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Freshman Frolic
Fetes
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Varsity, Alumni
Play Ball
Wednesday Night
Vol. x—No. 10
SAN FRANCISCO, MARCH 16, 1934
FRIDAY
Lighthouse
Presidents Day Monday
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J By THE EDITOR
El Freshman  Fandango,   the  annual   University   of   San   Francisco
's-Saint Patrick's Day celebration, will
netake place tomorrow evening.   Then
(the Irish Dons of San Francisco will
!t truly celebrate!   Bids have been sold
out for a week, option holders have
"j'made  their bids  secure  by  making
payments  on  them,   and  the   dance
^committee are serenely  confident of
*the success of their first USF party.
Congratulations to the committee for
being the first in years to be assured
of a complete financial success weeks
in advance of their party!
* *     *
MIDTERMS. . . . Reports from the
j> office indicate that attendance at the
midterm examinations just completed
has been the best ever. The strict
regulations   have  prevented   cutting
1 for minor excuses or no excuse at all.
n Being fined for missing examinations,
while not a new procedure, hasn't
been very strictly  enforced here at
J USF for some time, but it seems to
be enforced very efficiently at present.
1 The theory at least is good, but when
put into effect some don't think it so
good.
* *     *
s      PRESIDENT'S DAY. . . . For the
benefit of new USF students it may
be explained that President's Day is
J an annual affair held in honor of the
President of the University of San
Francisco. A holiday is granted to
the students who usually take advantage of the vacation to attend the
athletic events held at USF field.
* *     *
VARSITY vs. ALUMNI. ... On
Wednesday night there will be held
at Kezar pavilion two basketball
games. The preliminary game will
. be played by the juniors and seniors
of the University of San Francisco,
and the main event will be between
the alumni and the varsity cagers,
alias "The Brain Trust". All seniors
will sell tickets until Wednesday.
Admission will be twenty-five cents.
* *     *
Mckinley debate. .  . . The
three seniors, two juniors, and one
Sophomore scheduled to take part in
the annual McKinley debate have
pronounced themselves ready for the
coming Friday night encounter. Competition is always keen at this yearly
contest of the forensics giant-killers.
In the past four years men interested
in stage and dramatic work have carried home the prizes on commencement day. This year we see Ferdon
and Fallon in the contest, both interested in stage productions. Looks
promising if the past is any criterion.
* *     *
THE SOCIALITE and Spring. . . .
As the season Lent draws to a close
the social hounds look forward to a
busy season. The Fandango tomorrow night, which is always a social
success. Next comes the Law-Commerce Formal, sponsored by the evening division. Then the Junior
Prom, which is always the swanky-
affair. Then probably another Block
club dance. Then to top the season
comes the Senior ball, exclusive for
seniors.
PENTATHLON WILL
BE HIGHLIGHT IN
ATHLETICPROGRAM
High   School   Will   Provide
Contests for Monday
Morning
Track men will compete in the
tenth annual President's Day Pentathlon at USF field next Monday
morning.
No Classes
President's   Day   is   the   annual
spring  holiday  in   honor   of   Rev.
William I. Lonergan, president of
the University. Both the university
and  St.  Ignatius high school  will
be excused from classes next Monday.
During the morning various sports
events are being held by St. Ignatius
high  school  athletes.    The  program
for the day will open with a bicycle
race from the beach to USF field.
The race will be followed by inter-
class boxing and track events. An
indoor baseball game between students and faculty of the high school
will conclude the program for the
morning.
Track Competition
At 10:00 in the morning Track
Coach Charles Hunter will exhibit
his   varsity   and   freshman   track
teams in the Pentathlon. The shot
put, broad jump, high jump, half
mile,  and the hundred yard dash
are the five events.
First place in  the  Pentathlon  of
last year was taken by Clark Smith.
This  year  favorites  to  win  trophies
are Les Wisler, Percy Dornfield, Jim
Reilly and Charley Stith.
Trophies will be awarded those
men who place first, second and third
in the Pentathlon.
Calendar of the Week
TODAY—Glee   club   rehearsal,
11:45.
International   Relations  club
meeting, D2, 11:45.
FOGHORN staff meet, 9:45.
Block club meets, B3, 11:45.
MONDAY—President's   day,   University field.
St. Ignatius high school events,
9 a.m.
TUESDAY—Executive board meet-
ing, Francesca room, 11:45.
FOGHORN staff meeting, 9:45,
FOGHORN office.
USF-Stanford debate, YMI hall,
8 p.m.
WEDNESDAY—Glee   club   meeting, Francesca room, 11:45.
Skull  and  Sledge meet,   11:45,
Dramatics office.
Shamrock    club    meet,    11:45,
cafeteria.
Senior - Junior,   Varsity - Alumni
basketball game, Kezar pavilion,
8 p.m.
THURSDAY—Pipe and Pen meeting, 11:45, FOGHORN office.
FRIDAY—Glee   club   rehearsal,
11:45, hall.
International  Relations   club,
D2, 11:45.
McKinley debate, hall, 8 p.m.
Old-Timers Return To Court
In "Hey-Day" Cage Contest
Frosh Challenge;
Varsity Accepts;
Meet Scheduled
Accepting a challenge from the
Gavel, frosh debating society, the
varsity forensics squad will meet a
team from the freshman group in
the college hall during the month of
April.
Bill Dowling, debate manager, received the challenge from Bill Germain, Gavel secretary, requesting an
encounter. Since this was an unprecedented event, Dowling was very
hesitant about accepting the challenge. However, it was announced
this week that the meet will take
place.
The question is as yet undecided
upon, nor are the teams yet chosen.
DEBATING TEAMS
READYJFOR TEST
Seniors, Juniors, Sophomores
to Try for Prize
With the teams chosen, the contestants in the annual McKinley debate are swinging into the final
stages of preparation. The question
to be argued is: Resolved: That this
house deplores the spread of dictatorship.
Those selected to uphold the affirmative are Harold McCarthy, '34;
Emmet McCarthy, '34, and Bernard
Mackall, '36. The negative team is
composed of Vincent Fallon, '34;
William Ferdon, '35, and Patrick
Horgan, '35.
The debate will take place in the
College hall on the evening of Friday,  March 23,  a week  from today.    The   gold   medal   which   is
awarded   at  the  graduation   exercises to  the  best  speaker  of  the
evening is  an  added  incentive to
the contestants.   The medal is the
gift of Benjamin L. McKinley, '93.
Judges Undecided
Judges   for   the   contest   are   not
definitely   known   as   yet,   but   such
prominent men as Dr. Edwin A. Lee,
superintendent   of   schools   for   San
Francisco,  have been  asked   to  participate.
The  contestants  in  this debate
were chosen after tryouts held before  the  Debate  Seminar class at
8  o'clock  Tuesday  morning,  February   27.     Each   candidate   presented a three-minute speech of an
argumentative nature.
The  medalist   at  the  contest   last
year, Rinaldo Sciaroni, '33, will act
as chairman for the evening.
COLLEGE PLAYERS
RESUME ACTIVITY
University to Enter One-Act
Drama Contest
Judicial System
Is Lecture Topic
Comparing the United States
courts to those in the English common law, H. A. Van der Zee spoke
on "The Features of the Federal
Judicial System" in a lecture to members of Kappa Alpha Phi, and other
students.
This was the last of the popular
Kappa Alpha Phi lectures before the
Easter holiday. Three talks have
been planned for the month of April.
Mr. Van der Zee showed in his lecture the great difficulty the framers
of the Constitution had in replacing
the inadequate colonial courts. He
also outlined the workings of the
federal judicial system as it functions
today.
According to reports from the executive committee, the long-dormant
College Players may again resume
activities. Sponsored by the Junior
Chamber of Commerce of this city,
an intercollegiate one-act play contest is to be held in the beginning of
April. The USF Players have signified
their intention of entering this contest.
One-Act Plays
As indicated  by  the  title,   the
contest will consist of a series of
one-act plays to be enacted by representative casts from various colleges    in    California.    Prizes    are
offered for the winning casts. The
elimination system will be used to
decide the winner.
Although   definite   announcements
have not  been    made,  several  plays
are   being   considered  by  the local
group. Foremost among these tentative   dramas   is   the   third   act  from
"Wings over  Europe".  Former USF
playgoers will remember this as an
interesting act of a former Ignatian
production.
Appropriation
The player group received an appropriation from the executive board
last week  to  meet the  expenses  of
entering the contest.
Bareilles Handkerchief Once
More Flutters
Who says they don't come back?
Rene Bareilles, Ray Maloney, Wally
Cameron, Jay Hale, Bobbie Britt,
Lou Ohleyer, Roy Oxsen, Morrisey,
Charlie Nussbaum, John O'Marie,
Bob Kleckner, and other USF basketball stars of former years return to
the wars next Wednesday night when
they meet the Don varsity of 1934 in
a "grudge" contest at Kezar, beginning at 8:15.
In the preliminary affair, the
junior class team, winners of the in-
terclass tourney, collide with the
senior team at 7:00. The juniors are
coached by Jack Bradley and Joe
Murphy, while the seniors are the
"Coachless Wonders".
The starting line-up for the Heyday Hillbillies has not been announced, but will probably include
Maloney, Britt, Cameron, Kleckner
and Bareilles. The great senior team
of Kincanon, Chambers, Mohr, Bat-
limle and Keeffe will have an opportunity to squelch the proud boasts
of their predecessors.
Wednesday evening; 15 cents with
student cards, and 25c without. One
last chance to see the handkerchief of
Bareilles flutter down the court. All
for a good cause—wiping out a heavy
debt of the senior class.
Debaters Prepare
For Radio Talks
Finally "taking to the air", the
debaters from USF will meet squads
from Saint Mary's college on April
5 and 6. The topics for both debates
will be the Pi Kappa Delta question
debated this year by all colleges belonging to the National Debating
association: "Resolved: That the
powers of the president should be increased as a matter of settled policy."
The debate on April 5 will be held
on the Saint Mary's campus and will
be broadcast over station KRE. Bert
Shaughnessy and Leo Murphy, both
juniors, will defend the negative side
of the question.
The debate scheduled for April 6
will be held in San Francisco over
station KYA. Vincent Fallon of the
senior class will defend the affirmative side of the question for the University of San Francisco.
Debates were arranged by Debate
Manager Bill Dowling.
USF Council Y.M.I.
Sponsors Debate
In a match sponsored by USF
Council No. 77, YMI, a debating
team from Stanford university will
meet a team from USF on Tuesday
evening, March 20, at YMI hall.
The subject of the debate will be
"Resolved: That the powers of the
president should be increased as a
matter of settled policy." The University of San Francisco will uphold
the negative side of the question.
The USF Glee club will be present
at the debate and will sing several of
their popular hits of the past as well
as several numbers from "The Merry
Gentlemen".
There will be no admission
charged.
WAR MEMORIAL IS
SITE FOR FORMAL
Eve. Division to Hold Law
Commerce Dance April 7
The annual Law-Commerce formal,
major social affair of the evening
division, will be held at the San
Francisco War Memorial on Saturday
evening, April 7.
Gene Sullivan, president of the
night school, made this announcement to the FOGHORN yesterday.
Coming after the Freshman Fandango and prior to the annual Junior
Prom, the committee decided that
this date was an ideal one on the
social calendar. The War Memorial,
popular site of former Ignatian
dances, was also voted the most appropriate place.
Seldncr-Jacobsen
The  Seldner-.Iacobsen orchestra
has   been   selected   to   supply   the
music  for  the  night  school  men.
This   band   was   engaged   at   the
Awahnee hotel in Yosemite during
the summer and while there made
quite an enviable reputation. They
have also played at the Hotel Oakland as well as at several college
affairs.
Bids for the dance will go on sale
next  week.   They  may  be  procured
from the night school office. Further
details concerning the dance will appear  in  the  next  few  issues of  the
FOGHORN.
Glee Club Group
To Sing Tenebrae
It was announced last Wednesday
by Jack Moyles, president of the
Glee club, that nine members of the
organization would participate in the
Holy Week services at Saint Ignatius
Church, singing the Tenebrae on
Holy Thursday evening.
The Glee club members who will
sing the Tenebrae are Moyles,
O'Brien, Pierotti, Murphy, Kilsby,
Neuwald, Gaffney, Thornton and
Lynch. They will be trained between
now and Holy Week by Father J. C.
Ward, S.J., faculty moderator of the
Glee club.
Moyles said, "Those who remember the singing of the members of
the Glee club during the Retreat recently made by USF students can
appreciate the ability which the club
has in singing religious as well as
secular music."
'MERRYGENTLEMEN'
TICKETS SOLD BY
GLEE CLUB GROUP
Executive   Committee   Also
Handles Ducats for
Big Show
SONGS COPYRIGHTED
Cast In Midst of Dramatic
Rehearsals; J. J. Gill
Is Director
"The musical direction of the
'Merry Gentlemen' was completed
last week and the dramatic rehearsals
will be completed within the next
two weeks." This was the announcement made by Jack Moyles, leading
man in the Glee club show, yesterday.
Dramatic Phase
Although not as extensive as the
musical parts, the dramatic phase of
the production has presented some
unforeseen problems to the members
of the cast and Mr. Gill, the director.
At the present time the members and
director are pondering whether to
submerge the plot and concentrate
on the niceties of stage technique or
to play up the story.
This and similar other minor difficulties will be decided before the
next rehearsal.
Tickets Distributed
Tickets for the "Gentlemen" were
distributed last Monday and Tuesday.
They may be procured from any
member of the Glee club or executive committee. The price is fifty
cents for general admission and
thirty-five cents with a student body
card.
Replying to several inquiries,
Bob Anino, author of the show's
nineteen songs, has stated that
none of them was in any way
taken from songs already written.
He also stated that all of his lyrics
have been copyrighted in every detail.
USF Campus
All of these songs have been woven
into the plot which concerns the
actions of a group of USF students.
The scenes of the play will depict the
campus of the Hilltop school.
ST. FRANCIS USF
NIGHT FOR APRIL 1
'Merry Gentlemen' Numbers
To Be Introduced
Library Gift Made
By Former Editor
Bernard Wiesinger, former editor
of the FOGHORN, has presented the
University library with several sets
of bound copies of the editions put
out hy him last term.
Tnese sets, bound by the University Press, are now available in the
library for any student desiring to
review the activity of the past term.
As a further inducement to students to attend the University of San
Francisco night at the St. Francis
hotel on Easter Sunday evening, the
management of the hotel has announced that it will give special rates
to the student body.
As has been previously announced, the Glee club will be at
the affair, and will present a special floor show that will feature the
premier presentation of several
numbers from the "Merry Gentlemen".
Gus Arnheim
Gus Arnheim and his ace band of
movieland will furnish the music. As
a feature of the evening's program
Mr. Arnheim is arranging some of
the music of the Glee club show in
dance tempo and will play these arrangements during the evening.
These will be broadcast over a Pacific
coast radio hook-up and if proven
popular will be featured by Gus Arnheim.
Faculty sanction has been given
to the date and the entertainment
and all indications tend to show
full student support.
Rate Cards
Special rate cards may be obtained from Barney Mackall, '36,
Hotel St. Francis' campus representative. These special rate cards may
apply to several varied inducements
but no rate can be obtained without
the card properly filled out.
K. L. S.To Convene
Sunday March 25
The regular monthly dinner of
Kappa Lambda Sigma, upper division
literary honor society, will be held
at the Hotel Cecil on Sunday evening,
March 25.
Arrangements are being made to
present as guest of honor a prominent San Franciscan of literary note.
Plans, which are as yet tentative,
will be announced next week.
The topic for the coming dinner is
as yet unselected but will be of a
modernistic nature.
Annual Frosh Fandango
Set For Tomorrow Night
At Cal. Country Club
All Bids Sold; Gordon Heche Band and Spanish Theme to
Be Feature of Colorful Spring Gathering; No
Corsage Rule to Be Enforced
The Freshman Fandango has arrived. And tomorrow night what promises to be the highlight of this year's affairs will frolic itself into Ignatian
social history at the California Country club.
With the campus agog over the coming of the long heralded dance, the
committee has announced that all arrangements have been completed.
All bids have been sold and Frosh Prexy Jack Ferdon has announced
uiSthat absolutely no bids will be sold
Clnff \Uft-nAoYc at the door-   Following the method
Oiaif   YfOnaerSf used last year, the bids will be col-
Dean Chuckles;
Medal Donor Is
The other night the FOGHORN
staff while preparing copy and "making up" the "dummy" for this week's
edition decided that since the McKinley debate was to be held next
week they should know more about
the donor of the gold medal, Benjamin L. McKinley.
The first question was, "Is McKinley still alive?" After questioning
each other to no avail, members of
the staff decided that the wisest and
most effectual course to follow would
be to telephone authorities at the
school.
After attempting to reach Father
Lonergan and Father Whelan on the
telephone without any success, the
reporter finally got Father Carroll,
dean of the law school, on the wire.
The question was asked.
"Why of course he is still alive,"
Father Carroll gave a big chuckle,
"very much so. Why he even teaches
in the law school here at night!"
Quietly, and very somberly, the reporter hung up the phone.
Activity Groups
Planned In Meet
Tentative plans for inducing all
incoming freshmen of next year's
class to enter at least one activity
were discussed in the last meeting
of the USF executive board. Bernard
Wiesinger of the class of '34 suggested that committees be formed to
interest the incoming frosh in the
various phases of extra-curricular
activity.
lected  at  the   entrance   to  the  road
leading into the club:  All machines
will be stopped at this entrance.
Members of the committee stated
that the option system of selling
bids has worked out to their fullest expectations.   Put into practice
for the first time this year, It assured the sale of the entire number of bids.
Heche's Music
Gordon Heche and his popular
band will be the music feature. Although making his first appearance
among University of San Francisco
socialites he has played for many of
the major social affairs on the Stanford campus. Several other coast
colleges have also engaged him on
numerous occasions.
The beautiful California Country
club will provide a fitting setting for
the dance. This site, with its spacious
gardens, has in the past proved an
ideal location. Special lighting effects both outside and inside will add
color   to   the   scene.
As previously announced, the no
corsage rule will, as usual, be
rigidly enforced. Nobody will be
allowed to enter the club "wearing
any sort of a corsage.
Spanish Theme
The theme in keeping with the
name, Fandango, will be entirely of
a Spanish nature. Programs, entertainment and even the music to some
extent will be in keeping with the
Spanish tone.
Guests of the class of 1937 for the
evening will be Father William I.
Lonergan, S.J., Mr. and Mrs. Preston
Devine, Mr. and Mrs. James Baker
Basset, Major and Mrs. Francis
Forbes, Mr. Lloyd Luckmann, Mr. and
Mrs. Charles Keenan and Mrs. William Ferdon.
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