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VOLUME IV
California
President von KieinSmid Speaks in Assembly T omorrow
Los Angeles, California, Monday, June 29, 1925
NUMBER 1
Dr. Rogers
Many Important Articles Appeas In University Philosophical Quarterly
HUNT PHILISTINES
Critical Reviews of Current Philosophical and Scientific Opinion
Mingling articles of sheer cleverness with those of keen appreciation of beauty, and containing numerous reviews ,as well as four major contributions to contemporary philosopher and theology, the July Personalist will be voted by many of its readers' to be the best number of that magazine which has yet appeared. Edited by Dr. Ralph Tyler Flewelling, head of the U. S. C. department of philosophy. the Personalist is one of the half dozen nationally and internationally known journals of philosophy published in the country.
The first article is a joyously delightful query, “Do you believe in Philistines?” by Trowbridge
Larned. lt is quite impossible to 'reproduce the atmosphere created by
the former editor and dramatic critic in his nationwide search for the land of the Philistines. The writer finds himself obliged to conclude that the Philistine is nowhere to be located. “Concrete as crime, he remains a mere abstraction: an aggegate evading the statistical spear: an ignis fautuus in the dismal sw.imp of letters.”
‘ Relativity in Knowledge and in Life'’ is Dr. Flewelling’s contribution (CONTINUED ON PAGE FOUR)
“1 he Desire to Serve Has Been Uppermost’
June 27, 1925.
We are pleased to extend a cordiai greeting and welcome to the many students who have come to the campus of the University of Southern California for work in the Summer Session. In many respects it is a kind of homecoming or family reunion since there are many former students and graduates among the students enrolled, many of whom are accompanied by co-workers and friends. We hope this kindred spirit may quickly spread so that everyone may feel that he is among friends.
We are delighted with the attitude that prevails among the studeDts in planning their work. Some may have come because of new requirements for a credential or for other external motives, but these motives are soon lost in the seriousness of purpose manifested and the desire to make the most of the opportunities at band
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SEMESTER ENDS IN BEAUTY OF COMMENCEMENT
1000 Seniors March in Academic Procession to Exposition Coliseum
“Well, Here We Are,” Says Scribe To Fellow Co-eds
Find Statues and Collateral ibrary Intact and Gives Advice on Art of Navigating Old College Trick Stairways
BY JOSEPHINE MONKMAN
PRESIDENT IS SPEAKER
Many Honors Conferred As Impressive Ceremonies Conclude Year
By DON PIERCE
Speeding through the all too short ,week of commencement activities the Seniors of the University of Southern California found themselves facing the last act of their university careers when they marched to the Coliseum Thursday evening, June the 18th, at four-thirty to receive their diplomas. Due to the fact that the large number of graduates and spectators would have filled Bovard Auditorium to capacity and left many out of the exercises, it was found necessary to hold the program at the Coliseum where all could have a clear view of the events.
Headed by the University Band in their dashing white uniforms and led by the American and California State flags, the procession traversed the avenue from the campus, down through the
sunken gardens of Exposition Park, and into the mammouth enclosure of the stadium. Five thousand were
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Dr. von KieinSmid
“We Welcome You To U. S. C. With High Expectancy”
MANY FEATURES IN SIX WEEKS’ SUMMER SESSION
Initial Classes of Session Begin Today as Students Gather
ENROLLMENT IS HEAVY
Dr. von KieinSmid Addresses the First Assembly Tomorrow At 10:30 A.M.
Well, here we are back at work after two weeks of loafing. The old campus looks much the same; the eight statues still ornament the Ad. building and the senior bench still rests in the shade, although the seniors have graduated and gone. By the way, have you noticed the unusual atmosphere about the campus, so dignified and intellectual? It is probably due to the number of teachers in our midst.
“Do unto others as you would be done by yourself” is a good motto, especially when teacher meets teacher. No doubt the famous honor system of last term will be absolutely unnecessary. Let us who are undergraduates hope that the kind-hearted
COLLEGE OF LAW SUMMER SCHOOL TERM UNDER WAY
New Courses Feature The Second Six Weeks’ Session
One hundred and twenty-five students have enrolled in the College of L&w for the first six weeks’ term of the summer quarter, which opened Monday, June 22nd.
New courses are being offered this summer in t'he College of Law. Among these is the course on ‘"Damages” which is being taught for the first time in the summer session. Professor Harry McOlean is the instructor. Mr. Lloyd Wright is also offering a new course in “Lierd Law.”
Beginning August 3rd. when the second six weeks’ term opens, a new subject will be available in “Rights in Oil and Gas’* which is being bandied by Professor Claire Van Etten. Professor Charles E. Milliken will give a course commencing August 3rd on ‘ Labor Law.”
professors will find it too hot to spend their time in thinking up catch questions to deal out to our unsuspecting and trustful youth.
COLLATERAL POINTERS
The collateral library is still the same old trysting place and social center. It is as much a place of friendship as it is a place of study. For the benefit of new students, who have not had practice in talking with such a mask-like expression that their countenances never once give the impression of conversation, I would like to give this little warning: be sure to visit as though you were memorizing a lesson ; never once look interested. Never look toward the party you are addressing; for students have been known to leave the hall quite suddenly, and not of their own free will. Don’t ask me how' I know, that is too personal a question; but, believe me when I tell you that I am speaking truthfully.
We are all busy finding old friends and making new ones. “Are you all registered is the universal cry.
But be carefur, and don’t make the mistake of joyfully hitting a “dear old friend” on the shoulder only to have him turn around and prove to be a total stranger.
OLD COLLEGE VAGARIES
Another bit of advice—don’t get lost in the “Old College.” If need be, pro-•
cure a guide from the appointment office for the first few days. It is very confusing to go down a few steps tow ard the second floor and find yourself still on the third floor, or ascend from the second to the third and still be marking time on the second. Above all, keep cool and don’t be frightened; keep ascending and descending and in time you are bound to wind up in one of the laboratory rooms where you will be learnedly observed as a unique specimen of “arrested locomotion.”
BY OR. WILUAM SMITH
Dr. William C. Smith, Professor of Sociology and Ethnology. University of Southern California, is the author of an important book on “The Ao Naga Tribe of Assam; a Study in Ethnology and Sociology,” just published by Macmillan and Company, Ltd., of London, under the direction of the Government of Assam, British India.
In this volume we have a noteworthy addition to a new and growing body of literature, in which the concepts and methods of ethnology, social phychology; and sociology are made to mutually interpret and reinforce one another, with illuminating results.
The book, which is attractively bound and excellently illustrated, presents a detailed picture of the Oo Nagas, among whom the author spent some time as a missionary. This material he interprets from the viewpoint of a competent scholar, experienced field worker, and university teacher, along the two-fold line of sociology and ethnology.
Of special interest and value to students of .sociology is the chapter entitled “Changes Through Contacts with More Advanced People.” The ‘‘Conclusion” likewise, constitutes a valuable sociological contribution, dealing with the relation between missionary activity and the processes of social and cultural change among “preliterate” peoples.
An “Introduction’" and numerous footnotes are added from the pen of Dr. J. H. Hutton, Honorary Director of Tethnology for the British Government in Assam.
It is always a pleasure to look forward to the opening of Summer Session when old friendships are renewed and newr friendships begun.
If you have come to us in the hope that we can be of some service to you, be assured that we have awaited your coming with the expenctancy that you would bring us encouragement and joy.
What facilities and opportunities we can furnish are at your disposal. Will you not consider yourself at once members of the large SOUTHERN
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Prefaced by months of preparation and many days of registration of students, the six-weeks’ summer session of the university opens today. Already, however, students of the eight-weeks' session have been in attendence for two weeks past, most of them celebrating today as a holiday while their more tardy comrades are being taken care of by the various departments.
No statistics are available as to summer registration for the present session, inasmuch as the present week will see a large number of new enrollments. Indications are that present figUx’es will at least equal those of last summer,
when the session’s total reached 2,041. The present eight-weeks’ period has from ten to twenty percent heavier registration than did the longer term a year ago, according *o official figures. Approximately 25 percent of the students are members of the graduate school, the colleges of Dentistry and Pharmacy being the only ones with no summer session for students.
ASSEMBLIES HELD So that summer session students will have an opportunity to take part in regular University activities and at
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Filing Of Records Urged
For Prospective Teachers
Appointment Office Now Filling Vacancies Daily; Miss Weir Emphasizes Need of Early Filing of Applications and References
Teachers now attending the summer session who intend to apply for teaching positions in the Southwest are urged by Miss Edith Weir, appointment secretary, to confer with the appointment office immediately. This necessary in order to secure the most efficient aid in obtaining positions, according to Miss Weir.
“Now is the busiest time for fthe office,” Miss Weir said “Calls are coming in for teachers to the number of at least four or five aily, so that it is very important for those wishing to teach to register at the office as early as , offices, corporations, libraries, social possible. The references turned i service bureaus, and private homes.
REGISTRATION NOTICE All students in the/Summer Session are requested to note the fact that, after making payments of tuition at the business office, they must secure the signature of each instructor on their permanent enrollment cards and return these cards thus signed to the registrar’s office within five days from the date when the card was prepared by the student.
No registration will be complete till this is done.
THERON CLARK, Registrar.
over to the university appointment ,office can also be used in applying for state credentials, a fact which makes it unnecessary to send for references more than once.
SHOULD CENTRALIZE RECORDS
“Even those students who do not intend to teach at once should take advantage of the opportunity to
file their applications as a permanent record. In this wray they will have their records and recommendations centralized and systematized from the first. When they do wish to apply for positions they will find it much easier to do so/’
The records of the office from September, 1923, to September, 1924, show that 839 teaching positions were listed through the appointment office. Of these, 447 were in high schools, 105 in junior high schools, 207 in elementary schools, 15 in private schools, 16 in colleges, and 49 outside of the state. Figures for the year ending September, 1925, will probably showr a decided increase, according to Miss Weir, who stated that the work of the office has been much heavier than at any time in the past.
FILL OTHER POSITIONS The office also fills many positions monthly in addition to its service to teachers. The total number of fulltime and part-time workers placed in this way exceeds the number of teach-
No charge is made for placing workers in part-time positions .but in the case of graduate applications there is an annual fee of two dollars to cover expenses.
In addition to Miss Weir, head of the office, the present staff includes Miss Jean McDonald, assistant to Miss Weir, and Miss Gladys Greene at Metropolitan College.
DR. SIOUSSAT TO SPEAK IN H. 206
Will Lecture on “David Crockett In Fact and in Fiction”
Dean Rogers, head ot the summer session of the University of Southern
California, has arranged for Dr. St. George L. Sioussat to speak in Hoose Hall 206, Thusday, July 2nd, at 4:00 P. M. on “David Crockett in Fact and in Fiction.”
Dr. Sioussat is widely known in the field of Historical research and has contributed to historical literature. Among his publications are: “Virginia and the English Commercial System. 1730-1733”; “Tennessee and National Political Parties, 1850-1860”; “A Preliminary Report Upon the Archives of Tennessee”; “The English Statutes in Maryland”; “Economics and Politics in Maryland, 1720-1750,” and the ‘Public Services of Daniel Dulaney the
ers, students being placed in business Elder.”