Read It in The Trojan
To Hold Underclass Re-elections Today.
Dr. Millikan Speaks Tere Tomorrow.
Press Club Taking Reservations For Dinner. Frederick Warde To Speak at “Y” Council. Sigma Sigma To Elect New Members Today. New Trojan Sports Contest.
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The Spirit of Troy
“Nothing could be better for the Trojan Knight organization than to have the impression become rooted deep in Southern California tradition that wherever the old helmeted sweater is, there goes order stability.”
The Old Trojan's Column.
VOL. XVIII.
Los Angeles, California, Tuesday, March 15, 1927
NUMBER 101
MILLIKAN TO BE CHAPEL SPEAKER
10:25 Classes Will Be Dismissed Tomorrow To Hear Scientist.
EVOLUTION TOPIC
Speaker From Cal-Tech Was Nobel Prize Winner in 1923.
Annual Homecoming Plans For Press Club Completed
Unique Program and Slugs For Favors are Prepared For Banquet At University Club Wednesday Night; Reservations Must Be Made At Once.
Unique four-page programs, con-. be Charles Paddock, Ralph La Porte, taining the menu, program, and a list j and Julia McCorkle. of former Trojan editors who will The welcoming address will be giv be honored guests, will form an important feature of the annual Home
“Evolution—in Science and Religion" is the subject upon which Dr. Robert A. Millikan, director of the California Institute of Technology and world-famous scientist, will speak when he addresses the student body at a special all-university assembly called for tomorrow at ten o'clock.
The chapel period and 10:25 classes are to be omitted altogether and 9:25 classes will meet at 9 :00 o’clock.
Dr. Millikan was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1923, for isolating and measuring the ultimate electrical unit, the electron. His more recent work, as director of the Norman Bridge Laboratory of Physics, in detecting and measuring energy in the invisible spectrum in the region of ultra-violet, has also gained wide recognition.
In addition to being president of the California Institute of Technology, Dr. Millikan is vice-chairman of the National Research Council and American member of the Committee on International Co-operation of the League of Nations. During the World War, he served as chief of the Science and Research Division of the Signal Corps with the rank of lieutenant-colonel. He is at present foreign secretary of the National Academy of Sciences, and from 1916-18, was president of the American Physical Socilety.
His two latest books, '‘The Electron” and “Science of Life,” have been very well received in scientific and literary circle*.
Dr. Millikan is well known as a speaker on various phases of science in relation to religion. He usually attempts to show that the theory of evolution does not involve a conflict between science and religion.
coming Press Club banquet which will be held in the women's annex of the University Club, C17 South Hope Street, Wednesday evening, March 16, at 6:30 o'clock, according to Rita Padway, chairman of the program committee.
Slugs of type, with the words. “Annual Press Club Homecoming,” will be used as place cards.
Guests of honor will be the alumni of the Southern California Press Club, and the speakers of the evening will be former editors of the Daily Trojan. Prominent among these will
^n by “Deke” Houlgate, president or the Press Club. George Jordan, editor of the Daily Trojan, will speak on “The Trojan of Today.”
An invitation is extended to all Press Club members and alumni on the campus to attend the banquet, which is to be strictly informal.
Reservations are already being made by out-cf-town alumni. All j alumni and members on the campus who expect to attend the banquet should sign up at the Trojan office by Tuesday afternoon. According to Leo Harris, treasurer of the Press Club, the price of admission will bt« $1.50 per plate.
Trojan Knights Should Function in Elections Today.
Delays Hinder All Our Justice.
Elections Committee To Have Test Opportunity Today.
Trojan Sharp Shooters Hard At Work.
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SPEW FOR DINNER
COMMITTEE PICKS APOLLIAD SCRIPTS
oems. Plays, and Musical Compositions Chosen For Presentation in Touchstone, April 28.
Manuscripts chosen for the Third Annual Apolliad, to be given April 28 in Touchstone Theater, were made ■known by the committee on selection in a report Monday.
Poems by Antoinette Larson. Ester M. Bravne, and Dorothy Marie avis were chosen by the committee >s the best presented. Among the lays, “Get Up and Bar the Door,” by Ixraise Van De Verg, “Pressure,” by Robert Cooke, and “The Wall” by Jorothy Marie Davis.* were selected or presentation. The committee de-ided to select a fourth play from he plays submitted by Chester achie and Lib Alexander, as it was ndecided which would be most suc-issful for production. It ls the plan o have a preliminary tryout for hese two plays.
From the short stories submitted, ‘The Tryst,” by Fay Keyrers, was elected as the best. It has not been eflnitely placed, however, in the program as yet.
The music selected is: “Le Brute ’sumes,” a piano number, by Karl tone, and “The Saucy Floweret.” a ^ong. words and music by Calvin 'endricks. The Music Committee y6 that the composers of “Trio in Minor” and of the “Danse Futur-‘stique” should report to the School >f Speech office at once and give heir true names so that credit may given them.
Those contributions not selected or public presentation will be mailed o the authors and composers with aggestions and criticisms during the ;eek of March 22.
The Apolliad Committee is appre-iative of the interest or students and he splendid number of contributions, laid the chairman. All contributers to be invited to tne program. *nly those personally invited may at-
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“Y” Council Secures Noted Shakespearean Actor As Dinner Speaker.
Frederick Warde, the well known Shakespearean actor, will speak at the Y. M. C. A. Council dinner to be held Wednesday evening, at 5:45 o’clock, in the “Y” but. Mr. W arde received an honorary degree from the University last June and has appeared on the campus several times in interpretations of Shakespeare.
Mr. Warde was for years the leading Shakespearean actor in America. He is well known in all parts of the country for his roles. At present he is retired from the stage and living in Los Angeles. Occasionally he delivers lectures in this vicinity.
For a period of several years Mr. Warde took the leading role in the Mission Play at San Gabriel, playing the part of Father Junipero Serra.
Because of the general interest which has been shown in the appearance of Mr. Warde upon the campus, reservations must be made in advance for the council dinner on Wednesday evening. All men students of the University may make reservations at the “Y” hut.
WAMPUS OFFERS TRIP “AROONOTHE WORLD”
All Known Methods of Travel Will Be Given Attention in Next Issue.
U. C. L. A. HOLDS OPEN DISCUSSION
To Discuss Nicaraguan Situation Tonight As Follow-up On Chinese Question.
In an endeavor to sustain student enthusiasm in foreign affairs, begun at Southern California in the recent open forum discussion of the Chines* situation, the associated students of the University of California at Los Angeles will act as sponsor in a discussion of the Nicaraguan question tonight in Millspaugh Auditorium at 7:30.
William Berger, of the Southerb California debate squad, will be the presiding officer of the program, which will consist of four fifteen-minute talks and an open forum discussion of the question.
The first speaker will be Professor Lockev. head of the History Department of the University of California at Los Angeles, who will speak on “The Historical Background.”
“The American Viewpoint” will be piven by Dr. Gunther R. Lessing, Los Angeles attorney and graduate of Yale, while Alfonso Carillo, the educational director of the Goodwill Industries of Southern California, and University of Arizona graduate, will speak on “The Mexican Viewpoint.” The last situation, that of Nica-raugua, will be presented by Juan Valverde, a student at Whittier.
An open forum discussion will follow. in which questions may be asked of any of the speakers.
Rosita Hopps and Sam Gates have been, the committee from Southern Califoronia, and guests of the evening will include Occidental, Southern California Christian College, and University of California, at Los Angeles.
“See the world for a quarter,” is the motto of the Travel Number of Wampus which will appear Thursday.
Every mode of travel from the well known wing action of the angels to subterranean tunnels and submarine boats will be dealt with. Airplanes, trains, horses, roller skates and bicycles will receive their share of attention. One mode of travel may be ignored, however, and that is walking, for the staff has promised to refrain from printing any more walking home jokes and this is the only form of walking that is supposed to be humorous.
The travel art is of a high order, acording to those who have been allowed to see it. Marcus Messinger has a pair of drawings that will cause many laughs. He presents both ancient and celestial travel. John Coul* thard has an exceptionally large number of quality cartoons. His full page skettto of “Globetrotting” is the highlight of the issue. Bryant Hale, Marvin Connell, Phil Lansdale, Bob Crosby, Don Grant Jr., Lucile Robinson, Bob Alexander, and many others have contributed work of merit to fill the pages of the cat.
Elvalee Powell, demure Hollywood sheikess who has won a large following among inveterate readers of Wampus, has contributed several gems to the travelling cat. She shows up the police court and the auto salon in such fashion that the local judges and auto salesmen will not feel that they have been neglected. Among others who have had spasms on their typewriters are Leon Wolpe, Hal Silbert, Rita Padway, Jessica Heber, Don Flaherty, Bud Fetterly, Ken Hammil, Fred Arendt and Phil Lansdale.
Two men have been killed over a period of thirty-three years' building activity at the University of Washington.
SOCIETIES MEET * FOR MOCK TRIAL
Clionian, Athena, Comitia, and Aristo Literary Societies will meet tonight at 7 in Hoose 305 for the purpose of selecting and Impanelling the jury which will hear and render a decision for the case of Aristo vs. Clionian set for Marcn 22. Clionian, defendant, is being charged with conspiracy, grand larceny, and lumbago by Aristo, plaintiff. The jury box will be made up of six members from Athena and six from Comitia.
James Corbett, a pre-legal student in the Liberal Arts College of this institution, has been asked to preside over the court. The attorneys for Clionian will be Janet McGovney, Mary Ella Brooks, Florence Galentine, and Jean McGovney. For Aristo. Stanley Hopper will be the chief adviser. He will be assisted by Ward Young and Demarest Wemele.
The trial of the case is set for March 22, at which time Clionian will answer the complaint brought against the society. Those interested in the case are invited to attend the meeting tonight and the trial next week will be held in H-305, according to Barnett Eby, president of Aristo.
Today the class elections will be held again. Some say the Trojan Knights should patrol the election precincts and some say that this is another insult to student honor. It is hard to see where any insult is involved in seeing that elections are carried on squarely. Nothing could be better for the Trojan Knight organization than to have the impression become rooted deep in Southern California tradition that wherever the old helmeted sweater is, there goes order and stability. The shame- will not come through such a patrol as that suggested for the Knights, but through faulty elections while they are on duty.
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Isn't it true that delayed justice, resulting in no justice at all seems to be a chronic trouble in the United States? The majority of the Executive Committee felt that to be the case when they decided to hold the elections again. A Law student recently told the writer than in a certain murder case the only reason why the guilty man was told by his counsel to plead guilty was because public opinion was at such a heat that to do otherwise would have been fatal. But, said this student, a good criminal lawyer knows that there isn’t one jury in a hundred that will be severe with a man if the case has dragged on for a year or so. Consequently the lawyers hold off the showdown as long as they can with legal technicalities while honest citizens lose their respect for the law. ,
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The Executive Committee thought there was no better time than the present to put into practice the ideals which Trojans hope to stand for when out of college. And the members began with the case in hand. More power to them, and may the thing be handled efficiently and thoroughly today. If Hank Rohr can succeed in revolutionizing Southern California elections he will have rendered a first class service. If not, someone should have his job who can.
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Tomorrow night the general athletic committee meets and one of the items of business to come up will be the question of making rifle shooting a minor sport activity on this campus. We called on Prof. Willett yesterday to see upon what basis sports may be admitted to this category, but he was out and so we speak in partial ignorance on the subject. But it should be said that there is a good deal more to this activity than the average student prob-(Continued on Page Two)
Comity Resolutions Passed By Southern Colleges
The following resolutions, passed by the universities and colleges of Southern California, in convention several years ago, to be read every year to the members of each institution are self-explanatory:
INTERCOLLEGIATE COMITY .
PACT
WHEREAS, the duly chosen representatives of the colleges and universities of Southern California are assembled in joint conference for the promotion of the spirit of intercollegiate friendship and goodwill, and WHEREAS, it is deemed highly desirable that from this gathering there may result some concrete expression of this spirit of intercollegiate co-operation and comity, in order that the impetus here gained may not be lost, be it therefore RESOLVED—I. That the several colleges and niversities of Southern California shall do everything in their power to further and promote this spirit of intercollegiate friendship and cooperation.
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UNDER-CLASSMEN WILL HOLD OFFICIAL RE-ELECTION TODAY
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Trojan Knights and Squires To Exercise Strict Supervision Over Balloting.
SAME CANDIDATES
Freshmen To Vote At North Booth In Arcade and Sophomores At the South Booth.
MANDOLIN CLUB TO BE ORGANIZED
M. Z. Bickford, Formerly of Columbia University, To Be Director of Music Organization.
Mandolins, guitars, ukuleles, violins, and flutes will harmonize to form the first Mandolin Club to appear on the Southern California campus. The cluub is organized by M. Z. Bickford and is under his direction.
An ensemble of the sort that will bo produced by this organization is something of a novelty, and met with great success at Columbia University, where Mr. Bickford established the first of its kind.
Students who are interested in the new project as asked to see Lillian Smith, manager of‘the club, in 335 Old College, Tuesday evening at 7:30.
BY MURIEL HEEB
Underclass re-elections will be held in the arcade of'the Administration, building today. Freshmen will vote at the booth in the north end, sophomores in the south end.
The ballot will be the same as in the former elections, the difference lying in the vigilance of Trojan Knights and Squires which will be very strict in accordance with the motives of the re-election under
♦the election committee.
Hank Rohr, chairman of the election committee, has instructed all Trojan Knights and Squires to tear up all ballots of anyone seen receiving aid or information or having ballots marked by other*.
“This election is a test case to prove that the thing can be run on the square, and no irregularities of any sort will be allowed,” stated Rohr.
The re-election of underclass officers comes as a result of the decision of the student body executive committee. A thorough investigation, which has been carried on during the weeks since elections, has revealed the fact that electioneering was carried on too near the polls, and as a result the election committee intends to carry on a program of strict watchfulness during the voting today.
Identification cards will be esential for those wishing to vote tomorrow, and no excuse will be accepted for the absence of these cards, according to Leland Tallman, student body president.
Sophomore candidates are: president, Charles Wright; vice-president, Pauline Hazard, Muriel Heeb; secretary. Bernice Palmer, Peggy Schlah; treasurer, Bob Bahlow, Frederick Felton.
Freshman candidates are: president, Don Moses, Sam Newman, Fred Black; vice-president, Lorene Zeigler, Alberta Plasterer, John Lemar; secretary, Lorraine Young, Pauline Mather, Marian Abbott; treasurer, Rocky Kemp, Frenchy Flynn, Lowell Goode,
CO-EDS TO START ARCHERY PRACTICE
Archery, that sport of the ancients, will make its debut on Monday afternoon for the benefit of all S. C. co-eds interested. Practices thereafter will be held on Monday, Wednesday and Friday afternoons from one until four o’clock. All girls to be eligible for the sport must be members of W. A. A. The equipment used by the men last semester will be put to good account by the girls. All girls interested are urged to come out as a practice field is now being erected, and an All-University tournament is planned for later in the semester. The new sport will be under the able direction of Miss Leona Pinder.
10 PICK PLEDGES OF ' SIGMA HA 10DAY
To Discuss Plans For “Yellow Dog” at Meeting of Junior Honorary Frat.
That Sigma Sigma, honorary fraternity, will meet today in the office of the student body president at 12:20, for final election of new members, is the announcement of Arthur Syvertson, president. The men chosen will be pledged at the next All-U rally.
“Only junior men who have distinguished themselves in eervices to class and university are eligible for membership,” states Syvertson. “It is the effort of Sigma Sigma to reward those men who, by earnest and zealous work, have shown their devotion to their Alma Mater to such an extent as to be recognized by this organization,” he continued.
Discussion will also be held regarding the forthcoming issue of the “Yellow Dog,” official publication of Sigma Sigma. This journal will make its appearancte on the campus In a short time, and is guaranteed to cause quite a furore among campus celebrities. Lee Conti is in charge of the issue.
On the day the "Yellow Dog” appears on the campus, the pledges of Sigma Sigma, dressed in ludicrous costumes, will parade the campus, peddling their wares, and according to Conti, there will he no difficulty in getting rid of the incriminating papers.
Notices
All uollffd moat be brought to the Trojan office at 710 W>it Jrfftn«a St. or phoned to 11 Umbo It 4522. Notices mant be 1 Incited to 35 woriU.
KNIGHTS AND SQUIRES
Trojan Knights and Squires are asked to report at the election booth day at all vacant periods.
Red Dales.
MINOR CHANGES MADE IN CONTEST
Phi Beta Kappa To Sponsor Annual Essay Contest; Valuable Prizes To Be Presented.
Several minor changes have been made in the annual essay contest sponsored by Phi Beta Kappa.
Eight institutions compete. . In previous years each school was supposed to submit three essays; in case some of the smaller institutions submitted less than the allotted number, the larger universities were permitted a double quota, that is, six contributions instead of three. This year there is an absolute limit of thirty-two in all, or four essays from each college competing.
The first prize is $100; the second is $35. From this time on any essay ranked in first place by any one of the three judges, and not qualifying for any of the regular awards, will receive a special prize of $20.
KAPPA KAPPA GAMMA
Kappa Kappa Gamma will have a luncheon meeting in the Cottage Tea Room at 12:15 today.
SI-GMA SIGMA
All members of Sigma Sigma, junior men’s honorary fraternity, meet today at 12:20 in the office the Student Body President.
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STAFF WILL HOLD FIFTH BREAKFAST
That the fifth of a series ot breakfasts for the staff of the Daily Trojan will take place Thursday morning at the Cottage Tea Room at 7:15 is the announcement of George Jordan, Trojan editor.
These breakfasts have been remarkably successful in the past, ana have proved to be the best means of getting the staff together. The affairs are helpful chiefly as a method by which the editor can give the staff short pep talks and talks on the methods and form of journalise as practiced in a college paper a* well as in a metropolitan daily.
AH the staff is asked to attend Trojan Advertisers Save You Money.Thursday. Breakfast will be 35 cents.
PHI DELTA GAMMA
Phi Delta Gamma will meet at dinner this evening at the Twin Cedars Inn at 5:30.
FRATERNITY BASEBALL
Fraternity baseball managers see Bill Marvey at the Trojan office this afternoon, or as soon as possible. Important. If unable to attend phone BTacon 8752.
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REPORT ON VOTES EXPECTED TONIGHT
Prof. Mussatti May Bring New Election Scheme Before Executive Committee.
There will be a meeting of the Executive Committee this evening, at which time the reports of all standing and special committees will be heard.	,
Numbering among these reports will probably be the report of the elections committee relating to a new and more strictly organized system of regulating class and student body elections.
James Mussatti is expected to discuss the present method of counting the ballots. This is of no little importance to the University.
A report from the Graduate School will also be heard in regards to a new representative to the executive committee, to fill the position of Miss Dorothy Stevens, who resigned because of her graduation.
The matter of mid-semester instruc-Uon of freshmen concerning the publication of the constitution, so that they may know the requirements for managers and editors of campus publications, will also be brought up before the committee.
Some discussion as to the advisability of the point system in student body activities, in order to broaden the number of participants, will also be heard.
Judging by the fact that the Sigma Sigma fratenity are holding up the date of publication of their razz sheet, it is probable that the matter of razz papers will also come before the com-mittee.
Seven different kinds of heating systems, ranging from the old hot water kind to the modern air type, are in use in campus buildings at the L^niversity of Washington.
Sophomore vigilantes at the University of Washington have declared war on all underclassmen found wearing cords.