The Southern California
Seniors Meet
Room 40, 12:30
Prep Play, Fri. Night
Official Organ of thc Aaaociated Studenta, University of Southern California
Vol. VIII
Los Angeles, California, Thursday, April 26, 1917
No. 102
FACULTY EXPLAINS PURPOSE
OF CAMPUS MILITARY DRILL
—Resolution—
The following resolution was passed without an opposing vote by the Faculty of Liberal Arts at its meeting Tuesday: "Whereas, our Country is now engaged in war; and "Whereas, we are under obligation to do everything within our power to support the President and the Government; and "Whereas, our information is that our students are expected to continue their work in college, and at the same time to make some definite preparation for military service, if called upon later; and "Whereas, the administration of the University, with the approval of the Board of Trustees, has arranged for military drill under Captain Irvine and for training in first-aid and other phases of Red Cross work;
“Resolved, that we, the Faculty of the College of Liberal Arts, earnestly urge the men of the University to take part in this military drill, and the women to engage in some line of activity which will give support, lend encouragement, and be a preparation for useful service.”
Training Introduced to Give Men a Fundamental Knowledge of Military Tactics—No Obligation Involved—Preparedness Measure
SKULL AND DAGGER TO HOLD INITIATION
Captain James Irvine Will Be University Military Instructor—Seniors Particularly Urged to Apply for Admission to Presidio Camp
L FEED' BEFORE RALLY
Men of the University Woodman dub will hold a hot dog teed on Bovard field Saturday night at 6:30, in preparation for the big Woodman rally in Trinity Auditorium later in the evening.
After the “cats” a “rubberneck” bus will carry the men in the parade through the downtown streets. The parade will end at Trinity in time for the rally. Reserved seats will be furnished for the U. S. C. boosters.
All men who wish to get in on this must see Manfred Evans or Clifford Henderson or leave their names at the treasurer’s office.
The Faculty Committee on Military Affairs has issued a statement designed to clear away certain misunderstandings that seem to exist among the students in regard to the military work.
“The drill,” says the statement, “has been instituted at the request of the national government, for the purpose of giving the men an introduction to the simple elements of military tactics. It is a general preparedness measure and involves no obligation to enlist on the part of those who participate.
“No sane person today desires war, but if war is forced upon us we should be able to work intelligently. No student need feel himself kept out of drill because of conscientious scruples, for the training during the remainder of the season will be of a general nature and will be of great value for either peace or war, in the development of self-control and co ordina-tion.
“It is very urgent that all students enter into the spirit of this preparedness measure and demonstrate the fact that the University is willing to
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GERMAN CLUB TO MEET
The German club will meet this aft-frnor n in East hall, from 3:15 to 4:10. A short program will be given, and tome important business discussed.
FACULTY INDORSES MILITARY TRAININC
In faculty meeting on Tuesday the military situation was the principal matter considered. It was the unanimous opinion that all students should be induced to take part in the military drills that are being given on Bovard field three times a week.
The Faculty members decided to form themselves into a company and to drill at the same time that the student drill is held. ’I he first faculty drill was held yesterday morning, when all the male members of the faculty, headed by President Bovard, marched onto the field in true military style.
Skull and Dagger announces thc pledging of Prof. T. B. Stowell, Ronald Stannard, Channing Follette and Walter Hall. Stannard is this year’s tennis captain. Follette was elected because of the unusual ability shown in his work representing the University in three big debates against Columbia, Arizona and Wisconsin. Hall was elected under the alumni eligibility clause admitting men who were eligible in student days before the organization of Skull and Dagger. When in the University he won fourteen out of a possible sixteen monograms.
The initiation and banquet will be held Wednesday, May 2. Initiation will be held at one of the fraternity houses, and the banquet will follow at the Hotel Virginia.
U.S.C. SAND PLACED
FIRE BREAKS OUT IN OIL LAB OF CHEMISTRY
Explosion Occurs While Attilio Bissiri, Advanced Chemistry Student, Is Engaging in Experimental Work Which Calls for Heavy Pressure
Rapid Work of Bissiri in Shooting Chemicals on Flames and Shoveling Dirt Keeps Fire From Spreading— Emerges With Badly Burned Arm
University Receives Censored Message From Paul Elliot, Leader of Band
Word has been received at the University from J. Paul Elliott, leader of the band which recently left school to join the navy, that the Trojan musicians are now quartered on board the armored cruiser Huntington, which is at present anchored off the Mare Island navy yard in San Francisco bay. According to Elliott the boys have little to do but eat and sleep.
The “Huntington” is said to be the finest warship on the Pacific coast at the present time, and the U. S. C. men consider themselves very fortunate to have been assigned to such a vessel. The cruiser has a main battery of four 8-inch rifles and fourteen 6-inch rapid-fire guns. In addition to the secondary batteiy of smaller guns the ship is provided with two 18-inch submerged torpedo tubes. The vessel was built at the navy yard at Newport News in 1905 at a cost of $3,885,000.
Elliott’s message was necessarily brief as mail from all the warships is strictly censored.
A. S. B. EXECUTIVE BOARD
There will be a meeting of the Executive Board of the Associated Students this evening in room 40.
Considerable excitement was aroused among the students of the College of Pharmacy yesterday morning when flames, which originated in the oil laboratory at the back of the chemistry building threatened for a time to spread to the main part of the structure.
The fire came as the result of an explosion which occurred when Attilio Bissiri, well-known about the campus as the violin soloist of the University orchestra, and who has been doing advanced work in chemistry for the last few years, was engaged in some work with the Rittman. The experiment called for the application of heavy pressure and high temperature of about two hundred degrees, with a pressure inside the tube of 150 pounds to the square inch, when the explosion took place. A wire, which was wrapped around the tube became white hot, and ignited the gases which were escaping from the highly-heated oil, transforming the little room into a seething mass of flames.
Bissiri grabbed a nearby fire extinguisher and a shovel, and while shooting chemicals on the flame with one hand shoveled dirt on them with the other. As a result of his rapid work the fire was gotten under control in a short time, and it was not necessary to call out the city fire department. Bissiri emerged from the flames with a badly burned arm.
A number of students who were working in the Pharmacy laboratory imagined they were about to be consumed by the flames, and started to make their escape through the windows, much to the amusement of those who were at a safer distance.