CLASS PRESIDENTS
Presidents of all classes will meet in the office of the student body president at 12:30 today. Policies for this year will be outlined and plans drawn up for coming events. In order that conflicts may be averted, all the presidents are asked to be there. Harold Kispert, Elwood Harmon, Leo Adams, and Lyman Beardsley, presidents of the senior, junior, sophomore and freshmen classes respectively, should report. The meeting will be short.
VOLUME XI
Southern
Daily
California
Los Angeles, California, Wednesday, October 12, 1927
CHEST COMMITTEE
An important meeting of all members of the Campus Community Chest committee has been called for 12:30 today. William Ruymann, chairman of the committee, has secured the offices of Student President William Henley, at 812 West 37th Street, for the meeting. Plans for the Chest campaign on the campus will be outlined, Ruymann said, and the organization of the committee completed at the time.
NUMBER 18
IS CHANGED
STANFORD TRAINS LEAVE S. P. STATION FOLLOWING RALLY FRIDAY EVENING
Change in Place of Train Departure, Made By Rally Committee, Necessitates Holding Farewell Rally at Station Instead of Exposition Boulevard.
Trains for Palo Alto carrying S. C. students to the Stanford-S. C. game will leave the Southern Pacific station instead of Exposition Boulevard Friday evening. This is the announcement which comes from the rally committee which is acting upon the advice of the Los Angeles traffic commission.
This will cancel the rally in Bovard *-
Auditorium, the University Avenue
parade and the rally on Exposition Boulevard, all scheduled for Friday evening.
Plans for the Thursday morning rally and the Thursday evening parade will go through as outlined in the Trojan. The change of the trains for Friday evening will in no way affect these plans.
The plan of the rally committee, revised to meet the situation, consists of a huge rally to be staged at the station prior to the departure of the four special trains. Yells and songs, under the direction of Paul Elmquist, will feature the farewell rally.
Alumni who have made reservation on rJle train are being notified of the change through downtown papers and by telephone calls and letters being sent through the courtesy of the Southern Pacific Railway.
Although this change alters radically all plans outlined by both the administration and the student committee, all efforts are being made to readjust them to the satisfaction of everyone concerned. Speakers scheduled by the committee and the administration have been notified of the change and the resultant cancellation of the Bovard rally. The band has been notified, but will be present in full force at the station.
Students are asked to be at the station promptly at 8:00 o’clock to participate in the station rally, according to the chairman, where they will be led in the songs and yells. The trains will leave on schedule, at 9:00 o’clock. bo that it will be to the advantage of everyone to arrive in plenty of time to take part in the rally and yet leave time enough to board the train for which their ticket calls.
Only the full co-operation on the
part of the railway, the administration and the student committee made possible the quick change of these plans and the outlining of substitute ones. It is expected, however, that everything will go off according to schedule.
J.M. Dennis To Entertain
Famous Psychic To Entertain Men at Regular Wednesday Evening Dinner.
Miss Jean Morris Dennis, famous psychologist who is now conducting classes at the downtown Y. M. C. A., will be th eguest'of honor at the regular Wednesday evening dinner of the local “Y” organization at the “Y” hut. Miss Dennis will give a few demonstrations of her ability to read minds and to perform other pyschic mysteries.
Co-starred with Miss Dennis on this program will be a KFI radio artist. Jt>ff Smith will read another book report and regular business will take up the remainder of the time.
The dinner will start promptly at 5:30 and as some students were unable to be served at the last “Y” dinner when Mr. David Porter spoke, reservations are being received all today, according to Don Newcomer, who is in charge of the program.
The Wednesday evening dinners are open to every man on the camiv us whether a member of the “Y” or not. Only 25c is charged for the dinner, the remainder of the cost being borne by the Y. M. C. A.
GRADUATE STUDENTS
Attention is called to the fact that a considerable number of graduate students have not yet completed the requirement to present official transcripts of their previous work or certificates of graduation, and that registration is therefore tentative. Immediate attention should be given to this matter by those concerned. In case of doubt, call at the office of the Dean of the Graduate School.
R. D. HUNT, Dean.
SENIOR OFFICER TO BE ELECTED
A new- secretary for the senior class will be elected at the first meeting Friday, as Marian Robertson has been forced to tender her resignation because of ill health.
Several matters of importance wi' be taken up at this meeting, accord ing to the preseident of the class. Harold Kispert. Among these is the request that all seniors have their photos taken for the El Rodeo at the first opportunity in order to avoid confusion later.
Kispert also asks the senior mer to “get off the hopper” and start the big parade of sombreroes. He says that it is a tradition that is losin more prestige and less dignity each year. Ed Oudermuelen, Chairman of the hats committee, will give the seniors the “low down” at the meeting, Friday.
ALL-UNIVERSITY DANCE TO FOLLOW BIG RALLY
S.C. HOTELS ARE LISTED
Students Asked To Stop At Official Hotels on Highways Going North.
For the benefit of those students who are planning on making the trip to see the University of Southern California vs Stanford football game, and intend to take two days for the 500 mile jaunt, it has been suggested that in stopping over en route, the official Southern California Hotels, designated by the Southern California Alumni Review on the official hotel age, should be patronized as much as possible.
The official Southern California Hotel page has been established for the past three years, and the hotels participating in the advertising scheme have felt highly pleased at the co-operation and results they have received from the Alumni. Th active student body can do much toward cementing friendly relations between the advertisers and the Southern California Alumni Review by also casting their patronage to these hotels.
The official hotels are located on the coast highway and on the inland highway to San Francisco. Each ho tel has been selected and designated as the official hotel headquarters for Southern California men and women. Members of the faculty, alumni and student body are invited to avail themselves of the hotel facilities while travelling throughout the state. These hotels are not selected at random, but with the purpose of selecting those which can best serve the college students and graduates.
On the inland route the El Tejon Hotel, located at Bakersfield, California, having been built only recently, is thoroughly up to date and modern. It is situated in the center of Bakersfield, which is 122 miles from Los Angeles. Very reasonable rates can be obtained. At Fresno, the Californian Hotel, the largest hotel in that city, have been designated as the official Southern California Hotel.
This hotel is also very modern. The
rates are $3.00 per person. Located at San Jose the Hotel Vendome has been, for the past year, the official Southern California hotel.
However, only recently the Hotel St. Claire, a thirteen story hotel just completed, has been designated as the official hotel for the year 1927. San Jose is approximately 150 miles from Fresno. At Palo Alto the Card inal Hotel is designated as the Southern California Official Hotel. This hotel is a modern six story structure. It is advised that if any stu-student intends to stay at this hotel over that week end, reservations should be made in advance as accommodations will not be sufficient for the crowrd. For those who intend to go to San Francisco, the Palace Hotel is the official hotel, where accommodations can be had for $3.50. The ideal way of making the trip for (Continued on Page Four)
Rhodes Scholarship Facts Given By Local Committee
1.	Scholarship is 400 pounds per year.
2.	Tenable only at Oxford for three years.
3.	Candidates must be male citizens between ages of 19 and 25.
4.	Candidates must have completed Sophomore year in a college in America.
5.	Rhodes Scholars will be selected on: (a) Literary and scholastic ability, (b) Qualities of manhood, character, leadership, (c) Physical vigour and interest in sports.
0.	U. S.. C. students interested must file applications with the committee on or before Friday, Oct. 14.
After a huge rally which will be held probably in the Shrine auditorium on Friday night, December 2. to create enthusiasm for the Washington game, the Homecoming committee is planning a dance for S. C. students and Alumnia. The Shrine ball room should be well filled according to Catherine Colwell, as there will be no admission charge.
Preceding the rally, two football dinners are scheduled to take place. The dinner for the mothers of football players will be served in the Women’s Residence Hall, while the one for men will be held in the Shrine building, if that can be secured. In charge of the banquet in the
Women’s Hall is Miss Helen Klene. Everett Miller ?s in charge of the men’s football dinner.
On the evening of the Washington came, which officially closes the football season, a big all-University dance
will be held, probably in the Shrine auditorium. Catherine Colwell is in charge of the affair.
All members of the Home-Coming ci mmittee will meet at the L. A. Athletic Club next Wednesday noon for the purpose of making definite plans for the affairs which will take place during the week. Burdette Henney, who is in charge of everything concerning Home-Coming week will preside at the meeting.
Graduate School Meets To Plan Year’s Activity
Graduate Students Will Choose Officers At First Meeting of the Year.
The Associated Students of the Graduate School of U. S. C., composed of all students enrolled in the Graduate School, will hold its first meeting of the school year at 12:25 today in room 305, Hoose Hall, to discuss plans for the coming year and to nominate officers.
Inasmuch as none of last year’s officers are on the campus this semester. Dean Hunt of the Graduate School will call the initial meeting to order and explain the aims and purposes of the organization.
The constitution of the organization provides for the election of four officers, a president, vice-president, secretary and treasurer, who hold office for one semester. Nominations for these officers will probably be made at this time and it is likely that preliminary arrangements will be made for the first social gathering of the year.
The general expansion of the graduate School, the greatly increased enrollment which is expected to be between 450 and 500 students, and the enthusiasm of the present graduate student body indicate that this will without doubt be the most successful year in the history of the organization, officials say.
The organization has played an important role on the U. S. C. campus as an active student organization pro viding its members with greater social and intellectual opportunities.
SPEECH CLASS TO CURE STUTTERiNG
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Free Class Conducted by Oliver Brandstater Will Aid Speech Impediments.
Starting Wednesday, Oct. 19, at 3:30 in the old college there will be a special class in Speech for those who have speech impediments. The class will be conducted by Oliver Brandstater and will be free.
Two years ago under the efficient instruction Leon Wolpe former Brandstater cured himself of stuttering. This year he wants to pass on the things that he has learned and is giving of his time for the benefit of those who have been less fortunate Due to the fact that the classes will be rather small it will be possible to arrange for private conferences. This will give those who are self-concious a chance to have private lessons.
Trojan Alumnus Writes Article On Sportsmanship
Alumni Review Prints Article by President of Graduate Body.
Allen T. Archer, president of the Alumni association, has an interesting article on "Sportsmanship” in the October issue of the Alumni Review. It is reprinted below:
“The subject of sportsmanship is quite appropriate during the football
season. All the Universities commence this season’s games with tiniest sense of sportsmanship we have probably ever had in the Pacific Coast Conference.
“In the same way that the old adage, ‘Honesty is the best policy,’ has become in recent years, ‘Honesty is the only policy,’ so today good sportsmanship is not the best but the only policy.
“The English people as a nation are unusually good sportsmen, and their high standard of sportsmanship is largely due to the youth of the nation being taught to ‘play the game’
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OXFORD HAS ODD RULES
Professor Allen Tells of Social and Scholastic Life in England.
Students who go from the United States to Oxford University lind many different customs and traditions, according to Mr. N. B. Alien, instructor in the English Department at S. C. and a Rhodes Scholar from North Dakota in 1923.
In commenting on student life at Oxford and how he was impressed during his three years there, Mr. Allen catalogued his experiences under three headings: Studies, Social Life, and Athletic life. In the first place, when a student first arrives on the campus the captain of the football team will meet him in his room and ask him if he has ever played football before. Whether he has or not is of no consequence because he will invariably be asked to come out the next day for practice.
Mr. Allen points out that an American, used to the set rules of practice, expects to come out and push a dummy around the field for a few days, but seemingly, this is against English custom as the English play the game to be playing, and as practice is something that is not much fun, they do not practice, consequently the American does not go out and push a dummy around the field, but gets into the game the minute he arrives on the field.
According to Allen there are no training rules, except for the rowing team (and rowing is the only sport the English take seriously) but members of the team might be advised not to smoke too much, or not to stay up quite so late. One of the hard and fast rules imposed upon members of the rowing team is that they must drink lots of beer while in training.
Speaking or tne studies at Oxford, Mr. Allen pointed out that no class is compulsory, but that the student must have at least one hour a week conference with his tutor. A scholars standing is taken on examinations only, and said examinations come at the end of the three year course, and not at the end of each year as in American institutions.
Most of the studying is done during the vacations of which there are three during the year, viz: six weeks at Christmas, six weeks at Easter and sixteen weeks during the summer. Allen states that most of the Rhodes students spend their vacations touring Europe thus adding to their general knowledge, such practical knowledge as would be picked up in any tour of Europe.
Of the social life Mr. Allen had a good deal to say in a way that would
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CO-ED WILL SING IN GRAND OPERA
Member of Women’s Glee Club To Sing Role of “Basquita” in “Carmen.”
NEW WAMPUS MAKES BOW ON S.C. CAMPUS TODAY
Literary Section is Combined With Humor To Enlarge Scope of Magazine; Attractive Cover of Many Colors Adds Zest To Its Appearance.
By LEON SCHULMAN
Promptly at eight o’clock this morning, the most momentous event of the school year will take place. For the benefit of students who have not heard the welcome news as yet, in order to elucidate the explanation and make the point clear, it is announced that the Wampus will make its first appearance now, herewith.
-* Let the clamorous, collegiate public
cease its outcry, for now millenium
Making her first appearance in Grand Opera, Miss Zahuri ElMassian, soloist of the Trojan Women’s Glee Club, will sing the role of “Basquita” in the opera “Carmen,” which is scheduled to be staged this evening at the Shrine Auditorium.
Miss ElMassian, who is a senior at Southern California, made her debut last year and was acclaimed a great success by critics. Since that time the soprano soloist has made many appearances with the Trojan Glee Clubs, accompanying the Wo men’s Glee Club on their trip last year. According to Edith Lingerfelt, manager of the Women’s Glee Club Miss ElMassian has been received wiih great enthusiasm at all times that she has appeared.
With the close of the opera season, Miss ElMassian will resume her work with the Glee Club, which she had to drop temporarily during her Opera singing.
Cowan Takes Senior Lead
Director Ray McDonald Announces Woman’s Lead. Tickets on Sale Tuesday.
“Eva,” the feminine lead of the senior play, “Adam and Eva,” has been given to lone Cowan, according to the announcement of the director, Ray MacDonald.
Miss Cowan, according to this announcement, is well suited to the part; her delineation and portrayal of the character are in keeping and are convincing.
She brings experience to this interpretation, having been interested in dramatic affairs all through her college career. While a student in the University of Arizona she was in a character part in “The Goose Hangs High” and was a member of the campus “Follies” cast. This campus production toured the principal cities of the state after the school year was closed and scored immediate success in all of its presentations. This speaks well for the quality of the show in which Miss Cowan appeared.
Last year while on this campus, Mi3s Cowan was interested in dramatic productions and was in the cast of the Senior Road Show.
Tickets for the senior production will go on sale next Tuesday in the Associated Students Store, according to the production manager, Stanley Ewens. Tickets will be for reserved seats and will be of a nominal price.
Rehearsals have been under way for ten days, and the director reports that the cast is, as a whole, doing better than could be expected, faced as they nave been with difficulties and handicaps. At the present time the cast has memorized the greater number of its lines, which speaks exceedingly well consideing the short time that rehearsals have been under way.
DINE AND DANCE SECTION PLANNED
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The first issue of the Dine and Dance Section will appear in the Trojan tomorrow according to Jimmy Spence, manager.
Last year this section was exceedingly popular among the students and it is being looked forward to this year with as much, if not more, interest than before.
The most popular Cafes and Restaurants among the college students are being featured. Personal writeups on the various places will be given which will give the students accurate information along this line.
will ensue; the Tommy Wamp will stroll forth from its den to gladden the hearts of the weary workers of the classroom.
Now indeed; is the chance of a lifetime, for only eight or nine times a year does the Kampus Wit, going by the name and sold under the caption of Wampiw Kit, array itself in a glory that doth rival that of Solomon and present itself for distribution to an admiring university.
Between the gorgeous covers is compiled a veritable compendium of information, humor, and comic supplement that make the reader go his way, a happier and gladder person for having laughed his way thru this full-of-fun magazine. Joseph, of Bible fame, had his coat of many colons, and the Wampus, not to be outdone by an ancient, bygone character such as that, appears in vivid hues of pale green, lavender, and black. To pleasingly entertain, there follow one pa-ge
and another, two short stories, four feature stories, innumerable poems, jokes, and cartoons.
There is a secret that can be whispered to some knowing ones. It is a matter of general information that the startling cover design is by Gertrude Zipser, but not many are aware of the fact that the portrait on the cover is of Cecile Vigne, well-known co-ed about the campus. Hush! Do not whisper it too loudly, for someone might hear, and then wish to view for himself the painting of the modern Helen of Troy.
The little kitty haB grown to a monstrous CAT during the summer and during the weeks of preparation this fall. It is little wonder, then, that the Wampus ia sixteen pages larger than it ever was before, or that there are twenty-eight pages of jokes and humorous poems alone? No wonder that readers cluster about wherever a Wampus can be found, and professors find that attraction is diverted along unwonted channels.
There has always been a pernicious influence that robbed the fighting Cat of its best efforts, that thwarted the publication’s motivating force, and prevented the realization of its best aims. But that is no more. No longer will bainful censorship interfere with the jokes and fun of the Cat, for the only restraining influence is the editorial responsibility, and some even dare to think that mayhap the editor is not fully responsible. So beware! Contamination may be among us. At any and all mis-prints, everything will happen for the funniest.
So students, and other college-going persons, hesitate twice, nay eve a thrice before refusing to invest a quarter for the first funny issue of collegiate humor
PHARMACY SCHOOL HAS ARRAY OF TEACHERS
Beginning the semester with the largest enrollment in its history, the College of Pharmacy is well started on its forty-seventh year in the I ni-versity of Southern California. Guided by Dean Laird J. Stabler and with an array of new professors, the year looks to be a very promising one according to Harold Epley, president of the College of Pharmacy Student Body. The present enrollment is approximately 250 and many students have been turned away as the classes are now filled to capacity.
The social calendar for the year has not as yet been completed, but according to Mr. Epley, many ideas of importance to the students of the College of Pharmacy are being decided upon, and will, no doubt, result in some interesting plans for the near future.
“If the present enthusiasm keeps up which has been thus far been shown,” says Mr. Epley, "the year 1927 and 1928 will prove the biggest and best in the history of the College of Pharmacy.
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