The Southern California
Frosh Meet at 12:30
Upperclassmen Meet, 11:40
Official Organ of the Associated Student*, University of Southern California
Vol. VIII
Los Angeles, California, Wednesday, September 27, 1916
No. 6
APPARENTLY LOSING INTEREST
Every Freshman Who Comes Out for Football Is Promised the Opportunity of Getting Into at least One Game—New Material Badly Needed
“The freshman team is falling down on the job. The squad has dwindled from thirty-two promising and spirited recruits, to a mere handful of fifteen or sixteen, who are loyal to their ‘class and the university. An unusually fine schedule has been arranged. with two games for each date, so that every man would be given every opportunity of getting into the game. This schedule includes the strongest high schools and junior colleges in Southern California and a trip to Berkeley at the end of the season to meet the Bear freshmen. However, if there is not an immediate revival of pep in the frosh football camp, there is a strong probability that the whole schedule will be canceled.
Such was the'statement made by Coach Fred Teschke, when questioned yesterday in regard to freshman football prospects.
The causes of such a condition are hard to determine, and several reasons have been advanced in an effort to solve the mystery.
It has been claimed that a number of the players signed up for football simply to get gym credit, but Teschke says there is “nothing doing” along this line unless the men show up regularly, as he is going to call the roll every night and thus keep a check on each one.
Coach Teschke is earnestly hoping that things will shortly begin to put on a better appearance.
GLAZE LACKS
FOOT-BALL STARS
PREPARATIONS MADE PLEDGES TO HONOR SOCIETY “SKULL FOR HALLOWE’EN AND DAGGER" ANNOUNCED BY
Committees Asked to Meet President Evans Wednesday to Arrange Plans
Preparations are rapidly nearing completion for the Hallowe'en party given annually by the student body.
The committee in charge, under the direction of the vice-president of the student body, Miss Esther Welch, is asked to meet Wednesday evening at 7:30 o’clock at 3553 South Hoover street.
The members of the committee are, publicity, Ralph Jayne, Esther Hanning; decorations, Grace Witherell, Isabel Work, Stanley Hicks, Carleton Shay; stunts, Herschel Griffen. Hazel Wilkinson, Virginia Hubbard; refreshments, Mary Bowen, Gertrude Bloomfield, George Haight; booths, Ned Huse, Clara Coller, Daisyolah Wilson.
Mr. Evans says that it is essential that all members of the various committees attend the meeting.
CHEMISTRY STUDENTS TO
MAKE MERRY FRIDAY
Word was received yesterday through the Drake “Delphic,” the official paper of Drake University to the effect that Ralph Glaze, U. S. C. football coach. 1915-16, is having considerable trouble in getting enough football material with which to work.
Several of Drake’s “varsity” men have failed to return this year. Also many of last season’s freshmen are ineligible.
Lieutenant Weir, coach of the Sherman Indians last year, is also at Drake with Glaze. Both coaches are at present rousing the student body in an endeavor to get more men out. 1 p to this time but twenty-five have donned suits.
Drake has a heavy football schedule this year, including the Northwestern and Missouri universities.
Allowing their deep scientific thoughts to subside for a while, the chemistry students will have a chemically pure rejoicing period in East Hall Friday evening at 8 o’clock.
Music will be provided by the College of Music and readings by the College of Ortaory. Games and eats in which all will participate will constitute some of the ingredients of the chemical formulae of the social affair.
Coach's Auto Comes Home For Good
Once more Coach Dean Cromwell with exuberant toe punches the throttle of his pet Studebaker bus. Once more the coach’s motor throbs merrily, and once more the U. S. C. football mentor travels homeward in real style, instead of plodding along on foot, or riding in plebeian jitney-bus fashion.
Last week, as the coach was drilling the rudiments of football into the U. S. C. bunch of tan bark warriors, someone “glommed” his machine as it stood next the training quarters, and drove it away.
The days went by and the coach began to lose hope that it would be recovered. Yesterday he received a joyful surprise upon learning that the machine, after having been driven 500 miles, had been found downtown.
Today the Studebaker occupies its old position next to the training quarters, but it is securely fastened by a huge brass padlock.
Men Prominent in Associated Student Body Affairs Join Exclusive Organization
SOCIETY WELDS COLLEGES
Manfred Evans, Mark Herron, Bern-hard Oertley, Phillips Murray, Morse and Olson Pledged
Traditions Committee Organized
to Enforce S. C's Unwritten Laws
To see that all university traditions arc upheld, and that proper authorities enforce them, an entirely new feature of university life was inaugurated yesterday with the forming of “the student body traditions committee.”
Previously it has been the custom to punish violators of varsity customs in a lax and unorganized manner. The present committee was formed to facilitate the proper observance of tra-
ditions and to see that punishment is meted out in the proper manner by those whose duty it is to foster a respectful compliance with the customs of the University of Southern California.
Members of the committee are: Earl Gard, chairman; Julian W'ilkie; Floyd Bradley; Telford Work; Len Livernash.
INSTRUCTOR CANDIDATE
FOR STATE LEGISLATURE
A vigorous campaign in behalf of the candidacy of James S. McKnight, instructor in constitutional law at the College of Law, for re-election to the state legislature will be made. Mr. McKnight is now on the Mexican border, where he has been a lieutenant ever since President Wilson ordered the members of the Seventh regiment of California troops to the border.
Mr. McKnight, who was a member of the legislature last year, received the Democratic and Progressive nominations at the recent primaries, notwithstanding his absence. Members of the Seventh regiment have prepared a resolution highly commending Mr. McKnight for another term.
DEAN OF ORATORY GIVES
READINGS DURING TRIP
Miss Beulah Wright, Dean of the College of Oratory, spent a most enjoyable summer visiting some of the well known mountain resorts of Southern California. Her time, however, was not spent entirely for her own pleasure, but for the pleasure of others. Miss Wright gave several readings from a collection of her most favorite nature poems.
During a short stay at Del Mar, the Dean gave a program at which she read the well known "God of the Open Air.”
Pledges to the honorary student fraternity, Skull and Dagger, were announced today by Walter Watson, president of the association.
Eight student celebrities were voted into membership at the last meeting of the organization, held a few days ago, and within the very near future five other college men will probably be elected to membership in the honorary society.
Among those who have this week been rewarded for their hard work and leadership in school activities by being pledged to Skull and Dagger are: Manfred Evans, president of the Associated Student Body; Mark Herron, president of the Law School student body; Bernhard Oertley, president of the university Y. M. C. A.; Phillips W. Murray, editor-in-chief of the Trojan; A. B. Morse, manager of the Trojan; Reuel Olson, editor of El Rodeo; Herb Jones, football captain, and Clifford Henderson, basketball captain. At least five other men will be pledged as soon as the other colleges open.
Initiations will be held in November, at which time all new pledges will be required to perform at a big football game, appear before the footlights of all the nine colleges of the university, and will attend a banquet to be given in their honor.
The Skull and Dagger society was founded four years ago by ten of the student leaders of the university, and since that time has existed as one of the most potent forces in the university in the amalgamation of the different colleges. Men from all colleges and all departments are eligible to membership, and the Skull and Dagger society represents some of the strongest men in the university.
Among the active members of the society at the present time are Clifford Burr, Koscoe Frasher, Pettis Tan-quary, Homer Watson, Walter Watson, Leo Livernash, Len Livernash, Emery Olson, Clifford Hughes, Howard Henshey, and Syril Tipton.
UPPERCLASSMEN TO MEET IN EAST HALL
Manfred Evans, president of the student body, urges all juniors, seniors, and graduates to he present at the mass meeting to be held in East Hall this morning at 11:40.
Evans doesn’t say what will be discussed at the meeting, but insists that the topic will be of vital interest to persons who attend.
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