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Banker Speaks At Assembly.
Skull and Dagger To Pledge.
Plans Made For Senior Road Show. "Rumpus” Tickets Go On Sale. Women To Open Debate Season.
Southern
California
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The Spirit of Troy
“As yet we have not heard much talk about rushing rules for the fraternities. It will be a bad thing for the campus if this matter is to be dropped altogether. In fact, it must not be dropped,”
The Old Trojan s Column.
VOL. XVIII.
Los Angeles, California, Monday, March 21, 1927
NUMBER 105
“OBSERVATIONS FROM BUSINESS WORLD” IS THEME OF NATIONAL EDUCATIONAL DIRECTOR FRIDAY
Educational Conference, Banquet and An Evening Program are Main Features of Bankers’ Day Program.
BY HELEN SAUBER
"Observations From the Business World” formed the theme of the speech by Stephen I. Miller, national educational director, American Institute of Banking, at the special eleven o’clock rally Friday morning.
“My situation is an enviable one/’ stated Dr. Miller. "I stand with one foot in the business world, and one on the univedsity campus. In this way I am permitted to study and analyze problems correlated with educational progress.”
MEET DILEMMAS MiMer thinks it highly advis-
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able to have communication between the campus and the business world, since it is only in this way that students may gain an insight into the problems and dilemmas which will ultimately confront them when they go out into life.
It is a great honor to have the Banking Institute choose the Southern California campus as a location for its convention, according to President von KieinSmid.
“There is no more magnificent movement in higher education than a closer relationship between the university and outside organzed interests off the campus. These alliances make for a much closer understanding between the two institutions,” he said.
The assembly Friday was followed by a luncheon honoring H. J. Puelicher and Stephen I. Miller. On this occasion A. M. Chaffey, president of the California Bank, was host.
An eaucational conference presided over by Dale M. Tussing, president of the Los Angeles chapter of the American Institute of Banking, was held in the president’s suite at 3 o’clock.
Honoring the representatives attending the educational conference, a banquet was held at the Women’s Residence Hall. This was followed by the evening program in Bovard Auditorium.
CO-EDS SPONSOR NEAR EAST SALE ON S. C. CAMPUS
GLEE CLUB AND BAND HEARD SOON
Hal Roberts' Golden State Band To Present Program in Philharmonic Auditorium.
W. S. G. A. Co-operates With Relief Organization in Bazaar To Be Held Thursday.
Under the direction of Gwendolyn! Patten, plans for the co-operation of W. S. G. A. with the Near East Industries for the bazaar to be given March 24 are taking definite form. The bazaar will be held in the front corridor of the third floor of the Administration building, where tables will display the various articles to be sold.
The Near East Relief is sponsoring a plan by which old designs of embroidery and rug weaving, distinctive of the Near East, are revived and worked into modern articles as a supplement to their work of caring for children made orphans by the devastation during and since the war. These articles are shipped to the United States and are sold at a moderate price, as the primary object is to help the workers, not to realize a profit.
A large selection of these products will be displayed in the bazaar to be given here next week; articles embodying tradition and years of custom, in the quaint designs to be found in the embroidery and bead work, are to be sold.
Plans Made For Annual Senior Show
May 13 Set as Tentative Date For Annual Show; Tryouts After Vacation.
Meeting in the Student Body office Friday noon, the Senior Road Show Committee planned for the tryouts and set May 13 as the tentative date for the annual production.
Katherine Privett was appointed chairman of the committee which includes Grant La Mont, Jane Schle-becker, Al Behrendt, Barton Witty, Verner Dales, and Walter Norton. Grant La Mont will again direct the Show.
Tryouts for all acts are to be held during the first week after spring vacation, beginning Monday, April 18. According to Grant, he will only choose the acts that will amount to something and can be put over well. In case there are only a few acts that meet requirements, Grant has some original plans that will make the Road Show a success.
Shaw’s Play To Be Given On Tuesday
Mrs. Bertha Baker To Read
“Pygmalion’
Auditorium.
in Bovard
RUMPUS TICKETS ARE NOW ON SALE
Deadline For Block Reservations Set For This Noon ; New Plans Made For Ticket Sale.
Tomorrow night at the Philharmonic Auditorium the Trojan Men’s Glee Club will appear in a guest ensemble with Harold Roberts’ Golden State Band.
The Glee Club, under the direction of J. Arthur Lewis, will sing "A Little Close Harmony” by O'Hara, “To Arms” by Maunder, and “The Anvil Chorus” from Trovatore, which will be accompanied by the band.
Harold Roberts’ Golden State Band Is the acting municipal band for Los Angeles and the greater majority of its members are U. S. C. students. They will present on the Tuesday evening's program special harp numbers, comet solos, and several California songs as compiled by Charles Fielder and Harold Roberts.
W. C. HUCKABEE TO GIVE SPEECH
Weyman C. Huckabee, travelling secretary of the Student Volunteer Movement for Foreign Missions, will give the chapel talk tomorrow at 9:00, and will also speak at the Student Fellowship meeting, from 12:20 to 1:05, in the “Y” Hut.
There will be conferences held with Mr. Huckabee, in the “Y” Hut, both morning and afternoon for anyone who wishes information regarding foreign missionary work. There will be a second meeting of the Student Volunteers from 5:00 to 7:00 at the Y. W. C. A. lodge, at which time supper will be served.
Mr. Huckabee ls a graduate of Duke University, and while there was president of the Ministerial Association.
Trojan Advertisers Save You Money.
SERIES OF LECTURES TO BE GIVEN
Dr. von KieinSmid To Deliver First Lecture of Law Enforcement Course Under Auspices of Women.
Students and the general public will be able to buy their tickets for the 1927 Rumpus at the Associated Students’ Store today, according to Ray Pinker, play production manager.
The deadline for fraternities, sororities, and other campus organizations reserving blocks of tickets for the Rumpus ball will be set for noon. No blocks will be reserved for any group after that time. Reservations for blocks may be made at the Students’ Store or with Ray Pinker.
New arrangements have been made for the sale and reservations of Rumpus tickets. The seats in the auditorium are being divided in two sections, those on the right for block reservations and those on the left for student and public reservations.
All block reservations must be called for by Tuesday evening, after which the remaining tickets wil ibe sold to the public. I^ast year’s sales prove that tickets should be reserved as soon as possible, according to Grant La Mont, director of the Rumpus.
The Rumpus was given over the KFI Thursday night, and the presentation indicates that the public is interested in the college show.
Prices for orchestra and first six rows of the first balcony are ?1; first balcony, 75 cents; and second balcony, 50 cents.
Skull and Dagger Trial is No More.
How About the Rushing Rules?
Constructive Criticism in Action.
More Power To the Baseball Team.
Cocky Pitcher Had To Laugh It Off.
“Twentieth Century Social Conditions” will be the topic of a talk by Dr. Rufus B. von KieinSmid, which will open a special series of lectures, sponsored by the Women’s Law Enforcement Committe of the University of Southern California. These lectures are to be given in Hoose Hall on Tuesday afternoons from 4 to 6:30 p. m., beginning March 22 and ending June 14.
Mrs. John C. Urquhart, chairman of tbe W. L. E. C., will open the first period tomorrow by giving a course of lectures, dealing not only with the theory and value of law enforcement but the machinery as well, has been established in this section.
The criminal code and the need bf |training for leadership are to be dis-•ussed by many well-known speakers. Dr. Frederick Roman is sched uled to speak on tbe Scientific Ap-
proach to Prohibition and Dr. S. T. Montgomery will talk on The Legal History of the 18th Amendment at the second meeting ,a week from Tuesday.
Other prominent speakers who will appear on the lecture programs are Major Frank R. McReynolds, Federal prohibition administrator; Judge Caryl M. Sheldon, chief counsellor of the Federal Prohibition Office: Dr. Lena Leonard Fisher, chief of police; James E. Davis, and Judge Raymond I. Turney.
Harold J. Stonier is head instructor of these meetings, which are being sponsored by Metropolitan College in co-operation with the Women's Law Enforcement Committee. The opening session tomorrow will be given free of charge. The cost of the entire course is $10.
Cast For 1927 Rumpus Broadcast Entire Skit During K.F.I. Program
Broadcasted over KFI, on the regular Drama Hour program of that station, the entire Extravaganza was given for listeners-in on Thursday from 7 to 8:30 p. m., the whole cast participating.
Josephine Campbell and Roy Winborn, leads, sang the “Stairway of Love” number with the result that many people called into the broadcasting station, asking when and where the number might be purchased, so immediate was its popularity.
Earl Baldwin, the author of the Extravaganza, said that he was extremely pleased with this radio presentation of the “Rumpus.”
While at the KFI broadcasting room, Miss Campbell received a tele gram from a resident of Hollister, California, who had listened in to the program, and expressed in his message the keen enjoyment and entertainment he had received from it.
This presentation of the “Rumpus of 1927” over radio was given for advertising purposes, for it was thought that this method would £>e a certain means of reaching many interested people.
FRESHMAN WOMEN
The Freshman Club of Y. W. C. A. wili have an important meeting today noon. Lunch will be served. All women are urged to attend.
The Skull and Dagger trial, which has been used in previous years as the medium of introduction to the campus for the fraternity’s pledges, is to be done away with. Immediately there will be those who will raise a shout about things getting to be too dignified, who will say that all the spice is being taken out of college life. This is partly true, if reference is made to the old-time duck pond, et cetera. But such a step on the part of the all-University honorary fraternity is a good one and is a subject for congratulations.
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As yet we have not heard much talk about rushing rules for the fraternities. It will be a bad thing for the campus if this matter is to be dropped altogether. In fact, it must not be dropped. There are those fraternity men who would like to sec the subject closed. They reason that thov can “rush’’ as well as the next men and they don’t like to see any obstacle placed in the way of doing it in any way they choose. But that is an idea that can only make trouble for the .University, for the entering freshmen, and for the fraternities themselves. To get along without rules is to say, either that the houses cannot trust each other to obey even simple ones, or else that they are not concerned aboutt he welfare of the men as long as the varsity sweaters are properly parcelled off.
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Dr. Millikan said in his address that it is possible for a great many people to criticize but few can build. The principle of constructive criticism has come to be considered one of the surest indications of real leadership. A good example of this was shown the other dav when President von KieinSmid was approached by the writer with a proposal for giving grade points for work on the Trojan. We had heard that he had vetoed the plan but wanted to get his ideas on it. When he left his office, we had, not a refusal to consider a reward for the service rendered, but the president’s plan whereby the staff members can get not only grade points but units.
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Baseball is showing about the most promise here this year that it has shown in a long time. The team is playing good ball and is being as well supported as it could be on such a diamond as Bovard Field offers. Without knowing at the time of writing (Continued on Page Four)
MRS. BERTHA KUNZ BAKER
Reading Bernard Shaw’s play, “Pygmalion,” Mrs. Bertha Kunz Baker will appear in Bovard Auditorium, Tuesday night at 8:15. Mrs. Baker was selected by the Pittsburg school system to interpret literature in all the high schools there during 1925 and 1926.
in the School of Speech and a per-int he School of Speech ( and a personal friend and pupil of Mrs. Baker said of her:
“Mrs. Baker leaves a lasting imprint on every individual who comes in contact with her. At St. Marks in the Bowery, is her charming studio. This place at the edge of the Greenwich Village, is the rendezvous of all the intelligensia of New York City. She is a living dynamo but a poised one. Her diction combined with her sense of rhythm is unsurpassed.”
Of a somewhat unusual nature was the tribute given Mrs. Baker ^n New Orleans, where she, as the only woman ever tendered such a request, was asked to repeat her performance of Cyrano de Bergac.
SKULL AND DAGGER TO SELECT PLEDGES SOON; NOVEL METHOD OF INTRODUCTION IS PLANNED
Bands and Glee Clubs To Give Musical Concert in Conjunction With Pledge Introduction; Mock Trial Discarded; Election To Be Held Wednesday.
The Skull and Dagger trial is a thing of the past. In its place there will be a new and novel introduction of the pledges of the all-University honorary fraternity and a musical concert, put on by the Southern California band and glee clubs under ‘	| the auspices of Skull and Dagger.
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for some time that a mock trial is not
PR CD AirniFNrF^ an adet>uate mean* °f introducing to 1 l\LiI nUl/lLillvLO the student body those men who have
been chosen as among the outstanding leaders of the campus... The trial was called off last year at the eleventh hour and there has been much interest this year to know what would be the result.
TO RAISE FUNCTIONS According to some of the members
of Skull and Dagger, it has been their purpose to raise the functions of the fraternity to make it render a more constructive service to the campus than it has in the past Accordingly the members have been asked to make suggestions for something to take the place of the trial. A number of possible plans are understood to have been proposed, but the significant one has not yet meen chosen.
A meeting is to be held Tuesday noon to discuss plans for tbe annual dance. A committee has been appointed to report at that time. On Wednesday noon there will be another meeting, called to choose new members for the organization.
Skull and Dagger is similar in its nature to Sigma Sigma, junior men’s honorary fraternity, except that it draws upon both upper classes for its members.
Riverside and Redlands High Schools Entertained By Second Cast on Thursday.
Entertaining students at both Riv erside and Redlands, Thursday, the second cast of the Deputations Skit made their first appearance and established a good record for a first performance of “What Is College?’’ Doris Crook-Johnson, whose subject was “The College Girl,” and Leo Harris, whose subject was “Why Go to College?” were the speakers on the program. Banjo solos were offered and musical numbers were sung oy Sherrill Cohen.
In both high schools the presentation was well received by the students, whose enthusiasm was definitely demonstrated. The vice-principal of one school was a little dubious of the nature of the skit, but that did not detract from the approval of the students.
Th^pe will be a lapse of time of about *two weeks before another trip is made by either cast. Future plans include trips to San Diego and Santa Barbara high schools. Wheth er the first or the second cast will make both trips, or whether one will take each, is not yet decided. Members of both casts are looking forward to these engagements, which will probably be overnight stops at the two cities.
FASCIST LEADER IS SUBJECT OF DEBATE
S. C. Holds Debate on Mussolini With Brigham Young Univerity.
Before a sizeable crowd in Touchstone Theatre Thursday evening, debaters from Brigham Young University and Southern California argued the right of Mussolini to be called a benetactor. James Mussatti of the His tory department acted as chairman of the evening.
The formal wording of the question was, “Resolved: that Mussolini is a Benefactor to Italy.” The affirmative was upheld by the Brigham Young orators, Leon Evans and Sherman Christensen. Both men have had considerable platform experience and showed splendid poise Thursday. Their case was well developed and delivered in an extemporaneous style Their opposition was furnished by Stan Hopper and Sam Gates, two of
S.	C.’s experienced forensic artists. Hopper’s speech was marked by his clever humorous passages. Gates showed plenty of fire in his speech and did good rebuttal work, in particular when he took up the challenge of the Salt Lake orators that democracy was not an ultimate ideal in government.
Notices
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S. C. Students Win First And Third Places In Lincoln Essay Contest
Announcement has just been made that Jeffery Smith, representing Southern California, was given first place in the recent essay contest sponsored by the Abraham Lincoln Boys’ Home. Mildred Ratcliffe, also of Southern California, tied for third.
The essays were written on the subject of “Why a Boys’ Home Should Be Called Abraham Lincoln,” in connection with the recent drive for funds for the boys’ home of that name. All undergraduates registered in any of the colleges or universities of Southern California were eligible for competition, the judging being in charge of Dr. Walter F. Dexter, president of Whittier College.
Sociology Professor To Talk At Institute Of Pacific Relations
Dr. Wm. C. Smith, professor of so ciology at the University of Southern California, who is spending his sabbatical leave teaching in the University of Hawaii, has been chosan to be one of the speakers at the meeting of the Institute of Pacific Relations to be held in Honolulu this summer.
Professor Smith was a member of the research staff which made a Race Relations Survey on the Pacific Coast during the fall of 1923, and it was due to the fact that he was selected to continue this study under the direction of the InsUtute of Pacific RelaUons in Hawaii.
The Trojan faculty member, who is well known among anthropologists and sociologists, recently published a book entitled “The Ao Naga Tribe of Assam,” which won for him election to fellowship in the Royal Anthro-poligical Institute of Great Britain and Ireland.
WOMEN TO OPEN DEBATE SEASON
To Meet Pasadena Junior College in Dual Debate on March 25; Will Meet Stanford and Mills College Later in Season. - X/ - ary _ I
BY LAURA GRAINGER
JUNIOR CLASS OFFICERS
There will be a meeting of Junior Class officers, members of the executive committee, and committee chairmen Wednesday evening at 7:30. The Zeta Tau Alpha House will be the scene of the meetng.
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In their first debate since organization ,the women’s debate squad will meet Pasadena Junior College on Friday, March 25, in a dual debate, taking as their subject, “Resolved, That a system of compulsory voting should be adopted in the United States.” Debates with other California colleges and universities have also been scheduled for tM\ present semester.
Those who will uphold the affirmative for S. C. against Pasadena, and who will meet their opponents in Touchstone Theatre at 8:00, are Doris Crook-Johnson, first speaker, and Ethel Bickford. Those who will go to Pasadena are Carolyn Fulghum. first speaker for the negative, and Mildred Hines, second speaker. There is to be a three-judge decision, but the judges have not yet been secured. Each constructive speaker will be allowed fifteen minutes, and an additional five minutes will he
given for rebuttal.
The second debate of the season will also be dual ,and will be held with Fullerton Junior College on April 7. Betty Bradstreet and Josephine Rodriguez will be the affirmative speakers, while Mary Anderson and Eleanor Veale will take the negative.
The University of California at Los Angeles will be met on April 21, but those who will take part have not as yet been chosen. Whittier College ls the next on the schedule. A northern trip will be made about the first of May, at which time debatss will be held with Stanford University and Mills College. As the University of California closes early in May, it was not possible to arrange for a contest with them.
Dean Ray K. Immel, of the School of Speech, is coaching the team. Eleanor Veale is the manager, and Doris Johnson ls the captain.