U.L-U RALLY TO BE HELD IN BOVARD AUDITORIUM AT 10 A. M.
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GAEL BASEBALL Attend the S. C 8t. Mary's baseball game at 3 o'clock thii afternoon on Bovard field.
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Los Angeles, California. Friday. April 24. 1931.
No. 129.
931 EXTRAVAGANZA WILL OPEN TONIGHT
overnor Rolph Here Wednesday
1ASSES WILL IE DISMISSED FORASSEMBLY
iarley Keppen to Speak; Hal Grayson’s New Band Will Play.
U io o’clock clauses will be Blised today for the Stanford-jlfrn California track meet , ndly which has been planned i\it rally committee under the tetion of Kenneth Tallow.
Ill Grsyson and his 16-piece record ins orchestra will liili muilc for Ihe occasion, ij.on, who Is a former S. C.
his two
sons hits: "What Good Is and "That's Somp’n.” The ularity of the band was proved lhe fact that it was chosen to for the mnvle Wanipas ball the Biltmore last Saturday
Itlarley Keppen, the genial urman of sports activities at LA.A.P., whose voice Is so known lo S.C. students reifh hii announcing of football s and track meets in the coll-wili ipeak on the coming lulord-Southern California track et giting his views on the prob-outcome of the meet. Mr. ippen Is famous as a speaker whatever he says is bound to ) interesting.
I Coach Dean Cromwell and Cap-ft Erny Payne will give short ii telling what they consider I be the outcome of the meet |»t Captain Payne will Introduce l members of the learn from i stage.
[Every loyal Trojan is urged to md the rally not only to hear muaic and Mr. Keppen, but to show our championshlp-wnd track teem that the student •ij is behind them In their big K effort of lhe season against ulord a week from Saturday.
MESE PRINCE VISITS BOSTONIANS
I BOSTON, April 23,—(UP) — Imperial highnesses, Prince J I’""ncess Takamatsu of Japan, "jpied the 14 room presidential 41 the Copley Plaza here to-^t Allowing their arrival from ■aielphla.
I Jusands of persons were on d at the South station to wel-lf members of the Japanese *ria| house as their train ar-r**1 Portly after 7 p.m. A recep-'•“Mittee, headed by Court-* Crocker, honorary consul of *J* a' Boston, and Mayor James Jrley. greeted the brother of H emperor and his bride as , * *l‘8hted from a private car.
[ tuse of a reported “plot” to senate the Prince and his r*'. a° ®xtr“ large detail of
[i ,v.ered ,hr°ughout the crowd f itation.
[_ er brief ceremonies in the
■Wrtd*** **le ro*a* couple was ^ '■ to a waiting automobile r 'tn trough Boston's nar-uey ,lr^ts ,0 the hotel where . *" ln,lk'' their residence r * their four-day stay.
L“ "alter F. Skeele of the fun .°f "Ue ' wl1* Judge the 1
C?* dtstru t of the Woman's 00 of Music clubs, Satur-also
Amazon Pledging SHAKESPEARE
Is Scheduled tori	___
Today at Noon CONTEST SET
FOR APRIL 25
Pledging of the twenty-six members of Amazon will take place at noon today in the legislative council room In the Student Union. Amazons must wear black skirts with their sweaters, and new pledges must wear white, Constance Vachon said yesterday.
The women students who have been elected to membership are: Ruth Arbogast, Ruth Browne, Mary Ann Cotton, Betty Cox, Phyllis Doran, Marjoria Edick, Regina Gerardi, Oladys Goodsell, Marjorie Grewell, Betty Henderson, Peggy Lavering, Mary Jane Lemere, Marlon Leonard, Margaret Lipsey, Gretchen Mayer, Myra Jane McClung, Mary Jane Mercer, Terrance Olender, Janet Pelphrey, Karma Rinkleff, Billie Rogers, Narclsse Truitt, Martha Van Buskirk, Patricia Vigne, Christy Welch, and Winifred Went*.
acted as judge for
nl jj <on,e*t held Saturday.
FRANCIS TAPPAAN NAMED PRESIDENT OF LAW STUDENTS
All-American End of 1929 Beats Charles Taylor by 16 Votes
In one of the closest elections in several years, Francis Tappaan was elected president of the School of Law student body yesterday. Tappaan, all-american end on the 1929 football team, defeated his opponent, Charles Taylor, by 16 votes.
A total of 21H students in Ihe school cast their ballots in the hotly contested election, electing Anna von Seggern senior vice-president and I*wrence Drumm, junior vice-president.
The results of the election are as follows:
President: Francis Tappaan, 116 votes, elected; Charles Taylor, 100 votes.
Senior vice-president: Anna von Seggern defeated Dora Woods.
Junior vice-president: I,awrence Drumm elected over Ray Kinni-son.
Secretary-treasurer: Jack Green-burg defeated Gene Harris.
Sergeant-at-Arms: Dave Farrell elected over Joe Dubin.
Editor El Rodeo law section: Dick Kirtland defeated Horace Head.
Manager El Rodeo law section: Nate Rosin, unopposed.
Gold watches will be presented to athletes aud their coachos who break university relay or special event records at the Drake relays, April 24 and 25.
High School and Junior College Students to Compete.
The 11th annual Shakespeare contest and festival for students in high schools and junior colleges of southern California will be. presented under the direction of the Speech Arts association In Bovard auditorium, Saturday.
Merle McGinnis, Trojan student body president in 1921, is president of the Speech Arts association of southern California and a member of the faculty of Huntington Park high school. AH plans for the celebration are under his direction.
Elizabethian atmosphere will characterize an Anne Hathaway luncheon which will be served ln the social hall of the Student Union at 12:30. Music will be furnished by the S.C. Girls’ trio and the Classic string quartette. Mr. R. D. MacLean, eminent Shakespearean actor, will be the guest speaker and President von Klein* Smid will also be a guest of honor.
Forty-one high schools and several junior colleges are sending active participants to this contest which assumes the form of a celebration in honor of the birthday of William Shakespeare which is April 23. A boy and a girl representative from each school will compete with representatives of other schools in an interpretation of passages from Shakespeare which must not exceed 30 lines. There are three groups ln the contest—group A composed of junior college students; group B, composed of students from high schools with an enrollment of 1500 or more; group C, composed of students from high schools having less than 1500 enrollment.
One boy and one girl will be chosen from each group and each contestant so chosen will receive a leather-bound Oxford edition of Shakespeare's works and an attendance prize in the form of a handsomely painted and framed copy of the shield of Shakespeare, w ill be presented to the school having the largest representation at the festival.
Free tickets will be available at the door of the auditorium for all those wishing to attend this contest which has been planned with & view to emphasizing the joyousness of the occasion. Con* testants have been requested to select scenes of a lighter vein and the spirit of the day will be that of a gala celebration.
tTilr Monday 0FF1CIAL T0 BE
In Student Union SPEAKER AT
S. C. BANQUET
With a large turn-out expected, the first all-university dig since the 12-weeks examinations will be held ln the social hall of the Student Union Monday evening from 7:30 to 9 p.m. As this is the last dig of the year with the exception of the senior dig May 26, all students are urged to attend.
Ernie Smith's 10-plece campus orchestra will play for the dance, announced Janet McCoy yesterday. "The affair will be the first at which the new piano, purchased for the social hall, will be used,” declared Miss McCoy. The piano was obtained with proceeds from previous digs.
Invitations for Apolliad Will Be In Speech Office This Afternoon
Invitations to the seventh annual Apolliad will be in the office of the School of Speech this afternoon. Successful contributors are entitled to eight invitations each, to be obtained from Mrs. Tacie Hanna Hew this afternoon. Tickets must be called for either today or Monday. All contributors to the Apolliad contest are entitled to au invitation to the program, to Howard Miller, Helen Birdsell, L.
be given May 8 in Touchstone theatre, regardless of whether the contribution was accepted or not.
Students whose contributions to the annual creative program are to be presented on the program are Kenneth Winstead, Gretchen Mayer, William A. White, Thel-wall Proctor, Sterling Kincaid, Charles Gros, Ted Magee, William G. Randall, Mary Elizabeth White,
Genevieve Selby, John Bassett, An nis Crabb, Overne Abney, Mary Shoop, Harriet Lawson, Katheryn Lane, and Cranston Stroup.
All former contributors to the Apolliad contest whose work was accepted on previous Apolliad programs may have tickets, faculty members may have invitations by phoning the School of Speech office.
S. C. TEAM FACES LAST DEBATE IN HAWAIIAN SERIES
Gregson Bautzer and Ulyss Mitchell to Argue Prohibition Question in Honolulu
Closing their debale scl'edule in Honolulu, the Southern California squad, composed of Gregson Baut-r.er and Ulyss-1 Mitchell, will oppose the University of Hawaii tonight on the subject, "Resolved; that the eighteenth amendment should be repealed.” The Southern California team will support the negative.
This debate Is outside of the international oratorical convention held In Honolulu, which closed this week. In the final debate of the convention on the Oriental immigration question, Mitchell was judged the best speaker. By the system of judging which was used, only the best speaker was selected and the achievement of the two teams was not rated. The Southern California delegation was associated with two Btudents from the University of Hawaii and debated four representatives of Japanese universities.
One of the Japanese students was chosen as second best speaker. TWrd place was given to a member of the team from Ihe University of Hawaii, and fourth place to Bautzer.
Last week in the international oratorical contest Hautzer placed first. The victory of Mitchell gives Southern California a clean sweep of first speaker in both major events.
University Coaching School to Open Soon
Announcement of the opening of regular coaching classes In major academic subjects to begin Tuesday, April 28, has been made by the University Coaching school.
Students wi)l have an opportunity to be coached In courses which parallel those of the university In groups of not more than six students, to be held more than twice a week, as do other institutions such as Cornell university, and the University of Washington, capable instructors have been engaged to conduct the groups.
Registration begins April 24, and continues through April 25, and 27 at 928 W. 35th place. M. Greg ory Gorby. a graduate, is In charge.
The library of the Los Angeles University of International Kela tlons, in charge of Miss IJIllan Getty, has a special travel exhibit on the third floor of the Administration buildtug.
Dean McClung Will be Toastmaster at Commerce Affair.
Governor Janies Rolph Jr., will be the principal speaker at tho annual conference dinner of the College of Commerce and Business Administration, to be given In the social hall of the Student Union next Wednesday evening. This announcement was made yesterday by Reid L. McClung, dean of the college upon receipt of a letter from the Governor, which read In part as follows;
“It gives me great pleasura to thank you, and President von KleinSmid. and vice-president Touton, and accept your kind invitation to be your guest and speak er at the annual banquet that the College of Commerce and Business Administration of the University of Southern California Is giving In the Student Union building on the campus, on Wednesday evening. April 29, at 5:46 p.m.”
(Signed) James Rolph Jr.
Governor EPECT SIX HUNDRED
Six hundred men and women, representative of the southern California business world and university student body, are expected at the affair.
M-ayor John C. Porter will be a special guest, wiille Dean McClung will act as toastmaster of the evening, with Prof. Thurston H. Ross, of commerce, as master fit ceremonies. Speakers will be: Prof. H. Dean Campbell, professor of accounting; Reynold E. Blight, of Blight and Wheeler, accountants; Kellogg Van Winkle, southern California manager of Kqul table IJfe Assurance company, New York; and Carl Bush, executive secretary of the Hollywood Chamber of Commerce.
McCLUNG LAUDS AFFAIR
"ln spite of the alleged depression, this year's banquet promises to exceed in interest and Influence any dinner we have ever given. A brilliant array of speakers haB been arranged for, and the best entertainment in the form of music, perhaps in Los Angeles, has been provided,” Dean McClung said ln commenting on the program.
Kach year students of the College of Commerce and Business Administration invite prominent business men of southern California to attend a banquet given ln their honor.
l^auren Dahl, chairman of the program and entertainment com mittee assisted by Les Fay, president of the College of Com merce, have been successful In their endeavor to obtain renowned speakers and business men for the banquet. Final program and entertainment arrangements are being completed today.
Tickets for the dinner have all been placed in the Student Store and In the hands of 70 students, who at the present time are each contacting 10 members of the commerce student body and an early sell-out Is anticipated,” Rob Dubbell, ticket chairman, announced. Tickets are priced at $1.5#. and may be purchased by students of j other colleges desiring to attend. ]
Students at Leland Stanford waiit the axe out of tbe vault but t lie >i esldent tbluks diller aatly.
Meeting of Sigma Sigma Men Called for Noon
All pledges of Slgma Sigma aro required to meet wllh John Dorfner, president, In 234 Student Union, at noon today. It is Imperative that all pledges be present, for just r few minutes. At the same time the active members should report In order to complete plans for the formal dinner dance to be held at the Town House tomorrow night.
The pledges will be Initiated tomorrow evening, Instead of In the afternoon, as was stated in yesterday’s Trojan.
POLITICS WILL BE FEATURED THEME OF SPORTS DANCE
All-U Affair to be Known as
“Campaign Capers;" Janet McCoy Heads Committee
Optimistic that no injuries ■will occur from candidates falling off soap boxes, members of the social committee are hard at work on plans for the all-unlverslty spring sport dance, "Campaign Capers." to be held May 1 In Ihe social hall.
Decorations for Ihe event will carry out the theme of politics, Soap boxes, attractively decorated, will be placed about the room, and It will be the privilege of any can dtdate for student body office to mount them and deliver stirring bits of oratory lf he so desires.
Unlike the elections of the more renowned cities of this country, the candidates need have no fear of being taken for a ride, or put on the proverbial "spot.” It is rumored that some office-seeker* have planned to go Into seclusion until the affair is over, but their safety Is assured, and their at tendance is expected.
Bids for the dance are in the form of ballots and all students are urged to vote "yes," so clean up the old black and white bro-gans. and attend. Sale of the bids starts today, announced Janet Mo. Coy, vice president of the Associated students.
Patrons and patronesses will be Dr. and Mrs. Roy Malcom, Dr. O. W. E. Cook, Dean Francis Bacon, and Dean Mary Sinclair Crawford.
CRITICS CALL REVUE BIG HIT
AT‘SHIPWRECKED’PREVIEW;
HENDERSON, STAFFORD STAR
Before a small audience composed of metropolitan dramatic critics and motion picture scouts, “Shipwrecked”, th* 1031 Extravaganza, \\.i> previewed last night in Bovard auditorium and was accorded a rousing ovation by the gelect group. Both critics and picture experts were unanimous in their opinion that It was the best*--- '
musical comedy ever to be given 'CANDIDATES FOR
SCHOOL OFFICES FOUND LACKING
Professional Greeks To Celebrate Tonight
There are still a few tickets left for the professional fraternity sport dance at the Beverly-WII-shire tonight.
This is the annual dance of the professional houses, and a clever affair is promised by the committee in charge. One of the novel features ls to be the program with a pen and ink sk&tcli of Mudd hall mounted nn white.
ai the university and that there are some sure-fire hits In the show lhat will go far outside Southern California.
The show will open tonight at 8:30 o'clock and will be repeat ed tomorrow night. Ticket sales indicate that the house wtll be sold out on both nights. Most of the fraternities and sororities on the campus have reserved blocks of seats and will attend In a body, WRECKED ON ISLAND
"Shipwrecked,” by Winifred Par-kei and Fred Phleger, ia the story of a floating university which becomes stranded on the desert. Island of Wakazoozoo after the ship had been wrecked In the South Seas. The plot revolves around the efforts of the hero, played by Harry Stafford, to get In touch with civilization with a salvaged radio set. It Is complicated with the rivalry of two of the co-eds for the affections of lhe handsome radio operator. Betty Henderson, hit of last year's Extravagnza, has the leading role as the student body president, Mrgaret Nichols takes the role of tho vamp who tries to win the radio operator away from the student body presl dent.
Comedy galore Is supplied wllh one humorous situation after an other to make Ihe audience break out Into laughter. Bill Hoppe and Fred Phleger, as a New York song writing team, are the principal comedy team. Regina Kahn and Betty Snyder aid the efforts of tills pair, playing roles of their girl friends.
Beverley Quekemyer and Betty McDougall play tho second leadc. Jack Swarthout Is the castaway who has been on the Island for years. Randolph Richards and ThomaB Graham portray the captain of the stranded ship and thc dean of the university.
The feature of the Extravaganza ls the music, and critics at last night's preview declared It to be the best they had ever hoard In a college production. There are more Bong hits than there have been before in S. C. musical revues. Some of lhe songs which will set the whole campus humming, In the opinion of the critics, are "Dream Nights,” Ihe theme song, "Loneliness,” a stirring Drinking Song," and the thrilling "Song of the Adventurers," which Is sung by the Trojan glee club.
Three choruses will give life and gaiety to the musical comedy. (Continued on Page Two)
Three Major Jobs Fail to Attract Students at Deadline
Oratorical Contest for Students Sponsored hy Phi Delta Gamma
With a silver loving cup as au Incentive, studenta in Speech 5a and 5b are working hard to prepare talks for the oratorical contest being staged by Pill Della Gamma, national professional foren-
sic fraternity, May 4 and 6.
Preliminaries will be held May 4 at 2:30 p.m. al which lime four speakers will be chosen to compete In the finals at 3 p.m. May 6. The speakers selected for Ihe finals shall deliver the same speeches given ln the preliminary contest.
All students in Speech 5a aud 5b are eligible for the contest. One contestant »III be chosen from each class by ihe members of lhe class. Speeches shall be. from five to six minutes In length and shall be. prepared but not
memorized, and will be prepared from a list furnished by Ph| Delta Gamma.
Judging will be by members of Phi Della Gamma and will be done on a basis of 50 per c«nt for subject matter Including grammar, choice of words, and thought and 60 per ceut on delivery Including poise, gesture, enunciation, and voice.
The contest is under the direction of Adel bert Bowlzer, president. and Gilbert Morse, secretary of Phi Delta. Gamma, and all questions should be referred to them.
With nomination assemblies in the various colleges set for next week. It Is necessary that all petitions for offices be turned In by noon today, Ray Geiler, election commissioner, has announced.
As yet no petitions have been turned In for the office of vice-president and treasurer of the Oollege of letters, Arts, and Sciences; for the office of treasurer of Ihe College of Architecture, or for president of the College of Musie. Persons who handed ln petitions for these office* last week hava been declared Ineligible by tha registrar, so lt will be necessary that, any student* desiring to run have their petition* ln the committee room, 234 Student Union, by noon. Anyone planning to run for presidency of the College of Music is asked to bring a signed petition to the constitution class In 305 Administration building tirta afternoon.
College nomnatlon meetings ara being held previous to 11 o'clook Thursday except ln the College of Music where they will be held Thursday noon In the music auditorium.
The schedule for the other nomination places are as follow*: College of Architecture, Tuesday, 1 p.m., in lecture room; College of Commerce, Tuesday, 10 a.m.. In 119 Old College; College of Let-ters, Arts, and Sciences, Tuesday 12m., ln Bovard auditorium; College of Pharmacy, Tuesday, 10 a. in., ln Science 306.
As no identification cards will be given out the day of elections, all studenis not having cards ara asked to get them from the registrar's office before May 7.
DEBATERS DEFEAT SAN FRANCISCO U.
Winning by a 3 to 0 decision Lockwood Miller aud Emil Steck, local debaters, closed tha forensic aeaaon laat night when they met Vincent P. Lafferly and Lloyd D. Luckmann, University of San Francisco.
The debate was held at Polytechnic high school at 7:16 p.m, the question being, "Resolved, that all the nations ahould adopt a policy of free trade.'*
Lockwood Miller, who has been an active member ot the debate squad for two years, participated ln his last debate as a representative of S. C. as he will graduate ln June. Miller has not only distinguished himself in debate, but was also winner of the Bowen cup In an all-unlverslty extemporaneous speaking contest. He is a member of Delta Slgma Rho, national honorary debating fraternity.
Emil Steck, who recently returned from the annual northern de-bate lour, will represent ■- C, again next year.