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Vol. XI
Los Angeles, California, Thursday, December 11, 1919
No. 32
Student Volunteers MeetCURSES MAJOR
OF MEETING FOR
,000 Colleges to Be Represented in Great International Convention in Middle-West
TO MEET JANUARY 31
23 Trojans to Leave Jan. 28 in Special Car for Southern California Delegates
Football fans are not the only ones whose hearts have been gladdened by the improvement of the fuel situation, for the international convention for student volunteers, wtih representatives from a thousand colleges, has been scheduled to be held at Des Moines, from December 31, until January 5, was in danger of being postponed
Convetnion Assured
That the convention will be held seems to be an assured fact, and almost ten thousand students of American colleges are making preparations to attend this first great assembly, which has been held for six years.
The convention is to be in charge of Dr. John R. Mott. The assembly will be addressed by returned missionaries and prominent leaders of Methodism.
Twenty-two Delegates
While every college in California is to be represented, U. S. C. will send more delegates than any other college *n the south. Occidental, Pomona, Redlands and U. S. C. students will leave Los Angeles in a special car on December 28.
Th<^ U. S. C. students who are to attend include: Marion Joplin, Grace Cooper, Agnes King, Nona Wyatt, Dorothy Schurr, Marion Curtis, Cheryl Millar, Florence Nicholson, Charlotte Hustall, Faye Levering, Ruth McGee,
J- W. McGinnis, Claude Reeves, Arch e Matson, Paul Doescher, C. Chung, Wesley Freeman, T. Horton, Howard Butter field, John Robinson, Merle Mc-
,nnis and Frances Selecman.
CHAMPIONSHIP GAME IN WOMEN’S BASKETBALL
The last game of the girls’ basketball season is to be held in the gym this afternoon at 3 o’clock. This game will decide the championship between the freshmen and upper classmen.
Each team has won a game, and will fight hard for this game.
STAGETHRE PLAYS
Presentation of Farce, Tragedy and Fantasy Attracts Students to Y.M.C.A. Hut
Convincing proof that the 1919 dramatic class of the University can present plays requiring great dramatic ability was given Wednesday night at the Y. M. C. A. hut, where three one-act plays were presented before a full house.
The first of the three, “Joint Owners in Spain,” was perhaps the most human of plays. It represented a scene in the home of an old couple in which the actors were “just folks”; many humorous situations kept the audience in good spirits throughout its duration.
The second play, “The Man on the Kerb,” depended altogether on its dramatic quality for its appeal, and held the audience chiefly through the ability of the players. It was a tragedy, the plot being the ever-new one of the poor man in desperate circumstances refusing to keep a lost purse when he knew to whom it belonged.
“Columbine” was a simple fantasy with a delightful garden setting and gay and daring costumes. These features and the displaying of the dramatic ability of the characters was responsible for a remarkable presentation.
The music, under the direction of Miss Marguerite Nisle, added a great deal to the pleasure of the entertainment. The plays were given under the direction of Miss eone J. Berge, instructor of the class.
“Joint Owners in Spain”
Alice Brown Mrs. Mitchell, Matron.. .Carella Gear
Mrs. Blair...........Marion McCook
Miss Dyer..............Marie Dennis
Scene: Room in the Old People’s
Ph armacists Picnic at Avalon
By Earle Kynette
College of Pharmacy Editor
The pharmacists’ outing yesterday was an entire success. The day dawned bright and clear. The special train left Los Angeles on time with about 100 persons present. These comprise the Senior and Junior classes, the faculty and several of the alumni of the College of Pharmacy.
The steamer “Ace” chugged out of San Pedro onto a quiet sea exactly at
10	a. m.
Several members of the classes who were musically inclined, brought their
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Abe Mennen, as he appeared after an hour at sea on the good ship, “Ace.”
musical instruments and, aided by the piano on board and an excellent piano player, some wonderful music was produced. The others present danced or sang, as they chose.
Although the sea was quiet, a few of the boys present kept very noticeably near the rail, evidently feeling nothing but charity for the fish, these few were offered refreshments, but emphatically refused them, returning to the job at hand with renewed effort.
When a girl sought solace at the rail she was generally accompanied by her escort, who whispered words of encouragement in her ear.
The boat arrived at Catalina at 1 p. m., as scheduled, and then came the big eats.
The girls responded nobly to the popular demand for speed, and an excellent meal was soon prepared. When everyone’s appetite had been satisfied,
IN ENG’R. DEFT. AND PULLS GUN
Engineering Students Come Into Close Contact With Supposed Red Agitator
INCIDENT EXCITES CAMPUS
Disturber Makes Getaway In New, Green Limousine—Num ber Not Obtained
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U. S. C.’s first actual contact with Bolshevism took place yesterday morning. An unknown man, thoought to be a “parlor Bolshevik,” or some other sort of radical, after pulling a gun and threatening to shoot George Thur-ner, senior in the department of engineering, jumped into an automobile and drove away from the vicinity of the campus with such speed that witnesses were unable to discern the number on the machine’s license plate.
Thurner and J. L. Flynn, another engineering student, were on the north lawn at Exposition Park, eating their lunches. Seated on a bench near-by were four men listening to the exhortations of a fifth—a well-dressed man, speaking apparently with the greatest earnestness, waving his fists and gesticulating somewhat wildly.
Investigate The possibility that the speaker was preaching “red” doctrines suggested itself to the two students and they sauntered toward the group on the bench. Kenneth Howell, a third engineering student, came up to join them.
At the approach of the trio the miniature congregtaion broke up. Thurner turned to Howell and said:
“Atta boy, Howell!”
The supposed agitator, apparently angered, halted and snarled at the students:
"Look out—you fellows aren’t out of school yet!”
“Don’t get tough,” was the reply he received.
Battle Looms
This remark brought forth a storm of abuse from the stranger upon the students. Thereupon, Thurner started
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