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Vol. XI
Lo* Angeles, California, Wednesday, March 3, 1920
No.63
TO PLAY II. S. C.
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HE varsity baseball schedule for the coming season was announced in tentative form by Henry Bruce, graduate manager, yesterday. The schedule is far from complete,
and several colleges have written, requesting games with the Trojan diamond squad.
Oregon Agricultural College will play games with California and Stanford early in April, and wishes to come south for a series of games with southern institutions. It is thought that the games between the northerners and Trojans will be arranged The University of Arizona will invade this part of the state with its team and wishes to play two games with U. S. C.
The greatest problem confronting team at present is that of getting a field where the games may be played Exposition Park has. been suggested, but it is impossible to charge admission for games on the park grounds and the other institutions cannot afford to play games for their health, according to Bruce.
The schedule as arranged is as follows:
April 3—L. A. A. C.
April 7—Open.
April 10—L. A. A. C.
April 14—University of Redlands.
April 17—Sherman Indian School.
April 24—Sherman Indian School.
April 28—U. C. S. B.
May 1—Open.
May 5—Occidental.
May 8—Open.
May 12—University of Redlands.
May 15—Open.
May 19—Occidental.
May 26—U. C. S. B. -
WAMPUS TO FLY OVER
CAMPUS FRIDAY MORNING
Airplane delivery of the Wampus and The Trojan has again been postponed. Inability of the printing company, which is handling Wampus, to deliver the publication on time, was the reason given by H. A. Miller, editor, for the delay.
The program for the novel delivery stunt has not been called off, Miller stated, but has simply been moved ahead two days on the calendar. According to present plans the two livest publications in Southern California will make their aerial voyage over the campus Friday morning at 1 I :40.
The prize Wampus, to be autographed by Editor Miller and a
EL RODEO TAG8 TO BE
SOLD MARCH 10, 11, 12
March 10, 11 and 12 will be a scene of *‘ld fury in the Halls of the Liberal Arts building for the “El Rodeo” officers when tags will be given to those depositing $1.50 for the year book, which will come off the press June 1. Contrary to the prevailing rumor, the •tudents may order as many books as hey please, provided that they deposit full amount for each book. No ex-a “El Rodeo’s” will be printed.
PRESIDENT OF OHIO WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY SPEAKS TODAY
President John W. Hoffman, of Ohio e8leyan Cniverslty, will speak at an J^mbly today at 11:40, it was announced yesterday.
p- Hoffman is Just winding up an in	western trip. He lias spoken
three of the large cities of the Pa-Dnc Coast, Seattle, Portland and San ^ncisro.
DEBATE FRATERNITY TO BE MORE ACM T!
At a recent meeting of the U. S. C. chapter of Delta Sigma Rho, the^ National Debating Honorary Fraternity, the following officers were elected to hold office for the ensuing year: President, Ugene W. Blalock; vice-president, Claude L. Reeves; historian, Ezra Dow Hoffman; secretary-treasurer, Clifford Fulton Burr.
Plans for the present year were discussed and formulated at the meeting. It was decided that a banquet would be held in the near future, to include all key men in Southern California. It is thought that Delta Sigma Rho should take a more definite place in forensic circles and, to that end, it is hoped that a vital association may be developed between all chapter men in the South.
The active chapter in the University at the present time includes the following men: Ugene Blalock, Clifford Burr and Ray Haight, of the College of Law, and Claude Reeves, E. Dow Hoffman, Sam Stagg, Ruel Olson and Calvin Lauderbach of Liberal Arts.
representative of the Mercury Aviation Company, when captured and decorated with the signature of President Bovard, will be good for seven dollars and a half worth of pure, heavenly ozone to be inhaled during a period of fifteen minutes. This is at the rate of 50 cents worth a minute.
A ship from the Mercury Aviation Company will be stationed at Exposition Park to carry U. S. C. students on I 5-minute rides for a fare of $7.50. Whether this part of the program will take place Friday or Monday will be announced later by those in charge of the affair.
An autographed copy of The Trojan will be dropped from the airplane with the Wampus. The person nabbing this will be entitled to a free subscription to Wampus for the remainder of the school year.
J. Allison Moore, campus representative of the Wampus in charge of the airplane rides, announced yesterday eight persons had signified their intention of taking their first flights.
TRI
VS. PONOMA AND OXY
U. S. C. Speakers Will Meet Southern California Rivals in First Debate of Season . .
CLASS TO TAKE ADVERTISING
Professor Goodnow’s class in Advertising will meet in the lobby of the Wesley.^ Roberts building, Third and Main, Saturday afternoon, at 1:30, for a trip through the Garnier Seymour Engraving plant.
ENGINEERS TO HAVE PARTY
All students and professors of the engineering department are invited to an informal party to be given in tho Y M. C. A. Hut, Friday evening,
March 5, at eight o’clock.
Primed and prepared for the first forensic battle of the year the U. S. C. orators are marking time until they shall meet their old time enemies, Occidental and Pomona, next Thursday evening in .the University assembly hall. Under the direction of Coach Blanks of the College of Oratory the IT. S. C. representatives have been working hard and are ready to launch a terrific attack against their opponents.
In the home auditorium, the Trojans, represented by Louis D’Elia, Merle McGinnis and Robert Carlquist will meet Pomona.
D’Elia, it will be remembered, was a member of the team which invaded Stanford last year and came home with a three to nothing victory.
Representing the Trojans at Oxy will be Charles Paddock, Le Roy Reames and Richard Bird. Paddock is a good debater, according to critics, possessing a smooth and pleasant delivery. Reames and Bird have repre-
ASSYRIAN CUSTOMS
Who were the truant officers way back in 2000 B. C.? Who was superintendent of the street lighting system? Who was manager of the water works? Who were the divorce court lawyers? Who were the real estate agents? Who were the notaries?
Did they have all these things, anyhow? Dr. J. G. Hill says that they did.
“I have at my home,” said Dr. Hill, “a baked clay tablet about four inches wide and six inches long. On it, perfectly preserved, Is an inscription, in cuneiform characters, which tells of a contract between some individual and the church. This man promised to bring so many .oads of grain to the temple. Evidently the pledge was never redeemed, or the brick would not now be in existence.
“There are four names inscribed on it; the debator’s, the priest’s (who acted as notary) and two witnesses. One of the names has in it syllables that translated, mean Abraham. I presume from this that this was one of the ancient patriarch’s relatives. I never look at it without finding myself suddenly carried back four thousand years touching hands with Abraham.”
“That they had some system of public lighting, compulsory school attendance, a splendid irrigating system, and many other advantages of civilization is well known.
“This tablet was given me by one of the members of the Yale Asyria-logical expeditions. They have found hundreds of thousands of these bricks in perfect condition.
“Women, at that time, could hold property in their own names. They weren’t so slow after all, were they?
“Property? Oh, yes. They had land surveys in those days very much the same as we have now. They had their corner stakes and all the rest of the paraphernalia.
“The temples had great public libraries comprising thousands of clay volumes. The books dealt with all the subjects of the day, such as art, religion, science and literature. On these tablets have been found the ancient Babylonian accounts of the creation, the flood, and the tower of Babel. The Hebrew writers undoubtedly obtained their biblical material from this source.
“I could talk for hours on this subject,” went on Dr. Hill. “There are many universities which conduct these
expeditions. The University of Pennsylvania does, perhaps, the most work. But whatever they find only proves that we moderns greatly underestimate the civilization of the ancients.”
sented the University In previous debates and should prove a snare to the
Tigers.
The team which will represent Occidental in the latter’s auditorium will be composed of Hugh Jones, Duy Wadsworth, and Arthur Coons, editor of 1 ne Occidental
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