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Vol. XI
Los Angeles, California, Thursday, March 18, 1920
No. 72
FOOTBALL AWARDS SELECTED
(/. C. Track Entries A rrive Sweaters, Monograms Won
[IL. SENDS BIG TEAM TO MEET TROJAN FLYERS
Former S. C. Man to Run Two-Mile Event For Northern Team
S. C. STRONG IN SPRINTS
Cardinal and Gold Lacks Men to Win in Second and 1 hird Places
SHOULD WOMEN PROPOSE?
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REPORTER REPLIES: ‘YEA, BO!’
By Will Marshall, ’22
Twenty-one track and field artists will arrive in Los Angeles tomorrow from the University of California, to meet the Trojans in the first big track meet of the season, Coach Dean B. rorawell announced yesterday.
In the meet there will probably be tt track and six field events, and te relay race. According to Coach Wnwell the Trojans will take the ma-^of points in the track events, but little chance in the field events. C. has an excellent chance of tak-*6 the relay race.
Few second place Men California and Southern California i*ili run about even in first places, but pi,C. is remarkably shy on the second 1 third places. Captain Gwynn Wil-SWimade this point clear when calling [^candidates early in the season.
Charlie Paddock and Bill Isenhouer Irun against G. Calden, a 10 second in the 100 and 220-yard dashes. Spec” Schiller, who did the quarter week in 49:3-5 seconds, will find “greatest, opponents in Hendrixon Henderson,' who won their fame California track. Gwynn Wilson Fjrun with Schiller.
IS.C. will take nothing better than J^lin high jump, pole vault, shot, 120 Ptt hurdles, and 220 low hurdles, if latest dope from the north proves fPendable.
Here are t he Californians’ entries, as l ceived from Berkeley yesterday, by ra«uate M inager Bruce:
California Entries „ 'Caldon, in the 100 and 220-yard *“1 best time in the 100, 10 seconds 1 ■ *n the 220, 22:2-5 seconds.
Ij| J Cotrell, high jump; best height,
Rj-ld Crippen, mile, 2-mile; best time be 2-mile, io min., 15 sec. Crippen /or U.S C. three years ago.
^ R-Oallagher, 440, relay.
■. Graham, pole vault; best height,
“116-in.
Grunsky, 120 high hurdles; 220 hurdles, high jump; best time in 1 f'nrdles, 15:1-5 sec. (against >i.,r e"y), and ln the low hurdle",
sec.
ji.,'*len(lerson, 440, relay; best time,
sec.
Mav^e^rixon, 120 hurdles, high jump,
Mav ko 1 time, hurdles, 10:2-5 sec.;
i jj/, 52 sec.
W I ^a^')rB- discus, Javelin, shot; Uifl nce’ dlacUB, 115 ft.; shot, 43
•a, mile, 2-mile; beat time in
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Spring is here. The grass is green upon the campus, lectures bore us, white trousers are being taken out of moth balls, straw hats are sent to the cleaners, and our fancy lightly turns to thoughts of love. As this is the spring of a year the last two numbers of which are divisible by four we naturaly think of leap year. Every four years leap year is discussed and no conclusion reached; every four years the men’s hopes are raised and then biasled. We should settle this leap year proposition once and for all. The question is “Should women be allowed the privilege of proposing to men?”
Now, getting a woman to marry you is not merely walking up to her and saying:
“Will you marry me?”
The difficulty is in getting to the point where you can propose. That is, the winning is the result of the wooing, and this privilege has from the beginning of time belonged to man.
Stone-age Wooing
In the stone-age wooing consisted in first selecting your mate, hitting her on the head with a stone axe, and dragging her by the hair to your cave. (Hence the existing phrase: “I’m dragging Sally to the dance.”) We are told upon the best of authority that she soon learned to love the stick you beat her with. If there were any objectionable rivals in the way you treated them in an equally rough manner. The saying, “Pick ’em young, treat ’em rough, and tell ’em nothing,” undoubtedly originated in the stone-age.
But as time passed and civilization increased woman demanded a more subtle form of wooing; resulting in the form now prevalent on the campus called queening. Queening is not only what you kill vacant periods with in the basement windows, but it is also a method of securing a wife. It consists in giving your prospective wife candy, taking her to dances and shows, doing little brother’s arithmetic, giving little sister a quarter—it used to be a dime— to stay away, agreeing with Pa’s political views, puttin’ on “side” so that Ma will think you an excellent young man, and smiling and shaking hands with any other fellows who happen to come around on your
night.
Let Them Have It
This is the privilege that women wish. Why not let them have it? Of course, if they propose they must also woo, and, fellows, can you imagine anything with more of a kick in it than being wooed by some fair co-ed? How would this be?
You wouldn’t have to borrow money from a friend or get into a crap game in hopes of raising your quarter to the price of a show. You wouldn't have to worry as to whether there was enough gas in the car. You would just have to sit at home—-near the telephone of course—and wait for a co-ed to call up. When the phone rang you would stroll over nonchallantly, let the receiver buzz a few times so as not to appear anxious, and murmur in a blase voice, “Hello.”
“Yes, this is John speaking. Who is talking?” (of course you recognize Mary’s voice immediately, but you make her believe that you have so many girls calling you up that you can not tell them apart.)
“Oh, it’s you. Funny I didn’t recognize you.”
“What, a date for tonight? 1 don’t know whether I can or not.” (Then in an aside which you take care to let Mary hear, “Mother, is this the night Jane takes me to the Orpheum? No? Well when is Helen’s dinner date? Oh! Did Pauline call up today? All right.” (This makes her appreciate her date more.)
Mary Makes the Date “Well, I guess I can go. I should study English. 1 have a date with Margaret, but I’ll break it.” (This flatters her.)
“Eight o’clock? Oh, I couldn’t possibly be dressed by then.”
“All right, eight-thirty. So long.” Then that evening the machine drags around to your house and you are taken to a show or a dance, and when it is all over you are left at your very door instead of having the long drag home alone.
This is the privilege that poor-down-trodden woman demands and some fool men would deny her. Shall we give it to her? Give it her? Hand it to her on silver platter. Force it upon her, and then pray that every year will be made leap year.
To be Presented Tomorrow
ORATORIO TRYOUTS WILL BE HELD AFTER EASTER
Professor Cogswell has announced that the date for the try-outs for the oratorio will be the second week after vacation.
All the solo parts are open to members of the choral who have entered up to date, and will be given to those who are decided upon by the committee who will be picked to judge.
Applicants need not sign up for try outs before the date set, but if possible should do so Further announcement as to the exact time and place of the try-outs will be made later.
SPOOKS AND SPOKES PREXY KEEPS SILENT
Miss Dorothy Schurr, president of Spooks and Spokes, refuses to make any statement about the coming initiation of pledged members to the society.
“At our lest meeting," she said, “the members forbade me to make any announcement regarding the public initiation of our pledges. ThiB is the 'steenth time I’ve had to refuse a Trojan reporter, but if 1 did not, I would not be fair to the organization.”
Football sweaters and monograms will be awarded tomorrow morning at the rally to precede the track meet. All football men who .won monograms last season must be there to receive them, Manager Henry Bruce said yesterday.
Captain John Fox and Eddie Simpson will receive special awards for playing varsity football three years. The awards, decided upon by the athletic committee, will consist of a gold engraved football and a silver pass to every football game staged on Bovard field in years to come.
At a meeting of the athletic committee, held Tuesday night, Coach Henderson brought up some naw awards for football which were acted upon favor ably by the committee. The new awards give men winning monograms in football for three years special trophies in recognition of their serv ices to the school, and are also de signed to promote a good spirit in the team.
Football men who win monograms for three years will receive a monograined sweater with three stripes on the left arm. They will also get small gold engraved football, and a silver pass, admitting the winner and a friend to all football games played on Bovard field. The gold football, which will have the name of the receiver on it, will be one of the prettiest awards given by university, and is expected to be one of the rarest prizes a man can earn at U. S. C.
Football Honor Medal Another important award which the committee decided to give on the recommendation of Coach Henderson, is the football honor medal, which will be donated by the alumni. This award will be given to the man who, in the estimate of his team-mates, makes the greatest sacrifice for the squad, shows the best spirit during the footbal season, or does the greatest thing for the university and the squad.
The winner does not necessarily have to be the best player, but will be the man who his team-mates consider as most worthy of an honor medal. Winning of the award will make a man eligible to consideration for membership in Skull and Dagger, the men’s honorary fraternity of the University. On the medal will be a bold bar, on which the winner’s name will be engraved. The medals for each year, with the winners' names on them, will be hung in the University trophy cabinet.
Standardization of monograms was discussed, and Coach Henderson announced that he would work out a system, whereby a different kind of monogram would be given for each branch of sport, so that a person could tell from looking at a particular monogram in which line of athletic activity the winner received it.
No More Violations The athletic committee wishes to call to the attention of monogram win
TICKETS FOR U. C. TRACK MEET NOW ON SALE
Tickets to the big U. S. C -California track meet, to be held at Bovard Field Saturday afternoon, are now on sale at the treasurer’s office. Tickets have been going fast and students are urged to get them today if possible. The nrices of admission are 50c for students and 75c for outsiders.
ners of the past that the rule regarding the wearing of “S.C.’s” has been violated and in the future must be regarded. The rule in question states that only winners of monograms may wear them on the campus or in the city limits. Outside of the city limits, monograms may be worn occasionally by lady friends of the winners. However, no men, except those who have been officially awarded “S.C.’s” may wear them at any place or at any time.
Graduate Manager Henry Bruce gave the committee the financial report of the 1919 football season.
NEW COMMERCE COLLEGE TO BE \ ERY PRACTICAL
For the purpose of taking advantage of the rapid and almost phenomenal development of the industries of Southern California, the new College of Commerce and Business Administration of the University promises to become next semester one of tho leading institutions fo its kind. Though the definite location of the building is not yet decided upon, the following information given by Dr. R. D. Hunt, head of the department of economics, gives an idea of the extensive and thorough work to be carried on by the new college.
The first two years provide a general preparatory course for the work of specialization to be entered upon later. Courses for the last two years will be offered in ea»ch of the following branches of commerce: General business, foreign trade, accounting, sales management and advertising, banking and finance, factory management. railway traffic and transportation, insurance, real estate, secretarial work, public service, and commercial education for teaching.
Practical Experience
In each of these courses an Important phase of the work of the last year will be the practical, supervised work with a firm in the field in which the student is studying. This work is to be under the supervision of the teacher as well as the firm, and the student will receive pay for the time spent working. If accounting is his specialty, the student will have work with a firm of accountants; if foi^ign trade, work with an export-import firm will be taken; if banking, work in a bank, etc.
The fifth year of the work will be given for those who have completed the four years' course and wish to do advanced and research work in their particular fields.
Night Classes to Be Given
For the benefit of those who work during the day, night classes will be established. Entrance to these will be open to those who have not the requirements for a regular college course, as well as to those who have, and when these requirements are attained night students may enter upon a course Bimilar to the day Bchool with the exception that a longer tlm will
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