Read It in The Trojan
Press Club To Hold Banquet.
New Deputation Skit Chosen.
Professor Makes Honor Investigation. Sigma Sigma Will Elect Members. Sophomores and Juniors To Wage Battle. Bouncing Baby Causes Trouble.
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The Spirit of Troy
“I wish the best of luck to Southern California in anything it may .undertake. I feel that there now exists between us a sentiment wrhich is to be envied by others.”
GERWAIN NEHR,
Pres. Pomona Student Body.
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VOL. XVIII.
Los Angeles, California, Monday, March 7, 1927
NUMBER 95
POMONA COLLEGE GIVES VARIED PROGRAM
Sagehens Entertain in Bovard Auditorium Friday; Trojans Approve.
WISHES “GOOD LUCK’’
“Comedy Compact” Signed U. C. L. A., Whittier, CalTech, S. C. and Others.
In an effort to “further perpetuate a spirit of co-operation and make toward the continuance of the already friendly relations now existing between the two institutions.*' students from Pomona College presented a varied program before the student body of Southern California Friday morn-;ng.
Gerwain Nehr, president of the Pomona Student Body, brought greetings from his institution to Southern California.
BEST WISHES “I wish the best of luck to Southern California in anything it may undertake. In spite of the differences between the two institutions, I feel that there now exists between us a sentiment which is to be envied by ethers,” he said.
The program presented consisted of a vocal quartet, composed of Howard Swan. Bud Clark, Fred Shawhan and Mile? Fisher, and singing college songs; a banjo duet with vocal solo, by Jones, Hair, and Swan; vocal duet, "Somewhere a Voice is Calling.” by MisB Terry Koeschig and Bud Clark; a reading by John Hair, and a saw solo by Whitney Henry.
TALLMAN REPLIES “It is highly commendable that there be manifested a friendly spirit between the colleges and universities of Southern California,” stated "Dee” Tallman.
ALL ORGANIZATIONS* DISREGARDING DUES TO EL RODEO “DEAD”
“A large percentage of sororities and fraternities, especially honorary, have not as yet paid their dues for El Rodeo space,” was the statement issued by Lester Hielman. managing editor of the annual, yesterday.
“It seems that organizations which consider themselves alive would be willing to pay for El Rodeo space,” continued the managing editor. “If these organizations do not pay by the middle of this week, they will be denied a further chance to reserve space in the annual. That they will not be represented and will therefore be classed as semi-dead organizations on the campus will naturally follow,” was the final statement.
Those organizations which have not yet paid are:
Fraternities:
Alpha Sigma Delta.
Gamma Epsilon
Kappa Alpha.
Kappa Sigma.
Phi Beta Delta.
Tau Epsilon Phi.
Sigma Alpna Epsilon.
Sigma Tau.
Delta Sigma Phi.
Phi Delta Chi.
Sororities:
Alpha Epsilon Phi.
Delta Zeta.
lota Sigma Theta.
Kappa Delta.
S.C.
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ANNUAL BANQUET TO BE STAGED BY WRITERS
University Club is Chosen For Homecoming Dinner By S. C. Press Club.
That the Annual Press Club Homecoming banquet will be held in the Women’s Annex of the University Club on March 16 instead of March 17 is the announcement of Marjorie Hull, social chairman.
The banquet will be in honor of all former members of the Press Club. Speeches by Charles Paddook, I Julia McCorkle, Ralph LaPorte, and other former editors, will form a part of the program.
The address of welcome will be given by “Deke” Houlgate. president of the Press Club, and George Ash-baugh, the first president of the club, will respond.
George Jordan, editor of the Daily Trojan, will speak on “The Trojan of Today.”
Committees for plans are headed by Bernice Palmer, invitations; Rita Padway, programs; Leo Harris, finance, and Helen Sauber, publicity.
“We want all the old members of the Press Club to come and make themselves at home,” stated Miss Hull. “An effort is being made to get in touch with as many former members of the Trojan staff as possible.”
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DRAMA SURVEY IS MADE IN EAST BY M1SSS HUBBARD
Speech Professor Tells of Modern Trend of Drama in Eastern Circles. > . X _ |
Prevailing'renditions of the drama and its modern trend were the subjects ot the recent survey made in1	. ——-
the East by Miss Florence Hubbard, I Metropolitan College Features of the School of Speech faculty. 1 Musical Training in New Quar-
VOICE INSTUCTION TO BE OFFERED AT NEW SPRING CLASS
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I Southern California Radio Artists Entertain Thursday Eves. Over K.F.I.
Affording a new means of bringing [campus activities before the public of Los Angeles and the Southland, lihe weekly radio programs broadcasted by Southern California stu-1 dents over K. F. I. have met with 1 success and appreciation to an unusual degree. Under the supervision of Hal Williamson, they have performed over the radio every Thursday evening at 8:00.
This form of entertainment, besides I giving those partaking in the program an excellent chance to enhance | their talent, gives to the audience I a fine variety in popular drama and mu6ic. Short plays have been enacted with superior dramatic ability; monologues, dialogues, by all of the most talented students enrolled in the School of Speech. Vocal, instrumental. and orchestra numbers by the musicians on the campus have won recogniUon by all the radio fans of the vicinity.
Miss Hubbard’s survey included three divisions in particular: dramatics in the eastern universities, the New York commercial theater, and the Repertoiry Theater.
Of the universities, she found Northwestern’s dramatic activity , to be of special worth and interest, anti was particularly impressed at Yale by the opening of the Harkness Theater, which she described as “just a gem.”
ter; Credit Given.
Two classes in voice instruction, beginning and advanced, are being offered by Metropolitan College, S. C., for the spring quarter, March 14 to June 11. Arnold H. Wagner, professor of singing and music education at the College of Music, will conduct these classes, which are to deal with scientific and psychological principles involved in voice training, applying the theories advanced to Italian Attendance at all of the notable and Englij}h song3.
New York commercial theater presentations convinced Miss Hubbard of the prevalence of decadent drama there, she states. It is this decadence which has led to the revival and popularity of the Repertoiry Theater 'movement, she contends.
Miss Hubbard also says that the decadence of the drama at present is an indication that "the day of the playwrite is at hand,” and she emphasizes the fact that the producers are looking to the colleges to contribute the coming plays.
Official Washington is making no attempt to hide is displeasure over the attitude of the British government in sending a man-of-war to the west coast of Nicaragua.
Two Occidental College men recently met the debaters of Macales-ter College at St. Paul. Minnesota, in a no-decision discussion of the farm relief question.
Mr. Wagner has had wide experience in individual and class teaching of voice. Among those trained by him are numbered many of the most successful singers and music teachers in California. His voice training classes offered through Metropolitan College are to be held in Studio 11 of the College of Music, 2601 Grand Avenue. Credit in these courses will be accepted for special music credentials.
The class in voice for beginners will be held Monday from 4:10 to 6:30 p. m.; the advanced class, entitled “Organization, Objectives, and Supervision of Music” required for music supervisor’s credentials, will be conducted by Professor Wagner on Thursday evenings at 7:10 o’clock. Another advanced voice training class to be in charge of Mr. Wagner will meet on Thursday from 4:10 to 6:30 p. m.
Bouncing Baby Breaks Big Rehearsal Plans for Play
BY BILL
National Collegiate Players were given a treat last Friday when a new director for the play. “You and 1.” made its appearance in Touchstone Theater, where the cases go through two rehearsals every day.
“Are you all ready?” came the voice of Mr. Ray MacDonald, director of the play. In the meantime, Katie Privett and Stan Ewens started to do their act. They did not get very far because another person made his appearance. It wasn’t the director that called a halt to the performance, it wasn’t another member of the cast, nor was it a member of the censor committee, or welfare committee.
The super-director who put a stop I to the proceedings was none other than’Mr. Ray MacDonald Junior, age i fifteen months, and three pounds
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lighter than a straw hat. The little hand of authority stopped what was going on, but there is a higher law than constitution, and that is the hand of father, and young Ray was lifted off the stage. The rehearsal went on.
Another act was rehearsed, and this time somebody objected to the proceedings again. The seats of the chairs in Touchstone Theater were being forcibly slammed by an unknown and unseen something. Investigation proved that Junior was directing the works.. And for his pains he received jtisses from the girls and smiles from the men.
The rehearsal went on, but young Mr. MacDonald wTas in his father's arms. And a little child did lead them.	_
Junior Men To Meet To Elect Members To Honorary Ranks
That Sigma Sigma will meet for the election of new members Tuesday noon in the office of the student body president was the announcement made by Arthur Syvertson, president of the junior men s honorary fraternity.
A tentative list of members to thi^ organization will be submitted by the nominating committee at that time. This committee is composed of Ra-velle Harrison. Sam Gates. Jeff Cravath, “Boots” Oudermeulen, Grant LaMont, and Harold Stonier.
Plans for the annual Sigma Sigma dinner dance are being made under the chairmanship of LaMont and Dan Smith. The date has been set for Saturday, April 22.
Appearing on the campus sometime towards the last of the month, and covering campus notables with mud and glory, the Yellow Dog. under the charge of Lee Conti, will bark forth.
After seeing the kind of rally Friday’s assembly was supposed to be we realized the impossibility of having Southern California yells and songs as was suggested. We should have them at other times in the near future. But the assembly Friday was well worth going to, not only because it was a chance to show our friendly feeling unvard Pomona, but because the entertainment was good in its own right. It was especially appreciated that the “Sagehens’ kept faith with us and put the program on, even though they were losing out on a mountain party at the time.
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A word about the problem mentioned Friday as confronting the student body social chairman. Many students have wondered why it is that not more all-University get-together functions have been had and have asked for a revival of the old progressive dances. And the answer is that these cannot be held in the sorority houses because the girls have grown tired of opening their lodges for a dance. They know it simply means turning over to various smart pledges all the available silverware and potential souvenirs* which may be in the house. There doesn’t seem to be much of a way around this except cither not to have the dances or else to have the fraternities awaken to the reputation they are getting.
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In all fairness it must be recognized that such riflings are not stealing in the ordinary sense of the word. They are participated in by college men and women who would not take money or more valuable articles. The sorority co-ed who slips a fraternity paddle out to her car at a dance does not think of it as stealing, she regards it as fair game if she can get away with it. But stealing or not, it is evidence of a very lax ideal of courtesy, to say the least, and it is certainly hurting Southern California’s social program.
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The above ties into a new angle of the “honor spirit’’ agitation here. A friend suggests that one of the reasons why Phi Beta Kappa has not come here is because the fraternity cannot be sure that the students earn the grades they get. That isn’t entirely valid. We are sure that Phi Beta Kappa has gone onto campuscs where the students are not more angelic than they are here, but it is worth thinking about. There will be those who will come around to the editor snorting about Southern California not being any worse than any other institution for honesty and demanding to know why all this fuss about honor. The answer is that to a man who really has Southern California at heart it is not a question of “not being any worse than Blank College/' it is a matter of paying allegiance to an Alma Mater that is distinctly above the average American university in (Continued on Page Four)
RALLY COMMITTEE' HOLDS REHEARSAL FOR POMONA RALLY
That a rehearsal will be held at 2:20 today for all parts of the Pomona program which is to be put on March 14, is the announcement of Art Syvertsen, chairman of the University rally committee.
The program will include comedy stunts featuring De Lapp and Wes Woodford in a ventriloquist stunt. Music talent will be the best that the Southern California campus has to offer.
“Every effort is being made by the rally committee to get up a program which will give the very best impression of Southern California on the Pomana campus, and we are hoping to give them as good a treat as they gave us last Friday morning,” said Mr. Syvertsen.
Rally exchange programs are be-ng made with other colleges in the southern part of the state. In this way a better understanding is brought about by the personal contact made between the different student bodies. The exchange rally ^programs are being very well supported, according to the rally committee.
UNDEFEATED S.C. FORENSIC SQUAD WINS DECISION OVER LELAND STANFORD DEBATERS
Four Hundred and Fifty Persons Fill Bovard Auditorium To Hear Debate on Mussalini as Benefactor To Italy; Use New Voting System.
S. C. IN TIE FOR COAST HONORS
Syvertson and Henley Uphold Southern California Record By Taking Victory; Now on Par With Wyoming For Consecutive Wins.
BY CHARLES WRIGHT
Before an audience of four hundred and fifty persons, Southern California’s undefeated forensic squad won an audience decision over Leland Stanford University in a debate held in Bovard Auditorium Thursday evening. An unusual form of balloting was used
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NOVEL VOTING Before the arguments, each person
WILL GIVE SKIT ON Y. W.C. A. PROGRAM
Noon Meetings Planned; Lectures and “Get-Together” Suppers Create Good Feeling.
The Dramatic Club, a division of the entertainment committee of the Y. W. C. A., will present a clever skit on the program of the next meeting, Wednesday, March 9. Freda Fisher, chairman of this committee, has prepared and supervised the work of the players in this skit.
Group discussion on the value af the Bruce Curry lectures and supp<*r served by the girls will constitute the rest of the meeting.
Allen Hunter of the Mount Hollywood Congregational Church talked on Bruce Curry at the regular meeting of the Y. W. C. A. group at their meeting last Wednesday. Supper was served, but the number of girls present was not what was expected nor hoped for. The purpose of these regular meetings, interesting lectures, and delightful get-together suppers at the “Y” Hut are to instigate and stimulate a general good fellowship among the girls on the campus, stated the members.
The Freshman Club of the Y. W. C. A. met last Monday and elected as officers for the rest of the term, Margaret Lytle, President; Clara Mae Parsons, Vice-president; and Lois Heebey, Secretary-Treasurer. The President will sit as the Freshman representative on the Y. W. Cabinet.
SECOND SKIT CAST IS CHOSEN FRIDAY TO AID OTHER
DeGraffenreid, Risbrough, Smith, Turner, Roedeger, and Cohen Will Form New Group.
.Choice of members of the second Deputations Skit cast, with the exception of three girls, was made Friday afternoon by Grant La Mont, director of the production.
Tom De Graffenreid in the part of the “Dean”; Jack Risbroug as Mene-laus King, a student janitor; Craeg Smith as Merl Blackburn, the line on the football team; Lucille Turner as Sadie Sew’ell, student secretary to the Dean; Virginia Roedeger as Katy Kord. a student author; and Sherrill Cohen, who will give vocal solos, as Edmund Burke, a dry debater, are the selections made by Mr. La Mont.
Three co-eds, chosen from among those who tried out yesterday afternoon. will be announced for the remaining parts within a few days.
This second cast of Deputations Skit will aid the first in filling the twenty-odd scheduled engagements in high schools outside of Los Angeles, as it is thought that the schedule is too heavy for one cast.
Notices
All nolle*** mm*t be brought to the ’i*rojnn office at 716 Wc*t Jeffer«on St. or phoned to UUmbolt 4S22. No* tlees mu*t b«* limited to 33 words.
SPOOKS AND SPOKES .
Spooks and Spokes members will meet today in 206 Hoose Hall for a very important meeting at 9:00 o’clock, and another at 3:15. Ail members must either be present or report to Eloise Parke.
Inter-Frat Council To Meet Tuesday Evening For Varied Discussion
The Inter-Fraternity Council will meet tomorrow evening at 7:30 in the Delta Chi house, according to Paul Fritz, president of the Council.
The meeting will be one of the most important of the year. Plans are to be made for the Inter-Fra-ternity dance, to be held April 1. Punishment for fraternities found guilty of violating the rushing rules will be decided upon, and Dean Waugh will again present his plan whereby the fraternities are to own their own houses.
“Do you play by ear?”
“Oh. most certainly, my neck isn't long enough.”
was given a ballot upon which he was asked to write his opinion as to •'•h-'thc- or not Mussolini is a benefactor to Italy. At the close of the speeches, the number of opinions that were changed gave Southern California forty-two votes to Stanford’s twenty-three.
William B. Henley, first affirmative speaker, opened the argument for the Trojans. In a speech replete with humor and filled with scintillating logic, he demonstrated that “Mussolini is a benefactor to Italy” in that the Italian Premier has rendered more good than evil. Theodore F. Baer, first speaker for the Cardinal, alleged that the Mussolini regime in Italy, while bringing a certain amount of material benefits, has throttb-d freedom of speech and freedom of the press. His basic argument was that the Italian people are paying far too great a price for material benefits which Benito Mussolini has brought.
SYVERTSON SPEAKS
Arthur Syvertson’s case pictured Mussolini as a man whose consuming passion is the resurrection of the old glories of Rome. He attempted to show how Mussolini has saved Italy from Bolshevism and had led her to a point of prosperity and hope. Charles* C. Scott, closing orator for the negative, entered into a bitter attack on Benito Mussolini’s present policy of imperialism, saying that his leadership is taking the Kalian people akmg the path of the Germans under the imperialistic regime of Kaiser Wilhelm.
Upon the completion of this accusation, young Scott was given a round of applause. Dr. Rufus B. von KleinSmid officiated. Professor Emerson and Professor Nichols coached the respective teams of Stanford and Southern California.
The victory Thursday night put Southern California on a par with the University of Wyoming for consecutive wins. This fact in part accounts for the interest manifested in the debate and helps to explain the large crowd that turned out to hear the contest.
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JUNIOR PROM COMMITTEE
All members of the 1926 junior prom committee meet at 9:00 o’clock Wednesday morning on the steps of the Old College building for El Rodeo picture.
Sociology Prof. Inaugurates Scheme to Determine Honor
All vice presidents of Liberal Arts classes of the year 1926-27 please meet on the Old College steps at 9:00 Wednesday morning for El Rodeo picture.
DEPUTATIONS
Deputations rehearsal in Bovard at 2 p. m. Dale Stoddard, Bud Pentz, Wes Woodford, Woodie Lou Hun-saker, Tom Bryant. Important. For Pomona and U. C. L. A.
TROJAN OPPORTUNITY
Anyone interested in selling Trojan advertising or getting on Trojan business staff see Wayne Harrison in Trojan business office today between 1:15 and 3 p. m. Advancement is rapid for good, Interested workers.
What influences tend to lower standards of student honor? What personal experiences influence the college student to cheat on examinations ?
To find the answers to such questions as these, Clarence R. Johnson, professor of sociology at Bucknell University, formerly of Robert College, Constantinople, and now candidate for a Ph. D. at Southern California, is undertaking a study of student reliability in college work, with special reference to honesty.
Professor Johnson became interested in the subject of student honor last semester when he selected it as his research topic in a seminar conducted by Dr. Emory S. Bogardus, nationally known head of the S. C. Department of Sociology. Finding more to the subject than he had anticipated, and noting the interest that it aroused among student leaders here, Professor Johnson decided to expand his inquiry so as to secure a more representative body of information on which to base his conclusions. Accordingly, five hundred
questionnaires were prepared by Professor Johnson and sent to twelve universities and colleges scattered throughout the United States. Friends of Professor Johnson, who are professors In the sociology departments of the various institutions, are to give the questionnaires to their classes to answer and return them to him at their earliest convenience.
"~The following is indicative of the type of questions included in the questionnaire, all of which demand much more than a mere “yes” or "no” for an answer:
“What contacts in college have raised or lowered the standards with which you came? Give definite experiences.”
Professor Johnson was professor of sociology at Robert College, Constantinople, from 1921 to 1924, and is the author of a book published by the Macmillan Company, entitled “Constantinople Today." He is here on leave from Bucknell University, Louieburg. Pa.
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