rooting section
White shirts, and white shirts only, will be permitted in the rooting section Saturday, Yell King Paul Elmquist announced yesterday. A section of 1500 rooters has been planned, and a number of sensational stunts worked out by Elmquist and his assistants, for the big game. Consequently each detail must be perfect, and the Trojan Knights will refuse anyone admission to the section who does not have a white shirt or a rooters’ hat.
Southern
California
Trojan
WEATHER PREDICTIONS
Coaches Howard Jones of U. S. C., and Nibs Price of California, were scanning the skies anxiously today for signs of a prospective downpour. Both coaches depend on a speedy backfield for their most effective grid work, and a extra bit of moisture would work no small amount of havoc with both teams. However, the Trojans have a known “mudder* in Morley Drury, and would not be as hard hit as California, of the weather should be rainy.
VOLUME XIX.
Los Angeles, California, Wednesday, October 26, 1927
NUMBER 28
Southern California Plans Monstrous Semi-Centennial Celebration, To Be in 1930
By SAMUEL KLINE
The Semi-Centennial celebration of the University of Southern California will start in 1930. In other words, in three more years U. S. C. will have completed fifty years of existence. It is with this object in mind that the University is planning from the present for a monstrous celebration of its successful growth. As a part of ttie plans, the University is trying to increase the endowment of the school so as to put it on a financial par with the larger schools of the East; also efforts are being put forth to complete the proposed building program. In order to do this it is necessary to start from today
and work towards that end. *
Last Tuesday, October 18, a lunch-
eon-meetirg was held at the Biltmore Hotel attended by a hundred and fifty prominent people of this city and alumni. President Rufus von KleinSmid and other important members ot the faculty were present. The purpose of the meeting was mainly to start the ball rolling for the activities to be undertaken for the school in the way of endowments and the building program to be culminated by the fiftieth anniversary in 1930.
Talks were given showing the great development of the University during its existence and the school’s value to Los Angeles, and as President von KieinSmid expressed in his talk, "City and University have grown up together, sharing many problems and difficulties." Other speeches brought out the point that although the school was an integral part of the city, it was not receiving the due consideration of its ciUzens. The fact that the 6chool haB outgrown its capacity and ls sorely in need of completing Its construction program was featured in the talk made by Mr. George T. Cochran, president of the Board of Trustees.
CENTENNIAL COMMISSION
The main thing accomplished at the meeting was the start of forming an official Semi-Centennial Commission to have full charge of all arrangements. They will appoint committees and have general charge of all activities pertaining to the celebration. As y£l the commission has not been definitely announced, but will be given out shortly. It is necessary of course in thsi case to pick people on this board who will be of the most all-around good to the school, for the work at the present is in the nature of putting
our plans and needs before the city and having them taken care of. Therefore it i6 required that care and judgment be used in making any apoint-ments.
The downtown papers are back of the movement whole-heartedly, as shown by their daily articles and per-
RULES STATED BY QUILL CLUB
Membership Try-outs Start Today; End Wednesday, November 24.
Optimist Club Will Hear Trojans
Wampus Deadline
Is Set by Editor
Deadline for the December issue of the Wampus has been set for Nov. 1, states the editor. Short stories and poems are desired especially by the editor. They should be in early in order that they may be illustrated by the staff artists.
Quill Club announces that its annual try-out for members begins with the statement of rules made public today, and that it will continue until Wednesday, Nov. 24, the day Thanksgiving vacation begins. This was decided at the second meeting of the year, held in the English office last Wednesday evening.	—
All manuscripts must be typewritten and handed into Mr. Huse's office marked: Quill Club tryouts, Box 126.
Each manuscript should be sub-mited with a large, stamped man-i I la envelope, self-addresse, to insure prompt return in case it should not prove, in the opinion of the judges, worthy of acceptance, is the word from Morgan Cox, chancellor.
Manuscripts should not exceed 5000 words and may be drama,
poetry, essays, sketches or short istories. Quill Club is not honor, ary, and this is the only manner by which members are accepted, he states.
The name of the author must not appear on any pages of the manuscript, only initials, as the judges must not know the work of any one contributor.
It was also decided at this time to hold initiation for the pledges' of last semester, and a banquet in hon'-or of the new members on Wednesday, Nov. 16, at the Artland Club. Notices to the members will be sent out in time to lake care of the reservations.
LARGE GANG HERDS MOBS
Arrangements Completed by Arnold Eddy To Handle Coliseum Crowd.
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Arrangements to handle the 76,000 people who wiil jam the Coliseum Saturday to witness the Southern California-California battle, have been completed by Arnold Eddy, assistant graduate manager.
Section chiefs, assistants, captains	^ “ T ,
and lieutenants will have under their	Organization To Introduce
immediate supervision some 500 ush-	New Sophomore 4 Jeans
ers who will seat the spectators. In	in Near Future.
addition there will be more than 100	-
policemen, recruited from all stations	Meeting yesterda\ at Twin Cedars in th* city, to handle the traffic.
SQUIRES ASSIST PAUL ELMQUIST
S. M. CLUB WILL HEAR STUDENTS
Santa Monica Optimists To Be Entertained By S. C. Students.
TWO RALLIES ARE PLANNED
Two rallies are planned for Fri day in celebration of the Southern California-California football game to be played Saturday, Oct. 29.
The morning rally will be at 11 o’clock when all classes for that peroid will be excused. The second will be at 7:30 Friday evening in Bovard Auditorium.
Those to be initiated are: Ruth sona.1 suppor' and are co-operating to gharon. Gene Sherman. Jessica Heb-
make preliminary arrangements solid and of the right sort. In the way oT publicity, the administration has put (Continued on Page Four)
DEBATE TRYOUT SCHEDULED FOR TONIGHT BY CLUB
Tryouts for the debate team will1 feature tonights' meeting of the Pre-L<egal Society to be held in Hoose 206 at 7:30 p.m. Every member of the club, or -prospective member attending, is to give a three minute speech as a tryout. Faculty members will choose the four best speakers and from this group two will be chosen later for the permanent team.
It is believed that the first debate will be held with the U. C. L. A. Pre-Legal Club. Other events scheduled for this semester include a dance, and many meetings at which prominent lawyers and civic officials will speak. The annual banquet will be given next semester. Morris Stephen a freshman in the S. C. Law School, will give a talk on a freshman’s impressions of legal study tonight.
All members, and any pre-legal students who would like to join the Pre-l.<egal Society, are urged to prepare debate tryout speeches for toni^t. The three minute talks should be on one of the two following topics: Resolved, That the United States should discontinue the use of its military
forces to protect the property of its eitizens in foreign lands, or. Resolved : That compulsory voting should be adopted in California. •
er, Eunice Martin and Virginia Child.
A regular meeting of Quill will be held on Wednesday, Nov. 2, at which time manuscripts will be read and criticised. This meeting will be In the English office. Further announcements will be made later.
FOURTH APOLLIAD SEEKS MATERIAL
Creative and Literary Work Will
Be Offered To Students in
January.
The Fourth Annual Apolliad, which is an all-university movement for the purpose of stimulating creative art among Southern California students, is scheduled to take place the latter part of January of this year, according to Miss Tacie May Hanna, of the School of Speech.
The Apolliad is a program which is made up of original songs, poems, and plays written by students, and voted on by a committee of judges whose duty it is to select the best works from those turned in.
“It is my hope,” stated Miss Hanna. “that many new students as well as old will submit manuscripts to the committee this year and although the program will not be given until sometime in January it is not too early to begin work on the contributions.”
Rules governing the manuscripts will be announced later, and Miss Hanna would like it understood that this movement is not a contest and in view of this fact manuscripts submitted will not be disqualified for entrance in other contests.
The Coliseum is noted for its efficient method of handling large crowds, and is ranked as among the best in the country for its efficeint construction. The numerous tunnels, gateways and stairways permite the complete emptying of the huge bowl i*.\ eight minutes, when the spectators follow out directions.
The traffic problem is unusual, as practically all of the 76,000 people will come to the game in cars. However, a system of controls has been worked out by Eddy, in conjunction with city traffic officials, so that within 15 minutes after the final whistle, traffic in vicinity of the Coliseum will be back to normal.
The following men have been selected to work Saturday, and are to report to the Coliseum not later than 9:30 Saturday morning:
Report to Clay Kniss, captain. Lieutenants—Ray Schultz and Clarence Ei-liott. Section Chiefs—W. Berger, E. Culp, R. Servis, Harold Hess, C. Sauers, J. Smith, H. Hicks. Bud Coon-er, O. Palmer, Winebrenner, Baugh,
Hinton, Schrum, Hatch, Revell, Pierson, Hughes, J. Brown, Rvdesky. Assistant Section Chiefs—J. Hill, C. Grigsby, J. Scheving, Kelly, R. T. Eck-erman, K. Rose, R. Densmore, J. Ear-heart, R. Alsop, R. Bevington, L. Sargent, Carl Farman, H. Lehners, Jack Wilson.
The following workers should report to Capt. Morris Stephan. Lieutenants Al Baranov and Bob Bagley. Section Chiefs—Fred Felton, White, Irwin, Seeley, Ed Williams, Chester Bartosh, Ted Ward, Watkins, Crippen, Lennie, R. W 2arlquist, Firmen, Dee, R. Van Vleet, A. T. Boswell, Robt. Henderson, D. Bond, Al. Bleemers. Asst. Section Chiefs—Gene Thompson, Henry Hesse, Art Hanson, Orville Ellis, Gage, Harrison, Ed Weinand, Campbell Holmes, Morris Chain, Joe Clark, Herb. Cook, Wilcox, Spencer Boelter, H. Irwin.
There are still positions open for nside Coliseum workers at the California game.
lun, the Squires held their first luncheon. These luncheons are given every two weeks at the Inn. The meeting was a great success. The guests of honor were Eddie Oudermeulen, president of the Trojan Knights, and Harold Kispert, who has charge of the j Squires.
Don Newcomer made an announcement concerning the Community Chest drive and 100 per cent support is to be given by the Squires. The idea that the Sophs wear blue “jeans” with the new class sweater was introduced by Blake Hansen. They will first be worn by the Squires in the near future.
Bids were distributed for the All-U. dance which is to be held Saturday night at the new Ebell club on Wilshire Blvd. Squires will also help the Sophomore class with their sale of tickets for their coming dance.
Every afternoon of this week, a number of Squires will report to Paul Elmquist, Trojan yell king, to aid him in arranging the rooting section for the coming struggle between Cal and S. C.
Warning is also given to Frosh when not living up to the Freshman rules. They will be dealt with severely in the future, as the Squires are endeavoring to enforce S. C. traditions.
LEAGUE TO PICK FOUR HEADS AND PREPARE PAPER
The first important meeting of the Law Enforcement League of the W. S. G. A. will be held Thursday noon at the Y. W. C. A. building with Gwen Patton in charge. The principal business will be to elect officers to fill the positions of secretary iiairmen of two sub-committees.
Besides the election of officers, the purpose of the meeting will :ytJ to make plans for a paper on L»w enforcement to be submitted to the convention of the Southern California Association of Women Students. The convention is scheduled to be held on the campus of the University of Redlands next month.
The Daw Enforcement League is one branch of the work of the Association of Women Students, and Betty Farmer, president of the Trojan W. S. G. A., is in charge of the League work carried on in all Southern California colleges.
The purpose of the Law Enforcement League is to inform the women students on current affairs and national problems, so that when civic and national issues arise, the women will be able to vote intelligently on them.
JUDGES HAVE NOT REACHED DECISION
Yell Contest Closed Monday at 4 O’clock; Judges Have Not Reached Decision.
The yell contest was brought to a close Monday at 4:00 o’clock, but the committee of judges, made up of Paul Elmquist, Bus Blanchard and Eddie Oudermuelen, has not yet reached a decision as to the winner.
The purpose of this contest, which is the third of its kind to be sponsored by Allan T. Archer, is to add a new and different yell to the present list. A large number have been submitted to the committee and it is expected that from the contributions a particularly suitable yell will be selected. The yell will be introduced to the students for the first time at the Friday evening rally before the Cal. game and the winner will also be presented with the prize which is a silver loving cup.
Last year’s contest resulted in the selection of the “Trojan War Cry,” which has been particularly popular since that time. It is hoped by the committee that a yell of equal worth may be selected this year. It was also decided by the committee that in the event that several snappy yells are among the group to be handed in, these, also, will be used by the yell kings at the coming game, as well as the prize winner.
BY KARMI WYCOFF
Ten Southern California students wiil present a program this noon be-for the Optimists Club of Santa Monica ai their regular monthly meeting. Two student speakers will be the feature of the program and there will be, in addition, entertainment by an orchestra, a shurt skit and songs.
“The College Man and What He Has To Offer To Society” is the topic on which Elizabeth Henninger wiil speak. Miss Henninger is a former student of Santa Monica High school. While there she won an oratorical contest and since en eiing S. C. has taken an interest in campus forensic affairs.
Carl Plate, president of the Trojan Ad. Club, will address the Op'.imisis on the subject, “Football Receipts and How They are Spent.” The firs: wiil be a six minuta talk, the second three minutes in length.
Joe Campbell and Carroll Sandholdt will sing popular songs and ballads. Both were prominent in the cast of the “Extravaganza,” which ran foi three successful evenings on the campus last year and contributed no little to the success of that production.
Avalon Daggett and Art Brearly will present a skit entitled, “He Said and She Said.” Brevity and snappy repartee are the features of this skit, which is made up of interrupted con-•versation.
A four-piece orchestra composed of Terrel DeLapp, crums; Tom Bryant, banjo; Bud Pentz, piano, and Dale Stoddard, saxaphonist, will play popular numbers as part of the program.
The program will be only thirty minutes in length and will be presented to the members of the club during their regular luncheon hour. This will allow for a half hour business meeting for the members.
Bob Behlow is chairman of the deputations committee which arranges for these programs. Skits and short plays are under the direction of Doris Crook-Johnson and vocal numbers are arranged for by Carroll Sandholdt. Tom Bryant makes plans for the orchestras which appear on the programs, while Sam Newman has charge of speakers. Schedule arangement is under the direction of Leo Harris. Betty von KleinSmid is secretary. Shields Maxwell, chairman of the rally committee, and William Henley are members ex-officio of this committee.
Dast year programs were presented
before high schools of Los Angeles and southern California. This year, acting on the suggestion of Harold J. Stonier, vice-president of S. C. and a member of the advertising clubs both local and national, the programs are planned for presentation before business men’s clubs.
Transportation between the campus and the beach city today is furnished by students on the program who have cars at their disposal. Last year hundreds of miles were covered by students in presenting the programs, and from indications of this year’s schedule, the mileage will be repeated.
WORK OF CHEST MADE SCIENTIFIC
Speaker Emphasizes Scientific Approach to Community Chest Problem.
That the Community Chest is a scientific approach to the problem of caring for the sick and needy of a large city, was the point emphasized by Dr. Walter L. Thornton, managing secretary of the Chest, in speaking before the all-University assembly yesterday morning in Bovard Auditorium.
The elimination of unnecessary waste by concentrating the efforts of al lsocial welfare agencies in Los Angeles on one annual city-wide campaign for funds to carry on their work for the year, was cited by Dr. Thornton as a demonstration of the efficiency of the Community Chest idea. “The Community Chest appeal starts next Monday with a goal of $2,750,000,” stated Dr. Thornton. “Of this sum only six per cent will go for overhead expenses, the remaining ninety-four per cent being expended for actual welfare work. If the 150 separate agencies which the Chest supports were to raise this sum in a series of separate drives, the overhead expense would be several times as high as under the Community Chest organiae-tion.”
In”closmg, Dr. Thornton stated that many more volunteers were needed in all parts of the city to solicit funds for the Chest during the appeal, and that there was a shortage of workers in districts near the University.
"S. C. students can be of real service to the community by offering to work as canvassers for the Chest from Monday, Oct. 31, to Thursday, Nov. 9,” said Dr. Thornton.
A meeting of all Community Chest workers on the S. C. campus will be held this noon at 12:20 in Hoose 305, it was announced today by Bill Ruymann, chairman of the campus Community Chest committee, in line with Dr. Thornton’s suggestion.
“It is absolutely essential that everyone in any way connected with the campus organization of the Community Chest attend this meeting,” said Ruymann. “All men and women who are interested in giving a few hours each day to serving the University
and the Community Chest as canvassers in districts close to the campus, are urged to attend the meeting and report their names to the chairman or to a member of the committee.”
M .M. Miles, in charge of residential team organization for the Chest, and Ernest Leo, staff man for Division 22, will address the meeting and confer with workers on the best methods of campaigning. Details of campaign organization for both the campus and off-campus drives will be taken up at that time. Students will be organized into teams of ten lieutenants each, under the leadership of a captain.
’28 TO LIFT CLASS DEBT
Tag Campaign is Launched Today; Must Raise $500 Before Graduation.
Because of a necessity to meet a $500 debt which is left over from past years, the Senior class is today launching a tag campaign. The tags which will sell at one dollar each, will be counted as class dues for two semesters. Unless the deficit is made up by this means, the administration will hold up the graduation of the class of ’28 until the account is settled. This may require the levying of a fine, on every senior if the tag campaign is not an immediate financial success.
“I have paid my Senior Dues” will be the proclamation on the tag? which will be sold on the liberal Arts campus and at all the professional schools of Southern California. Booths in the Arcade will supply those students in the L. A. class, or the tags may be obtained from representative seniors, according to Harold Kispert, class president.
The debt is a result of several social affairs which were financially unsuccessful, and of projects undertaken by the class as a unit, and then not supported by the individual members of the class, according to the authorities. “Every loyal senior, will of course, hurry to procure his or her tag, and display the right type of class spirit and co-operation, as well as setting the proper example , for others. It would be quite disgraceful to have the graduation ex-I ercises held up because the members i of this class lacked the initiative and the interest to lift this stigma from ithe class records. At least 500 seniors are expected to back this endeavor. immediately” states Kispert.
TO TALK TONIGHT
J. W. Lewis, assistant vice-president of the Union Bank, will talk on “State Bank Real Estate Loans” at University College, University of Southern California, tonight at 7:25 P. M. in the Transportation building, Seventh and Los Angeles streets. This lecture will be given before the class in Real Estate Finance conducted by Emery E. Olson, director of Co-ordination at the University of Southern California.
DRAMATISTS PLAN PLAYS
FANTASY, COMEDY, TRAGEDY ARE OFFERED
CLIPPING BUREAU ESTABLISHED BY CHIEF LIBRARIAN
A clipping bureau, which is an innovation in the routine of the library at Southern California has been inaugurated into the program of t'le department for the year. The purpose of the bureau is to keep together all clippings on certain current topics, where they will be available for use by students at all times. According to Miss Charlotte M. Brown, chief librarian, some \jry valuable material has already B>n collected on aviation, a topic which has been brought to public attention to such a great extent druing th*1 last few months.
Among other things of unusual interest is the collection of all speeches made by President R. B. von KlienSmid before many types of public gatherings.
According to Miss Brown, the li brary is progressing rapidly this year with approximately 75,000 volume-, an addition of 8,000 volumes over last year. The library has seven different departments, with a regular attendant in charge of each.
“The departmental system has proved itself to be a decided success” states Miss Brown, “and the progress which has already been made assures a year of success for us.”
PENHELLENIC MEETING
There will be an important Pen-hellenic meeting at noon today in
H-206.
Aro de Cappo. Travellers, and Mansions are the plays selected by Touchstone Drama Shop to be presented in Touchstone Theatre, Nov. 3.
Picturesque and approriate costumes and scenery, combined with a carefully chosen caste will make these presentations finished productions. The officers and members are working hard to make this season a more successful one even than that of last year. These three plays representing three types of drama, fantasy, comedy and tragedy, offer a good chance for a brilliant opening for this season.
There are many plays to be produced, announced Elizabeth Raede, president of the Drama Shop, several of which are to be manuscripts written by the club members. The Drama Shop gives students interested in all lines of drama, or stage work a chance to apply their abilities, because all work carried on in connection with Drpia Sho is done by students.
On the payment of fifty cents to Paul Keipe, treasurer, any student map become a member of Touchstone Drama Shop.
OLSON IS SPEAKER
As a guest speaker before the San Bernardino Rotary Club. Emery E. Olson, director of Co-ordination at the University of Southern California, spoke on “Business Methods in Relation to Municipal Administration” yesterday. The gathering will be held in the California Hotel, with Robert Neuman, chairman of the Business Methods Committee of the Rotary Club presiding.
TRADITIONS COMMITTEE
There will be a meeting of the traditions committee, W*»dn»»sday evening at seven o’clock, at the home of Betty von KieinSmid. Harold Kispert, Ruth Carr, Bus Blanchard, and Charles Sauers please be present.