KNIGHT AND SQUIRE PETITIONS
Petitions for Trojan Knights and Squires are ready at the student store. Those planning to turn in statements should see Mrs. Marie Poetker at the cashier’s window. All petitions must be returned to this window by Wednesday at 5 p.m., says Edd'ie Oudermeulen, president of the Knights. Professional students planning to petition for Knights and Squires should file petitions here as well.
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BACHELOR LUNCHEON
Members of the Bachelor’s club will meet Tuesday afternoon for luncheon at the Phi Kappa Tau house. Discussion of prospective new members is scheduled, among other important business, and President Chase Burns urges the necessity of all members being present. This is the second of a series of luncheons which are being held at the various fraternity houses.
VOL. XIX.
Los Angeles, California, Monday, April 23, 1928
NUMBER 118
STATE CHAIRMEN FOR PRESIDENTIAL CONVENTION ARE NAMED
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Constitution To Be Voted On Thursday
COLLEGES WILL VOTE ASUNITS
Pierson Picks Polls For Student Decision on New Document.
The new constitution that was prepared by the committee under the chairmanship of Morgan Cox is to be voted on by the student body in the special all-University election which will be held in the various colleges Thursday, April 26.
Election polls will be established in all the schools and coleges. The polls will be open from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., Fred Pierson, commissioner of elections, announced Friday.
Students from Liberal Arts, Religion, Education and Engineering will vote in the patio of the Student Union. Commerce and Speech students will have their individual polls. Mu-acy students will vote in their own building. Dental will vote in their own college. Architecture students will have their individual pools. Music students will vote in their own college.
This will be the last vote taken under the old constitution if the acceptance of the new document by the executive committee is upheld by the student election. The committee carfully considered the provisions of the new document in its relation to the new relationship that is to be established among the colleges and schools under the re-organization.
The constitution will be adopted on the receipt of a majority of votes from a majority of colleges. This will require all students to vote in the coming election. Presentation of the student identification card is the only necessary requisite of obtaining a ballot
The constitution was accepted by the executive committee in a meeting held Wednesday night. Careful consideration of the articles and tbe thing as a whole was made in a series of meetings held by the committee. Construction of the document took the greater part of the year, due to the unique and complex situation that had to be satisfied.
St. Marys Takes Ball Game From Troian Nine 5-3
Visiting Squad Wins Series With Victory; Schulz Clouts Homer.
BY DAVE LICKER
Spurred on to another California collegiate baseball title by almost perfect pitching, the hard-hitting, fast fielding, St. Mary's baseball team defeated the fighting Trojans on Bovard field Friday afternoon, the final score reading 5-3. The Cardinal and Gold hopes for their first baseball champoinship went glimmering into the distance as the seventh inning ended.
Several errors on the part of the S. C. players marred a close pitcher’3 battle, Hamilton of St. Mary’s hurling a wonderful game, and contributing to his team’s victory by scoring the run which started the Saint rally in the lucky seventh. Schultz also pitched a good game, pulling out of several holes in nice fashion and hitting the only home run of the game when he connected with one of Hamilton’s slants in the last of the ninth. Ackerman, the northerner’s right fielder might have been able to cover Schult’s hit, but tripped over the track while running backwards and the ball rolled out of the field.
The score was tied up until the seventh frame, the Trojan3 having made their two runs in the first and sixth innings. St. Mary’s scoring a run in the third and another in the fourth. Then the barrage began when (Continued on Page Three)
ORATORICAL HONOR WON BY HENLEY
Will Be Trojan Representative in Fourth National Oratorical Contest.
SIG CHI HOUSE SCENE OF SNAP
Near-Graduates Will Meet Thursday Evening For Second of Series.
BANQUET TICKETS ARE NOW ON SALE
Bids For Annual Y. M. C. A. Mother and Son Dinner May Be Purchased Now.
Tickets for the fifth annual Moth ers’ Day banquet to be given Wednesday, May 9, by the Y. M. C. A. are already on sale. They may be procured at the Y hut, and it is hoped that there will be enough for the large crowd anticipated.
As in previous years the mothers of the students will be guests at a student chape1, where an appropriate address will be given. After a tour of the campus, the mothers will lunch at the various fraternity houses The afternoon will feature a May fete, sponsored by tie Y. W. C. A.. and dedicated to the interest of world student friendship. This unique event will be staged on the lawn of Dr. von KleinSmid's new home at 718 West Adams at 4 o clock.
Climaxing the day will be the mother and son banquet at the hut at 5:30. An elaborate program is planned, and Glenn Turner, head of Y work on the campu«, states that an affair even superior to that of last year is anticipated. Mothers of out of town students have in the past co-operated to make this event remarkable in every way. It is said that last year one mother travelled
here from Colorado to be with her son on this day.
Sigma Chi fraternity house has been chosen as the setting for the second Senior Snap of the year to be staged Thursday evening, April 26, from 7:30 to 9:30 p.m.
“We are expecting a good turnout at this Snap,” stated Alda Mills, vice-president of the senor class, “as there is plenty of space in which to dance at the Sigma Chi house, and we can take care of a larger number of people.”
Tommy Bryant, who is in charge of the orchestra arrangements, has engaged the same musicians for all the informal senior dances this year. Ruth Loftus is in charge of arrangements for these dances .while Mildred Martz is managing refreshments.
ln order to pay for the expenses in curred by the Senior Snaps, and to meet bills regarding senior traditions there is to be a charge of 25c at the door.
William Henley, veteran debater and orator, was judged best speaker in the tryouts held Friday afternoon, and was selected Southern California’s representative in the Fourth Annual National Oratorical Contest. He will represent S. C. in the regional semifinals to be held in Bovard Auditorium next Friday night.
The winner of the regional semifinals will compete in the regional finals at a place to be selected by the committee appointed by the Better American Federation of California, sponsors of the contest. Stanley Hopper, also a veteran orator and debater and captain of the local debate squad, and Miss Fern Pierson tied for second place.
The speaking order was determined by a drawing and Stanley Hopper drew the first place in the order of speakers. His topic was “The Constitution and the World.” Miss Pierson was the next speaker and she spoke on “The Constitution.” The third speaker was William Henley, the winner, who gave his oration entitled, The Constitution and Peace.”
The judges rated the contestants on the low point system, taking into consideration thought, delivery, and platform appearance. Henley received a four point score, giving him a unanimous vote. Both Hopper and Miss Pierson received ten points and tied for second place.
The regional finals will be held from May 17 to 29. The national finals will take place in Los Angeles on June 21, at which time the cash prizes will be paid to the winners. A regional winner becomes a national contestant and has a right to compete for the prizes totaling five thousand dollars.
Charles Wright, debate manager, was chairman of the tryouts and was asisted by Sam Jones, who obtained the judges, prepared the ballots and acted as timekeeper. The judges were Mr. and Mrs. O. G. Jones; W. F. Haustler and Claude Van Matre.
Unusual Drama To Be Produced On Bard’s Day
Cast For Shakespearean Festival Chosen; Ticket Sale Opens Soon.
The student cast for the Shakespearean Festival was chosen Friday evening after rehearsal and will be announced this week in the Trojan. Ticket sales, under the direction of Elwood Harmon, will be opened soon in the Student Store and possibly through salesmen on the campus under his direction.
A high compliment was paid to the students in the cast by R. D. MacLean, according to Mrs. Pearl Aiken Smith, under whose supervision the festival is taking shape, when MacLean said that never in all his contacts with student participants in Shakespearean roles had he met a group in which the actors spoke their lines as well as do the Southern California undergraduates.
The festival will be given next Monday morning in Bovard Auditorium during the regular chapel hour, but will continue until 11:00 o’clock. President R. B. von Kleinmid so much desires that the production be successful that he has made it a part of the University work, both by participation in the cast, on the production staff, and in attendance. It is he who is responsible for the courtesy which MacLean is extending to the University by giving his time to the campus and students.
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WILSON TO SPEAK AT JOINT MEETING
Stitt Wilson, famous lecturer, will be the principal speaker at a joint meeting of the Y. W. and Y. M. C. A. to be held Wednesday at 5:30. A large number of students can be accommodated at this gathering, which will take the form of a supper meeting, the charge being 25c a person.
The regular Y. W. C. A. meeting time has been changed from Wednesday to Thursdays at 4:30 in the Y. W. C. A. rooms of the Union building. At the next meeting Rosita Hopps, Doris Tenant, and Claire Mae Parsons, delegates to the national Y W. C. A. convention at Sacramento will tell of the events which occurred
at the convention, which took place last week.
FLOATING COLLEGE CRUISE DESCRIBED
Averett Tells of Students’ Entertainment in Siam, Athens, and Cairo at Y. W. C. A. Meeting.
Beginning wit ha reception by S. C., enlivened by a presentation to Premier Mussolini and entertained by Siamese dancing girls, the floating university’s cruise around the world was pronounced a success by its participants, stated Julian Averett, a member of the ship’s student body last year. Averett discussed foreign student contact at a meeting of the Y. W. C. A. Thursday in the StudTnt Union building.
During the entire trip the receptions accorded the American students by foreign universities were entirely surprising and pleasing, Mr. Averett said, and in some places, as at Ath ens, even the general public packed the streets to watch the students go by. In Bangkok, Siam, the local university was ordered closed in order to allow the American to live at the dormitories during their stay in that place. One of the most outstanding examples of student contact was found at Cairo, Egypt; Easter Sunday was celebrated in London.
Another feature of the Y. W. C. A. meeting Thursday was the reading of "The Sign of the Rose,” by Katherine Stone, of the School of Speech. Margaret Beggs presided over the meeting.	i
AMAZONS USHER AT S.C. DINNER
Sixteen Girls Will Direct Guests To Tables At All-Trojan Banquet.
University women, members of the Amazons, the University of Southern California honorary society, will serve as ushers at the all-Trojan dinner of the S. C. alumni at the Hotel Biltmore next Tuesday evening. A staff of 16 women, all prominent in undergraduate life, will assist in seating the thousand or more guests under the leadership of Mary Main, president of the Amazons, and Elizabeth von KieinSmid, former president and daughter of the University’s chief executive.
Reservations for the dinner indicate that it will be the largest alumni function in the history of the university. In addition to the inner at the Hotel Biltmore dinner will be served at the same hour in 20 other cities about the state, as well as in a large number of eastern cities. More than 8000 invitations have been issued to these functions.
In addition to an elaborate program of choral numbers by the combined men and women’s glee clubs of the university under the direction of J. Arthur Lewis, and music by two orchestras and the Trojan brass quartette, Mme. Elsa Olsen, prima donna soprano of the Chicago Opera Co.. will sing a group of songs at the dinner at the Hotel Biltmore. The musical program which wiil be broadcast over station KHJ, and after being carried by wire to San Francisco to be redistributed there over station KFRC, is being arranged by Harold William Roberts, director of the university musical organizations. Mme Alsen’s numbers will not be broadcast, however.
Tuesday night’s dinners will mark the beginning of the effort of the alumni throughout the state and the nation to raise among themselves funds for the erection of the university library and gymnasium, each or which is to cost approximately $750,-000.
PETITIONS TO BE OUT APRIL 30
Candidates Must Take Examinations For All Student Body Offices.
Petitions for candidacy for student body offices can be secured by the prospective candidates, from the office of Gwynn Wilson, graduate manager, April 30. Candidates will be given until 3:30 p.m. May 3 inwrhich to gather the required 50 signatures.
All prospective candidates are expected to get in communication with Fred Pierson, chairman of the elec tions committee, at once. He will instruct them with the necessary requirements for candidacy, the method of filling out the petitions, and othei data.
According to Pierson, it will be necessary for all prospective officers to pass an examination on the duties and powers of the office they are seeking. This examination will not take place until after the balloting on the new constitution, recently recommended by the executive committee. Candidates will be given sufficient time to study the document, if it passes in the student body election, before the examinations, so that they may learn the requirements and duties as they exist under the articles of the new document.
LEADERS OF 53 GROUPS TO MEET THIS MORNING TO MAKE FINAL PLANS
Working Ideas Will Be Discussed; To Meet in Hoose 206; Ballyhoo Rally Will Resemble National Conclave; Co-eds Will Participate.
Chairmen of delegations for the national presidential nominating convention to be held Friday in the men’s gymnasium have been chosen by a# committee headed by Morgan Cox. Elaborate plans are under way to make the affair as realistic as possible, according
♦to Chairman Cox.
FORMER TROJANS MANAGE AIR FIELD
Evans and Schlens Operating Airport At Ninety-first and Western.
Organizing a new aviation concern of their own, known as the Aero Club of Southern California, two S. C. students, Louis Evans and Lee Schlens, have left college and opened up a new aviation field at 91st Street and Western avenue.
The field, which is already in operation, is well equipped with four planes. Sterling Boiler, who is chief pilot, was one of the 24 who graduated from Kelly field, government aviation school, out of a class of 248, and has had much experience in flying. His brother, Don Boiler, chief mechanic, was formerly with the Aero corporation, outstanding flying concern of this locality.
The planes selected are of various types to accommodate both stunt and ordinary flying. One is the new Eaglerock plane, two are new Thun derbirds, and one a solo ship. A student school for those learning is al ready in operation with several beginners. Both commercial flying and excursion trips about the city, as well as cross-country hops, will be made by the company. Any student plan ning to go back east or elsewhere for the summer vacatoin should inquire as to the passenger service.
DENTS TO PUBLISH TROJAN TOMORROW
The college of Dentistry will publish the Daily Trojan tomorrow under the editorship of Gordan Pace. Bob Labriola, as the sport editor and W. Bonness, as the feature editor, will aid Pace in the publication and the handling of the staff.
This is the first time that the dental students have attempted to publish the daily. The paper will carry only dental college news.
Back Seat Drivers To Imperil Male Lives In Second Taxi Day
Co-eds again will pilot cars when the W. S. G. A. conducts the second Taxi Day of the year on Wednesday, April 25, from 7:30 in the morning until 4:30 in the afternoon.
Rates for transporting eds and co-eds to various parts of the campus have been placed at prices ranging from 10 cents to 25 cents. The purpose of the day is to raise money for the W. S. G. A. loan fund.
Gayle Daley, secretary of the sophomore class, is in charge of the day’s activities.
CLASSES HOLD FINAL MEETS
Programs For the Rest of Year Was Subject of Discussion.
ARISTO
Aristo literary society will hold in formal and formal initiation for the pledges Tuesday evening, following the regular meeting at 7:00 p.m., in the usual meeting place.
Past finances and the program for the remainder of the year were the chief business of the class meetings held Friday which were in some cases the last class meetings of the year The classes met during the chapel hour, and entertainment as w*ell as business featured the conclaves.
The senior class met in Hoose 305 to settle the program for the re-mainder of the year. Among the events that were announced were the Baccalaureat, June 3; the Delta Delta Delta punsy breakfast, June 7; Ivy day, June 8; and Commencement, June 9. On Ivy day, the traditional events are the smoking of the peace pipe between the juniors and seniors, the burying of the hatchet for the freshmen and sophomores, and the presentation of the senior gift to the school. Other events of more formal nature are the Trojan women’s club tea on June 6, and the president’s levee, which is a formal affair in the president’s parlors, on June 6.
The junior class was called to order by Bob Behlow in Touchstone theatre. Behlow thanked the class for the co-operation in attending the meeting, and remarked that if the junior-senior dinner dance was sup> ported as well as the junior prom, it would undoubtedly be a great success. This junior prom was the first in the history of the university to be a financial success. Entertainment was furnished by Gwendolyn Rickard extravaganza star, who sang popular
blues numbers and accompanied herself on the piano. Bill Harvey was appointed to fill the office of trek-surer vacated by the resignation of Marion Garrison, who was unable to keep the office because of numerous other duties.
At the meeting of the sophomores in Hoose 206, Dick Halderman, class president, announced the details of the sophomore dance to be given April 28. The affair is to be a spring informal sport dance. Bob Beardsley, treasurer, gave a report on the financial condition of the class of ’30 Members of the Southlanders orchestra provided * entertainment at the meeting.
Freshmen held a general discussion of ways and means in Bovard auditorium.
There will be half as many delegates from each state as there are in the real national convention of both parties. This is necessary because of the lack of space in the gym. Tbe plan is to appoint a chairman for each state in the Union and for the five territories of the United States, Philippines, Alaska, District of Coluukbia, Hawaii, and Porto Rico, making fifty-three delegations. He will in turn pick half as many representatives as his state is allowed. To make up the other half of the delegation the’students will be permitted to ask their co-ed friends to accompany them and participate in the activities on the floor.
It is planned to have the convention begin at 7 o’clock in the evening and the actual work of the mock convention will follow as closely as possible the work of a real national convention. Spectators will be permitted to view the assemblage from the stands in the gym. The workings of the parties will take place on the floor which will be divided into regular divisions with proper signs. ’
A meeting of all chairmen is to be held this1 morning at teb o’clock in H. 206, at which ttmte definite plans for the convention will be outlined and discussed. The meeting will be in charge of Morgan Cox, chairman. All those chosen are requested to attend as it will be their only opportunity to find out how manw delegates they will be allowed.
The following men have been selected as chairmen of the 48 states: Henley, Hopper, C. Wright, Harmon, Behlow, Crail, ’ Mayhew, Garrison, Weimer, Pierson, Bautzer, Harris, Silbert, Adams, Metcalfe, T. Woods, Baxter, Boren, Peck, Ruymann, Hicks, Beeks, B. Beardsley, Dickens, Mulvin, Huston, Harvey, Barr, Maxwell, Edgerton, R. Flynn, Therieau, Broomfield, Cunningham, Culp, Bryant, Hodges, Kline, B. Foote, Welch, Nickle, B. Wright, Callow, Bruner, Saylor, Spaeth, Kispert, Oudermuelen, Bill Woods, Pinkley, Newcomer, Mikesall, and Epley.
GRADUATION BIDS TO BE SOLD SOON
Seniors Urged To Order Commencement Announcements Now; Invitations Unique.
Graduation announcements will soon be ready, and all seniors who wish to get them must place their orders with the Student Store at once. The announcements are unusually distinctive and contain several novel ideas, and it is imperative that students desiring these booklets order them at once so that enough will be printed to take care of the demands of the entire class.
One of the features of the booklet is the art work, which is the product of S. C. students. Two etchings, representing familiar campus scenes, were chosen from the group presented in a contest at the School of Architecture. The cover will be of Florentine design, built around the class numerals, and may be obtained in either leather or paper.
An added personal interest will be taken in the announcements this year siDce the names of all graduates from the various departments of the university have been included. As has been the custom in the past, there will be a list of all class officers and committees.