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Dedicate Music Building. All-U. Rally This Morning. Yell King Convention Successful. Change Date For Junior Play. Plan “Date Bureau” For Sophomore Dance. Torch and Tassel Seeks National.
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The Spirit of Troy
“The matter of ‘rushing’ rules for Southern California fraternities must not be dropped. The present system is unfair to the men, unfair to the fraternities, and gives the University a black eye in the opinion of worthwhile nationals that are not yet in.” Old Trojan's Column.
VOL. XVIII.
Los Angeles, California, Friday, April 8, 1927
NUMBER 119
HOLD ALL-U RALLY TODAY
Skull and Dagger Pledging, Scholarship Awards, and Skit are Features.
JONES WILL SPEAK
Will Dismiss All Classes at 10:25; President von Klein Smid To Present Cups.
Beginning with 10:25 classes this morning, an All-University assembly will be held in Bovard Auditorium to witness the presentation of scholarship cups and the pledging of men elected to Skull and Dagger.
The President's Scholarship Cup, awarded each year to that high school whose three alumni have attained the highest scholarship in their freshman year at Southern California, will be presented to the president. Those receiving the honor are 'Bernice Palmer, assistant feature editor of the Trojan; David Bryant, last semester sophomore class president and Alpha Kappa Psi; and Jessica Heber, reporter on the Trojan and Wampus contributor.
COMMERCE CUP The scholarship cup of Alpha Kappa Psi, honorary commerce fraternity, will be awarded to David Bryant, who received the highest freshman standing in the College of Commerce last year.
Men to be pledged to Skull and Dagger are as follows: “Red” Badgro, Al Behrendt, F. Ferguson, Burdette Henney, Morton Kaer, Grant La Mont, •‘Boots” Oudermeulen, Grant Flint, Leo Guichard, Wayne Harrison, Les Heilman, Ed House, Ernest Roll, Art Syvertson, Ed Spence, Verden Thomas, Bill Henley, Ralph Holly, and James Mussatti.
SKIT
The Deputations Skit, "What Is College?” will furnish the entertainment. Those playing in it are Elizabeth Raede, Wes Woodford. John McIntyre, Carroll Sandholt, Woodie Lou Hunsaker, Aileen Powers, Elora Soru-sen, Frances Evans, and Meldrim Burrill.
Howard Jones, football coach, will jtell something of spring practice and he line-up of the varsity for next ear.
HIGH SCHOOL DELEGATES LEARN TECHNIQUE OF ROOTING SECTION AT CHEER LEADERS’ CONVENTION
Prominent Trojans Are Introduced by Burdette Henney at Luncheon Held in Women’s Residence Hall; Tour of Campus is Conducted For Visitors.
BANQUET CONCLUDES PROGRAM
Jordan and Tallman Address Delegates on Problems of School Spirit in High Schools and Colleges; Kenney Demonstrates Cheer Leading Methods.
BY HERSCHEL BONHAM
Speeches by George Jordan. Burdette Henney, and “Dee'’ Tallman, a luncheon at the Women’s Residence Hall, and a banquet at the Mary Louise Tea Room featured the second annual convention of high school cheer leaders, held at the University of Southern California yesterday.
The convention was opened at 9:30 in the morning with an address by George Jordan, editor of the Daily Trojan, on “The Yell King from an Editor’s Viewpoint.” He stressed the fact that the editor and the yell king should work together for the common good of the school and the fostering of the right kind of school spirit. Prominent Trojans Attend Luncheon
Burdette Henney then showed the*others introduced at the luncheon.
We Ought to Forget Rebate Checks.
‘Rushing” Rules Question Still Alive.
No Argument Yet Against Delayed Pledging .
Do '‘Nationals' ganize?
Mean to Or-
PEC1AL PROGRAM TO BE ARRANGED FOR MOTHER’S DAY
Mothers’ Day will be observed on e 8. C. campus Wednesday, May 4. he Y. M. C. A. has already begun reparations for the event, which ill culminate in a mother and son quet in the evening, special all-University assembly is been granted by the administra-:n for the day, and at 11 o’clock e mothers visiting the campus will honored in Bovard Auditorium. jrnaUons will be distributed during :e day to men ,as has been done in :st years.
During the afternoon a tea will be ^ld on the campus, in honor of the others of University men who are esent It is hoped that during th? •ring vacation the University men fill urge their mothers to be present the campus all during the day of y 4.
delegates the best way of leading yells, and instructed them in the controlling of a rooting section at large gatherings, emphasizing the methods of bringing out the best spirit in the rooters.
At the luncheon in the Women's Residence Hall, Henney introduced To mde Graffenreid. assistant yell king; Jeff Cravath, assistant varsity football coach and last year’s football captain; and Morton Kaer, Southern California’s first All-American halfback. Harold J. Stonier, vice-president of the University; Leland Tallman, student body president; "Red” Dales, president of the Trojan Knights; Morley Drury, last year’s president of the junior class and football captain-elect; and CliaV-lie Borah, champion sprinter, were
Instruction groups were led by Henney, who also conducted the visitors around the campus. The climax of the convention was the banquet at the Mary Louise, at which Leland Tallman was the principal speaker.
Tallman stated that the purpose of the convention was to help the high schools to gain that spirit towards which universities are always striving. He added that outsiders usually judge a high school by the spirit shown in their presence, and that therefore this spirit should be of the best quality—that of true sportsmanship. The yell king and the student body president, he concluded, must work together to keep this spirit uppermost in the minds of the students.
1ETYWIU VISIT COUNTY HOSPITAL
The annual trip of the Pre-Medicnl ciety to the Los Angeles County -pital is scheduled for Saturday, ril 9. The final arrangements for e tour have been completed by the esident, Don Cook.
‘The tour of the hospital is a rare rivilege,” stated Mr. Cook, “and will rove of the greatest value to all udents preparing to enter the medi-J profession.”
The schedule of the day includes hour in the operating room, lec res by Dr. High and Dr. Martin rter, and a trip through the psy-opathic wards and the physiother-y laboratories of the hospital.
Dance to Have Date Bureau
Underclassmen Will Help Furnish Swains and Coeds for Affair, May 20.
Establishing a precedent by being the first sophomore class to hold an off-campus affair, the class of ’29 will give a sport dance at the Women’s Club of Hollywood, on Friday evening, May 20, according to Charles Wright, class president
A campus orchestra will furnish the music.
An innovation in the form of a Sophomore Date Bureau will take care of all bashful eds and co-eds who would like to attend the dance, but lack someone with whom to go. The date bureau is composed of Caroline Ayres, Isabel Taliaferro, Jack Stumph, and Leigh Sargent. Strict secrecy and efficiency are guaranteed.
Committees have been working hard making final arrangements for the dance, which promises to be one of the high lights of the University social calendar, according to Wright,
The general directors of the dance are Bernice Palmer and Muriel Heeb. while the committees in charge of arrangements are heade dby Catherine Joplin, refreshments; Irene Schmitz and Helen Henderson, programs; Bob Behlow, music and tickets; Maynard Taylor, decorations; publicity, Helen Sauber; assistants, Dorothy Brill and Ray McClure.
Set New Date for Production
Juniors Will Present “Adam and Eva” on May 20, Instead of April 29.
That the 1927 junior class play will be presented May 20 instead of April 29 as originally planned, was the announcement made yesterday by Eddie Oudermeulen, junior class president.
The change was necessitated by a need of more time for the production. It was made possible by exchanging dates with the sophomore dance, which will now take place on April 29.
Starting today at 2 P. M. and continuing thereafter each afternoon, tryouts will be held in Bovard Auditorium. Among the persons who have signified their intentions or seeking roles, according to Oudermeulen, are several prominent juniors.
The play to be presented is “Adam and Eva,” a recent English production by Guy Bolton and George Middleton. It is said to lend itself especially wrell to this occasion, because, aside from the subject matter, many students are already familiar with the play.
NEWMAN CLUB
Newman Club will meet at the cathedral, Second and Main, Sunday morning, April 10, at 7:00 a. m. for the hike to Roberts’ camp.
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ROSITA HOPPS ELECTED TO
PRESIDENCY OF Y. W. C. A.
Y. W. C. A. elections held Thursday at the Y. W. Hut, resulted in the choice of Rosita Hopps as president; Nora Hoffman, vice-president; Peggy Partington, secretary; and Florence Nickel, undergraduate representative. Other contestants for the offices were: vice-president, Lois King and Lois Huse; secretary, Clara Mae Parsons and Betty Bruce.
The officers, forming the new cabinet, will not take office until next term, but they will attend the meetings of the present cabinet for the rest of this term in order to be thoroughly initiated into the methods of conducting the affairs of the organization. The date for installation will be set later, as will also the date for the ‘Retreat ’ of the two cabinets.. This “Retreat” is an opportunity for the two cabinets to get together and plan the work for the coming term, the old cabinet advising the new one.
The matter oi the student store rebate money, whether to give it to the students or to turn it in on the union, was to have come up for discussion at the all-University assembly today. But it has been decided to give the rebate to those students who wish it next year and to turn into the fund just the money from the checks not called for. This is fair enough to everybody, but it looks as though the least we students can do is purchase our things at the students’ store and forget to call for the rebate checks. That isn’t very much to pay for a student union.
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We believe that there is more of a sentiment in favor of some sort of delayed pledging for the fraternities than has come to light. The matter of “rushing ” rules for the Southern California fraternities must not be dropped this year until such restriction is given a chance. The present system is unfair to the men, unfair to the fraternities, and gives the University a black eye in the opinion of worthwhile nationals that are not yet in.
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Time and again, when we have talked with fraternity men about the rules, they have expressed the opinion that the fraternities be allowed, first, to invite men to attend this University, and, second ,to make their inclination to come here a strong one by offering them a congenial home, in the absence oi a men’s dormitory, for the first days. These men also object to a great num ber of complicated rules. They are exactly right. But—we have yet to hear of a good argument against delaying the actual pledging of freshmen.
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Anotice has been sent out calling for a meeting of the nationals to discuss “matters of interest to national fraternities.’’ We cannot imagine what that means unless it means some kind of a league of national S. C. frar ternities. We rather dislike to mention this question because a member of a national fraternity approached up confidentially recently to enlist our support for an inter-fraternity council for t’Te nationals. While we do not agree with him, it doesn’t seem quite ethical to use his confidence against him.
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Nevertheless, we have thought the thing through and believe that such a condidtion marks a backward step for Southern California spirit. There is another large institution on the coast where the fraternity men fight (Continued on Page Four)
MORTAR BOARD IS DEDICATE NEW BUILDING
AIM OF SENIOR I WjTH mm PROGRAM
HONORARY
Torch and Tassel Sets Date For Annual Pledging At Senior Chapel. PETITION NATIONAL Senior Women’s Honorary is Highest Honor Given To Campus Women.
At a meeting held yesterday, members of Torch and Tassel, senior women’s honorary organization, set the date for their annual pledging at Senior Chapel on May 26th, and made plans to start petitioning Mortar Board immediately.
With the granting of recognition to Southern California by the American Association of University Women recently, there are no further obstacles in the way of this national senior women’s honorary allowing a charter to the local group, according to Mable Smith. Negotiations are to begin at once, says Miss Smith, and it is hoped that matters will go ahead rapidly enough to allow installation during the present school year.
OLDEST HONORARY Torch and Tassel is the oldest honorary society on this campus, having been founded in 1913. It has for its purpose the rewarding of those junior and senior women who have been outstanding in their service of their Alma Mater during their college years and who have achieved success in university activities. The honor is the highest that a woman can attain on the
S.	C. campus.
Plans have been formulated to enable the members to get together at a luncheon meeting every two weeks, the first one to be held on the first Tuesday after spring vacation. Any matters to come before the group will be brought up at these meetings which will serve as a social hour as well.
OFFICERS The officers of Torch and Tassel this year are: president, Mabel Smith; vice-president, Pauline Klene; secretary, Eloise Parke; treasurer, Dorothy Baber; historian, Gladys Lee. Other members of the organization who are on the campus at the present time are Dorothy Bishop, Eleanor Mix and Eleanor Veale.
NOTICES
Ail notice* muxt be brought to the Trojan office at 71tf Went JrfferMon St. or phoned to HITraholt 4522. Notice* munt be limited to 35 word*.
EL RODEO BUSINESS STAFF
Pictures of El Rodeo business staff will be taken this morning at 9:00 o’clock in front of Old College.
BOXERS
All winners of the boxing tournament will meet at Ward’s Photo-torium at 12:15 today for El Rodeo picture.
HISTORY AND POLITICAL SCIENCE CLUB
El Rodeo picture for the History and Political Science Club will be taken today at 12:30 in front of Old College.
Selections by Men’s and Women’s Glee Clubs, Trojan Band, Mandolin Club, and Soloists Will Be Broadcasted Over Radio By Special Arrangement.
BUILDING HAS FINE ACCOMODATIONS
Harold Roberts, Director of Musical Organizations at S. C., Praises Co-operation of Students Who Helped To Make Possible Erection of Building.
Dedication of the new Music Organizations Building, 835 West 37th Street, will take place tonight from 8:00 to 10:00. A collegiate program, given by the S. C. mandolin club, and orchestra, vocal solos and duets, piano solos, and cornet solos will be broadcasted over the radio.
I hrough the courtesy of G. Allison Phelps, philosopher anil announcer of KMTR, direct telephone lines have been erected by the Southern California Telephone Company, connecting the radio broadcasting studio with the music building. The entire program will be broadcasted by remote control from station KMTR.
Offer Diversified Musical Program
The program will include piano selections by Kenneth Crawford, musical numbers by the Men’s Glee Club, selections by a women’s triocomposed of Zaruhi Elmassian, Lillian Smith, and Edith Lingerfelt, and two cornet solos by Stillman Wells, accompanied by Pauline Mather. A march number by a saxophone quitet composed of Tom Riche, Tom Dixon, Walter Hewitt, Paul Farr, and Ralph Turner, three selections by the Women's Glee Club, several numbers by the Trojan Band, and two pieces by the Mandolin Club are other numbers on the program. In addition, the Allen sisters will sing, Zara Bickford will play the violin, and Berwyn Riske will give several vocal solos. The orchestra will play a selection from “Aye! Aye! Sir!” the musical comedy which is to be given at the
♦Playhouse Theater in April ACCOMMODATIONS The building has offices for al) of the managers of the musical organizations, which are located in the front, while dressing rooms are in the back of the building. A musical library and a storeroom for musical instruments are features of the accommodations. The general recreation room in the center of the building is 60x40 feet and affords ample room for group practice.
"I wish to let the students know that our success is due to the cooperation of these men,” said Hal Roberts yesterday; “William Ward, band manager; Harold Grayson, assistant band manager; Walter Zamecnik, manager of the men's glee club; Edith Lingerfeldt, manager of women’s glee club; Lilliat) Smith, manager of the orchestra and mandolin club; Leo Orndorf, librarian; Kenneth Crawford, accompanist for the men’s glee club; Pauline Mather, accompanist for the women’s glee club.”
Musicians Give “Aye Aye Sir”
Comedy Will Be Presented At Playhouse Theater By Trojan Glee Clubs.
An outstanding event in campus circles for this month will be the production of the musical comedy, “Aye Aye, Sir,” to be given at the Playhouse Theater April 29 and 30, by the Musical Organizations of the Trojan campus. The entire cast contains about sixty persons, who are being carefully trained by Bob Ames, stage director, and author of the book from which the comedy is adapted.
The first act is placed on board an outbound steamer, "Sally Lou,’ on the way to Honolulu. The Trojan Glee Club members and a bevy of S. C. co-eds compose the passenger list. The third act finds the same group on the wide veranda of the Moana Hotel, Honolulu, overlooking the beach at Wai-ki-ki. The entire affair is in comic opera style, with catchy music composed by Bob Ames and Louis LaRondelle.
Benny, the leading part of the comedy, “Aye Aye, Sir,” is played by Berwyn Riske; the leading lady is Helen Sauber, who tak**s the part of Sally, the girl. Phil Hohmann, Walter Hewitt, and Jo Campbell handle the comedy leads. According to Harold Roberts, production manager, the play has a well developed plot which should prove of especial interest to the college student.
PASADENA PROGRAM
Behrendt, Crook-Johnson, Tallman, De Graffenreid, Pentz, and Sandholdt meet in front of Bovard at 11:00 this morning to go to Pasadena.
INTRA MURAL MANAGERS All intra-mural managers meet at Ward’s Phototorium at 12:25 today for El Rodeo pictures.
TO HOLD TRYOUTS FOR SENIOR SHOW AFTER VACATION
MATH CLUB
Math Club meets April 21, at 3:15, in Room 352. Annual Math Club hike will be held the following Saturday, April 23.
PRE-MEDIC TRIP
Pre-Medical students planning to attend the trip through the Los Angeles County Hospital are asked to meet at the hospital gates Saturday morning at 9. Take the South Pasadena car.
CLASS MANAGERS
Important meeting of all class managers will be held in Bill Hunter’s office today at 12:25.
Tryouts for the Senior Road Show will be held as soon as school begins after spring vacation. All acts for the show this year will be chosen by the actual entry and no one will be permitted to enter the show on reputation alone, according to Ray McDonald, play production manager. Manuscripts may be submitted any time between now and the date of tryouts, which will probably be April 19.
The tryout system has not been used extensively in the past, hut Mr. McDonald states that this is tl.e best and only way to insure a production of high quality.
Grant I-a Mont asks that anyone who wishes to try out should see him before vacation if possible, for any assistance that he may be able to give in selecting and developing an act.
COMPETITION FOR PHI BETA KAPPA CONTEST IS ENDED
Twelve students have submitted essays to the Phi Beta Kappa Essay Contest Committee on the campus. The committee, composed of Dr. Mildred Struble, Dr. John Cook, Professor Roy T. Thompson, and Miss Julia N. McCorkle, will select the four best essays and forward them to the national committee.
Students competing in the contest are. Samuel Friedman, Alice ColweM,
E.	Ross Jenney, Virginia Child, Julia Rowan, Clarence P. Hesse, Stanley Hopper, Leo Bartholomew, Jeffry Smith, Mildred Shith, Willie McWilliams, and Joan Stuart.
The prizes offered are a first prize of one hundred dollars, second prize of thirty-five dollars, and a special prize of twenty dollars offered to any student receiving one vote of first place from any one of the Judges on the national committee, which would result in honorable mention.
Hold DeMolay Meeting Tonight in Hollywood
Tonight in the Hollywood High School Auditorium there will be a meeting of all the De Molays in the southern jurisdiction. Roy E. Dickerson, program advisor of the Grand Council Order of De Molay, will speak. The program is under tho auspices of Hollywood chapter an.I will include acts from I/ancaster, Van Nuys, Glendale, and Pasadena chapters.
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