C. Tedrick, B. Riske Are Leads In Extravaganza
NEWSPAPER DAY
Members of the executive committee for Newspaper Day. March 9, are to meet today in Room 229, Student Union building, at 10 o’clock. Mary Main, Rita Padway, Harold Silbert, Bill Harvey and Ralph Huston are requested to be present. Final discussion of the plans for the entertainment of the high school delegates will be made at this time, Harvey, chairman of the body, announces.
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WAMPUS BUSINESS STAFF
Every member of the Wampus Business Staff must report in front of the Varsity Phototorium, Old College, at ten o'clock sharp this morning for El Rodeo picture. This includes Lantin, MacFaden, Lempie, McLaughlin, Wolffi Thompson, Connelly, eZman, Hollis, Birdlebough, Friend, Wark, Hurler, and Hodges.
VOLUME XIX.
Los Angeles, California, Friday, February 24, 1928
NUMBER 85
TROJANS DROP BASKET CONTEST TO BRUIN FIVE
COMPLETE PERSONNEL IS CHOSEN
Chorus, Special Numbers, and Three Directors are Announced.
Charles Tedrick, as “Sue Morgan,” and Berwyn Riske as “Jack Raymond,” have been chosen as the leads of the 1928 Extravaganza from among numerous candidates for the parts, by Ray MacDonald, N.C.P., university play director.
Jenne Maschio will direct all dancing and chorus work for the production, while Josephine Campbell will have charge of the dramatic work and , the songs, both solo and chorus. Bert I Teatzel, the conductor of Southern California’s student little symphony | orchestra will have charge of all orchestration and music for the dancing and singing.
The supporting cast will include: Howard Erwin as a comedy derelict; Hean Haskell as Captain Lowell; Dorothy Carlson as Jacqueline, the twin sister of Jack Raymond; Gloria Godds-chalk as Mrs. O’Brien, the Irish stewardess; Bill Coffman as Dr. Weston, the dean of men; Billie Walker as Dr. Lockwod, the dean of women, and Tom Graham as the president of the university.
College men in the cast are Art Brearly and Fred Phleger.
Co-eds in the cast are lone Cowan and Norma Larson.
The chorus is composed of the following: Ruth Smith, Georgia Hollis, Catherine Slant, Adeline Shultz, Rhoda Pfaus, Eloise Elson, Ruth Williams, Marjorie Strong, Esther Burns, Virginia Debley, Marion Williams, Lorraine Young Yuxe Lee Harrison, Margaret Morrow, Elizabeth Whitson, Eleanore Wilhoit, Lora May Hamilton, Edna Kramer, Doris Birshebough, Doris Allison, Emily Lombard, Sleo Maher, Harriet Harreman, Betty Mc-Alpin, Virginia Abbey, Pantia Phillips, Lalla Roohk Selbie, Betty Elson, Winifred Biegler, Lucille Hibner, Louise Houshen, Merriam De Witt, Mercedes Heintz, Cellestine White, Frances Jean, Marjorie Gosnell, Dorothy Weis-inger, Mary Herbert, Harriet Harlan.
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Production Manager Appreciates Extravaganza Help
Ray MacDonald, university play director, who has conducted the tryouts for the musical comedy during the last week wishes to express his appreciation to those who have shown interest in the production thus far.
The musical organizations department, he states, has shown an ictive interest in the production and has offered to aid him in every way at their disposal. He wishes to take this opportunity to thank them for their offer of co-operation.
He also wishes to thank those who have tried out for the Extravaganza, and who have been assigned parts, for their enthusiasm and co-operation with him and the director of the dancing.
CLINIC INCLUDED IN PROGRAM FOR S.CLAW SCHOOL
Trojans Hear Plans Outlined by Dean Justin Miller at Lawyers’ Banquet.
Plans for the Trojan Law school which will make It one of the best in the nation were outlined at a banquet of the faculty and seniors held at the Jonathan club Tuesday evening. A. I. Mellenthine, vice-president of the Bank of Italy and a member of the graduating class, was host to faculty, seniors and officers and the executive committee of the Law School Alumni Association.
Operation of a legal clinic for the poor, similar to a medical clinic, will probably begin at the S. C. Law school next year. Clinics have already been established at Harvard, Northwestern and Minnesota and have proven very successful. Students in the law school will do all the detail work connected with the trial of a case in court, with the exception of the actual pleading of the case. The pleading will be done by members of the Public Defender’s office.
Students will thus have opportunity to do actual legal work instead of merely serving processes as the average student working in a lawyer’s office does at present. Many
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CALL RALLY FOR TODAY
Special Basketball Assembly Collede For This Morning By Rally Committee.
A special rally in Bovard Auditorium at 10:15 has been called for today by Shields Maxwell, chairman of the Rally Committee. Paul Elmquist will be in charge of the affair which will be for the final game of the U. C. L. A. series tomorrow night.
The rally committee outlined its policy for the remainder of the college year at a meeting held Monday in the office of the student body president. It has formally applied to the administration for permission to hold six assemblies of from forty minutes to an hour In length.
These assemblies will feature the different major departments and organizations of the university and will include exchange assemblies with Pomona and U. C. L A. the latter of which is scheduled for Friday, Mar. 1
This policy, if accepted by the administration, will tend to eliminate the short weekly meetings which have been held under the direction of the rally committee up to the present time. The committee feels that if it puts on fewer and more constructive programs it will be better serving the interests of all concerned.
Tickets Selling For Huge Union Opening Banquet
March 3 To Be Date of Dedication ; Ducats Prove Popular With Students.
‘LILACS’ IS NEW SHOP PROGRAM
Touchstone Will Present Program in Little Theatre, March 7.
BORIS ULMAR IS WELL CAST IN JUNIOR PLAY
Boris Ulmar, who is cast as “Sganarelle,” thc lead in “The Doctor in Spite of Himself,” is particularly suited for the part. His appearance, actions, and histrionic expressions are especially adapted
to the part of the French peasant.
It is difficult for a typically American boy to successfully interpret the part of “Sganarelle” in Moliere’s comedy. However, Boris Ulmar has the unusual ability to portray the peasant role. The interpretation is more a matter of psychology than that of attitude. Almost instinctively does he understand and interpret the ections of the seventeenth-century French peasant.
He was at the California Institute of Technology for one year. From that institution he transferred to Southern California last year. While a student there he took the lead in Plautus' “Captives,” which was presented as the annual Greek Tragody. “The Doctor in Spite of Himself" was also scheduled for presentation at the tichnical university and Ulmar was cast for the lead. Due to a change in schedule, however, the play was not produced.
Since coming to S. C., Ulmar has inimitable.
taken part in several Drama Shop plays and was in the cast of “Pressure,” the Apolliad play of last year. Early last semester he appeared In “Mists of the Morning,” by Dorothy Davis and Paul Hervieau’s “Modesty.”
Ray MacDonald, university play director, claims that the only defect in Ulmar’s actions, during his first year here, was the lack of ability to vary the moods of his interpretations within a production. However, MacDonald saw posibilities behind the difficulties which this one fault caused. When Ulmar appeared for tryouts for “The Doctor ln Spite of Himself” the director remembered his former observations and cast Ulmar for the lead in the play. MacDonald has been developing the talent which, he is now sure, lay beneath Ulmar’s lack of variation, in the nightly rehearsals for the junior class play.
As a result, when the play is produced next Friday evening, Ulmar will give an interpretation of the French character which, it is hoped, will prove
Touchstone Drama Shop will present its next regular program of three one-act plays on Thursday, March 8, in the little theatre of Old College, according to Elizabeth Raede president.
The original play chosen for production on this program is “Lilacs”, which was written by Chester Mac-Kie. It was produced on the Apolliad prograrm in 1925, and is a vey clever straight drama. Dorothy Marie Davis is the director. The characters are two sisters and a young man. The elder sister, Cynthia Nelson is portrayed by Lorena Weister and the younger sister, Ann. is played by Gloria Gottschalk. The youngman who is engaged to the younger sister, is played by Alfred Hamilton. A complicated and interesting situation arises when Cynthia returns to her home on Ann’s wedding night, only to find that Ann is to marry the man to whom she was once engaged.
“Modesty” by Hervieu, will be directed by Marquita Young. Betty Ferris will take the role of the woman, Henrietta, who has two lovers, Jacques and Albert. Jacques will be played by Carl Schraeder and Albert by Boris Uulmar.
Comedy will be provided by Booth Tarkington’s “Bimbo the Pirate”, which will be directed by Elizabeth Raede. The plot centers around the pirate ship of Captain Deuteronomy Bimbo, a very different sort of a pirate than the common conception of the swashbuckling, swearing, drink ing character that a pirate is supposed to be.
Tickets are rapidly being sold for the Dedication banquet of the new Student Union building, according to Catherine Colwell, vice-president of Associated students. The banquet will be held Saturday evening, Mar. 3, at 7:30 in the social hall of the Union building, as the formal opening of the building to the students.
“There were originally only 150 tickets on sale at $2.00 apiece and this number is fast being diminished. When these are sold, no additional tickets will be placed on sale. The banquet will be formal, but the dedication program will be completed the following Friday evening, March 9, with an informal affair in the form of a dance in the Union, to which there will be no admission charge. The only requisite for admission will be an identification card for each student, for as the affair Is an All-U dance only S. C. students are invited,” stated Miss Colwell.
The football team as well as many Knights and Amazons, W. S. G. A. officers and Panhellenic members will be present at the banquet. Herman Alber, president of the Varsity club, will present the varsity awards to the team. Music of the evening will be furnished under the direction of Harold Roberts, while Bill Henley will be chairman, President R. B. von KieinSmid. toastmaster, and Buron Fitts, lieutenant-governor will deliver, the dedication speech.
Catherine Colwell, in charge of the affair, reports that the elite of the school will be present at the feast. Loyal Trojans by the score are planning to be present at the first real banquet in the social room of the new Union to celebrate the grand dedication and formal opening of this building, which means more than any other to active campus members. No event in the memory of those attending the university at present partakes of half the thrill and glory of this long-hoped for and finally achieved time, when the students can point with pride to a handsome four-story building as their own Student Union. From now on. its walls will house the activities of the school, a most outstanding part of university life, she concluded.
WILL DEBATE ON INVESTORS
S. C. Debate Team To Meet Redlands University Tonight in Bovard.
Southern California’s debate team will meet the debate squad from Redlands University tonight at eight o’clock in Bovard Auditorium. The Trojan debaters will uphold the affirmative side of the question: “Resolved, That American investors and ■their investments should depend for protection only on the government in which the investment is made.” The Trojan debaters are undefeated so far this season and members of the squad state that they are determined to add another victory to their list tonight.
William Henley and Captain Stanley Hopper will speak for Southern I California against two of the leading debaters from Redlands university. The Henley-Hopper combination has so far successfully warded off all attacks of opponents. These two debaters defeated Oregon State college two to one, here on Feb. 15. At this debate Henley w'as awarded the decision as the best speaker of the evening and Captain Hopper and Roger Ball of Oregon State college tied for second place. Henley and Hopper also defeated the debate squad representing California Institute of Technology at Pasadena last Friday night.
BRUINS COLLECT TILT
IN FAST GAME 37-24
Woodruff, Ketchum Sparkle For Victors In Furious Contest; Trojans Need One More Victory To Take Titlle; Play Tomorrow Night.
By FRED CHASE U.C.L.A. basketball varsity came back to take the second game of the series from Southern California last night in the Olympic auditorium. With their captain, Jack Bruner, suffering from tonsilitis which followed him all season, Calland’s men lacked their former energetic play, being unable to find the basket in the second half......
Lloyd Thomas was the shining light for the Trojans’ playing one of the best defense games of the season.
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MOVE DEADLINE FOR HUMORISTS
Change Final Date For Wampus Copy; New Talent is Found.
NOTICE TO MANAGERS
A meeting of all major and minor sport managers will take place this morning at 10 o’clock in Bill Hunter’s office. All managers are requested to be present promptly after the end of 9 o’clock classes, as important business will be presented.
PLAN NEW SYSTEM FOR BIG NEWS DAY
This year, for the sixth annual Newspaper Day, to be held here at Southern California, March 9, several new ideas have been suggested by the committees in charge. These suggestions will make it possible to afford the representatives the greatest amount of benefit.
MEET TOGETHER
Most important of the new plans Is 1 that of having the editors of both | annuals and newspapers meet in one conference to discuss editorial problems and policies. In the past it has , been the policy to hold conferences with paper editors and managers to-1 gether ard those of the annual staffs 1 ln another. With this system, sim-1 ilar matters concerning the editorial departments of publications can be taken up. It is planned to have copies of every Southern California high school paper carefully checked before Newspaper Day, so that a direct and to the point discussion can be had.
Assisting the editors discussion will be desk editors of the Trojan, sport editors, feature editors, and society editors. This will enable all
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Because of the trials of rush week, the deadline for the next issue of the Wampus has been extended from last Monday until next Monday, Feb. 27. Every staff member and contributor of humorous material and jokes is especially urged to hand in additional material by this date.
Although short, snappy jokes are particularly asked for, other comic material will be most welcome — short, peppy bits of humor are appreciated. It is necessary to have a fair amount of material to choose from in order to keep the material up to the standard so far kept this year.
Among the newer contributors who have shown promise of ability along this line are Harry Kusnick. Marje Strong, Tom Longlan, Phyllis Richmond, and “B. A. B.” These people are urged to hand in humorous material by Monday. Anyone who contributes consistently and in good quantity, and finds that most of his material is being used, will discover that it will not be long until he is rewarded with a position on the regular staff, according to the humor editor.
Although a great many of the following have already handed in material for this next issue, they are all reminded that as members of the staff of Wampus, manuscripts are ex pected, at least from those who have not done so, by Monday.
Lincoln Laws, Dorothy Davis, Ken Hamill, Oliver Brandstatter, Virginia Harmon, Bud Betterly.
CONTINUE DRIVE FOR LIBRARY AS $2500 COLLECTED
Committee Reports Fair Sum
After Half Day’s Work; Hope
To Go Over Top Today.
Twenty-five hundred dollars was pledged by students in the flrst half day yesterday of the Library Endowment drive, according to incomplete reports made by the clean-up committee at the luncheon in the Women’s Residence hall, Thursday noon.
The special clean-up committee started work Thursday morning on a two-day drive that is expected to net the required $15,000, according to Paul Elmquist, general chairman of the drive campaign, who is taking personal charge of the special work ers.
All members of the clean-up committee were excused from classes yesterday and today, and authorized to call students out from classes, in order to expedite the work of the drive. At the meeting of the committee Wednesday, at 9 o’clock, In the Student Union building, workers chose their prospects from the list of 1200 that have not been approached as yet, and the cards were distributed. As there are 60 workers on the committee, each worker has cards for approximately 20 prospects.
At the luncheon yesterday noon, only part of the reports were made, and as only half a day of the drive was over, Paul Elmquist stated that he considered that the clean-up drive was progressing very well.
chances to clinch the Southern Section Title of the conference. The final game of the Bruin series is scheduled for tomorrow night Next week S. C. journies north for its last conference contest with Stanford. If the Trojans can take either of these games they will have won S. C.'s first conference basketball championship, and be in line for the playoff with Washington for allconference honors
____T f»e contest tomorrow night starts
at eight o'clock, to be held ia the Olympic Auditorium. The two frosh squads will play a preliminary, although Troy’s yearlings already have taken the series.
Jess Mortensen and Woodruf, Bruin center, were tied for high point honors, with 10 markers. Morton son was the only Trojan regular to play the full game. In the latter part of the game. Coach Calland sent in nearly all his substitutes, using Thomas, Nibley, Hirdler, Cano, Ferguson and Bone. The reserves pulled the first game out of the fire last Saturday night but did not have time to repeat last night.
Neither team played in top form. The game was characterized by poor cooperation and much individual battling, Referee Landreth called many fouls, and being heartily and unjustly booed for most of them.
Captain Ketchum of the U. C. L A. squad was put off the floor in the last quarter with four personal fouls, after he had played a hard fast game for his team.
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EXTRAVAGANZA TRYOUTS
Whistlers, Saxaphone players, banjo players, steel guitar players and uke-lele players are wanted immediately by the director of the Extravaganza. They must report at 2:15 m Bovard Auditorium this afternoon, where MacDonald will meet them and view their special numbers.	,
WOMEN TAKE CHARGE OF TROJAN ONE DAY
Iradition sets the mere males of the university in the background in the journalistic field when thc women of thc campus will take charge of the Trojan and the entire production of the paper %\ill be in the hands of the alleged weaker sex.
The Tuesday edition of the Trojan will be the annual number, which is to be put out by the women. The writing, head writing, proof reading, and the make-up will all be done by women.
The paper will be confined to the women’s news of the university. The staff of the edition is headed by Muriel Heeb, editor-in-chief. Karmi Wyckoff is the managing editor. The balance of the staff Is as follows:
Feature editor, Bernice Palmer; sport editor, Fern Kuhry; daily editor, Helen Sauber; desk editors, Isabel Loftus and Jesica Heber; reporters, Jean and Janet McGovney. Lorraine Young, Eleanor Meronde, Dorothy Warner, Janet McCoy, Winifred Biegler, Fern Pierson, Virginia Piper, Wilma Goodwin, and Muriel Gantz.
Feature and sport editors will handle their own assignments and will get out their own pages and the balance of the staff will issue the news section, the editor-in-chief announced.
Assignments will be posted on the regular bulletin board that is in use at the present time on the Trojan. It is located on the Y. M. C. A. building. The same deadline and other printing rules will be observed in the publishing of the paper.
Ralph Huston, Trojan editor, stated that the "making” of the women’s edition staff is one of the signal honors possible in the work done by the women on tbe paper, and it should be considered as a criterion to Indicate to the women the possibilities of the edition.
The plans that have been laid for the edition indicate that the paper will be the best women’s Issue that has ever been published in this school,
Huston added. The regular Trojan staff will be given a rest on Monday in favor of the special.
Not only will the women handle the nerws side of the paper, but they will also get tbe advertising and attend to the business details.