The Spirit of Troy
‘‘We are satisfied that the Big Team went north and fought, with all the odds against them, and won. That rally Sunday ought to be just about as big as if we had lost.” —The Old Trojan.
VOL. XVIII.	Los Angeles, California, Friday, November 12, 1926	NUMBER 42
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Conflict arises over junior prom hall. Announce Apolliad program. Plan men’s living houses. To have Sunday rally for team. Dr. von KieinSmid makes Armistice address. To hold All-U dance tonight.
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SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA TRIUMPHS OVER O.A.C. 17-7
CONFLICTING DATES FOR ELKS CLUB BALL-ROOM DELAY PLANS OF JUNIOR PROM COMMITTEE
Mistake of Elk's Club Officials Gives Same Night to S. C. and Southern Branch.
By IRENE SCHMITZ
Because of a misunderstanding between the Elks’ Club officials and committees from Southern California and University of California Southern Branch, the Elks’ Club banquet room which had been obtained for the 1926 Junior Prom, was given to both schools for Friday, December 10th.
Stage All-U Dance Tonight
Student Body Invited To Progressive Affair At Four Organization House.
The Junior Prom was scheduled to take place on the evening of December 10th, and the Elks’ Club was secured for the event. In the meantime, the Elks’ Club, under the impression that the University of Southern California meant both Southern California and the University of California Southern Branch, gave the banquet room to the Southern Branch also. On the evening of the team’s departure for Oregon, Morley Drury, president of the class of ’28, discovered the mistake.
Monday a committee of three sjfi-dents, Marcus Beeks, chairman of the hall committe, Hank Rohr, and Eddie Oudermeulen met a committee of three from the Southern Branch at the Elks’ Temple to discuss the con flict with R. N. Snodgrass, manager of the temple, and W. E. Young in charge of the hall. It was decided that the committees of both schools would consult with the administrations and inquire into the possibility of their changing the date. On account of football season ending Dec. 4th, Christmas vacation starting December 15th, and the administration objecting to a dormal dance on Saturday night because It would end Sunday morning, the only possible date for Southern California is December 10.
Wednesday afternoon the Trojan committee met at the Elks’ Club, but received no response from the Branch. Although the Elks’ Club received the check from the Southern Branch before that of Southern” California, the name of the University of Southern California Junior Prom was on the book first Mr. Snodgrass stated yesterday that if the Southern Branch could change the date of its dance, December 10 would be given to the Trojans.
Although the controversy has not been definitely settled, it is believed | that an agremnt will be made with j the Branch whereby Southern Califor- j nia will be able to hold their prom i on that date.
MANY HONOR DADS AT BIG T BANQUET
President von KieinSmid Gives Principal Address; Hopper Is T oastmaster.
With a crowd which taxed the dining room of the Y. M. C. A. Hut to capacity, the father and son banquet was held Wednesday evening. Because of the great interest which was shown in the event this year, the banquet will be made an annual affair, according to Glen Turner, sec-terary of the campus Y.
The meal, which was served at 6:15 P. M., was very commendable, many novelties being introduced specially for the occasion. Decorations were in fall colors and presented a very pleasing appearance.
Dr. von KieinSmid gave the Father’s Day address, speaking at length upon the developments which have been made during th last generations. He also said that those who are mature may give great encouragement to youth by “sympany, prompted by faith and love.”
The program opened with grace by Don Bailey, president of the Y. Stanley Hopper acted as toastmaster. A stunt was very successfully presented by Paul Kiepe, Gane, and Ward Young, under the direction of Barnett Eby. Barnett Eby gave a toast to the fathers, yie response being by Mr. S. D. Hopper, of Frsno, 88 years old. Roy Windborn, accompanied by Carl Fetterly, presented a group of tenor solos.
Raymond Brennan again gave a toast to the fathers, to which Mr. cunningham responded. Tom d£ Graffenried gave a series of violin solos after which Dr. von KieinSmid concluded the program with the address. George Jordan gave the benediction.
Nearly all of the tickets for the all-University progressive dance, to be held at the Zip, Zeke, Pi Phi ana Dee Gee houses on Friday night have been sold already, according to Gladys Lee, social chairman, who is in charge of arrangements for the affair.
“This dance promises to be a great success,” stated Miss Lee. "We are trying to discourage dates Friday evening, since it is believed that a greater spirit of friendliness may De , felt under those conditions. We want everyone to come, and have a wonderful time.”
“Fraternity and sorority houses are being thrown open to those who attend the dance, and we believe that in this way a greater university spirit mjiy be stimulated,” continued Miss ! Lee.
Music for the dance will be furnished by the Music Box. Orchestras will be on hand at each house so that no time will be wasted in the intervals of the dance.
The All-University Dance will be a fore-runner to the Homecoming Dance which will be held at the Shrine Auditorium on December 4.
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GEORGE C. JORDAN
KNOPF SPEAKS ON RELIGIOUS LEADER
Krishmamurti as the world teacher, and Annie Besant as the leader of lhe Theosophists, were the subjects of the talk by Professor Carl S. Knopf, at the regular Wednesday night service of the University church. To add interest to the discussion, the speaker used a volume of the secret doctrine, which serves as a bible for the Theosophistic religion.
Commenting on Krisnmamurti, Mr. Knopf said that the world teacher was a likeable person, who had had English training, and was interested in certain types of athletics.
To the Theosophists, under Mrs. Besant, Krishmamurti is a world teacher. They justify and explain this in the idea that the infinite mind reveals itself from time to time in special personalities like Budda, Christ, and (according to Mrs. Besant) Krishmamurti.
SPRING PROGRAM PUN
Manuscripts Are Due Jan. 25, 1927; Volume Will Be Published From Contributions.
Posters appeared on the campus this week reminding the students of the third annual Appoliad to be presented in the spring of 1927. The object of the movement is to stimulate creative art on the campus.
“The program to be given this spring will without doubt be one of the most interesting events of the college year including the presentation of original one-act plays, essays, short stories, poetry, music, and art,” Tacie Mae Hanna, head of the School of Speech, stated. Anyone registered in any of the colleges on the campus is eligible to submit manuscripts, Miss Hanna announced.
All manuscripts *nust be in the office of the School of Speech not later than January 25, 1927, according to the poster announcements. They must be typewritten on standard size typewriting paper, Sftxll inches, while all music contributions should be handed in on music manuscript paper, standard size. The nom de plume must appear at the left hand corner of each page and sealed envelopes containing the nom de plume and the real name with correct address must be handed In with the manuscript, are the rules set forth by the committee in charge.
CINCH NOTICES BRING GLOOM TO MANY “FLUNKING” TROJANS
By HOWARD EDGERTON
That the “diabolical'’ crooked line, sometimes referred to as the j ‘‘biological” curve, is still very much in evidence was proven during the past week-end to the dissatisfaction of many Trojans, when one thousand “cinch” notices made their appearance to remind one thousand Southern California students that a scholarship requirement in the University still exists.	—n _____ Annrnirn-
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horizon, and those students doing un- * IVfm 1 LilY 1 I\ v/VJiYfllTI satisfactory work were requested to report to their crass advisers for a conference. Unsatisfactory work is generally understood to be any grade below a “C”.
In June, the University Scholarship Committee approved a new grading system in which they recommended that faculty members distribute the grades of the undergraduate students in lower and upper division courses so as to approximate the “Biological Curve”; that is, assign grades to the students in large unselected groups as follows: A’s, 7 per cent; B’s 24 per cent; C’s, 38 per cent; D’s, 24 per cent; F’s, 7 per cent
Thus it is expected that such a degree of mastery of the contest of a course as is achieved by approximately the middle two-fifths of the class group will be represented by .a “C” grade, while 7 per cent of a class are expected to deserve a grade of “F”. It is the latter expectation which has received a great deal of opposition from many campus stu-
Nation’s Universities To Combine To Promote Spirit of Prayer By Morning Meetings.
National Prayer vYeek will be observed in all of the Universities of the United States beginning next Monday. Paul Cunningham is in charge of the prayer circles on the Southern California campus, which will be held every morning of the week, at 7:15 a. m. in th Y Hut National Prayer Week has been observed every year for some time in American universitis. It is prompted and sponsored by the combined Y. M. C. A.’s and Y. W. C. A.’s on the several campuses.
dents.
Even though the processes of elimination have operated to raise somewhat the general level of ability of upper division groups, yet where the course content in upper division courses is extended and maintained (Continued on Page Four)
Southern California 17, Oregon Aggies 7!
. That is what the grid-o-graph said. But we don’t care much what the grid-o-graph said. We are satisfied that the Big Team went north and fought, with all the odds against them, and won. That rally Sunday ought to be just about as big a one as if we had lost.
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We were talking with Dean Hunt about his proposed trip around the world when he told us of the many letters of introduction that have been given him to friends in foreign lands. But more interesting were his plans for getting together with Trojan alumni in the far corners of the globe. As he told us of the banquet that is going to be held in Tokyo, and of the former student body president who will meet him in India, a feeling of pride came over us that we belong to an institution that sends her sons all over the world and we looked forward to the time when we, too, should be an alumnus and get together occasionally with others like ourselves, to cheer the old varsity to victory or to meet in a far-off land to hear the latest news from Troy. We’ll wager that meeting in Japan will be a rousing one.
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We took time off for this Father and Son banquet the other night. As we met some of the men we babbled on at a great rate, pointing out this student and that and telling what he was on the campus or what he had done, etc. The thing that started us thinking was the fact that aside from the most momentary interest, our revelations of the campus prom-inents did not seem to bother the dads at all. It was not that they wanted to pull the “kid stuff” air on us, not at all. They were generally interested in us and what was going on and they tried to show that interest- But we saw, as we have seldom seen before, how trivial are some of the things that we hold up in our campus lives as great. We do not belittle campus activities. They mean a lot to us, and they should, but they don t mean everything and success in life does not depend on campus prominence. Our meeting with the dads showed us that.
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We heard from Gwynn Wilson the other night that this student body does a three quarter million dollar business annually. There have been a number of times when we have thought seriously of demanding that student government be made more of a student government than it is. And yet common sense tells us that with our obligations rurfning into those figures it may be a pretty good thing after all that the figures at the top are men of mature and solid judgment. There are many questions that should be settled by the undergraduates and we very much resent alumni interference on those questions, but we are convinced that the managerial system is a good one, campus cynics to the contrary notwithstanding. We do not find that the men who are loudest in the condemnation of our present system are the men who have campus positions that call for financial stability.
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While we are on this alumni subject, we will air one other little
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Sunday Rally Greets Team
Henney Returns With Varsity, and Will Lead Demonstrations At Depot.
Although no definite plans have been formulated for a rally to greet the Trojan varsity on their return from Oregon Sunday morning, all Southern California students are asked to meet the train at 9:45 at the Southern Pacific station, according to Arthur Syvertson, chairman of the rally committee.
With the team returning Sunday morning, the rally committee did not want to attempt a definitely planned rally, but it is hoped that as many Southern California students as possible will greet the returning Trojans, students in the cheering.
In spite of the fact that no definite rally has been planned, it is hoped that the Southern California students will show their true Trojan spirit and be at the station with a large welcome promptly at 9:45, according to Rally committee.
TO BUILD CHURCH ON TROJAN CAMPUS
University M. E. Church Will
Return To Its First Home-
It is reported that the University Methodist Episcopal Church, located at Jefferson and McClintock Streets, long associated with Southern California faculty, students and campus life, is coming home to the campus after an absence of many years. The property where the church now stands was sold this week, according to the report, for the purpose of providing funds with which to build an imposing structure on the campus and to inaugurate a program which will appeal to students of the University and to the community alike.
The location of the church upon the campus, in the opinion of officials of the church, will be of great influence, both in the university life and in the community.
The early location of this church was on the present site of the Students’ Store, but it was moved to make room for the expansion of the university buildings.
The church has been, all through its history, connected with the University. Such prominent men as Dr. Welcome Tilroe, Dean Ezra Healy, and Dr. Carl Knopf have been affiliated with the church for some time, and President R. B. von KieinSmid is a member of the Board of Trustees.
KAER IS GREASED-UGHTNING ON MUDDY PORTLAND GRIDIRON; AGGIES SCORE LATE IN GAME
O. A. C. Gets Touchdown In Last Minute of Play When Olmstead, a Sub, Blocks Elliott’s Kick.
By “DEKE” HOULGATE
Known far and wide as the Thundering Herd, Southern California’s Trojan football team, proved to some thirty-five thousand Oregon fans at Portland yesterday, chat “thundering can be done in a gliding fashion—for out on a muddy expanse that is known as Multnomah Field, this Herd glided around and over the formidable eleven of Oregon Agricultural College to pile up a score of seventeen points, ten more than their rivals amassed.
PROMINENT LEADER TO VISIT CAMPUS
Dean Adams of Mills College to Be At Southern California sprints through November 19 and 20.
KAER BRILLIANT Setting the pace in this gliding exhibition was Morton Kaer, brilliant T rojan quarterback. Kaer has frequently been called chained-lightning. H i s
Visiting / the Southern California campus on November 19 and 20, comes Dean Adams of Mills College, representing the American University Women, according to Eleanor Mix, i W. S. G. president
The American University Women
and around a desperate Aggie line rsembled the flight of an eel. Kaer was all-Everything against Coach S c h i s s I e r’s big big team. He
Morton Kaer
is an organization of women gradu- placed the ball in a vantage spot dur-
ated from certain recognized universities. Southern California is not among the universities recognized of the A. U. W., but this year it is hoped that S. C. will be recognized by that body.
“Many advantages accrue from membership in the A. U. W., that of
ing the first quarter from which Brice Taylor was able to send it over with a kick. That was the Trojan's first scoring effort His short pass to Laraneta in the second quarter scored for S. C. from the ten yard line. And his last contribution to a great Cardinal and Gold day came
scholarships given by the organiza-, *n t*1® fourth quarter when a mighty tion, the privilege of belonging to the University Women’s Clubs locally and abroad; and by receiving the recognition of the A. U. W., Southern California would be eligible to petition Mortar Board, National Senior Women’s Honorary Fraternity.
“The granting council of American University Women, of which Dean Mary Sinclair Crawford is a member, meets in Washington, D. C., in April,
1927, and the basis for granting recognition of Southern California by A.
U. W., will be the inspection report of Dean Actems, official inspector.
“Two years ago Southern California was handicapped because of no dormitory, and no Women’s Self-Gov. ernment Association on the campus, and at the time the scholarship of the University was not what the A.
U. W. thought it should be, and therefore S. C. was not recognized by the A. U. W. But since then everything has been remedied and having all the requirements now, Southern California has a good chance of being recognized next yar.
PRESIDENT’S TALK IS FEATURE OF ARMISTICE DAY PROGRAM
Opened by the strains of “America the Beautiful,” one of the most impressive rallies of the year took place yesterday morning when President R V. von KieinSmid spoke on the Armistice Day program before a packed assembly in Bovard Auditorium.
~	♦ Musical entertainment was fur-
nished by Miss Lora May Lamport,
plunge over big Jim Dixon rang up the last Trojan touchdown. The Oregon Aggie score came in the final minute of play when Glen Olmstead, a substitute guard broke through the Trojan line, blocked Howard Elliot’s kick, and scrambled . a score of yards with a precious six points Howard Maple, the Aggies’ hardest working back kicked goal.
“LARRY” AND “JEFF”
Kaer was not alone in his glory, ^Continued on Page Four)
Glenn Olmstead
under his arms.
Notices
All notlcea maul be brought to the Trojan office at 716 Went Jefferaon St. or phoned to HUmbolt 4522. Notices must be limited to 35 words.
All girls interested in dramatics are asked to meet Friday at 12:40 at the Y. W. lodge. Meeting is under auspices of Y. W. C. A.
INTRA-MURAL MANAGERS
There will be a meeting of intramural managers, at 12:15 today in Bill Hunter’s office.
PAN-HELLENIC MEETING
There will be a meeting of Pan-Hellenic and its athletic representatives this noon on the first balcony of Bovard Auditoriuiy.
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contralto, accompanied by Prof. Swarthout; “Songs of All Nations,” on the organ by Dean Skeel; and on interpretation on the. violin of a “Chinese Tambourine,” by Waterman. Bruce Baxter talked on the “Christ of the Andes,” bringing into his talk the text, “They shall beat their swords into plowshares.”
Dr. von KieinSmid spoKe on “The Spirit of ArmisUce Day.” “Holidays such as this come as a gift of those who have purchased freedom with their life’s bood. It is this gift that makes Armistice Day a duty and a responsibility.”
“Five hundred and thirty students and forty or fifty faculty members from Southern California went to the World War, and all but fourteen came back. The generation of today follows the noblest of us all—those th!\t paid the supreme sacrifice, giving all they were and all they hoped to be to a great good," continued Dr. von KieinSmid.
TO 01 Jill HOMES
Dean Waugh Has Plan To Provide Campus Houses With Means For Building Homes.
Furthering plans for the construction of men’s living houses at the University of Southern California, Dr. Carl T. Waugh has had questton-■aires sent to all the fraternities requesting information which will give the committee an idea as to the progress the fraternities have made in acquiring their houses.
The Student Welfare Committee has presented a plan to Dean Waugh which provides that all men’s fraternal groups shall own their own homes within a year. Under the plan forwarded, the houses need not be fully paid for by that time, but they must be in process of complete ownership by the organizations.
After the questionaires have been completed and returned to Dean Waugh’3 office, it will be possible to formulate definite plans for the houses which will be built by the university to accommodate those not living at fraternal lodges.
The plan of the Welfare Committee is to have the fraternities permanently located, so that the number of men which they will aCcommodace will be known.
In lieu of the ownership of their homes, the plans provide for the deposit of a cash bond by the fraternities to show their good faith and permanency. It is expected that the president’s office will sanction the action of the Welfare Committee.