Read It in The Trojan
“Commerce Day*’ To Be Staged.
New Managerial System Planned.
“Aye, Aye, Sir” Cast Ready.
Bruce Baxter To Lecture on Tower Men. Co-eds Wanted For “Black Bottom Chorus. All-U. Dance To Be Held.
Southern
California
The Spirit of Troy
“We all make mistakes, and to brand a man as habitually unfair because, in his lack of experience, he errs in the excitement of the moment, is just another case of “casting the first stone”.
The Old Trojan’s Column.
VOL. XVIII.
Los Angeles, California, Thursday, April 28, 1927
NUMBER 129
COMMITTEE PLANS FOR MANAGERS
Definite System For Securing Athletic Managerships is Outlined.
In an effort to stimulate interest among those students who wish to work as athletic managers of the various teams, the General Athletic Committee of the University has outlined a definite and specific program. The plan is by no means complete or final and the committee will welcome the suggestions of any students or present athletic managers.
Under the plan of the committee, any student wishing to work into athletic management will start as a manager in training during his fresn-man year. In his second year he will occupy the position of intramural manager and druing his junior year his position should automatically become that of assistant ath-Ictic manager. The latter office would make the holder e’igible for athletic manager of one of the ma iov sports, with which positon goes various duties and worthy rewards
During the past few }isra, fia*! the managerial system was adopted by S. C., the Athletic Committee ha; bfen forced at times to appoint certain students to the various staff positions. According to Hugh Willett, chairman of the General All? 1c tic Committee, it is expected that men will report ro that all staff positions will be adequately Tilled.
Under the plan of the athletic committee. * any eligible student, freshmen included, may filo with the General Manager a written application for appointment as a manager in training. Once h^ is appointed, it shall be his duty to perform, for a period of at least one sport season, any managerial task assigned by any director, coach, or student managei. tj whom he may be assigned by tne Gkneral Athletic Committee.
The athletic manager of any major or minor sport at the present tim? takes all trips with the team, manages the entire business ol the team, and at the close of the s^son is awarded a sweater and letter typical of the sport of which he is manager. The only difference between his let-tei and those of the athletic team which he manages, is that his letter has a bar below the monogram. These steps now exist in the system employed by Southern California, but the committee in charge cf athletics feels that certain beneficial changes could be made. Mr. Willett along with Gwynn Wilson and Willian Hunter have asked that anj student interested in working on the man agerial staff with a managership as a final objective interview them at ary time.
C. A. TURNEY TO SPEAK
C. A. Turney, Personnel Director of Barker Brothers, is to talk on “Experiences in Selecting Salesmen and Handling Employees" in the Colege of Commerce this morning, "with Professor Frank C. Nagley presiding. Mr. Nagley is professor of Merchandising at S. C.
Aye, Aye, Sir” Is Heralded i4s Great Comedy Success
Edith Lingerfelt and Phil Hohman, Shown Above, Are To Supply Humorous Situations in Production of Glee Clubs.
Hussey Rightly Disqualified.
But Why Brand Him for Mistake?
Cromwell Needs No Defender.
Senior Ditch Day a Hard Problem.
Should Upper Classmen Declare Truce?
Final Tryouts For Chorus Of Road Show To Be Held
Twenty-five Coeds Needed By Friday; Other Acts To Be Selected By Committee Then; Results To Be Announced Monday.
Final tryouts for the “Blackbottom Beauty Cftorus” and other Senior Road Show acts will be held in Bovard Auditorium, Friday, from 2 to 4 p. m.
W alter Norton, dance maestro of the “Chorus,” announces that he wishes to interview twenty-five coeds of comely figure and engaging personality by Friday. At that time he will make a last selection on the candidates who are to appear on the evening of
♦ the show. Other acts will be finally passed upon by Katherine Frivett’s
“Ready for presentation.” Such was the announcement of Bob Ames, author-director, and Harold William Roberts, producer, of “Aye, Aye, Sir/' the three-act musical comedy which the Musical Organizations Department is staging at the Playhouse Theater Friday and Saturday evenings, following- the dress rehearsal at the
down-town theater last night. ♦--
The cast will have no more prac-
tice until the first evening's showing Friday. The principals were reported bv Ames to be practically letter perfect in their lines!, to have their special dances well in hand and to have put over their song3 well during the rehearsal. The chorus, Rob-berts said, looks especially good after their performance last evening. Dances for the entire shew have been planned and coached by Sally Lcmax, of the Women’s Glee Club.
The two special sets for the show were changed without long waits at last evening’s rehearsal. The scenery was built especially for this show.
The orchestra went through the 16 musical numbers in tne show without a flaw last evening. Bert Teazle is directing the Trojan Little Symphony Orchestra. An added feature is the Dental Hawaiian string quartet which furnishes incidental music during the third act of the play, which is laid in Honolulu.
The plot is centered around Berwyn Riske as “Benny’’ and Helen auber as “Tolly.” The comedy is fur-
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WILL LECTURE ON MEN ON TOWER
Dr. Baxter To Give Series of Talks Eulogizing Famous Men Whose Statues Look Down on Campus From Top of Administration Building.
Starting Monday at the regular chapel period and continuing for about two weeks. Dr. Bruce Baxter will give a series of talks on the men who adorn the tow*.r of the Administration building.
Facing University Avenue are John Wesley and Bishop Simpscn, great Methodist leaders.
Opposite these, to the west, ar? Cicero and Plato, representing the classics.
Facing Old College are the figures of Roosevelt and Lincoln, great Americans, while on the opposite side, to the south, are Eowen and Biooks, modern philosophers.
These figures, which are twelve
feldt, who also made the figures standing on each side in the Administration building. Students of the art have given great cr?dit to Mr. Gruen-feldt for the excellent facial likenesses of the figures.
The subjects for the statues wero chosen in 1920 by committee composed of President Bovard, Dr. R. T Flewelling, Dean Hunt, and Dr. E. S. Bogardus.
Commenting on the figures, Dr. Baxter said: “I hf.ve a feeling that those figures are part of tbe average makeup of the building and mean little to the average student. Thor? was keen competition to choose the men, each of whom has stood for something in a very definite way.
ALL-UNIVERSITY DANCE WILL BE LAST OF SEASON]
Friday, May 6, is Date Set For
Informal Sport Affair; Tickets On Sale Monday.
With final arrangements nearing completion, the last All-University dance of the season is to take place on Friday, May 6, at the Elk’s Temple, according to Gladys Lee, vice-president of tho student body.
The affair is the last of a series of All-University dances of the year, and according to the reports of the committees, is expected to be a great success. The event is to be in the form of an informal sport dance.
Committees for the dance are as follows: Eleanor Mix, programs; Everett Miller, music; Eloise Parkes, chaperone:?; Ruth Carr, posters; Marcus Beeks, decorations; Art Freston, hall.
Those acting as patrons and patronesses are Dr. and Mrs. von KieinSmid, Dean and Mrs. Karl T. Waugh, Dean Mary Sinclair Crawford, Colonel and Mrs. Warren Bovard, Mr. and Mrs. Harold Stonier, and Mr. and Mrs. Linton Smith.
Tickets for the dance have been limited to 300. They will go on sale at the Students’ Store Monday morning.
feet high, are the work of Gruen-1 We should all know them
Pi Delt Pledges
Askeid To Meet
All newly elected pledges of Pi Delta Epsilon, national collegiate honorary fraternity, are asked to meet this morning at 9 o’clock in the El Rodeo office for a short meet ing.
The following men are the new pledges of the organization: Ralph Huston, Bill Foote, Virgil Pinkley, Bryant Hale, Cecil Gravt?o, Leigh Sargent. Jeff Smith, Morry Folodare, Grant Flint, and Leo Harris.
The purpose of the meeting is ta secure the required information regarding the men, which is required by national headquarters.
A word is necessary regarding the charges brought in the Stanford Daily against Jim Hussey. The writer has investigated the case as thoroughly as he could and it appears that Jim made a mistake. As far as we can see he had been crowded by McKinnon and his attempt to hold his place and force his rival to go around him was legitimate track prf£tice. But when he got over into the third or fourth lane he was going beyond his rights and was prop-eily disqualified.
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But as for calling Hussey a poor sport and the rest there is nothing further from our mind. He did do the wrong thing, but we all make mistakes and to brand a man as habitually unfair because, in his lack of experience, he errs in the excitement of the moment is just another case of “casting the first stone.” Jim was disqualified; Southern California’s representatives expressed themselves to Stanford officials as regretting the incident and accepting the disqualification of the runner as fair; nothing more remains for us to say on the matter.
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As for the sportsmanship of Dean Cromwell, who was unfortunately dragged into the story in the Daily, no defense is necessary. His professional rivals are the best testimonies of the fact that he is a gentleman, as a man and as a coach. To know him is to drop the things that have been said against him from further consideration.
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The question was brought up the other day concerning the coming Senior Ditch Day and the difficulty of working it out according to the time-honored customs. By the law of what-has-been the juniors are supposed to try to frustrate the plans of their superiors, who endeavor to make their arrangements secretly. But that is hard to do, now that the old-time class meeting is a thing of the past. The seniors have no reasonable opportunity of getting together to make their plans.
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The suggestion has been made that the juniors and seniors declare a truce, so that the latter can make their day a success. It is not a popular thing to deliberately suggest the doing away with a tradition that has been honored, especially when the reason may be construed to be the watchfulness of one’s opponent. But the suggestion is passed on to members of the upper classes to do what they will with it.
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WILL INTRODUCE NEW PLEDGES OF HONORARY GROUP
Prospective Skull and Dagger Members To Make Appearance on Campus Monday.
Pledges of Skull and Dagger, men’s honorary fraternity, will make their appearance on the campus Monday morning.
The manner in which they are tc be introduced to the Qampus is keot a secret.
There are sixteen pledges of Skull and Dagger. Their president is Burdette Henney and the secretary i3 Grant Flint. Initiation will take place Friday afternoon, May 5. in the President’s Parlors at 3 o’clock.
Following the initiation, a formal dance will be staged Saturday night al the Westport Beach Club. Th^ officers of the fraternity are: Leland Tallman, president; Jeff Cravath, vice-president, and Lee Conti, secretary and treasurer.
The announcement of tho pledges this year took the form of the display of a case containing a skull and dagger and a plaque engraved with tbe names of the prospective mem bers. Formerly the pledges were presented to the campus in a mock trial.
Senior Road Show Committee on the same day. The committee is scheduled to formally announce the personnel of the show in Monday’s Trojan.
Acts passed upon Include an “Aesthetic Specialty Chorus” made up of the muscle-bound athletes of the campus. It is understood that some of the football and basketball prominents are entered in this ensemble a-> female impersonators.
“The Maniac,” a melodramatic mystery farce written by Freeman Lusk, a play that has already been booked over the Orpheum Theatre Circuit, is to be offered b7 the Na tional Collegiate Players.
“The Three Bay Boys/’ a musical trio of collegians who have been touring the West Coast Theatre Circuit, is another group of performers that has been engaged. Al Behrendt and Don Parker, both well known in local musical circles, will present something in the nature of a surprise musical specialty. Both hav;3 had professional experience.
Professor C. A. Naether Writes New Text Book
“Problems in Business Correspondence” is the i.itle of a new text written by Carl A. Naether Assistant Professor of English, in charge of in struction in business letter writing, and to be published very shortly by the McGraw-Hill Book Company 0? New York City.
The book, which is ba^ed on the Case system of teaching, is the first exclusive problem text in the field of business letter writing. It is especially meant for university courses and presents problems in writing inquiry, application, recommendation, claim, adjustment, credit, collection, sales and oth<‘.- letters, thus covering the entire fi5;d of business correspondence.
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TO PRESENT PLAYS IN DRAMA PROGRAM
Talk To Be Given Also By Representative of Potboilers’ Theatre in Touchstone Tonight.
In addition to the presentation of two one-act plays written by S. C. students, a talk on drama will be given by Mrs. Isabell Mayers of the Potboilers this evening at the Touchstone Drama Shop program in Touchstone Theatre at 8 o’clock.
“Divorce,” one of the plays, is a farce written by Marjorie Hull. It deals with the comic situations of the divorce question. Directed by Ethel Bickford, the cast is composed of Albert, John MacIntyre; John, George Lawrence; Clarice, Eleanor Moronde; Queenie, Marjorie Temple.
“Yucca” is a heavier drama written by Dorothy Marie Davis. Yucca, a young girl, is played by Alice McIntosh; Dad, her father, Arthur Brear-ley; Arnold, an artist, Stanley Ewens; Stella, a dancer, Charlotte Fralick. The play is directed by Virginia Roed-iger.
“Mrs. Mayers is going to give an interesting talk on drama,” stated Marcus Beeks .president of the Drama Shop. “She will tell especially about little theater drama such as those In which the Drama Shop is interested, and will explain the work of the Potboilers.”
BIOLOGY SOCIETY
Short program meeting will oe held in Old College 250 at 4:15 P. M. today.
LA TERTULIA
La Tertulia will hold open meeting at Phi Kappa Tau house at 7:30 Thursday evening, April 28
A meeting of Professional Pan-Hellenic will be held this afternoon at 4 o’clock in the Law School.
STUDENT VOLUNTEERS
There will be a Student Volunteer meeting in the Y. W. C. A. at si P. M. tonight. Supper will be served, and a discussion held on the questions asked by a Hindu in Stanley Jones’ book, “Christ of the Indian Road.”
A meeting of Professional Pan-Hel lenic will be held this afternoon at 4 o’clock in the Law School for the purpose of endorsing Judge Bullock.
SKULL AND DAGGER
There will be an important meeting o’ Skull and Dagger pledges this morning at 9 o’clock at Pres. L. D. Tallman’s office.
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TO HOLD PHARMACY ELECTIONS MAY 23
Elections will be held at the College of Pharmacy Monday, May 23, at a special student body meeting.
Glenn Mikesell, president of the Pharmacy student body, announces tbal Monday, May 9, will be the last day for prospective candidates to sub mit their names to him f >r the approval of the Faculty Coramittee.
Nominations will be held Monday, May 16.
WILL HOLD COMMERCE DAY MAY 12
All-U. Entertainment Rally To Be Held in Bovard: Culver To Speak.
Instituting an innovation at Southern California, the College of Commerce will hold its first Commerce Day on Thursday, May 12. Plans already completed for the occasion feature an All-University entertainment rally to be held in Bovard Auditorium in the morning to be followed by the Commerce Conference Dinner that evening.
HARRY H. CULVER Harry H. Culver, well known to Southern Californians as the founder of Culver City, has agreed to give one of his inspirational addresses at the dinner. Professor Emery Otson of the Commerce faculty, through whose efforts the speaker was secured, states that Mr. Culver is on* of the most dynamic men In the local business field, and holds the record of being the only man who has been asked to address the local Advertising Club three times.
In a recent Issue of the American Magazine, Culver is described as being still a young man, but a Kan whose vision and energy have already created a city named for him, tbe home of several thou sard peopfo and of many industries. His earnestness and ability are demonrtrated in this statement which appeared in the American: “He looked at a barley field and dreamed of a city. Then he set to work and created this city.” Student and faculty representatives of all Southern California high schools are being invited fo attend the dinner as the guests of the University, and several hundred local business leaders will be invited to meet with the students.
In commenting on the dinner, Gordon Crain, social chairman of the Commerce student body, sa’d: "It to planned to have each student attending the dinner personally iDvite and bring to the meeting at least one business executive, thus securing a friendly, interested relationship be tween the students and the business men and affording the stndents an opportunity to come into «lose pergonal contact with some of the leading men in the field in which thav are most interested. Under this plan, the business men will bo more than mere guests; they will act as executive counsellors to the stujents.” IMPORTANT EVENT According to Commerce officials, the Commerce Conference dinner will constitute the most important event sponsored by the college this year, and writ afford an unusual opportunity to all Commerce students to become personally acquainted with some of the most prominent men in the local business field, inasmuch as it is planned to have three college students, three business men, and two hrgh school representatives seated at each table. By this means, it is pointed out, each student attending the dinner will have an opportunity to mingle with a large number of prominent executives before and after dinner, as well as to enter into friendly, intimate across-the-table conversation with three “executive counsellors.'’
Short talks by other leaders, to gether with a varied program of uni: versity entertainment, have been arranged.
SOPH DATE BUREAU IS SUCCESSFUL
Coeds Apply For Escorts To Second Year Dance; Affair To Be Held Friday Night at Women’s Club in Hollywood.
That the Date Bureau for the Sophomore dance is proving to he a huge success is evidenced by the fact that not only have the campus “sheiks” applied for dates, but a goodly number of the fair sex have also shown their desire for escorts.
According to Jack Stumph, chairman of the Date Bureau committee, the general preference of the. co-eds is in the direction of the strong, silent type, while the “eds” favor the flapper type, “with a little sense, if possible.”
The Sophomore Sport Dance, which is to be held at the Hollywood Women’s Club, Friday evening is the first sophomore dance to be held off the campus. The price of admission ls one dollar per couple.
“Especially do we welcome nonfraternity people, since this Is essentially a get-together party for the promotion of a better spirit of friendship among members of the sophomore class,” continued Wright.