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Trojan
The Spirit of Troy
“Today the Trojan greets the representatives of Waseda University. We hope there will be a good crowd out to both games as an indicator of our feeling of friendship for our guests.” The Old Trojan’s Column.
VOL. XVIII.
S. C. CAMPUS TO OBSERVE SPECIAL DAY
Mother’s Day To Be Celebrated Wednesday, According To Custom.
PROGRAM ARRANGED
Many Organizations Will Supply Entertainment During Day.
Working in co-operation with
the Y. M. C. A., the Y. W. C. A.
is sponsoring the annual celebration of Mother’s Day on this campus, Wednesday, May 4. The customary red and white carnations will be distributed throughout the day.
SPECIAL CHAPEL The glee clubs, together with the band, will furnish the music for the] chapel hour, which will be at 11 o’clock. Following this, the sororities and fraternities will serve lunch at their various houses... The Women’s Club of the University will entertain the guests from 3 to 3:45 o’clock in the Recreation Room of the Women’s Residence Hall, after which time Ellen Beach Yaw, known as “California’s Lark Ellen,” will present a program under the auspices of the committee on* “Extra Campus Opportunities,” in the President's Parlors. At 6 o’clock the Y. M. C. A. will give a banquet at their lodge on University Avenue and the Y. W. C. A. in the Women’s Residence Hall.
WILL HOLD DINNER -dinner for the Y. W. C. A. will in honor of Dean Mary Sinclair Crawford and the mothers. Mrs. Rufus B. von KieinSmid is to be the main speaker of the evening and Florence Galentine, program chairman, the toast mistress. Rosita Hopps, presi ] of the Y. W. C. A., will address guests and the reply will be made ■ mother, Mrs. Hopps. musical program will be given th Travis, well-known violin-r Roena Muckelroy, soprano, sing a group of songs in |th the day.
^ts for the dinner are $1.50 may be purchased either C. A. Lodge or from the tiers.
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Moore Pays One Thou-Dollars For First Ticket
Los Angeles, California, Friday, April 29, 1927
NUMBER 127
Aye Aye Sir” Is Feature For Tonight Al Playhouse
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thousand dollars was the prica by Colleen Moore for the first "ticket to be sold for the monster midnight benefit show which is to b.» given Saturday night at the Metropolitan Theatre for the purpose of t~aising funds for the Mississippi valley flood sufferers.
The first ticket was sold last Tues-pay, since which time requests have loen pouring in to the relief head-luartrs for reservations. All of the jrominent picture stars will appear In person, as well as the headliners from every show in Los Angeles and picinity.
The curtain will go up at 11:30 m. Eddie Cantor will act as master of ceremonies.
Walter Zamecnik as the crook, Phil Hohman as the professor, and
Merrill Campbell as the wealthy financier in “Aye Aye Sir,” musical comedy written by Bob Ames.
Tonight at the Playhouse Theater, Ninth and Figueroa streets, for the first time on any stage, “Aye Aye Sir,” a student written, directed, enacted and produced musical comedy will be presented by the Musical Organizations Department of the University of Southern California. The show will be repeated again tomorrow evening.	♦
The play is an original story, written by Bob Ames, senior at the College of Law. Ames bas charge of the directing duties ani the music was written by Ames and Louis La Ron-delle. The accompanying music will be furnished by the Trojan Little Symphony Orchestra under the direction of Bert Teazle. Incidental stage music during tha Hawaiian scenes is to De given by the Dental Hawaiian String Quartet.
The play is in three acts. The first two are laid on board the S. S.
Sally Lou, a passenger steamer bound for the Hawaiian Islands. The third act takes place on the veranda of tbe Moana Hotel, Honolulu, overlooking Wai Ki Ki beach. Sets for the entire production were built specially by the Western Costume Company.
Sixteen numbers make up the musical score. The lave therae, “Tolly Dear,” runs through the whole opera and binds it together. Feature songs are “My Heart Is Pattering,’’ “Thd Yankee Sailor,” “The Tolly Toddle,” and “My Fraternity Brother.”
The story concerns Benny Williams, a Trojan freshman, who stows away on board the Sally Lou. Hs fells in love with Tolly, who is engaged to a iich financier in Honolulu. Benny Is framed bv a crook who has made a clean-up on the passengers, is thrown in jan, escapes, and falls into more trouble, but finally clears up ais difficulties. Comedy situations prevail throughout tha piece, much of this being supplied by the characters of Professor Hobbs and Tolly’s mother.	^ 9-
Will APPEAR AT EARLY DATE
El Rodeo Noteworthy in Paying For Itself This Year; Will Contain 480 Pages of Material.
That El Rodeo, which has been tentatively set to appear on the campus May 20, is the second year book that has paid for itself is the announcement of Ralph Holly, editor.
The book will be 480 pages thick and is divided into seven sections. One of its unique features will be the 96-page section devoted to sports. The other sections are: Administration, divided into faculty and student divisions; Classes, senior, junior, and lower class men; Activities, with alumni publications, drama, debate, music, and society; Departments, Physical Education, Dental, Law, Metropolitan, and Liberal Arts; Schools, with all the student committees; and Organizations, with all the campus honorary, social, and professional fraternities and sororities.
Greetings, Waseda Men!
An Outstanding Japanese Institution.
Dentistry Misunderstands Knight Eligibility.
Dents Have Another Week To Apply.
SYVERTSON TO BE SENT TO CONTEST
™Jill Represent S. C. in the Finals of National Oratorical Contest at U.C.L.A.
Shakespeare Club
Will Give Hamlet
)RAMA SHOP SETS HIGH MARKv4 -
IN PRESENTING ORIGINAL PLAYS
Working with ladders, torn cur-lins, and crates for doors, windows, ind walls, Ethel Bickford and Vif-rinia Roediger, directors, and Lib lAlexander Raede, direction chairman, [presented “Divorce,” a parlor-farc^ |by Marjorie Hull, and “Yucca” by jrothy Marie Davis, both original jue-act plays by the Touchstone Drama Shop, at the Touchstone Theatre last evening.
The acting of the characters had a peculiar opportunity for vividness and color against the drab and markedly futuristic setting. “Yucca,” the first play on the program, was laid in a western mining cap. The giri Yucca was interpreted by Alice McIntosh with great delicacy of feeling. Dad, the miner, portrayed by Art Brearely, was sympathetic and well-I poised. Stanley Z. Ewens, with many 1 dramatic laurels to his name alreadv. did well in the heavy, rather a de-
parture from his usual type. Charlotte Fralick played Goldi, the dancer.
The cast of “Divorce” was made up of John McIntyre, who played Albert with a deftness that few young actors are capable of. Eleanor Mo-ronde was charming as the scheming wife. George Lawrence played th* husband in a capable manner, and Marjorie Temple was quite intriguing as the actress.
Miss Hull’s play, a clever farces'tire with a refreshing quirk at the climax, was under the direction of Ethel Bickford. It was smooth ani in decided contrast with the first piay. Fine voice shading hi ought out the lines and all action was well
motivated.
The program itself was a creditable genesis for proposed annual production of original plays by the organization.
Twelve scenes of “Hamlet” up to date will be presented by the Shakespeare Club of the School of Speech in Touchstone Theater this morning at nine o’clock. Four characters will
play all of the parts in the scenes to be given.
The modernized “Hamlet” is seldom presented on the professional stage or by students, according to the president of the club, making such an op-porunity as that offered by the Shakespeare Club of especial value to students.
FROSH GIRLS STAGE BIG ANNUAL RALLY
OREGON AGRICULTURAL COL LEGE, Corvallis, April 27.—Freshmen girls staged their annual “rookes3 rally” recently. After marching through the downtown streets ani burning their green ribbons, they "crashed the gates” of a local theater.
Rook men, not to be oui te. staged a rook rally the following ev<*-ning, but the latter was broken up with the appearance of rjphomores armed with paddles.
Today the Trojan greets the
representatives of Waseda University.
Waseda is one of the six leading institutions of higher learning in Japan and has good standing in this country. There are 3000 students, registered in the six colleges of Arts and Letters, Science, Law, Engineering, Commerce, and Government and Economics. It is a private university located at Tokyo, with 130 professors and 115 lecturers. Several graduates are at present studying at Southern California.
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It will be seen that the men who are to play baseball here today and tomorrow from across the water are from a representative institution. Besides welcoming them as members of a good ball club we greet them as guests worthy of our warmest hospitality. We hope there will be a good crowd out to both games as an indicator of our feeling of friendship for Waseda.
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It was brought out at the Trojan Knight meeting Wednesday evening that there had been some misunderstanding at the College of Dentistry with regard to their eligibility privileges for Knight memberships. It seems that it was not generally known at Dental that sophomores there, who are really third year men, may be admitted to membership. Consequently there was not as broad a representation for Dental in the applications as the College was entitled to. Accordingly, there were four places held open until next Tuesday for Dental College.
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This means that any number of Dental students, who have attained their third year or more in the College, may apply for membership in the Trojan Knights. Of this number four will be chosen for the final vote. Of this number two will be elected. The result will be that the two elected, together with the two Dental Knights who will be returning next semester, will fill the Dental quota, which is four men. If there is still misunderstanding we will be glad to correct it, either through answering letters to the editor, or by telephone, or personally. Next Tuesday evening the final vote will be taken.
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The writer has had several occasions during the last week to ask men not to smoke on the campus. It is not an enjoyable thing to do. If we want that to be a tradition, let’s have a little more co-operation from the student body; if we don’t, then let’s do away with it.
Arthur Syvertson will represent S C. in the California finals of the national college oratorical contest when he competes against the representatives of fifteen California universities and colleges tonight in Milla-paugh Hall of the University of California in Los Angeles.
If he is successful in his work tonight, Syvertson will go north to Corvallis, Oregon, there to compete in one of the six regional semi-finals. The winner of that competition will speak in the national finals to be held in Los Angeles next month.. This contest is sponsored by the Better American Federation and has as the first prize an award of $1,500.
A stirring contest is expected tonight when the champion college orators of California all clash on the same platform. That A.rt Syvertson will be able to take care of himself iu such company, is amply vouchsafed for by his record as a speaker. Iu high school he won a similar contest, and while at S. C. has taken part in 23 forensic contests as well as many oratorical encounters. He is a Bowen cup winner, a member of Delta Sigma Rno, and captain of the varsity debate team.
FACULTY CHOOSES PHI BETA ESSAYS
Jeffery Smith, Mildred Smith, E. Ross Jenney, and Alice Colwell
Win From Fourteen.
Among the fourteen essays submitted to the Phi Beta Kappa contest committee, ihe essays of Jeffry Smith, Mildred Smith, E. Ross Jenney, and Alice Colwell will represent the University of Southern California in the final judging. This announcement was made yesterday by Professor Kenneth M. Bissell, chairman of the committee.
Selection of the four essays was made by Dr. John D. Cook. Dr. Roy T Thompson, Dr. Mildred M. Stra-ble, and Miss Julia N. McCorkle of the English department
The essays submitted this year, marly twice the number of last year, when only eight were submitted, are reported to be of a much higher quality than formerly.
The date for the announcement of the winners is not definitely known, but it will be some tim? (Turing the first part of next month.
All colleges and universities in Southern California are reported to have submitted a larger rumber of 'essays this year than formerly, with a corresponding increase in quality. For this reason it is expected that the competition will be unusuallv keen.
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE WILL CONSIDER RULES
Scholarship Rules Under New Constitution To Came Up For Interpretation At Special Meeting This Noon; Nomination Blanks To Be Available Monday.
CANDIDATES MUST MEET REQUIREMENTS
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Nominations For All Offices Will Be Held in May at the Shrine Auditorium Before All-University Assembly; Elections Take Place on May 19.
BY LEO HARRIS
Scholarship requirements for student body candidates, as laid down in the new constitution, will come up for interpretation at a special meeting of the executive committee to be held at noon today in the Education office, S-357, according to Leland Tallman, student
♦body president.
PETITIONS AVAILABLE Announcement is also made that nominating petitions for student body
SOPH SPORT DANCE TO BE HELD AT CLUB TONIGHT
Bud Pentz’ Orchestra Will Furnish the Music; “Date Bureau”
Proves Very Successful.
Tonight, the long-awaited Soph Sport Dance will take place at the Hollywood Women’s Club at 7748 Hollywood. Boulevard.
“The Soph Date Bureau for the dance has proved to be an unqualified success,” stated Charlie Wright, class president, “more than twenty five dates having been arranged satisfactorily.”
Over one hundred couples are expected, from all Indications of the number of bids being sold. Tickets may be obtained at either the Student Store or the Date Bureau in front of the Ad building, for one dollar.
Those in charge of the affair are Charlie Wright, Muriel Keeb, and Bernice Palmer. Maynard Taylor and second semester of last year and the Elwood Harmon have charge of tho1 first semester of this year, or ju^t decorations, which will be carried fftU semester. Then there is 3 out in the sport motif, with pennants question as to whether this new re-and bright colors predominating. The quirement can apply to candidates Date Bureau has been under the su- j ^ the coming election at all ina.s-pervision of Caroline Ayres, Jack much as the rule was not placed in
offices and managerships will be available in Mies Flock’s office starting at 9:00 Monday morning. These petitions must be signed by fifty members of the A. S. U. S. C. and returned by 5:00 o'clock Friday, May 6.
The offices requiring petitions are president, vice-president, secretary, Tiojan editor, El Rodeo editor, yell king .executive committee, and managers of other than athletic activities. The managers will oe elected by the present executive committee and all other offices by popular election.
ELIGIBILITY QUESTIONED
Considerable question ha° arisen as to the eligibility of students under certain provisions of the new constitution. An average grade for the year preceding the election of 1.5 or a C plus is the scholarship requirement, and the question to be decided at the ex committee meeting today is whether this means the first and second semesters of this year or the
DR. WAUGH TO TALK ON PSYCHOTHERAPY
“Psychotherapy,” or the treatment of mental diseases, is the subject of the lecture to be given by Dr. Karl T. Waugh, Dean of Liberal Arts, at the Argonaut meeting this evening.
Dr. Waugh w'cLs chief psychological examiner of the army during the war He has had a very wide and extensive experience in the treatment of hysterical paralysis and mental disorders.
Stump, Leigh Taliaferro.
Sargent, and Isabel
Architects To Give Annual Mardi Gras
Innovating a true Mardi Gras festival, the S. C. School of Architecture will present its Cirque du Printemps tomorrow night on the fourteenth floor of the Hollywood Terminal building. The dance will begin at 8:30.
Robert Bawbell, chairman of tho decorations committee, announces that the property department of Universal Studios is assisting in transforming the large hall into a burlesque circus lot, with sideshows and all manner or unique entertainment. The ringmaster is to be impersonated by Professor Clayton M. Baldwin of the Architecture faculty.
Some extremely interesting and original costumes are expected make their appearance, vying for the titles of King and Queen of the Revellers. Tickets are obtainable from Frank Baden at the School of Architecture.
Professor Fiere, of the Materia Medica Department, is holding a quiz course for students intending to take the State Board of Pharmacy in June. The class is being held in Room 204 of the Pharmacy Building, Tuesdays and Thursdays at 12:15.
operation until after the semesters iti question were over.
Nominations will be he;d in the Shrine Auditorium May with all colleges present. There will later be held separate meetings at Law and Dental to enable them to better judge the candidates for all-university of fices. -he voting will take place upon the 19th of May, and the vie tcrs will be installed on May 23.
FORENSIC CONTEST TO BEGIN TUESDAY
Literary Societies Will Compete For Phi Delta Gamma Debate Cup.
Being the first of a series o£ three sets of forensic contests, the first round in the Phi Delta Gamma debate tournament will take place on Tuesday evening. Two teams from each literary society on the campus will debate the subject: “Resolved: That the United States should cease its intervention in Central America.”
The negative team of each society will go to speak before some other group, each affrmative team remaining at home. After a series of elimination contests the Phi Delta Gamma cup will be awarded to the group coming out with the highest standing. The cup was won by Comitia last year.
NOTICES
All notice* imi<t be brought to the Trojan office at 716 Went .?effcr*on St. or phoned to lit™foolt 4522. N»-tlcen must be limited to 35 word*.
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
There will be a special meeting of the executive committee at 12:30 today in the Education office. S 357.
The Math Clun will have a beach party Thursday, May 5. All students interested in Math are cordially invited. All who are going will sign up in the Math office by Wednesday afternoon.
SKULL AND DAGGER
Skull and Dagger pledges will meet this morning at 9 o'clock ip “Dee” Tallman’s office for a discussion and final arrangement of the plans for initiation next week.
Y. W. C. A. STUDENT FELLOWSHIP
TO PRESENT MAY FETE, MAY 11
A colorful pageant of interpretive dancing will feature the May Fet® pi evented by Ihe Student Fellowship Department of the Y. W. C. A. of S. C., Wednesday, May 11. at 3:15 o’clock on the Old College lawn.
Dr. Sonia Pushkeroff, a member of the Art Club and active in Hollywood art studios, will represent the spirit of Student Fellowship as Queen of the May, and her attendants will represent the spirit of internationalism. These girls will be chosen from the women on the campus and are to depict nine foreign nations.
Martha Jayne Gooding, who is in charge of the entire May Fete, is working diligently with her commit* tees for the success of this extensive undertaking.
Rhoda Phaus, director of the danc-
ing, is teaching dances to the girls every noon aiftl afternoon. Also, Miss Leona Pinder and Mis3 Germain^ Guiot are training their gym classes in folk dancing for the event.
Costumes are being made by Y. W. girls under the supervision of Dorothy Goodrich. The music foi the af-fail will be furnished by the Mu Phi Epsilon Trio and directed by Dorothy Everson.
Admission by ticket will be fifty cents, or free if one of the artificial flowers is purchased. These flowers will be collected during the program, after which the holders will donate the money they have saved for the Student Fellowship fund. The program will be woven around the significance of these gifts and flowers.
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