Southern
by
California
Trojan
CHANGE DATE OF MEET
STANFORD, Mar. 6, (P. I. P.).—Plans to hold
the Pacific Coast track and field meet here on May
15 in order to allow all schools to compete appear certain.
By moving up the date of the meet, the Trojans, Aggies, Huskies and Golden Bears will be able to compete.
/' i>!
SOME complaints have been voiced by members of the English department and also by Ithose interested in bringing a Phi [Beta Kappa chapter to Southern California, in regard to the lack of interest being shown by the [student body in the Phi Beta Kappa essay contest. It seems that the contest is about to come i to a close and as yet a comparatively small number of students have responded to the call for material.
• • •
VOL. XVII
Los Angeles, California, Monday, March 8, 1926
Number 103
NEW MEMBERS INITIATED BY PRESS CLUB
Officers For New Semester are Selected; Professor Goodnow The contest has been open I Speaks.
since November 1st, and has been	-
given considerable publicity. Paul ^urchin was elected presl
With the honor attached to the denl of lhe s- c- Press club at a meel‘ contest besides the cash prizes,
certainly more than a handful of students should respond to the cry for “copy.’’
• • •
Arc not the University of Southern California students interested ir things intellectual? When but a few students answer a contest such as being conducted by the Phi Beta Kappa, and hundreds of them will spend their time in some other contest which will bring Ifttle or no credit to the institution, there is something wrong with student interest
If the University of Southern California is ever to be honored with a chapter of the Phi Beta Kappa fraternity, Bom<‘ active student interest in it must be manifested on the campus. There are a good number of stu-**nts who would be eligible to the
rw>( --
ere It on the S. C. campuB, yet none of them have made at effort in bringing about the ation of such a chapter.
Southern California colleges re manifested an active interest in i Beta Kappa and as a result they rewarded with chapters A uni-rsity of the size and scholastic tanding of the University of Southern California ought certainly to have a hapter of the scholarship fraternity. • • •
l*>ut
tosta!
Let us give the committee en-leai'oring to put oz’er the Phi Beta |Kappa essay contest some support hat it is deserving and add another Jink in the change of scholarship at [Southern California.
♦ ♦ ♦
ICKETS go on sale today for the 1926 Extravaganza. Little does the average student realize the time tnd energy spent in developing the production. Since the start of the fall semester, Managers Ellsworth Ross, lohn Atwill and Producer Grant La lont have spent innumerable hours perfecting the production. They ire planning a show that would do Credit to any professional organization.
The men and women of the chorus [av<- devoted many afternoons in masking the intricate dance steps that rill be offered for the amusement of le campus. Th** writers of the mule and skits will see their “brain i Ihilds" enacted. The show without a >ubt will be a success, judging from rehearsals we have witnessed. It rill naturally lack the finess of a provisional production. But the show rill be worth the time spent on it by ie many students.
♦ ♦ ♦
TUDENTS who frequent the drlnk-' ing fountain in the southwest hall the Old College building were put shame by a city inspector recently rhen he made the statement that the >llege students were exceedingly ireless in their treatment of such fa-ilities, and further added that in the irtiest of foundries where workers re handicapped with conditions re-iltant from their work, that drinking >untains were in a more sanitary tate.
It has been noted that students are ireless in their treatment of the foun-kin in question. Paper and chewing lam fill the fountain and afford a <lis-isteful looking faucet when one goes drink.
It is unquestionable that a little
ing held Thursday evening at the Delta Sigma Delta house at 2620 Menlo Avenue. Other officers elected were Mynette Ritch, vice president; Rita Padway, treasurer, and Vivian Murphy, secretary. Initiation of four new members and a talk by Marc Goodnow also featured the program.
The initiates, Catherine Colwell, Leo j Karris, Paul Slater and Bill Srere, each read a feature story mentioning four S. C. notables as their part of ' the initiation program. To be eligible for the Press Club a student must have served one semester on the staff of the Daily Trojan.
Marc Goodnow, S. C. journalism professor, gave the speech of the evening, telling the twenty-three reporters present some of his own experiences in newspaper work. He told of his adventures in a Florida turpentine camp, and related the happenings connected with covering a bad railway accident.
The nominations tor officers were made by a committee appointed by George Jordan, retiring president. Marjorie Hull, chairman; Dave Fred and Beth Baker formed the committee. They nominated the following candidates: President, Paul Churchill and Don Mayhew; vice-president, Mynette Ritch, Don Edwin and Howard Edgerton; treasurer, Rita Padway and Don Pierce; secretary, Vivian Murphy and Bernice Palmer. Church-111, Ritch, Padway and Murphy were elected.
Prettiest Girl In Extravaganza Chosen By Patients
That the fame of the beauty chorus of the ‘‘Troubles of 1926” has reached even to the patients of the Clara Barton Hospital was shown by a letter received Friday, in which the patients named their choice of the best-looking member of the chorus. The hospital inmates cast their Totes after viewing a picture of the chorus published in a downtown newspaper, and Cecile Vigne was declared the winner.
ARROWHEAD BAND FEATURED OVER AIR
Orchestra Kept Busy by Phone Requests’’ “Rook Atwood Presents Numbers.
Thursday night’s radio program presented over KFI by the University of Southern California was cited by listeners-in as a distinct success. The Arrowhead Dance Orchestra w*as the feature of the evening. They played “Who,” “Sam” and many other request numbers. The studio phone was kept busy almost ail the afternoon with calls for request numbers.
Stanley ‘‘Rook” Atwood, prominent and popular tenor, presented several collegiate numbers among which were, “Sometime,” “What Can I Say After I Say 1 Was Sorry?” and “Mary Lou,” The last named piece was composed by a prominent S. C. musician, Wes Woodford. Atwood was accompanied by Miss Buelah Drew7.
Al Behrendt, whistling soloist, accompanied by Don Parker, presented several numbers among which were “Birds and Bees” and “By the Waters of the Minnetonka.” After the presentation of the last piece, a fan called the studio and declared that that piece was the most beautiful whistling solo he had ever heard over the air.
Don Parker closed the program with a piano solo, a medley.
PLAY DUCATS GO ON SALE
“Troubles of 1926” Will Offer Tickets for Two Performances To Students Wednesday.
Tickets for “Troubles of 1926” will be placed on sale in the Students’ Store Wednesday. The pasteboards for the musical comedy which will be presented in Bovard Auditorium on the evenings of March 18 and 19 will go on (he counter at 50 cents, 75 cents and $1 each.
John Atwill, in a statement to the Trojan, said: “The management of the production has been beseiged by requests for tickets to the forthcoming Extravaganza. Past experience has demonstrated that shows of this kind have been a complete sell-out.”
Gene Johnston, conceiver of many catchy musical numbers for “Troubles of 1926,” has asked that all aspirants to the ukulele chorus report to him in Bovard Auditorium- today at 2:15 p. m. Johnston also said that he was desirous of communicating with the members of the Mu Phi Epsilon trio and a number of individuals who are capable violinists. Those people who are experienced in violin playing are requested to see Gene Johnston or Grant La Mont at once.
OPPORTUNITIES ARE DESCRIBED
Engineers Hear Explanation of Development Projects of the
Future.
Pronounced as the best talk heard by the Engineers thie semester, an address was given by J. Hunter Clark, general manager of the Bureau of Power and Light, during chapel hour Friday. Mr. Clark told of the opportunities which Engirfcers have to take part in the huge development projects that are to be launched in Southern California within the near future.
An All-American Canal for the Imperial Valley fanner is being contemplated by the federal government, according to Clark, and it will be necessary to employ over a hundred engineers on this job and about 2000 laborers.
The Imperial Valley farmer is in constant danger of being flooded because his land is below sea level, some of it 250 feet lower than the Colorado River. If the river is not checked within a short time, this land, worth $600,000,000, wrill be one huge lake, lost to the use of man for probably 12,000 years.
“These vast development projects will take place within the very near future,” relates Clark, “and there is no doubt that every Engineer worthy of the name at Southern California will be profitably occupied for many years to come.”
PETITIONS TO BE CIRCULATED FOR DRAMA MOVEMENT
Encouragement For Playwrights is Purpose of New Theater Movement Started.
To stimulate interest in students ore care should be taken in the treat- endeavoring to learn the Spanish lan-
lent of such sanitary implements, le fountain can never be a sanitary ie if it be used as a waste basket, a gum parking station.
• • •
A sign has been suggested for |r iouniain to read, "Do not park ntr %um here."
♦ ♦ +
Petitions in which students may pledge themselves to assist in a movement similar to the Little Theater Movement will be circulated in the Liberal Arts and Speech classes of the University of Southern California today or tomorrow’.
Efforts are being made to encourage the students with a view toward publishing and producing their plays. Plays are to be published every other week. According to Eddie Blaine, who heads the movement, “The object is to stress the art in dramatic art. We want the student body to think it is theirs.” Meetings are planned about next Wednesday or Thursday.
The Little Theater Movement was a successful attempt to lift the standard of drama. It was distinguished by its independence from the box office support. The most important of the leaders in the Little Theater Movement is the Potboilers of Los Angeles, and the Little Theater of Maurice Browne in Chicago. The latter is generally spoken of as the parent of the organization. The ideals were to produce something which was worth while. Associated with the movement was George Baker of the Workshop 47 and Thomas Stevens of Carnegie Tech.
Variety is especially stressed in the movement on the campus. Everybody To Meet Thursday is expected to take a part whether it
is to be only property man or not. Cooperation of the talent is the prime goal. Dr. Allison Gaw’s classes in drama and the dramatic classes of the School of Speech is expected, according to Eddie Blaine, to pledge their assistance.
La Tertulia Club
Juniors Receive Grades on*Exams After Two Years
Results of Psychological Tests Taken as Freshmen Sent To U pper-Classmen.
Because the Education Department of the University of Southern California has just inaugurated a system of grading students taking the Psychological tests, required of all entering Freshmen, which h«£ not been used previous to the current year, reports as to their standing as graded by this system have been sent to the Juniors during the last week. This answers the question which has caused so much excitement among members of that class.
The method now used at Southern California is that of Quintile Placement, and is not used by any other school in the United States. By the information furnished them in this way, both the students and the teachers have not only the total average, but also a report of the result of the student’s efforts in the five subjects covered by the test. The following types of work are included: Reading, Comprehension, Language Usage, Mathematics, Following Directions and General information.
A marked improvement is noted in this method over the one formerly used. If a student receives a 4 as an average, he is led to think that his ability in all five lines is comparative ly low. The fact is, however, that though he may be in the lowest fifth of his class in Language Usage, he may place in the highest fifth in Mathematics.
S. C. AND BRANCH IN JOINT SMOKER
Fraternities of Both Colleges Will Send Representatives To Get-together.
The inter-fraternity smoker between all the fraternities on the campuses of the University of Southern California and Southern Branch will be held at the Delta Chi house, 920 West Twenty-eighth Street, between the hours of 7:30 and 10 next Friday, March 12. The Delta Chi’s are preparing for a capacity house and from present indications the affair will be a huge success.
In addition to four inter-scholastic boxing bouts already scheduled, each university group will provide an hour of original entertainment.
Two men will represent each fraternity in the attempt to develop better understanding and mutual friendship between the two institutions. It is intended that this shall be the first of a series of annual smokers.
The inter-frat^rnity councils of both universities are whole-heartedly in back of the idea and have worked long and hard in the attempt to put it over. If co-operation such as this is estab: lished between the two campuses, the possibilities of misunderstandings arising will be greatly lessened.
DEAN TELLS
CONFERENCE
EXPERIENCE
Dr, Crawford Returns From Washington Convention; Heard President Coolidge.
Dean Mary Sinclair Crawford returned Thursday after a three weeks' absence in which she attended the annual conference of the National Dean of Women held at Washington, D. C.
That this conference was of great importance is attested by the fact that President Coolidge addressed the assemblage. Many important questions were raised at this convenUon which are of vital importance to the co-ed. The sorority and fraternity situaUon is so great a question that it is to continue for another year; even the officers of the National Pan Hellenic are co-operating in this movement.
‘‘Questions which deal with all phases of college lift were taken up,” states Dean Crawford, “among them being whether the curriculum of women should be changed. We felt that the independence of young women in their social life was a very fine ten-Several speakers will address the dency, and the quesUon is now raised combined groups on Tital and interest ih°w can you develop her judgment to
ing subjects.
Students Will Have Last Chance To Take Pictues
The official EH Rodeo photographer from the Densmore Studios will return to the El Rodeo office Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday. This will be the last chance for students of all campus colleges as well as all the pledges of the fraternities to have their photographs taken for the El Rodeo. Sitting will be from 10 to 4 in the El Rodeo office.
parallel with it? Perhaps an extra curricular activity will provide the solution.
“Lack of leisure time among the co-eds on this campus presents another problem. The women on this campus compare most favorably with the women of Eastern colleges. Our outdoor life presents an additional problem to this campus,” continues Dean Crawford. “But our health report is so brilliant that the problem presented has its compensations. Another important question which came up is to give the student point of view careful consideration; to raise the lntel-(Continued on Page Three)
PLEDGES GET BUSY FOR “YELLOW DOG” DIRT DUPING ACT
Meet Tomorrow Night at Daily Trojan Office Behind “Barred Doors Appearance on Friday.
With much malice aforethought, and deliberate plans to bring to light all campus “dirt,” the Sigma Sigma pledges will meet tomorrow night behind the barred doors of the “Trojan” office at 7:30 for the purpose of writing copy for the much feared edition of the “Yellow Dog,” according to officers of that organization.
COMMERCE HAS RALLY Of JAZZ
T ouchstone Theater Overflows With Commerce Students; Mussatti Speaks.
Touchstone Theater was not large enough to hold the crowd which turned out for the jazz program presented by the College of Commerce at its second musical rally held at the regular assembly hour Friday. Pep and enthusiasm dominated the occasion, and. according to the hundreds of Commerce students packed into the overfilled auditorium, every act on the varied program more than
Reports say that the pledges have i „ . lV ... . , . . ,
„	*	esualled the high standard set by the
been busy during the past few weeks
VOLUNTEERS WILL HAVE A RETREAT
guage, La Tertulia Club is planning a Spanish Fiesta to be held Thursday afternoon in the Women’s Residence Hall.
Featuring Edward Gattoni, a violinist whose work has already received recognition in musical circles, and one of Miss Trinidad Goni’s most apt pupils, together with an original skit
Coach “Nibs” Price To Get Endorsement
In the banquet-meeting of the Student Volunteers of the university which was held at the “Y” Hut Thursday evening, it w'as decided that the members and others who are interested in any Christian activity are to have a retreat at Dr. John Hill’s cabin in Sierra Madre from March 12 to 14.
According to Miss Lillian Alice Callahan, w'ho is leading the group, there w ill be an interesting program which will give much benefit to those who are going, besides the pleasant experience of a brief vacation.
U. OF WASH. WINS DEBATE CONTEST
UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON, Seattle, Mar. 7, (P. I. P.).—University of Washington debaters won a double victory last night, defeating Whitman College in Seattle and Washington
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA,
OTRNALISM students throughout in Spanish, the program promises J March 7, (P. I. P.).—Public endorse- State College at Pullman. The ques-the United States have been of
keen interest. Also, a number of Span-red an unusual opportunity bv David ish songs by a popular co-ed of radio )k of Cornell I diversity It is the , fame will enliven the affair, in of Mr. Cook to condurt a ten Any student taking Spanish 2a or << continued on Page Poor)	above is eligible to ©Uend.
collecting “ultra wowish” pictures of the numerous campus celebrities, and it Is expected that when these pictures make their appearance on the pages of the “Yellow” canine numerous ex-collegians will make reservations on the next boat to Siam.
It is a known fact that Bull and Buller have offered a pair of Paris parters to each Sigma Sigma neophyte if they will consent to the printing of these pictures in the Bull column of the Daily Trojan, but for no inducement will the pledges give up the sensational photographs.
The “Yellow Dog” will make its appearance next Friday morning, and if reports are true, its malicious
initial Commerce pep rally.
Professor James Musatti of the History Department gave a brief address on “The Business Man in American History,” prefacing his talk with a series of humorous stories. Professor Musatti pointed out the extremely important part that American business men have played in bringing the United States to the place of supremacy which it now maintains.
The musical part of the program featured Miss Gogo Belanger, Al Behrendt, Rook Atw’ood, and the Arrowhead orchestra, composed of Don Parker, Ormond Grier, Shirley Mow-att, Bill Stewart, Kenny Becker, and Stuart Peters. Miss Belanger, a KFI entertainer, offered a series of “blues”
‘bark" will be head all the way from songs, accompanying herself on the
the Liberal Arts campus to the Metro politan college. The Sigma Sigma pledges, dressed in odd clothes of the most weird design, will conduct the sale of the magazine, charging the nominal sum of 15 cents.
Despite the fact that the officers of Sigma Sigma have received black hand letters from practically every campus illuminary, the “Yellow Dog” is coming out with the plain, unadulterated truth, and nothing but the truth. “Although it hurts, it is for the good of our Alma Mater and our country that such unscrupulous individuals be exposed,” is the way they put it.
BASEBALL MANAGERS
ukulele. Behrendt gave a number of whistling solos, accompanied by Don Parker, later joining Miss Belanger in a duet, “The Sweetheart of Sigma Chi.” Rook Atwood, another KFI artist, accompanied by Beulah Drew at the piano, sang a group of popular numbers, including “Kiss Me and Then Say Good Night,” the feature number of this year’s Extravaganza.
Red Haynes, president of Commerce-has announced that the College of Commerce will give the other colleges and schools of the University an opportunity to hear one of the Commerce jazz rallies when It presents a program in the regular Bovard rally the Friday following Spring vacation.
INTER-COLLEGE
All Inter-fraternity baseball man- A meeting of all inter-college bas-agers will meet in Bill Hunter’s office ketball managers is scheduled for to-
ment will be given the appointment of j tion was the organization of the na-Clarence M. “Nibs” Price, ’14, as head tional defense under a single depart-
coach of the California varsity foot-j ment with three co-ordinate divisions, tomorrow noon. Bus Blanchard, head day at noon in Bill Hunte’s office in ball team at a luncheon to be held by , The decisions were rendered by the intra-mural manager, desires that the athletic building. All representa-university alumni on March 15.	! audiences under the Oxford system. ‘ every house be represented.	tlves should be present