EXTRAVAGANZA TRYOUTS
Tryonts for the Extravaganza will continue this afternoon in Bovard Auditorium at 4:00 o’clock. This will include parts for both the choruses and for approximately fifteen character parts. Those who are trying out must be able to dance and sing acceptably, the leads for the parts preferably with ability for specialty dartcing. The time is 4:00 o’clock and Ray MacDonald, university play director, asks that all those coming appear promptly at that time.
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JUNIOR PLAY
The junior play, “The Doctor in Spite of Himself, the classic comedy by Moliere, has been postponed until Friday evening, March 2, according to an announcement by Ray MacDonald, director. This postponement will assure a better production and at the same time will relieve the question of a conflict witk the formal dinner for sorority rushing. Rehearsals have been under way for two weeks and MacDonald anticipates a successful entertainment.
VOLUME XIX.
Los Angeles, California, Monday, February 20, 1928
NUMBER 82
S.C. GROUP RECEIVES COMPLAINT
Second Case is Against' Kappa Sigma By Plaintiff in Delta Chi Case.
CLAIM LOWER VALUES
Fraternity Representative Finds ' 'echnical Error in Charges.
BY LEON SCHULMAN
Kappa Sigma fraternity house, located at 928 West 28th street is the latest victim of the wrath of property owners in that district, for of-fiicals of that fraternity were served with notice of complaint and suit by E. C. Gillis, living at 907 West 28th street, at a late hour Thursday.
The complaint briefly set forth in 28 pages that the operation of the fraternity house in the immediate proximity of the plaintiff’s dwelling had injured his property to the extent of $5,000, and more, and asked damages to that extent. The complaint alleged that the defendent fraternity had injured the property through the production of gaseous odors presumably from auto exhausts by parking in front of the plaintiff’s residence at all hours, to the consequent annoyance of himself and j his guests; by using and misusing musical instruments at all times of the day and night; by giving dances and dancing in the fraternity house : until late at night, and, in general, j by such boisterous and unseeming-: ly conduct as to constitute a pubic j nuisance and a disorderly disturbance.
On the second count or declaration, i the plaintiff, Gillis, stated that the Kappa Sigma fraternity house is located within the residential district known as 5^>ne A. Only one-family dwellings are permitted within this zone, and hence, he asks that the fraternity, Kappa Sigma, be compel led to move out of the zone.
FRATERNITY ANSWERS
In answer to the plaintiff’s allegations, a representative of Kappa Sigma stated that since the fraternity has occupied that house at 928 W. 28th street, they have never given a
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DANCE PLANNED BY SPEECH GROUP
School of Speech students last Friday during recital hour made plans for another of their famous dances which will be given March 30, ac-
HONOR GROUP TO CONSIDER NEW PLEDGES
Sigma Sigma, the all-University Junior men’s hororary fraternity, will hold its first meeting of the semester in the student body office tomorrow noon, February 21. This organization is for those who have distinguished themselves in class activities and those who are now acting as some class officer.
The first meeting will be principally for the purpose of organization. At this time the question of eligible candidates will be considered for membership this term.
Those eligible for membership are judged on three characteristics —leadership, scholarship, and ability.
SQUIRES PLAN ENFORCEMENT OF TRADITIONS
Frosh Must Wear ‘Dinks’ Until Released; Need Cars To Transport Teams.
Freshman obedience of campus traditions will continue for some time in the future, according to Duncan Powers, president of the Trojan Squires. Those few freshman wrho have the erroneous idea that obedience of the laws of Troy continues for one short week alone will soon find themselves subjected to punishment by the Squires. Wearing of dinks will be obligatory until such time as the tradition-enforcers are certain that every freshman is wearing one.
During the past week the Knights have been somewhat lax in punishing offenders. While a few more general affairs, probably in the form of “sidewalk cleaning parties,” will take place, the days of public frosh punishment are drawing short, according to Duncan Powers. “Anything is liable to happen to chronic offenders,” he added. Positively no enforcement will finish before all frosh are strictly obeying all traditions. Queening, walking on the central walk, and non-carrying of frosh bib-les, are all just as serious offenses as non-wearing of dinks.
All freshman who have cars and would be willing to transport visiting teams from other universities are requested to get in touch with Duncan Powers. Visiting track, debating and baseball teams w-ill be here shortly and Powers wants a number of frosh with cars to carry ths squads to and from contests and about the city on the days that the teams are in Los Angeles. Both the Stanford and Illinois track teams wih be in Los Angeles soon, and cars are especially needed for those squads. Those frosh who will be able to
cording to Ethel Bickford, chairman	furnish cars should give their name,
of tbe social commit* ce. It is not	address and phone numbers to any
necessary to be a member of the	Pledge who answers the telephone at
School of Speech in order to attend.	the ^ Kappa Alpha house, or else
S.C. EVENTS MAKE NEWS
Student Publicity Committee Sends Out Thousands of Inches of Copy.
Through the efforts of the Student News committee, founded on the j campus last September, the University of Southern California has. received 7,000 inches of space devoted to student news in Southern California newspapers during the past semester. The committee, organized for the sole purpose of supplying newspapers with news concerning student activites at S. C. has been successful not only in having papers in surrounding towns publish its ma-teral, but has also become affiliated with the Associated Press, has had two stories published n national magazines, and has furnished several pictures to the Eyre Powell Photo Service which runs pictures in papers throughout the country.
The committee was formed at the beginning of the school year by un dergraduates who had had journalistic experience. It is headed by Bill Harvey who has under him Matt Barr, Terrell Delapp, Bill Arnold Jimmie Grant, Lee Bastajian and Karmi Wyckoff, secretary. These men individual^ and collectively work for the most prominent newspapers in Los Angeles, Pasadena and Long Beach and the Associated Press.
The department of Speech received publicity over the entire country w^hen the Popular Mechanics ran a story explaining the use of the telegraphone in use in the speech classes. Pictures of the machine with explanations regarding its value to the student of speech were also run in many city dailies.
The Student News committee has kept files in its oflice containing every story published through its efforts in newspapers and magazines. Among the files can be found accounts of almost every activity at S.
C.	n addition to news from the different colleges and departments. Write-ups of the courses in motion picture work alone appeared in more than 100 newspapers.
The committee plans to publish even more university news next semester than it has in the past because it is now completely organized and has the whole-hearted support of the faculty and students.
Staff For Women9s Edition of Trojan is Cnosen
The women’s edition of the Trojan will be published Tuesday, February 28, is the announcement of Muriel Heeb, assistant editor of the Trojan, and editor-in-chief of the women’s edition.
For the chief members of her staff, Miss Heeb has chosen Karmi Wyckoff to be managing editor; Fern Kuhry, sport editor; Berdlce Palmer, feature editor; and Helen Sauber, daily editor. Isabel Loftus, Jessica Heber, and Ruth Sharon were appointed desk editors. For reporters for the women’s edition, Jean McGovney, Janet McGovney, Lorraine Young, Eleanor Maronde, Fern Pierson, Dorothy Warner, Janet McCoy, and Muriel Gentz have been selected.
The editor states that this edition will be different from all previous women’s editions in that the subject matter will be devoted exclusively to the feminine portion of the student body.
NEW COMMITTEE TO DE ORGANIZED FOR LAST DRIVE
Clean-Up Campaign is Scheduled For Thursday and Friday of This Week.
FATHER-DAUGHTER DAY PLAN OF Y. W.
Everyone on campus is invited and the demand for bids was so great last time the school entertained that plans are being perfected for greater accommodations than before. Tickets will be placed on sale next week.
The dance will be a costume affair, the idea being to represent some character on the stage or screen. There will he a prominent actor or actress present to judge the costumes, and prizes for the best characters wil be awarded.
Plans were also made for a tea to be held Friday, March 2 from 2 to
6.	The place will be announced later, according to Doris Johnson, pTes-idenL
The following committees have been appointed; Entertainment: Doris Johnson; flowers, Rosita Hopps; hostesses, Alice Hill, Josephine Campbell, Carol de Fever; Doris Johnson, Katherine Shank, Alice Me-Kie, Marjory Temple, Avalon Daggett, Lucille Taylor and Ethel Bick-lord; refreshments, Elizabeth Crowley, chairman, Avalon Daggett, Gloria Gottschalk, Gretchen Larsen, Margaret Morrow and Esther Stowell;; clean-up committee, Marquita Young, chairman, Percy Frazer, Frances Evans. Lena Walker, Norma Larsen, and La Verne Dages. Miss Bickford asks that all these people be present at recital next Friday as she will call a very important meetng immediately following the program.
see Duncan Powers personally.
DINNER PLANNED BY PRESS CLUB
Honoring the new initiates with a banquet, the Press club is entertaining at the Women’s Residence Hall, Thursday evening, Feb. 23, at 6 p.m. This dinner will not in any way interfere with the basketball game the same evening as the program is so arranged that all festivities will be concluded at 7 o’clock.
At this time plans will be discussed as to the joint dinner and meeting with the University Ad club, March 14, when the two organizations will assemble to talk over a general program of co-operation and mutual understanding. The dinner will constitute the formal initiation of the Press club pledges who will be required to bring a 500 word manuscript which will be read after the dinner. It is desired that these manuscripts be either a satire or comedy. preferably the former.
The guests of honor at the banquet will be Julia McCorkle, Marc Goodnow and Roy French, professors at Southern California.
BY-LINERS
An important meeting of the Byliners will be held in room 229 of the Student Union building at 1 o’clock today. It is imperative that all members be present.
The Y. W. C. A. will have a father and daughter banquet, the first event of its kind to take place on the campus, at 6:30 p.m. Feb. 22nd, in the Women’s Residence Hall.
The decoration motif of the evening is the George Washington theme to carry out the idea of celebrating the birthday of the father of our country by entertaining the fathers of our S. C. girls. Previous to the dinner there will be an informal social half hour, that the guests may become acquainted.
President von KieinSmid is to be the principal speaker of the evening. Catherine Colwell, Betty Farmer and Rosita Hopps will give toasts and Dr. C. E. Parsons will respond. Zaruhi Elmassion will sing.
Tickets are limited to seventy-five, one ticket admitting two people. All girls are invited whether Y. W. C. A. members or not, and even the lack of an available father does not disqualify anyone, since an older brother, uncle or even an elderly professor will be considered an adequate substitute.
A final and determined clean-up effort in the Student Endowment drive will be executed Thursday and Friday, under the leadership of Paul Elmquist, who conducted the previous campaign, headqaurters of the Endowment Drive announced Friday. Fifteen thousand dollars is needed to complete the fund of $150,000 assigned to the campus, and at least 1200 students on the campus have not yet signed to contribute anything to the campaign.
An organization of about 60 workers will be formed tomorrow, when Elmquist will meet with five associate to select the new force. The entire group will meet Wednesday for final instructions, and an intensive two-day drive is expected to wind up the campaign with a successful quota.
“A number of students were not approached during the regular drive,”
Elmquist said Friday. “This was due to a mixup in the organization of the working body. However, we have checked over the entire enrollment. We know just who gave money, and how much. We know who didn’t give, and (Continued on Page Four)
DECIDE DATE FOR DANCE
Interfratemity Plans St. Patrick Dance; Hears Reports on Olympic Games.
At the weekly inter-fraternity council meeting, held Thursday eveniDg at the Sigma Chi house, plans were announced for the annual inter-fraternity council formal dance. At this affair all recognized fraternities that are members of the council may at-! tend. The tentative date was set for St. Patrick’s Day, Mar. 17.
A committee is working at present
I	trying to get the use of the new ball-: room in the Student Union. If the desire is granted, the dance will be the first student function to have been held in the new building. Those that reviewed the room acclaim it adequate and very appropriate.
At the committee meeting it was disclosed that tljere will be “real honest to goodness” favors. A buffet dinner also will be served. Entertainment will be furnished by the best talent obtainable in the university. The orchestra as yet has not been announced.
In conjunction with the meeting, a representative from the Olympic Financial Committee spoke to the group concerning the assessment of Southern Division of the Amateur Athletic Union for financing the sending of athletes to the Olympic Games this year. He made konwn the fact that the people in Southern California had to raise $100,000 as their quota.
Several statistcal papers were read containing valuable information. It was made known that more athletes are on the Olympic team from Southern California than from any other equal district in the country. Also the papers stated that 85 per cent of the members of the team were men still in college. This lead up to the idea that the universites of the country should help in some measure to raise the required amount of money.
FINAL “BRAWL” TO CELEBRATE FALL OF BARN
To celebrate the razing of the engineering Barn, one of S. C.’s most famsus landmarks, the engineers of the university are staging a “brawl” in the old structure on Friday, March 16. Partitions will be taken down and the north part of the building made into one huge room in which the dancing will be held, accrding to the plans wrich are as yet incomplete. The entire student body of the university will be formally invited to attend the farewell dance. Demolishment of the building will start the week following.	‘
COPY DUE NOW FOR NEXT WAMP
Plan To Take March Issue To Western Conference Meet.
Harley To Present Illustrated Lecture
Dr. J. E. Harley of the Political Science department will present an illustrated lecture Thursday in Stowell 353 on the league of Nations. The program is especially for the benefit of his class in International Relations, but all faculty members and students interested in the subject are invited to attend.
Dr. Harley is nationally inown for a number of books he has written on International Relations, and his lecture is expected to be of exceptional interest to all students of that subject.
Today is the final day to turn in material for the March issue of the Wampus. Bryant Hale, editor, says that the deadline will not be extended after three o’clock this afternoon.
Much material of good quality has been turned in already, but there is still space for more humorous copy. Anyone having copy w’hich has not yet been turned in should see Bryant Hale in the Wampus office, 217-218 Stuednt Union, or leave it in the Wampus box in Curtis Huse’s office in the Administration building. *
Advance predictions for the March prowl of Tommy Wamp indicate that it will be the best number of the year. Both Hale and Paul Slater, business manager, are enthusastic because of the material that has already been turned in. The March number is the one that will be shown at the annual convention of the Western Association of College Comics.
Bryant Hale outlined plans of the latter convention to the executive committee at its meeting Wednesday evening. The student committee recommended that both Hale and Slater be sent as delegates to the confab. The University of Washington "Columns” will be host to the delegates in Seattle on March 26, 27 and 28. The approval of the administration is still needed before Hale and Slater will be able to attend, however.
GRAYSON CHANGES PERSONNELOFBAND
Harold Grayson, local campus jazz king, announces a complete reorganization of his band, known locally as “The Southern Californians.” During the Christmas holidays it will be remembered Grayson and his band were a feature part of the West Coast production “Varsity Week” at the Metropolitan theatre.
The new organization, with new tunes, new features, and a new soloist will appear before the students today in chapel. It is further announced that Grayson and his band will play for Extravaganza this year which is to be held in March.
The personnel oft he band as it now is includes: Jimmy Balderas, piano; Bill Woods, banjo; Doug Moore, bass; Bob Brown, drums; Bill Ward, trumpet; George Wiseman, trumpet; Bert Benson, trombone; James Wiggs, saxophone; Jerry Finley, saxophone; Marc Nason, saxophone.
Distant Professors To Come To Session
Dr. F. W. Maroney, director of health education in the Atlantic City Schools, and Bernice S. Maroney of Ventnor, formerly instructor of the Chicago Normal School of Dancing, are among the 56 eminent educators selected to serve as visiting professors at the* University of Southern alifornia during the 1928 summer session (June to August), according to announcement of Dr. L. B. Rogers, Dean of the Trojan summer school.
LECTURE ON BUDGETING
A lecture on “Personal Budgeting” will be given by Miss Streator of the home economics department this afternoon at 3:30 in the Y. W. C. A. to all women who are interested in this subject.
Once a month a group of women who wish to study personal budgeting will meet and different lecturers will be secured to talk to the group. Nora Hoffman is in charge of promoting this outside study and is planning interesting subjects for the meetings.
W.S.G.A. CABINET NOMINATIONS SET FOR EARLY DATE
New Officers To Be Chosen March 16 in Touchstone, During Chapel Hour.
W. S. G. A. will hold its annual election of officers March 16, with nominations one week prior to elections, March 9, in Touchstone Theatre during the Chapel Hour, ana because of the short length of time it is asked that no nomination speeches be given and that all women gather as quickly as possible so that they may utilize all of the chapel time.
According to the constitution of the Women’s ‘Self Government Association the annual election shall take place one month prior'to the national or sectional conference so that the incoming president may accompany the outgoing president to the conference. The present cabinet functions up until June with installation taking place before the close of the school year.
The Women’s Self Government Association asks the cooperation of all women on the campus in the coming election, as it is its hopes that petty politics may not enter in and that girls be put up for candidacy who are qualified for the office in which they intend to run. The president must be a senior girl who has had one years’ previous experience on the cabinet with 1.5 average. Any of the remaining offices must have 1 average, but do not require experience — though experience is valuable. The recording secretary and the corresponding secretary as well as the clerk of the court must know how to type and write letters in a clear and concise style. Also the social chairman should know tne fundamentals of entertaining and preparation of such affairs.
The following officers constitute the cabinet of The Women’s Self Government Association:
President.
Vice-president.
Recording secretary.
Corresponding secretary.
Treasurer.
Social chairman.
Clerk of the women’s court.
Senior representative.
Junior representative.
Sophomore representative.
Many girls have expressed their desire to run for W. S. G. A. offices for the coming year and for this purpose the date of nominations and elections has been announced so that all girls may consider the office before the last minute and not jump into it hastily. Any informaton regarding elections may be secured at the Women’s Organization, Office No. 234, New Student Union building.
PRE-MEDICALS PLAN MEETING
All pre-medical students are requested to meet in the College of Pharmacy, room 105, today at 12:15 sharp.
Many of the problems that a premedical student encounters will be discussed, as wel as the plans for establishing a medical school here within the near future. In order to know the need of a college of medicine in this university, it is imperative that all pre-medical students attend this important meeting.
SET LIMIT TO GUESTS FOR UNION
Put 150 Tickets on Sale For First Banquet at Student Union. IS DEDICATION AFFAIR Banquet Will Feature Presentation of Awards To Football Men.
BY JESSICA HEBER
After the 150 tickets put on sale this morning, at $2.00 each, for the dedication banquet of the Student Union to be held March 3, in the social hall of the Student Union building have been sold, there will be no additional tickets available, as the social hall will only accommodate 500 guests, and many reservations are being made for the guests of the university, while half of the tickets are to go to alumni.
One of the main features of this banquet will be the presentation of the varsity awards by Herman Alber, president of the Varsity Club, to the football team who will be guests of the occasion. Bill Henley, student body president, will be chairman, and President von KieinSmid, toastmaster, who will speak concerning the Union, and introduce the speakers of the evening. Harold Roberts has charge of the musical numbers of the evening, and Buron Fitts, lieutenant-governor, will deliver the main address.
The affair is formal and will mark the dedication and formal opening of the Union to the students, coming as the grand climax to the long-held dreams of Troy. Such an event is long-remembered in the minds of those who attend and will always stand out as a high-light of college days. Even more than the other new buildings which are fast becoming the proud possessions of the Trojans, the Student Union is intimately and closely connected with the dreams of the students themselves, for it is within its walls that they participate in university activities and many social affairs. Consequently, it is expected that the tickets will not last long, and Catherine Colwell, in charge of the affair, emphasizes the fact that no additional tickets will be offered for sale.
Because of their active interest in student affairs, the Knights and Amazons, W. S. G. A. officers, and Pan-Hellenic have been asked by those in charge to be present at the banquet.
DAFFY CLUB
All members of the Daffy club are requested to meet in room 229 of the Student Union building today at 10 o’clock. Important business.
CLUB ADDRESSED BY S. C. STUDENT
Annual Newspaper Day was observed last week by the Garfield Study club at 5200 Oakland1 St., Alhambra. Virgil Pinkley addressed the club on the subject of "The College Newspaper and Publicity.”
During the early part of the program several members of the club spoke on various phases of newspaper work and the history of some of the leading editors in the field of journalism.
Mrs. Nellie Graham, president of the Southern California Women’s Press Association, spoke on personal experiences of thirty years of newspaper work. For a number of years Mrs. Graham wrote a woman’s column in an Ohio paper, and following this she joined the stafT of the New York World and wrote feature articles for the Sunday section of the paper.
Some of the stories which she wrote included: “Two Hours in a Padded Cell Next to an Insane Opium Fiend,” "The First Woman Around the World in Eighty Days,” and other such feature stories. For a number of years Mrs. Graham has written special articles for the Times and Herald newspapers in Los Angeles.
The whole theme of the meeting, which was attended by twenty-eight ladies, was that of newspapers and the part journalism plays in the life of the American woman. All of the ladies wore aprons made from sheets of the Express, Times, Examiner, Herald, Record and Daily News newspapers.