The Southern California
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Vol. VIII
Official Organ of th* Associated Students, University of Southern California
Los Angeles, California, Friday, September 29, 1916
No. 8
GRIDIRON DRILL	FOOTBALL RALLY FOR TOMORROW	IN CHAPEL TODAY
Practice Game With L. A. A. C. or Los Angeles Normal School Men Promises Lively Scrimmage. Coach Urges All Supporters to Attend
FRESHMAN TEAM WILL
PLAY THROOP COLLEGE
Captain Dutch Mueller Has Not Decided on Line Up Yet, But All the “Frosh” Will Have a Chance to Battle on Gridiron at 3:00 P. M.
Football season starts tomorrow I afternoon, when the Trojan varsity I will play a practice game against I cither the strong L. A. A. C. squad or I the Los Angeles Normal school men.
Captain “Herb” Jones of the Trojan I squad is very optimistic as to the out-I come of the scrimmage.
"It will give us a line on our men I and also give us an idea of the I strength of the team,” says Jones. I “There has been a great deal of talk I on the campus that this year's varsity I will be a weak team. The outcome of Saturday’s game will decide whether it will be possible for the varsity to uphold its end of the score in this year’s schedule of games.
Coach Cromwell urges that all who can, be present to cheer our men. The line-up of the U. S. C. varsity ill be as follows: Center, Simpson, Shurat; guards, Wreiss, Siirler; right lalf, Speer; fullback, Craig! left half, Johnson, Nix; quarterback, Malette, Murray; ends, Jones (captain), Burkett, Jordan. Rapp.
Coach Teschke is hopping around with glee, because Saturday he is going to show us what he has made in the shape of a freshman team. The "babes” will journey to Pasadena Sat-Hurday and meet Throop College in a ■ practice game. The engineers are anx-*iously awaiting the arrival of the "frosh,” whom they expect to “eat alive.” 'fhe U. S. C. youngsters have been training hard this week and can
|hardly await the referee’s signal, which will give them a chance to turn loose
Itlie energy they have been storing up
■	for the last few weeks.
I Captain “Dutch” Mueller has not
■	decided as to the line up, but nearly
■	all the "frosh” will get a chance to
■	.swing on the enemy.
JUNIOR CLASS PICNIC HELD IN "SAWPIT"
Amusements, Such as Games and Skits, Were Arranged by Miss Mary Bowen
To the supreme disgust of the seniors and malicious envy of the underclassmen, the juniors abandoned their scholastic duties and “took to the woods” Thursday afternoon at one o’clock.
Full of enthusiasm, the juniors left in trucks for Sawpit Canyon, near Monrovia.
An entertainment was arranged under the direction of Miss Mary Bowen. A clever skit was staged with the canyon as a natural theatre. Games were enjoyed by many of the picnickers, while others w'ent on hikes.
“DOGGONE” BUTTON. CHANGES HANDS
Winning by a smile, Voltaire Per-kins, student in the senior class, won the "doggone” button early this week. 1 lie previous holder of the button was tanley Hicks, but when Perkins made Dr. Frank Klingberg laugh in the >resence of two other seniors, the nitton automatically changed hands.
I his is the first time the button has >een won this year, and has renewed nterest in the custom of awarding he button to the senior student who nukes a professor laugh in the pres-■nce of two or more other seniors vho can testify to the truth of thi irofessor’s aroused gaiety.
Apply Hot Iron to Trouser Leg And be Idolized
Cotch Cromwell Will Give a Talk on Football Chances This Year. Freshman Coach Heschke, Herb Jones and Professor Knoles to Speak.
“FROSH” WILL TRY TO OUT-YELL THE LUSTY SOPHS
OF STUDENTS REPORTED
Registrar’s Office Reports Increase of One Hundred Fifty Over Last Year
Last year’s enrollment, which was unusually large, has already been exceeded this year by 150, according to the registrar’s report yesterday. A large number of late enrollments will undoubtedly swell the number of Liberal Arts students.
The freshman class is larger by 22 persons than the class of ’19 in October of last year.
The total enrollment for the entire university approximates three thousand students. Summer school had an enrollment of one thousand, making a total attendance of four thousand during the year.
All colleges have had an increase. Dentistry had reached the limit for freshman admission last week. In spite of the added requirement of two years of college preparation, the College of Physicians and Surgeons has had a healthy growth.
The pressed trouser has come to stay. Believing that there is nothing more unromantic than man’s pedal extremities, male students of the University of Southern California have harnessed the lightning to the flatiron and put it to work on the kitchen table every Saturday night, in their endeavors to improve upon Nature’s feeble efforts.
“University life has taught me many things; I have learned some of them,” commented a student yesterday. “Among the things I have learned is how to appreciate a well-turned phrase as much as a well-turned lip. But I hold that there is nothing less genteel than to wear a well-turned crease. If one finds the trouser crease tending to imitate the worm, don’t bother to hunt up a chicken then, but go after the crease with a hot iron. I know that you will catch the crease; then you can go after the chicken.
“I have heard a lot of bunk about the girls not liking the fellow who wears his trousers creased with knife-like precision. Don’t believe it. The better the trousers hide the unromantic legs, the more chance a fellow has of getting in good with the feminine element. It’s only when a fellow becomes congressman that he can afford to let his trousers wrinkle.”
Tryouts for Yell Leader and a College Shirt Presented by Nine Members of the Student Body Will Be Features of the Program.
KENT TO ASSIST
IN PHILOSOPHY
Arthur H. Kent, a senior in the department of philosophy, has been appointed assistant in that department. Mr. Kent will work with Prof.
F.	E. Owen in several of his elementary classes. The classes at present enrolled are the largest in the history of the university.
Mr. Kent has studied at the University of Denver, and for the past three years in this university.
More pep, more men for football, more student support and plenty of school spirit are the keynotes of the first big student body rally of the year, to be held Friday at 11:40.
A very interesting program has been planned for this occasion. Coach Cromwell will issue a call for more football men and give a short talk about football chances for this year. Fred Tesche, assistant coach, is to tell how things look to him. Tully Knoles and “Herb” Jones are also on the program.
“Frosh” and “sophs” will try to drown each other out in yelling contests. The “babes” are still in their yelling stage, so the “sophs” had better drop their newly acquired dignity and "go to it.” The “sophs” are to occupy the north side of the chapel and the “frosh” the south side. The upper classmen will occupy the rear of the chapel.
Another interesting feature of the program will be the tryout for varsity yell leaders by several Ripper classmen.
A college skit, by Gertrude Pentland, to be presented by May Thomas, Aileen Sullivan, Dorothy Solomon, Lorna Calkins, Vera Byel, Alvin Wendt, Arthur Will, Herbert Smith and Weslon Shay, ends the program.
Following this rally the “frosh” will retire to Bovard Field, where they have the privilege of picking off the pebbles voluntarily or under compul-I sion.
UNIVERSITY SONG BOOKS NOW ON SALE
Basket Ball Quintet Practices; Men Told Players' Requisites
Motts Blair, coach of this year’s basketball quintet, held the first practice of the season in the university gym last Monday night.
Twenty men were out in suits. Coach Blair gave a short talk to the players, in which he said that the best way to get on a basketball team
was to be earnest, regular to practice, and above all, faithful in school work.
After these instructions the men were run through a light practice in handling the ball.
Captain Henderson said today that there will be twice as many men <>ut next Wednesday night at the next practice.
Collecting all the old U. S. C. songs is the work in which two prominent graduates, Jane Wyatt and Kmma Kast have recently been engaged. The songs, including "Alma” Mater, have been put in book form, and can be found in the new "University Song Book.”
The new “University Song Book” will be on sale today for one dollar, from 9 a. in. to 12 in., at the Y. W.
C. A.
New students and freshmen will find the “University Song Book" a valuable help in getting to know the songs for athletic games, rallies, and
jolly-ups.