The Southern California
Vol. VIII
Official Organ of the Associated Students, University of Southern California
Los Angeles, California, Tuelday^April 10, 1917
No. 9^
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'TO DEBATE IDAHO ON FILIBUSTERING
Women Students Will Observe Organization of First Aid Society at University
University women have succeeded in arranging for the dismissal of all classes at 9:50 on Thursday, at which time “Red Cross Day” will be fittingly celebrated in East hall. Preparation for war is not to be confined to mere man.
“There is a place for every college woman in the coming struggle,” said Mildred Mackie yesterday. Miss Mackie, together with Gertrude Comstock of the College of Oratory, are heading the active work of the Red Cross society at U. S. C.
“I’m going to try to get a job driving an automobile ambulance,” continued Miss Mackie. “They’re going to use women for all those kinds of things. Nursing isn’t the only way that a woman can serve her country now. There are going to be great opportunities for women in the navy
i	yards, and in various kinds of field | service. But that will all be outlined in East hall next Thursday morning.”
I he Associated Women Students are getting behind the Red Cross Day with a vengeance. Committees have been organized to sell memberships and tlie official buttons of the American Red Cross. Memberships will be sold for as low as one dollar, and the buttons are to go at twenty-five cents apiece This local membership campaign is to precede the official campaign of the society which is to be held throughout the downtown district mi Saturday.
I lie University girls who are taking an active part in committee work are: Nancy Willard, Harriet Mail, Margaret Johnson, Helen Hargis, Jane 1 honipson, Mildred Snowden, Zemula lope, 1< rieda Martens, Margaret I ierce, Dorothy Seymour, Jessie Grieve, Harriet Monfort, and Mildred Mackie.
I he exercises in East hall will be headed by Mrs. George McCann, former pri Mdent of the Friday Morning chil), and chairman of the Publicity Committee of the Los Angeles Chap-'< r of the American Red Cross. Mrs. j ^b( .nm wjj] eXp]aj„ t|le work 0f the I ed I ross and its aims and purposes.
I hen will be other prominent I -iktf . and the Women’s Glee lias I *H>ii slated for a few selections.
,'irls are requested to wear
The timely question of the passing of a bill in the United States Senate to limit debate or prevent fiilibuster, will be the subject of a debate between the University of Southern California and the University of Idaho, Friday evening, April 13, at 8 p. m., in the college chapel.
This will be the only University debate at home this year. U. S. C. will be represented by Harold Brewster, ’18, and Wesley V. Smith, ’17, who will support the negative side of the question. Judge Lewis R. Works, Attorney Charles S. Burnell and Attorney Russ Avery have been chosen to judge the debate.
TO U.S.C.
GOVERNMENT SAYS NEED AT HOME FOR COLLEGE MEN
The attitude of the University toward students enlisting will be discussed at an important meeting of all the men of the University Thursday at 9:50 o’clock in the chapel. Dr. Bovard and several others will speak.
It is understood students wi'.l be advised not to run off and enlist. It appears that the government is striving to keep college students in school. Estimates show that only two per cent of all the men in the United States are college men, an indications are that the government will avail itself of their brains rather than their brawn.
At the meeting the plan of the government will no doubt be stated. As this meeting concerns every loyal student it is necessary that everyone attend.
The Woman’s Red Cross meeting will be held at the same time in East hall.
All white.
Prof. Thomas Nixon Carver of the department of political science at Harvard university, who is coming to the University of Southern California to give instruction during the summer session, is a former student of U. S. C.
According to rumors emanating from the faculty, Professor Carver supported himself while studying for his doctor’s degree here by keeping cows and conducting a dairy business. Professor Carver is now returning to the scene of his agricultural activities ' to conduct a course in rural economics. This will be a theoretical presentation of his former practical work. It pertains to the study of agriculture in relation to the whole industrial system and includes the study of the marketing of farm products.
Another course which Mr. Carver is scheduled to give is “Theory of Social Progress.”
Since he was a milkman Professor Carver has progressed far in his profession. After studying at Cornell and Johns Hopkins universities, he became professor of economics at Oberlin college. For the past few years he has been an advisor in agricultural economics in the United States Department of Agriculture. Last year he was president of the American Economics association.
Several text-books and works on social problems have been written by Professor Carver. Among these are: "Distribution of Wealth,” “Principles of Rural Economics,” and “Sociology and Social Progress.” One of his newest and best known works is “Essays in Social Justice.”
JUNIORS TO SPRING NEW PAPER APRIL 16
Special Circus Edition Will Be Issued By Class of ’18—Harold Brewster Is Editor
A.S.B. CONSTITUTION WILL BE PRESENTED TO EXECUTIVE BOARD
Student Committee, Composed of Watson, Henrickson. Banta, Glass, Work and Evans, Complete Lengthy Document During Spring Vacation.
SUBMITTED NEXT WEEK
Committee Members Declare Wide Separation of Various Colleges of University Presented an Obstacle in Framing of Governing Manuscript.
Something new in University publications is promised by the managers of the junior circus. They announce that their innovation will be colored and funny, but whether it will chronicle the history of the circus wild man, picture the new and strange adventures of Mutt and Jeff, or cling to a more dignified style of humor, has not been definitely announced.
At any rate, this will be a Greater University paper, with Harold Brewster as chief editor. All the colleges furnishing contributions will be represented by au editorial board. The paper will not have any connection with the “Trojan.” The printing will probably be done by C. J. Pfaffenberger, a member of the junior class, who is also editor of a Gardena newspaper.
This paper will appear on one day only, Monday, April 16, the day before the circus, and will sell for five cents a copy.
BOARD OF CONTROL
DISCONTINUES ATHLETICS
The Athletic Hoard of Control, late yesterday, passed resolutions discontinuing athletics for the remainder of the semester, in view of the war.
'l'lie board recommended that the trustees should offer the government the use of athletic equipment and the services of the athletic directors of the University.
The constitution is finished.
After holding more than a dozen meetings during the past month, five of which were held during spring vacation, the student constitution committee, consisting of Walter Watson, chairman, Althea Hendrickson, George Banta, Richard Glass, Telford Work, and Manfred Evans, ex-officio member, have completed a student body constitution which they contend will meet as fully as is possible under existing conditions the peculiar problems confronting the Associated Students of the University of Southern California.
The newly framed document will be submitted to the executive board early next week. The board will decide as to what disposition shall be made of it.
In drawing up the new constitution the members of the committee, according to their statement, were confronted by peculiar difficulties. In the first place, the colleges of the university are separated into widespread and isolated units which heretofore have had but little to do with each other. The problem of the committee was to bind these colleges into a single unity by an instrument which could be acceptable to all. In the second place, each of the colleges of (Continued on Page 4)
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