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CHICAGO, March 8.—Charlie Hoff, the Norwegian who has been constantly breaking the indoor pole vault record, today said that he would clear 14 feet in the open to establish a new world mark.
Hoff now holds the record at 13 ft., 11 1316 in.
THAT the spirit of co-operation between the two large universities in Los Angeles is a reality is evident from the fact that the fraternity men from the University of California at Los Angeles and the University of Southern California, will hold an informal get-together Friday evening. The meeting will be in the form of a smoker and is the first of a series of similar gatherings being planned by the inter-fraternity councils of both institutions.
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There are many local fraternities on both campuses petitioning national organizations. None of them can ever hope to obtain charters if an unfriendly spirit exists between the respective groups. A good deal more constructive work can be accomplished by the fraternity men of both schools if they work for one another and bring to Southern California the many desired nationals.
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The Delta Chi fraternity home has been selected as the place for the first confab of the fraternity men. Two representatives from each house will meet to aid in the establishment of this bond of fellowship.
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Rodeo is giving the delinquent students on the campus just one more chance. For the next three days the El Rodeo photographer will be back °n the campus to take what photo-Oraph* have been neglected. A good ny «tvudents continually put off tafc-r pictures and as a result it to0rs ^un<^ necessary to bring the pho-her back.
opportunity to have the photos en during the next three days will the final one. Students neglecting his final offer will be left out of the big book. Therefore if the annual is to be a representative one and to include the photographs of members of the Associated Students, it would be a good idea for those students to contribute their little bit.
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EDDIE BLAINE, actor, producer, director and author is sponsoring a little theatre movement in the university that should lead to some excellent work in the field of dramatics at U. S. C. It is the plan of Eddie Blaine to encourage the writing and producing of plays.
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The Little Theatre movement has made considerable progress throughout the country and there is no evident reason why it should meet with comparative success in the university. The Potboiler theatre in our city is an example of this type of theatre.
VOL. XVII
Los Angeles, California, Tuesday, March 9, 1926
Number 104
MUSIC REVUE IS AMBITIOUS PRODUCTION
“Troubles of 1926” is Most Ambitious Musical Comedy Attempted by S. C. Managers.
Twenty-six catchy jazz selections and fourteen different dances for the beauty chorus go to make “Troubles of 1926,” the fourth annual Southern California Extravaganza, one of the most ambitious musical comedies ever attempted by the management of productions. The revue will be presented in Bovard Auditorium. March 18 and 19, at 8:30 p. m.
“This production,” said producer Grant La Mont, “is in no way a revue concerning itself w’ith a country yokel who goes to college and comes out a hero; neither is it a presentation dealing with the ‘Jazz age’; we have tried to make of the show’ a fast moving musical comedy with lots of songs, originality, and pep.”
The greatest difficulty, at the present time, is so drilling the beauty chorus as to make a smooth appearance on the stage. The stage in Bovard Auditorium is too small for the presentation adequately of a chorus. This is the belief of the management, which has been working hard to surmount the seemingly insurmountable obstacles afforded by such a small stage.
Tickets for the “Troubles of 1926” will be placed on sale in the Students Store, Wednesday morning at 9 a. m. The prices will range 50c, 75c and $1 .00. Fraternities and sororities desiring to reserve a block of reservations are asked to do so at once in order to secure the most desirable seats.
Last Opportunity Is Given For El Rodeo Pictures
For the purpose of making a final clean-up of all campus students desiring their pictures in the El Kodeo, the Densmore Studio photographer will be in the El Rodeo office today, this evening, and tomorrow.
This will be the final opportunity for students to have their pictures taken for the year book, and according to the El Rodeo office anyone not making an appointment on one of these days will be entirely out of luck.
JOURNALISTS EDIT CORONA PAPER ON FIRST FIED TRIP
Five Students Relieve Staff of “Independent”; Scour Corona For News.
If sufficient student interest is cre-ted in this movement, skits, plays, .nd other dramatic attempts will be itaged in Touchstone Theatre at reg-Tar intervals. The three short plays roduced last week were an example A this scheme. Student support, especially in the dramatic and school speech classes alone, will carry out he work started by Blaine.
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GOOD turnout rewarded Marjorie Rice and her committes on he All-University darce. Friday even-ng. Some two thousand pecn'e were ntertained in the spacious ballroom f the Shrine auditorium, yet they eemed but a mere handful in that he largest ballroom on the Pacific ioast.
The committee spent considerable | imf
While the regular staff took a vacation, five journalists from the University of Southern California took complete charge of the writing and editing of the Corona “Independent” aud put out the Saturday edition of that paper.
The students took over the manage-
S.C. TO ENTER SPEECH CONTEST
Details of Contest May be Secured From Dean Immel or at Speech Office. '' /
Southern California has been entered in the National Inter-collegiate Oratorical Contest on the Constitution, according to Dean Ray Immel of the School of Speech. This contest is sponsored by the Better America Federation of California, being a contribution on their part toward better citizenship and a wideT Interest and understanding of the Constitution of the United States. Prizes aggregating $5000 wTill be given the winners.
Orations must not take more than ten minutes to deliver and may be on the general subject of “The Constitution” or on the relation to the Constitution of Washington, Jefferson. Webster, Marshall, or Lincoln.
The preliminary contest to determine the representative of Southern California will be held on April 15th, according to Dean Immel. All undergraduate students in any department of the university are eligible for entrance in the contest. All entries should be made before the spring vacation at the office of the School of Speech.
The United States has been divided into seven districts for purposes of selecting regional winners. The final contest of the seven sectional winners will be held in Los Angeles on June 25th, 1926.
The first prize, won last year by the representative of Northwestern University, is $2000 in cash. Second prize is $1000. Every competitor in the grand finals receives some prize, the lowest, seventh place, receiving a prize of $300.
It is hoped that many Southern California students will take advantage of the opportunity offered by the contest. Details
S.C. DEBATE SQUAD WINS IN CONTESTS
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University of Utah and Loyola
College Debates Mark Seven Straight Wins for Trojans.
Southern California debaters added tw’o more victories to their string of triumphs when they defeated both the University of Utah and Loyola College in debates held Friday evening. The decision was 3 to 0 against Utah and 2 to 1 against Loyola. The results of these two encounters makes the total for S. C. seven won and none lost.
The question debated was “Resolved, That war should be declared by a vote of the people except in cases of invasion or rebellion.” Southern California upheld the affirmative against Utah in Bovard Auditorium. The negative team for the local squad traveled out to Loyola for their contest.
Opposing the representatives from Utah, Badger and Carlyle, were William Henley and Leland Tallman. These two teams staged a contest that was one of the most closely fought of the year. The team from Utah was the only team that found the weak spot in the Trojan’s argument and they forced some real debating. A good crowd turned out and by their actions seemed to appreciate the efforts of the college debaters. Leland Tallman received two votes for best speaker and Carlyle received the other judge’s vote. The judees were John De Ferie, a lawyer in town: Basil Ralston of Belmont High School and Anthony Horton, debate coach at Franklin High School.
Captain Ray Brennan and Adna J^eonard met the Loyola debaters before a crowd of several hundred in Knights of Columbus Hall. The team that opposed them consisted of Paul Syvane and Roy Burns, a member of the California State Assembly. The Loyola men put. up a good fight, but their case was unorganized and lacked the polish and finished technique of the Trojan team. The judges that gave a 2 to 1 decision to S. C. were Judge W. S. Baird of the Municipal Court, H. L. Miller, an attorney at law, and Burton L. Smith, state editor for the Los Angeles Times.
ASSOCIATED WOMEN STUDENTS MEET TO NOMINATE OFFICERS
Eleanor Mix Receives Presidency by Unanimous Vote at First Meeting of Women's New Self-Government Association; Other Offices Will Be Hotly Contested.
Except for the unanimous choice of Eleanor Mix for president, and Marion George for senior class representative, the election iu the new Women's Self-Government Association will be closely contested, judging from the nominations made in Touchstone Theatre Friday noon at the first meeting of W. S. G. A. Four candidates are entered for the position of treasurer, while three co-eds will run for the offices of vice-president, social chairman, and sophomore representative. All other offices have two nomines.
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social chairman for the past year, was
CLUB SINGS AT LONG BEACH HI
Men s Glee Club Plans Extensive Concert Tour Throughout So. California Cities.
Three concerts in one day with full houses every time was the unusual record set by the Men’s Glee Club last Friday, when tbey made a trip to Long Beach to sing at the high schools. There were two concerts held in the morning, mainly in preparation for the evening performance, and one at night. The Glee Club was obtained through the efforts of Phi Ah pha Psi, a high school fraternity, which made all of the necessary arrangements for the three performances.
An entirely new program was presented, consisting of several new acts, violin solos and vocal solos. Berwyn Riske, Louis Silva and Sherrill Cohen sang solos and were very well received by the audience. These three are very well known around the campus. having sung several times at chapel and also over the radio. Sherrill Cohen presented an original act containing the ever-ropular ’‘Southern California Dream Girl,” by Don Parker.
“The Eight Bells Chanty” which was presented at chapel a few weeks ago proved to be one of the most popular numbers on the program.
In the near future the club is planning an extensive concert tour including Ontario, Redlands, Upland and other Southern California tow’ns.
the only candidate for the presidency. A motion was passed to cast a unan imous ballot for Miss Mix In the race for vice-presidency, Virginia Roe-diger, Marion Robertson, and Betty Farmer are contesting. This office includes the managing of student loan funds, as well as the usual duties of the vice-president.
Polly Black and Hazel Rogers will vie for the honors of secretaryship. The treasurer's position will be filled by either Vivian Murphy. Ruby Smith, Elizabeth Alexander, or Ethel Taecker. Under the new W. S. G. A. system, a representative will be selected from each of the three upper classes to act as an executive board. The senior class will be represented by Miss George, while Mildred Martz and Eunice Robertson are running for the place of junior delegate.
Josephine Garland, Nadine Campbell, and Alice Hall are nominees for the sophomore representative. The newly created office of judiciary will be filled by either Pauline Hazzard or Louisa von KieinSmid.
As the name of the president-elect must be sent to the Southern Branch of the University of California for the spring conference of women students, elections are being held earlier this year than in previous seasons. Balloting will take place Friday fa the ticket booths in the Administration Building. All S. C. women are eligible to vote upon presentation of a student, identification card.
ment of the paper in all departments, i Dean immel Ralph Holly acted as editor-in-chief, | Speech office Grady Setzler handled the writing of editorials and feature columns, besides acting as a reporter. Marjorie Hull, Mynette Ritch and Sam Friedman wrote news stories, read copy, wrote headlines and *ead proof. Professor Marc N. Goodnow', head of the S. C. JJournalism Department, accompanied the journalists on the trip.
The party left Los Angeles early Saturday morning before the sun had risen, and began work on the paper almost immediately upon arriving in Corona, and by 3:30 in the afternoon the ‘‘Independent” was ready to go to press.
The temporary staff ot the Corona
may be secured from or at the School of
BULLETIN BOARDS POSTED BY SPEECH
School of Speech Installs Board For Play Pictures and Announcements.
NOTED HISTORIAN TO INSTRUCT HERE
Dr. Gibbons, International Authority, Will Be at S. C. for Next Summer Session.
daily covered the town thoroughly in aiding the promotion of the | during the day for local news. As a annual All-University Spring < r^sult ot their indusuious news-hunt-
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ance. It was a grand reunion of i	Independent was supplied
tudents outside of the class room. i with more material than it could use 41 4. 4.	j in one issue. Acco ding to Mr. Lin-
RE you interested in the Trojan , denberger, city editor of the paper, track squad? If so you will have 1 the Saturday issue of his sheet was
n opportunity to show how close you ollow the team, in the columns of the aily Trojan. It will be but three hort weeks until the University of alifornia will send its track and field quad here to engage the I. C. A. A.
A. champions in a dual meet. The suits will be watched throughout fie country.
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Now here is where the Trojan Sport Department will take an active part. The details of the plan will be announced in tomorrow's issue, but we can say that it will be a contest open to all stud:nts, with some real worth whi's pr’r-s. And as a hint to those who are interested it would be a good idea |t3 study the past performances of (Continued on Pa?e Four)
supplied with more news than it had had for a long time.
After the completion ot their work, the Southern California newswriters had nothing but praise for the manner in which they had been treated by the editors of the “Independent” and by the officials of the town of Corona
Containing pictures of scenes from plays produced by the School of Speech, the bulletin board which was recently installed on the third floor of Old College is proving of great interest to students, according to Miss Florence B. Hubbard of the School of Speech.
The board, divided into three glass-enclosed compartments,, contains pictures of current School of Speech plays, pictures of plays produced on the campus in recent years, and announcements and advertisements of present and future campus as well as professional city attractions. As rapidly as there are new plays, pictures from the new section are pushed over into the old compartment, to make room for the more recent scenes.
“Formerly only the people directly involved in the School of Speech had an opportunity to see pictures and
Dr. Herbert Adams Gibbons, prominent lecturer and writer on international affairs, will conduct three lecture courses during the 1926 Summer Session, according to a recent announcement made by Dr. Lester B. Rogers, dean of the Summer Session.
Dr. Gibbons now occupies the position of editorial advisor of The Century Company and is also president of the Persia Society of America. When the United States declared war on Germany, he was giving a lecture course at Princeton, but gave up this position and went to France aud the Near East, where he served as a newspaper correspondent until the end of the war and through three years of peace negotiations.
“The Italian Reorganization from Mabbini to Mussolini” is one of the three history courses which Dr. Gib bons will conduct this summer. The others are “The Near East” and a seminar on “Forms of Representative Governments in Europe.”
Dr. Gibbons has written eleven books in the field of diplomacy, the most noted of which are “The New Map of Europe,” “Europe Since 1918" and "The Blackest Page of Modern History.”
announcements of interest,” stated with hom the> car'.e in contact. Mr. , ^ijss Hubbard. ‘‘The new bulletin
board, however, will give all students
DEBATE MEN LEAVE FOR NEW MEXICO
Brennan and Leonard Leave For First Encounter in Triangular Debate.
Captain Ray Brennan and Adna Leonard of the debate squad will leave today noon by the California Limited for Albuquerque. N. M., to engage the University of New Mexico in an intercollegiate debate. The contest will be staged Thursday evening.
Tihs encounter will decide one leg I a
INFORMAL DANCE FOR SOPHOMORES FIRST OF SERIES
Chinese Decorations are Used at Adjoining Houses for First Monthly Dance.
Sophomores are looking forward with delight to the ftrst of their informal dances next Friday evening at the Zeta Tau Alpha and Kappa Delta sorority houses, wb«n they may trip it on the light fantastic toe in the approved fashion.
According to Catherine Colwell, vice-president of the Sophomore clasB. Chinese lanterns and wisteria vine* will be used to decorate the houses in most unique fashion. Delicious
in the triangle conference between Arizona. New Mexico and Southern California. S. C. will uphold the negative of the question: “Resolved. That war shall be declared by a direct vote of the people except in cases of invasion or rebellion.” New Mexico has the reputation of turning out exceedingly strong teams and the Trojan team is leaving with the determination of doing their best and returning with Southern California’s string of victories intact.
Ray Brennan, the first speaker of the team, is at present captain of the squad, and a Junior at Law School.
punch of a highly flavored variety will be the liquid refreshment served to the guesta.
Bill Stewart is in charge of the music for the evening and has assured the social committee of a real set of music-dispensers. Dates are or are not in order, as the individuals may choose, and lemons will be furnished those bachelors present. What, these lemons are remains to be seen.
This is the first of a series of informal dances to be sponsored by the Sophomore class, ar d they are to be similar in nature to the Senior Snaps, except for the fact that all campus
He has been three years on the squad students are invited.
and during that time has participated ! Patrons and patroneses tor the af-
Blair, publisher of the Corona daily, j expressed the hope that a similar trip would be made to his town by S. C. journalists in the future.
The journey to Corona was the first of a series of field trips to be made
who visit the third floor of Old College an insight to the work of the School of Speech.”
Although the board will contain, primarily, scenes of School of Speech by representatives of the Journalism productions, plays in which students
Department this year. Expeditions to Monrovia and San Pedro have also been scheduled, for the purpose of giving students opportunities to edit newspapers in thore towns.
o fthat department have had leading roles will be represented. Some past productions of the National Collegiate Players, formerly Lance and Lute, are ' included ln the collection.
DE MOLAYS PLAN REGULAR BANQUET
Following their po\icy of a monthly banquet, the De Molay Club will hold a banquet today noon at Twin Cedars Inn, 4069 South Figueroa. A prominent Mason will be the guest of honor and he will speak to the club.
All members of the De Molay fraternity, regardless of the chapter, are eligible to attend the banquet or join i the club.
in thirteen decision debates, winning ten of them. Leonard is a Junior in Liberal Arts and is spending his third year on the varsity squad During that time he has been in a number of debates and has been very successful. He and Brennan have been working together in a number of debates this season on the war question and should be well prepared to meet the New Mexico team. Both of the men traveling today are members of Delta Sigma Rho, national honorary debating fraternity.
fair will be Dean and Mrs. Karl T. Waugh, Professor Eugene T. Harley, Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Marston and the house mothers of the respective sorority houses.
ENGINEERS HAVE DINNER PLANNED
What promises to be the most successful dinner-talk of the college year for the Engineers is scheduled for the College Tea Room Wednesday night at 6:30, w’hen Mr. A. Edwards of the Edwards, Wildey and Dixon Contracting Co. speaks on the ‘‘Ixire of Construction.”
Edwards, an alumnus of Southern
NOTICE
All members and pledges of Alpha Kappa Psi who have not had their
pictures taken for the El Rodeo must	California, heads one of the largest
do ::o today or tomorrow’, according to	construction firms on the Pacific
o'T’.r’^rs of the organization. The pho-	Coast He is well known by Southern
‘■'-rrr.rjhtT is !ocatcd in the Healy	California engineers as a man who is
^ui’d'ng, and the pictures must hr	equipped to lecture on the topic that
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