Southern
California
Trojan
POLLS OPEN 8 TO 3:30
Voting on candidates for offices in all campus colleges wil be held today between 8 and 3:30.
Electioneers are asked to kindly co-operate with the Knights and Amazons and keep away from the polls.
VOL. XVII.
Los Angeles, California, Thursday, May 6, 1926
Number 138
TODAY S the day. There are approximately thirty people I running for the various student j body offices and each and every . one of them is on edge today j awaiting the results of the ballot- | ing. By far the largest number | of votes in the history of the! school should be cast today, judging from the amount of interest being shown on the campus dur-j ing the early weeks of the political campaign.
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In casting your vote today it would be best for every voter to consider what is best for the campus at large and pick the candidates accordingly. There has been a good deal of political maneuvering during the past weeks with all the candidates doing their I utmost to land the joba.
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If the election committee can compile the election results within a reasonable time after the closing of the polls at 3:30 this afternoon, the Daily Trojan will issue its regular Friday morning edition late Thursday even-
STUDENTS OF ALL SCHOOLS VOTE TODAY
Trojan Knights and Amazons To Have Complete Charge and Will Prevent Electioneering.
POLLS OPEN AT 8:00
Bachelors’ Club To Initiate New Members Tuesday
Initiation of the newly elected members of the Bachelors’ Club will take place next Tuesday evening instead of Wednesday as had been planned, according to Ormonde Grier, president of the organization.
Among the new initiates will be-Lee Conti, Ralph Holly, and others of prominence upon the campus. A complete list has not yet been given out, but the leading lights of the campus are numbered upon it, according to reports.
Voters Must Present Student Body Cards Before Casting Ballots at Annual Election
Campus politics reach their height today with voting going on at every j college on the campus. In order to ! systematize the voting, it has been arranged to have polls at all the col-j leges. There will be two at Liberal Arts, two at the Dental Colleges and
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and also at the Women’s Dormitory ) and the Y. M. C. A This edition will ! take the place of the Friday morning issue, although it will be distributed on the campus the following day. Last year’s returns were not fully announced until 1:30 a. m., the last office to be counted being the editorship of the Daily Trojan. A new system of counting this year will speed up the returns considerably and the results are expected to be known at about 11 o’clock.
Music and Commerce. Students may vote any time between 8 o’clock and 3:36.
Trojan Knights and Amazons are in complete charge at the polls. They will keep a boundary line of a hundred . feet around the balloting places, and no one except those actually voting will be allowed nearer. It will be necessary for all campaigning to be done I outside of the boundary line.
Students of all schools except Dental, Uw, Pharmacy and Music are reminded that it is absolutely necessary to present student body cards. Each I card will be checked at the polls and the student will be asked to sign his yytfl ij€ I name on a slip of paper.
At 3:30 the polls will be closed.
the Trojan printin' office and the I Alden Ross. <*»‘nnan of the Election — - * - I Committee, will have charge of the
Results will be announced by the Daily Trojan at the Moneta Print I Shop. Telephone sendee will be maintained between the polls and
results available will be given to i those calling. The telephone num- I ber is AXridge 229J and results I wiU be give nas fast as they are re- ^ ceived at the office.
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IF YOU want to get your vote 1 n today you must have your student body card. You've got until 3 -3° this afternoon to get your ballot cast, and it would be advisable to run home and get your card
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WE ARE not going to say anything j about the candidates running, but will say a few words on the amendments. On the Student Union amendment we ask the students to vote “Yes,” but on the amendment regarding the Trojan editorship we ask the students to vote “NO.”.. This is not only our personal decision but it is also the unanimous decision of the Trojan Staff, Press Club. Pi Delta Ep silon. El Rodeo Staff and Wampus Staff. Practically every editor of student body publications is opposed to the amendment and therefore we sincerely ask that the students place their confidence in the editors and the publication organizations and vote “NO” on the amendment.
counting of the ballots, and he asks that all students on the committee report at room 206 no later than 3:30 this afternoon. Returns from the elections will be out some time during the evening.
No official campaign speeches will be given at the various colleges this year due to the fact that all the colleges had an equal chance of judging the candidates in Shrine Auditorium. Any campaigning will be done individually.
An announcement has come from Dean Ford of the Dental School positively refusing to allow any election I eering at Dental School today.
TROJAN KNIGHTS FORM COMMITTEE TO PICK SQUIRES
Representation Granted To Phar macy, Dents, and Architecture Book Store To Have Petitions
Five knights, acting as a committee will be selected at a Trojan Knight’ meeting in the office of the president of the Student Body Monday noon at 12:45 and delegated to choose the future Squires for next year.
Those Freshmen desiring to become Squires must appear in person before the committee, which will pick out a given place some afternoon next week. According to the officers, this selection will be final.
Applications necessary may be obtained in the form of a petition at the book store. The application must be filled out and preesnted in person to the knights of the committee.
The new organization of the Squires will be enlarged and will consist of 33 men, five from the Junior Dentistry. five from Pharmacy, three from Architecture and twenty from the general colleges. Each college organization is to be under the leadership of its own leader who is to be known as a vice-president. The various vice-presidents will form the Squire executive committee to be led by a president of the Squires. The president will be elected by the Trojan Knights.
CHILD WILL PERFORM AT RALLY HOUR
Spiritual Effects Based on Sleight of Hand; Gives Demonstration for Psychology Department.
ONLY 7 YEARS OLD
Police Department Asks Aid of Child in Ridding Los Angeles of Clairvoyant Fakers.
Touchstone To Be Scene of Apolliad; Criticism is Asked
COMMERCE ELECTS STUDENT OFFICERS
Only One Candidate For Each Office; Executive Committee Candidates Introduced.
Casting a unanimous ballot for each of the five nominees for the five student offices in the College of Com merce, the Commerce student body nominated and elected officers for the coming year at a short political meeting held Tuesday noon in Touchstone Theater.
The following officers were elected: ♦ ♦ ^	I President, Don Edwin; vice-president
committee meet | Jessie Granti secretary, Ethel Taeck er; treasurer, Wallace Hicks, and so cial chairman, Gordon Crain.
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AT THE executive ing Tuesday night managerships were appointed for next j year, some very interesting features were brought out of the student body constitution. For almost four hours committee wrangled back and j forth over questions that could have been settled without any argument j whatever, if the constitution were one ..hat would apply.
In innumerable questions the constitution this year has proven a failure. Among \he interesting items brought out is the fact th^t the Glee Club constitution is higher than the Student Body one in the question of managership— and 90 cn—into a number of other problems.
Patterened in the maimer of criticism and suggestion after the 47 Workshop Plays at Harvard, the annual Apolliad program wTill take place Thursday evening, May 13th, in Touchstone Theater.
The auditorium in which the Harvard plays were produced seated only 200 people. Admittance wras gained by invitation only; in return for the invitation each member of the audience agreed to submit a written criticism within four or five days.
“The plan, as used at Harvard, built up a more or less permanent audience,” stated Dr. Allison Gaw, who has charge of the plays to be given in the Apolliad. “Although we are not carrying our plan that far, we hope that the prominent artists and critics of Los Angeles who have been invited will be good enough to give the students the benefit of their criticisms and suggestions.”
All students who have material in the program or who are doing interpretation, are requested to call at the
Crawford Trotter, the little seven-year-old boy who has earned the title of “the miracle child” by his demon stration of pseudo-psychic phenomena will head the rally program to be pre sented in Bovard Auditorium tomor row. The demonstration of the frauds of occultism will be held under the auspices of Douglas Ewan, president of the School of Religion.
Young Crawford Trotter has proved a sensation wherever he has appeared. Hundreds of people have been turned away from some of the largest church auditoriums in Southern California. At San Bernardino recently crowds turned away two hours before the time announced for his appearance.
All of the lad’s spiritual effects, it is said, ate accomplished by perfectly natural means and are based entirely on slight-of-hand, mechanism and an understanding of the psychology of deception. He is the only child who has successfully answered a question that was written when he was not present, and which was soldered in a metal container and held in a safe till he appeared on the stage. Hi manager has promised that he will attempt this feat before the students
His program consists of mind read ing, answering sealed billets, crystal gazing, thought projection, “spirit’ slate messages, rope escapes, hypnotism and other “occult” effects.
He broadcasted a challenge in leading newspaper recently to all seers, clairvoyants, psychics, mediums and other occultists to submit to test to be imposed by an impartial committee, and offered to produce the phenomena by perfectly natural means
if they failed.
He has appeared before the department of Psychology (U. S. C.) and gave a very brief demonstration some
months ago.
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Law Politicians Call Assembly;
Make Nominations
Old King Politics will once again rule at 10 o’clock this morning, when the lawyers will assemble in the Law School auditorium to make nominations for the various student body and class offices.
Student opinion expects either a coup d’etat or a herd of dark horses to make their appearance at this time. Up till 3 o’clock yesterday there had been no nomination petitions in evidence, as is required by the constitution of the Law School Student Body. It is reported that nominations will be made frdm the floor of the assembly.
It is impossible, as yet, to state the names of the various candidates for the several offices, but it is rumored that several organizations, of a social and political nature, are contemplating pooling their interests and selecting one of their numbers as a candidate for the office of president of the student body.
MILT BOOTH SELECTED TO EDIT WAMP
Executive Committee Elects Harrison To Manage Trojan; Henley Will Manage El Rodeo.
LARGE ATTENDANCE
CAMPUS SCANDAL REVEALED BY PI DELT RAZZBERRY
only one candidate for each office, the nominees were introduced by Leroy i School of Speech office at once for Haynes, present president of Com-1	.....
merce. and no nominations were made from the floor. Short acceptance talks were given by each of the five aspirants.
Following the election, Haynes introduced the six candidates for executive committee to represent the College of Commerce: Mildred Martz,
Henry Rohr, Ormond Grier, Bob Lee,
Henry Segretti and Chase Burns.
their invitations. Admission will be by invitation only, and the seating capacity of Touchstone Theater is limited.
PRE-MEDICS HOLD ANNUAL BANQUET
There will be a meet ing of the scout leaders this noon at 12 o’clock in the fireplace room of the Y. M. C. A. Dr. Todd of the psychology department will be there.
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SORORITY LUNCHEONS
Sorority exchange luncheons are postponed until next Thursday, according to Virginia Robinson. The luncheons were to be held today, but, because of an unwillingness to have them conflict in any way with the elections of the student body officers, were put off for a week.
Holding their first annual banquet, the Pre-Medical Society will meet at Paulais, 741 S. Broadway on May 13 at 7:30 p. m. As intended by the officers, the affair will be largely an informal one, being ^nore in the ntaure of a dinner dance.
The organization is primarily professional, aiming to aid its members in their work preparatory to their chosen profession. Also, it strives to help students after leaving the University of Southern California. Bob Rutherford is president of the society and Earl Fischer, vice-president.
STUDENT VOLUNTEERS
The Student Volunteer Club will hold a meeting at the “Y” Hut at 12 o’clock today. All members who are going to Burbank Sunday are urged to be present.
No Prominent Organization or Individual Escapes Ridicule; Inside Political “Dope” Given.
Appearing in a blaze of color, the Pi Delt Razzberry made its annual de but ^n the campus yesterday. No cel *lty was too great nor any issue too vital but what they were hpld up to scorn and sarcasm All the dirt concerning campus notables was fair-lessly revealed, and even famous members of the faculty came in for ridi
cule.
The pledges who edited the “Razz’ and sold it were Dave Fred, Freeman Hall. Burdette Ives, Paul Churchill Carroll Houlgate, Ed Murray, John Parsons, John Hunt, Terrel De Lapp., Bill Teetzel, and John Scott A record edition was printed and practically the complete output was sold before noon. Edited in regular style, with four pages of six columns , each, and in the same size as the i Daily Trojan, the organization behind the Razzberry had all the space that was necessary to reveal the latest campus scandal. A goodly number of pictures were contained within the paper.
Principal among the campus organizations to bear the brunt of blazing scorn was the famous Trojan Knights whose latest ambitions were revealed in a subtle way. Also the brother organization of the Knights, the Squires, came in for their share of reproach.
Fearlessly, the paper portrayed the secret ambitions and sins of the various candidates for student body office. Practically every one of the aspirants was raked over the coals of publicity, while those seking for the office of president received even more 1 than their share of ridicule.
FILM FRATERNAL ORGANIZATIONS ON TROJAN CAMPUS
Three Fraternities Filmed Now; Show Prominent Members of Groups and Chapter Houses.
With films of Phi Kappa Tau, Zeta Kappa Epsilon, and Phi Alpha Mu fraternities already taken, and plans for the filming of most of the other Greek houses fnished, the new deputations stunt that is being sponsored by the Inter-Fraternity Council, H. V. j Hoagland, and Dean Wallace M. Cunningham is rapidly nearing comple tion.
Films of all the fraternities and sororities at S. C., together with films of the campus will be shown in the various high schools of Southern California. Each house is making its own scenario with the aid of Mr. Hoagland. The film taken of the house will be used as a permanent record of the chapter. Each separate film of the fraternity usually shows the men prominent in campus affairs, the chapter officers, the classes, and the chapter as a whole. Phi Alpha Fraternity plans to take pictures of their installation as Kappa Alpha Southern.
Plans now in progress involve a wide scope of activity for this scheme of photography. Following the filming of all the fraternities on the Southern California campus, pictures will be taken of the various sorority chapters and their houses. According to plans now formulated, the film service is to be established on a national basis, and will include other universities in the country in the system.
W\5.G.i4. Entertains Prep School Girls From Manual Arts
Manual Arts High School will send ten representative women to S. C. Fri day as guests of the Women’s Self Government Association in the second of a series of entertainments beinj sponsored, by the W. S. G. A. A noon luncheon, a tour of the campus and visits to the various sorority houses \ will comprise the program for the I prep school girls.
Long Beach is scheduled to send women May 14, followed by Los Angeles High School on May 18 and Alhambra on May 31. The primary pur pose of the project is to interest the younger women in college life, particularly at S. C. Eleanor Mix, president-elect of W. S. G. A., is in charge of the arrangements, assisted by members of the W. S. G. A. council and social committee.
Newly Elected Members Will Meet With Committee; Dance Will Follow Program.
Milton Booth was elected editor of the Wampus at the regular meeting of the executive committee Tuesday evening. With him was elected Lester Heilman, business manager of the El Rodeo; John Atwill, play productions manager; William Henley, debate manager; and Wayne Harrison, business manager of the Daily Trojan.
The meeting, which was attended by a good representation of the executive committee and a number of prospective candidates for the above offices and their nominators, was held in the parlors of the education department There was some confusion as to the constitutionality of some of the positions that were to have been filled and some of the managerial positions are still open.
Besides the elecUons several important items of business were brought up. One of the chief of these was the amendment providing that the business management of the Daily Trojan be made a one semester job instead of two. There was a good deal of discussion on this before it was rejected.
The nominators and their candidates were, in order of their introductions, as follows: for El Rodeo manager, Hal Williamson for Ed Murray. Burdette Ives for Les Heilman; for Wampus manager, Ed Blaine for Herschel Green, and Charles Wright for Adna Leonard; for play productions manager, Selvyn Levinson for John Atwill, and Grant La Mont for Frank Cox; for Wampus editor, William Henley for Tom Aguiiar, Grady Setzler for Milton Booth; Alden Ross for John R .Kelly, and Dick Olsen for Leon Wolpe.
Two of the candidates who were officially elected had no opponents and so made no nominating speeches. They were Wayne Harrison, business manager of the Trojan, and William Henley, debate manager.
A proposition was also presented by Burke Long as president of the Trojan Knights, to the effect that all freshmen should, on entering the University in the future, be gievn small Tro jan insignia to w*ear in their lapels. A short time was given over to discussion, but as there seemed to be some dissention it was decided to ap* point a committee to work out the details with Long and present the matter at the next meeting of the com-(Continued on Page Four)
WOMEN'S GLEE CLUB
The Women’s Glee Club will hold a rehearsal today in Bovard Auditorium at*5 p. m.
MASONIC MEETING
Notice was recently given of a Masonic luncheon to be given at the “Y” Hut at 12 today. Recent developments of an unforseen nature, however, have required the postponement of the luncheon until one week from today.
PRESIDENT WILL HELP DEDICATION
Dr. von KieinSmid To Fire Dedicatory Shot in Rifle Range Program.
With the Initial dedication shot fired by President Rufus B. von KieinSmid, dedicatory ceremonies for the S C. Rifln Range will tak** place at the women’s gym at eight o’clock tonight.
Included on the program for the evening are entertainment, a dance, and refreshments. President von KieinSmid will be the speaker of the evening. Other speakers are Amanda Chambers, captain of the girls’ rifle team, Fred Felton, captain of the frosh team, and captains of several visiting teams.
Two representatives from Stanford will arrive tonight foe the dedication, and many representatives from surrounding high schools and colleges will also be present, says Leon Z. Wolpe, chairman of the committee in charge of arrangements.
After a program of musical numbers and dancing, there will be an exhibition shooting match between captain* of the visiting teams. The evening will be climaxed with a match between the Trojan and Stanford frosh rifle teams.