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SELECT OCCIDENTAL COACH
Stew Beam, former University of California gridiron hero, has been signed to assist Coach A. A. Exendine in guiding the Occidental College gridders during the 1926 season.
Beam was a member of the Bear Wonder Team several seasons ago and was named All-Coast tackle.
HERE are innumerable colleges in the country fighting >r “rights” on the nicknames for I ie athletic squads. Several reeks ago a heated battle was aged in the San Francisco Bay tstrict when the Mission baseball lub of the Pacific Coast League |ecided to become known as the Bears and used the Blue and ! old colors on their uniforms. | pidents and alumni of the Uni-rsity of California took the war-th, and justly so, at this action d brought pressure to bear on e Mission officials in an effort have them discontinue the I actice.
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To date the institution has succeeded fairly well. They have been known for years as the Bears and are entitled to the use of the name. It is unfair for a professional group to “steal" the name of | the Golden Bears.
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low comes another little battle be-waged between the University of bnlana and the University of Cali Lia, Los Angeles, over the use of name “Grizzlies,” The Montana Kitution has been carrying the ie” moniker on their athletic lads since 1897 and objects to hav< a comparatively new institution id in and take their name. Efforts now being made, according to the ily Palo Alto, to have the question tied before any legal action may I I taken.
VOL. XVII.
Los Angeles, California, Thursday, April 15, 1926
Number 124
MEETING OF MEN’S DEANS TO BE HELD
Conference Will Start Tomorrow at This University; Western Deans Here.
Presided over by Dean George B. Culver of Stanford University, the Annual Conference of the Deans of Men of Western Colleges is to be held at the University of Southern California Friday.
This conference, in which many important and vital problems are solved, is attended every year by the deans of men of all the colleges and universities west of the Rocky Mountains.
The conference will start Friday morning at 9:30 in the parlors of the Administration Building, with the presentation and discussion of papers on subjects of special interest.
At 12:30 the conference will be the guests of the university at a lunch' eon to be held in the Women’s Dormitory. After the luncheon there will be an afternoon session, continuing with the morning’s program. Among the speakers will be Dean Elmer L. Shirrell of the University of Arizona and Dean James C. Gould of the Unl-
•	• •	| versity of Washington. rojans,” the name attached to Dean Culver of Stanford University
University of Southern Califor- is the president of the conference, and its athletic squads, has while Dean Karl T. Waugh of S. C. ed a nationwide reputation. is the secretary. kere7>cr it is heard it signifies the rit of the University of Southern ornia. It was justly earned by Trojan athletes of old and it uld be an injustice to them and institution if some other oroup I ded to take the name. There j
0	question but that newspapers uld protect any such move to eal” the name of the Trojans m thc University of Southern ifornia, but it would be well if
e sort of protection could be ob-ted for the name.
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LANS to make the Senior Road
Show one of the most successful dent productions to have been en this year on the campus, seem be verified according to the way directors and managers are select-the acts. To date every act se-;ed has had its actors and charac-before the student body at some e and all have made a good show-. Among the actors already selected t have made good heretofore are >go” Belanger, Wes Woodford. Ed-Blaine, Ray Cowley. Solly Levin-
1	Ellsworth Ross and Claire Kaufer.
TENTATIVE PLANS FOR UNION CONSTRUCTION ARE FORMULATED
Representatives of Alumni Association and Executive Committee Hold Meeting and Draw Up Definite Arrangements; To Submit Specifications Tuesday.
BY ELORA SORNSEN
Tentative plans for the attainment of the Student Union Building were drawn up at a meeting of representatives from the Alumni Association and the student body executive committee yesterday afternoon in the office of Harold J. Stonier, executive secretary. The plans will go before the execu-
tive committee Tuesday night.
* The present scheme concerning the
The above is Ted Weingand, noted Southern California xylophone artist who will appear in a novelty act on the program presented by the University band in tomorrow’s chapel. Weingand has recently completed a tour of the south, being featured by the West Coast Theater circuit
WILL GIVE “MAID OFFRANCE” TODAY
Two Performances of Play Produced Through Little Theater Movement.
TROJAN BAND TO GO ON TOUR; WILL GIVE ACT IN ASSEMBLY
Pantages Vaudeville Circuit Signs Trojan Band For Programs; Band To Leave Sunday For Eight Day Trip To Northern Cities.
Presenting the identical act which they will give on their eight day tour of the state, the Southern California band will appear in the rally in Bovard Auditorium tomorrow’.
Featuring Ted Weingand, xylophonist, and Stillman Wells, cornetist, the baud will present a program consisting of a medley of the songs of the
♦ leading universities, popular numbers, marches and S. C. songs. Weingand
Cecil Dr Mille's one-act play [oor Old Jim staged here two irs ago by Claire Kaufer. Ells-rth Ross and Solly Levinson ne is worth thc seeing of thc ad Show. That group of actors 1 on the play two years ago and vos by far one of thc best bits of ing seen in Bovard Auditorium. Lt’f forget thc date of thc Road \port.
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I LTHOUGH many may not know I of it, the University of Southern has a Freshman baseball
After several weeks of rehearsal, the directors and cast of “Maid ot France” are prepared, and the scenery and properties are in readiness for the presentations in Touchstone Theater this afternoon at 2:15 and 3:15.
The play, written by Harold Brig-house and produced through the Little Theater movement, centers around the belief of a poilu that the statue of Jeanne d’Arc in a devastated French city will come to life at mid night. The dramatic crisis of the play is reached when the poilu’s faith is justified, and Jeanne d’Arc speaks to him.
Miss Louise Schrynemaker, who i» of French descent, interprets the role of Jeanne d’Arc. The other characters are, Miss Nadine Richards, a French flower girl; Webster Haynes, the French poilu; Wesley Grissinger, an English officer; Robert Raede, an English cockney soldier.
“An interesting comparison may be made between ‘Maid of France’ and ‘Saint Joan,’ Bernard Shaw’s masterpiece Playing at the Philharmonic,” stated Raede, co-director with Eddie Blaine. "The two authors treat the same subject in an entirely different j manner. Shaw, in his customary way, ridicules the public attention to saints, while Brighouse shows the j value and inspiration of the ideal of i Jeanne d'Arc to the French people.’*
The directors repeat their wish I that the students witness the play in ■ the capacity of critics and auditors
Ifornia has a
[ad. The team as coached by ^rey Devine and managed by Grant t has been enjoying a successful
on, but has been unable to di»* I	want the students, to feel that
their wafes before the student j tbey are part Qf the Little Theater for a number of reasons, the , moVement,” stated Blaine, “and we ©st one being the lack of a field, j wjn appreciate any suggestions as to the Frosh will have to call a halt ; we 'can improve the policy and heir season, because the coach is general presentation.'*
called away to handle Spring	* —--
{INDIAN GRADUATE HOLDS INTEREST
! Appealing for citizenship rights and ; better understanding of the Indian, j A. T. Freeman (Gai-I-Wah-Go-Wah). a full-blooded Sioux and a graduate of j S. C., dressed in full tribal costume, j addressed the student body at Wed-| nesday chapel. He told of the customs of his people Illustrating his ! talk with Indian songs and calls.
Freeman took his A. B. degree at 1 De Pauw and then entered S. C.,
; where he became rrominent on the campus, winning seven prizes in ora-. tory. He received the decrees of B. D. and M. A. at S. C.
Mr. Freeman is now touring the Chautauqua circuit as a lecturer and singer.
COUNCIL TO HOLD SPECIAL MEETING TO DISCUSS PLAN
Interfraternity Council Meets Tonight To Hear About National Interfraternity Film Service.
To discuss the scope and possibilities of the National Interfraternity Film Service, representatives of which are now on the S. C. campus, Henry U. Hoagland will attend a special interfraternity meeting to be held tonight in H-205, to which all members of the council have been invited to send representatives. This service plans to take a complete film of the university.
Revelle Harrison, president of the interfraternity Council, has requested that heads of fraternities be sent as delegates to this meeting. The matter is not to be ttken up with the sororities until a later date.
According to present plans as outlined by those in charge of the service, it is proposed to take a complete film of the university, which will include general campus and stadium scenes, the June graduation exercises and all fraternities and sororities.
By co-operation of the University administration and the fraternities, it is expected that Southern California will be the first university in the United States to be completely filmed. Mr. Hoagland points out that the service will be of great value in maintaining a permanent and accurate record of the university which may profitably be used in many different fields, such as in high school entertainments, in endowment drives and particularly in helping the local fraternities to secure national charters.
and Wells recently completed a successful tour of the southern West Coast circuit.
The band has been appearing at Bard’s Pasadena Theater on the Pantages circuit since Monday and, according to Roswell Allison, manager, the house has been packed to capacity at every performance and seats are expected to be at a premium Saturday night.
In a conference with Carl Walker, assistant booking manager of the Los
Angeles Pantages, preliminary negotiations were made for a week’s performance of the band at the local theater upon their return from the spring tour.
The band leaves Sunday for its tour of the north. According to schedule, it will appear in the Granada Theater in Santa Barbara, the Far West Theater in San Luis Obispo and West Coast theaters in the Bay District. An engagement has also been booked in Fresno, the band returning to the campus April 25. In addition to the musical act, a motion picture of the Southern California football games will be shown, featuring the band and rooting sections.
Forty members of the band have been chosen to make the trip. The collegiate uniforms introduced during the football season will be worn. Hal Roberts, director, states that Friday will be the only opportunity for the S. C. student body to see on the campus the musical act which the Trojan band is presenting.
FINALS STAGED FOR NATIONAL SPEECH CONTEST
Six Students To Compete This Afternoon To Determine Trojan Representative.
Characterized by some of the best speeches that have been given by university students for some time, according to the judges, Professors Tanquary, Long and Harley, the preliminary tryouts for the selection of the finalists who will compete for the honor of representing Southern California in the NatioNnal Intercollegiate Oratorical Contest ended last night with the selection of six of the fourteen students who aspired to the honor. The winners will be announced today.
While given no numerical order, the six students who were selected were judged to be the beat of the fourteen who were in the trials. These students will compete in the finals this afternoon before Professors Baxter, Mussati and Cook. These faculty members will mark the contestant on one phase of his speech, such as delivery, subject matter, coherence, etc.
The one of these six students who is chosen as Southern California’s representative will journey to the state contest, where he will compete against the pick of the other colleges and universities of California.
The winner of this contest will enter the national trials to be held soon.
financial end of the union involves a special assessment of the student body. This assessment, according to Hal Williamson, president of the graduate school, will probably be a semester tax which will give membership in the student union. Bids, and sketches of the proposed building from Los Angeles architects are expected to be ready by Tuesday night, or shortly afterward.
The present plans, modeled on the University of California union, call for a four-story building which will include men’s clubrooms, women’s club-rooms, a book store and soda fountain, and student body offices.
“Although the plans are not yet worked out in detail,” stated Williamson, “the general outline will be presented before the executive committee Tuesday night; further plans will depend on the outcome of this meeting.”
COLORADO DEBATE ENDS SEASON HERE
Nevertheless the yearlirvgs will Ike a trip this week and will go San Diego where they will play |e Hilltop nine. The Frosh will »ve a tough engagement on their inds if past history at San Diego III determine it. For six years a row the San Diego hi-gh school imi won the State baseball lampionships. That was several jars ago when Captain Hobbs lams. Coney Galindo and Web-Gibson of the varsity were lying Last season the Frosh ‘re defeated on their trip south. |ep around and give the yeaHings word of encouragement, they’ll l>Dreciat-! it and after all they’ll representing you.
STUDENTS OF LAW TO HEAR JUSTICE
Justice William S. Waste of the state supreme court has been secured as the speaker for a law assembly to be held at 9:30 this morning in the assembly room of the law building.
Justice Waste has a message which will be of interest to all law students. Pre-legal students are also invited to hear him. Dr. von KieinSmid will also participate in the program.
North Trojan Club
To Hold Meeting
The Bay City Trojans’ Club of Northern California will celebrate the occasion of its next meeting with an informal dinner dar^.e to be given in San Francisco at the New Shanghai Cafe Friday evening, April 16th.
Dr. Rufus B. von KieinSmid has promised to attend th© next meeting of the clt.b on May 7th, according to G. Ross Henainger. president of the cub.
TO BROADCAST OLD COLLEGIATE SONGS
Something unique in radio presentations is promised for tonight’s program over KFI by Hal Williamson, radio manager. According to the manager, tonight’s program will feature collegiate songs and music exclusively. Fraternity, sorority, college and university songs will be the order or ! the day ,and the program will include 1 all available material.
The feature of the evening will b* I two or three songs that were sung in the good old days. These have been chosen from a college song book ot 1876 and a college song book of 1879.
The artists on the program will be Rook Atwood, tenor, who will sing popular collegiate pieces; Claire McIntyre, bluessinger and ukulele artist; Josephine Campbell, soprano; Rodger Babcock, ukulele maestro; Don Parker, accompanist and piano soloist, and Edmund Galtone, violinist. Mr. Gal-tor.e will play “Fiji Honeymoon” and Waring’s Pennsylvanians feature. Cor-nell’s Alma Mater.
Gates and Syvertson Were S. C. Speakers; Debaters Touring in North Have One More Contest.
A no-decision forensic contest with the University of Colorado was held Tuesday evening in Bovard Auditorium. This closed the local debate season in so far as debates on this campus are concerned, there still being one more contest for the debaters new touring the Northwest. The Trojan debaters have gone through a very heavy schedule this year, and have as yet to meet their first defeat.
Sam Gates and Art Syvertson were the two speakers to represent S. C. against Cecil Reed and Sherman Sheppard of Colorado. The question debated was: “Resolved. That the Constitution of the United States should be so amended as to give Congress the power to regulate child labor.” The affirmative was upheld by Southern California and the negative by the speakers from Boulder, Colorado.
This was the fifth intercollegiate contest this year for Gates antPSyvert-son, who nave not sustained a single defeat though they have debated some of the best squads, including Stanford ard Ohio Wesleyan.
SOPHS ARE HOSTS AT INFORMAL HOP
All Trojans on Campus Invited To All-U Dance at Pi Phi House Friday Night.
To stimulate further the spirit of social unity and friendliness among the students of Southern California and to give them a general good time, the sophomore class is giving its second all-university hop of the semester Friday night from 8 to 11 o’clock at the Pi Beta Phi House, 647 West 28th Street.
“We want to emphasize the fact that this is a dance for every Trojan student on the S. C. campus and not for sopohomores only.” This was the statement made by Catherine Colwell, vice-president of the class sponsoring the affair, when interviewed yesterday. “It is strictly informal and the students are urged to come with or without dates,” Miss Colwell said further.
If nothing happens to upset the plans of the committee in charge, the scene of merriment will be prevaded by a soft, Gypsy atmosphere accentuated by the decorations and lighting. With this as a background, Aileen Banta and Belle Kanavitz will give dances in imitation of the roving maidens. Songs by Melba Yonemura complete the program a3 now formulated.
Ray Hatfield has been appointed to secure an orchestra. The punch and posters will be taken care of by Marcus Beeks and Bob Crosby respectively. Others working under Catherine Colwell to make the dance a success are: Carrol Greene, Betty von KieinSmid, Dorothy Moore. and Blanche Ansley.
Tickets may be Bought from Bob | Beggs, ticket sale chairman, or at the dooT Friday night.
Acting as patrons and patronesses will be Mrs. Arthur. Pi Phi house mother. Dean and Mrs. Karl T. Waugh, and Professor and Mrs. K. M. Bissell.
DE MOLAY NOTICE
There will be a special De Moray Club meeting at 1134 West 37th Drive tomorrow noon.
Pasadena Players To Give i(Hay Fever”
Continuing a season made notable by the number of "coast premiere’’ which have featured it, the Pasadena Community Players will, as their next offering, give Southern California its first taste of Noel Coward, the sensationally popular young English dramatist. For the Community Play house will offer, from April 22 to May 1, with matinees S^.urdays, the first presentation ever made outside of London of the extremely clever light comedy, “Hay Fever,” by Coward.
SPELLING EXAM
There will be a spelling test for students who are incomplete in English 4 (Business Correspondence) on Friday, April 23, at 8 o’clock, in E 15.
Cal-Tech Will Fete
Southern Schools
That the California Institute of Technology will hold open house Friday and Saturday for the students of Southern California colleges and that the students of the University of Southern California are especially Invited to attend is the announcement of Don Cameron, S. C. student body president.
Cameron received a letter from Frank P. Meserve, Jr., of the Cal-Terb committee announcing the event. A demonstration of work and equipment will be given for those who take advantage of the invitation to attend a* guests of the students and faculty of the Pasadena college, and will b<? u-great opportunity to see the exceptionally well equipped workshops of the techno?ogy school.