Juniors Meet
11:40, Room 47
The Southern California
‘Sophs’ Picnic Today
Official Organ of the Associated Studenta, University of Southern California
Vol. VIII
Los Angeles, California, Wednesday, February 28, 1917
No. 73
SOCIALIST MOW
'EM' ASSEMBLY
John Spargo, Noted Socialist, Tells Economics Students of His Party
•MANY MISUNDERSTAND US”
"We Have Made Many Mistakes and Will Probably Made Many More”
Department of Civil Engineering
Acquires New Costly Apparatus
lolm Spargo, eminent interpreter of modern socialism, and one of the committee of five that formulated the standard definition of the word some years ago in London, addressed the students of economics at U. S. C-yesterday morning.
According to Mr. Spargo, the Socialist party is condemned principally because it is not understood. He believes that the greater portion of the people who are opposed to socialism lack a clear and definite knowledge of its principles and purposes. It is a movement, he stated, expressing the ideals of real human beings, and not an artificial creation designed to abolish the right of personal ownership. He told several humorous anecdotes that expressed current mistaken ideas regarding socialism.
‘it is quite as absurd to think of the private ownership of railways and coal mines as to think of the municipal ownership of needles and jack-knives,” said Mr Spargo.
Mr Spargo admitted that the record of the Socialist party is one continuous list of mistakes, but added that, as “To <rr is human,” so its errors showed the Socialist party human. Ihi standard definition of the word be gave as. “Collective or public ownership and democratic management of all means of production, distribution and exchange.”
BUY RODEO’ TAGS
TOMORROW, EDICT
I be members of the junior class have resolved themselves into veritable magazine subscription agents, and have divided themselves into two campaigning hands, “Croup A” under the leadership of Paul Elliott, president ,if the class, and “Croup B.” which is to lie commanded by Frieda Martens, vice-president. These two leader' are each to direct fourteen eapt.i ns,” who, tomorrow, will sell deo tags” for one dollar. These duplicate fir st-pay ment-on-ac-lanks. and when accompanied dance of F.l Rodeo’s suhscrip-1 e. will entitle the tag holder opy of the junior annual.
I Olsen, editor of I'.l Rodeo, has ’ d lhat the only way to be as-•f yelling a co| y of HI Rodeo is i tag.
Testing a Piece of Oregon Pine at the New Laboratory in the Marsh-Strong Building at Ninth and Main Streets
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The Department of Civil Engineering has concluded an arrangement with Mr. Raymond G. Osborne, testing engineer, through which there will be mutual interchange of costly instruments and equipment, and the university now offers a new course in testing materials, to be given in the Osborne laboratories in the basement of the Marsh-Strong building at Ninth and Main streets.
This course is given by Prof. C. W. Cook of the civil engineering department.
The combined laboratory now ranks as the best in Southern California. It is equipped W'ith a 200,000-pound tensile, compressive and cross-bending machine which is the largest to be found in this part of the state, a cold bending steel testing machine, with complete equipment of extensometers, deflectometers, etc. There is also an excellent cement and concrete laboratory for making briquets, pats, cylinders, cubes and reinforced concrete beams, including cement and sand sieves with mechanical shakers. There is also such standard equipment as molds, Gilmore needles, Vicat needles,
CLARENCE PFAFFENBERGER ESTABLISHES NEWSPAPER
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U.S.C. WILL DEBATE ‘OXY’ ON TOPIC OF NATIONAL DEFENSE
Last Year Occidental Defeated the University by a Decision of 3 to 0
WILL BE AT POMONA COLLEGE
Ray Haight, E. Dow Hoffman and Herschel Griffen Will Represent U. S. C.
U. S. C. will have an opportunity to regain her lost supremacy over Occidental tomorrow night, March 1, at 8 o’clock, in our chapel, when the two will clash in a debate on the question, “The United States should make Protection, rather than Revenue, the Chief Aim of Its Tariff Policy.”
Last year “Oxy” defeated the U. S. C. boys by a 3 to 0 decision. It is hoped, however, the same score will this year prove to be Occidental’s downfall.
The affirmative of the question will he upheld by Ray Haight, E. Dow Hoffman, and Herschel Griffen, of U. S. C., while Syral Cooper. Don Dun-non, and Wilton Potter, will support the negative for Occidental. Judges will be Attorney James Shelton, Attorney W. J. Ford, and Judge B. F. Bledsoe.
At the same time and on the same question, U. S. C. will debate Pomona at Pomona, and Occidental will also debate Pomona at Occidental.
“You can’t talk well if no one is listening,” says Ray Haight. Admission is free and everyone is invited to come out.
Otoclave tests, standard storage ets and immersion tanks.
Professor Cook has arranged for the course to be given on Tuesday afternoons, and all engineering seniors anil graduates are required to enroll.
Professor Cook has plans for some very interesting and extensive tests in connection w'ith the building department of the city, checking up building ordinances of all kinds of timber,
steel, cast iron and reinforced con- |	_
crete. Students will also be required ,
to test some large Oregon pine tini- ' SENIOR CABARET
bers, large reinforced concrete beams, |
structural steel, cables, ropes, chains, j IS A SUCCESS paving bricks, terra cotta, granite, riv- j	---
etter joints and waterproofing.
Practicing engineers have already shown a great interest in the work of the university’s civil engineering department and are offering their aid to the laboratory workers. Prof. Cook is also arranging some very interesting tests with some of the railroads, to check up the stresses in bridges and girders, using locomotive loading and accurate extensometer readings on the various bridge members.
EASTERN STARS TO PLAY
AGAINST •WESTERNERS”
The tennis players from the east who are to compete in the East versus West tennis matches on Bovard field
Clarence J. Pfaffenberger, a prominent junior of Liberal Arts, and a student in the department of journalism, j MarcY K^’aiid 10, will start for Los last week entered the active journal- Angeles the latter part of this week, ism field by establishing the “Gardena according to a report received yester-! Citizen,” a weekly newspaper in Gar- j day. dena.	j Work has already been started on
Pfaffenberger is business manager the temporary cement courts facing of the publication. This is not Pfaf- the south bleachers, and the members i fenberger’s first venture in the news- of the eastern team who will be guests j paper world. He was the founder and of the university, will begin practice J editor of a newspaper in the Imperial on them immediately following their Valley.	arrival.
For the first time in the history of the university, the cabaret entered into legitimate connection with college life, and the university cafeteria became a fashionable dining place, when the seniors made merry Friday evening.
The cafeteria was artistically decorated with strings of ivy. The tables were adorned with baskets of flowers and lighted with yellow shaded candles. Paul Cooper, freshman, equipped with all the regalia of his office, acted as head waiter. K. G. Barcon, Tom Owen and Frank Wilkinson, also freshmen, were his assistants.
Representatives from all the colleges were present and contributed to the < ntertainment. One of the best received features was a vaudeville stunt in imitation of Eddie Fov and his family. Alvin Wendt took the part of Mr Foy, and the seven little Foys were Rosemary Tenneson, Florence Sharpe, Gladys Kalliwoda, Homer Watson, J. C. McCoy, Clifford Grua and Clyde Deuel.
Another popular stunt was presented by Jeanette Nelson and < )lga Hammond as Pierrette and Pierrot.
Humorous readings were given by Althea Hchrickson and Virginia Hub-
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