“LEAP WEEK” CAUSES “HARD TIMES” INTER-FRATERNITY HOP
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WAMPUS PICTURE
Members of the Wampus staff are requested by Bryant Hale, editor, to be present in the patio of the Student Union this morning at 10:00 o’clock for the El Rodeo picture. It is hoped that all concerned will take due notice so that a complete photograph can be made. The editor asks that all staff members will be prompt for only fifteen minutes are allowed.
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FRESHMAN DEBATERS
All Freshman debaters are to meet in H. 206 at 2:30 this afternoon in order to discuss the Southern Conference question as the debates start in the early part of April. Every member of the squad is expected to attend, and although some of the men debated the Junior College question they may debate this question. Those men who have been assigned this question will be expected to have an analysis of the question to turn in.
VOL. XIX.
Los Angeles, California Thursday, March 15, 1928
NUMBER 99
WILL ESTABLISH COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING HERE
NEW PLAN INFORMAL FUNCTION
Inter-fraternity Dance To Be Held In Student Union On March 17.
A “Hard Times” dance in place of a formal will be staged under the sponsorship of the inter-fraternity council on the evening of March 17, according to a last minute change by the inter-fraternity council at their meeting Monday evening. All arrangements will be the same as previously planned except that the tickets will be reduced to $2.
Reasons for this decision by the council are given as follows: the fraternity men are Cat broke in spite of “Leap Week.” There are not enough tuxedos to go around, therefor overalls will be substituted. The girls are complaining of the high price of tickets for a leap week function. Also, this spring weather is not conducive to formality.
The dance will be held at the same time in the same place as planned, but minus the tuxedos. An added feature. however, will be the awarding of a prize for the most unusual costume, or garb representing a college man “broke.” Special dances will be held during the evening’s entertainment.
“This will, of course, be a very unusual affair, and will go down in posterity as the first hard times party sponsored by the inter-fraternity council,” says Pat O’Maley, in charge of the dance.
The dance, which will begin at 9:00 o’clock and will be held in the social hall of the Student Union, will be featured at very original and unique favors, according to Howard Edgerton, although he will not divulge their nature, they are claimed by all who I have seen them to be the most novel ever presented at a university affair Novel programs, gay decorations in ' fraternity and St. Patrick spirit, and Hal Grayson’s orchestra are the final touches that will make the affair the biggest success of all time, so says Ray Foote, presiden t of the inter-fraternity council.
Each fraternity is allotted fifteen tickets, which can be obtained by applying lo the fraternity representa-I tive. The sale of these tickets has I not been thoroughly checked in by O’Maley, but he states that from pres-I ent indications, the few remaining | ones will be held at a high premium.
SKULL - DAGGER WILL CONSIDER NEW INITIATES
Announcement was made yesterday by Frank Ferguson, president of Skull and Dagger that there will be a meeting of all active members of the organization within the next week.
Skull and Dagger pledging will be made earlier this year than last and for this reason, a conference to discuss candidates will be held soon.
Skull and Dagger is j.he university men’s honorary fraternity, an honor conferred upon upper classmen who have been active in class and university activities. Date of the first meeUng will be published in the Trojan either Monday or Tuesday of next week. All members are required to be present at the meeting, as lt is the hope of Ferguson to settle all business at the initial conference.
SCHUETTNER INSTRUCTS HERE
The office of Dr. L. B. Rogers, doan of the Trojan summer session, announces that Arthur J. Schuettner, director of physical education at Sacramento Junior college, will be a member of the 1928 summer school faculty. Schuettner taught here during the 1927 session and was this year asked to return.
Henley Is Named To Represent S. C. In Speech Affray
Coach Alan Nichols Chooses Student President for Extempore Contest.
William Henley has been chosen by Coach Alan Nichols to represent Southern California in the extempore contest to be held here Friday, March 30, as a part of the program of the Fifth Annual Conference of the Pacific Forensic League.
The representatives cf the eleven colleges and universities that comprise the Pacific Forensic League will (be presented with their specific subjects one hour and a quarter before they speak. If last year’s precedent is followed, the general subjest will be announced to them two hours before they compete. *
An oratorical contest will take place at Pomona College Thursday evening, the opening day of the conference. The general nature of this contest has not yet been disclosed.
The conference will continue for three days, March 29, 30, and 31. The general purpose of it is to discuss collegiate debating and speaking problems. Parts of two days will be consumed by discussions led by professors of the various universities. Prof. Wr. A. Cable of the University of Arizona will introduce and lead the general discussion on “Questions Debated in the United States This Year.” Prof. W. H. Veatch of Washington State College will introduce and lead discussion on “Securing Interest in Courses in Speech and in Forensic Contests on the College Campus.”
It is the intention of the local debate office to plan some interesting trips around Los Angeles for the visiting delegates. The entire confer ence will be guests of Southern California at the Stanford track meet.
DUCATS FOR “NOVELTIES” GO ON SALE
General Extravaganza Ticket Sale Opens Today At Student Store.
General ticket sales fr the student body will open today in the Students’ Store for “Nautical Novelties of ’28,” the Extravaganza which will be presented in Bovard Auditorium for three evenings of next week. Sororities and fraternities will have no further chance to reserve blocks of seats, as this sale is for the general student body.
Reports from Ray MacDonald, director-general, indicate that the Extravaganza leads, principals, specialty numbers and chorus are shaping into good form ln the rehearsals. The chorus and cast were combined for the first time this week and MacDonald expressed himself as encouraged with the indications of success which were apparent in the first rehearsal of this kind.
Josephine Campbell, assistant director in charge of the drama and dancing, and Jean Maschio, assistant director conducting the chorus, put together their independent parts into a working unit which gave promise of a successful comedy, according to MacDonald.
Antoinette Larsen, author of “Novelties,” states that she is exceedingly pleased with the progress that the members of the production are making and with the interpretation whijh the directors are putting into ihe script. She is attending nightly rehearsals regularly and adds her valuable suggestions to the work of both the directors.
Claire Aderer, wardrobe mistress, has made arrangements for the costumes for the principals and chorus members and states that they will be the most striking and effective that have been used in any campus follies. Miss Aderer is quite efficient as mistress of the wardrobe, according to the play production manager, and has capably arranged for the rental and fitting of the costumes for the seventy-odd people in the production.
LIBRARY SELECTS
BEST 1927 BOOKS
The twenty best books of 1927 have been selected by a committee of oastanding members of the faculty of the University of Southern California. W’hile the books were chosen solely for cultural and inspirational value to the college student, a large number of them are among the “best sellers" of the year.
Seven of the books selected were novels, seven were biographical, two were histories, two educational and religious, while one was a book of poetry and one dealt with an aspect of science. The novels chosen were “Death Comes for the Archbishop,” Wiila Cather; “Jalna,” Mazo De La
Riche; “Dusty Answer.” Rosemund Lehman; “My Heart and My Flesh,” Elizabeth Madox Roberts; “The Old Countess,” Anne Douglas Sedgwick; “The Triumph of Youth,” Jacob Was-serman, and “The Bridge of San Luis Rey,” Thorton Wilder. The biographies were “Woodrow Wilson, Life and Letters,” Ray Stannard Baker; “Trader Horn,” Alfred Alysius Horn; “We.” Charles A. Lindbergh; “Men of Destiny,” Walter Lippman; “The Road to Xanadu,” John Livingston Lowes; "Napoleon,” Emil Ludwig; and “Shelley, His Life and Work,” Walter Edwin Peck. The two fxjoks (Continued on Page Four)
PRE-LEGAL CLUB TO GIVE DINNER
Mock Debate Scheduled In Addition to Regular Business Meeting.
The Pre-Legal club banquet will ibe held at Twin Cedars Inn next Wednesday evening, March 21. Preparations are being made for an enjoyable dinner, and an interesting program, it was announced today. The dinner will take the place of the regular meeUng and many of the future law students are expected to be present.
The main feature of the program, which will follow a short business meeting, is to be a mock debate on the subject, “Resolved, that the pre-legal work should follow the regular law course, due to its extreme diffi culty.” The affirmative is to be upheld by Ray Zeman and Don Hamilton. and they will be opposed by Jack Woodard. Several of the prominent lawyers of the city will be present, and all pre-legal students are invited to be present, according to the statement made today.
UNKNOWNS TAKE LEAD IN CONTEST
Brown, Bruner, Bone Forge To Front In Daffy Club Popularity Race.
BY WILLIE LIVE
Entrants in the Daffy Club popularity contest passed the quarter-pole in their dash to fame yesterday, with some of the leading contestants failing to show their expected form, while others unknown an d unsuspected in the initial tabulation, forged to front with speed and precision.
The contest, which is being run in conjunction with Leap Week, ends Sunday night. The ultimate winner will be proclaimed in Tuesday’s Trojan, and will be awarded the Daffy club trophy on the evening of the 23rd.
Horace Brown, hitherto unknown Dental student , placed a want-ad in the Trojan ,and received so many dates in return that he won undisputed lead as the pack reached the quarter-pole.
The specially imported form chart expert’s diagonsis of the situation is as follows:
As the field thunders past the quarter post, Horace Brown of Dental has swung into a slight lead. He is closely pursued by Chase Burns, whose moustache has gained him fame and renown. Jesse Hibbs, original favorite in the race, seems out of condition, and already is far back. Charley Bone and Jack Bruner, the basketballing dark horses in the contest, are gaining fast, and running neck and neck, although still far back in the pack.
Pat O’Maley, sorrel-colored entrant, is still holding his own, but seems overweight, and probably won’t last past the half-mile post. Craig Smith broke a leg and they had to shoot him. Fred Chase was left at the post. Bob Behlow leaped the fence, and headed for the barn. Shields Maxwell Is running the wrong way around the track.
Brown shot to the front after a slow get-a-way. Nobody seems to know how he broke into the race, but the gamboleers are wagering he won’t last long. Cliff Reynolds is holding hio own. Ked Dales and Howard Edgerton are limping along without much success. They probably won’t finish the race.
Larry Weddle lost his saddle and was disqualified. Nick Harris, running in blinkers, was mired somewhere before the quarter-pole, and hasn’t arrived yet. He may be able to get into the running again, but the experts have their doubts.
DEBATE MEN ANNEX FROM U.C.L.A. TEAM
Trojans Meet College of Puget Sound Tonight In Old College.	•
BY DICK MILLER
Of the three debates scheduled on this week’s debate card, one has already taken place, and incidentally the Trojans have annexed another victory to their list, making a total of six straight. The debaters from the University of California at Los Angeles fell before the verbal attack of the Trojan affirmative team last Tuesday night in the debate held at the Branch on the Foreign Investment question. The Trojan debaters won the debate two to one from the U. C. L. A. team.
Tuesday’s debate was the eleventh debate for Southern California. Out of the votes cast .by the past eighteen judges, Southern California has received sixteen of them. In all cases William Henley was adjudged first speaker of the Trojan affirmative team and Milton Dickens was named first speakel of the negative team.
The affirmative team composed of Captain Stanley Hopper and William Henley invaded the U. C. L A. campus Tuesday night and were the cause of the seventh straight victory. The Branch was represented by Myron Smith and Arthur WThite, two of her leading debaters, but they were unable to withstand the attacks of the Trojans and the judges gave the decision to the affirmative team.
Another Trojan affirmative team will carry the colors in tonight’s debate with the College of Puget Sound which will be on the question, “Resolved, That the government of the United States is justified in pursuing its present policy of intervention in Nicaragua.” The debate will start at eight o’clock and will be held in Touchstone theatre in the Old College building. Coach Alan Nichols has chosen Robert A. Mof-fit and Cliff Weimer, two promising debaters, to uphold the affirmative side in tonight’s debate. Moffit and Weimer both have had experience (Continued on Page Four)
EXTRAVAGANZA USHERS
There are still a few positions open for ushers at the Extravaganza. Application may be made with Matt Barr, 229 Student Union, or with Stanley Z. Ewins, room 220.
EARLY CULTURE IS PROGRAM SUBJECT
Featuring the tradition and ritual cf the Mayan, the earliest known civilization of the Americas, a program will be presented at the Los Angeles Museum, Exposition Park, on Sunday afternoon at 2:30.
Captain Dudley S. Corlett will speak on “Ancient and Modern Mayan Civilization.” His talk will be illustrated. The well-known sculptor, Rafael Yela Gunther, will present some of his Guatemateco textiles, hand-woven in patterns of two thousand years ago. The costumes will be worn by Guatemalan girls and are the last in America to be shown in the manner and design originated when the early civilization of the WTestern world was at the zenith of its culture.
Ritual dances of the Mayas will be portrayed by Noe Solis and Con-stanza de Alva. Amelia Mendoza will present a group of popular songs in Spanish. Music by Jose Arias and his orchestra, and Jose Val-verde, pianist, will be an added feature.
SECT TO BUILD COLLEGE HERE
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Lutherans Will Construct Institution Known As L. A. University.
The site of the first univeisity to be built in America under Lutheran sponsorship, will be dedicated Sunday, March 25, at 2:45 P. M. on Del Rey Hills overlooking Santa Monica Bay, with prominent Californians taking part Dr. Ray Lyman Wilbur, Stanford University president, will deliver the dedicatory address.
Los Angeles University wiil be open to both sexes regardless of race or creed, as an institution of higher education. There are nineteen million Lutherans with 173 colleges, seminaries and academies in America. Buildings of the fir3t two groups for 2500 students will cost $5,000,000. Allison & Allison, architects, will employ a southern Latin architecture reminiscent of Romanesque and Byzzantlne types, with towers, arches and friendly corridors, adapted to the local climate and contour.
Ground is to be broken this summer. The 100-acre campus site was donated by Harry H. Culver Co., Dickinson & Gillespie, King Vidor and Joseph Mesmer. Nine major highways and the Pacific Electric Railway serve the property.
SIGMA SIGMA WILL SELECT NEW MEMBERS
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Pledges to Sigma Sigma, national junior men’s honorary fraternity, will be selected at ten o’clock this morning in the office of William Henley, student body president, a preliminary ballot on the prospective candidates was taken at a meeting Tuesday morning, and the final vote today will fficially select the new men.
Outstanding men in the junior classes from each of the thirteen schools and colleges which comprise the University, are annually chosen for membership in Sdgma Sigma. Henley is president of the organization, and there are about ten active members on the campus.
W.S.G.A. To Stage Fashion Show Tea In Student Umion
Features of Entertainment To Be Toe Dancer and Grayson’s Orchestra.
Final arrangements have been completed for the Fashion-show Tea sponsored by the Women’s Self-Government Association, which will be held this afternoon from three to six o’clock in the Social hall of the Student Union building.
The purpose of the Tea is to raise money for the W. S. G. A. Student Loan Fund of which Gwen Patton is chairman. Tickets for the affair are being rapidly sold for seventy-five cents in the Associated Students’ Store and in the W. S. G. A. office.
Special invitation is extended to the faculty women and to the nonsorority women on the campus, as the function is to be an all-Univer-sity women’s affair. Friends and mothers are especially invited.
Features of the afternoon’s entertainment include a style show, which will be presented under the direction of the J. J. Haggftrty company, and Floreine, a fifteen-year-old toe-dancer on the Orpheum circuit. Models who will display the latest spring and summer styles, will be accompanied by Harold Grayson’s orchestra.
Refreshments and decorations will carry out the St. Patrick’s day motif, and co-eds will sell candy, serve, and usher, and will wear costumes in keeping with the “Irish” idea.
Frank Sherrard will act as master of ceremonies at the affair. He is the eleven year old son of Dr. and Mrs. Sherrard of Holywood, and is a favorite wherever he has appeared with the fashion promenade.
The Style Show, which is to be practically the same as the one presented at the opening of the Beverly-Wilshire Women’s club-house, will include every type of clothes worn throughout the day. Matching accessories will also be shown.
ANNOUNCE FORMATION OF COURSE
Now York Will Start In September; Work Started On New Building.
BY RALPH FLYNN
Official announcement has been made by President von KieinSmid of the es/tablishment of a College of Engineering to open with the fall semester in September of this year The announcement was made through Professor Philip S. Biegler, present director of the department of electrical engineering and the director of the College of Engineering when it opens.
The possibility of a College of Engineering was first voiced by the President at a dinner held in Parlor C during the endowment campaign. At the dinner were graduates from engineering and a few undergraduates now taking engineering courses. Soon after this dinner, Professor Biegler was given the task of making a bulletin for the formal announcement.
The announcement comes at a most opportune time and fills a long-felt need of Southern California and of the Universtiy. The enrollment of the present combined departments has warranted the establishment of a college, accord’ng to the officials, and the enrollment has been kept down because of this lacking.
The College of Engineering will embrace five departments: that of Civil Engineering w’aich will be under Professor Robert M. Fox, of Electricat Engineering, which will be under Professor Biegler; of Mechanical Engineering under Professor Eyre; of Chemical Engineering under Prof. Wilfred W. Scott, and of Petroleum Engineering under Professor Sedgwick.
The history of engineering as far as Southern California is concerned dates back to 1907 when a civil engineering department was formed under Prof. C. E. Johnson. Electrical and mechanical engineering left the department of physics in 1919 to become a separate department, and in 1927, mechanical engineering was established as a department by itself. Chemical engineering has (been a department for nearly a decade while petroleum engineering branchd off from chemical in 1926.
There are two national societies, the American Society of Civil Engineers and the American Institute of Electrical Engineers, in the new school. Eta Kappa Nu and Chi Epsilon, honorary electrical and civil engineering fraternities respectively, have established chapters at S. C-, as has Phi lambda Upsilon, honorary chemical engineering fraternity. The Alpha chapter of Sigma Phi Delta, national professional engineering fraternity, is located on this campus.
The number of units required for graduation with a B. S. degree in (Continued on Page Four)
ARISTO PLANS TALKS AS PROGRAM FEATURE
“Extemporaneous speaking is being stressed in all literary programs of the Aristotelian literary society this semester,” announces Vroman J. Dorman, censor of that orgainzation. “Of course debating and prepared speeches will have their place, too, but emphasis is to be laid upon this most practical type of speaking.”
In view of this fact each meeting this semester has had at least one extemporaneous number upon the program. Tuesday’s meeting was not an exception. The program Included: An essay on “Books” by Arthur Langton and the following extemporaneous talks of four minutes each: "The St. Francis Dam Disaster,” Cecil Dunn; “Utopia,” E. F. Pierson;
Hell,” Elmer Jones; “The Unconquerable”, LeRoy Rundell.
Dunn was especially prepared on the topic assigned to him, inasmuch as he was employed by the Bureau of Power and Light in this engineering project. Pierson traced the historical background of the modern conception of Utopia by referring to Sir (Continued on Page Four)