FROSH MANAGERS NEEDED
All Freshmen desiring to go out for athletic managerships meet in Ray Brockman’s office today at four o’clock. This is a very important meeting, for according to the plan adopted last year regard to managerships, it is necessary for a person to start out as a freshman in order to work into the position of varsity manager.
Southern
California
GATE MEN AND GUARDS
All men desiring to work as gatemen and guards at the football games this year must sign up with Ad Leonard between 12 and 1 o’clock in the General Manager’s office... Former workers will be given preference, but there are many opportunities for new men.
VOL. XVIII.
Los Angeles, California, Friday, September 17, 1926
NUMBER 3
LOCAL LIBRARY’S GROWTH IS FEATURE OF S.' C. DEVELOPMENT
Recent Summer Changes In Organization of Circulation Methods and Personnel Will Speed Up Work of Library, According to Miss Charlotte Brown.
The Library of the University of | Southern California has grown in j the last five years from 25,000 to 65,-000 volumes, and, including the Law | Library which is housed separately,, to 82,000 volumes, according to Mist; Charlotte Brown, head librarian at j the Trojan institution.
"That means,” states Miss Brown, “that an average of 8.000 volumes a i year has been added to the reading ] and research in the university li- s bran-.”
Rapid development of the Graduate I School, influx of students in all departments, and expansion of opportunity for work toward higher degrees wrere reasons given for rapid increase of books, periodicals, pamphlets, and reading matter at Southern California.
Investments In adjoining land for j building expansion purposes giving adequate location for planned structures was announced by President von KieinSmid at the beginning of the school year, U. S. C. now having acquired a 3G-acre campus, expending from 35th to 37th and University Avenue, and directly facing Exposition Park.
During the summer, both the collateral and circulation departments have been reorganize ifi order to l^cilitale the handling of books. Sterr, senior assistant, comes om the University of Montana, to take charge of the Collateral Reading Room. Cecelia DuU8. from the public library of Missoula, Montana, will specialize in catalogue work, while Mary Belle High, from the James Millikan University in Illinois, will have charge of the order and accessions departments.
Miss Brown now has seventeen helpers to assit in the University Library.
First Meeting of Lawyers Carded For Next Tuesday
Southern California’s School of Law' will hold its first assembly at 9:45 A. M. Tuesday, Sept. 21st. This Assembly promisee to be of importance to all the classes.
For the Seniors it will mean the presenting of the Ballentine Prize of $50 to the member of last year’s Junior class who maintained the highest average. To the Freshmen it will mean their first meeting with the upper classes.
This year's Freshman class promises to be the largest in the Law School’s history. Dean Porter sees in this fact that the event of the 'Law School's move onto the campus and the raising of entrance requirements have not decreased the enrollment.
President von KieinSmid is scheduled to speak to the assembly, as will Professor Clair Tappan, who has recently returned from an extensive tour through Europe. The assembly will take the form of a welcome to him on his return lo the school.
WIPUS10 FURTHER DIME FRESHMAN
STUDENT TICKET BOOKS W1U MAKE NEW RECORD SEE
Law and Dental Schools To Get Their Pasteboards Next Week, According to Report.
Indications show that this year’s rooting section will be larger than that of last year. At present 2100 student books have been sold. Next Monday and Tuesday the books for the Law and Dental schools will go on sale. The Dental school will be able to buy their books at Dental College and the lawyers will be able to make their purchase at the Student Book Store. About 500 books are expected to be sold between the two schools, bringing the total sale to 2600 books, surpassing last year’s sale by at least 400.
This season 1700 season tickets have been offered to the general public. These have been sold and at least 2000 more could be sold if it were possible to get them.
From the Trojan Club and the Alumni there has been a steady stream of reservations for both the Stanford and the Notre Dame games. At present the sales for the Notre Dame game are heavier than those for the Iowa game last year. This is an early indication that the attendance at this year’s big game will be larger than that of 1925.
There is now' a committee that is in charge of all matters dealing w'ith tickets. This committee is composed of Gwynn Wilson, chairman, Linton Smith, Herbert Freston, Frank Hadlock, Warren Bovard, Harold Stonier, Hugh Willett, Zack Farmer and Leland Tallman.
Public sale for the California game closes October 4 and for the Notre Dame game November 8.
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RECEPTIONS TO BE GIVEN BY LITERARY SOCIETIES
Beginning the year’s activities, the four campus literary societies, Athena, Clionian, and Comitia, will hokl Hheir annual receptions at the Women’s Residence Hall early next week. The joint Aristo-Athena affair will be held Tuesday evening. September 21st, at 8 o’clock, and the Clionian-Comitia reception will be held the following evening. Talks by prominent campus people and special musical numbers will feature each affair.
Following the receptiorr, each or-caniznt'on will hold open meetings on Tuesday evenings of the following weeks. Clionian and Comitia will ho’d their meetings in the Y. W. C. A and the Y. M C. A. respectively. Aristo will meet in H. 206. and Atheno will meet in Athena Hall on the 3rd floor of the Old College.
Nursery Number Is Promised for Thursday, According to New Editor, Milton Booth.
As an additional initiation of the Freshmen to the S. C. campus, Tommy Wampus, official dispenser of collegiate humor, will descend upon the campus Thursday by way of the | Nursery Number.
Thomas, according to the editor, Milton Booth, will purr loudly at the chance to dig his claws into the wearers of the cardinal and gold hats and green armbands.
The cover, by John Post, is claimed to be a “Knockout” by those who have seen it. Julia Suski. who has worked for several years on the art staff of the Wampus, will have five drawings in the Nursery Number, and. according to reviewers, the quality of her work is even better than that of her popular pictures of last year. Aguilar. Post, and Connel each have a full page of illustrations.
In addition to the art staff, other contributors have turned in various satires and witticisms at the expense of the inmates of the S. C. nursery class.
By
GEORGE C. JORDAN
Not the least of the reasons why a united spirit among the colleges of this university would be a fine thing is the fact that some of the off-campus colleges can teach Liberal Arts some things besides the subjects taught in their respective professions. In another column of the paper there is a story on the plans for fraternity rushing at Dental. The three fraternities there have agreed that rushing is to cover a period of two weeks and that no pledge button may be placed until October 4. This is not a new ruling, but an old one and the most commendable part about it is the fact that the fraternities have lived up to it in the past. We have talked with several different men whom we think are fairly representative of the thinking of the national fraterniUes on other campuses and we have been told by them that Southern California’s abominable system is one reason for the hesitancy of the nationals to come in. We know of another reason, too, but we will say that we believe there is a great deal of truth in the charge.
DENTS TO RUSH UNDER STRICTER RULE THIS YEAR
Will Have a Period of Two Weeks Before Buttons May Be Placed On Selected Men.
SOUTHERN BRANCH ISSUES CALL FOR MUSICIANS
In an endeavor to enlarge the University Ptp Band to fifty pieces, the University of California. Southern ranch, held tryouts for the musical rganization this week.
The Pep Band was organized last ear and ffinsisted of fifteen pieces, e enlarged band will play at all the Branch football games in the liseam this year, according to Joe eger, director, and an expert is
Trojan Staff Tryouts Will Be Held Monday
The regular tryouts for positions on the editorial stafT of the Daily Trojan are scheduled to start next Monday, according to Marjorie Hull, assistant editor. Those students who wish to secure positions are to report to Miss Hull in the Trojan office between 11:15 and 3 o’clock on that day.
As in previous years, anyone in school is eligible for tryouts. This year, all applicants are to be given assignments, some the same as those given to the regular staff members. Thus, by comparing the new work with that or a tried writer, an ac-
Y.M.C.A. PLANS BEING SHAPED FOR THIS YEAR
Catalina Island will be the scene of the annual fall conference of the campus Y. M. C. A. beginning Friday, September 24th and continuing over the week end. Elaborate plans have been made for the conference and fifty men have already made reservations for the trip at the desk in the “Y” Hut.
President von KieinSmid will speak at the conference on Sunday, according to Art Syvertson, who is directing the affair. With this one excep-Uon ,all of the discussions will be led by students. Reservations should be made at once by those who intend *to go, so that the proper accommodations may be secured at the Island.
On Wednesday evening, September 22, the annual Stag get together, sponsored by the Y.M.C.A. will take place at the Men’s Gym. Many interesting diversions have been planned for the evening, which will be followed by refreshments served at the “Y” Hut.
Thursday evening, September 23rd, the Southern California Y. M. will join with the Y. W. C. A. in honoring the new students of the University w’ith a reception to be held at the “Y” Hut. All men and women who are at Southern California for the first time this year, together with others who are interested, are invited to be present.
portant Freshmen Meet in Touchstone
orking on fancy drills for the band execute. The band will also play curate check of the prospective re-r various rallies and smokers dur- porter’s work can be made. g the year, and te planning a barn-! The tryouts will last all week, giv-jrming tour of high schools ing ample time for all applicants to roughout California.	submit several assignments.
At the end of the week the editors will select fifteen of the prospects for regular positions.
All work, according to Miss Hull, is to be graded on its form, accuracy, news interest, and style. The dependability of the author will also play an important part in the final outcome.
While high school experience in journalism will be an asset to the applicant, it te not necessary that he or she have had previous experience.
iere will be an important meeting the Freshman Class at 2:45 Fri-afternoon in Touchstone Thea-The ciass has been called to-er by Matheson. the president of group, in order to consider the homore challenge. All men and en of the Class of 1930 are urged present.
COMMITTEE HITS WRESTLING GAME
Wrestling may be" abolished as a representative sport of U. S. C. in the immediate future. Following the policy of the Coast athletic body which has dropped the mat sport from its list of recommended ath-leUc contests, the local General Athletic Committee, at its meeting Wednesday night proposed an amendment to the athletic code which would strike wrestling from the list of authorized sports.
A suD-commmee was appointed, headed by Prof. Marston. to investigate t£he advisability of dropping wrestling. Marston will entertain suggestions or complaints from the student body.
We talked the other day with the student who used to try to put over the University’s annual Festival of Nations, a sort of combined pageant and show in which the foreign students on our campus took part and so introduced themselves In a unique way to the rest of us. These festivals never met with much of a reception from the most of our student body and this student was elated over the fact that the festival this year had been taken over by outside parties and is to be made a big thing and given at the Hollywood Bowl or some equally auspicious place. Well, we hope it goes over, but we do feel a little sorry that these folks in our midst were not better received and could not make their show a success while it was strictly a local affair.
Just a word about the University’s contemplated swimming pool. We really do not see how that can be striven for at the same time as the Student Union and either have much of a chance of being obtained. However, we have been told that the effort is not to be dropped and it is well worth thinking about. Certainly, there is little enough for us to do to keep fit besides the well known dally dozen in the morning or the stomping at the country club in the evening
The other day we met a student who is starting in business for himself by selling a certain line of goods to his classmates. At the time that he tried to sell the article to us he was employed by another man to sell the same thing in his store. Consequently we wrere not surprised when, after we had asked him if he was going to buy a student activity book he replied in the negative. “You know how it is,” he confided, “a fellow likes to be able to sit by himself where he can leave when he wants to and where he can take a girl to the game once in awhile.” Certainly we know how it is, and there will be girls who will go with him, but we hope they won’t be Southern California girls. (No, we did not buy his merchandise.)
It’s the old, old story, patronize the Trojan advertisers. But we approach it from a different standpoint this year. It is true that you are rendering a service to the Daily Trojan, and so, to your Alma Mater, when you buy at these stores. But we believe It is also true that you are helping yourself — because
Rushing season at Dental is now in full swing. The National Interfraternity Council of the three fraternities, Delta Sigma Delta, Psi Omega, and Xi Psi Phi has decreed that rushing shall cover a period of two weeks, commencing with the opening exercises, and that no pledge button may be placed until the meeting taking place on October 4.
Dean Lewis E. Ford commended the fraternities on the manner in which they lived up to the rulings last year. He stated that not only was the ruling the fairest that he had ever had the pleasure of studying, but the fraternities followed it out to the last letter.
The local council at Dental recently met and decided on a few nights that would be closed as far as rushing is concerned. It also laid out a program whereby each fraternity is given two nights that are to be strictly theirs.
Now that the season for rushing is under way, the Freshmen will be in the midst of constant attention until the final gong sounds at 7:30 on the evening of October the 4th. At this time nearly twelve per cent of the freshmen will be wearing buttons that signify that their work has just commenced.
Tryouts have been held at South ern Branch for membership in the Men’s Glee Club. Old members of the club assisted with the work. It is planned to use a limited number of instruments and special features, j greatest values and service.
METROPOLITAN HAS RETAIL COURSE
Planned to be of interest to those in the retail field or training for such work, including buyers and assistant buyers, the University of Southern California has established a Department of Retailing at Metropolitan College, U. S. C., the Trojan night school located in the Transportation Building, 7th and Los Angeles Stfreets, the heart of the downtown business district, and announces the first of a series of evening classes in Retailing opening Tuesday night, September 21, at 7 p. m.
“Psychology in Retailing”—psychology in business, of marketing, or displaying merchandise, of attracting attention, developing interest, stimulating action, assuring satisfaction, of co-operation—how to train the salesman to sell—will constitute topics of 12 Tuesday night sessions opening this month at Metropolitan College.
“Elements of Retail Selling”—economics of retailing, orders, terms, datings, discounts, legal aspects, ethics, mark-up and mark-down, turn over, inventory methods, stock control, layout and display, and sales promotion, will be topics included in the second evening course scheduled to be given during the Winter Quarter of Metropolitan College. U. S. C.
“Store Organization” — expenses, budgets, credits, collections, receiving, delivering, profits, sales problems, personnel and service problems, advertising, organization and management, are subjects covered in the third course, to be offered during the Spring Quarter of Metropolitan College, Department of Retailing.
In connection with the work in retailing, the University of Southern California announces the addition of F. Fay Morse, Ph.D., to its staff as Associate Professor of Merchandising. Dr. Morse comes to U. S. C. this fall from the University of Washington, Seattle, w'here she acted as coordinator of the work of op-prentices In merchandising. She also has done practical work in stores in New York City, Detroit, and Seattle.
ANNUAL BATTLE OF TWO LOWER CLASSES WILL OCCUR MONDAY
Sandbag Rush, Tie-Up, and Pushball Contest Will Give Contestants Plenty Chance to Uphold Honor of Respective Classes.
By ROBERT G. WEBSTER
Sophomores and Frosh will meet in physical combat next Monday afternoon at 1:30, if the challenge which has been issued by the second year men is accepted by the verdant yearlings. The traditional battle has been held annually for many years on Bovard Field, the Sophomores of last year proving victorious at that time.
Four contests are planned for this year, a sand bag rush being added to
the usual program of a tie-up, push °ball contest, and tug of war, according to Herbert Spencer, president of the Sophomore Class and of the Trojan Squires. In the first mentioned event, several bags will be filled with sand, the teams lining up at opposite ends of the field. At a signal both sides win start for the bags in the center, the object being to carry home the sand-filed sacks.
Fifty men will be on each side in all of the contests which will be limited to fifteen minutes in length. The Trojan Knights and Trojan Squires will direct the contests, spurring on those who may falter, and assisting to the benches those who are crippled.
Spencer, who is in charge of the challenging Sophs, has called a meeting of all second year men at 12:00 o’clock noon today - in Bovard Auditorium for the purpose of organizing for the battles. It is suggested Chat all men planning to take part in the events come attired in the oldest of clothing.
Although no word has been received from the Frosh, it is expected that they will accept the challenge. The contest should prove exceptionally interesting due to the fact that the present Sophomore clas9 was de-I feated last year and that the contests provide an opportunity for the | Frosh to give vent to their feelings which may have been suppressed and stored up during the recent hazing.
The Sophs will meet this noon in Bovard Auditorium and the Fresh-I men at the same time in the Touchstone Theatre.
There was some doubt expressed yesterday as to the advisability of holding this fight before all of the Trojan Knight sweaters had arrived, but it was decided by the Knights that the contest should take place before the men get too deeply into their class work.
President Matheson of the Frosh class has sent out a call for “all husky freshmen with fighting blood in their veins” to meet tonight, also, in front of the Administration Building.
Frosh Feel Fresh;
But Big Bad -Sophs “Sock” Some
Anything from free rides in the firemen’s net to chauffeuring pennies the length of the administration building seems to be the lot drawn by the wearers of the Frosh bats. From present indications, there will be no let up in the hard life led by the pea-greeners for some time because the wrath of the Sophomores is by no means appeased.
The vigilance of the Knights and Squires is not in the least diminished and many Frshmen have found the way hard when a tradition is broken. There is a noticeable absence of Freshman numerals since the demonstration of last Wednesday, but the wise ones say that the peace of the campus is merely the lull before the storm—the tempest is scheduled to break on the day of the Frosh-Soph tieup.
On that day, the yearlings will assert their superiority, the prophets hint. Word from the Soph 3amp is to the effect that the group has strength Oo cope with the situation—and then some.
PROSPECTS 6000 FOB TROJAN DEBATE TEAMS
Ray Brennan and Leland Tallman Will Be Unable to Be With Team This Year.
the men who have the interest in the school and the foresight to help its paper are the men who are keen
NEW CHORAL CLASS IS ESTABLISHED AT MUSIC
To establish high ideals of tone quality, interpretation, and the artistic phase of choral work is the object of the new choral class that makes Its first appearance on the campus this semester.
Professor Arnold H. Wagner, in structor of the class, states that it is open to tihose enrolled in the Public School Music Department of the
College of Music, and to a few oth-enough business men to give you th<?jers who may be admitted by special
permission.
Campus debaters, along with the other activity men of the university, are looking forward to a successful year, according to Bill Henley, debate manager. The undefeated team of last year has returned almost intact and will be augmented by new material from the freshman class.
Freshen debaters are not as plentiful this year as last, when five first year men won places upon the varsity squad, but Coach Nichols is confident that there will be ample material to fill the vacancies left by the departing forensic artists. Captain Ray Brennan, now a senior at Law, will be missing, as will Leland Tallman, whose activities as Student Body president will keep him from working with the team. Bill Berger of Law School will be the only other varsity man that will be unable to compete this year.
Most promising in the argumentative line among the frosh are Lorne Matheson, the new freshman president. who was prominent as* a debater for the University High School, and Sam Newman, a former student body president and debater from Santa Monica High School. Other freshmen who hold promise are Earl Harmon-son, debater and student body president of Fillmore, Leo Adams of Huntington Park High, Wallace Llnville of San Bernardino, and Roy Windborn of Inglewood.
Henley has a number of new plans for the coming forensic season and with the aid of such speakers as Captain Art Syvertson, Sam Gates, Adna Leonard, and Elwood Harman, expects to make all of them successful..
MEMBERSHIP TRYOUTS OPEN FOR QUILL CLUB
' Tryout manuscripts for membership in Quill Club are now acceptable and will be considered until October 15, according to Marjorie Hull, Keeper of the Parchments. Manuscripts may take the form of short stories, sketches, verse, essays, or other creative writing.
Anyone on the campus who has literary aspirations is asked to interview Milton Booth, Chancellor of Quill, at the Wampus office, or Marjorie Hull ar the Trojan office as soon as possible. Only a limited number of candidates are accepted by this literary fraternity, and membership is based entirely on creative ability.
Yell Leaders To Tryout for Henney’s Assistant
Any person who wishes to try out for assistant yell-king must see Burdette Henney as soon as possible. All campus men are eligible for the two assistant positions. A class will be started in a few days by Henney for the instruction of those who do not know the leads used by the S. C. leaders. There will be a further announcement in a few days.
GYM CLASSES WAIT ON MEDICAL EXAMINATIONS
Due to the conducting of medical examinations, the regular classes scheduled for both men and women's gymnasiums will not commence until the twenty-ninth of this month, according to Professor LaPorte.
All students whose cards are not yet signed for any of these classes should have this done at the gymnasium office. The importance of keeping the medical appointment is also emphasized, as it is difficult to secure another one after the original time 6et has passed. It was further stated that this does not affect attendance at the hygiene classes which are theory classes and are not held in the gymnasium.