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RALLY IN
AUDITORIUM
VOL. VI—No.  12
SAN FRANCISCO, CALIF., NOVEMBER 13,  1931
FRIDAY
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Brass Rail"  Chosen  As  Next  Play
Petition
Signed by
Students
Prominent  Students Sign the
Petition to Force General
Meeting
Voicing their disapproval in no uncertain terms, a group of U. S. F. students has circulated a number of petitions requesting the aid of 10 per
cent of the student body in overruling
the executive committee's decision to
oust the name of the Gray Fog.
Whether or not this petition will
affect the executive committee's decision has caused students to dig deep
for their handbooks and read up on
the constitution of the university.
PETITIONS  OUT
One prominent upperclassman, vigorously  opposed  to  the  changing  of
the name, circulated the petition.
Members   of   the   executive   committee also  have  circulated a  petition for the adoption of a new name.
The committee sponsored a contest
in the FOGHORN last week.
HEATED  DEBATE
At   the   meeting   of   the   executive
committee   this   week   every  member
Leo Carillo Secures the
Rights for the
Brass Rail
While many students were protesting the changing of the name
"Gray Fog," numerous suggestions
were handed into the FOGHORN
and members of the Executive Committee.
One ef the bent names yet to be
offered, in the opinion of student
leaders, was the "Dons." This name
was suggested by Jack Rhode, assistant sports editor of the FOGHORN.
It was pointed out that this name
carried much tradition with it. The
Jesuit Fathers founded St. Ignatius
College in San Francisco In 1855.
Shortly before 1855— in 1850—
California was admitted to the
Union of the United States. The
Dons of California left many things
with which to be remembered and
had football been instituted in
those days they probably would
have named their team as Rhode
has suggested.
was present and a heated debate was
held.
Some members charged that the
committee passed the ruling ousting
the Gray Fog name when a quorum
was lacking.
The name Gray Fog was never
officially adopted by the Associated
Students of U. S. F., the committee
pointed  out.
Several years ago the press employed the term to designate U. S. F.
athletic teams. Because of the widespread publicity the athletic teams received under the name Gray Fog, it
was generally thought that the name
had been officially adopted by the
student body.
"This, however, was not the case,"
George Ososke, president of the student body, said. "The name was not
officially adopted by the students."
The petition circulated was signed
by many prominent students. It read:
"We, the undersigned, believing ourselves wholly in the interest of the
University of San Francisco protest
the action of the executive committee
in regard to the name 'Gray Fog' and
request the action be submitted to a
vote of the General Student Body of
the Associated Students of the University of San Francisco.
SIGNED   BY
"Louis Ohleyer.
Alfonso   Tous.
Joseph  A.  McCormack.
Robert   Britt.
Paul   McArdle.
Richard C. O'Connor.
Don   McStocker.
Emmett  Hayden, Jr.
Edward S. Sullivan.
Louis Prusinovski."
Many other students signed the petition and a total of more than 110
names have been secured. This number is more than the necessary 10 per
cent to demand a referendum of the
matter Involved to the student body.
Leo Carillo, friend of the University
of San Francisco, has once again come
to the front to enable the College
Players to obtain the rights to present
one of their productions. He has secured for the College Players the
rights for the "Brass Rail," which
will be presented in the Little Theater
December 6, 7 and 8. It will be remembered that Carillo was intru-
mental in securing the rights for
"Quits," first production of the 1930
fall semester.
Leo Carillo is at the present time
playing in "The Broken Wing" at
Henry Duffy's Alcazar Theater. His
co-star is Dale Winter. This play is
another one of Henry Duffy's well-
known San Francisco presentations
which have made him famed as the
producer of the cleanest plays on the
coast.
Xmas Formal Bids
Will Go on Sale
Next Week: Murphy
The General Activities Committee, under the direction of Ed Murphy, announced this morning that
bids for the Christmas Formal, to
be held on December 12, would go
on sale next Wednesday, November 16.
The Christmas Formal will be
held in the university auditorium,
in keeping with the tradition of
this dance.
"The bids to this dance will be
limited to 150," Murphy said, "and
because of this, we expect to be
flooded with requests for bids
when the quota has been sold. It
would be advisable for students to
get in touch with members of the
committee early next week and
make reservations."
Well Known Actor
Leo Carillo aided the College Players in obtaining rights to their next
production.
PICTURES FOR
YEAR-BOOK WILL
BE TAKEN SOON
FLYING MISSIONARY,
KILLED IN ALASKA,
BURIED THIS WEEK
Father George H. Woodley, flying
Alaskan missionary, who was killed
in a ravine fall in Alaska in October,
was buried Wednesday in Calvary
Cemetery, Queens. Five army planes
droned overhead and dropped flowers
over his grave, according to an International News Service dispatch from
New York.
Father Woodley had gone on a
hunting trip with his brother,
Brother Arthur Woodley, and a
guide.
They were in a wilderness country
about  70 miles  northwest of Anchorage.   After a day of hunting the three
were on their way back to the camp.
Brother    Arthur    and    the    guide
heard Father Woodley call to them,
saying  that  he was going  to  get  a
sheep he had just shot.
When they did not hear from him
again   for   some   time   they   became
alarmed and started a search.    They
found  him at  the foot of a 200-foot
cliff his neck broken by the fall.
It was believed he had hung to the
edge of the cliff for several moments
before he fell.
According to Barry Whitehead, editor, plans are now under way for the
1932 Ignatian. Individual pictures of
the members of the Senior and Junior
classes and of the frateru'M,s and
honor societies will be taken immediately after the Christmas holidays.
Much work has already been accomplished which will facilitate the finishing of the remainder when college
re-opens after the new year.
The year-book for 1932 will contain
several novel and interesting features.
Judson Starr, distinguished artist, has
completed the four main division
pages, the title page and the frontispiece, and is now working on the
minor division pages. The book will
have four color inserts, worked out
in as many colors.
The stock to be used is a new development in paper recently released by
Eastern paper mills. The new paper
is rather costly, but will make the
1932 Ignatian the best year-book the
campus has yet seen. Moreover, a
fine type of engraving is to be used,
and a very colorful, but not garish,
book is promised.
An outstanding feature also is the
effort of the editor and the staff to
reduce the price of the book from
|4.60 to $4-00 or ?3.50. This will depend
entirely on the circulation and the advertising support given the publication by the general student body.
Santa Clara
Rally Offers
Big Program
Guaray,   Harris,  Weeks  Trio
to Be Featured by
Frosh
S. J. State Debaters
To Meet U. S. F. Here
The varsity debating manager,
Adriel Fried, has scheduled another
debate for the fall season, to take
place on the evening of November 28
in the university auditorium. The
opponents will be San Jose State
Teachers and the question will be
worded: Resolved: "That the federal
government should assume the control and management of the Boulder
Dam."
The affirmative will be upheld by
the representatives of tho University
of San Francisco, who will be Henry
Barron and William Dowling.
S. K. S. Host to Two
Nevada Grid Stars
Sigma Kappa Sigma' played host to
two students from the University of
Nevada a short time ago. The men,
Gene Kneebone and Lloyd "Toby"
Guffrie, came to the coast with the
Wolves' football squad for their annual game with the University of
California.
Guffrie Quarterback
"Toby" Guffrie, Nevada quarterback, is the player who made the
touchdown against the Gray Fog
last year. He said that the Wolves
around Reno way were already
howling for a whiff of Gray Fog
and that the Nevadans were looking
forward to the game on November
21 at Reno. Both students are members of Alpha Tau Omega fraternity.
The freshmen class has about completed plans for its Santa Clara Rally,
thus  carrying on the  custom  started
by the present sophomore class last
yeaT.    From the reports of President
Horgan  on  his  committee, this  rally
will set a new standard for rallies at
this institution. The committee, under
the able direction of Pat Horgan and
with the aid of Edwin Murphy, has
announced a program which promises
more entertainment than ever before.
The   rally   will    be   held    Friday
morning over on the field. This lineup is a new idea for morning rallies
and   shows  the   spirit   of   Invention
among the freshmen.
The program consists of these numbers:
1. Joaquin    Guaray,    courtesy    of
the   Fox   West   Coast   Theater.
2. Amsterdam,    courtesy    of   the
Warfield Theater.
3. Two    skits,    courtesy    of   the
Freshman Class.
4. U. S. F. Glee Club, courtesy of
Fred   Brown.
5. Collie Players.
6. Anson   Weeks'   Trio,   courtesy
of Mark Hopkins Hotel.
7. U. S. F. Band, under the direction of Harold Harper.
8. Coach James Needles.
9. Captain  Bob Kleckner.
10. U. 8.  F.  Band.
11. Phil Harris and Gang, courtesy
of St. Francis Hotel.
Edwin   Murphy, master of ceremonies.
Congratulations
"The Freshman Class is to be congratulated on its splendid exhibition
of school spirit in the work It has
done for this rally," school leaders
said today.
The above named entertainment is
sure to find a response among all the
students.
Student Drive Payments
Will Be Made in
Main Office
Regular monthly payments on U.S.F.
drive pledges will be collected in the
main office of the Liberal Arts building, student leaders who participated
in the drive said.
The monthly payments will be collected over a period of one week. The
dates on which payments are due will
be posted on the main bulletin board.
When the final tally was made last
week on the student contributions to
the drive, the committee in charge announced that ?3,725 has been collected. This amount, it was pointed
out, was the initial payment on the
quota subscribed by the students.
FRATERNITIES
PLEDGE FORTY
IN RUSH WEEK
COSMOPOLITAN CLUB
HEARS LECTURE ON
MANCHURIAN TOPIC
"The Manchurian problem and what
it means to the American balance of
trade," was the topic which Mr. Urbi-
stando, foreign student at U. S. F.,
lectured on Wednesday before the
members of the Cosmopolitan Club.
Mr. Urbistando explained the Oriental viewpoint of the question from
the Japanese, Chinese and Russian
standpoints, with the possible benefits to America at the outcome of the
controversy.
Enthusiastic
The members of the club proved
enthusiastic about the discussion
and decided upon a continuation of
it at the regular weekly meeting to
be held next Wednesday in room B2
at the noon hour.
This lecture was the first of a series to be presented by members of
the club. In the near future Mr.
Reed will talk on the Spanish situation.
Don Quixote Plans
Semi-Annual Feed
Don Quixote, the Spanish club, is
preparing plans for their semi-annual
banquet and get-together. At the last
meeting of this language society,
Ralph Montague, president, appointed
the following men to serve on the
committee for arrangements: Clint
Robinson, Bill Endicott, Jack Rhode,
Jack O'Neill and Carroll McKim.
Proposed Campus Plan
Adorns Main Corridor
A complete picture of the proposed
University of San Francisco campus
in colors has been hung in the main
hall opposite the principal bulletin
board. The view shows the college
buildings that will crown the Hilltop
in the future.
Beautiful Campus
When the plans are completed,
U. S. F. will have one of the most
beautiful campus sites in the United
States. The location will also be
unique in that it will be in the heart
of one of the largest cities in the
country.
Last week was Rush Week, the
period in which the fraternities
around the campus select their future
members from men in the Freshman
class. About forty men were pledged,
and are now wearing either the blue
triangle of Alpha' Lambda or the green
shield of Phi Kappa Chi or the green,
white and gold cross of Sigma Kappa
Sigma.
Alpha Lambda announced the following pledges: Donald McStocker,
St. Ignatius; Robert Little, St. Ignatius; James Randall, St. Ignatius; Walter Tong, St. Ignatius; Richard Mus-
salem, St. Ignatius; Bernard McCann,
St. Ignatius; Louis Arbios, St. Mary's,
Stockton; Harry Mulvihill, St. Ignatius; Richard Carpenter, St. Ignatius;
and William Kilsby, Lowell.
Sigma Kappa Sigma pledged the following men: Bradley Buckner, Polytechnic; Robert Alber; Sequoia; Joseph Judge, Sacred Heart; Jack Donovan, St. Ignatius; Jack Ortega, Galileo; Kenneth Lewis, St. Ignatius;
James Barber, Manteca High; Bert
Shaughnessy, St. Ignatius; Jack Pu-
cheu, Lodi High; Lawrence "Sharkey"
Simering, Lodi High; Berkeley Mathews, Lowell; Charles "Chuck" Was-
son, St. Ignatius; Nicholas Zavalishin,
Lowell; and Harry Hughes, St. Ignatius.
Phi Kappa Chi pledges are: William
Ferdon, St. Ignatius; Charles Scollin,
Commerce; William Flynn, St. Ignatius; Frank Scarr, St. Ignatius; Edward O'Toole, St. Ignatius; Edward
McLaughlin, Mission; and Joseph Sanguineus St. Regis.
Thespians
Start On
New Play
'Brass Rail' Selected As Next
Presentation of College
Players
BY GEORGE  BRADY
"Brass Rail," by Paul Dickey, has
been selected as the second play of
the dramatic year. This drama will
be presented by the College Players
in the University Little Theater on
the evenings of December 7, 8, and 9,
with a matinee on the afternoon of
December 6.
The play itself is one that is intensely appealing and whose theme
cannot fail to be of enthralling interest to a present-day audience. The
problem dealt with, thoroughly age-
old in itself, is one of those very
human and typically life-like themes,
ageless in their appeal to the human
mind.
INTERESTING PACE
And the deft handling of the plot
by its author, the exposition of the
fundamental emotions involved in the
story of the  play,  the effective and
Tickets for the "Brass Rail" will
go on sale early next week at the
box office, in the main corridor.
The practice of placing the seats
on sale for fifty cents, started at
the first play of the term, will be
continued. Seats may be reserved
for any of the three nights of production. The show will go up Monday night, December 7, and will
continue for three performances.
There will be a special matinee for
children on the preceding Saturday
or Sunday.
Get your tickets early. Get them
for the first night, if possible.
Philhistorians Hold
Open Forum Discussion
Postponing its weekly debate, the
Philhistorian Debating Society witnessed one of the most heated open
discussions this year when the timely
Sino-Japanese question was introduced to the floor by a member this
week.
It was not but a few minutes after
the Japanese question was mentioned
that most members in the society
were participating in the open forum
discussion.
Roy Bianchini, discussing the current situation in Manchuria, gave an
accurate background of Chinese history. His facts were doubted by some
of the members, but when President
Richard O'Connor ordered him to give
authoritative sources for his statements, Bianchini left the floor only to
return shortly after with 1931 editions
of diplomatic controversies that were
in the university library.
Lounge Bridge Table
For Use of Seniors
A bridge table and four chairs finished in green and gold has been installed in the students' lounge recently. It is fitted with ash trays on the
sides and has caused a great deal of
favorable comment. Father Flynn
emphasized the fact that this set is
for the exclusive use of SENIORS
ONLY.
interest compelling pace of the drama
should make the production successful.
The play Is modern, having a
modern (that is, in its application)
theme, a present-day setting and not
unfamiliar setting of a Canadian
hunting lodge. The play is presented in three acts. There is no
change of scenes, as the entire action of the drama takes place in the
Canadian  hunting  lodge.
AUTHOR CLEVER
The dialogue is well done, and there
are several instances in which the
author shows a Wildian touch in the
epigrams and quips he puts into the
mouths of his characters.
"Brass Rail" is a distinct change
from the last production of the College Players, "The Show Off." In
"Brass Rail" the interest is not stimulated by the curiosity revolving around
one character (Aubrey Piper) and
so centralized in that character as to
make the interest in the other characters in the play merely dependent
upon their relation to Piper.
In "Brass Rail" the suspense and
interest, although not less intensified and sustained, is concerned almost to an equal degree. In short,
the play achieves its effects by the
collective interest that attaches Itself to the various characters in the
play working as a unit, with the
chief interest being built up around
"Steve Chunder." The name is well
balanced and offers excellent histrionic opportunities to those interpolating the characters in the play.
NO LIQUOR QUESTION
At the present time the interest of
almost all people is concerned to a
greater or less degree, varying with
each particular individual, with the
question of a liquor play dealing with
the effects of liquor upon the intellectual qualities of moral balance.
"Brass Rail" is modern and not a
"sugary" sentimental play. It has for
its specific plot the reactions of a
newspaper correspondent who goes
haywire after the war. He battles
the liquor angle to victory in the Canadian wilds. The newspaper man is
well on his way to dipsomania, but
he is able to catch himself with the
aid of affection and understanding.