Southern
California
Trojan
ATTEND THE BIG SHOW
During the rally program this morning the Trojan Band in conjunction with the Sophomore class will present a vaudeville show. This will be the band s last appearance prior to their departure for a concert tiour of northern cities Sunday.
VOL. XVII.
CTION galore is promised the student body in regard to the roposed student union within a w days. Several months ago e Daily Trojan started some itation toward the construction such a building, committees ere formed both in student and iumni circles, and then things 'eted down. During that time good deal of work has been done d many plans have been made, ^cause the committees and the jan has perhaps been silent the subject do not think that e plan was dropped.
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For reasons better known to a few information on the building has been withheld, but something definite will be announced next week. Begin thinking ober the plan of a four-story building on the campus, owned and operated by the studexfts, the center of student life and activity. It will mean the co-operation of every organization and student if the building is to be realized and indifferent atti-ides toward the plan should e destroyed immediately.
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ive the plan some consideration en it is proposed next week and jyou have any suggestions to of-kindly write them to the Daily ojan. We would like to have e student opinion letters to aid committees at work.
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HIS morning at the regular chapel hour in Bovard Auditorium the thern California band under the ership of Harold Roberts and aged by Roswell Allison will give alf-hour program. The program is be one for the benefit of the band a small admission will be charged, reat deal of expense was incurred outfitting the band this year with collegiate outfits and also with ‘‘Santa Claus” costumes that the rer6 wore in the special stunt used the closing game of the football son. It is for that reason that the igement has been forced to charge Ismail admission and has also nned a tour in the north.
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The band will leave Los Angeles his week and will travel on the antage6 vaudeville circuit for one eek, playing in San Bernardino, n Luis Obispo, San Francisco nd Fresno. A good deal of valu-ble publicity will be derived from e trip both to the band, the Tro-.ns and to the peerless leader ial Roberts.
Aside from the program being aged by the Trojan band the ophomore class will stage a short it, making the show an ail star air.
hose who have heard the Trojan d play and have seen their act delt to be of a professional na-
he Cardinal and Gold musicians established a nation-wide rcp-*ion for their ability and it is h a great deal of pleasure that Pantages circuit signed the Tro-musiciatis. U'ith thc band goes zvell ztnshes of thc Daily Trojan. ♦ ♦ +
ETITIONS are circulating about the campus for the construction university swimming pool. The mittee headed by Mike Elwood ns assured that the pool can be 5zed before long. According to El-it is entirely up to the student to signify a strong enough inion to have the pool. At least thousand signatures should appear he petition and it is a guaranteed % fide proposition that the pool be started if that many appear.
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The Dental College students es-scially would appraciate such a ■oject. They are pressed for
srd have very little rf it to vote to recreatoin. It wculd be their advantage both in health d in soirit if they could go with-a few blocks from their work d take some healthful exercise swimming, so kindly see that ur name appears on the peti-
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K\rGHl the Sophomore class :••»'/ entertain at the Pi Phi c - H an All-l niversit\ dance, students are invited to. attend der that the class trcamrx max
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Los Angeles, California, Friday, April 16, 1926
Number 125
SOPHS AND BAND JOIN FOR RALLY
Present Skit, “The Neck-lace?'; Band To Play Northern Tour Program.
Promising two shows for the price of one, the Trojan Band and the Sophomore class are to give a joint program in Bovard Auditorium this morning at ten. The Sophomores will put on a skit, while the band will play the numbers that are to be featured during the trip through the northern part of the state.
Feeling that it would be undesirable to present two conflicting programs as was originally planned. Roswell Allison, band manager, and the Sophomore executive committee decided to combine the two programs, using the more important parts of each. The charge of twenty-five cents, that it has been found necessary to make, will thus admit to an exceptional double feature program, if advance notices are to be believed.
Carrol Greene is in charge of the thrilling mystery play, “The Necklace,” which is to constitute the Sophomores’ part of the program. The cast includes Josephine Campbell. Betty von KieinSmid, Eunice Robertson, Walter Butler, Lafayette Taylor, and Bob Parrott.
The last home appearance of the band before they leave on an- eight day tour of northern California is the other event of the double header program. The chief features of the act, which will be presented in the north, will comprise the program this morning. Hal Roberts will wield the baton. Several solo numbers will be played.
National Forensic Contest Winner Decided Last Night
In competition with the best speakers in the University of Southern California, Arthur Syvertson was declared winner and will represent the University in the state contest of the National Intercollegiate oratorical contest. While the decision was very close, according to the judges the winner is expected to finish high in the national finals.
Eleanor Veal was chosen by the judges as the alternative in case Syvertson should in any way become incapacitated.
The finalists in the S. C. contest were Arthur Syvertson, Eleanor Veal, Edwin Jefferson, and Frank Colston... These four students were chosen as the best of the fourteen speakers who entered the contest.
By virtue of his victory, the winner will represent Southern California in the state contest which is to be held in two weeks. He will enter the national contest to be held in Los Angeles on June 25.
ROAD SHOW PETITIONS CIRCULATE
DEANS OF MEN TO MEET HERE TODAY
Representatives of Universities and Colleges to be Guests of S. C. At Luncheon.
Beginning at 9:30 today, the University of Southern California will be host to the Conference of the Deans of Men of Western Colleges. Nearly all of the more important Western colleges wrill be represented at this annual convention.
Papers and topics of interest will be discussed at the opening meeting, which will be held at 9:30 in the university parlors. Des*n Shirrell of the University of Arizona will speak on “The Care of Freshmen,” and Dean Gould of Washington will discuss the question, “What Are We Doing to Handle Non-English Speaking Students?”
Many other topics of interest will be discussed, among which are: Rushing and pledging by fraternities, scientific selection of students for col lege entrance, recent plans for financing and erecting dormitories, personal contact between deans and students and fraternity housemothers.
Luncheon will be perved to the delegates at 12:30 in the Women’s Residence Hall, the members of the conference to be guests of the university. In the afternoon, the discussion upon themes of interest will be continued.
Representatives from the universities of Stanford, Arizona, Oregon. Washington, Southern Branch and Southern California, and the colleges of Occidenta’, Whittier, California Tech and Pomona will be in attendance at the conference.
SOPH DANCE AT PI PHI HOUSE
Class Holds Second Hop of Semester For All Students of University.
The Pi Beta Phi house at 647 W. 28th street will be the scene of the second sophomore hop of the semester tonight between the hours of 8 and 11. By giving the affair the sophomore class hopes to establish a closer feeling of social unity and friendliness among the students.
Catherine Colwell, vice president of the sophomore class, says that the affair is strictly an informal dance and all students are invited to attend regardless of their standing in the university. She further stated that students could come with or without dates.
The affair will have a gypsy motif and many lighting features and decorations will be used. Alleen Banta and Belle Kanavitz will give dances in imitation of the roving gypsy maidens. Songs by Melba Vonemura will complete the evening’s entertainment.
Tickets may be purchased from Bob Beggs for 25 cents. Bob Crosby and Marcus Beeks will furnish punch. Ray Hatfield’s orchestra has been secured to play for dancing.
Acting os patrons and patronesses will be Mrs. Arthur, Pi Phi house mother, Dean and Mrs. Karl T. Waugh, and Professor and Mrs. K. M. Bissell.
DENTAL SORORITY INSTALLED HERE
TO PORTRAY “JAZT AGE
“Seventy-seven Years Ago,” Snappy Musical Review, To Feature Program.
Submitting a program symbolic of the “Jazz Age” to be staged in Bovard Auditorium on the night of April 30, the Senior Road Show committee through Director Grant La Mont, Charge d’ Affairs, promises a show that will equal if not excell the much heralded Extravaganza.
College life “Seventy Seven Years Ago,’' a snappy musical revue, will feature “Gogo” Belanger, Wes Woodford, and Grant La Mont’s famous beauty chorus, w^ell known to the campus. According to the author, Eddie Blaine, the act will give the audience an idea of the life of Eds and Co-eds in the days of “49” and the gold diggers.
Following close in the heels of the feature act in popularity “Romiet and Julio” will occupy some thirty minutes in a farcical burlesque on the famous Shakespearean play. Helen Dillon as Julio and Dorothy Stevens as Romiet, if rehearsals are any indication, should bring down the house.
“Poor Old Jim,” presented by National Collegiate Players by request, because of the tremendous success scored three years ago .should prove one of the highlights of the evening’s program. The cast will include Clare Kauffer, Ellsworth Ross and Selvyn Levinson, a stellar trio of campus players who have always enjoyed extensive popularity because of their splendid performances.
Percy Larkin, Edward Bernard, and Dwight Audreen will put on something new in the way of eccentric dancing and musical hits. They have entitled their act as “Stop Time,” a skit on the order of the old southern minstrel show.
Song and bird men come in for their share of the limelight when a couple of nuts, Al Behrendt and Sherrill Cohen, accompanied by Robert Bech-telheimer, will offer a musical act that will go down on the program as the “Varsity Trio.”
Songs and wise cracks taken from college life will form the nucleus of an act put on by Voltaire Perkins and Safford Wilson, the “Merry Music Makers.”
“By Clops” is the moniker that the skit of Ray Cowley and Everett Smith will receive on the program, but Wheels of Mirth" would be the better title, according to a well known actor who saw a demonstration.
Director Grant La Mont wishes to emphasize the fact that all acts chosen should be properly practiced before the general rehearsals to take place the first of next week.
FOR UNIVERSITY POOL
Committee in Charge of Movement Expects Support of Five Thousand Names; Pool Planned To Be First Step Toward Securing Student Union Building.
As a preliminary move in the war that is to be waged for a Student Union building and other student conveniences, Mike Elwood. member of the student committee in charge of promotion of the Union building, has caused to be circulated a petition for a University swimming pool. According to those who are in charge of the petitions, the goal is to be five thousand signatures, and all students are urged to signify their desire for this improvement by signing one of the petitions. A large number of signatures have -♦ already been secured, although the
Honor Organizations drive only went int0 effect ,ast Mon" Are Delinquent For El Rodeo Space
At the present time there are only four honorary organizations who have not turned in their membership list for the El Rodeo with the date of founding, date of inception on this campus and officers. Editor Ed Murray has granted these delinquent organizations until today at 3 o'clock to have the above list in or their pages will not appear In the annual. The organizations are as follows:
Trojan Knights.
Amazons.
Beta Gamma Phi. lota Sigma Pi.
Upsilon Alpha Grants Charter To Theta Chapter At S. C. Dental School.
Upsilon Alpha, naltonal dental women’s sorority, made its appearance on the Southern California campus with the chartering of Theta chapter at Dental.
The organization is social as well as professional in nature and has chapters at the University of Califor-I nia and seven other dental colleges j scattered throughout the country.
I Theta chapter is sponsored by Dr. i Lewis E. Ford, dean of the Dental College.
j The chapter was. installed by members of the mother chapter at California. who came down from Berkeley
PRESIDENT TALKS AT CLUB MEETING
DENTS HONORED WITH BANQUET
Members of Alpha Tau Epsilon Entertained by Dr. Ford at Jonathan Club.
Dean Lewis E. Ford of Dental gave a banquet for the members of Alpha Tau Epsilon, honorary fraternity at Dental, last Wednesday evening at the Jonathan Club, at which speeches were given by Doctors Ford, La Touche and Endlemann, and reports made by Snow, Griffin. Ixwghlin and Coffin.
Alpha Tau Epsilon is composed of the presidents of the three Dental fraternities, the president and vice-president of the student body, the presidents of the three upper classes, the Dental editorial staff on the El Rodeo and the president and business manager of the Odonto Club.
Dean Ford announced that there would be an annual “beach day” held just before the final examinations. This has been omitted for the past twy years because plans were not made far enough in advance not to conflict with examinations.
Those present at the banquet were: Dr. Ford, Dr. La Touche, Dr. Endlemann. Eldon Snow, Walter Thornburgh, John Griffin, Norris Ashton, Homer Church, Harold Johnson, Kenneth Edgars, Walter Potter, Walter Heinemen, Jack Loughlin, Brigham Bennett, Glenn Coffin, Ross Lelansky, Elton Hankins, Almy Harding and Magee. Bud Houser and Thomas were unable to attend.
day.
The unified backing of the Engineers, Dents, Commerce students. Liberal Arts students and members of all other campus student bodies are counted upon by the committee in charge, and members believe that thia petition will play a prominent part in bringing results from the student agitation.
The petitions will go before the Executive Committee at the meeting scheduled for next Tuesday. The Executive Committee will then refer it to Hal Stonier, executive secretary to President von KieinSmid. and it will be referred from there to the Board of Trustees of the University for final disposition.
Members of the committee base their advocacy of the project on the desire shown by the student body and the benefits which accrue. The proposition is backed by the Physical Education department because it will render the teaching of swimming more easy and because it will save a great deal of money for the students. The student body believes that a swimming pool will also build up S. C. swimming teams, as more material will be available from the high schools if the University has a pool.
According to Elwood, the uampus co-eds are urged to sign the petition, as they will benefit from the acquisition of the pool as greatly as will the men. Mr. Elwood also announces that the petitions must be turned in to the student body store tonight and urges haste in the signing.
for the function. Dean Ford enter-The president of the conferences tajne(j chapter and the visiting is Dean Culver of Stanford I nher?it> 0ffjCers with a luncheon at the Mary
and Dean Karl T. Waugh of Southern California is the secretary.
Former Trojan Gets Pharmacy Board Job
William A. Daniels, Ph. G., B. S.,
Ix)uise, a dinner party at the Wilshire Country Club and a theater party at Grauman’s Egyptian Theater.
Installation took place at the home of Miss Alice Frey, Senior at Dental, who was elected president of the new sororitv. The other officers are Ruby
President von KieinSmid will speak before the Electric Club of Los Angeles concerning “Higher Education in Flux,” next Monday noon, April 19. at the Biltmore Hotel.
Gordon Raybourn s Engineer Orchestra will perform. A quartette composed of Paul Churchill, George Coffey, Verne Miller ,and Gordon Ray-bourn, senior electricals, has been organized to complete the musical part of the program.
Some time ago. the Electrical Engineering Department was asked by the Electric Club to arrange a program for this meeting, and the President was persuaded to make the principal address. Musical talent from among the engineering students will complete the program.
The Electric Club repres^^s some 35.000 people connected with the elec
150 APPLY FOR TROJAN KNIGHTS
Fortty Applicants to be Picked For Future Consideration by Present Members.
Evincing a greater interest than has ever been shown before in that type of activity, over one hundred and fifty persons turned in applications for membership in the Trojan Knights for 1926-27.
The applications, which were placed in the Bookstore yesterday, are ques-tionaires designed to ascertain if an applicant has the time to spend or* the. organization. Probably the most important consideration in the selection is the grading of a man’s character standing in the university. Interest in activities will also play a large part in the final selection.
The Knights will hold a meeting i Tuesday evening at the Phi Delta Chi I House, 2704 Ellendale Place, to nomi-j nate men for the applications.
About forty men will be nominated, j\0 of which twenty men will be finally
__elected at the following meeting.
S. C. Economics Instructor Re- The officers for 1926-27 will be elect-ceives Scholarship For Gradu- e(l the meeting Tuesday ^veninK ate Study in Eastern University and will take office in September.
--Those who are in office now are Burke
Professor Ph.I Wernette, instructor L<on£, president; Ray Elmquist, sec-
WERNETTE WINS
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in economics, assistant to Dean Cunningham of the School of Commerce, has just attained the high honor of being granted a scholarship to Harvard University.
Mr. Wernette, who is now a candidate for a Master of Arts degree at
retary; and LeRoy Haynes, treasurer.
Junior-Senior Dance To Be Farewell To ’26
former instructor at the College of | Kommers, vice-president; EUnor Van | ti*ical industries in and about Los An Pharmacy, has been appointed state Valen. treasurer, and Alice Corpe, sec- j geles, and is made up of executives, chemist for the California State Board rotary. The other members who were j engineers and commercial men. Tho of Pharmacy.	j initiated at the same time were Ber- club has arranged to have each of the
Mr. Daniel^ is a member of the Phi j nice Barkele.w Nancy Loo, Louise major institutions of higher education Delta Chi fraternity and has been .Tung. Clara Carbinier.	in Southern California furnish one pro-
working for Martin’s Exclusive Phar- 1	—--gram in 1926, next Monday being as
macy. All narcotic and poison cases	SKULL AND DAGGER
are analyzed by Mr. Daniels. Mr. Skull and Dagge- pledges are to
Daniels has also the pleasant job of me^t at in o’clock in Touchstone The- :n -mb?rs of the club will probably at- j return to California.
With the main ballroom of the Hotel Maryland in Pasadena as a setting for the Junior-Senior dinner dance S. C., sent in his application to ^a‘ ; scheduled for May 21, the committee vard some time ago. He was highly jn charge of arrangements is progres-recommended by S. C. officials, and , sing rapidly with plans intended to was finally chosen above candidates make this affair rival the success ot
the recent Junior Prom.
The function is to be a farewell r.»
, the graduating seniors, and decora-
and eraduate work was taken into ac-	, _ _
H s	tions and programs are to advance
count.	| this idea.
As he will be gone from two to four . Committees working under the di~
from all over the United States. A ( complete record of his undergraduate
years, during which time he will apply } rection of Eloise Park, vice-president signed to the University of Southern I for his Ph. D. degree. Mr. Wernette of the junior class are: Mabel Smith, ’alifornia Three or four hundred 1 does not know whether or not he will programs; Paulene Klene. decora
He plans to .tions; Don Parker, orchestra: Art Sy~
testing for poison in autopsy cases. ater. The meeting will be short.
drive East this summer.
vertson, dinner; Bill Stewart, hall.