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VOL. IX—No. 7
SAN FRANCISCO, OCTOBER 13,  1933
FRIDAY
By THE EDITOR
TIME IN. After a two-week layoff, the USF gridders resume the
grid wars. This time against a
new opponent—the Oregon State
Beavers. For the first time in the
history of the two schools, they
will meet in an athletic way. Perhaps this may begin a series of
traditional encounters between
the northern school and the University of San Francisco. We
would like to think so.
Especially of note is that Ore-
gin State is a conference team,
one of two which USF meets this
year. To win this game and the
one to follow with Stanford would
give the team the beginning of an
enviable record. Oregon will be
no set-up. In their scoreless tie
with which is rumored to be Gon-
zaga's best team in years, Oregon
threatened    Gonzaga's    goal    line
constantly.
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TAKEN TO TASK. The "Collegian" of St. Mary's college, Moraga, California, takes us to task
for a few caustic remarks (mistaken at Moraga for attempts at
humor) which appeared under the
signatures of Jack Kincanon, columnist, and Patrick Horgan, sports
editor, in a recent FOGHORN. The
"Collegian" is right. Our naughty
staff members repented at once
and promised amendment.
One demurred for a while on
the plea that he loved the quaint
Btyle of the protest evoked by his
little misdemeanor (after all, a
few lines inspired a complete editorial of protest) . . . the writer
said it reminded him of a sophomore assignment he once did in
the "Letters of Junius". But he
was soon subdued by a majority
vote of ths house. Sorry that we
offended   your   impeccable   taste,
St. Mary's.
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CREDIT GIVEN. The FOGHORN repeats. Again a six-page
paper with a green sports sheet
has been produced by a hardworking staff. Too much credit
cannot be given to Stan Kearney,
business manager, whose delight
It Is to persuade reluctant business men to advertise. With the
influx of more and more advertising matter, it is evident that it
was a far-sighted move on the part
of the publications council in increasing the number of column
widths to eight. Now even with
that added space a four-page paper is cramped.
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EXAMINATIONS. Is too much
emphasis placed upon examinations? Some have made that claim
in their moments of chagrin. But
on the other hand, a task is much
simpler when there Is a definite
goal in sight. In this way an examination, with a definite material
to be covered, provides a proximate end which aids the memory
process of the student. But an
examination does succeed its
predecessor in short order. Second
one already!
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DRAMATICS DISCUSSED. Las/
week the Philhistorian Debating
society, more commonly known as
debate seminar, discussed the
great drama mystery. Consensus
of opinion showed that practically
all were in doubt as to the future
of dramatics and that the students
want the College Players to produce a number of plays each
semester as in the past. Talks
emphasized the integral part that
dramatics has always played In
collegiate life. They asked, "Would
logic classes be abolished?"
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QUOTES AND MISQUOTES. Interviews of students of bay colleges brought before the people
of the community the important
fact that beneath the mask of
Ughtheartedness, college men are
essentially serious. Approaching
the student personally will do
much to dispel the false impression that popular collegiate humor
magazines have fostered. This in
spite of the fact that the editor
claims he was misquoted In one
particular at least.
SHORT STORY COMPETITION
IS SPONSORED BY FOGHORN
B
3n m?mnriam
The faculty and students
of the University of San
Francisco extend deepest
sympathy to Joseph Dm kin.
'35, on the death of his
mother.
FICTION CONTEST
FOR THREE PRIZES
NEWSPAPER OFFER
Nov. 24, Deadline; Medal,
Pen and Book to
Be Awards
STAFF NOT ELIGIBLE
Fiction   Field   Substituted
For Essay; Judges
Announced
Prizes for student-written short
stories will be given in a FOG-
HORN-sponsored contest, the editor announced today.
Lack of a suitable essay topic
for the FOGHORN essay contest,
an annual competition sponsored
by the college paper, was the reason given for choosing the short
story field. Vincent Fallon, '34,
won the last award of this prize
in 1932, writing on the topic,
"Seventy-five Years of Progress".
•Thers was no contest during the
past year.
Contest Rules
Rules of the contest, which is
open to all students of the university, are:
Stories are not to exceed twelve
hundred words in length. Manuscripts are to be typewritten on
one side of the paper only. Manuscripts are to be signed with a
pseudonym. An envelope in which
is sealed the writer's true name
and his pseudonym is to be submitted with the manuscript. All
manuscripts to be submitted to
the main office, on and not before
November 24. Contest is not open
to members of the FOGHORN
staff.
The three judges for the contest
will   be   James   Baker    Bassett,
Francis J. Colligan of the faculty,
and Bernard Wiesinger, editor.
Three Prizes
Prizes will be awarded to the
three given the highest grading.
Trophies will be a gold medal as
first award, a fountain pen as second, and the contestant ranking
third will have for an award a
book to be chosen by himself.
SPANISH CLUBMEN
HAVE 'HOT' DINNER
Guests Amuse Students
With Experiences
After polishing off a delicious
seven-course dinner which consisted entirely of Spanish dishes,
those students who attended the
repast decided to form a club.
The dinner was a huge success,
due to the untiring efforts of Professors Aurrecoechea, Brill and
Forbes and the committee appointed from the different Spanish
classes for that purpose. The banquet took place at a small restaurant at Broadway and Stockton
streets, which specializes in foreign cooked meals.
The guest speakers of the evening were Rev. Albert Whelan,
S.J., and Rev. Cyril Cavanaugh,
S.J. Both speakers conversed in
the Spanish tongue and lent a
reality to the atmosphere with
amusing stories of their experiences in Spain.
CALENDAR OF THE WEEK
Today—Stage Crew Tryouts,
11:45; Chess Club Meeting,
12:15, B4; Glee Club begins
week at Orpheum Theatre.
Saturday—OREGON STATE
GAME, Kezar, 2:30 p.m.
Sunday—Kappa Lambda Sigma meeting, Francesca room,
8:00 p.m.
Monday—Kappa Alpha Phi lecture, "Inflation",  12:00, D2.
Tuesday—FOGHORN Staff
meets, 11:00; Executive
Board, Dramatics office,
11:45; Band practice, hall,
12:00.
Wednesday—Skull and Sledge,
Dramatics office, 11:45.
Thursday—Band Practice, in
hall, 12:00.
Friday—Chess Club, B4,12:15;
Soph-Frosh Night Rally, College field, 8:00 p.m.
Group Reviews
As New Feature
To Supply Lack
A new feature is added to the
FOGHORN this week, with the review of Tau Delta Beta, upper
division accounting society. This
feature will continue throughout
the semester and will be written
by Robert Lanctot, '37.
The editorial staff in favoring
this new addition believed that
such a series of reviews would
partially supply a discrepancy
which was felt upon the temporary
abandonment of the year book.
Lanctot attracted favorable attention of the editors upon voluntary submission of well-written
articles dealing with activities in
the freshman class. He was given
this assignment as well within his
capabilities.
STAGE CREW TO
SIGN RECRUITS
Vacancies to Be Filled By
Stage Manager
Preparing for the Glee club
show, "Television", Norman Petersen, stage manager of the Little
Theatre, will assign various stage
crew posts today.
Petersen has announced that all
university men who desire to work
on the stage may do so by signing
up with him or with any other
men who have been members of
the stage crew for the past year.
The stage crew manages all Little Theatre presentations whether
those of the college players or of
the Glee club, or the forensics societies.
"Working on the stage crew of
the University of San Francisco
gives an excellent opportunity to
any person who is interested In
the study of technical aspects of
stagecraft," said Petersen when
asked of the advantages of, working on the stage.
The work of the stage crew is
supervised by the Association of
the Arch and Arc, honorary stage
society.
S.C.'Owl'Pleases
By Fine Articles
The mailman brought a pleasant
surprise to the office of the FOGHORN the other day in the shape
of a literary supplement from the
University of Santa Clara, The
Owl, a monthly magazine edited
by William Patz.
Among excellent pieces are:
"The Grand Old Man of Drama",
by James McVeigh, '34—a masterful tribute to Clay Meredith
Greene, author of the famous
Santa Clara passion play—and
"Roosevelt, the Brains of the
Brain Trust", by Cornelius Deeney,
S.J., Ph.D.
College Utopia
Seen In Course
With No Classes
A collegiate Utopia, epitomized
by a course without classes, and
credits toward a diploma without
the assistance of mailmen, has
been conducted during the past
seven weeks by Prof. James Baker
Bassett of the department of English.
The course, advanced composition, consists in the weekly writing of an essay or short story or
poem to be critically corrected and
annotated by the Instructor. The
composition is then returned, and
a private discussion of the work
arranged for a convenient time
during the week.
Although no classes are convened, actual time for outside
preparation equals and in many instances surpasses the total convening time for classes held in more
conventional fashion during the
week.
Three units are given for the
course, which, having proved
highly popular, is to be instituted
as a part of the regular curriculum.
FINANCE EDITOR
MON. SPEAKER ON
INFLATION TOPIC
Wakefield to Show Manner
Of   Controlling
New Plan
STUDENTS INVITED
K.A.P.   Sponsors   Second
Of Series of Talks
By Guests
Carl C. Wakefield, financial
editor of the S. F. Examiner, will
speak on the subject, "Inflation
and Gold
Problems",
in Room
D2 at noon
Mond ay .
This talk is
to be one
of a series
sponsored
by Kappa
Alpha Phi,
lower division economics society.
Chos en
by the committee  because    o £
daily   contact   with
Carl C. Wakefield        rapidly
changing economic conditions, the
speaker   will   outline   the   forms
which inflation could assume.
Various methods of inflation
have been proposed and Wakefield
will give the advantages and disadvantages of each. Means by
which the government can control
the price of the dollar under such
a program will be shown.
Edited "Daily Cal."
Editing of financial news has
been Wakefield's work the majority of the time since he graduated
from California. While at California he was editor of the student daily newspaper.
John Horgan, president of the
society, secured the speaker and
will introduce Wakefield to an
audience which will include members of Kappa Alpha Phi, Tau
Delta Beta, and all other interested students.
Second Speaker
Wakefield is the second speaker
that Kappa Alpha Phi has invited
to speak on economic topics this
semester. City Attorney John
O'Toole spoke recently on the
"Constitutionality of the Recovery
Act".
Orchestra Signup
Draws 40 Students
In preparation for appearances
at various college functions later
in the year, the first signup of the
USF orchestra was held last Tuesday.   Over 40 men reported.
Steve Bovo, student band leader,
will be in charge of the musicians
this year, succeeding Harold Harper. Tryouts will be held to determine the personnel, according
to Bovo.
A final group of 15 or 20 men
will comprise the organization.
They will play at college plays and
the most important of the oratorical events.
Grey Hairs Bar
Law Prexy From
St. Mary's Game
With the strict supervision of
Kezar stadium gates and the USF
rooting section, it is becoming necessary to have a lawyer's knowledge and persuasive skill in order
to see football games. At least this
was the experience of James Dele-
hanty, prematurely grey-haired
president of the sophomore law
class, at the St. Mary's-USF game
two weeks ago.
Delehanty presented his student
body card at the gate, but a couple
of St. Mary's spotters gave one
glance at the greyed locks and refused admission, claiming an attempt at fraudulent impersonation.
Suspicion was only dispelled by
approximately twenty minutes of
legalistic argumentation.
In his attempt to gain a seat in
the rooting section, his intention
was almost frustrated by a vigilant member of the games committee who was also deceived by
the silver threads. Quick wit and
a ready tongue were all that saved
the law student from being ousted.
INFORMAL THEME
FOR BLOCK DANCE
Traditional Affair Is to Be
Held in Auditorium
The USF Letter society, following the setting of the dance date
on Saturday night, November 4,
has been actively following the
lead of its active president, Emmet Keeffe, in making further arrangements for the occasion.
The dance will be held in the
college auditorium as is customary
with affairs of this nature. Preceding years have established the
Block club dance as the outstanding campus affair of the fall
semester.
The mode has been changed
from sport to informal, which,
nevertheless, does not alter the
fact that it is an honorary dance
for the members of the football
team.
As the most distinctive feature
that has marked the Block club
dances, the price for bids will be
the most reasonable obtainable,
eliminating the necessity of "hotel
prestige", and will be on sale this
week at $1.00 per couple.
Gleemen Bark For
Dinner With K.C/s
"All put away"—in their tuxedos, the USF Glee club dined and
entertained at fourth degree
Knights of Columbus banquet at
the Fairmont hotel. The event
was in commemoration of the
441st anniversary of the discovery
of America.
Thirty members attended and
said they did not mind barking for
their dinner.
Former Trackman
Registers At USF
John Val Pollack scintillated on
the track for the Olympic club and
has registered as pre-med student
at the university—-but, unfortunately, he will not wear the
spiked shoes for USF.
Four years of previous competition at Washington and Jefferson
university bring him under the ineligibility rule. Pollack is taking
special courses prior to entering
the University of California medical school.
USF TRIES COMEBACK
IN OREGON GAME SAT,
-a
GLEE CLUB TO BE
ORPHEUM CHORUS
WITH RUBE WOLF
Cal Pearce and Musicians
Attend Glee Club
Rehearsal
MEDLEY TO BE SUNG
Songsters to Be Featured
With  Football   Picture
"Saturday's Millions"
"And next," says Rube Wolf,
"we have with us the famous University of San Francisco Glee
club."
"Saturday's Millions", with
which the Glee club shares the
Orpheum bill, the timely college
comedy-drama which heads the
screen bill at the Orpheum shows
a most exciting football game and
a very realistic one, too. Ernie
Nevers, Erny Pinckert and other
All-American football stars are
the players in this gridiron battle.
The picture tells a story of unusual dramatic interest. In the
romantic portions of the story,
Robert Young, Leila Hyams, Mary
Carlisle, Johnny Mack Brown and
Lucille Lund play important roles.
The Glee club, adding another
program to their already well
filled schedule, have accepted an
engagement at the Orpheum theatre for a run of one week starting today.
The songsters are on the program with Rube Wolf and Fan-
chon and Marco's review. They
will render several numbers,
among which will be the "medley" for which they are so well
known.
They are to be featured along
with the picture "Saturday's Millions", a football picture which
has just come direct from a long
run in New York and Hollywood.
Last Tuesday, Mr. Wolf, after
eating a hearty lunch in the college "cafe" with Cal Pearce and
several of his musicians, appeared
in the Francesca room to hold a
rehearsal with the Glee club members. The object of his visit was
to select appropriate songs and to
get the timing of the music for
the show performance.
After hearing the boys sing, the
attitude of doubt, with which he
had entered the rehearsal room,
vanished and a broad grin spread
from ear to ear.
"That's a lot better than I expected, fellows," said Rube. "If
you do that well at the show we
can't help packing the house."
Seniors Defenders
Of Ethics Theses
In preparation for public disputations on ethical subjects, Rev.
Cyril Cavanaugh's ethics class has
begun practice tilts in order to
sharpen the wits of those who are
to participate in the circles to be
held later in the year.
Last Tuesday, Alfred Firpo and
Jack Dunnigan, seniors, each defended a thesis against objections
raised by classmates.
Group's Review Shows T. D. B. High In Standards
Upper division economics students have an opportunity to gain
greater knowledge of their studies
through Tau Delta Beta. This society was founded in 1930 for the
stated purpose of stimulating interest in commercial, financial and
allied subjects, and to promote
fellowship among the members.
Only upper division students of
the school of^business administration are eligible to join the society. Those aspiring to membership must have maintained an
average grade of B in their
studies; in consideration of grades
emphasis is placed on economics
courses. Nominees must then submit a thesis on an economics subject, selected by the society. The
thesis is subject to approval by the
members of the organization.
By ROBERT LANCTOT,  '37
John Vlnay heads Tau Delta
Beta in the office of president. He
is ably assisted by Richard Groth-
man, who holds the office of vice-
president, and Thomas McGulre,
who is both secretary and treasurer. Professor Victor C. Sether
is moderator.
Professors Henry Strickroth and
W. J. Mountain of the economics
department are honorary members
of the society.
Informal meetings are held biweekly in the club room on the
top floor. Under the guidance of
the officers, Edward Ahern, Henry
Glanzman, Joseph Chambers, Norman Petersen, Joseph Crosson,
Howard Kilbride, Thomas Hally,
Edward    McGuire    and    Mervyn
Johnson gather to discuss current
economics topics.
Information Furnished
In addition to the work that is
accomplished at these meetings,
the society attempts to keep the
school informed on economics subjects of importance by a column
in the FOGHORN. The column,
"Economic Sidelights", is conducted by Norman Petersen.
Tau Delta Beta's informal meetings are supplemented each year
by four formal meetings, which
are held at the Hotel Cecil.
Prominent persons from the financial and commercial world are
guest speakers of the society at
these gatherings.
One formal meeting is set aside
each year for the election of officers.
H
Comedian
Rube Wolf, popular orchestra
leader and stage funster, who will
appear on the same program with
the USF Glee club opening at the
Orpheum theater tonight.
ILLS. GATHERS FOR
BOOK CHAT TOPIC
Discussion of Four Novels
Is Focus for Evening
Literary bohemia will invade
the portals of the Liberal Arts
building, University of San Francisco, as Kappa Lambda Sigma,
upper division literary honor society, gathers for an evening of
book chat in the Francesca room
Sunday evening.
Precedent for the departure
from the K.L.S. custom of having
each meeting in the form of a
dinner was set last semester. It
was felt that it was a needless expenditure. The first meet of this
type was a success with only light
refreshments served.
Subjects of interest have been
chosen as the focal point of Sunday's gathering. Four novels—
"Anthony Adverse", "As the Earth
Turns", "Magnificent Obsession"
and "Forgive Us Our Trespasses"
—wiU be discussed. Those members of the society initiated following the formal dinner four
weeks ago have given special
study to these recent books.
John Parker, secretary of the
society, has announced that aside
from the regular program of critical book reviews there will be a
short business meeting. Among
other business is the actualizing
of a special section of the library
which K.L.S. will furnish with
modern works.
Suggestions for a guest speaker
will be in order, as Frank Colligan, M.A., recently appointed moderator, hopes to continue the plan
of obtaining prominent critics and
authors to talk from the auditorium platform. Bernard Wiesinger will preside.
Santa Clara To
Beat Our George
Says Salatino
It may be so, we don't know,
but the FOGHORN gives this story
concerning Joe Salatino, quarterback of Santa Clara's grid
squad, as Ernie Smith, radio announcer, gave it over the air lanes
last Monday night.
Joe, it seems, was gazing out a
class room window during a lecture in which the name of the first
president of the United States was
mentioned. When asked for his
opinion, he said:
"I think Washington has a swell
ball club but I think we can take
them."
DONS PREPARED
FOR ATTACK OF
NORTHERN HORDE
Heavy Beavers Arrive For
Kezar Fray; Stiner
Sees Victory
OFFENSE KEYNOTE
Lewis Stresses Yard-Gaining Plays in Final
Practice Drive
Swept on the hopeful wave of
an undefeated season, Lon Stiner'*
Northern Horde, otherwise known
as the Oregon State Beavers, will
invade Kezar stadium tomorrow
afternoon in an attempt to unhorse the much-unhorsed San
Francisco Don.
In two contests to date, the
Dons have failed to register a victory. But a comeback against the
Beavers is their goal at the present moment. The S.F. eleven, now
free from injuries which have
plagued it for the past three
weeks, has a splendid chance to
prove itself a power in major competition. The game Saturday will
begin a tradition for the Dona,
who are picked by many expert*
to turn aside the challenge of the
north.
Lewis Speaks
Commenting on the coming contest, Coach Lewis said: "I expect
our offense to really start clicking
for the first time. We have the
backs and if our linemen block
with normal efficiency, we should
go places." V.
Offense has been the keynote of
the last two weeks of practice.
Many changes have been made by
Lewis to bring into play the maximum attacking strength of the
squad.
New Changes
Ken Harper, former end, now
finds himself at left half. Louie
Davidson, erstwhile halfback, has
taken over the duties of field general. Together with Roy Burkhead
at full and Eddie Flynn at right
half, the aforementioned men
form the second-string backfield.
This unit will probably enter the
game intact and is expected to do
big things.
In this latest shuffle, many well-
known  names  have  been  lost  to
view.    But  veterans  such  as  the
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