‘BROKEN BACHELOR” PRODUCTION CALLED OFF
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By THE EDITOR
N AGAIN! Off again! That’s the “Broken Bachelor.’ After isiderable discussion it was deed to re-stage the ‘ jazz age” y in Bovard Auditorium to-'ht, but along came the welfare littee yesterday morning th the news that in view of the t that Tuesday night is con-ered a closed night the play uld be called off.
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Hundreds of people were turned |way from the ticket booths yes-snday morning with the announcement that the play had Jen declared off, and several hun-|red dollars for the student union ind went by the boards.
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The campus and general public is Biting for the re-showing of the |y. The authors have put several ideas into it and have sped the |ion of the closing act. A bigger better “Broken Bachelor” will un-ibtedly be presented following the ristmas vacation.
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OAT forget that there are many who u'ant to see this of ntimtHon (f), and will be tit ing for the date of its next piving.
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IX conference football games for the Trojan team next season, it's quite an undertaking for any ftball team, but among the six teams
do not see the Washington Husk-Manager Gwynn Wilson has been successful in an attempt to book the C. champions for 1925, for the past fee years.
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Why the Huskies refuse to play the Trojans has caused considerable comment in sporting circles. The two teams would without a doubt pJay to a packed bowl. Perhaps the Huskies would consider a trip to Los Angeles to take on a 110-pound team from some local (prep school.
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And in looking over the schedule k7 you notice the lack of Southern alifornia Conference teams That a welcome sign to football fans \ho want to be insured of real class football.m IVe are not saying this detract from the brand of foot-11 that the Conference schools put
In, but it's a far better sight to see 'omona against Occidental than iat bloomer that was staged here it fall when the California-* omona fiasco was enacted.
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ITH six conference games on the books and Santa Clara and totre L'ame as the two outside opponents, plus the possibility of a St Lary’s game and anbther eastern elev-|n on the schedule, it’ll be some foot-ill year, say we.
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MAX that showed the fight and spirit as did Jeff Cravath during le past season is certainly deserving j If the honor bestowed him by the j lembers of the Trojan varsity when key unanimously named him captain jr the 1926 eleven.
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Cravath has been the peer of center on the Pacific Coast this season and if some of the eastern scribes had taken a jaunt west “Jeff” would have found a position ion most anybody’s All-American. jCravath’s playing has not only been spectacular, but jt has instilled the spirit cf “fight” into the other members of the squad.
As a passer he fills the bill to perfection, he is a demon on defense and to top this off he is a real “jinx” to the opposition. Cravath is uncanny at calling the oppositions plays and more than once lhas caused rival quarterbacks to Ichange signals.
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OMORROW afternoon many of us will be leaving the campus for lome.” There will also be a number io w ill be unable to go home. Some idents who live in other sections of country will find it impossible to home for the holidays; they will Us the Christmas fireside.
Wouldn’t it be a good idea to invite ie friend to spend the holidays with i? Think it over; it would be ap-iciated by many.
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HERE'S going to be something new doing in regards to the Indent Union after the first of the far. Nothing big happening, just \me interesting bit of information ry be forth-com ing in regards to project. In the meantime don't
Irget that it's still up to each in-indual to put this plan over.
California
SOME LONG RUNS
CHICAGO, Dec. 14.—Two Big Ten gridders are included in the list of 10 big college players who
returned kickoffs for touchdowns this season.
They are ‘ Red Grange of Illinois and Benny Friedman, Michigan. Grange ran 85 yards against Iowa and Friedman the same distance in the game with Wisconsin.
OL. XVII
Los Angeles, California, Tuesday, December 15, 1925
Number SI
SNOWY BAKER . WILL OFFICIATE AT TOURNAMENT
First Novice Tournament to be Held at S. C.; Expect Many Out.
Fencing will hold the centre of the stage at S. C. tomorrow night, when the big novice tournament will be held at the men’s gymnasium at 8 o’clock.
This tournament, in which the best amateur fencers of the city will compete, is one of the first efforts of the Trojan fencing enthusiasts under Professor Untenhove to popularize this sport among university students.
The most expert of the novices of the Los Angeles Athletic Club, Southern Branch and other local clubs and institutions will be present to try for the trophies offered to winners by Phil Leonard, noted L*. A. A. C. swordsman.
Mr. Leonard who is one of the most enthusiastic patrons of the sport, has taken many medals in tournaments under the auspices of the Amateur Fencing League of America and has generously contributtd these as prizes for the successful contestants tomorrow night.
Among; the many notables who will officiate at the contests will be Mr. .“Snowy” Baker. Mr. Baker is known the world over for his athletic feats and interest in every form of athletic endeavor. Besides having held the amateur middleweight boxing title of Australia, and having been a member of the Australian Olympic team on several occasions, Mr. Baker’s versatility is shown in that he is an accomplished rider, wrestler .fencer and swimmer. He is best known however, in the use of the Australian stock whip. Douglas Fairbanks was schooled in its u£e by Mr. Baker for the picture “Don Q” in which the whip is employed to thwart his adversities.
As Commissioner of Fencing at the Los Angeles Athletic Club Mr. Baker has consented to act as director of the matches and to entertain those present by an exhibition with his famous whip. Mr. Baker was the winner of the first fencing exhibition ever held at the S. C. gymnasium three years ago.
Several of the best fencers of the club will officiate in judging the contests. A. R. Jacquith, J. Thompson, T. Faulkner and P. L. Barbour, all experts with the foil, will be among them.
This tournament is the beginning of an extensive program initiated by the Trojan fencers to demonstrate the merits of the sport. It will be a step towards the formation of a more complete foil, sword and saber squad, to meet the other colleges and clubs of California, and should lead eventually to the declaring of fencing as a minor sport. Practically all of the other universities of the United States have such teams and the students feel that Southern California should not lag behind in promoting this art.
5. C. May Adopt Quarter Plan But Not This Year
I have noted some discussion recently in the columns of the TROJAN concerning the possibility of the Quarter System being installed at Southern California. We have had a committee investigating the advantages and disadvantages of the Quarter System for the last several months.
In fact, the System has been thought of at various times during the last four or five years. There is nothing definite to be announced at the present time. A number of students and faculty members have asked the president’s office concerning the immediate possibility of the Quarter plan. It will not be adopted during the course of the next year and students and faculty should make their plans accordingly.
R. B. von KieinSmid,
President.
MINSTREL SET FOR CRITICS’ APPROVAL
Maurice Kusell of "Pickings” Personally Directs Production of Odonto Club.
The Odonto Club of the College of Dentistry will present for the approval of critics, both just and cynical, a mod ern eight-cylinder 1927 model minstrel show of a type superior. This V-63 or straight 8 in the subtle art of dramatic presentation will appear in the Bovard auditorium on Thursday night, December 17.
In this new model mirth collecting concatination of interlocutors, men, and end-men, but four will undergo the throes and feel the agonies of burnt cork; the balance of the cast will appear in person, sans make-up.
The casting for interlocuters is an honor divided by Scroggs Singleton and Sylvester Mueller, both of whom under the careful guidance of Maurice Kusell, have become All-American mirth gatherers and can ask no more questions than three professors at ex time.
Maurice Kusell, former technical director of Harry Carroll’s Pickings, and who now has a school in soft shoe and chorus dancing, is in entire charge of yiis, the most fabulously facinating and fundamentally funny production of the year. The services of Mr. Kusell were procured at no little trouble by Jack Laughlin .president of the Odonto Club, who is in entire charge of the management of this year’s entertainment.
PLANS COMPLETED FOR Y. M. MEET
University to Pay Part Expense
For Asilomar Convention; 45 Men to Attend.
With a final announcement from
the President’s office stating that the administration will furnish $40 toward sending two S. C. delegates to the Asilomar conferences, Y. M. C. A. officials are completing the plans for the delegation.
It has been the custom in the past for the school to send the student body president and one member of the football team, but this year one of the boys will have to pay part of his own expenses, as $40 would only pay slightly more than for one delegate, according to the association.
Ten of these conventions of Chris-; taih college men are held across the nation annually, and thousands of men attend. This year’s conference at Asilomar has been declared fortunate in having a list of speakers of nationally high repute.
Among those scheduled to speak at; the convention are: William F. Coo’.,, of Long Beach, Senior Chairman Asilomar; Kirby Page, widely known author; Charles D. Hurrey, traveling sec-: retary for World Student Christian Federation; Fred Morgan, counsellor j in realms of philosophy, science and religion- Thomas W. Graham, Dean of: Oberlin Theological School; Roy Akigi. National Secretary of the Japanese Student Christian Association; Paul Meng, National Chinese Secretary of, Christain Association; Tully Knoles. College President; Stitt Wilson, trav-j eler of national repute; J. Merle Da vis. Executive Secretary Institute of j Pacific Relations.
The program consists of Bible study j addresses by famous men, more than two hours perday of group discussion on extremely vital, personal, campus, and world problems. There is also abundant time for quiet fellowship and recreation.
INVITATIONS SENT FOR NEWSPAPER DAY
Members of Southern California Editorial Association are Invited to Annual Affair.
Invitations to high school representatives are to be sent out during vacation according to word given out by Ralph Holly, general ' chairman for Southern California’s annual newspaper day, Jan. 14, 1925.
High school pape'r editors and annual chiefs will receive invitations to attend this conference, and a crowd totalling 150 is expected. All invited are members of the Southern California Editorial Association.
Ralph Holly has been chosen as general chairman for the newspaper day, and has the following organizations working with him: Pi Delta Epsilon, Press Club, Sigma, and Alpha Chi Alpha.
The program as given out by the committee on arrangements will include registration, a luncheon, afternoon program, dance and entertainment and final conferences. The idea of having Southern California newspaper day w*as originated by Marc Goodnow, head of the Southern California Journalism Department, for the purpose of bringing the embryo scribes together, to help them with problems which they run up against, and to give them a glimpse of college journalism.
Conferences, led by I^ee Conti, Editor of the Trojan, and Bart Hutchins, 1925 El Rodeo Editor, will take place and it is expected that much benefit will be derived from them. Besides the conferences, the dance and luncheon will provide further entertainment for the high school representatives.The Press Club will, no doubt, be in charge of the dance, while Sigma, journalism sorority is to handle the dinner, and Alpha Chi Alpha, national honorary sorority will have charge of registrati
A tunnel costing $8,000,000, eight and three-quarters miles long through the Cascade mountains was started recently l)y the Great Northern railroad.
This is one of the big steps in the electrification of the line, wrhich will cost $2,000,000,000.
Prbfessor Clair A. Tappan, who will leave shortly for a tour of Europe.
PROF. C. A. TAPPAN HONORED AT LAW PRIOR TO LEAVE
Popular Law School Professor Will Leave for Europe; Honored at Assembly.
Demonstrating their spirit for the game with St. Marys and expressing their farewell to Clair A. Tappan who leaves for Europe in a few days, the students of the School of Law held a brief assembly Friday morning in the law auditorium.
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Wes Woodford led a few yells and did a jig for the edification of the lawyers while R. Cohen sang several songs. Manuel Ruiz and “Gogo” Belanger gave a snappy exhibition of the Charleston.
■Chet Dolley, president of the School of Law student body, presented a wrist watch to Professor Tappan as a slight token of the esteem every law student holds for him in his or her student holds for him. Such a demon stration was staged by the students that it was several moments before it was possible for Professor Tappan to express his appreciation of the gift.
Ever since 1901, wrhen he coached one of the first football teams that the University of Southern California ever sent out on the gridiron, Professor Tappan has been connected with the School of Law. He is leaving at the end of this quarter on a tour of Europe in which he will mingle pleasure with the serious business of securing material for a work on Comparative Jurisprudence.
In concluding his brief acknowledgment, Professor Tappan emphasized his hope the law students would do their utmost to aid the university in its varied activities and that the honor system would be really adopted at the approaching School of Law' examinations so that an example might be set to the other campus colleges in this regard.
JUNIOR PROM IS VOTED A SUCCESS
That a new era in dance formals dawned with the Junior Promenade on Saturday night at the Ambassador is the opinion as expressed on the campus this week by the many in attendance.
Beautiful two plume ostrich fans in pastel shades of orchid, green, yellow, and pink were given as favors of the dance. Although a few expressed disappointment in the favors, the majority were delighted with the new innovation.
With the incentitive of participating in the grand march, wrhich scored a big success, practically every one was on time for the first dance.
Commendation is made by Art Syvertson, president of t^e junior class of Liberal Arts to the committees from Law, Dental, and Pharmacy who work-staging the formal.
Cross Country Race Date Changed To This Afternoon
It has been found necessary at the last minute to stage the interclass cross country race, which was to have been held tomorrow afternoon, this afternoon, according to an announcement made by Burke Long, manager of track. All men who expect to enter the run must be ready to leave Bovard field this afternoon at 3:15.
Since the last announcement was made plans for prizes for the run have developed. The names of the first five winners are to be inscribed on the perpetual plaque, now on exhibition in the Associated Students book store. In addition to this the book store has made arrangements to give a personal prize and it may be that there will be others forthcoming.
There is no limit to the number of men who may enter, but only the first five will be counted from feach class. The following men will captain the teams: “Red” Kerr, frosh; Bill Bustard, sophs; Les Heilman, juniors, and Mike Elwood, seniors.
PAN-HELL TO PLAN WEEEY LUNCHEONS
Exchange Luncheons to be Similar to Inter-fraternity System; Schedule After Christmas.
That the Pan-Hellenic Council is to sponsor inter-sorority luncheons similar to those now being held among the fraternities was unanimously decided at a meeting of Pan-Hellenic yesterday. There are to be four representatives from each visiting house at each luncheon.
A committee is now working upon a schedule which will be presented at a meeting of the organization the first Monday after Christmas vacation. In discussing the plans, Virginia Robinson, president, said that the visiting sorority would be represented by four girls, a freshman, a sophomore, a junior, and a senior.
The plan was unanimously adopted In stating her own attitude, Miss Robinson said, “I am very much in favor of the movement. It will give the girls a chance to meet each other. Often one knows only the girls in her own sorority and misses many fine friendships. The sororities will be more apt to forget the little spirit of rivalry and cooperate in the interests of Pan-Hellenic.” This is the general attitude of the sororities, Miss Robinson believes.
He Should Have Been A Bachelor
Rumors circulated the campus late last night that Burdette Ives, manager of El Rodeo had left the fold of “Bachelorhood.” Immediately following the rumor Pi Beta Phi announced the engagement of Erma Bean to Burdette Ives.
Miss Bean is a Pi Beta Phi from the University of Washington.
Another popular campus couple is expected to make an announcement shortly.
Proofs are Due Wednesday At Annual Office
Proofs of all organizations pho-graphed up to and including Monday, December 14, are due not later than J P. M. Wednesday, December 16. Unless these proofs are turned in at this time, the pictures cannot appear in their respective sections as the pa^ ges for these organizations will be made up during the Christmas holidays according to Ed Murray, editor of El Rodeo.
The photographer will be at the El Rodeo office from 10 a. m. to 5 p. m., Tuesday 15, and from 10 a. m. until 1 p. m., Wednesday 16.
LAWYERS TO GIVE TERM-END DANCE
To celebrate the end of the first term, the freshmen class of the College of Lawr is giving a dance at the Sunset Canyon Country Club, Friday evening, December 18, at 10 oclock.
Although Christmas recess is only one day distant on the Liberal Arts campus, the College of Law’, which is under the quarter system, is having final examinations, and will have no vacation until December 18, the day of the last exam. U is a law school tradition that the freshman class give a dance each year on the last day of the examinations of the term.
According to the committee the dance is to be entirely informal, and the chaperones will be selected from the most popular professors of the law fraternity. Music will be provided by Ray Hatfield’s five piece orchestra, which played at the Law College Open House during Homecoming week.
The entire law college is invited to the dance and a limited number of tickets will be sold to outsiders. Tickets may be obtained Irom Ravelle Harrison, or from the ticket committee, consisting of Ralph Mustoe, treasurer and chairman, Helen Perrelli, Stevens Fargo, William Berger, Fred Salter, and Ray Elmquist.
The dance committee is headed by Helen Perrelli, vice-president of the class, and consists of Victor Hansen, Pearl Herold, and Fred Salter. The officers of the class are Revelle Harrison, president, Helen Perrelli, vice-president ,and Ralph Mustoe, treas urer.
WELFARE GROUP SETS FOOT DOWN ON “JAZZY” PLAY
“Closed Night” is Reason Given By Committee for Calling Off Production.
The management of the “Broken Bachelor" concluded to yvith-draw tickets from sale this morning, when it was found that they were violating the closed night rule of the Student Welfare Committee in giving the play on Tuesday night.
It was also felt in withdrawing this production from the stage, greater opportunity will be given the Odonto Club of the College of Dentistry to claim the attention of the entire Student Body on Thursday evening. This will therefore remove the possibility of any conflict between the two productions.
H. J. Stonier, Executive Secretary.
The “Broken Bachelor’* will make a glorious exit from the minds of the students of Southern California as it was one of the most successful collegiate plays to ever be presented by any college in the West, according to public opinion. Numerous letters and telephone calls have swamped the office of the production staff requesting that the “Broken Bachelor” be produced again, according to their report but the welfare committee put its taboo on the reproduction of the farce, yesterday.
During the past week many offers have been received from theatrical managers throughout California, which were to the effect that the play would make good as a motion picture production. Downtown theatres would like to produce the play as a professional performance.
After Ueing interviewed again, Dava Warner of the Warner Brothers Studio, says, “I think it was one of tho best comedies I have ever seen.” Bernard Milligan of the Los Angeles Exa aminer, when being interviewed stated. “It was one of the funniest plays that I have ever witnessed in Southern California.”
Harry Singer, West Coast representative of the Orpheum, said, “The Broken Bachelor demonstrated that both in play writing and acting th eU. S. C. has talent which bears the notice of professional theatre men.”
“The Broken Bachelor’’ may be presented after the Christmas vacation if suitable arrangements can be made to satisfy the university. “The play must be produced in the future, as the demand is too strong to discard it” said a member of the production stafL
S. C. BAND PLANS LONG TRIP TO EAST
Roswell Allison, manager of the eighty piece Trojan Band, leaves on an extended eastern tour Wednesday, December 16. While on the tour. Allison will interview theatre managers with a view to book the Southern California Band for an extensive concert tour next summer.
The Trojan Band, directed by Hal Roberts, leaves for the north in March, to complete its annual state concert tour. This year’s schedule calls for about 20 performances to be given in seven days, and the plans call for appearances in Sacra,mento, Oakland. Santa Barbara, Santa Maria, Fresno, San Francisco, and Stockton.
Allison will attend the national Convention of the Alpha Rho Chi. fraternity ,at University of Virginia. He will act as a delegate from the An-dronicus Chapter at Southern California.
Since the convention will not be held until January 1 and 2, Allison plans to visit over 20 universities en-route, where he will meet his architectural fraternity brothers. Among the institutions which he will visit are the University of Illinois, Northwestern University, University of Chicago, Ohio State University, Harvard University, Yale, Columbia, University of New York, University of Pennsylvania, and the University of Virginia, which he will reach on New Year’s day.
The return route will be by the south through North Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Louisiana, Texas, New Mexico, and Arizona. Allison intends to stop at all the large cities and universities, arriving back in Los Angeles by January 16.
COMITIA NOTICE
Comitia Literary Society will hold a regular meeting Tuesday, December 15 at 7 o’clock at the Y. M. C. A. Hut. Before the regular business meeting there is to be a debate on a modern problem.
LIBRARY HOURS
Th library will be open during the Christmas vacation from 8:30 A. M. to 4:30 every day except Christmas Day and New Year’s Day. Saturdays from
8:30 to 12:30.