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Trojans All-Opponents eleven. New Constitution up for vote tomorrow. Law and Dental not to vote on honor system. Jeff Cravath thrills with speech at banquet. Commerce holds rally tomorrow. Inter-fraternity Council meeting.
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“Congratulations, Morley! “You have a real job cut out for you in following in the foootsteps of Jeff Cravath. But you have Southern California behind you.” —The Old Trojan.
VOL. XVIII.
Los Angeles, California, Monday, December 13, 1926
NUMBER 60
LAW, DENTAL WILL NOT VOTE
Executive Committee Decides Voting To Be By Schools On Honor System
The passing of a motion to the effect that the honor system should he voted upon by separate schools, rather than by the I niversity as a whole, was thc chief business accomplished by the Fx-ecutive Committee at a special
meeting callcd Friday noon.
Many and fervent were the debates
instituted by the decision of Dental and Law to vote “No” on the proposed issue. According to Sam Gate*, “If the commission cannot be adopted by the University as a whole, It should not be adopted at all. No campus school is separate from the rest of the University.”
In Qpposition tc this statement was one by Hank Rohr, who asserted that “The system should be adopted gradually. If it works in Liberal Arts, the remainder of tbe colleges may come to.” _
Some discussion arose in the question as to just what schools are included on the Liberal Arts campus.
"There are a great many schools which have deans, and are generally accepted as Liberal Arts schools that would be included in such an issue. An honor system should meet all conditions, and an honor system such as has been proposed would not meet the approval of all of these schools,” asserted Paul Cunningham.
A motion that a vote on the honor commission should be confined to the Liberal Arts campus, was lost. Likewise a motion by Gates that the chair should appoint a commission of five to see the President of the University, and the deans of the different colleges, and having done this, be permitted to act accordingly, failed.
The issue will be voted upon Tuesday, all schools voting excepting Law and Dentistry, which have signified their disapproval of the proposed commission.
Junior Prom Draws Large Attendance
Many Special Features Add Enjoyment To Annual Social Function.
The Prom is over! Long live the Prom!
From the grand march to the final number, the junior class Prom presented Saturday night at the Elks' Club was held to be one to make the University of Southern California proud.
Potted palms in the archways completely transformed the ballroom. On the stage was an easel with an immense numeral, ’28, made of flowers, and flower-filled baskets stood at either side.
Corsages, gifts of the class, were worn by the patronesses. Other guests were without them, by agreement previously made. The favors, bridge pads with pvraline shell covers, were greeted by “Ahs!” anu “Ohs!” from the guests.
The campus orchestra, secured by Eddie Oudermuelen, fulfilled the expectations of the enthusiastic junioTs. Carl Plate, in charge of the entertainment, received the appreciative gratitude of the class for securing the Metropolitan actors who entertained with dancing and songs. With his banjo, Eddie Peabody captivated his listeners in his usual fashion.
JEFF CRAVATH SCORES WITH BANQUET TALK
Morley Drury, Captain-elect, Coach Jones, and Hunter Also Address Football Men.
Retiring captain Jeff Cravath’s message, delivered at the annual football j banquet held last Thursday at the I Los Angeles Athletic Club, is said j to have been the most inspiring talk ever given by a Trojan captain on a similar occasion.
went so far as to say that “only the greatest of captains with the truest of love for his Alma Mater could have been so impressive.”
The unanimous election of Morley
Congratulations, Morley!
You have earned the right to That the talk was captain the 1927 varsity and de-the most striking part of the dinner serve honor that came to you is generally conceded, but one guest Thursday night. The student
body is going to look to you to carry on in the spirit of the men who have left. You have a real job cut out for you in following in the footsteps of Jeff Cravath. Drury to captain the 1927 Trojan var- But what you said at the banquet sity was another feature. Besides was g00(j an(j you have Southern the retiring ceptain and the newly California behind you. elected captain, Coach Howard Jones More power, Morley! and Willis Hunter addressed those	* * *
present.
The twenty-one men who earned Tomorrow is the day. Tomor-the coveted S. C. monograms were row we vote on the constitution introduced. Allan E. Sedgewick, who and the honor system. A word in was toastmaster for the evening, gave | explanation of the action of the
especial praise to the seniors who played their last grid contest for Southern California.
FRESHMAN DANCE TO BE WEDNESDAY
Spirit of Cooperation To Be Furthered By Social Event At Oakmont.
At a meeting of the freshman class, held Thursday in Bovard Auditorium, plans for the class dance, which will be given at the Oakmont County Club Wednesday, December 16, were completed
“The purpose of the dance,” says Loren Matheson. president of the freshman class, “is to create a spirit of cooperation among the class members as well as to give everyone a good time.”
Bids for the dance are on sale at the Students Store at $1.50; they may also be obtained from any member of the Freshman Executive Committee.
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ARRANGE MEETINGS FOR STRAY GREEKS
Although there will be no further meeting of Stray Greeks until after Christmas holidays, several social functions are being arranged to take place in January, according to Bryant Hale, president.
Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity will give a dance for the members of the organization at the Pi Kappa Alpha house, and tentative arrangements for a dinner at the University Club are included in the events planned for January. These events are to be given in addition to the weekly luncheons at the Cottage Tea Room every Wednesday noon.
Election of officers will take place at the beginning of the second sem-! ester. Present officers of the organization are Bryant Hale, president, Alpha Tau Omega; Louise Parritt, vice-president, Kappa Kappa Gamma; and Jack Stone, newly elected secre-tary-treasurer, Delta Kappa Epsilon.
In accordance with the purpose of Stray Greeks, which is to be purely social, this year has been a great deal more successful than last. From a membership of twenty, it has increased to sixty, and all the dances and regular meetings so far have been well attended.
RESERVATIONS NECESSARY FOR ASILOMAR CONFAB
Hundreds of Students To Attend College Conference On Monterey Peninsula. Expenses Reduced.
Reservations must be made within the next few days for the Asiloma? Student Conference to be held during the Christmas vacation. All of the Universities in the Pacific Southwest will send delegates to the conference, several hundred students being ex pected. The University of Hawaii will also send several men.
The quota for Southern California has been set at fifty and it is expected that the entire number will be filled. By a co-operative scheme, the expenses for the trip have been
executive committee yesterday in releasing Dentistry and Law from the vote on the honor system. It was not because the system was acknowledged to be weak nor because those schools were not thought capable of handling such a system. It was because they were both felt to have different problems to meet and a different background for their solution. This feeling grew out of talks of some of the Executive Committee members with men whom they thought to be representative of these schools. Henrv Rohr’s argument that these schools mav see the thing differentlv after it has been tried seems to be a pood one. At least, the Committee seems to be moving into this oro-oosition carefullv and with due consideration.
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When the matter of an honor system was first brought up we opposed it in the Executive Committee. It was felt that a system without the spirit would be a
Commerce to Have Special Rally Tuesday
College* of Commerce To Be Allowed a Number of Separate Rallies During Year.
Carrying out the program planned by the College of Commerce Rany Committee, the first Commerce rally will be held Tuesday morning in Touchstone Theatre during the regular chapel hour.
The Commerce Rally Committee, with Jack Payne as chairman, assisted by Hal Williamson, Eddie Oudermuelen, and Dave Bryant have arranged for a very entertaining program to close the college’s work before the holiday vacation. By a special dispensation from the administration, Commerce will be allowed to have its own rallies every two or three weeks for the remainder of the school year.
The first part of the assembly will be turned over to Burdette Henney, who will lead the College in songs and yells. The latter part of the program will be presented by Lois Whitman and Winnie Parker, radio artists from radio station KFI, who will entertain with harmony blues.
NEW A.S.U.S.C. CONSTITUTION AND HONOR SYSTEM WILL BE DECIDED UPON TOMORROW
New Instrument Has Been Drawn Up To Correct Faults Of Present Constitution; Student Sanction Is Need To Make It Effective.
reduced to a minimum, well within working Qn the theory that a the reach of all students.	| spirit can best be worked out if
BAND IS SLATED FOR CONCERTS DURING VACATION
Number of Events To Bill Holiday Time of Trojan Band Members.
That even though the football season is over, the Southern California band is continuing to practice and give concerts and expects to be hard at work during the Christmas holidays, was the announcement made by Bill Ward, manager of the Trojan band.
Rehearsals and engagements are to occupy the time of every member of the band. Although definite plans have as yet not been completed, St least three engagements are to be filled.
Thursday, Dec. 16, the band is playing for Warren Bovard at a banquet for the Oculist Club and later on in the vacation will give a program at
shell. But the Committee is now ' the Glemlale High School.
Harold Grayson, assistant manager,
By RALPH FLYNN
Tomorrow tells the tale.
\\ hether the Associated students will be governed by a revised constitution that has been so prepared as to meet the nev\ situations that may arise and have arisen, or by the old constitution that has been proven so full of loopholes, will be decided tomorrow when the students of all colleges of the University go to the polls.
The other matter placed in th* hands of the students will be th* establishment of an honor syetem.
Students of every college will vote on the constitution, but the 3tudenta of Law and Dentistry will not vot* on the honor problem. Officials of these two schools have decided to let the matter of an honor system rest where It is.
One of the members of the Executive Committee, when approached regarding the constitution said, "There is only one alternative, the newly revised constitution or the old one. The constitution cannot be accepted in part; it must be either the whole constitution or none at all."
During the administration of Don Cameron last year, many problem* arose which were not provided for in the old constitution. At the beginning of his administration. Leland Tallman appointed a committee, with Sam Gates at the head, to revise the old document. The constitution that is to be adopted or rejected tomorrow is the work of this committee, and has met with approval both from the Executive Committee and from the President of the University.
The polls open tomorrow at eight o’clock in the Arcade of the Administration Building. Both booths will be open for voting. The votes will be counted at night in the presence of the judges, and the result made public as soon thereafter as possible. Every student must present his or her indentiflcation card before the privilege to vote will be granted.
Santa Claus “Ain’t” Say Students As They Face Exams.
“Merry Christmas!” 3o say the professors, and cheerfully assign exams, research work and term papers for over the holidays. Now we know there isn’t any Santa Claus!
With the idea ln view of spending all vacation in the exciting business of writing a treatise on “Why a collegian should have a mind, or should he,” and a paper on “To be an instructor or to be reasonable,” probably every hard working Phi Beta will come back Fo campus after the holidays with that delicious old feeling of having a paper due and a flunk on the horizon.
But even if there is no Santa Claus, at least one professor has the old fight to say, “Only a twenty-five minute exam today— Christmas is coming.” He also is wise enough to have his assignments due before vacation to promote a little “do” along with the rest, and not give the student grey hairs before his time with sad worry during the holidays.
WAMPUS STAFF
There will be an important meeting of the Wampus staff in the Wampus editorial office at 12:15 today. Every member of the staff and every contributor should be present. Definite announcement concerning the next issue will be made.
Seniors Present Mystery
Play In Bovard Tomorrow
Critics Pronounce Production a Great Success. Plot Hinges On Two Mysterious Deaths, But Minus Usual Gun Play.
Convening on December 26th, the conference will hold its last sessions on January 2nd. Asilomar is a community located on the Monterey Peninsula in Northern California.
Many men of national importance have consented to be present at tfte conference and to give addresses. There will be many open forum groups, where discussion will be held. Don Bailey, Harold Reed, and Glen Turner of Southern California will lead groups.
“In the Next Room,” the senior play to be presented tomorrow evening in Bovard Auditorium, is all that mystery play should be. There are credible and engaging personalities and enough chills of horror offset with diverting comedy to make a mystery play of high type.
Tfce plot of the play hinges on two myterious deaths in the home of a wealthy art collector. An antique cabinet acquired in the interest of art leads to an afternoon and evening of fateful events. These events, however, do not lead to gun play; that is one of the outstanding unusual characteristics of this mystery play.
As a drama it is plausible, and one can feel that it all happened. With a baffling first act, a misleading second act and a third that surprises
and satisfies, containing as it does a conclusion that is a triumph *5f excellent drama, the play is compact and ingenious.
The play is based upon the popular and exciting novel of the same name by Burton Stevenson.
According to Johnny Atwill, 500 tickets have been sold. Hallam Cooly and Douglas McLean, the two old Trojans, will be present to view the play.
Several critics were present at the last rehearsal and gave it as theif opinion that, with the rapid movement of the plot, the cleverness of the situations and the smoothness and polish with which the players portray their parts, the performance should cause quite a stir in collegiato dramatic circles.
New Advertising Club Is Making Progress On University Campus
With the recent acquisition of an office in the Healy Building and with a number of new members displaying interest in the work, the progress of Southern California’s Advertising Club is quite satisfactory, according to the report of President Robert Riddle. The club’s second meeting was held at the Cottage Tea Room Thursday evening.
Truman Lusk, who directs the advertising for Silverwood’s, was the principal speaker of the evening. Mr. Lusk’s talk gave the aspiring advertising men and women many practcal bits of information about the business. He stressed the points of truth and sincerity in advertising. He also advised the club as to the best way to prepare to enter the advertising field.
given a framework such as the proposed system. It ought to be worth trying. Certainly, there can be no damage in the system.
PALAIS DE GLACE
In order to introduce the Palais de Glace, Los Angeles’ de luxe ice palace, to all the students of the University of Southern California and their friends, Henry Siemer, in charge, announces Tuesday as special Trojan night, when any reader of this paper w*ll be admitted for 10 cents, instead of the usual 50 cents, provided they bring the coupon printed elsewhere in this issue.
Dean Crawford is right when she says that when something is new it should be tried rather than condemned. It seems that that ought to answer almost any objection that could be made to the proposed new honor system. It cannot hurt, it may teach us something that we have not known about ourselves and our student body.
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From this time forth the Old Trojan is going to come out under a drawing worthy of the dignity of the Southern California paper. The man who drew this cut is Ernie Pinckert, a San Bernardino high school student. We want the campus to appreciate his contribution to a campus not his own. Frankly, though, we hope he will soon get the idea that it is his own. Southern California needs men of his ability and spirit.
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We are very much enthused over Mike Elwood’s reassuring announcement about the student union. We cannot say yet just how it will oe financed, but that fact that it is a possibility in the offing is worth a good deal. We hope that we speak for the student body when we say that Mike may count on solid support this time if the matter comes before the students again. Southern California must not have another Homecoming without a student union!
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More power to the new Constitution.
and Lee Orndorff, librarian, are giving their services to the furtherance of the success of this program.
Architecture Faculty Members Will Show Art Work In Exhibit
Three distinguished faculty members of the School of Architecture, Professors F. Talles Chamberlin, John H. Rich, and Paul Sample, are offering an exhibit of their work until Wednesday this week at the new exhibition hall.
Some of these paintings have been previously honored with a display at the Biltmore salon, but a majority aer being shown for the first time. Portraits, marines, and water colors are among the compositions on the gallery. Faculty members and students are cordially invited.
“CO-EDS ARE DUMB” DEBATE QUESTION
Resolved: Co-eds are dumb. That is the question for tonight’s debate at the regular meeting of the Mustang Club, formerly the Barbarians, to be held in H. 206 tonight at 7:30. The desire of McLean Nearpass and Jennings Snoddy to defend the fair co-ed forced WTilbur Stone and Fred Arendt to take the affirmative. No co-eds will be admitted, but all non-fraternity men are invited to be present.
The Mustang Club, non-fraternity men’s organization, meets every other Monday night. Membership is open, by election, to all men on the campus not affiliated with any social fraternity. At the last meeting a skit entitled “Freshie” was presented by several of the members. Vincent Nei-son was elected to the executive committee to take the place of Hardy Nesbit, who resigned because of Inability to attend meetings.
LITERARY CLUBS DEBATE FOR CUP
Phi Delta Gamma Extemporaneous Contest To Start Tomorrow: Alaskan Situation Is Topic.
A silver loving cup will be presented to the winner of the extemporaneous speaking contest which will be sponsored by the Southern California chapter of Phi Delta Gamma. The preliminary contests will be held on Tuesday, December 14th, and the finals will be held on January 11th.
Each literary society on the campus will, by a series of eliminations, select one person to represent them in the final contest. The award will be the permanent possession of the winner. Last year the Phi Delta Gamma cup was won by the repi^-
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S.C. Professor Speaks On Movement In Soviet Russia
International Relations Confab At Riverside Has Discussion On Pan-Asiatic Movements; Far Eastern Diplomacy Brought Out By Prof. Markovin.
BY WALTER PECK
PRE-M EDICS
Pre-Medical meeting and lecture will be held tonight at 7:30 in room 306 of the Chemistry Building.
WOMEN DEBATERS
Tryouts for places on the Women’s Debate Squad will take place today at 3:15 in Hoose Hall 206.
Y. W. NOTiCE
Special Y. W. C. A. meeting for ail members in the “Y” lodge at 12:30 to discuss honor system.
(Special to The Trojan)
RIVERSIDE, Dec. 9.—In the round table discussion on Chinese Nationalism this morning, presided over by Dr. Herbert H. Gowen, professor of Oriental history, literature and institutions at the University of Washington, Prof. Boris Markovin of the University of Southern California gave a very illuminating talk on the influence of soviet Russia in the development of the Pan-Asiatic movement.
Beginning with the causes of the Russian Revolution, Prof. Markovin briefly traced the history of the Revolution through the Kerensky regime and the ascendency of the Bolshev-
them the ownership which they $0 desired. Because of this and the danger of internal dissension at a time when Russia needed all its strength to repel the external enemies pressing in on all sides, the leaders of the Bolsheviki saw that they must give up for the time, anyway, the three fundamental tenets of pure Marxian socialism,—centralization, communism and internationalism. Accordingly, Prof. Markovin stated, the Russians are now pursuing a policy of federalism, capitalism and nationalism.
Russian diplomacy in the Far East is no different today than it was under the Czarist regime, except in
MUSTANG CLUB
All non-fraternity men are invited ists to power under Lenin. He called technique, according to Prof. Marko-to attend the meeting of the Mustang attention to the fact that the peasants vin. It is the same old policy of
Club, formerly the Barbarians, to be held in Hoose 206 tonight at 7:30.
wanted land, and that a purely social- economic and territorial imperialism, istic policy would not have given with the economic phase exaggerated.
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