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VOL. XVII.
TWO administrators of thc University of Southern California were given distinctive honors yesterday when President Rufus B. von KieinSmid was named as one of the honorary vice-presidents of the I. C. A. A. A. A. track and field meet to be held at Boston Friday and Saturday of this week. This is perhaps one of the biggest honors accorded the Trojan institution in an athletic relation in some time.
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The other office to bring joy to the hearts of many Trojans was the election of Harold J. Stonier, executive-secretary, to the Presidency of the Los Angeles Advertising Club. The office carries with it a good deal of responsibility and a trip to Philadelphia, where he will represent the’ local organization at the International Advertising Club convention to be held in June.
It is the second largest Of the 325 Advertising Clubs in the world.
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These two honors will lend a good deal in bringing the University of Southern California to the front in many respects. The connections made by the two executives in both of these organizations end the work that they will be able to accomplish for the Trojan institution will be invaluable to the fu ture of the university.
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ELL the first step towards the Student Union hat failed. That is the plan for the financing of the Student Union as passed at the recent student body election has been rejected by the Board of Trustees because It did not pass by a sufficient majority to warrant the taxing of $5 on each student.
With this plan of financing the building practically lost, the student body will have to be looking out for a better system. At present it appears that student body activities do not pay what they should and a great many stuctent body privileges are extended students who do nothing whatever to aid in the betterment of the student body. Now if a student body card were sold for the sum of $1 in place of the student activity book for $5, there would be a greater number sold each year.
California
Trojan
Los Angeles, California, Thursday, May 27, 1926
EL RODEO NOTICE
If it is possible there will be a few El Rodeo's distributed on the Liberal Arts campus late this afternoon. This is pending on the work accomplished at the printer’s this morning, says Burdette Ives, manager. The El Rodeo will be distributed on the campus tomorrow.
Number 153
“TEMPEST” IS BIG PLAY OF YEAR-DR. GAW
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WILL AWARD KEYS FOR MERITORIOUS
MAY ISSUE FEW & RODEO COPIES
SERVICE ON PAPER THIS AFTERNOON
Realistic Scene of Storm and Shipwreck is Feature of Shakespeare Play.
Heralded by Dr. Allison Gaw as’ a play no Southern California student can afford to miss, featured by a realistic scene of a storm and shipwreck at sea, and produced as the year’s most worthy dramatic effort of the School of Speech, the “Tempest,” William Shakespeare’s immortal com-edy-romance will be presented in Bovard Auditorium Thursday evening, June 3, at 8:15.
In commenting upon the forthcoming drama, Dr. Gaw, head of the English depatrment, said the following: “Shakespeare’s 'The Tempest’ occupies a proud position among the supreme poetic dramas of the world. The figures of Prospero, the magician, the sylph, Ariel, and Caliban, the prim-iUve man brutalized by slavery, are the most exalted idealizations of their respecUve types known in the domain of literary arL The story of the play is extremely romantic and the characters strikingly contrasted. The situation of Miranda, the girl who has never seen a man except her aged father and the brutalized slave, Caliban, is unique, and her native unsophisticated emotional reactions on first seeing the handsome young prince, Ferdinand, are portrayed by Shakespeare with a psychological penetration and a superb artistry that could have come only from the world’s master drama tist at the period of his greatest ma turity.
"Despite its grea*. artistic impor tance, the play is almost never presented by even the most importont of the Shakespearean traveling repertory company. The opportunity offered by the production in Bovard Auditorium on June 3 is therefore highly unusual ”
Trojan Staff and Press Club Will Hold Joint Luncheon Meeting Today.
Twelve Trojan Staff Keys will be awarded to those who have performed most consistently and meritoriously for the Daily Trojan at a luncheon to be given by the Trojan staff and the Press Club in Twin Cedars Inn, 4069 South Figueroa St., today at 12 noon.
Lee Conti, editor of the Daily Trojan, will award the honor keys to John L. Scott, J. Barton Hutchins, Sam Friedman, Martha Wiggett, Mor-ry Folodare, Paul Churchill, Dave Fred, Terrel DeLapp, Beth Baker, Maude Miller and Dot Baker. In commenting upon the services rendered by these individuals in journalistic work, I^ee Conti said: “They have shown by steady effort and uniformly good work that they are entirely worthy of wearing Trojan keys.” Harold Silbert, president of the Press Club, will be master of ceremonies during the initiation of prospective Press Club members. Requisite to initiation into the organization, it has been a tradition to have the pledges read original manuscripts in the nature of essays, feature stories, poetry or satires. These writings have always proved to be a humorous feature of all past luncheons.
Some fifty persons are expected to attend the luncheon. Those who have not, as yet, signified their intentions of coming are asked to make reservations with Miss Rita Padway today before 9 a. m.
Some Organizations Still are Delinquent ; Major Distribution Tomorrow Morning.
That a few copies of El Rodeo will be distributed this afternoon, provided payment is made immediately by the organizations which have not yet paid, was the announcement of Burdette Ives, manager, yesterday. The major portion of the annuals will be distributed tomorrow.
The book is entirely completed and all that remains to be done is to receive the money due from delinquent organizations. The box office in the Associated Students’ Store will take payments any time today.
The few who have seen copies of the book state that Editor Ed Murray has succeeded in building an exceptionally fine annual. The marine motif, carried throughout the book, and the unusually beautiful art work, make this year book one of the most colorful and distinctive ever issued, reports say.
TRUSTEES REJECT PLAN FOR UNION BUILDING AS VOTED BY STUDENTS
Majority Vote Not Large Enough and Greater Need For Other Buildings Are Reasons Given; Student Committee Working on New Financing Method.
BY ELLIOTT LEVINE
That the trustees of the university have declined to accept the plan for financing the Student Union as voted upon by the students at the general elections recently, was the announcement made by Mike Elwood, head of the Student Union Committee, to the Executive Committee yesterday.
The reasons given by the trustees were that the measure was not passed by a great enough majority to warrant the proposed
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PLANS MADE BY EX. COMMITTEE
This student body card would grant the holder ail the student body prizilegcs, such as voting, and the right to purchase tickets to all student functions, both dramatic, athletic, etc., at one-half price. This means that in the course of a year the students will have paid for ad mittance to the respective activities, by a far greater amount than the initial $5, since the majority of students yearly object to paying that $5 anyway.
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Student body cards are the foundation of many of the larger universities. A system similar to thia proposal is in vogue at both California and 8tanford and it will be found that their yearly dividends are exceedingly larger Thus if a student will vote he will have earned his privilege to do so, and students who do not take any active part in the student body will be ciassed at outsiers and will therefore be stimulated to join the student body at the price of $1 for their own personal financial reasons.
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It is much easier, also, for an incoming student to invest One Dollar |thau Five, and if they but attend eight of the athletic events for one year they will still have paid the present sum of $5 and the A. S. U. S. C. would not have granted innumerable free (seats to about 20 or 30 other athletic functions, and dances, etc..
PRESENT AWARDS TO BAND MEN AT INFORMAL DANCE
Oakmont Country Club is Scene of Affair; Packard Six Orchestra Furnishes Music.
Daily Paper Visited By Journalism Class In Department Study
This is but a rough sketch of the I plan that the Lookout wishes to 1propose. We feel that it could be ]dtreloped into a money sating proposition for the . Associated Student Body and would meet with thc approval of a far greater majority of the students than thc last plan proposed. It wov.ld result in greater profits to be gained from all activities and also make the students appreciate a good deal more thc things which they are now be-ini’ given free. The increase in profits could then be added to the Student Union fund.
As the concluding activity to what is considered tbe most successful year in history, the Southern California Band, under the direction of Hal Roberts and Roswell Allison, held their annual dance at the Oakmont Country Club Tuesday evening. Chet Mittendorfs’ Packard Six orchestra furnished the music fo rthe dance, which was featured by the presentation of the band awards to outstanding men in the band and the presentation of a gift from the band to Roswell Allison in recognition of his service as manager during the past year.
The dance was informal and was attended by more than thirty-five actives and alumni members. Mr. and Mrs. Harold Roberts were among the feature guests. The funds for the affair came from the theatre engagement of the band.
The men to receive the honor awards for two years of exceptional service in the band were: Bernard Gipson, John Tompkins, William Hogue, Harry Rockefeller, Douglas Moore, Lee Orndorff, Albert Winter, Arthur Schultz, Wilson Rowe, Irwin Bosworth. Jerome Humphrey, Clay ton Townsend, Charles Schutz, William Buffinger, Carl Anderson, Ruben Resnik. Seymore Steinberg, Fred Hageman. Allison was given one of the regular manager’s sweaters. Bill Ward, manager-elect, presented him the gift of the band, a cowhide traveling bag.
Uqder the guidance of their instructor, Miss Julia McCorkle, members of the Newswriting class visited the Los Angeles Times Building Tuesday night and were shown all the steps in the making of a metropolitan newspaper.
The departments visited included the editorial, Sunday magazine and Pre-View section, photographic, en graving, electrotype, composing room radio and the pressroom.
The heads of the various departments took the time from their regular duties to explain the details and technique involved in handling their particular tasks.
Burton Smith, managing editor, explained that at the present time the editorial force is concentrating upon what is one of the biggest news stories of the year, the disappearance of Mrs. Aimee Semple McPherson. Mr. Smith has three men stationed at various points along the coast ready to take advantage of the first “break” in order that other downtown papers may not “scoop” them in obtaining all the latest developments.
One of the departments visited was the “morgue” or library where cuts are kept of all persons in the public eye and where detailed information is available at a moment’s notice. Some of the visitors were rather horrified at being shown a photo of Clara Phillips’ victim which was taken before the inquest was held.
GATES IS CHOSEN AS SENIOR ORATOR
Seniors and Administration Agree To Dispense With Selection of “Outside” Speaker.
By mutual agreement between the Senior class and the administration, the old custom of selecting an orator from some other institution or profession to deliver an address to the graduates has been dispensed with, both for the class of '26 and the classes that will be graduated in the future.
In place of the oration by an outsider, the class has selected Sam Gates, veteran debater, as their class orator. Mr. Gates is working on his speech now and will have it ready in a few days. As yet the speech is unnamed.
In dispensing with the old custom of listening to outside speakers, the Seniors feel that they are doing the future graduating classes an Invaluable service, in addition to making their own graduation exercises much shorter.
HONOR SOCIETIES &ECT NEW HEADS
WILL TRAVEL IN EUROPE
Members of Beta Tau Sigma met at the Southern Pacific depot Tuesday evening to bid farewell to their faculty adviser, Professor Charles Raymond Johnson, who will travel and study throughout Europe during the summer months. The professor will return to his work in the School of Architecture the latter part of September.
Graduate School To Stage Farewell For Graduating Members
Promising a program of interest, the associated body of graduate students is giving a farewell tea for the graduating members of their school in the Women’s Residence Hall at 4 p. m. on Tuesday, June first.
Arrangements for the program are now being made and a speaker and music are promised by the program committee. While the tea is primarily given in the honor of the graduate students, all others of the body are invited. *
“It is to be a meeting of unusual interest,” stated Susan Kimball, secretary of the organization. ‘‘As it is the last meeting of the semester all graduates should come.” Also, Ruth Bohnett of the graduate office added, “The graduate students are promised good entertainment and the program will be of interest from the beginning of the affair until the end.”
At the business meeting of the History and Political Science oHnor Society which was held Wednesday noon in the Political Science office for the purpose of electing officers for the next year, Sam Gates was elected president; Miss Lillian Copeland, vice-president; Miss Marion Broaderick, secretary; and Ed Wiedknecht, treasurer.
A resolution was passed to hold the annual picnic of the club during the fall semester instead of the spring, as has been the custom in the past A
motion was introduced by Dr. Clarence V. Gilliland to thank the faculty members for their service during the year, according to the president, Willard Brown. The matter of getting a pin for the club was also brought up.
During the past year the club has elected to honorary membership Judge Charles Gracchus Neely of Pomona College, who was a member of the University of Southern California summer session faculty last year and who will also be here this year, during Professor Harley’s absence, and Anna Louise Hibbs, who has handled all of the club’s publicity this year.
Retiring officers of the club are: Willard Brown, president; Lillian Stephens, vice-president; Beryl Kehoe, secretary; and Henry Johnson, treasurer.
Newly-elected Members of Executive Body Choose Glee Club Manager.
Appointing Walter Zamecnik as the manager of the Glee Club for 1926-27, the new executive committee met yesterday noon for the first time. With the appointment completed the trouble over the constitutionality of the Glee Club appointing its managers has been settled. It was decided that the executive committee would continue to appoint all managers.
After discussing Mike Elwood’s report on the Student Union, the committee took up .the question of the proposed change in the Frosh hats. The Trojan Knights had proposed to change the Frosh hats from the old cardinal type to the better known green “dinks.” Since there was an excess of the old type on hand in the Bookstore, it was decided to forego the change until next year.
A motion was brought up to include a copy of the student constitution in the new University Handbook. The motion was discarded because it was thought that the book did not reach enough persons and because the con stitution needs a complete revision.
The constitution was interpreted so that the new Freshman class could hold their elections during Freshman Week. The exact date is September 11. Since this was the last meeting of the executive committee for the year, all of the members were asked to be ot school during the entire Freshman Week.
program it would be better to let tbe Student Union matter rest awhile.
According to Elwood this action does not mean that S. C. will not have Student Union. It merely means that a new plan of financing mast be formulated. The proposition that waa voted upon by the students was to aak the trustees of the school to add live dollars to the regular tuition until the financing of the Union was complete.
The committee, which consists of Mike Elwood, Catherine Colwell, and Dorothy Bishop, is already working on a new method of financing tbe project. It has been suggested that since the trustees would not make the paying of the sum compulsory tbe Student Body should do so. This plan is now working in regard to tbe tickets for games and membership in tbe Associated Student Body.
SENIORS OBSERVE ALL TRADITIONS IN LAST CHAPEL
Academic Procession Only Omission; Tallman Gives Farewell Address To Class.
Student Body Prexy Describes Northern Journev in Letter
According to word received from Don Cameron, who is attending the Pacific Coast convention of Student Body Presidents, he is enjoying the trip very much. He left the campus Thursday, making the trip to San Francisco on the Yale and continuing on to Seattle by train. During a stop at Portland he took the Columbia River Highway trip, which is famous as one of the most beautiful drives in the United States.
The last letter was written before the conference had begun, but stated that most of the representatives were being housed on the campus and were being lavishly entertained.
ELECT NEW PREXY OF PRE-MED CLUB
Rob Rutherford, outgoing president of the Pre-Medic Society, was presented with a gavel in appreciation of his efforts for the past year, when the organization met in the Y. M. C. A. hut at 12:30.
While it has only been organized a few months, officials of the society expressed great satisfaction at the progress that has been made. Their most outstanding social event of the year was a banquet given at Paulais Cafe three weeks ago, at which some of the most noted medical authorities in Southern California were present.
TO PAY REBATES SOON ON CHECKS
Rebates are to be paid, as soon as computations are finished, to the students who turned in their merchandise checks to the Associated Students Store yesterday or previously, according to Dean Fiske, manager. Announcement to that effect will be put in the Trojan.
Every semester the store shares its profit derived from the sale of its merchandise by giving a rebate of ten per cent of the checks turned in when they are called for. Checks are given to students upon the purchase of an article from the store.
PAN XENIA
Pan Xenia, international foreign trade fraternity, announces the initiation Tuesday evening of George Dingle, Dave Bryant, and Dr. T. Shields Collins. Following the ceremonies a banquet was held at the Assembly Tea Rooms.
In the last general assembly of tbefr college career, the Senior class of 1926 was the guest of honor at chapel in Bovard Auditorium yesterday mor®-ing.
The traditional processional was the only one of the time honored cuatoma which was not observed, due to the fact that the caps and gowns have not yet been received. Sam Gates wore-the “dog-gone button.’*
Professor Karl Knopf pronounced the invocation, after which Mrs. Virginia Lee Mattoon sang two songs. She was accompanied at the organ by Dean W. F. Skeele of the College of Music.	, .f
The farewell address to tbe Seniors was made by Leland Tallman, president-elect. Justin Dees, class historian, read the history of the class.
Torch and Tassel pledged ten canh-didates, with Marjorie Rice and Ethel Oliver officiating. The pledges were Jannie Lee Moore, Pauline Klene. Dorothy Baker, Eloise Parke, Francis Schultz, Eleanor Veale, Gladys I***. Eleanor Mix, Dorothy Bishop and Mabel Smith.
The main feature of the exercises was the address by Harold J. Stonier on the subject, “What Will I Loser* He was chosen to deliver this address* in accordance with the tradition that the most popular man with the c las* may be chosen for this ceremony.
OFFER COURSE TO STUDY PETROLEUM
Dr. Laird J. Stabler, who has recently returned from a world tour spent in the study of chemical industries, will head a course in Petroleum Technology to be given at the University of Southern California during the 1926 summer session.
Dr. Stabler ls one of the foremost teaching and consulting authorities in the United States on petroleum. He will also conduct a course in Inorganic* Chemistry during the summer month* at IT. S. C., according to advice from Dr. L. B. Rogers, dean of the University of Southern California summer school.
The Determination of the Rare Elements, discussing vanadium, uranium., molybdenum, tungsten and titanium, all of which occur in California and are rapidly becoming of great commercial importance, is another science* course offered in U. S. C. summer schedule, with Professor Wilfred W. Scott, outhor of “Standard Methods* of Chemical Analvsis” and other ana. H't'cai books, in charge.