On
the
Lookout
By THE EDITOR
URING the past football season the University of Southern California established itself as one of the most loyal supporters of its athletic teams. It was not an uncommon sight to see from 1500 to 3000 men in an S. C. rooting section at the grid games, be-|inp led by three yell leaders.
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With the close of the andiron year there has come a noticeable lull in Interest to other sports. Last Friday and Saturday night this comparative lack of interest was brought out. A small crowd attended the t wo basketball* garnet. It was a crowd thct could have been handled easily by one yell leader. And that is what we are driving at. Where were the S. C. yell kings Friday and Saturday night? In order not to be so personal, we’ll change the question to: Why didn’t the S. C. rooters have a yell king to lead them?
Southern
California
Trojan
HAWKINS - STARKE TO PLA Y
Further strengthening one of the most formidable football squads ever assembled, Johnny Hawkins, University of Southern California captain of 1924, and Newt Stark, who closed a creditable college career with the Trojans in the St Mary’s game, have been signed to play in the “Red” Grange game Saturday.
VOL. XVII
Los Angeles, California, Tuesday, January 12, 1926
Number 69
PROGRAM MADE FOR HIGH SCHOOL NEWSPAPER DAY
Matinee Dance Will Close Eventful Day of Conferences for Young Journalists.
GOV. RICHARDSON GUEST
There is something else in inter-collegiate sports besides football. The basketball team i6 a handicapped squad, but give them your support and we may have some better results. The squad will be gone this week end. but It will return here to meet California, Stanford and Arozina.
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We hope to see a yell king on hand at the next game.
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^ALE UNIVERSITY has enjoyed a very successful financial season, according to reports published by the Athletic Association of the University. Football, the major sport, “knocked
Detailed Program of Speech and Discussions Feature Fourth Annual Newspaper Day.
Closing a day spent in conferences, editors and business managers irom seventy-five high schools ot Southern California will attend a matinee dance in the Women’s Hall , given in their honor by the Press Club, as the last event on the program planned tor Newspaper Day, January 14.
When the delegates arrive on the campus they will be registered and given badges by Alpha Chi Alpha, honorary journalism sorority. The first session will begin at 9 o’clock, and is lor the beneiit of members of the Southern California Editorial Association. John E. King, editor of the riemet News, Harry S. Webster, business manager of the San Bernardino Sun-Telegram, and W. Harold Kingsley, editor of hte Torrance Herald, will discuss three phases oi newspaper management A noon luncheon will bo served the newspaper men in the President’s suite ,at which Governor Richardson will be the guest of honor.
Following the morning discussion, high school editors and business managers of papers and annuals will divide into two groups. The editors of
t
| papers will meet in Bovard Auditorium from two to four to talk of their problems. Lee Conti, editor of the Tro-j jan, will preside, while Bill Teetzel, business manager, will lead the discussions for the benefit of the high school managers. The annual editors will meet in the auditorium at the college of l>aw, where they will hear pro-them dead,” clearing a total of $321,- fessional publisvers speak on the prob- i
748.87. This is a neat sum consider- lems of getting out yearbooks.
. . ., n. *	, . , I According to Barton Hutchins, edi-
mg that the Blue team played only i	„ ,
I tor of the 1925 El Rodeo, the annual
six games at home. The football ex-, editors will organize into an association which will be the headquarters of Southern California annuals, which no doubt included the goal posts | Among its activities wiu be an an.
VARSITY DEBATORS MEET OHIO SQUAD
Ohio Wesleyan University Team to Appear on S. C. Campus, February 2.
Ohio Wesleyan University’s debating
team will meet the Southern California debators in the first university debate of the year, when the two squads oppose each other on the stage of Bovard Auditorium the evening of February 2.
The question which will be debated is: “Resolved, that the present method of governmental restriction of personal liberty should be condemned.” Ohio Wesleyan is to maintain the affirmative side of this resolution, and Southern California will uphold the negative.
Art Syvertson and Sam Gates are the two men who will represent S. C. against the invading team from Ohio. That these two varsity debators will have a difficult time in defeating their opponents is indicated by the fact that Ohio Wesleyan is known throughout the country as one of the strongest debating colleges in the United States.
In addition to Syvertson and Gates, James Corbett and George Lawrence have been named on the squad which! will oppose the Wesleyan Corbett and Lawrence, have been pick
RUSHING RULES FOR FRATERNITIES TO BE DISCUSSED
Inter-fraternity Council Meets Tomorrow to Reach Settlement For Rushing Rules.
PRE-LEGALS HEAR FAMOUS ATTORNEY
Captain Fitts, of L. A. Crime Commission to Address Meeting Wednesday Evening.
DEDICATION OF LAW SCHOOL SET FOR FEBRUARY
‘Bar Association" Will be Guests of Undergraduates at Formal Opening of School.
The question of rushing rules as applied to fraternities on the Southern California campus will be threshed out and will probably reach some kind of a settlement tomorrow night in the meeting of the Inter-fraternity Council, which is scheduled to take place at the Gamma Epsilon house.
The problem of the adoption of a set of rules which will control the rushing of men at the university, by all recognized fraternities, in a similar manner to that in which the sorority methods of rushing are governed, has been agitating fraternity circles for some time. The meeting tomorrow evening is expected to reach a definite conclusion in the matter and decide whether a set of such rules will be adopted or not.
The inter-fraternity council has re-debators. I ceived from many of the fraternities .! lists of suggested rules which could
eo as a second team ,and are assisting' be use<i in such a code « it was de-Gates and Syvertson in their prepara-1 cided that a system of rules was nee-
Captain Duron Fitts, chief deputy
district attorney and prominent mem- j ber of the Los Angeles Crime Com- j mission, is to return to his Alma Mater | for a brief time Wednesday evening, when he addresses the Pre-iLegal Society of S. C. at its dinner-meeting at ! the Twin Cedars Inn at 6:30. The sub-j ject of his speech is to be “Crime and j Education."
alumnus of this i 01 Southern California's new School of state com- ^*aw building is planned for February
He ^ •>» the occasion of the 21st an-■-1 niversary of the founding of the coJ-
JAMES SCOTT SPEAKS
Alumni Luncheon and President’* Reception are High Lights of Two-Day Program.
Formal dedication of the University
Captain Fitts, an university, was formerly mander of the American Legion has been mentioned for the govern^ ship of the state and he has been tht ! chief deputy to District Attorney Asa Keyes since Keyes came into office. J In an intervfew, Captain Fitts stated
Thursday, February 4, will be devoted chieily to a welcome to the grauuates of the School of Law who
that he would attempt to cover van-1 "Hi attend their first home-couiin*
ous points relative to the effect of «•'*“«» UK' c<impUi- Al 12: u p' “• education on crime. He has also been ^	will gather tor a luncheon
asked to describe some of the details the	aad Resident R.
, . .	; B. von KieinSmid will hold a rcoay-
of his work.	.
Henry Johnson, president of the Pre-|tlon »“ ** evening lor delegates and
,	t this members of the Bar Association, tae-
L<egal Society, states	that	since tms i
. ..	. f tho lulties of the university and alumni ol
meeting is to be ihe last	ot tne se-1
tion for next month’s debate.
Interest in the debate is expected to run high when the two teams get together on February 2. Ohio Wesle-v
essary. These suggestions are to be worked over, the best ones selected from the lot, and a composite group of rules presented to the Inter-frater-
penses for the season totaled $360,000,
that the Princeton enthusiasts took home with them following the Tiger-Bulldog game at the Yale Bowl.
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That Yale University is not a one sport school is illustrated in the fact that $67,877 was invested in the baseball prospects of the school, and this sport rewarded by falling but $1,000 below the even mark. Track cost Yale $7,000 while Rowing brought a loss of $60,100.
nual contest.
an’s squad will appear in Los Ange- Council for their acceptance or re-
les in connection with a drive for an jectlon-
According to Ronald Snavely, president of the Inter-fraternity Council, the difference of opining on this question is so great that prospects of the Council deciding to accept a set of rushing rules at tomorrow night’s meeting are not very favorable. Snavely declared that sentiment against such control of rushing appears to be very strong on the campus.
If present indications are realized, j the Council meeting will probably decide to reject that plan of governing fraternity rushing through a set of rules, and thus declare in favor of the present system of allowing the Greek organizations full liberty to follow out any methods of rushing which they wish to use.
increased endowment for their university, which Wesleyan alumni in Southern California are expected to support. In addition to this, the question which will be debated is one which has been of vital importance to the nation for several years. Consequently, a large crowd will probably be attracted to Bovard Auditorium to hear this debate.
ALUM APPEARS IN ARE YOU A MASON
mester, it is to be thrown open to anyone in the university who is interested in the law. Dr. J. E. Harley, faculty adviser of the society, states that Captain Fitts is one of the most prominent men in California, and he feels that it is an event when such a man comes back to his university.
Joseph Ryan, also an alumnus of the university and an assistant district attorney, was previously engaged to speak, but he found it impossible to attend the Wednesday evening meeting.
GLEE CLUB GIVES CONCERT PROGRAM
“Are You a Mason?” the presentation of Southern California’s Chapter of National Collegiate Players, continues to mystify those who would like to know what it's all about. This play, since its first presentation, has continued to draw capacity houses wherever shown. It has been described by the few who have caught its rehearsals Concert of S. C. Organization as “funnier than anything ever before Declared Success; Many Fea-j presented in Bovard Auditorium.”
Tickets for this presentation, which
the Trojan Glee Ii3 given Primarily for members of the Masonic and De Molay organizations
on the campus, are now on sale at the Associated Students’ Store. Friday, January 22, is the date set for j the production.
Many campus stars of former years are reappearing in “Are You a Mason?” Some of the prominent alumni
tures on Program.
A very
successful year to say the |
Last Friday evening Club gave its first concert program at the Grace M. E. Church, in Santa Monica, when it sang to a packed house.
According to Horace Judson, manager, the program went off well, ter, in fact, than any first concert he | has ever witnessed, he declared.
A skit written by Cecil Carle and
SKIT PLANNED BY S. C. COMMITTEE
To advertise the University of South ern California, a series of programs arranged and enacted by S. C. students is to be given at various high schools of Los Angeles. The programs are under the direction of the Deputation Committee, an organization composed entirely of students, whose purpose it is to advertise the university.
A special committee, appointed three weeks ago, is to submit an original skit to the Deputation Committee meeting today. If it is accepted, it will be the main feature of the program being planned, and the cast will ! be recruited from the university at
Excellent Cast is Picked For Pro- large.
TRYOUTS COMPLETE FOR JUNIOR PLAY
fessional Play Chosen by the Third-Year Class.
presented by Ed Blaine was received
Presenting their 17th annual Junior play, the class of ’27 will offer ‘‘The Goose Hangs High” in Bovard Auditorium February 22. Tryouts are practically completed, according to Ellsworth Ross, production manager of the university, and the final cast will be who are to take part in the production I announced soon.
Earle Stone gave a;
least, yet there are still a
, , a.	a	sn/trta I P>ano solo. Sherril Cohen and Phil
insist on condemning collegiate sports.
Holnnann did a comedy Russian dance
few that I with enthusiasm, mo solo.
and who are remembered for their ac-
clivities in dramatics of Southern Cali-
improvements on the iew buildings, etc .
fornia's campus are: Ted Honson,
The gains made will be noticeable in ; *pjae Trojan Quartet also sang a few j Seaver, Hank McCann, Buster Du
Yale campus, | numbers. .	j ^ Helen Humiston, Vesta Owen and
Wednesday night of this week the | ‘^en*ta Lieberg. club will go en masse to hear the Ellis j ^ss Floience Hubbard, director of * * *	J Club sing at the Philharmonic Audi- j	feels confident that this light
So it is with hundreds of other torium- Nef week two coucerts win
be given. One, on Wednesday, at the
niversities. It is the gate receipts j Alhambra high school. Another, on it sporting events that build bigger Friday, at the Huntington Beach high
nd better stadiums, student unions* sc 00 ‘ __
nd promote collegiate debating, £arr Addresses oumaiism, dramatics, etc.	j	Biology Society
; play will give an opportunity for the comedy ability of the organization to display itself in a vehicle worthy of the organization.
Only a limited number of tickets have been placed on sale at the Associated Students’ Store, due to the large demand for tickets from Los Angeles high schools.
OME excellent work is being at- j
Dr. Welson H. Carr, exchange pro-
fessor in the department of philos-tempted by the Deputations com- ophy, from England, will be the
It is the sPea^er at the dinner meeting of the Biology Honor Society to be held Thursday, at 5:30 in the Women’s Hall. Dr. Carr will speak on “Creative Evolution.” Reservations may be made by calling the biology office. Science majors and other students interested will be allowed to attend, according to Robert Rutherford.
ittee of the University, it is lan of this committee to visit practi-ally every high school in Southern alifornia during the next semester nd present a short one act skit
This is one of the best advertising ediums tha, th. University of South- j CLASS PRESI0ENT MEETING n California will have. In thii? Sn.it, ^ 12:00 today there will be a ill be illustrated the idea of univer- j meeting of the Class Presidents’ As-v life.	j sociation in Don Cameron’s office. The
• • •	| meeting will be short and it is im-
... - j portant that every class president at-The idea oj the university 7Vtll be i ^en(j as ruieSf plans and procedure
~old to the high school students for the class elections on Thursday rough the skits.	1 will be decided.
PRELIMINARY HELD FOR BOWEN DEBATE
All students who wish to try out for the Bowen Cup are to meet in room M-206 on Thursday at 2:30 for the preliminary contest. At this time a specific resolution for debate will be chosen from the general topic of “Aviation.”
The contestants may choose either side of the question and after two ^ hours’ preparation will be given five ; minutes for an extemporaneous pres-! entation of their arguments. Ninfe ! men will be chosen on the basis of the j showing made at this time. They will | then compete for the six cups during | the Friday rally, one week later.
Cast tryouts have been held the past Lew days, resuiting in a record for people tr>ing out. Approximately fifty students appeared and signified their intention of showing their dramatic ability. According to reports, an excellent cast has been gathered together, one which will ably present the play selected.
“The Goose Hangs High,” strictly a professional production, was secured through the production and managerial staff, although it was under contract for professional showing only. Mrs. Sally Teschke, director, predicts a successful showing from past performances of the cast.
This will not be the first showing in Los Angeles of the premier play. ‘‘The Goose Hangs High” has been presented on the stage at the Play-j house, and also in the movies, receiv-I ing much approval in both places. The I play also played several weeks in New j York.
Mrs. Teschke, who will direct the j play, has supervised several produc-j tions on the S. C. campus, her latest being the much-talked of play, “The Broken Bachelor.”
The cast of the Junior play is somewhat smaller than the averaee. Practically all the rSles are major ones, all being adaptable for college presentation. The theme of the play is the question of conflict between so-dllled “modern” children and “old-fashioned” parents. The production should be particularly interesting to college students.
Speaking of the skit, Arthur Syvertson, chairman of the special committee, says, “The skit is laid in a fraternity house, and is a simple and humorous portrayal of college life so far as we have been able to make it so.” Syvertson and the other members of the committee, Dorothy Davis and Eddie Blaine, each wrote a separate skit and after culling the best ideas from each, arrived at the skit which is to be submitted to the Deputation Committee today.
the School of Law.
Registration oi delegates wili be conducted at the School of law building at 9:30 a. m. on Friday, February 5, which will be ioilowed by an acadeiuit procession to Bovard Auu.wonum, where the Law assembly is to be opened at 10:30. After the address by Mabel Walker Wildebrand at the assembly there will be a luncheon in the president’s suite at 12:15 p. m. and the ceremonies of dedication will begin at 2:30 at the School of Law building. Honorable James Brown Scott has been secured to make th* dedication speech.
James Brown Scott has been closely associated with the University of Southern California since its first organization as the Los Angeles Law Students’ Association, when he was preceptor of the faculty. Later, Scott was made Dean of the Los Angeles School of Law, in which position he served until called east to the University of Wisconsin. During the war, Scott was adviser to the Committee on International Relations and has been appointed recently as general editor of the American Casebook Series.
Mabel Walker Wildebrand graduated from the School of Law in 1916 and now holds a high position in the Department of Justice as assistant dire©-tor of prohibition and enforcement. Among the other guest-speakers are Hon. Charles A. Shurtleff, president of the California Bar Association; James G. Mott, president of the \jow Angeles Bar Association; Dean Mo Murray of the University of California; Dean Kirkwood of Stanford University, and members of the Law fao-ulty of the University of Southern California, who will briefly trace the development of the School of Law from its organization in 1896 to the present day.
APOLLIAD PLANS ARE BEING MADE
PAGE TO TALK AT Y DINNER MEETING
That the coming Apolliad, dealing with original estudent efforts in plays, musical compositions, short stories, poetry, and essays will be extremely successful is the belief of Miss Tasle May Hanna, of the School of Speech.
“The material coming in,” said Miss Hanna, “promises much for the Apolliad. We have several plays submitted that are very much superior to those handed in last year.”
Kirby Page, Authority on International Relations, Will Talk at Joint Meeting.
Kirby Page, one of the best known authorities on international relations, will speak Wednesday evening in the Y Hut at 6.
According to Stan McKee, one of the 3. C. delegates to the recent Asilomar convention, Mr. Page was regarded as one of the best speakers on the entire program. “His greatness,” said McKee, ‘‘lies for a great part in his sim-
I plicity. To meet the man on the canv-It is expected that the students of | pjus you would think he was just a
j member of the Gchool instead of a I great figure in international affairs.’* “Is the Religion of Jesus Practica-| ble” is to be the subject of his talk, j Mr. Page stated that he would rather | talk on this subject than any other.
Mr. Page is a graduate of Drake Uni-j versity, Des Moines. He has traveled j extensively and spoken to college ! groups all over the country.
| The dinner will begin promptly at
R. 3. ven KieinSmid 15:30 and Kirby Page will begin his Returns January 27 talk„at,6’ A" ““°,eldes-rta* to 56
__at the dinner must make reservations.
who j as places will be reserved at the ta-100. McKee stated that
Dr. Allison Gaw’s playwriting classes will share in the number of fine manuscripts that will be given over to the committee:
Miss Hanna urges those individuals who have not yet returned their original compositions to the School of Speech, to hand them in before March 31.
Dr. Rufus B. von KieinSmid, has been in New Ytork City attending ble for only
the American Association of Colleges, will return to the campus of Southern California, January 27.
those students who cannot come for the dinner may come later for the speech.