Read It in The Trojan
Art Syvertson speaks in national contest Friday. Yellow Dog will appear on campus tomorrow. W.S.G.A. delegates report successful convention. “Aye, Aye, Sir” is in finishing stage.
Squire petitions are being received this week.
Southern
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Trojan
The Spirit of Troy
“Two baseball games and a track meet are hard to lose in three days. But there is some satisfaction in that we were going against good teams. There can be no shouting about a “one point jinx.”
The Old Trojan’s Column.
VOL. XVIII.
Los Angeles, California, Tuesday, April 26, 1927
NUMBER 125
YELLOW DOG WILL BARK TOMORROW
Campus Dirt Will Be Aired in Annual Publication of Sigma Sigma Pledges.
A barking, biting Yellow Dog will make its appearance on the Southern Caifornia campus tomorrow morning in an attempt to uncover every particle of campus vice, dirt, and scandal associated with the student body of the University.
This Yellow sheet is published each year by the pledges of Sigma Sigma, junior men’s honorary fraternity and ivals the Razzberry sheet of Pi Delta ^psilon in bringing to light the exist-rcg and non-existing evils of the campus. Neither man, woman, nor child is exempt from the bold publicity of its pages, and woe befall the person who has not followed the straight and narrow paih during his or her collegiate career.
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Aye Aye Sir” Cast to Meet For Last Practice Tonight
Tickets Are Now On Sale At Box Office For Performances On April 29, 30 At Playhouse; Plot of Comedy Concerns Exploits of S. C. Freshman in Hawaii.
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The dress of the salesmen which will be worn tomorrow morning has been kept secret, but from past experiences campus men and women realize the futility of trying to describe their garbs in the English lan-uage. They promise to attract at-tion, to say the least.
Although written by the pledges and under the direction of Carroll jate, the censoring of the vocif-sanine will be in the hands of ^Syvertson, the redoubtable de-ite captain. Syvprtson stated that pie razz paper will no doubt be the rbest of its kind and very interesting reading, but that all unnecessary “scum” will be eliminated.
Formal initiation for Sigma Sigma pledges will take place Thursday afternoon in the president’s parlors and the banquet Saturday evening at the Los Angeles Countrv Club.
A Tough Week-end for Trojan Sports.
“A Lot of All Right and Considerable Bad.”
Stanford Eliminates Sophs, Freshies.
Student Comment is Good.
Misery Loves Company.
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J Senior Ditch Day Date To Be Set
At Senior Snap
Senior Ditch Day, always in- ■interesting to Seniors, and inci- * dentally juniors, will be the £ chief topic of interest at the ★ third Senior Snap, scheduled *or * tomorrow night at the Tri-Delt ^ house, 2407 South Flower street. ★ Mabel Smith, in general * charge of arrangements, an- ★ nounces that the snap is for J seniors only, as the
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reason for having them is to ★ give the seniors a chance to £ get better acquainted. The £ dance will be from 7 to 9 and ★ admission is 25 cents a person. * Tag dances and other
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spirit of iciness and formality so	£ often found at class
Helen Sauber and Berwyn Riske, as they will appear in “Aye, Aye, Sir.”
CONFIDENTIAL WAMP WILI, APPEAR SOON
‘True Confessions” of College Students Will Feature Next Number of Wampus.
One week from today the “Confi dential Number” of the Wampus ap p^ars, and in living up to the name of the issue. Tommy Wamp reveals many startling, scandalous things.
A series of burlesque true, confae sion stories will feature the forthcoming Wamp. John Coulthard has written a heart throbbing drama of hero worship and passionate lov«\ and has illustrated it with skill. Rill Wisdom has revealed the educational possibilities of coUege in a story illustrated by Marvin Connell. Elvalee Powell and Don Mike have prepared a series of illustrated confessions of college people.
| The May 3 issue of Wampus is to be followed by a “Final Number.” for which work is already under wav. The “Final Number” will be on the campus just before final exams start, I and will complete the work of the Wampus staff for this year.
Completing all practice for the musical comedy, “Aye, Aye, Sir,’’ to be given at the Playhouse Friday and Saturday, the cast will meet for dress rehearsal this evening.
“Aye, Aye, Sir,” written by Rob Ames for the Musical Organizations Department of the University, has a plot of the sea, of the campus, and of Hawaii. The leads, Benny and Tolly are taken by Berwyn Riske and Helen Sauber.
Benny Williams, a freshman at Southern California stows away on the Sally Lou in onler to accompany the Trojan Glee Club to Honolulu. Benny gets into a lot of trouble. He falls in love with Tolly only to learn that she is engaged to a wealthy man in Honolulu. The captain discovers that he is beating his way on the ship, and when Benny appeals to his fraternity brothers for help, they say they have never seen him before.
There is also a crook on board who, after making a clean-up on the passengers, decides to frame Benny in order to escape capture. Benny trades places with the crook, thinking that by doing so he wiil be able to get enough money to save Tolly from her unhappy engagement and marry her himself. But Benny is caught with the boodle in his pockets and is accused of being the thief. Even Tolly throws him over. But things improve as the plot continues.
Tickets may be purchased at the Associated Students’ Book Store up until Friday morning.
ADVANCE DATE FOR APOLLIAD
May 6th is New Date Set for Annual Literary Fete; Admission by Invitation.
PEACE CONTEST
The National Peace Contest will be held tomorrow afternoon at 3:15 iD H-206.
ASILOMAR BANQUET ARRANGED
BY Y. W.C. A. FOR WEDNESDAY
Endeavoring to arouse interest and enthusiasm in the coming Asilomar Conference to be held June 12 to 25 tlie Y. W\ C, A. has arranged a banquet to be held Wednnesdav at 6 o’clock at the W'omen’s Residence Hall, at which time an extensive program will be presented under the direction of Florence Galentine.
The Y. WT. C. A. has set the number of representatives to go from the University of Southern California at fifty-five, and It is hoped that that many will sign up immediately so that definite arrangements can be made for them. U. C. L A. is expected to send fifty and Southern California wants to be represented in a similar raUo.
Owing to a conflict, the date set for the annual Apollied has been advanced to Froday, May 6th. Touchstone Theatre will be the scene of the annual event.
This program is purely by invitation and v,Till consist of musical selections, stories, poetry, and three one-act plays. All the contributors for the program are entitled to invitations and are asked to call at the office of the School of Speech for them. A number of eminent writers and composers have been extended an invitation and will act as judges.
The stage classes are designing effective stage settings to be used in the production. Because of the length of the program and stage settings needed for the plays it will not be possible to present all the original material submitted but the authors whose work does not appear will be given due recognition that evening.
Elizabeth Kemp will act as toast-mistress for the banquet, the toasts all being on the subject of points of interest at Asilomar.
Toasts will be given by Griselda Kuhlman. U. C. L. A. student executive of the conference this year, on 'Chapel Windows”; by Juanita Ellsworth on “The Circle”: by Mi^s Smith, Long Beach Y. W., general secretary, on “Asilomar as An En-dv.ring Power,” and by Eunice Biddle. Girl Reserve secretary, on “Reminiscences,” at Long Beach.
The musical program has been arranged as follows: Violin, Frances Co-e; vocal solo, Catherine Nason; and a vocal solo, Trees,” by Rena Hawkins.
Reservations for the banouet Wednesday must be made by noon Tuesday at the Y. W. lodge or he handed ti Winnie Finch.
Decorations will be in the marine motif, having a lighthouse for a centerpiece and shells for place cards.
Asilomar pictures will also be used
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Eleanor Mix and Betty Farmer Wire About Trip
...CHICAGO... 111.,.. April.. 25—Our conference closed today after a very successful week... From the work of the last week we hope to bring back much to S. Q. that will be of benefit in our worK there. During our trip we have visited Northwestern University, Chicago University, and Illinois University, and we have been very proud of our Alma Mater, for every one seems to know of the Trojans. We are both anxious to get back within the walls of Troy and are expecting to arrive in California on Wednesday.
Eleanor Mix & Betty Farmer.
Last week-end was a tough one for Southern California sports. Two baseball games and a track meet are hard to lose in three
days. But there is some satisfaction in that we were going against good teams. At least there can be no shouting about a “one point
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Tomorrow will see the appearance of the second and last razz paper of the year when the Sigma Sigma “Yellow Dog” comes out. Our past attitude toward these has been the rather neutral one of regarding them as “a lot of all right and considerable bad.” We are hoping for something better tomorrow with Art Syvertson as the censor. We have always believed in Art and are resting assured that he will be as tolerant of legitimate “razzing” as he will be intolerant of dirty stuff.
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This does not mean that he will be responsible for all that will appear in the paper. It is his task to give the campus a paper free from the smut that has been present in all previous papers. Beyond that he will be just one of the staff.
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Stanford University has made quite a departure from her former policy, and, indeed, the policy of most American universities in eliminating the freshman and sophomore courses. It will be interesting to watch and see how the plan will work out. But other than a personal*curiosity we have no editorial interest in the step.
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But we have been interested in some of the student comment appearing in the university paper. We have noticed two articles in which the new policy is given a hearty boost. From the wording of at least one of them we have wondered if it were not written in answer to criticisms being talked around by those who think that some of the undergraduate activities will suffer by the change. Without knowing this to be the case but believing that every important decision finds its dog-in-the-manger enemies we can only wish our neighbors the best of success in their efforts to work out something better for Stanford.
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They say misery loves company. We read with sympathy an editorial in a fellow-editor’s paper in w’hich he gives relief to the following lament:
"During the week just ending The Daily has received at least a dozen requests for the suppression of news. . . . Do students of (Continued on Page Four)
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ARCHITECTS TO FROLIC IL
Spring Carnival To Be Rated as All-University Function For First Time.
For the first time in campus history, “Le Cirque du Printemps,” or Spring Carnival of the Campus Architects, is being sponsored as an All University function on Saturday night, April 30, at the Hollywood Terminal building.
The masked ball of the architects has long been noted for its originality in presentation and costume, ana has heretofore been listed to students of architecture rnd their friends. Now, sponsored as an All-University dance, it has become the only costume dance of the university.
Music will be furnished by an orchestra well known in Southern California, The Southlanders, of the Rendezvous Ballroom, Balboa. Prizes for the best costumes will be offered, according to Lee Ellis, cbairge de l’affaire, and an interesting program of entertainment will be presented in addition to the regular dancing.
New ideas in costumes, favors and decorations will predominate, and it is expected that this affair will add a new phase of campus social traditions.
Tickets are now on sale at the bookstore for $2.50 and ma> also be obtained from Graham Latta, Leo Ellis, Bob Bawbell, or Frank Baden, at the School of Architecture.
SYVERTSON TO SPEAK IN CALIFORNIA FINALS OF NATIONAL CONTEST
Representatives of Fifteen Institutions Will Compete at U. C. L. A., Friday, April 6; Winner Will Go To Corvallis, Ore., For Semi-Finals; Award is $1,500.
Arthur Syvertson, captain of the debate squad, will represent Southern California in the National Oratorical Contest finals for this state, Friday evening, April 29, at 8 o’clock at U. C. L. A.
Representatives of fifteen California colleges and universities are to take part in the contest, each speaker being limited to ten min-
4 utes for his speech.
The National Oratorical Contest is
SQUIRES RECEIVE MANY PETITIONS
All Freshmen Desiring Consideration For Squires Must Get Petitions in by Thursday.
Having passed the period of Knight petitioning, interest of the campus is now centered on the presentation of petitions for Squire membership, which began Monday morning with about fifty applications returned within the first two hours, according to Mrs. Marie Poetker of the Student Store ticket office.
The organization of the Squire*, which is strictly limited to members ot the sophomore class, was created to help enforce the rules of the University as they have collected concerning the traditions.
The Squires’ function on the campus is to keep the freshmen informed as to custom, and in line as to behavior.
The number of Squires to be selected is to be definitely determined at the Knight meeting scheduled for Wednesday night, but U ia expected that the size of the group will be generally the same.
Questions in the application blank for Squire membership are relative to the service to be performed for that organization.
an inter-collegiate forensic competition on the Constitution of the United States, conducted under the auspices of a group of associated newspapers. The winner of the California state finals will go to Corvallis, Oregon, to compete in the Western division finals against the winners of similar contests from the other western states. There are, altogether, six regional divisions into which the United States is divided for the purposes of the contest. The winners of the regional competitions are scheduled to meet in Los Angeles on June 25 for the national finals of the contest. A prize of fifteen hundred dollars is to go to the winner of the national competition.
Art Syvertson, S. C. debate captain who will represent this university in the California finals, has carried the Cardinal and Gold in twenty-three forensic contests... While attending Pasadena High School in 1923, he won a prize of $1,500 for an oration on the Constitution of the United States.
After enrolling at S. C., Syvertson distinguished himself by winning first place in the Bowen Cup Contest, and, a short time later, carried away the honors in the League of Nations Contest, with a cash prize of $75.
NOTICES
All notice* must be brought to the Trojnn office at 71« Went .leff*n»on St. or phoned to HUmbolt 4522. \'o-ticeN must be limited to 35 word*.
TROJAN BREAKFAST
Last Trojan staff breakfast Thursday morning, 7:15, Cottage Tea Room. Everyone expected to be there. Sign In Trojan office if possible.
PRE-MED MEETING
Regular Pre-Medic meeting Wednesday, April 27, 7:30 P. M., Room 306, Science building. A. H. Zeigle” M. D., will speak on “The Blood.”
JUDGE WILL BE SPEAKER TODAY
Judge Georgia Bullock of the Municipal Court of Los Angeles will be the speaker for today’s chapel program. Mrs. Bullock is the second speaker on the Vocational Guidance series which is being sponsored by the Y. M. C. A. this week. She will have as her topic, “Law, as a Profession.”
Tomorrow's speaker will be Orra Monnette, vice-president of the Bank of Italy and a noted financial authority. Mr. Monnette will speak on “Business.” Dr. Frank Dyer of the Wil-shire Congregational Church will talk on “The Ministry” during Thursday’s chapel period, and Burton Smith, state editor of The Times, who will be Friday’s speaker, will have as his subject, “Journalism.”
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INVITE PRE-MEDS TO DOCTORS’MEET
State Medical Association Meets Here This Week; Prominent Medics on Program.
Pre-Medical students in tne University have been extended an invitation to attend the sessions of the meeting of the State Medica’. Association, April 25 to 28. Dr. M. M. Durbin, campus medical advisor, has been largely Instrumental in securing this privilege.
The convention will be held iu the Philharmonic and the Pacif'c Mutual Auditoriums. Physicans from ail pr.rts of California will meet, and outstanding men from other states have been engaged as speakers.
Tuesday evening, according to the announcement by Miss Inez Wilber, vice-president of the Pre-Medical Society, members of the society w i.l meet at the Philharmonic Auditorium to attend a lecture by Dr. W. A. Evans, Health Editor of the Chicago Tribune and widely known writer on medicine for the laymau. The subject will be Public Health and will te popular in nature.
SPOOKS AND SPOKES
An important meeting of Spooks and Spokes will be held at 12:15 today in the Y. W. C. A. All members are asked to attend.
NEW SOPHOMORE DATE BUREAU
WILL START FUNCTIONING TODAY
SKULL AND DAGGER
There will be a Skull and Dagg£f meeting at noon Wednesday in the office of the student body “president. All pledges are requested to be present
PHI DELTA GAMMA
A special meeting of Phi Delta Gamma will be held at 5 P. M. today at the Y hut.
In preparation for the dance to be staged in the Women’s Club of Hollywood, 7078 Hollywood Boulevard, Friday evening, the Sophomore Date Bureau jnakes its appearance in front of the Administration Building today.
Jack Stumph, chairman of the Bu-rea, has selected a large social committee which will work through the sororities, fraternities, and campus living groups to carefully consider and
act upon requests for suitable escorts. In commenting on the innovation, Stumph said: “Perhaps there are some about S. C. who will regard this Date Bureau as a plan for 'sour blind dates’. This is not our object. Many requests have been filed by girls on this campus who are really ‘knockouts’. The motto of our Bureau is satisfaction guaranteed, and strictly confidential.” The following form has been prepared for applicants:
GAMMA LAMBDA EPSILON
Gamma Lambda Epsilon will meet today at 5 P. M-, preceding dinner, which all members and pledges may attend.
SOPHOMORE DATE REQUISITION
Applicants name (Mr.—Miss)...................
Age........................Height................................ Color.
(blond or brunette)