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PAN-HELLENIC HEARS CHARGES AGAINST SORORITY
The Spirit of Troy
“The outstanding thing about the football game Saturday was the absolute silence in the rooting section when the head linesman failed to see the glaring offside lunge of an opposing player.”
“A rule isn't worth powder and lead to blow it to pieces if the spirit back of it is poor.”
—The Old Trojan.
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Sorority Women Charge Rushing Violations. Results of Dental Elections. Bishop Leonard’s Address. Wampus Sets Close Deadline. Assistant Yell King Tryouts to be Held Soon.
VOL. XVIII.
Los Angeles, California, Tuesday, October 5, 1926
NUMBER 15
OMIT CLASSES FOR TALK BY DR. LEONARD
Noted Lecturer Has Been Bishop of Methodist Church For Twelve Years.
“If, after I have done all I can do to prevent war, my country comes to a crisis, my country can command me, and I will go to her defense and welfare.” This was the statement of Bishop Adna W. Leonard, noted lecturer and author, who spoke at the special assembly, yesterday.
Bishop Leonard, whose magnetic personality caught his audience, and held it, endeared himself immediately to the hearts of the students by his sportsmanship, and humar handling of his topic, that of “Our Defenses, National and PersonaL”
“While disputes have been settled ln the past by brute force, the time is rapidly approaching when the outcome will be determined by the amicable means of arbitration,” continued Bishop Leonard. “Men of note have said that the Locarno Agreement will prevent European wars for a period of twenty-five years. If this be true,—what then after twenty-five years? That is the question that I wish to put before this student body.
“Our present defenses cannot be abandoned at once, but educaUon of the people will eradicate this fault, and will sound, forever, the death-knell of the whole of human warfare.
It is one thing to make a law. It is another thing to enforce it with uneducated people. Hence, education is necessary for the enforcement of just and good laws.” Bishop Leonard gave as an example of this the passing and enforcement of the Eighteenth Amendment. “It took educated men,” he said, “to go to Washington, and see that this act was written permanently in the Constitution of the United States.”
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YEli ASSISTANTS DENT OFFICERS m BE CHOSEN be™ TERMS
Chosen from some sixteen aspirants for the office of assistant yell-leader, Francis '‘eedham, Tom de Graffenried, Gordon Pace, and Archie Lewis will compete in the final elimination try-outs at the rally in Bovard Auditorium, Friday, October 8.
All of these candidates are men who have had previous experience in yell-leading. Needham, de Graffenried, and Pace are freshmen and have held such positions in their high schools. I>ewis has been a high school yell-leader as well as having served as assistant last year under Yell King Henney.
The Executive Committee, which elects the assistants, will meet after Friday’s rally and will ballot upon the candidates. Two men out of the four will be chosen to assist tlie yell king for the ensuing year. The two selected will appear before the Trojan rooting section at the football game with Washington State this Saturday.
PASTOR TO SPEAK ATY.M.C. A. DINNER
Cabinet Will Meet Following Address; Important Matters Are To Be Discussed.
THEATRE PROJECT COMPLETED SOON
Dr. William Addison Brown, pastor of the University Methodist Church, will be the speaker at the regular Y. M. C. A. Council dinner Wednesday evening. October 5- Dr. Brown is soon leaving to take up the pastorate of the American church in Buenos Aires, Argentine, South America. This church is one of the leading ones in South America.
Special music will precede the address of the evening, according to Stanley Hopper, who is preparing the program. The dinner begins promptly at 5:30 p. m. and will be concluded by 7:00 p. m. A nominal charge is made for the me«l. but advance res-ervation is not necessary.
A very important meeting of the Y. M. C. A. cabinet will take place immediately following the dinner. Glen Turner urges all embers of the cabinet to be present as important matters are to be discussed.
Work on the little theater movement is progressing rapidly, according to reports from the leaders.
“We have an excellent working nucleus for the little theater movement with the fifty people who turned out at the first meeting last week,” stated Ray McDonald, play director, “and the students will probably complete definite organization at the meeting Thursday noon ir 'touchstone Theater.”
The personnel of the executive committee, which will be at the head of the acting, directing, writing, and producing ends of the organization, is under consideration, according to John Atwill, production manager.
“The production program will have to be practically doubled, in order to provide opportunities for all who are interested in the movement,” continued McDonald. “Although all the participants will not be directly before the public in the capacity of actors all the time, plans are being made for enough productions so that all who desire can be working on some phase of play production as often as they wish.”
In addi^on to the many organizations of layers in other universities and col’ .*ges, similar organizations are to t j found in the Potboilers and the Pf iadena Community Players. The n *wly organized Glendale Plav-eis a.-e expected to add impetus to the work of other local community theater organizations, including the S. C. movement, the members of which plan to make it a dramaUc force in the community as well as on the campus.
Frosh and Pre-Dents To Hold Elections After Annual Field Day.
Class officers for the College of Dentistry were elected Friday and will assume leadership of the various classes at once. The results of the election in the Senior class were: Al Farmer, president; Wait Letson, vice-president, and Charley Kramer .secretary and treasurer.
Junior class officers will be Frank Adams, president; Al Morford, vice-president, and the secretaryship goes to Art Swanson.
In the sophomore class all elections were unanimous with Jack Rounds as president; Rex Waggoner, vice-president, and Ray Foutz as secretary-treasurer.
Charley Borah, nationally known sprint champion and captain of 4ast year’s frosh track team, defeated Herb Winkler as second vice-president of the Student Body. The system of balloting in this case was unlike that used in the election of class officers in that all nominations must be signed by fifty men at least one week before the day of election; while all class selections were made by the use of the Australian Preferential System.
As the Frosh and Pre-Dent elections will not be held before the fourth or sixth week of school, temporary chairmen were elected to serve until after the Annual Field Day, October 7, 1926.
ARGONAUTS HOLD FIRST RECEPTION
Dr. Flewelling and Dr. Carr Give Interesting Impressions o f Europe.
An informal reception was given by the Argonauts, Philosophy Society, Saturday evening, October 2, at the Women’s Residence Hall. The guests of honor were Dr. and Mrs. Carr, Dr. Schiller, and Dr. and Mrs. Flewelling.
The reception was opened with two delightful violin solos by Mrs. W. H. Long. Dean Waugh, honorary president of the Argonauts, introduced the speakers of the evening. Dr. Flewelling, the first to be introduced, gave a brief talk entitled, “My Impressions of Europe.” Dr. H. W. Carr gave a composite history of the International Congresses of Philosophy since their beginning. Dr. Carr, it might be added, was particularly well fitted to give this history, having been the organizing secretary of that body for a number of years. Dr. Schiller added a lighter touch to the affair by speaking on “Humorous Incidents of Various Congresses Attended.”
Troy Bids Farewell To Former Trojan Daily Editor
Great is the lamentation in Troy! The mourners’ bench is well filled by the friends of Terrell De Lapp, erstwhile a dally editor of the Trojan, who left Wednesday for the University of Arizona.
In addiUon to his university work, Mr. De Lapp has accepted a position with a city paper in Tuscon. In his third year of work on the Trojan he was holding the position of a daily editor. His many compatriots bid him farewell on Wednesday last, and sincerely wish him luck in the land of cactus and sombreros!
VOICE DEPARTMENT LEADER RETURNS
Horatto Cogswell, head of the voice department of the College of Music at the University of Southern California, has returned from Europe where he spent the summer studying in France and England. While in Frauce, Cogswell studied under Cog-liac, leading tenor of the Opera Com-ique, and England under Madame Bentham. a student of Sbriglla.
In Park? Mr. Cogswell was especially interested in the Grand Opera and "Opera Comique” where among others he heard “Manon” produced. “Vocally, I have heard finer productions in New York and in Los Angeles, but, artistically and scenlcally, I have never seen anywhere in America, anything that approached the presentations, particularly at the “Opera Comique,’* unless It might be one performance of “Parsifal” given in New York by the Savage Company some years ago, with Puhnam Griswold in the part of Gurnimanz.”
Mr. Cogswell visited the Chateau Fontainbleau where the American School of Music is situated and one (Continued on Page Four)
Today Set As Deadline ... On Copy for Wampus
Today marks the last date on which copy for the Blue Law Number of W'ampus will be accepted. A large number of excellent cartoons, jokes, and articles have already been received, but there is still room for much material.
Copy may be turned in at the Wampus office or left in Box 166 in Mr. Huse’s office. Positions on the staff are open to all students who shew ability in this type of work. Those interested are urged to hand in copy and should see the editor personally if in doubt as to the type of material wanted.
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GEORGE C. JORDAN
Not to be idealistic, but to our way of thinking the most outstanding feature of the Santa Clara game was not the victory of the varsity, and not the way in which the rooters followed the leads, although that was a credit, both to the section and to Henney. The outstanding thing about the football game Saturday was the absolute silence in the rooting section when the head linesman failed to see the glaring offside lunge of an opposing player. We have no brief to make for the official's decision. Certainly h e wasn’t watching that particular play and we were certainly entitled to the penalty. But the control exercised by the rooting section at that time was worth fifty penalties in the way Southern California’s prestige went up in the mind of a sporting public.
A friend of ours came to us the other day to take issue with us on the stand we have taken with regard to rushing rules for the fraternity. We heard his argument and we do not intend to make any attempt to bury him under an avalanche of sarcastic refutation in this column. But we present his argument with our answer to it for what they are worth. It was his objection that if the extending of bids is held up for any time at all it will enable “the local fraternities to grab off the men that the nationals have worked on during the summer.’ If by “grabbing off” the men that “belong” to the nationals he means what we have referred to as making sure that the freshmen are satisfied that they are in the houses they belong in, we admit his brief. But we maintain that if the value of a man s college friendships is to be weighed against the priority rights of the national fraternities or any other fraternities to sign up a few athletes during the summer a man must be thinking of something else when he sees them balancing.
World Series Results Announced Here Daily
Through the courtesy of Mr. E. E. Smith, radio technician, the radio broadcast of the World’s Series will be intercepted in the electricity laboratory every noon throughout the baseball season. The laboratory is located in the Old College basement under the west end of the main university library. A super heterodyne receiving set with a Western Electric Address System is to be used.
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Here is the point. We may as well admit it. There is going to be some form of secret pledging of a few outstanding high school athletes under any system of rushing. That is too bad, but strictly the truth. But that should not interfere with the adopting of some sane rushing rules. We are concerned with the welfare of the majority of the freshmen who enter the University. Nine out of ten of the men who are snatched up by fraternities are not blessed with the necessary shoulders and biceps to get for themselves a state wide athletic reputation, but they are real men, nevertheless, whose rights are worth safeguarding. These are the men that we say must be given a chance to choose their fraternal affiliations without being sandbagged into any house, national or local. Supposing some few athletic stars do slip by the ruling. That is to be punished by the inter-fraternity council when found but not used as a blind to keep other men from being considered.
We are disappointed in the sorority women in the way they have fought for rushees during the past week and we are making it plain right here that we do not propose the highly complicated system of rushing they use as a panacea foi the fraternity problem. A week ago we congratulated the women on the fact that had rules, rules of any kind. But we must withdraw that. A rule (Continued ou Page Three)
WORK ON ANNUAL STARTS AT ONCE
Sittings For Photographs To Begin On Oct. 15; Will Be Taken By Witzel.
Indicating that woric on tne 1927 El Rodeo has begun in earnest, Rafc)h Holly, editor, announces that sittings for photographs will begin October 15 in the old Trojan office. ,
The Witzel studios, rated as one of the best of Los Angeles photographers, have been selected as official photographers for the year book. This service will be augmented by that of Mr. J. B. Ward, well known varsity photographer, who will take all athletic group pictures and also assist in the sitting*.
Ralph Holly promises Southeri California the most profusely illustrated book in the history of the school and every effort will be made to bring this about.
Major appointments of the El Rodeo staff were announced in yesterday’s Trojan and included Scott Creager as managing editor and Frank Orme as associate editor. Karmi Wyckoff will have charge of the senior section, while Ralph Huston and Harold Silbert are associate editors of athletics. Other appointment will be made by the editor the latter part of this week.
UNDER CLASS PLAY WILL BE CHOSEN
Having under consideration several plays which have never been produced on the west coast, the committee to decide upon the under-class play will be ready to announce definite plans as soon as a production date is set.
Because of the football and rally schedule and' the change in chapel hour, the date for the play, which will run about an hour and a half, has not been decided. It is hoped that the play can be produced during recitation hours.
The committee, composed of Miss Tacie May Hanna, dramatic coach, Ray McDonald, university play director, and John Atwill, production manager, are trying to choose a play which will be of literary value and still possess popular appeal.
Notices
In order to drive equal weLgrht to nil announcement!* and, if possible sr*‘t them all ou the front page, nu notices may exceed 35 word* after today. Motleew mUHt be tnrneil In to the Trojnn office at 716 W. Jefferson St.
—The Editor.
Air transportation and the laws regulating this latest development in the field of commerce, will be the subject of Mr. James G. Woolley, traffic manager of the Western Air Express, in a lecture to be given in Touchstone Theatre this morning at 8:00 A. M.* It is important that all students interested in transportation be present.
FROSH MEETING
There will be a Frosh class meeting tomorrow at 2:15 in Bovard Auditorium. The attendance will be compulsory. "Red” Dales is to speak on traditions.
RALLY COMMITTEE
A meeting of the Rally Committee will be held In the Student Body President’s office at 12:30 today.
GYM CLASSES START
All men’s gym classes will start today at the regular class hours. Swimming classes will report at the men’s gym for further announce ment.
HISTORY CLUB ATTENTION
There will be a meeting of the History and Political Science Club Wednesday evening at 7:30 at the Y hut Prof. Garver of the History department will speak on the “Fiftieth Anniversary of General Custer’s Indian Battles.”
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Fresh Frosh Finish Formulations For Friday Frolic
CHARGES AGAINST ALPHA GAMMA DELTA FAIL; EVIDENCE LACKING
Names of Individual Rushees Not Mentioned At Request of Dean Crawford; Sorority Representatives Compose Committee To Formulate New Rules.
While the sorority women of the campus stood around in excited, whispering groups yesterday, members of the Pan-Hellenic council met twice to thrash out charges of violation of rushing rules brought against Alpha Gamma Delta. At the last meeting, which was held at 3 o’clock yesterday afternoon, the charges were dropped
*for lack of evidence.
CHARGE TWO VIOLATIONS A meeting was called for 12 o’clock, but nothing was done and a second meeting was called at 1 o’clock. At this time it was charged that Alpha Gamma Delta had violated the rushing rules on two specific occasions. The girls bringing th«* charges were given an hour and a half to produce their evidence and were given the privilege of talking to rushees during that time and a third meeting was called for 3 o’clock.
At this time the charges were presented. At Dean Crawford’s wish the names of the Individual rushees concerned were not mentioned in the proceedings. However, representatives of the complaining and defendant sororities met outside of the room with Ruth Burns, president of the council, and disclosed the names to her. Afterwards, in meeting, they were referred to as Miss “A" and Miss “B.”
DID NOT KNOW MISS “A"
The Alpha Gamma Delta representatives declared that they did not know one of the girls. The other charge, which was that Miss “B” had been invited to the preference dinner on Wednesday instead of Thursday was answered with the reply that an individual member of the sorority had asked Miss “B” if she had a date for Friday evening. It was claimed that no engagement was made with Miss “B.” The Pan-Hellenic council dropped the charges with the decision of “insufficient evidence.”
Following the “trial,” a discussion was held among the women present as to the way the rushing has been carried on. It was concensus of opinion that the letter of the rules has been obeyed in most cases, but that the spirit has been violated by many, if not all, of the sororities. A new committee was appointed to draw up a new and more specific set of rushing rules. This committee was composed of Pi Beta Phi, Delta Delta Delta (Continued on Page Tfc|*ee)
The services of the Varsity orchestra have been obtained to furnish the syncopation for the Frosh Frolic in the men’s gym, Friday afternoon, October 8. Celestine White will be on the program with a song and dance number and Bertha Winstead will give a reading. A violin solo will be played by Tom de Graffenried with Fred Johnston accompanying. Some popular blues songs will be sung by LeRoy Winburn. In order to get the class of 1930 acquainted, cheat and lemon dances will be featured.
The festivities are scheduled to begin at 3:15 and conclude at five o’clock. Freshmen are asked not to make dates for the offair. Each Frolicker will wear a little tag bearing his or her name, thus eliminating introductions.
Members of the class will not be eligible to attend until they have paid their semester’s dues of fifty cents. The collectors will be stationed at a table in front of the Administration Building.
TO ELECT OFFICERS
Nominating Committee To Submit Names of Candidates; To Report On Time For Meetings.
To elect Its officers for the present school year, the Cosmopolitan Club will have a meeting at the “Y” hut Thursday noon. The nominating committee of five members, appointed last week by Harold Reed, chairman pro tempore, will submit the names of the candidates and report the tentative plans of their meeting yesterday noon.
It will be recommended that the club have a noon meeting at the “Y” hut every first Thursday of the month, for the members to hand in questions of international import to be discussed in subsequent meetings. The club is also to have an evening meeting at the “Y” hut the last Thursday of the month, when the different groups will take charge of the social program.
Fraternity Council To Hold Meeting Tonight
The first meeting of the Inter-fraternity Council for the present school year will be held this evening at the Theta Sigma Nu lodge, instead of October 1, as previously announced.
The feature of the meeting will be the discussion and voting on the proposed fraternity rushing rules. Be-6cause of the importance of the question every member of the council is urged to be present. The president and an upper classman of every fraternity ls eligible to cast a vote in the council.
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METROPOLITAN TO SPONSOR LECTURE
F. M. Couch Will Deliver Address; Credit Course Includes Twelve Lectures.
START EXCAVATION ON NEW BUILDING
Excavation work was started in San Francisco yesterday on the first unit of the $2,000,000 building project for a greater SL Ignatius College. This building will house the college of liberal arts, and will contain executive offices, twenty lecture rooms, three libraries, an auditorium and offices for student activities.
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F. M. Couch, general manager of Blake, Moffit, and Towne, will deliver an address on “Work and Qualifications of the Credit Man” at the third meeting of the class in Credits and Collections at Metropolitan College, Tuesday night, October 5.
According to Emery E. Olson, in charge of the group, Mr. Couch will talk on the place of the credit man in the organization, the qualifications which are most desirable, how to get the proper training and experience, and preparation for future positions. The course in crediting is sponsored by the Los Angeles Credit Men’s Association and Includes twelve lectures.
STUDENT CLUB
TO JOIN FORCES
Members of the Student Fellowship are to meet at the “Y” hut tomorrow noon to install the new officers elected last week and to formulate plans for the present school year.
With the consent of the Student Volunteers and the former Student Fellowship, the two organizations decided at the last meeting to unite and form a single society which is-to be called Student Fellowship. This union ended the character of the organizations as single units but formed a strong, enlarged solidarity.