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Vol. xii
Lo* Anfefea, California, Wednesday, April 20, 1921
No. 73
Feted Orators Return From Hot Desert Trek
Curis and D’Elia Dined and En-iained by Five Colleges
ORIS UP PLANS FOR J
Records Smashed By
Flying Relay Victors
By Al Wesson
Instruction Will Be Given in Prac' tical Newspaper Methods
IAT in sacred spot
Texai9 Won’t Hear Any Talk Against State’s Rights
Baik from the most pretentious tour tie University of Southern California haa ever given to its debaters Loui»D'Elia and Wilbur Curtis are receNng congratulations for the iplentd work they accomplished in behal of our University while on their ,en-day trip.
Though the heart of the South west, (peaking at five different uni versit^s in four states, these two jpeakJ-s invaded a territory from which! many of our students have journfed to southern California to pailicipate in the possibilities of highereducation here. Thundering forth Le glories of our Alma Mater to mot than 5,000 people, they left an im^ession in their wake which will sctcely be effaced in years. One can inigine the effect that two orators ol such cultural refinement as Mr. Cutis and Mr. D’Elia would have upon ke plastic aspirations of our ranchig friends in Arizona, Texas, Oklah*ia and New Mexico.
Great Interest Shown
Acceding to reports of the debaters, tl contests aroused intense interest : every city which they visited
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and at io time were they called upon to ad(ess an audience of less than 400. rowds of six or seven hundred greete the men at each stop, and at Ba;)r University a host of 1,200
istened to the presentation of uments upon the question, ed that candidates for the
pre’idicy of the United States shoult be elected by a system of nation direct primaries.”
J. S. C. Fame Spreads
The purpose of the trip, which was tt pread throughout the country the fa e of the University, succeeded far be>nd expectations according to those i charge. Everywhere accla-matioi were extended to our men, theret reflecting advantageously upon e scholastic standards maintained it U. S. C.
Favable comment, from the press and f m those with whom the debaters ame in personal contact, was receivi copiously in every instance.
The Ubuquerque Morning Journal remark, "The California debaters won i a superior ability to think quick! and accurately on their feet; and ii their conclusive arguments in rebutt
Thi paper went to the extent of an edorial in appreciation of the enteri se. It said in part, “A uni-versit of 250 students may well feel honor I to have a standing and classii ation which would make South n California willing to deflate it at all. Leadership lies large! in being able to think and talk itter than the other fellow. Genet mental culture lies at the bottoi of extemporaneous speeches.”
banned Arguments Used Thi editorial throws the subject in a ?w light, and as Mr. D’Elia said, We were debating with people »d had no idea of extempor-aneou argument. With them every thing as set and canned and memorized I tore hund. On the contrary, we w e obliged to rely upon our Bener information and talk out of our hid.”
At lylor a half holiday was given •ostusnts in honor of the visitors. A ful afternoon's program was prepared y officials of Baylor and members d the Baylor chamber of com-mercefor the entertainment of the BUestij A preliminary reception was lid at 2:30 o’clock. The dehate rrtie as a climax to a day’s en-tertainent.
Whp the opposition encountered was ni of the finished style of oratory jcertain aggressive earnestness kernel to work wonders with loyal total udiences in the face of the Polems of the S. C. men.
Theirst university on the schedule Was t University of Arizona, where °urdi&ters took the affirmative side theiuestion. The debate was held 08 Apl 4th, before a crowd estimated at 40fl>er8ons. A two-to-one decision w»s ridered in favor of the Tucson team
| Texas Great Hosts
At taco, Texa3, a royal reception *** wen to the visitors and enthu-asmjreeted them upon every side.
J200 residents and students
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CALENDAR
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Senior meeting in Room 240.
Commerce Club meeting in chapel.
Devotional hour at “Y" hut.
Oratory presents three one-act plays at “Y” hut.
Plans for installing a complete journalism major at U. S. C. next year, are under way in the English department. If these plans material ize degrees will be given in Journal ism and Advertising. According to the instigators of the plan, this major will fill a long felt need in the University.
Enrollment in Journalism and Ad vertising will not be open to freshmen. First year requirements will include the usual freshmen classes, required of all Liberal Arts’ students.
Among the subjects that will be scheduled are Editing and Reviewing, Literary Criticism, Editorial Writing, Practical Reporting, Modern Drama, Short Story Writing, and a complete Advertising Course. Professors to be connected with the course are Dr. Thompson, Dr. Dixon and Professor Goodnow.
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TICKETS POPULAR PRICES
Noted Stage Artists to Amuse Audience; Each College to Be Represented
Surpassing anything of its kind given by U. S. C. this year, the annual senior road show, to be staged May 7, at the L. A. High School auditorium, will occupy a unique position among university activities.
Each year the senior class gives a show of some kind for a definite purpose. This year the money taken in will be used to purchase the usual gift to the university. It is given exclusively by the seniors and is the only event put out by them throughout the school year.
Manager Joe Ryan, who is in charge of the affair, promises many novel and unique features. It is to be the largest senior road show ever attempted.
Big Program
Eight brilliant acts will make up a varied entertaining program. All acts are to be decidedly different and novel, the aim of the management being to present a program that will appeal to everyone. Several of these acts have been announced already, while a few are still dark secrets.
Lance and Lute will stage a special act, with the well-known U. S. C. graduate, Clark Marshall, in the limelight. Edith Roberts and Joe Ryan will assist him.
Dental College, source of many a minstrel skit, will send several of their black-faced comedians to amuse the audience. Just who will take part in this skit has not yet been decided Lawyers to Act Two of U. S. C.’s embryo lawyers will stage what they have termed a ‘Nutty” act. Lovers of Grand Opera and like entertainments, are warned in advance that this is to be a comedy. However, the lawyers have promised their act will not shock anyone. Perkins and Wilson, it has been rumored, were offered a place on the Orpheum circuit atfer displaying their abilities as comedians while trying out for the
Those interested in real sport will be interested to know that two profes sional boxers from the L. A. A. C., will battle in an exhibition three-round fight. Sympathetic or emotional colds are advised by those in charge to bring an extra supply of kerchiefs.
Metropolitan Star to Appear
Just to show those who may doubt that seniors are dignified and sedate, they have included on their program a renowned singer, formerly from the Metropolitan Opera Company, in the person of Signor Pla. He will render several bass soIob. It wus only after un untiring effort on the part of Manager Ryun that the services of Mr. Pla were procured.
Will Rogers, the motion picture star, may appear in a special trick rope act Definite announcement in regard to Rogers will be made later.
Popular Price to Prevail
Instead of resorting to the usual method of seating the audience in reserved seats, there is to be only one general admission. The “flrst come first served” system will be in vogue Passports to the show will cost the very popular price of fifty cents. One thousand t’ckets will be distributed among the oi.e hundred und fifty seniors, each having to dispose of six tickets . The other thirteen hundred are to go on sale to the general public.
While the high school athletes of our fair Southland were doing a little championship track meeting last Saturday out at L. A. high school, the mile relay teams of U. S. C. and Redlands put on a little chumpionshlp duel of their own, said duel ending disastrously for Redlands, which lost a championship, a record of no defeats, and about everything else except their baton. In fact, when Coach Cunningham gathered his athletes and their equipment, at the end of the race, he couldn’t even find an alibi.
Incidentally, while running away with the relay, the Trojan quartette of quarter-milers did considerable record smashing. The old Southern California record for the one-mile four-man relay of 3 minutes 26 seconds was broken up and knocked to pieces by the Trojan boys, who went the distance in 3 minutes 22 seconds even. Redlands' best time for the race, which is 3:25:2, was also knocked for a row by the S. C. 440 stars.
Although all four men on the U. S. C. team performed wonderfully, Gwynn Wilson and “Spec” Schiller starred especially, each one running his lap in 49 1-5 seconds, which anyone will admit is some little quartermiling. Bill Isenhouer, running first lap for S. C., waa clocked at 513-5 seconds, while Eddie Leahy tore off his lap in 52 flat.
Redlands holds the present record of 3:25:2 for Class B, college teams, which the Baptist Telay stars set at the Penn Relay Carnival, last year. As the old Southern California rcord waa 3:26, the U. S. C. boys were matched against the Redlands team in order to push the latter Into setting a new Southland mark. Captain Spec’s cohorts upset the dope and tock this record-smashing job upon thenselves and performed it with much eclat and gusto, to say nothing of speed.
U. S. C. drew the inside lane at the start of the race, with Bill Isenhouer matched against Lloyd Yount of Redlands, on the flrst lap. Bill held the pole all the way around und finished a
good two yards in front of young Yount. Leahy, running second for U S. C., fumbled the baton and almost dropped it, losing a full second, which he could have clipped off his time getting started. Eddie was matched against Knights, and ran a pretty race, although more slow work in paaaing the stick put Gwynn Wilson about seven yards behind Bill Yount at the start of the t^iird lup.
Just about this time things looked hopeless for the Trojan squad, but old man Wilson ran one of the greatest 440 b of his useless and misspent life and passed Yount, giving Spec the lead which won the race. The old wreck of a student body president tore off one of the most spectacular quarter-mlles ever seen in this neck of the western hemisphere and accomplished the im possible by making up a big handicap and beating Yount by two yards.
With this lead, Spec Schiller was sitting on the world, for all the Kilbys in the world could not catch him. Spec held his lead all the way around the track, and just to Tub it in, he in creased it on the home stretch and finished the race six or eight yards to the good.
It is interesting to note that the old Southern California record was held by a U. S. C. relay team, also coached by Dean Cromwell. The former record of 3:26 was made c»n March 15, 1913, in a duel meet between U. S. C. and Stanford, on the old 440 track at Bovard Field. The men on the team were Fred Kelly, Bill Laird, Vick Hodge and “Stonewall” Jackson.
The world’s record for the one-mile four-man relay is 3:18, four seconds faster than the S. C. team’s work. The one-mile College Relay Championship of America was won by the University of Pennsylvania last year at the Penn Relay carnival in 3:22:2, which is 2-5 seconds slower than the Trojans’ time The mark set by the U. S. C. team brands the Trojan aggregation as one of the greatest, if not the greatest, teams of its kind in the country today.
Oratory Actors Put
On Three Short Skits
In lieu of the usual spring play, the College of Oratory will present three one-act plays this semester. The plays selected are: “The Florist Shop,’’ “The Rescue,” and “Where, But in America.” They will be given at the “Y” hut next Thursday night. Miss Hubbard, of the College of Oratory, who directed “Mister Antonio” is in charge of the presentations.
“The Florist Shop,” is a comedy written by Minifred Hawkins, and has as its basis the now popular slogan, "Tell it in Flowers.’’
“The Rescue” is a problem play by Rita Cregihton Smith. It presents a study in psychology.
“Where, But in America,” is also a comedy. It was written by Oscar M. Wolf and is built upon the complications arising from the servant problem peculiar to American households.
The selection of plays is a selection from select situations. “The Florist Shop” and “The Rescue” are from the Harvard collection of one-act plays. They had their inception in the now famous Professor Baker’s 47 Workshop. The roles were first enacted by members of the Harvard Dramatic Club, founded by Edward Eyre Hunt and Edward Sheldon, author of "Romance,” now enjoying a successful
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All wrestling asplrunts are urged to register for the coming wrestling tournament to be held on May 13. The local university cups will be given, one for every weight in addition to ribbonB for flrst, second and third places. No man can compete who has not attended, at least once, the class held on Tuesdays and Thursdays at 4 o’clock. The class championships are to be recognized and entries will be accepted until 2 o’clock, May 12. The weighing-in will take place at noon on the day of the match. A decision has been reached by members of the wrestling club to levy an entry fee of 50 cents in order to assure the participation of the man registered and to defray any special expenses.
The recently organized Gym Club Is fast rounding into form for their coming contest and, with such men as Chapman, Chamberlain, Taylor and Butterfield, hopes to make a good showing. A great deal of student interest has been aroused over this new organization and crowds saunter to the “Gym” to watch Captain Chapman developing some slick dismounts from the parallel bars or to observe Walker make the side horse do everything but talk.
In the coming contest the three best men out of the seven events will be selected for the regular team, thus making a total of from 10 to 21 men. Freshmen are eligible for this contest.
The Swimming Club will meet Huntington Park High Bchool ln water polo next week, and on April 28 will meet Hollywood.
revival in New York, and a number tff other "hits.”
Oscar M. Wolf’s “Where, But in America,” is considered by many one of the cleverest one-act plays ever writtens. It eceived recognition in Myra Myorja’s “Representative One-Act Plays of America,” a selection of a hundred of America’s best one-act plays. In a current issue of the Drama Magazine, Professor Roland Lewis, of the University of Utah places "Where, But in America” in his selection of one hundred represent atlve plays. Regarding the play Professor Lewis says, “An excellent satire on social pretense in modern life.”
After having spent a number of weeks in tryouts, Miss Hubbard haa selected casta for all three plays. Those rehearsing the roles in "The Florist Shop’” are Ruth Seaver, C. H. Gurigus, O. Henry King, Olive Martin and Glen Ingles. In "The Rescue” are Mabel Terry, Irene Tuesdale and Faye Hern. Velma Gribben, Merle McGinnis and Annette Lindley are ln “Where, But in America.”
In preparation for the presentation of the playB, students of the College of Oratory are working with brush and paint, hammer and nail, rearranging the stage of the “Y” hut iii order to guarantee an adequate slagging The walls of the stage have been retinted and lighting effects are being installed. A number of oratory students have been at work for some time preparing a set of French windows.
The price of admission to the three one-act plays will be 50 cents. Tickets may be purchased from the College of Oratory students. The public sale of tickets opens next Monday, and the pasteboards will be available in the main hall.
STUDENT VOLUNTEERS ELECT NEW OFFICERS
Officers were elected at the annual Southern California Union of Student Volunteers held last Friday, Saturday and Sunday at Redlands University. They are: President, Ernest Henderson of Redlands University; vice-president, Paul Fuller of the Bible Institute; secretary, Cheryl Millar of IT. S. C.; treasurer, L. S. Brubaker of La Verne College.
On 8unday morning Will A. Betts of the University M. E. Church ad- | dressed the assembly. Ninety delegates were present, representing ten colleges and universities lu Southern California.
Those who attended the convention from tl. S. C. were as follows: Margaret McLean, Dorothy Ford, Gladys Black, Ruth McSee, Cheryl Millar, Ida Stone, Percy Hedley, June Horton, Roy Johnson, Mr and Mrs Ralph Im Porte and Mr. and Mrs. H. E. Ahlf.
PSI OMEGA PLEDGES ASPIRANTS FOR INITIATED AT BALBOA STUDENT BODY
OFFICE’S EMERGE
By L. W. Harrell
Beginning last Friday afternoon, seventeen Pai Omega pledges spent an exceedingly strenuous week-end, terminating early Saturday morning, with the distribution of seventeen new pins to aa many new Psi Ome-gana.
The troublea of the freshmen started in earnest about 3 o'clock Friday afternoon when they were paraded through the downtown streets ln a weird assortment of costumes. The freshmen represented every thing imaginable from a colored bride to a lad of six or seven yeara in knickers and a Buster Brown tie.
“Nuts” Parade
Tired business men, shoppers and matinees hounds stopped in their tracks and pretty stenographers hung perilously from office building windows wondering what It was all about. Many were positive that a new advertising scheme was being propagated, while others staunchly held to the opinion that it was a picture company on location. Still others classed them simply as "nuts” and let it go at that.
When the Broadway policemen began to show symptoms of open hostility the freshmen were herded into the Pacific Electric station and later loaded on cars for Balboa, where the Initiation waa held.
Initiates and Constable Busy
Fifty Psi Omegas made the trip to the beach city and while there made their headquarters at the Alhambra Apartments, which they rented bodily for Friday and Saturday nights. A wonderful time was enjoyed by all with the possible exception of the in itiates and the constable of Balboa Beach, both of whom were busy most of the time.
The freshmen initiated last week were Loynd, Beazley, Cookson, Tully, Harrison, Oursland, Courtney, Wallace, Guthrie, Horn, McBride, Morrill Haig, Powell, McCloskey, Van Winkle and I^ane of ’23.
A week ago last Friday five sophomore pledges, Kruell, Handley, Black-ington, Cross and Scliader, were initiated at the chapter house on South Beacon.
The Pal Omegans are plannig a house party in honor of the new men some time in the near future.
“Spec” Schiller Will Run for Athletic Manager; Wilkinson and Chapman on Executive Committee
PETITIONS CIRCULATE
Freshmen Debaters Whet Weapons For S. A. J. C. Contest
Now that the varsity schedule is completed the freshmen will hold down the stage iu two debates, the flrst of which will be held Thursday agulnst Santa Ana Junior College. The contest will be fought out on the enemy’s territory with the freshman team contending for the negative side of the question: “Resolved, That the United States should institute a responsible system of cabinet government."
Coach Claude ReeveB, who handled the varsity on this question, has also taken the flrst year men under hls care and has whipped the squad into a flrst class organization. Having the material used in the triangle debates at their disposal as well as other available matter, the trio that makes the trip to Santa Ana will represent the acme of preparation.
Lowell Troutman, who is already well known as a speaker; Harry Kennedy, whose booming voice has stirred many assemblies while ln the capacity of yell leader; H. A. Huebner, and C. A. Gurigus are the future debating stars who will meet the opponents of the lower class.
At a later date they will have the opportunity to recapture the honors lost to Oxy In the triangle affair tills year, in as much as they will debate the Occidental Frosh upon the same subject.
Curtis Cassill Rumored for Student Body President; Maginnis Has Decided Not to Run
By Pol. E. Tic.
Office8eekers have slowly commenced to emerge from cover and arc starting their petitions on the rounds among the student body members.
The flrst three aspirants to office who have definitely announced their intention of running are “Spec” Schiller, who desires to be athletic manager, and Raymond Wilkinson and Charles Chapman, who are looking for enough votes to put them on the executive committee. With these three pioneers breaking the) Ice, the remaining hopefuls will undoubtedly emerge from tho obscurity which now covers them.
Presidential Timber Lacking
Now that the Maginnis for president boom has died down and his backers are without a candidate, the Job, for the moment, seems to be going begging. Faint rumors concerning CaBslU have reached my ears, and the rumors are steadily growing more insistent He may enter the race at the last moment and go out after the most Important office which the student body lias to offer. Several people have approached Charlie Paddock concerning the possibilities of his making the race, but so far Sir Charles has turned a deaf ear to the lure of further fame.
Mysterious Candidate The Phi Mus’ took a petition home with them Monday, and from this it seems certain that this worthy group of maidens will enter a daughter in the row that comes next month. They said nothing concerning their intentions, however, and it is possible that they were merely shopping, and wished to see if the paper upon which the petitions are printed is a good serviceable bond or some cheap paper, such as Is used for exams.
V. P. Rivals Confer Gladys Crail and ‘‘Billie’’ Heinz are determined to beat each out for vice-president and to accomplish this end they can be seen talking and walking together almost any time of the day or night. They have already arrived at the “cursed rival” stage, and it is expected that rod and brown hair will soon be littering the front lawn. It will be a good flght. Experts say that they are betting on the red, because of the advantage of weight, but others just as wise to the game say that the brown will win out because of greater speed.
Rita Walker decided not to enter the contest for vice-president, and his intimated that she will try for a secretarial position. Friends qf Lucile Long were a bit anxious to have her run for this office, but when she announced that she will not be in college next year her backers shifted to other can-(Continued on page 4)
TRACK MEN TRAVEL
The Faculty Athletic Committee late yesterday afternoon unanimously voted to send the champion mile relay team to Seattle for the Washington University Relay Carnival, and at the same time advised Charles W. Paddock, who was supposed to run in the northern meet, to compete with the rest of the U. S. C. team at the A. A. U. championships. Both meets are to be held this Saturday, making it impossible for the relay team and Paddock to appear at both places on the same afternoon.
When Sir Charles gracefully consented to take the eastern trip to Redlands, Instead of the northern trip to Seattle, It made the S. C. team that competes In the A. A. U. more certain of success, and kept friendly relations among the collegiate Institutions in both localities unimpaired.
The relay team left for the north last night.
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TO IIUKE CiUB PLANS
Will Cooperate With Down-town Advertising Men; Idea Suggested by Marc Goodnow
Encouraged by the success of the Press Club as an organization of budding journalists, the Ad Chasers of U. S. C. are planning to "go and do likewise” and to sprout forth with a club of their own. The name and purposes will be divulged at a later date, according to M. N. Rlnearson, chairman of the committee on organization.
The Idea of the formation of such a club urnong the advertising students of the university cume originally from the brain of Marc N. Goodnow, Instructor in Journalism and advertising, and was taken up with enthusl-UHm by the memberB of the class in advertising. One of the purposes of the organization, as suggested by Mr. Goodnow, will be to become connected with the downtown Advertising Club, with the object of getting practical knowledge of the ud game.
“Advertising clubs at other universities have proved successful, and lt is hoped by those concerned In the formation of this organization that it will likewise be a success.” said Louise Kldson, a member of uie committee in charge of organizing the group.
The committee bb elected by tha members of the advertising class to draw up a constitution and by-laws for the new club, Is composed of M. N. Rlnearson, chairman; Louise Kldson, F. P. Hopkins, H. Lockwood and Carl Dldrickson.