Senior Picnic Today
The Southern California
TROJAN
Official Organ of the Associated Students, University of Southern California
Debaters See Perkins
Los Angeles, California, Tuesday, October 2, 1917
No. 2
1 KELLY INS .S. AVIATION UNIT: AT BERKELEY
arty Famous Athletes in Corps— I Are Center of Attraction to Students
io	only Fred Kelly in the world j)W a member of one of the most jant groups of college athletes in service of the United States gov-bent. The group in question is bviation unit now occupying bar-S on Dana street, Berkeley. The hcks has become a center of at-Jion for students at Berkeley, who many of the athletes by repu-|n and who have seen them per-brilliantly against the University ilifornia. The future aviators inmen famous for their exploits on ic, tennis, court, football field and farious varsity crews.
C. Mosely, middleweight cham-wrestler of Southern California,
I	member of the same group. Oth-|are G. W. McConhie, captain of Washington crew; Willis Davis, Dnal tennis star; J. E. Lonfall, |lnvestern wrestling champion, and Tucker, captain 1914 University Ihicago football team.
rERARY CLUBS
MEET TONIGHT
0( tober second has been selected as date for the first meeting of three Jlie literary societies of U. S. C. na’s program is as follows: Read-Gladys Schnurr; “The Marsel-«e,” Maria Pierce; “The Patriotic of College Women,” Loretta .yjjite; piano solo, Mildred Peterson, ■ionian has a decidedly collegiate traosphere in tonight's program; pee 1 solo, Grace Hoffman; “The of Literary Societies in College,” .ntciinette Ramsay; "The Value of a ollcge Education to Yourself,” Viola Her; “College Spirit,” Florence lower.
H^istotelian begins with devotions, Mnounced by the chaplain. Extem-o<*neous speakers include Messrs. teptune, Armstrong, Murray and In-lan Mr. Simmons will close waning with piano selections.
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C GRADUATE RECEIVES
NAVAL APPOINTMENT
■;V. Marion Smith, who last spring flitted in the Naval Reserve, has pen the examination and received ^Wippointment to the Naval Acad-®y at Annapolis.
Smith graduated from Liberal Arts
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Voltaire Perkins
Is Debate Manager
Voltaire D. Perkins, Newly Elected Debate Manager
“Intercollegiate debating, the greatest of all indoor sports, will be made a regular ‘major’ sport this year,” said Voltaire D. Perkins, who was recently appointed by the executive committee to fill the long-vacant office of debating manager.
Perkins has already arranged for debates with Stanford, Occidental, Pomona and Idaho. He expects to arrange later for a debate with the University of California. These debates will be open to all men of the University, and the manager is anxious to have a large number of recruits from which to select the varsity debaters.
The number of oratorical contests for this year has not been definitely decided upon. Two contests, however, are assured—the Old Line and the Prohibition contests. Announcements concerning these will appear later.
WAYLAND GEISSINGER
WEDS MARIE STANLEY
Wayland B. Geissinger, financial editor of the Express-Tribune, and a graduate of U. S. C., slipped away to Long Beach last Saturday to marry Miss Marie Stanley, the attractive daughter of J. A. Stanley of 934 West Thirty-fourth street, Los Angeles.
Only immediate friends and relatives witnessed the wedding which was performed at the home of the bridegroom’s parents, Dr. and Mrs. J. A. Geissinger, in Long Beach. Dr. Geissinger ,who is pastor of the First Methodist church of the beach city, performed the ceremony.
A brief honeymoon will be enjoyed at Balboa Beach.
ENROLL MEN! SLUMP IS MARKED IN EAST
Universities Seriously Affected by Enlistments in Various Branches of Service
MEMBER OF SUNDAY PARTY
TO ADDRESS Y. W. MEETING
Mrs. Saxe, a popular member of the Billy Sunday party, is to speak to the girls at the Y. W. C. A. meeting Wednesday at 11:40. A special musical program has been arranged and Mrs. Saxe may render a few vocal selections. All new girls are urged to attend.
ATTENTION!
All members of the Trojan staff, and those interested in doing Trojan work will meet in the Trojan office today at 12:30.
Registration figures from eastern universities have taken a tremendous slump owing to the war, some of the enrollments having dropped over twenty per cent in localities where military enthusiasm has reached its highest.
Typical of the conditions are the enrollment at the University of Kansas, where the student body has suffered a decrease of 500 and the University of Illinois which records a registration of more than 900 students less than last year. At both institutions the College of Science was hit hardest. In the College of Agriculture at the University of Illinois the enrollment has been cut in half and the College of Engineering has lost approximately as many. The Colleges of Commerce and Liberal Arts were not seriously affected owing to the fact that an increase in the number of women registered in these colleges has offset the decrease of the loss of men.
The number of women at the University of Kansas has increased to such an extent as to lower the decrease in registration to eighteen per cent. At the University of Ohio the establishment of an aviation school has caused the suspension of all gymnasium work and a general unrest in all classes.
DR. R. FIEILLING IS
Talks on the Student and War—Has Son in Federal Army
The attitude of the student toward problems raised by the war was the subject of yesterday’s chapel address by Dr. Ralph E. Flewelling, head of the department of philosophy. Developing the words of Christ that despite “wars and rumors of wars the end is not yet,” Dr. Flewelling spoke of the new world order that should result from the agonies of the trenches.
“This is but the path to a better world, a new heaven and a new earth,” he said. “We must suffer to gain all good things; so be not alarmed by war, for though terrible in itself it may bring about results that will more than compensate for the sacrifice."
Dr. Flewelling eulogized the soldiers who have bravely left this and other Universities to take part in the fighting. Many of his listeners were ignorant of the fact that Dr. Flewelling’s own son holds a first lieutenant’s commission in the army and is shortly to leave for the European trenches.
Prof. Riddle Teaches U.S. Men French
W’lien Professor Riddle of the French department of the University decided to teach the militia stationed at San Pedro the intricacies of the French language just to keep his hand in, he found that he had put his foot in. Registration for the classes exceeded all expectations. Sixty soldiers have registered in his afternoon class, and forty more iu his evening class.
Fellows who thought “bon voyage’’ mean “fine trip” and decided by process of logic that “bon jour” meant “fine journey” have had their mental cosmos changed by Professor Riddle’s lessons. Some even thought "francais” was the French synonym for “Frenchy” and translated the the phrase “Parlez vous francais” to mean “You speak, Frenchy.”
Hal Hughes, a last year’s graduate of U. S. C., now sergeant in the Ninth company of the Coast Artillery, was instrumental in in-lucing Professor Riddle to dedicate a portion of his time to lessening the perils of war in a for eign field. Hal Hughes serves under Captain Frank J. Baum, last years’ instructor of advertising at U. S. C.
The ultimate destination of the militia is Berlin, but no word has reached U. S. C. that the men are being encouraged to learn the Teutonic language. Whether this means that the federal government does not expect the war to last long enough for the men to enter German territory or not is not known. It is undoubtedly antici pated, however, that United States soldiers will remain in France for some little time, and all is being done that is possible to lessen chances of friction between Allied troops.
U. S. C. ATHLETES STAR IN FAR WEST MEET AT FRESNO
Trojan Track Men Make Good Showing Among Many Stars
ENGAGEMENT OF POPULAR
GRADUATES IS ANNOUNCED
The engagement is announced of Miss Florence Parmelee of Pasadena, to Mr. Clyde Collison of this city. The announcement was made by the mother of the bride-to-be, Mrs. G. L. Parmelee.
Miss Florence, a member of the Kappa Alpha Theta, has been vice-prlnclpal of the San Jacinto High School since her graduation from the University of Southern California.
Mr. Collison, besides being a graduate of U. S. C. and a Phi Alpha is also a member of the faculty at the College of Music.
“Swede” Evans, late of Chaffey Union fame, and at present one of the most promising of “frosh” football players, won first place in the discus throw at the Far Western track meet held in Fresno last Friday. In the shotput Evans took fourth place.
“Owl” Gansner won a couple of medals by taking second place in the 120-yard high hurdles and finishing third in the 440-hurdle race. “Owl” was only headed by V. Murray, the Whittier flyer, in the 120-yard race. Murray's time was 15 seconds flat.
"Bill’’ Isenhouer, a “frosh,” took fourth in the 440 hurdles. He also ran a lap in the relay.
R. P. Lucas, another freshman, took fourth place in the 220-yard low hurdles. A new record of 23.4 seconds was hung up for this event.
Wright Hamilton “copped’’ third position in the hop, step and jump. “Ham” was nosed out by inches by Hoenisch and Larsen, two stars of the meet.
According to the Trojans who made the trip, the weather was ideal for a track meet. Representatives from the Rocky Mountain, the Inter-Mountain, the Pacific Northwest, the Central Pacific and Southern Pacific sections combined to make the meet a success. Men from U. S. C., Pomona, Whittier, the L. A. A. C., and the United States Navy made up the southern division. Fifteen of the fifty points gathered by the southern stars were made by Trojan men.
U.S.C. WILL TURN OUT GYM TEACHERS
Three and Four Year Courses Will Fit U. S. C. Students for Certificates in Physical Education
U. S. C. has just been empowered by the State Board of Education to grant the special state certificate to teachers in physical education, both for the grammar and high school grades. Professor Ralph La Porte heads the department, which now becomes the only gymnastic school in Southern California where both these certificates may be obtained. Owing to the passage of the new state law requiring physical education to be taught in all public Bchools, qualified instructors are in great demand. The
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