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T STANFORD recently there was passed a ruling in regard the annual election of captains major sport teams. Accord-g to the new rule adopted the hletic squads at the Cardinal in-tution will only be led in their mes by a temporary captain, at is the coach will appoint a to lead the squad for each jne. At the close of the year captain will be elected, much ie same system as now used on Freshman athletic squads.
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The rule was passed by the executive committee of the institution and it now has been met with much disfavor en the Stanford campus, and a petition has been handed the committee requesting that the question be put to a student body election. The arguments pro and con are
Ilmany. and the “pro's ’ con-end that a man will not be-ieve his position “cinched’ because he is captain and will therefore fight the harder in order to attain a regular position on the varsity. The 'con’s believe that the new fule will result in every man playing for himself in order to make himself the outstand-[ng player and thus receive the election at the close of the slaying season.
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TRACK MEN ARE CALLED
Varsity and Frosh track men are asked to meet Coach Dean Cromwell in the training quarters at noon today. It is urgent that all the men be present as the El Rodeo photographs are to be taken.
VOL. XVII.
Los Angeles, California, Tuesday, April 13, 1926
Number 122
TWENTY MEN Banquet Is Held FRENCH PLAY TO BE CHOSEN Law Students
At Hotel Alexandria
The best judges of whether this tem would work or not are the iletes themselves. It should be to them to decide on zchat sys-i to employ and not up to a com-ftee which perhaps has never had |y experience oh an athletic squad. mt what could be learned here it >ears that the Trojan athletes \uld be decidedly against such a I \n were it proposed at S. C.
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BY KNIGHTS
Applications May Be Filed Thursday For Vacancies in Trojan Knight Ranks.
Twenty men will be added to ihe roBter of the Trojan Knights for the year 1926-27, according to the an-j nouncement made yesterday by Burke L»ong, president of the organization. Applications will be filed in Lhe bookstore Thursday.
All upperclassmen in tbe university I will be eligible for thip honor, con-j trary to the general belief that only Trojan Squires will h^ve a chance to fail heir to the laurels. Any junior or senior man who has time to give | to the organization, including work at every football game, meeting all visiting teams, aud various other duties will have an equal chance with the men who this year composed the Squires. Scholarship, leadership, char 1 acter, and general all-round ability will | figure heavily in the final selections. Applications will be placed in the. Students Store Thursday morning by I Burke Long, including a questionnaire with space for all school activities. These may be returned for filing immediately.
The addition of twenty men will be a step welcomed by a greater majority of upperclassmen, as it gives a wider field for choice aud disposition of this signal honor than have the more conservative numbers of the past.
The Knights^have shown ample rea-
250 Members of Faculty and Student Body Attend Annual Affair Friday Evening.
Two hundred and fifty members of the faculty and student body of the L niversity of Southern California School of Law and guests were present at the twenty-third annual freshman banquet and dance at the Alexandria Hotel, Friday evening.
Programs were made up in the form of an action in the Superior Court by the senior and junior classes against the freshmen for the appointment of a guardian for the under-classmen.
Chet Dolley, president of the School of Law student body, presided as toastmaster. Dean Frank M. Porter was honored by an individual toast from all present.
Ravelle Harrison, freshman president, made an unsuccessful effort to speak, as the upper-classmen followed tradition and booed until he sat down. Dan Smith, president of the Juniors, welcomed the freshmen, and Brooks Gifford, president of the seniors, sketched the history of the School of Law.
The Honorable Ira F. Thompson, judge of one department of the Los Angeles County Superior Court, was introduced by Charles E. Milliken, former assistant dean of the School of Law. Judge Thompson spoke on the “Progress of the Law.” He contrasted the two theories of the growth of the law which hold, respectively, that law is an easy development through unconscious growth and that law is a constant struggle from the law of
GIVEN FREEChosen For Coming
Appoliad Showing
No Admission Charged For Student Presentation of “Maid of France.”
No admission will be charged for the student presentation of the “Maid of France,” production of the Little Theater movement, announced Edward Blaine, co-director with Robert Raede, yesterday. The play will be given in Touchstone Theater at 3:15 on Thursday of this week.
One change in the cast as reviewed previously has also been announced. Robert Raede will enact the port of the cockney soldier. Louise Schryn-makers will portray Jeanne D’Arc; Webster Haynes, the French peasant; Wesley Grissinger, the English officer; and Nadine Richards, the French flower-girl.
Thursday a week an interesting and unique presentation of the same play will be given by the members of the cast before the Los Angeles chapter of the Alliance Francaise in Bovard Auditorium. Louise Schrynmakers will speak her part in French.
Mr. L. N. Brunswig, Chevalier de la Legion d’Honneur. is president of the Los Angeles chapter, and Dr. Lawrence M. Riddle of the French department of the university is secretary. The members of the Alliance Francaise and the cast will, following the presentation of the play, be entertained by the Cercle Francaise with a reception in the President's parlors.
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(■t published in the Dady Californian. in furthering the interests ol South-two athletic events staged last ern California in athletics and campus
activities.
|ek. According to the Daily, the llden Bear institution cleared $1617 the track and field meet with the liversity of Missouri men. Aside |m the expenses incurred in bring-the Missouri men here for the ,t. to clear $1617 on such an event La inly is a good bit of manager-
)n the same day the Golden Bear nagers reported a gain of $430 the gate receipts of the Stan-i-California baseball game. That i is exceptionally large for the rt whet: it must be considered ' the national pastmc has to com-' with professional teams and ue baseball for interest.
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EVBERS of the Rifle Club are! up in arms. Yes. literally and J ally. They are protesting might- j at the manner in which certain I ies make use of the Rifle Club ■ ge and refuse to conform to the s set down by the Rifle Club. j le from the dangers which are d on the range, ht is assinine to blish any more by the careless of the range by inexperienced • • •
The members of the Rifle Club ve undergone a good deal of >rk to make the range possible, jey have been given but two ms and both of them require ne but the best of care. To ive the guns at the mercy of lyone does not insure that they II receive the care that they ould have. An experienced an. one acquainted with the ’le. should be on the range and ne but men on the rifle term club should have the use of the kgp 3rd g*jns. This is only for protection of the equipment d the men.
* * * iS afternoon Coach Sam Craw-3->d Captain Hobbs Adams will he Cardinal and Geld baseball aaainst one of the strongest col-te baseball squads in the state, before have the Trojans and Octal teams met with, the latter taking the victory. It would be >d idea if a number of students ved *he Trcjan players out to e Rock City and lerded whatever support they could today, for it :e the Trojans’ final appearance c?l hrreball circles. Next week po to Arizona and they’ll need ppy send-off if they are to make sort of a showing against the cats.
WAMPUS CONTEST | CALLS FOR VARIED USE OFALPHABET
Unique Contest is Open To All Students Except Wampus Editors.
This is the last week for the W ampus Alphabetage Contest which has been open since the last edition ot the Wampus appeared on the campus. This contest is characterized by its
use of letters of the alphabet for words and sentences. An example of this new langu(alphabet)age is as follows:
ABFUNEX?
O SVFX N F U N E M ?
8 V F M N X.
Poetry, jokes or anything in the line humor will be considered.
chapter of tlie profession.
Following the banquet, there was dancing in the Alexandria ballroom from ten to twelve-thirty. Ray Hatfield’s “Southlander” orchestra provided the music. Guests of honor were the Honorable and Mrs. Ira F. Thompson, the Honorable and Mrs. Paul J. McCormick, Dr. and Mrs. R. B. von KieinSmid, and Dr. Max Mason.
Arrangements for the banquet and dance were made by the School of Law executive committee, composed of Chet Dolley, Harold Winsett, Karl Hendrick, and Robert M. Bradley, Jr.
Varied Program Is TROJAN WINS
CONTEST OF
Appoliad Plans Call For Production on May 13th, and Next October.
Trojan Debaters Meet Colorado In Bovard At 8 P.M.
SCHOLARSHIP LIST OF CLUBS LED BY BETA GAMMA SIG
Non-Social Organizations of S. C. Rank Higher Than Social Group.
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The prize will be a genuine leather loose-leaf book with filler and the winner’s name printed on the cover in gold. This prize is being made possible through the co-operation of the Associated Students’ Store. The winner’s contribution and name will be printed in the last semester’s issue of the Wampus, wiiich will be in May.
The judges are the staff of the Wampus. All entries should be addressed to the Alphabetage Contest Editor. Wampus. U. S. C. Those who are on the campus are requested to put their contributions in the camouflaged bo:; at the cashier’s window in the Students’ Store.
The award will be made on the following basis: originality, cleverness and length; no member of the Wampus staff may be awarded the prize, and the name and address must be on the entry. If you want it returned, enclose an addressed and stamped envelope.
Mas n p Cent | Enrollment Increase
UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO, April 12, (P. T. P.).—The total net enrollment for the year ending March 20 increased 12 per cent over last year.
Beta Gamma Sigma, national honorary commerce fraternity, with an “A minus” rating of 2.50, heads the scholarship list of ninety-five campus organizations posted recently by the Registrar’s office. Mu Theta Epsilon, national honorary mathematical sorority, is runner-up to Beta Gamma Sigma with a rating of 2.44, a high “B.”
The high standards of Southern California’s non-social organizations is shown by a comparison of this list with that of the social organizations, which discloses the fact that fifteen non-social groups rank higher in scholarship than Alpha Epsilon Phi, which heads the list of socials with a rate of 1.68.
After Beta Gamma Sigma and Mu Th^ta Epsilon in this list of the leading fifteen are the following organizations in order of theiir rank: Alpha Phi Epsilon, national honorary literary and debating fraternity; Iota Sigma Pi. professional chemistry sorority; Zeta Phi Eta, professional dramatic sorority; Eta Kappa Nu, national honorary electrical engineering fraternity: Kappa Zeta, professional premedical fraternity; Delta Sigma Pi, professional commerce fraternity; Chi Epsilon, professional engineering fraternity: Spooks and Spokes, Junior women’s honor sorority; Clionian Library Society; Alchemists: Biology Honor Society; Athena Literary Society. and Student Fellowship.
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Sam Gates and Art Syvertson Will Uphold Affirmative; Colorado on Negative.
Tonight at 8 o’clock the Trojan varsity debating team will meet Colorado College in Bovard Auditorium. The question to be discussed is “Resolved, That the Constitution of the United States should be so amended as to give Congress power to regulate child labor.”
The Colorado team is just completing a Northwestern tour, during which they met such colleges as Denver University, Brigham Young and the University of Colorado. Their debate with S. C. will mark the close of their tour, on which they have suffered but one dei^at. John K. Em-merson and Sherman Sheppard will argue the negative side of the question for Colorado College.
Sam Gates and Art Syvertson will represent the Southern California team and will uphold the affirmative. This is the first time the boys have debated this question on the campus and will mark the close of the debating season.
The Trojans are meeting real competition tonight and if they are successful it w’ill mean that the team has gone through the season with a clean slate. Tonight’s contest promises to be one of the most interesting debates of the year, according to Coach Nichols.
Including plays, essays, poems, and short stories, the material for the second annual Appoliad program has been selected from a large number of contributions. Two programs will be presented in Touchstone Theater, one taking place May \3th, and the other in October, next semester.
The Spring program will include: Plays by Dorothy Davis, Helen Scheuer, and Chester Mackie, a fantasy, “crook play,” and tragedy respectively; an essay by Bertha V. Pres-sey; poems by Edith King, Virginia Child, and Jack Harris. The short stories for the spring program have not been selected; the choice of two will be made from those submitted by Bernice Floy Palmer, Ruth Taunton, Marjorie Hull, and M. B. Hanna, the remaining two stories being presented in the fall.
Musical contributions by Betty Humprey and Calvin Hendricks will be presented in the Spring program, and a composition by Marie Gore will be given in the fall. Art contributions were not’ numerous enough to make a comparative selection, but all those submitted will be on display on the evening of May 13th.
The committee wishes to keep a number of manuscripts with a view to using them in October. All who have contributed manuscripts are asked to call at the office of the School of Speech on or after April 15th; there will be a constructive criticism on all material, and that which is not being held for prospective production will be returned. All authors whose material is to be used for the first program are asked to report at room 330, Old College, April 14th, between 10 a. m. and 10:30 ai m., or Thursday noon, as there will be an important conference concerning production.
"The members of the Apolliad committee wish to express their sincere appreciation for the contributions submitted, and to assure the authors that the material has been read with interest and careful consideration,” stated Miss Tacie May Hanna. “Some promising plays have not been selected for j production because of problems in staging, or the need of variety on the program.”
WEST-COAST
Marks Second Victory For S. C. in Three Years of Contest’s Existence.
In defeating all other entrants Ln the annual extemporaneous speaking contest held in connection with the convention of the Pacific Coast Forensic League at Pullman, Washington, Friday night, Leland Tallman scored the second victory for Southern California during the three years of the contest's existence and won $50 and a loving cup. Whether the cup goes to the winner permanently was not stated in the telegram telling of the U. S. C. victory.
If each of the five judges had placed Tallman first, his total number of points would have been five, but since he was placed second or third by some he was given eight points. Placing second and third were Winger of Washington State and Brown of Oregon University.
Jlist two hours before the staging of the contest the representatives of the various schools were given the following subject upon which to prepare a speech: “The Centralization of Power in the Central Government of the United States.”
With William Berger as his team mate. Leland Tallman is on a tour which includes ten schools of the west coast So far they have been undefeated. The result of the tilt with Gooding College last night has not yet been received at S. C. The remaining schools on the schedule are: Caldwell College, Tuesday night; Brigham Young University, Wednesday night; and the University of Nevada, Friday night.
S. C. MEN URGED TO TRY-OUT FOR RHODES SCHOLARS
Information May Be in Education Office.
Obtained
EDUCATION HEADS AS HONOR GUESTS OF DR. CRAWFORD
National Educators Arrive At S. C. To Attend Conference of Deans.
Three distinguished educational leaders will be on the S. C. campus this week as guests of Dean Mary Sinclair Crawford. Dean Mary Yost of Stanford, President Mary Wolley of Mt. Holyoke College, and Mme. Madeline Le Lievpre of the Rockefeller Foundation, are the women who will visit Southern California in the near future.
To attend the Western Conference j of Deans of Women at the University of California, Los Angeles, Dean Mary Yost of Stanford, formerly of Vassar
SOPHOMORE NOTICE
The Sophomore executive committee will hold an important meeting j (^0]]e|rp will be at the Women's Resi-
The enrollment this year is 2272. as i radiCal changes in the ranking of ncn-eompared with 2025 last year. Worn- j soc^al organizations from that of last en number 705 and men 1120 Tho j year zeta Rta rose from four-university now has nine schoo’s and teenth to fifth, the Biolotrv Honor S^. colleges, made up of 38 departments.	(Continued on Page Four)
today at 12 in Bovard Auditorium.
Twenty Try For
Oratory Contest
Preliminary try-outs for the National Intercollegiate Oratorical contest on the Constitution will be held today and tomorrow at three o’clock under the auspices of Mr. Tanquary.
From the twenty who are trying out today and tomorrow, six will be chosen to compete in the finals next week, the winner of that contest to represent the University of Southern California in the competition in which all the colleges and universities entering will present their candidates The winner of this contest will represent the State of California in the national contest.
dence Hall with Dean Crawford frr i the balance of the week. An informa1 ! Tea sponsored by the Graduate School j on April 20, from four to five o’clock j will honor President Mary W’olley of Mt. Holyoke College while she is a guest of the university during h^r short stay in Los Angeles. President Wolley is one of th*> few women col-]pgO presidents in this country.
Mme. Madeline Le Lievpre, a special representative of the Rockefeller Foundation, will be at'S. C. Wednesday as part of her educational pro- ‘ ject to compare the institutions of America and those of France in regard , ro higher 1' arning. Southern California is on the list given Mme. L<> Lievpre by the Rockefeller Foundation of leading colleges of this country. Thir survey is being made for the Rockefeller Foundation in an effort to make a comparison of th? universities in the two countries.
“As usual,” says Bradley Treuhaiu. former Rhodes scholar, “California and Stanford are about to corner the Rhodes scholarship for the State of California because of a lack of interest at Southern California. There are any number of fellows at Southern California who could easily fulfill the requirementJ for Rhodes schc'ar3hips.
I should like to have fifteen or twenty fellows apply to the Rhodes scholar ship committee or to me for information relative to securing such scholarships.”
The next selections will be made in the fall of 1926 for residence at Oxford starting in the fall term of 1927, The qualifications for Rhodes scholars are: the applicant must be a male citizen of the United States between the ages of 19 and 25 who has resided in the United States for at least five years and having completed at least, two years of college work. The candidates are judges on the following basis: literary and scholastic ability and attainment, force of character manhood and qualities of leadership, and physical vigor as shown by interests in outdoor sports and in other ways. Relative to athletic interest, the principle is not so much the athletic development and accomplishment., but the assurance of the candidate’s ability to compete with the (Continued on Page Four)
Tfy t-fr^nor Harry Silke At Commerce Dinner
Honoring Harry Silke, newly elected Ppc'fic Co?st District Council, and form°r sctudent body president of this institution. Alpha Kanpa Psi. professional commerce fraternity, will hold a joint meetinsr of ATnha Zeta Chapter of Souihern Branch next Thursday night, at tho Soofford Arms, located 9* Mariposa and Wilshire.
The meeting, which is to be an Informal g°t-tog: ther of the two groups. W'1! begin wi*h a dinner at R p. vn.
Harry Si’ke will sT>rak on "Tdeafs of the Alpha Kappa P;i.” There are *o he several short infermrl fTlks •']"-icjcoinTne»’ce Hnei.