because of a general tendency all other day and it is our honest opinion over the country, which in turn is be-
faculty are: Wiliam E. Burby from the University of Michigan, who comes to Southern California as a professor of law from the University of North Dakota, having received his academic and law degrees from the University of Michigan, and Reuel L Olson, a
By the close margin of four votes George Lorne Matheson of the University High School was the winner in the presidential race of the Class of ’30. Seventy-six votes for Matheson were recorded against 72 for Leroy
NURSERY NUMBER FOR FROSH ONLY
that the new plan is better than the old. Frankly, when we first heard that the regular student body assemblies had been discontinued, wTe were very much disturbed. But it is a fact that an occasional rally held for a definite purpose is a better thing for student body spirit than periodical vaudeville entertainments and they are not half as hard on a long suffering rally commitltee. (At^ this point we speak from personal experience. Not that we suffered. We enjoyed the work. But it is hard to keep snappy entertainments coming every week on the amount of money allowed the committee.)
While the Trojan Squires,, Knights, and Amazons, assisted by many willing hands, are busy today and the rest of the week in impressing upon the
Winborn his nearest competitor. Other graduate of the University of South- | candidates for president were: Leo ern California Law School, and who j Adams, Ix>well Goode, John Lehners, now holds a Ph.D. degree from Har- Howard Mullins. Francis Tappan, Gene
vard having taken three years post- Thompson, and Brique Woodward, i minds of the frosh their proper station graduate work at that school. Dr. Ol- | Nominations were made from tlie floor j in life, there is rapidly nearing com-son is the author of “The Colorado I Thursday morning, September 9th, at ■ pletion an instrument that, in the River Compact.”	a special class meeting held during j event of the failure of the methods
A large registration is expected in j Freshman Week.	j used this week, will succeed in leav-
the graduate department. Clair S. Other officers elected were: Marian i inS no doubt in the minds of the frosh Tappaan, who is in charge of the grad- Abbott, vice-president, who ran against! as to Just where they belong. All of uate courses in the law school has ! Bob Hatch. Helen Lowe, and Isabel which is just one way of saying that just returned from extended traveling Turton; secretary, Pauline Mather, j the first issue of the Wampus, en-
in Europe where he has been study the only candidate entered; and treas-! titled the “Nursery Number and ded- wan{. .g genuine respect not simply
almost ready	’
A final word to the frosh. While not advancing any theories that would in any way tend toward disregard for the respect due our Alma Mater and her traditions, we were really relieved to see that green paint on the front walk. That is an old way of expressing freshman dominance, a very old and wornout way. But it was better than nothing and we were getting just a little bit worried about the spirit of the beginners. Watch your step, frosh. and whatever happens, remember that in the long run it is all for the good of the old school. But what
cause of the raise in costs of higher education.
He explained that as a university grows larger more courses must be offered, which, of course, increases the overhead expenses. In most of the larger universities of the country the tuition has been raised about $35. At the University of Pennsylvania the tuition was raised $80.
The extra money taken in will be applied to current costs only, and the money for the new buildings will be raised by a subscription drive which will be started some time this year. The street work for which the University has been assessed will be begun in the near future. This item of expense is a considerable one, and comes out of the tuition money.
Nursery Number” and ded-
ing Roman Civil Law.	urer, Ralph Sailor, running against	icated to the freshmen, is ».—^ lifeless class too much engrossed in
Professor Whitney, in charge of the	Elmer Stockridge. The frosh execu-	to appear. books and scattered society in the old
Practice Court Department, announces	tive committee of eight people will be	Editor Milton Booth assisted by vir- hom€ town to be alive to the possibili-
that beginning with this year credit	as follows: Spencer Berry, Herbert	tually the entire staff of last year, has ^ Qf a united campus life,
will be given toward graduation for	Cooke, Richard Dennis, F. Flynn, V.	been working for months upon this Junior and Senior Practice Court. For Keene. B. Scofield, Miss F. Smith, and issue expecting that its scintillating
Juniors the course will consist of lec- Miss L. Young. Others running for litures in pleading and preparation of I the committee were: Ed Colger, P. papers, and some trial work The Sen- j Ellis. E. Levinson, B. McCaughna, R.
»r course will consist of trial, ap- ; Mulvin. R. Sweet, and E. Rubin.
Llate court and probate work.	Changing from the old tradition of
Additional equipment has been pur- having the Junior class president in
|Led for the library to take car« of charge of the freshmen elections.! that it is the cleverest and most point-■ al hundred volumes of books ad- Hank Rohr, chairman of the Univer- ed piece of work that he has turned to that department this summer, sity election committee, was in charge, out
array of jest, wit, and slightly concealed truth will sweep the campus off its feet.
John Post has designed the cover for this first issue of the “Wampus” and those who have seen his work say
COMMERCE ADDS NEW PROFESSORS
Meeting the requirements of Southern California business men for graduates in the field of marketing, merchandising and advertising, the College of Commerce is offering a number of new courses to be headed by Dr. W. D. Moriarity and Dr. F. May Morse. These courses will be open to upper division commerce students who choose marketing and advertising as their major group.
Dr. Moriarity comes to Southern Cali-
* * *	fornia from the University of Wash-
One thing more to keep in mind for	ington, where for seven years he was
the next few weeks—at the executive	in charge of the instruction in ad-
committee meeting last night a propo-	vanced economic theory and in the
Season Opens on First Day of School; Optimism Rampant on Coast; Race To Be Exciting
BY RALPH HUSTON
The King is dead! Long live the King!
That exalted ruler of college sports, Pigskin, is with us again, the enthroning to take place this afternoon in some nine great institutions of learning here on the Pacific Coast.
California, Stanford, Washington, Washington State College, Montana, Oregon, Idaho, Oregon Agricultural College, and our own Southern California, all members of the Pacific Coast Conference, hold their first official football practice of the year today.
The greatest era of optimism in a decade has borne the multitude of fans on the Pacific slope up to new heights, from which are
♦ issuing loud claims of superiority. Collectively the coast is assuring the fans of the nation that the best football in the country is played here, which has been attested by more than grid authority; and individually, the various teams are either disguising themselves in a fog of gloom or broadcasting rosy evidences of championship teams.
TROJAN YEAR As usual, the old “Trojan Year” cry has been announced. With some of the best material that it has been the good fortune of any coach to possess, Howard Jones, head grid mentor of the local “Thundering Herd,” is expressing a fond hope for a good year, but is making none of the exorbitant predictions so common to numerous alleged critics.
Undoubtedly the Trojans have a mass of clever, experienced material. But, unfortunately, the Trojans are not the only school in the conference. Each of the remaining eight members has something or other to enthuse about. Washington will have a strong eleven to defend its title; Stanford, despite the loss of the great Nevers, will be the most dangerous team on the Coast; California, under Nibs Price, boasts an experienced crew instead of a squad of supposedly green men.
Up in the Northwest, it’s an Oregon Aggie year. Dean Cromwell, Trojan track mentor, recently returned from a vacation at Salem, brings the more or less gloomy information that Coach Schlissler of the Farmers has every man back that started last year’s game, together with a flock of surprisingly good Frosh. Oregon came within inches of beating the championship Washington team last year, and has most of the team back. Montana and the Washington State Cougars are seemingly left to fight it out for any remaining honors.
Under Captain Jeff Cravath, last season’s All-Coast center, the Thundering Herd will go onto the field in its various contests an experienced, hard fighting eleven. Fans are looking to the Trojans to win every game. That is only natural. Whether they wlil or not remains to be seen. From the opening of the season, just ten days from today, with Whittier, until December 4, when the Herd winds up its schedule with the Fightin’ Irish of Notre Dame, these fans can look forward to a sturdy squad of Cardinal and Gold warriors, playing the
Four hundred men of the Freshman | «ame as only Tr°Jans can PIa* il-Class were the guests of the campus mighty in victory, and glorious in de-
Y. M. C. A. at luncheon last Wednes- | tear-
day noon, the event being a feature	m,f\ jw * ¥rp»
of the first day of Freshman Week. I | §§« ra i |\ I K i j J frlA Gathering at the Hut at 12:00 o’clock.	1 Id 11\ I IV llttTL
the new men were served by members of the “Y” Cabinet under the direction of Don Bailey and Glen Turner.
Following the noon luncheon, in the late afternoon, the Y. M. C. A. joined with the campus Y. W. C. A. in a reception to all Freshman students.
After the psychological tests, between seven and eight hundred of the new students were met by members of the two organizations and served with ice cream.
Since the first of September, the Y.
M. C. A. has conducted a room rental service. Several hundred rooms which
TRADITIONS MUST BE HEEDED BY FROSH SAY LEADERS r
Trojan Knights, Squires, Amazons, To See That Customs are Respected
Today will usher in several matters of importance on the campus and chief among them is the official opening of school from the standpoint of the Trojan Knights, Squires and Am-aons. To the lot of these three official campus organizations fall} the duty of carrying out traditions on the University of Southern California campus. Members of the class of 1930 are asked by the organiations to give •special attention to all traditions listed in the “Frosh Bible.” In case the new arrivals do not pay attention they will soon learn the reason for “Oh! Why do they all pick on Freshie?”
The Trojan Squires, understudies of the Knights, held a special meeting yesterday, and the following are several of the rules: Freshmen must wear hats during the entire university term, and must not wear knickers on the campus.
Another ruling which may prove interesting is: “No frosh will be allowed to use the main or central walks. As usual the law of no queening on the campus holds good.
This year the Trojan Squires are to act as ushers at football games and will assist in the handling of the Trojan Club and women's rooting section at athletic contests. The Knights wil serve as advisers for the Squires who have the backing of the faculty, and members of the board of directors.
Martha Wiggett, president of the Trojan Amazons, said in an announcement to the Trojan, “Traditions will be enforced this year in a more strict manner than ever before. We have made several changes, and feel that they will not only work, but that Freshman girls will come to understand that the Amazons are an organization to help.”
Y. IL ENTERTAINS INCOMING FROSH
OPENING ASSEMBLY
Noted Pacific Coast Leaders are Asked To Meet With Students
sition was discussed regarding arrangements for the trip to Berkeley for the coming classic with the Bears. Whatever ie worked out, whether we go by boat, train, machine, or walX we must keep one thing in mind: WE’RE ALL GOING TO CAL!
department of Merchandising, Advertising, and Marketing. Four years ago Dr. Moriarity was in Southern California making a survey of merchandising conditions on the coast, and at that time he and Dr. Morse both looked very favorably on the University
The College of Dentistry will hold its opening exercises tonight in Bovard Auditorium. Col. Rea Proctor McGee, L. D. S , M. D., who has the distinction of being the highest ranking dental officer on the Pacific Coast, will make the address of the evening on “Orientation in Dental Surgery.” Dr. Lewis E. Ford. Dean of the Col-are for rent near the University, have lege of Dentistry of U. S. C., will been registered at the desk in the Hut. j preside at the exercises which for-and a large number of men have found mally start the five year course. The
rooming and boarding places from information received here. Many rooms are still registered at the Y. M. C. A. and University men who desire rooms or board for the coming year are welcome to avail themselves of this service.
meeting is primarily for new students, but the faculty and students from any of the colleges are welcome.
Tomorrow the removal of conditions will take place, and Monday morning the regular lecture schedule will commence.
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