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Class Elections Today. Seven Story Library Building Planned. Dr. Crawford Attends Conference. Crombie Allen Speaks Newspaper Day. Professional Pan-Hellenic Meets. Pi Delt Razz Out Thursday.
VOL. XVIII.
Southern
California
Trojan
The Spirit of Troy
“I would rather have a Liberal Arts man who has successfully passed a stiff course than an engineer with only a technical background. I can take a man who has been trained to think and teach him myself what I want to know about my business.” Traffic Manager Bell Telephone Co., In Old Trojan’s Column.
Los Angeles, California, Tuesday, February 8, 1927
NUMBER 77
PI DELT RAZZ TO BE ISSUED ON THURSDAY
Milton Booth Announces Pledges Are Ready To Spread Campus Dirt.
Final plans lor the issuance on Thursday morning of the most “bumptious, blasphemous and brilliant" Razzberry ever presented to the campus were made at a special meeting of the Pi Delta Epsilon pledges yesterday morning, according to Milton Booth, editor of the razz sheet.
Promptly 2t 7:30 Thursday morning, the pleges, garbed in amazing array of attire, will appear before the startled eyes of the eds and co-eds of the Southern California campus, and self their wares to those eager souls who await with much gusto the proffered chance to learn all the latest ••dirt” pbout the dear brethern and sistern.
In order to fully acquaint the campus with the modern newsboy, Pi Delt pledges are appearing today wearing slugs of type around their necks in place of pledge pins.
"Absolutely,” states Booth, ‘‘this Razzberry will unearth more scandal than a sorority tea party. It is expected that the Southern Pacific will have special train leaving Los Angeles Thursday evening for parts 'unknown. Said trains will be for the accommodation of those students who are unable to remain in town aft^r the razz sheet has uncovered
Dr. Crawford Participates In Conference
“The Junior Year Abroad” is Special Topic Assigned To S. C. Dean For Discussion.
Dr. Mary Sinclair Crawford. Doan of Women at Southern California, will participate in the program of the National Association of Deans of Women to be held at the Baker Hotel. Dallas, Texas, February 23-27. Women deans in charge of the affairs of the feminine students in colleges .normal schools, high schools, and universities throughout the country will be in attendance.
In addition to representing Southern California as an official delegate, Dr. Crawford will head a round table discussion on “The Junior Year Abroad” at the gathering of educators. The discussion Ls to include the consideration of the exchange of scholars between foreign and American universities during the junior year at college. Dean Crawford will leave I>os Angeles on February 19.
S.C. LIBRARY IS PLANNED BY HEAD LIBRARIAN
To Have Seven Stories With Book Capacity of 300,000 Volumes.
CROMBIE ALLEN IS SPEAKER AT NEWSPAPER DAY
SOCIETIES HOLD OPEN MEETINGS
Literary Societies Have Special Programs Planned For Meetings Tonight.
Open meetings will be held by all four literary societies tonight, and programs of a literary and musical nature will be given.
Comitia members will meet for their regular monthly dinner at the Bungalow Sweet Shop at 5:30, going from there to their meeting in the Y. M. C. A. Hut at 7 sharp. According to the new president, Bill Ruymann, the program will be a surprise one ,and promises to be one of the best and snappiest held this year.
Clionian’e program will consist of a vocal selection by Inez Wilbur, a short story, “Padre Urbano’s Umbrella," ready by Ruth Hardie, a piano solo by Karmi Wyckoff, and a talk bv Thelma Rear. A short business meeting will follow the open meet-ingn.
Aristo’s joke contest will be continued with Bob Webster and Royal Reisner as the antagonists. McLean Nearpass will give the second episode of the progressive serial story. “The Curse of the Romanoffs.” Neal Lohman will give a discussion of the battle of Waterloo, giving technical details and strategic movements.
Athena’s meeting will have a program consisting of the reading of an original play by Mildred Dewey, a piano solo by Nina Moore, and the reading of some modern poetry by Margaret Webster.
Representative To International
Press Convention Will Speak To Delegates.
Crombie Allen, former California senator, and American representative last year . to the International Press Convention at Geneva Switzerland, and at present editor of the Ontario Report, will speak at the luncheon given to the delegates on Newspaper Day, February 17.
Other speakers who are acknowledged as authorities in the different lines of journalistic endeavor have been secured to talk at the joint session for all the delegates in Bovard Auditorium. The phases of newspaper work developing at the present time will be the subjects for discussion.
“The Woman in Journalism” wiil be the topic presented by Alma Whitaker, feature writer of the Los Angeles Times. Mark Kelly, sport editor ot the Los Angeles Examiner, will speak on the importance of the sport page, and Morris M. Ralhburn, publicity director of the Automobile Club of Southern California, will speak on the publicity business.
Seventy-five invitations have been sent out for the fifth annual Newspaper Day. This year five distinct programs have been prepared in order to include all phases and problems of school publications.
Davis Calls Meeting of Frosh Track Stars
All freshman track performers are ordered to report to the training quarters tonight at 7:30. Tommy Davis haE called the meeting. All new performers will be issued frosh uniforms, and several other important measures are to be broadcasted.
Plans for a University of Southern California library, as thought out by Charlotte Brown, head librarian, are now in the hands of Parkinnson and Parkinson, builders, who are working at present on tentative plans for a new seven story building which will rival the best of college libraries.
Due to the increase of registration in the last few years, the administration is considering the building of a new library building which will meet the needs of the University of Southern California of to-morrow. The plans which are being drawn up at present call for a seven story building which will have a book capacity of 300,000 books.
The ground floor will contain a reserve book room with a seating capacity of 400, where all undergraduate collateral reading will take place. There will also be a receiving room for book shipments, storerooms, document rooms, and staff rooms. .
The main floor will have a delivery desk with a main reading room capacity of 300 people: a* periodical room where bound periodicals and current files will be available. It will have six or seven stock levels and a table at the end of each stack for graduate study.
Floors above main floor seminar, graduate reading rooms, departmental libraries and study rooms. Special provisions will be made for the Department of Education with a special reading room 'Rhere all Educational reading natter ls brought (Continued on Page Four)
EVENING MEETING FOR DRAMA SHOP
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Miss Tlubbard To Tell of New York Plays; Ray McDonald in Singing Impersonations.
Touchstone Drama Shop will hold the first of its evening meetings Wednesday, February 9. at the Women’s Residence Hall. A short business meeting will be followed by a program which promises to be both mirthful and diverting.
Featuring the program, Miss Florence Hubbard, who has recently returned from a six months’ sabbatical leave spent in visiting drama centers of the east, will give a revue of the most successful plays now being shown in New York.
A second number on the program will be, accordding to Marcus Beeks, president of the Drama Shop, a “Sidesplitting impersonation of Fanny Brice singing ‘My Man,’ by Ray McDonald, director of plays of the Shop.”
This meeting is for preparation and final decisions concerning the three plays to be presented February 17 in Touchstone Theatre.
Co-ed Passes Judgement on Co-eddie; Disastrous Effect
Sorrowing Male Need Not Change Ways; All Varieties Pass Critical Jury as Co-eds Grow Facetious on Odd Specimens.
BY MURI
“What kind of a husband do I want —if any?”
Aha, fair maiden, that is the question! Now that the great American college man has made his decision, what does the object of his affections or affectations want of him?
And what can a poor co-eddie do? What gorgeous chance for all the little giggle-giggles to take revenge—not gently, either.
Lothario may well look to his laurels, for the inconsistent sex has ranted favoritism to the iSg brute with “wim, wigor, and witality.” Finances don’t seem to count, man’s opinion to the contrary, and the only definite comment is: “Not essential, but welcome.”
EL HEEB
Intelligence is another matter of negligible interest, and one discerning writer anounces, “They say opposites attract, ad if I chose an intellectual man—well, 1 hate to be called beautiful, but—”
As to fraternities. Most of the fair (or unfair) sex are not particular, but there is one stipulation—he must not be egotistical about his membership in the unfortunate organization. Also “not a frat man—but a gentleman who is ot above a blush.” There you are!
The green-eyed monster appears for just a minute with “I want a home lover because, he will be mine and no one else’s.”
Now. step right up. pay your money and take your chances!
SPECIAL EXAMINATIONS NOTICE
All students desiring to take special examinations to complete courses in which they received a grade of “Incomplete” or “Condition” during the second semester of 1925-26 or the first semester of 1926-27, should apply at the Registrar’s office for the necessary authorization on or before Friday, February 18. Applications must show clearly the department, course number, section, present grade and instructor.
Students who fail to apply on or before that date will have no further opportunity for taking these examinations until the regular period of special examinations in the first semester of 1927-28.
The schedule of special examinations to be held this semester will be posted on the bulletin board as soon as possible after the applications are received.
R. B. VON KLEINSMID.
President.
THERON CLARK,
Registrar.
It isn t often that this column carries contradictions of what is written by writers of other columns of the paper. It seems fair to them to allow them to express their own opinions with as little regard for the “big stick” as possible. \\ hen they get clearly out of bounds it is sometimes necessary' to censor the stuff altogether. But a paragraph got by the other day in Charlie Wright’s column, “Outside the Walls” to which we take exception. Ordinarily we, and most of the other readers of Charlie’s column, enjoy the penetrating way he puctures the sacred cows in the world’s events o fthe day. But when he said of Capt. Peter W7right and the Gladstone trial, “Capt. Peter Wright, bow your head! You have maligned one of the gods of the earth,” he was just about right, zarring the sarcasm.
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Perhaps we wouldn't have noticed this as we did if we had not been reminded the other day of the fund to keep the Armenian babies alive. The man who asked to have the Turks run “bag and baggage out of Europe” will always have a warm corner in our heart. It is for the historians to fight this matter out, but as a
comment from '‘the Street” it doesn't seem to quite fit the picture that a man of Gladstones tremendous moral influence should be the hypocrite that Capt. Peter would make him. We hope this intrusion in a column dedicated to local affairs upon a matter of world interest will be pardoned, but the subject was on our chest and we had to get it off.
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Liberal Arts men here are so used to hearing the professional school men josh them about their “pipe” courses that they frequently come to put a lower estimate on their work than is by any means justified. For the benefit of such students it may be of interest to hear what Prof. Fagan says concerning the opinion the traffic manager of the Bell Telephone company. In a conversation with Mr. Fagan the latter made the statement that he would rather have a Liberal Arts man who had successfully passed a stiff course than an engineer with only a technical background.
Says this business leader, “I can take a man who has been trained to think and teach him myself what I want him to know about my business.”
This is not to discourage technical schools by any means but it may come as a word of encouragement to the Liberal Arts man who is coming down with an inferiority complex. The point seems to be that power comes from rigid mental discipline, chiefly, whether it be gotten on one campus or another or entirely outside the academic walls.
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Greek syntax, Latin, and the depths of philosophy are good for anyone, says Prof. Fagan. This isn't a popular idea, judging by (Continued on Page Three)
Mass Meeting of Students to be Held Thurs.
T o Remonstrate Against Armed Intervention of U. S. in Foreign Affairs.
Representatives of practically every college and university in Southern California were present at a meeting held last night in the “Y” Hut, when plans were completed for the huge rally to be held next Thursday for the purpose of remonstrating against the policy of the United States in regards certain foreign matter.
These students and the students whom they represent in the various colleges believe that armed intervention in foreign matters is a mistake and that arbitration is the policy that the United, States should use. It is the purpose of the committee of representatives to have all the students from tne various colleges present at a huge mass meeting where competent speakers *an (Continued on Page Four)
PROFESSIONALS MEET TO REVISE ELECTION RULES
Professional Pan-Hellenic Will Dicuss Plan of Rotating Offices Among Sororities.
Discussion of rushing rules for professional sororities and the revision of election procedure are the topics to be featured at the special meeting of Professional Pan-Hellenic Association which has been called for Wednesday afternoon by Jessie Grant, president of the association. The meeting will be held at 4 P. M. in the office of Dean Mary Sinclair Crawford.
At the meeting held last week, Miss Grant appointed representatives from Lambda Kappa Sigma, Pharmacy, and Phi Beta, Music ,to constitute a committee to draw up tentative rushing rules for the members of Professional Pan-Hellenic. The report of this committee is to be presented and discussed at the meeting.
Prominent among the business to be brought up Wednesday afternoon, will be the discussion of a proposed amendment to the Constitution by means of which election procedure within the association will be changed so that offices will be rotated among the sororities according to a definite plan.
At the suggestion of Dean Mary Sinclair Crawford. ' Miss Grant last week appointed Phi Delta Delta and Phi Chi Theta to constitute a committee to invite Mrs. Lineman, a local business woman and graduate of the Southern California School of Law, to address members of the various campus professional sororities at a special meeting to be arranged for the near future. Mrs .Lineman’s talk will be on the subject of the sorority woman's obligations with respect to her sorority under the Law of Contracts.
BALLOTS WILL BE CAST TODAY FOR CLASS OFFICERS; CAMPUS PROMINENTS ARE IN RUNNING
Juniors, Seniors Vote At North Box Office, While Underclassmen Cast Preferences at South End; Henry Rohr Stresses Need of Taking Interest in Class Affairs.
BY DAVID BRYANT
Political futures hang in the balance as class elections are held today between the hours of nine and two. Ballots for officers of the freshman and sophomore classes will be cast in the south box office of the administration building, while those for pfficers of the junior and senior classes will be recorded in the north 'box office.
♦ That there can be no unified spirit or concerted action among the classes without an active in terest being taken
COMMERCE SMOKER IS HELD TOMORROW
Ed Ooudermeulen and Al Webb Have Secured Howard McKay As Speaker.
Arrangements have been completed for the first Commerce 6moker of the second semester for all majors in General Business, Advertising, and Marketing. to be held tomorrow night at
8	P. M. at the Delta Sigma Pi bouse, 2653 Ellendale Place.
Ed Oudermeulen, chairman of the General Business group, and Al Webb, chairman of the Advertising and Marketing groups .have co-operated in se-curinng a program featuring Howard McKay, sales manager of Foster and Kleiser, as the principal speaker. Mr. McKay is well known in Southern California through his connection with Foster and Kleiser and will base his talk on inside facts in the advertising business and his connection with it.
Entertainment stunts have been secured for the smoker, including a hypnotism act staged by Francis Meehan of the College of Architecture. A number of other stunts and free eats are also promised by Webb and Oudermeulen.
The smoker has been arranged as a variation of the group banquet plan which was put into operation last year. The idea of the group meetings with prominent speakers has been evolved as a practical means of bringing the students in the College of Commerce into actual contact with the leading man inf the field in which they are particularly interested.
in the choice for their officers, was the statement made by Henry Rohr, general chairman of the elections committee. Mr. Rohr further stated:
“Class spirit can only be realized when every student takes an active part in electing his officers, and then assisting them in any way possible.”
Running for officers of the senior class are: president, “Boots” Oudermeulen, Harold Lovejoy; vice-pre&i-dent, Eunice Riley, Eloise Parks; secretary, Marjorie Hull; treasurer, Craw-fordd Peek, Les Heilman. *
Nominations for junior class officers are: president, Eddie Oudermeulen, Stanley Hopper, Marcus Beeks; vice-president, Ruth Carr, Mildred Martz; secretary. Jean Suramerfleld; treas-urer. Howard Edgerton, Harold Silbert
Sophomore candidates are: preei-dent. Charles Wright; vice-president, Muriel Heeb, Pauline Hazard; secretary, Pebby Schlah, Bernice Palmer; treasurer, Frederick Felton. Bob Beh-low; executive committee. Gene Beattie, Dave Bryant. Virgil Pinkley. Paul Slater, Cecil Vigne, Elliot Levine. Jesse Hibbs, Leslie Lavelle, Helen Sauber, Aileen Powers, Ethel Moore.
Candidates for the. freshman class are: president, Ray Brooks. Don Moses, Sam Newman, Fred Black; vice-president, Lorene Zeigler, Alberta Plasterer, John Lemar; secretary, Lorraine Young. Pauline Mather. Marian Abbott; treasurer. Rocky Kemp, Frenchy Flynn, Lowell Good? Dick Mulvin, Eddie Frazer.
Notices
All notice ma«t be bringM to the
Trojnn office at 716 West J St. or phoned to HFmboH 4322. Notices must be limited to S3 words.
PI DELT PLEDGES
All Pi Delt pledges must meet in the El Rodeo offices this morning at 9 o’clock.
OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT
A meeting of the Faculty is called for Tuesday, February 8, at 3:30, in the President’s suite.
R. B. VON KLEINSMID, President.
SKULL AND DAGGER MEETING
There will be a Skull and Dagger meeting in the student body office Thursday noon at 12:30. Very important.
STUDENT FELLOWSHIP
There will be a meeting of Student Fellowship in the “Y” Hut on Tuesday noon, February 8, at 12:25. George Gleaspn will lead a discussion on “Personal Relation. to Christ.”
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SECRETARY SPEAKS AT MASONIC CLUB
“Overcoming Business Problems Through Trade Associations” is the topic upon which Executive Secretary Harold J. Stonier will speak before the annual meeting of the Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of California at the Masonic Club tomorrow night.
Friday, accompanied by Frank Hadlock, assistant secretary of the Alumni Association, Secretary Stonier will motor to San Diego,’ where he will deliver an address before a meeting of the San Diego Trojan Club at the Cabrillo Cafe Friday evening.
STUDIOS TO ASSIST IN MOVIE NUMBER
Wampus Receives Aid From Hollywood Life in Forthcoming Issue of February 17.
February 17 is the date set for the appearance of the next number of the Wampus, which will be known as the Movie Number. And “Tommy” is a proud cat these days for the Movie Number, produced with the assistance of every studio in Los Angeles, contains many pages of photographs and clever art work. Hollywood Life has also aided Tommy in his efforts to entertain.
The literary material, according to Milton Booth, editor, hai been more carefully selected than ever before.
Co-eds Dispondent As All Fatal Bids Fail to Appear
Empty “Y” Boxes Prove Sorrow To Hopeful Rushees; Bids Delayed By Sororities; Give Young Hopefuls Heart Failure.
Procrastination is the thief of more things than time, as some four score rushees can woefully testify after making a dozen trips, more or less, to the “Y” Hut for the bids which they hopefully expected to find, only to be greeted by empty mail boxes.
No explanation could be given to the despondent rushees, and no one knew the reason, and Clara Miller, “Y” secretary, could only 6ay, ‘‘No, the bids didn’t come.”
Word comes Irom the office of the Dean of Women, however, that the delay of the sorority sisters in turning in their lists to the registrar’s office is the cause of the non-appearance of the. bids. These lists of the rushees should have been turned in to the registrar’s office last Tuesday to obtain the eligibility of the names, so that the list could be given to the Dean of Women on Saturday. But the sorority
sistere procrastinated, the list has not yet come from the registrar’s office, and the Dean has no way yet of determining the eligibility of the various names.
So the bids are waiting in the office cf the Dean for delivery, while tbe rushees are wavering between hope and suspense.
At noon yesterday the various questions raised were answered by the official statement of Ruth Burns, president of Pan-Hellenic, which follows: “NoUces of sorority bids will be in the Y. W. C. A. post office boxes Tuesday morning instead of Monday, as originally scheduled. The rest of the bidding plans will proceed as specified in the rushing rules, only the events will come one day later, making the pledging Wednesday instead of Tuesday. This will mean that Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday will be truce.”