The Los Angeles Loyolan, Volume 2, Issue 9 - May 15, 1924

Vol. 2 No. 9 Los Angeles, Calif., Thursday May 15, 1924 Price 15 Cents Loyola Players Present Classic FIELD MEET HELD; MANY {SPRINTERS IN COMPETITION Leo Hoffman Awarded First Prize; ‘Beno’ Currin Second Audience is Thrilled by Mystery Farce of Students Get on your mark! Get, set! Bang! Hoffman wins!! On Wednesday, May 7, the annual field-meet, more proper¬ ly called President’s Day, was cele¬ brated amid the smashing of records and the drinking of lemonade. Thrilling Contest The high school department com¬ pletely garnered the honors of the day, flashing by the tape in all the sprints, easy winners. The stellar work of Leo Hoffman and “Beno” Currin in the 50, 100 and 220, pro¬ vided the greatest thrills of the day. Leo was the individual high point man with 19 points to his credit and for his victory was awarded “The Loyolan” Trophy, a silver and gold plated cup. “Beno” was close up with 13 points. Failure to place in the baseball throw and broad jump spell¬ ed his doom. In the sprints he shared honors with Leo, each running off with 13 points. Leo bested him in the 50, but Currin retaliated in the 220, and the tie for first in the cen¬ tury was the climax of the battle. Hoffman’s broad jump of eighteen, one, cinched the meet for him, and his baseball throw of 102 yards in¬ creased his lead by one. Wonderful Throw Volkmor of the college won this last event by hurling the leather cov¬ ered sphere 105 yards — over the fence on the first bounce. He also placed first in the high jump with George Rode and Ryan taking second and third. Placing second in the broad jump also gave him thirteen points which tied him with Currin for second individual honors. Hugh Curran copped nine points and is third H. S. man on the honor roll. He took the standing broad jump and placed second and third in the 100 and 50 yard dashes. College Wins Bradstreet won the shot-put. Hur¬ ley was first in the 880. Miller took second in the shot event and third in the standing broad jump. T^he college- high school relay was the final event and the surprise of the day. At first it was thought that the college could A most wonderful and truly de¬ lightful evening was had not merely by the Alumni, but by all their friends on the 28th of last month. Little need be said concerning the gorgeous entertainment, for you know too well already what a really marvellous time each one had. Yet lest there be some, and we doubt it, who were so unfortunate as not to be able to make an appearance du¬ ring the evening, to them let us ad¬ dress our few remarks. Never in the history of Loyola, and of the Am¬ bassador for that matter, has such a scene of beauty been presented. The Fiesta Room has never been filled with a happier or more delight- LOYOLA ANNUAL COMPLETED The Annual has already been print¬ ed and is now in the hands of the Binder. The binding of the books ! will take but. a few days, and then the covers will be put on. The finish¬ ed article will be ready for distribu¬ tion May 21st or 22nd, that is, next Wednesday or Thursday. Those who have not as yet ordered their copy of the Annual would do well to do so at once. Two hundred extra copies have been ordered, but it is doubtful if even these will be enough. The business manager, Peter Tarabino and his assistant, James Keily, will receive orders on Mon¬ days, Wednesdays and Fridays at the book store at 8:45 and 12:45 o’clock. The prize winners for the Annual contests are here announced. For the best story Tom Neal wins the prize, $5.00, with “The Psalm of the Sea”. The following students receive two dollars apiece for contributing the five best jokes: Du Ross, McDermott, Quinn, E. Barabe, T. Von Der Ahe. ful crowd than on the occasion of the Alumni dance. Financial Success. As there could be no doubt con¬ cerning the social success of the dance, yet there were many fears ex¬ pressed as to the financial success that was to be attained. Nay, for a time there were grave fears as to whether even the expenses might be covered completely. Even up to the last minute the true financial out¬ come was unknown. Yet so well had the various committees laid their plans, so thoroughly had the ground been prepared, that failure at this ultimate moment . was a , thing well (Continued on Page 5) MOOT COURT HONORED BY PRESENCE OF JUDGE KEETCH The Moot Court of Loyola was es¬ pecially honored during the past few weeks by the presence of Judge Keetch, who consented to sit as judge in the recent burglary case on trial before the court. The classroom as¬ sumed at once the dignified air of the court, and the jury having been sworn, the defendant was placed be¬ fore the court to have his fate de¬ cided. The rulings from the bench were not only of interest, but in¬ structive as well, since they were ac¬ companied by the reasons and grounds on which the rulings were always based. Interest Kept Up. Although the trial itself required three sessions of the court, interest never lagged, but as the case de¬ veloped, new situations arose, and the final outcome was ever a matter of doubt until the jury returned the verdict. Fortunately for the defen¬ dant, he was acquitted and given his liberty, and thus saved the state the expense of boarding him in the Loy¬ ola jail for five or ten years. Kindness of Judge Keetch. We wish here to take this oppor¬ tunity of thanking Judge Keetch for his kindness in coming to Loyola, for his aid so readily given, and above all, his willingness to return on three successive Wednesdays in order to hear the entire case and render judg¬ ment therein. We certainly appre¬ ciated his presence and hope that he derived as much pleasure from his visits as we have, especially from the realization that we have gained great¬ ly by his visits. We are quite confident that the judge upon the bench will enjoy a lengthy period of service and know full well that few if any are more deserving of a continuance in office, as the requirements of law and jus- (Continued on Page Eight) FRAT DANCE IS SUCCESS The annual dance of the Rho Al¬ pha Gamma Fraternity was held Sat¬ urday evening, May 3rd, at the Cos¬ tello residence, Canyon Drive. Some seventy-five couples attended the affair and made it one of the most brilliant successes of the season. It is but seldom that one attends a dance as enjoyable as this. There have been three annual af¬ fairs of this nature held by the frat¬ ernity, and each has surpassed the preceding one in the success it has attained. This last was no exception. Hennesey’s Paramounts furnished the melody. Delicasies were served during the intermission. Among the guests present were: Mesdames: Mary M. Costello, Mrs. Frank J. Brick, Anne O’Keefe, Helen Doyle, Mrs. George Cote, Ethel McCarthy. Messrs: Jack Patton, Arthur Cun¬ ningham, Herbert Freston, Leo Ward, Walter Clune, Tom Pitts, Martin Mo- rony, Frank Brick, Bill Greene, Vin¬ cent B. Vaughan, George Cote, Jr., George Cote, Sr., Phil Thompson, Walter McCarthy, Walter Volkmor, Pete Tarabino. The annual election of the Student Body officers under the new system inaugurated in the constitution in 1922 took place last Friday, May 9. According to this new plan of proce¬ dure the actual balloting must follow the nomination by a period of not less than three days in order that time be allowed to campaign for the various candidates. The nominations therefore were held on the previous Tuesday in the auditorium. Two entire periods were consumed in the heated meeting that took place. Evidently the various classes had previously held secret caucuses, for the party spirit and factional strife that distinguished the The Philharmonic Auditorium, witnessing the Loyola Dramatic So¬ ciety’s rendition of “Seven Keys to Baldpate” last Tuesday evening, trembled under the storm of applause that started with a spontaneous tre¬ ble ripple in the orchestra and ended in a thundering crescendo in the bal¬ cony. Well Deserved Praise The students who enacted the va¬ rious parts assigned to them are de¬ serving of the unstinted praise which was so often expressed by members of the audience last Tuesday evening. To Father Flaherty also, who as¬ sumed practically all the responsibil¬ ities of the performance, even to the laborious and nerve-racking work of directing the amateur Thespians, too much praise cannot be given. Play Opens The play opened with a prologue depicting the lonesomest spot on earth — a summer resort snow-bound in winter. Here, on a wager with Hal Bently, owner of Baldpate Inn, Wm. Holowell McGee, melodramatic auth¬ or, is to write a ten-thousand word story in twenty-four hours. He is re¬ ceived by the two caretakers, Elijah Quimby and his son Reuben. In the course of their introduction Elijah remarks that on only one other oc¬ casion had anyone frequented Bald¬ pate in winter and that was when crooked politicians used Baldpate as their rendezvous. Upon questioning, McGee learns that there is only one key to Baldpate in existence. The caretakers leave to return twenty- four hours later for the story. Mystery Begins The author proceeds upstairs where he is disturbed, with the opening of the first act, by the telephoning of John Bland who apparently discloses a new political graft in the town of Reuton. Bland places a package of money in the hotel safe, bribe-money for Mayor Cargan who is to grant an illegitimate franchise to Thomas Hayden, owner of Reuton-Asquean Railroad. Bland is captured and quickly escapes. Norton, a newspaper (Continued On Page 3) meeting certainly indicated as much. The moderator, Mr. Daze, S. J., opened the meeting with a few pre¬ liminary remarks, impressing upon the minds of the student body the requirements for the different officers and asking that the actuating motive in their selection be the desire to place in office the man for the posi¬ tion, a man thoroughly Loyolan, wor¬ thy and capable of fulfilling the re¬ sponsible tasks given to him by the trust and confidence of his fellow students. Nominations were opened, and Mr. William Greene tqok the floor in be¬ half of Mr. George Dunne, Sophp- (Continued on Page 5) (Continued on Page Three) AMBASSADOR AFFAIR BRILLIANT BRADSTREET ELECTED PRESIDENT EXCITING SCENE FROM “SEVEN KEYS”[DRAMATIC SOCIETY’S RENDITION OF ‘SEVEN KEYS’ PRAISEWORTHY