The Southern California.
Bring Your Book* For the Soldiers
TROJAN
Official Organ of the Associated Students, University of Southern California
Vol. IX
Los Angeles, California, Tuesday, March 19, 1918
No. 35
‘FROSH’ GIRLS ARE AWARDED MONOGRAMS
Activities for Semester Are Planned — Class Picnic Will Be Held in April
FROSH-SOPH CABARET
Proceeds of Two One-act Plays Will Be Donated to Red Cross
Monograms were awarded to the star freshman girls’ basketball team last Friday at 12:30 o’clock, in Chapel. Miss June Raynor, in the absence of President Neils Dau, presided.
Several important things were decided at the class meeting held afterwards. The freshman class will combine with the sophomores and hold a supper ln the cafeteria, probably the night of “^rosh-soph day.”
The class also decided to hold a picnic in April.
In order that the class shall not be behind in patriotic endeavor, the freshmen are going to put on two one-act plays within the near future, the pro-teeds of which will go to the Red Iross.
The following girls received monograms as a reward for their work on the basketball team:
June Raynor, Marie Reeves, Mildred McKim, Virgeline Mulvaine and Dorothy Misner.
OFFICE ANNOUNCES
FRATERNITY GRADES
Fraternity Scholarship Report, First Semester, 1917-1918
GROUP ONE—90% Recommended Grades % Recommended	Conditions,
Name	Grades C Grades Incompletes Failures
Kappa Delta _______________________________ 97+ 2 2	0
Beta Phi __________________________________________ 95 10 2	0
Pi Beta Phi______________________________________ 934- 6 9	0
Chi Delta Phi.................................... 93 3 7	0
Phi Mu ......................................... 90 8 0	0
GROUP TWO—Betwen 80% and 90%
Alpha Chi Omega____________________________ 86-f- 7 7	6
Kappa Alpha Theta_______________________ 86 8 15	4
Gamma Epsilon ___________________________ 86 15 12	0
Zeta Tau Alpha............................... 85 0 17	0
Kappa Psi Gamma.......................... 80+ 4 13	3
GROUP THREE—Between 70% and 79%
Phi Alpha *..................................... 78 16 28	5
Delta Beta Tau______________________________ 70 28 30	5
GROUP FOUR—Below 70%
Theta Psi......................................... 61+ 17 9	8
Zeta Kappa Epsilon_____________________ 60 24 49	8
Sigma Tau _____________________________________ 60 5 23	6
Sigma Chi ___________________________________ 50 29 55	25
Phi Nu Delta.................................... 35+ 7 15	7
Total
196
245
233
144
178
236
224
THE WAR DAY’ TO BE OBSERVED BY COLLEGES APR. 6
Short Exercises and Music Will Mark Anniversary of Entrance in War
J. PAUL ELLIOTT DOING CONVOY DUTY
THOMAS VALDEZ DIES IN NAVY
Another gold star will be added to the service flag of Liberal Arts. Word has just been received stating that Thomas Valdez, a freshman of Liberal Arts, died at Mare Island of pneumonia.
Early in the year Valdez enlisted in the navy and has been in training for several months. He was well liked by his fellow Btudents and made a very good impression during his short sojourn at Liberal Arts.
‘SWEDE’ EVANS A BIG FACTOR IN S.C. VICTORY
Takes Four First Places in Field Events — Heaves Discuss 1 23 Feet
PERRY GRABS 2 FIRSTS
ARISTO DEFEATS
‘Pep’ Lucas Qomes Back and Tacks 1 5 Points on to the S. C. Score
fiLEE CLUBS TO GO ON CONCERT TOUR
To Sing at Santa Ana, San Diego and Camp Kearny
The men’s and the women’s glee tlubs of the College of Music will leave Los Angeles Friday, March 22, to give a series of concerts in Santa Ana, San Diego and at Camp Kearny.
The two big trucks which are to e used as conveyances are expected to get the glee clubs into Santa Ana [friday evening in time for a joint concert there. Saturday afternoon they are scheduled for a concert at lotel Coronado; in the evening they •ill sing at the First Methodist ckurch, San Diego.
Sunday morning, the girls will sing •t the First Methodist church. At tots time the men’s club will furnish ®usic for the services of the Unitarian church. The last concert will 'Je given Sunday afternoon at Camp Kearny.
If you have a book you want to keep, •°n’t do it. Send It to the soldiers ‘“d feel that you have done a little bit toward doing your bit.
pftOF. FESTUS E. OWEN
CHAPEL 8PEAKER WEDNE8DAY
Prof. Festus E. Owen will lecture in 'uapel on Wednesday. His subject will "e ‘Christ and Doubt.” A male quartette will sing and there will be Jazz
*>usic.
What do you want to do most when »®u are blue and lonesome? Read '■everly written stories. Send some to bUr soldiers and sailors.
A plan to observe April 6th, the first anniversary of America’s entry into the war as “National Win the War Day” has been worked out by the National Committee of Patriotic Societies,
A statement sent out to the presidents of fifty National Patriotic Organizations, to Cabinet members and other government officials and to college presidents, says: “At the beginning of our second year in the great war it is fitting that we have a national consecration to the task remaining before us. Because of numerous workless days during the past winter it is not advisable that the occasion should be made a holiday, but in every factory, store, mine, school and on every farm there should be a brief period during the day where everyone who is loyal to the flag should stand up and be counted. Flags should everywhere be unfurled. At twelve o’clock noon factory whistles and church bells should send forth a volume of sound that will reach Berlin. Every band in the country will then play the “Star Spangled Banner” while people stand at attention. In the evening in the churches, halls and theatres the people can gather for meetings of inspiration. Regiments of the National Army may parade in cities near the cantonments.
The “winter of our discontent” with its coalless days and congested railroad and other minor annoyances is paBt. The spring with its promise of abundant crops and increased industrial production 1b here. Now is the time for America's Home Army to mobilize and thus bring courage to our boyB in the trenches and cantonments, and depression to our enemies. The effect of having the nation a unit ln patriotic thought on this day cannot be overestimated. It
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J. Paul Elliott, who left the University last year to join the navy band, is now in Virginia doing convoy duty. He is still on the ship to which he was first assigned. He reports that he has been across the Atlantic once and In the trip the gunners accounted for two submarines.
Elliott will be jained by his wife soon. Mrs. Elliott left Los Angeles last Monday for the East and will remain there until the end of the war.
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U. S. C. MEN GET SETTLEMENT FROM McCROSKY PACKING CO.
Final settlement of the claims of the U. S. C. students who worked last summer for the McCrosky Packing Company in Tulare County was effected last week.
The claims, aggregating $400, were included in three suits filed ln the local courts. The eleven plaintiffs Joined together in the action, and a satisfactory settlement was made.
Attorney Myron W. Silverstone, a member of the 1917 law class, represented the eleven students.
Y. W. OFFICERS WILL BE
ELECTED IN NEAR FUTURE
Election of officers for the Y. W. C.
A.	will be held soon. The polls will be kept open during the noon hour. At the last meeting of the Y. W. it was decided to put the organization on a business basis. No student will be considered a member until she has paid her dues. Yearly reports of the old officers were heard. Special music featured the program.
U. S. C. ‘PREPS’ TO PUBLISH
FIRST ANNUAL IN FIVE YEAR8
The U. S. C. ‘Prep’ students are publishing an annual for the first time ln five years. The book is to be indicative of the school life and Is to feature cuts. Paul Greely, editor-in-chief and MIbb Lorraln Knoles, manager, promise it will be a great success ln every way.
The publication will make Its appearance early in May.
IN JOT DEBATE
Doctors Hunt and Hill and Professor McMath Act as Judges
A large crowd greeted the Aristo and Comitia debaters as they stepped on the chapel platform Thursday night to engage in the annual debate, which was won this year by Aristo. The score was 2—1. The question of an International Tribunal was the topic I discussed.
Mr. Byron Hovey, president of the Aristotelian, presided over the meeting and introduced the speakers and explained to those present that none could associate the speakers with any Pacifist movement.
Arthur Jacoby introduced the argument for the affirmative and in no uncertain terms presented his case to the quiet and attentive audience. His speech took well and as he closed he was favored with an outburst of ap-pause. Karl Seltter introduced the negative side. Bird continued the argument for the affirmative and supported the arguments of his colleague. Darhanian was the second speaker for Comitia.
The rebutals were full of vim and came to a climax when Darhanian hurled a number of questions at the affirmative and branded the answers presented by Jacoby as “answered in an impish manner.”
The Judges awarded the debate to the affirmative by a split vote of two to one. Drs. R. D. Hunt, J. Hill and Prof. Edgar McMath acted in the capacity of officials.
Byron Hovey announced the declson and told of the new era in debating being introduced by the societies, and he expressed the desire to see the girls engage in a similar program ln the near future.
MEN INTERPRETERS WANTED
Sherlock Holmes is fascinating to everyone, especially to the boys who are going to the front. There’s a table in the hall.
Men, if you can talk any foreign language, and have a little time you can spare, you are needed down at the Council of Defense to interpret the new alien draft law. Report to Mrs. Allison Gaw If you can help out ln this very important work.
ZETA KAPPA EPSILON ISSUES CHALLENGE
Zeta Kappa Epsilon fraternity, which has held the inter-fraternity baseball championship of the University for the last two years, has issued an open challenge to the University fraternities for games, ln order to determine the permanent posBesBion of the T. V. Allen cup. The cup is to be owned by the fraternity which wins the championship for three successive years.
The first game will probably be played with Phi Alpha during the next two weeks.	•
M. 8. CLUB MEETING
Play your knitting bag is a book bag for a week.
The Manuscript Club will meet Thursday, March 21, at the home of Miss Rose Taylor, 4812 Wilton Place. Take a Grand Avenue car going south, get off at Wilton Place. The first house on the southeast side. Meeting at 7:30 sharp.
By the sprightly efforts of Roy Evans of Pharmacy College, U. 8. C. gained the necessary additional points to vanquish Redlands high school, 45-67, in the track meet held on Bovard fiield last Saturday. Roy took four first places in the field events, namely, ln the high jump, broad jump, shot put, and dlscuB throw. His best record was in the last mentioned event, where he twirled the plate for a distance of 123.2 feet.
If we had not taken the Held events, the meet would have been lost, since Redlands managed to gain a superiority in the track events through the winning of the relay race.
U. S. C.’s weakness In the cinder-path contests was mainly due to the absence of certain needed freshmen speedsters, who refused to show up during the afternon. Not a flrst-year man was entered in the 440 or 880 yard races, a happening, it has been pointed out, that sbows a serious lack of school patriotism when we have men who are capable of doing excellent work in these events.
Brooks Lucas was another bright light for the Trojans, beating out Redlands’ three star track men ln the 440, getting first in tbe fast time of 54 1-5 seconds.
Noel George, after a great race, with Knowlton of Redlands as strongest rival to first honors, won the 880-yard run ln 2 minutes 4 4-5 seconds.
Knowlton Is a crack miler and secured his revenge in the mile, when he and two other Redlanders took all three places. He did the distance ln
4	minutes 40 4-5 seconds, admittedly the fastest prep school time made in the Southland thin year.
Ralph Townsend, a freshman from Dental College, won the high hurdles and placed ln the shot put. He took the high sticks ln 17 4-5 Beconds.
1 In the pole vault, Raab soared higher than he has ever attempted previously. Raab tied with Inglis of Redlands for first place when the cross bar stood at
10	feet 3 inches. They were the only men entered.
A stellar point winner Is Alex Perry, late of Poly high. He retrieved for the Trojans not only first place in the 100, but also ln the 220-yard run. He did the firat ln 10 2-6 seconds and the latter in 24 seconds flat.
An interesting feature of the meet was the presence qf “Pep” Lucas. Pep got off from his military duties at San Pedro long enough to come up here and garner 16 points for his alma mater. Lucas may be seen ln several of the future meetB If be Is not ordered away.
While U. 8. C. lost the relay, nevertheless It was a great race. B. Lucas and Raab both lost ground to their opponents, but Perry made up a little of the gap and when Pep Lucas crossed the tape he was hardly a stride behind the Redlands winner.
According to reports current during Saturday afternon, Inglis, who is one of Redlands’ best men, will probably come to U. L. C. after he graduates from high school this year.
Every Tom, Dick and Harry likes to read. So does Sammle and Jackie.