The Southern California
Vol. X
Los Angeles, California, Friday, February 21, 1919
No. 1
HERE WE ARE AGAIN
BISHOP LEONARD TO DELIVER SERIES OF LECTURES
STUDENT BODY OFFICERS ELECTED AT LAW SCHOOL
BASKET BALL BEGINS
J. Stitt Wilson Speaks on
“The Key to Democracy”
Bishop Adna W. Leonard will begin a series of six lectures at the University on Monday, February 24. His subject will be, “Evangelism in the Re-Making of the World.” These six lectures will review the great task of the church in its many phases. The lectures will be delivered in the new Y. M. C. A. building on successive mornings at 11:30 o’clock. All students are urged to attend.
;e ill will be COMPLETED BY FALL
Plans are now quite definitely formed by the University Administration which will include the erecting of Hoose Hall this spring and the continuing of the building program so as to have one building of the greater University campui completed each year.
It was decided to build Hoose Hall as a memorial to Doctor James Harmon Hoose, who was the head of the Department of Philosophy for several years. Dr. Hooso won a permanent place in the hearts of the students anil faculty, ln hia memory a Hoose Hall fund was started and it was decided to build a memorial to the man who did such wonderful work iu the molding of character while teaching at the University.
If the present arrangements are carried out Hoose Hall will be ready for occupancy by next September.
LE CIRCLE FRANCAIS ELEC1S OFFICERS
Le ('ercle Francais has elected the following new officers: President, Miss Zemula Pope; Vice-President, Miss Margaret Thomas; Treasurer, Miss Dorothy Walker, and Secretary, Miss Annette ('atudal.
I he programs for the year have been ai ranged and will be largely literary and musical. The funds have already been provided for this year’s contribution to the support of the French orphan adopted by the cercle last year.
The class officers of Law School were elected Monday, February 10. The result of the election is: Senior President, S. I. Colver; Vice-President, Miss Wickliffe Stack; Secretary-Trea-surer, F. F. Burke; Executive Committee, J. C. Arnold; Athletic Committee, Maurice Sparling; Debating Committee, Mrs. Bettys.
Junior—President, H. C. Robbins; Vice-President, H. C. Biby; Secretary-Treasurer, J. G. Mills; Sergeant-at-Arms, William Cleary; Executive Committee, George Moch; Athletic Committee, Paul Beale; Debating Committee, Voltaire Perkins.
Freshmen, President Lawrence Over-ell; Vice-President, Lucile Cadawalla-der; Secretary-Treasurer, Hazel Boyd; Debating Committee, A. C. Reed; Athletic Committee, R. E. Barnett; Executive Committee. W. K. Young.
STARE DECISIS TO BE
The College of Law Student Body held a meeting Monday, February 3, presided over by Miss McCartney, Vice-President of the Association, to decide whether or not the college would have a book this year. It was decided to have the “Stare Decisis” published with El Rodeo of the other colleges. Nominations then followed for its editor and manager.
Mr. J. C. Arnold was elected editor of the "Stare Decisis.” He is a Senior at the Law School, is well known and liked by all the students. He has hail much experience iu this line of work 30 a book surpassing all previous editions is expected. Mr. Myers, a member of the Junior class, is to be manager. He has been active in school affairs ever since his entrance and is a very capable man.
THE RENEWAL QF A PAST ENJOYMENT
is one certain result to follow the treatment of offensive teeth. Digestion becomes more like nature intended it to be, and you will have better health to stimulate ambition, which gives you a greater capacity for doing things.
Patients have au experience of pleasure from my operations that they enjoy to recall for years.
A call will be as delightful as it will be interesting.— Dr. Lyon, Dentist, Jefferson and Vermont.
Team to Play Throop College Tonight
J. Stitt Wilson Claims the Unit of Democracy Is Just Folks
The basket ball team matched its strength for the first time Wednesday night with L. A. A. C. The players report that no score was kept of the game, but that “everything went along smoothly.”
Motts Blair is coaching basket ball again this year and promises some interesting games for the students if they will support basket ball as they did two years ago.
Captain McCormick is the only letter man playing this year, so that the team will be made up mostly of first year men, but many of these have enviable high school records, and if they can be made to work together no one need fear for the season’s results.
McCormack states that the big games will be staged at the L. A. A. C. gymnasium, and that some form of entertainment will be given the students afterward.
The team will travel to Throop College tonight and mix with the “pill-tossers” there.
EL
STARTED OUT MAY 21
Lauderbach Wants Pictures Taken Before March 7th
Yep! It’ll be with us about the last of May—some eye-opener! With C. Lauderbach as manager and Miss Palmer as editor, this year’s El Rodeo sure will be an example of “how to do it.” Moreover, the Law School announces that It is to incorporate with El Rodeo.
All pictures for this number and these are to include all seniors, all class officers, all fraternity members, club members and members of the literary societies are to be taken at llartsook’s before March 7.
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j Welcome, little Freshies,
With faces scrubbed all clean; j Welcome, little Freshiets,
With your pretty caps of green, j We hope you stay subservient,
Your superiors always mind;
You’ll find it is much the wiser To be gentle, sweet and kind.
Amen.
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In Mr. Wilson’s talk this morning
he said:
“We, as a portion of the people of the world have a greater task before us than the defeat of the Kaiser, namely the preserve democracy. Every man, woman and child, irrespective of all religious beliefs and personal doctrines is summoned to accomplish the next task that lies before the human race. I am not here to deliver an address, but as a recruiting agent. Spiritually every man was on the battle line, even though not in body. Everyone here is a mobilized factor in the army of democracy.
“The war was only the first act of a vast world drama; this is the second act. This first was unawares, but the second is not. Our business is to illuminate our conception of this world task anil solve the problem of how as an individual we may help. We are all implicated In the contributions to Christian democracy. My message Is on the fundamental principles on which to build democracy. The false conceptions of the Germans caused a world disaster. All Europe was hanging over an abyss. Our state will hang over the same abyss unless we get down to the fundamental problems.
“The outlook of Jesus of Nazareth was the supreme Incarnation of democracy. 1 refer to his democratic ; principles, not from the viewpoint of | sectarian belief, but as a student. He confronted democratic negation when the world oppressed by the despotism of centuries was a slum. Tyrannies of the past had squeezed the heart out of it. The message of his birth was given, not to the rich, but to the lowliest type of humanity, the shepherds and the wool washers. The common people, the wounded, oppressed multitudes heard him, not Herod. He went among the poorest, lowliest types of men, the fishers. Here he gathered men who later enlightened the world. Preceding the crucifixion of Christ ten thousand people iiad been crucified for the sake of Roman despotism.
“We, as students of the present age, have more to do than any students iu the history of the world. The basic thought to remember is that Jesus Christ, coming out of the heart of God, planted his heart close to the lowest, most degraded, most ignorant type of humanity. He declared that that thing called a human being was sacred to (Jod and all humanity.
“There is no answer to the problems of democracy on the basis of caste, for as such democracy is doomed. My faith is in the belief that we can leap past our caste, our culture, religious doctrines, political differences, dirt, grease, poverty and wretchedness, and see as Jesus sawr. His doctrine, ‘In as much as ye have done it unto the least of these ye have done it unto me.’
“All the tinsel of the Kaiser rame to naught, and so shall ours. Any institution that rejects the lowest type of humanity, God rejects. The unit of democracy is just ‘folks.’ The fundamental element of democracy is Jesus Christ, whom men revere as the founder of the Christian religion, whatever he taught or did not teach, in spite of all our differences. He honored the weakest, most forsaken specimens of humanity by announcing that therein lay the future hopes of all time, and the basis of a full fledged democracy.
“In my own experience 1 have found that spiritual activities Ignore social conditions, the tragedies of the common people. On the other hand 1 found people absorbed In social reform destitute of the spiritual side of life. These two limping one-winged creatures are found continuously in life.
“No human being is what you think he is, what I think he is, but us God knows he is, sacred in his sacredness to the creator. What spiritual value you have for a man in religion retains its value in the market. Whatever motive or thought is in our heart the supreme motive Is to let every human being, no matter what his station in life, live ln justice and freedom.
“We went to Europe to save democracy. We want to lay down in the heart of every American city, church, community, every man, woman and child, these fundamental principles. Democracy is a spirit light, love, tho eternal love of (Jod Almighty and love of humanity. Business, finance, commerce, ail industry must be subject to the love and mind of Christ.
I ‘ i do not speak to you in evangelistic terms, exploitation or sentimental appeal. There’s the world, a place for each one of us to make our contributions to democracy.
“Men have lived loug enough for fame, money and themselves. Let us live for humanity.”
By the way, who has tlie Doggono Button? Senior Prexy, wake up!
Conversation overheard in the hall:
"Hello, Jayne. Where you going?”
“I’m hurryiug to make a date for March 7.”