The Southern California
Basketball Fri. In Gym
‘Orators’ In Chapel 8:15
Official Organ of the Associated Students, University of Southern California
Vol. VIII
Los Angeles, California, Thursday, January 18, 1917
No. 57
MB IS ELECTED COACH KOERNER TO TROJANS TO MEET
OXT IN BASKETBALL
Five Candidates Present Petitions to A. S. B. Executive Committee— Four Ballots Taken
BASEBALL MATERIAL
Cliff Henderson Expects to Close Negotiations for Game in Near Future
Greater University Banquet Planned; Committee Members From All Colleges Advocate It
Marxen, Blake and Curry Are Strengthen Nine—Holloway May Come Back
After four separate ballots had been [ cast. John Sigler was elected by a j majority vote to the office of student J athletic manager by the associated i student body executive committee at a meeting Tuesday night at the Col- j lege of Liberal Arts.
Every college in the university was represented in the meeting. Twenty-seven votes were cast by the committee. The live candidates who presented petitions for the office were, Homer Watson, Paul Wilcox, Eddie Simpson, Winfred Wilson, and John Sigler.
The first vote taken gave Sigler a plurality of six votes over the next highest candidate. Three more votes were taken on the five candidates. Sigler received a majority on the fourth ballot and was declared elected.
“Johnnie” has a long history as an athlete and a manager. He attended the Los Angeles Polytechnic high school, where he made his letter in football, basketball, and track for three years straight. In his senior year lie was athletic manager at Poly.
After the election, President Manfred Kvans brought before the coin-•tnittee tlie question of a “greater university” banquet. This idea was received with great enthusiasm and the representatives from every college promised to support the proposition m a material way. A motion was passed authorizing the president to appoint a committee to take charge of preparations for the banquet and have it at the earliest possible date.
t0 j Negotiations are now under way for a basketball game or series of games I to be staged between the U. S. C. and : Occidental college teams at the close two weeks j Df the present A. A. U. tournament. Koerner, Cliff Henderson, Trojan captain, lias
RUN 10 OPEN 1917 TRACK SEASON
Long Distance Men Will Run Tomorrow for Torrance Cup—Course Will be From University to Exposition Park and Return.
Immediately after the given to examinations, “Biff coach of the U. S. C. baseball nine, j been conferring with Graduate Man-will issue his first call for material. a8cr Millard Mier of Occidental as to I .	j the possibility of arranging such a
\\ ith the exception of a few weak contest, and reports that present in-places present indications point to a dications are that the game will be winning team.	1 staged.
Captain Eddie Marxen, last year’s Mier is desirous of having the game
. played with the elimination of fresh-star backstop, will again be seen in men and other ineligihles, but it is action. Sammy Blake, veteran out- i probable that he will concede this fielder, will be one of the first men to j point to the Trojans if nothing else
report to Koerner.	j stan(ls in t,1e way of the &ame
..	... ,	Henderson is anxious to play a
Harry llirsli, Cad Counts, and < three-game scries with the Tigers. It others, will be missed this year. Hoi- j is his opinion that such a series would low'ay may return.	I create more enthusiasm among the
,r.	. .	,	, I students of the two schools than
1 he scarcity of good pitchers, would be the case if only a single which in past years has been a stum- game were played.
bling block to winning victories, is Should the game become a reality, it
again noticeable. Coach Koerner will	Pro')a^y be staged at the L. A.
A. L. gym as one ot the biggest events use overtime methods to develop the jn Somlu.rn California athletic circles, aspirants tor tins position.
Freshmen and Varsity Performers Have Hard Season Ahead—Trip to Pennsylvania Relay Carnival Will Wind Up Long Program.
•Pat” Millikan,
It is possible that should the Tro-who coached the jans and Tigers get together on the
j team last year, will probably handle | the managerial part of the team this I year. “Pat” has few equals in secur-I ing interesting games. He has al-! ready been assured of contests with both Stanford and California, and, in addition, lias had tentative offers from Nevada university for a series of i games there.
basketball court, it would mean the renewal of relations in other sports as well.
SPHINX AND SNAKES'
IAPANESE PRESENT
Members of the Cosmopolitan club of the university last night enjoyed •he most interesting meeting of this term, when they were entertained by ’he Japanese students in East hall. A large number of faculty members and students enjoyed the program.
Mr K Ayama, Japanese consul gen-<ral, addressed the club. Other noted KtieM- (,f the club were Professor and Inui. The former is from the LniviTMty of Michigan and his wife "as the first Japanese woman gradu-a,(' "i Stanford university.
MEMBERS OF ECONOMIC
CLASS HOLD DEBATE TODAY
Dr. R. D. Hunt's class in Economics will spend the 11:40 period this morning listening to a debate between members of the class on the question, “Resolved, that the United States should place an embargo on the exportation of all foodstuffs during the remainder of the European war.” Alfred Berlin, Charles Casey, and E. J. Robinson will uphold the negative side of the argument, while the affirmative point of view will be taken by Monte Evans, Francis McCrea, and Herbert Espy.
Reuel Olson, Telford Work. Ralph Jayne, Harold Brewster and Paul Elliot Are Elected
TO ORGANIZE FOR PURPOSE OF PROMOTING BIBLE STUDY
A short but very important meeting of all students interested in the organization of a society for the promotion of religious education in the university will be held Thursday evening, Jan. IN, at 8 p. m., in East hall, immediately after student prayer meeting. A special feature will be a vocal duet by Miss Gladys Hill and Mr. Samuel Stagg.
Following a business meeting of the Sphinx and Snakes society held last Tuesday evening, the following five members of this year's junior class were announced as pledges to the society: Reuel Olson, Telford Work, Ralph Jayne, Harold Brewster and Paul Elliot. Dr. 'I'. I!. Stowell and Prof. Tully Knoles were elected members from the faculty. It was also announced that the initiation of the new members would probably take place some time in March.
New officers of the society also were elected at Tuesday’s meeting. Manfred Evans, who in his spare moments guides the destinies of the university student body, was elected president. Luther Sharp was elected vice-president; Ben Oertly, secretary-treasurer; and Clayton Mrockniau, the retiring president, was given the position of sergeant-at-arms.
The Sphinx and Snakes society was started last year for the purpose of increasing class and university spirit among the juniors. It is composed of men who have achieved some class or university honor while they were juniors. Membership in the society does not cease with advancement to the senior class, but continues as long as the student remains in the university.
When Coach Dean Cromwell fires this pistol tomorrow afternoon that will start the Trojan cross-country runners on their annual jaunt, U. S.
C.’s 1917 track season will be officially ushered in. The long distance event marks the opening of a long, hard track season which will not terminate until the last of April.
The cross-country run this year will consist of a trip to the Exposition park race track, where the runners will reel off a lap or two, and then return to the University campus. Competition in this year’s event is keener than usual, owing to the fact that the runners will be striving with some definite object in view instead of merely for the honor of winning. Arthur Torrance, a four-star track man of U. .S. C., at present studying at New York university, lias put up a beautiful silver cup to be awarded to the winner of the long-distance event.
Following the “cross-country” will come four meets between the freshman squad anil the teams from the local high schools. Three of these contests will come on successive Fridays, and on Monday, January 29, a meet with Lincoln high school will be sandwiched iu for good measure. The meets with Polytechnic and Lincoln will"be held on the new Bovard field, while the other two will be staged on the grounds of the “babes’ ” adversaries.
l'lie varsity speedsters will make their debut on February 17, when the A. A. LJ. relay carnival will be staged. This year’s carnival will be held on Bovard field instead of at Tournament park, Pasadena, which was its location last year.
Trojan track performers will combine with the forces of Pomona and tin- L. A. A. C. to meet the University of California on the home grounds ! on March 17. Stanford is planning to invade the southland during the following weeks and will meet the "Allies” on March 24
Other meets of local importance | will be tin' ones with Pomona and the L. A. A. C., which will come just before these with the northern squads.
I lie contest with Stanford marks I the final local appearance of tlx- Tro-i jans. After that, they will keep in training for the annual Pennsylvania relay carnival which will come off on tin last Friday and Saturday of April. Coach Cromwell expects to lie able to send a first-class four-man two-mile relay team to the big eastern affair.