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Los Angeles, California, Thursday, July 2 1931
No. 4
HREE CONFERENCES TODAY
TEA DANCE «E PRESENTED JULY EIGHTH
|id Mrs. Rogers, Pro-Martin Will Be of Honor.
d Biegler, Mary Wat-Kvinifi**d Waters will be at tbe fiwt of the suin-|on afternoon dances, to in the Student Union ill between 3:30 and 5 t Wednesday afternoon.
of honor ate to be Lster B. Rogers of the Session, Mrs. Rogers, tries E. Martin, head of leal science department niversity of Washington, rtin, and Frederick H. ofessor of dramatic llt-of the University of trolina.
ents admission will be to defray expenses of ces, and they are to an informal method of studenta and faculty acquainted with each
Dr. Ross To Talk On Gandhi To Faculty Men
Dr. Edward A. Boss, professor of sociology at the University of Wisconsin and a visiting professor at the S. C. Summer Session, will speak on Mahatma Gandhi before the Men’s Faculty club Monday noon In Uie Student Un ion. He will be introduced by Reid L. McClung, dean of the S. C. College of Commerce and Business Administration, who will be chairman of the day.
SWIMMING FOOL IN TROJAN GYM IS OPEN DAILY
Students May Enjoy Cool Plunge After Preliminary Test.
orchestra will play »t |r has not yet been an-by Cleon Knapp, chalr-■t a collegiate band is
‘cured.
IN LEATHER IRK WILL OPEN
[)l)g Tuesday at Unlver-Mlege, downtown evening I of S. C. in the Trans I) building, Seventh and Al geles streets, a twice-a-i cc irae in art leather wrork conducted under the di I of Frances M. Woods, 'announced by Dr. E. W Jean of the adult study
1 to r»:45 p.m. for eight lectures and practical is iu designing, construc t>ol>ug. aud coloring of tlier w ill be given, with raining for playground ad kindergarten teaching i? the class on Tuesday ursday afternoons, initial lecture on Tues 'ruoon at 4 p.m. is open fe interested, aud will tlie history and de-•Qt of art leather and its uses.
will veil the identity Angeles’ Fiesta Queen he hour of her corona-the opening day of La e Los Angeles, the city’s anniversary celebration )er * to 13, if plans of •'►•men are carried out.
I €rintendent Speak puncheon
I'li «• inn, superiuu-nd-I tlie S;»u Francisco pub | ,0ols> will speak at the £ of the Administration "«dnesd*y noon iu the lTuion. Hf will be in by Homer Wilson, Program chairman of ^auuation. K. L Stock ^“lington Park, is pre °t the club.
The swimming pool in the new $750,000 Physical Education building is open to the students attending the Summer Session from 12 to 2 p,.m. and from 4 until 6 p.m .every afternoon for the remainder of the session.
In order to avail themselves of this opportunity, persons will be required to pass a medical examination which will be conducted for the women, in room
110	of this building and in room 107 for the men. A swimming test consisting of the ability to swim 40 yards any style is required.
If any student wishing to swim is already enrolled in a physical activity class no addi tional fee is required. Should the contrary be true, a charge of $3.00 is made.
Those advance swimmers wishing to pass the Senior Red Cross test may report to the guard on duty, and obtain the necessary information
ADMINISTRATION LIBRARY OF S. C. GIVEN VOLUMES
Important Documents Presented for Work in Citizenship and Public Admin.
Gifts amounting to 146 volumes were given to tlie library of the University of Southern California School of Citizenship and Public Administration during Juue, it was announced by Deau Emery E. Olson.
Important state and municipal reports were received from 30 states, the district of Columbia, aud the Hawaiian Islands to bo added to the collection of public administration information in the specialized Trojan library, while Canada, England, Germany, Sweden, and Japan were among the foreign countries to send governmeutal documents.
Among the more important works received were the report of the Association of Canada of Good Roads for 1930, the annual report of the police depart ment of Denver, and the econ omic address by Dr. Hans Luther, president of the German Reichsbank, made before the Ro tary International meeting in Luxembourg.
Founded iu February, 1929, the S. C. School of Citizenship aud Public Administration pro vides a prafessional curriculum leading to the degree of bachelor of science in public administration as well as graduate work leading to the master’s degree.
Dr. Fowlkes Will Speak To Phi Delta Kappa
Dr. John Guy Fowlkes, professor of education at the University of Wisconsin, will speak at the luncheon of Phi Delta Kappa, national professional education fraternity, tomorrow at 12:10 p.m. in room 422, Student Union. Dr. Fowlkes is visiting nrofessoi at S. C. for the Summer Session.
MORKOVIN’S CLASS WILL HEAR FEJOS
Dr. Paul ^tios, a director at the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studio, will speak to Dr. Boris V. Mor-kovin’s class in the Socio-Phy-cliological Aspect of the Motion Picture, today at 4:16 in 214 Bridge hall. Dr. Fejos will speak to the class about the writing of the scenario of the story which the class is to film this summer. Visitors will be wel-com.
The story to be filmed is one of the rise of a ranch boy to that of an oil king. Dr. Fejos will offer suggestions as to how the story can best be built up and how the tremendous force of the growth of the oil industry may be portrayed. A few of the class will be taken each Wednesday and Friday after-noou to the studio to study actual working conditions.
Tbe class is now looking for acting talent, especially some one to take tlie lead, and also others to take extra parts. Anyone who is interested may see Dr. Morkovin in 308 Hrtdg** hall from 10 until 12 week-day mornings.
CATALINA TRIP TO BE HELD LATER
The annual Summer Session trip to Catalina Island, originally scheduled for next Saturday, July 4, has been postponed to a later date to be announced by Kenneth K. Stonier, trip manager. No reservations can be secured over the holiday weekend. Stonier said. It is expected that the trip will be scheduled for the first or aecond week-end of the second session.
RESTORE ADOBES
Century-old adobes in I<os Angeles and vicinity are being restored and refurnished in early day fashion for La Fiesta de Los Augeles, the city’s 150tli birthday fete, September 4 to 13.
Program
N.E.A. COURSES START MONDAY IN S. C. HALLS
Leading Educators in Charge of Intensive Three-Week Study Groups.
Five special intensive three-week courses for members of the National Education association will start next Monday at Southern California with leading educators of the nation in charge of the instruction.
The courses will be: teacher problems in organization and administration of public education, in charge of Prof. Willard S. Ford with special lectures by Dr. J. G. Fowlkes of the LTniver-sity of Wisconsin: J. E. Gwinn, superintendent of schools in San Francisco; Dr. O. R Hull and Dr. E. E. Tiges of S. C.; contemporary world history in charge of Dr. Frauk Bohn; character education, Dr. Edwrin Diller Starbuck; soctal problems, Dr. Edward A. Ross; contemporary American and British poets. Dr. Edwin Mims.
GEOLOGY CLASS WILL VISIT PITS
La Brea pits, and museum specimens of prehistoric life unearthed from them, will be the objeets of a field trip led by Dr. Sedgwick of the geology department tomorrow afternoon.
The party, which is expected to number about fifty, will leave from the administration building at 1:30, visiting the La Brea pits first.
The Los Augeles Couuly Museum collection of preserved skeletons of the gigantic and unbelievable prehistoric animals is the most complete in the world.
Dr. Sedgwick has for years made this trip one of tlie edu cational opportunities of the Summer Session.
EDUCATORS WILL APPROACH RURAL SCHOOL PROBLEM
Three Organizations Will Sponsor Meetings in Bovard and Shrine Auditor.
Education of the rural schoo chlld will be discussed at tl. First National Conference o Rural Education at. three se. sions today, 'ihe first first t\\ sessions will be held in Bovan auditorium of S. C. at 9 a.m and 1:45 p.m. and the third in the Shrine auditorium at 8 p.m.
Called jointly by the National j Education association, the United States Office of Education, and the National Congress of Parents and Teachers, the conference is designed to plan a program and a policy which will meet the educational needs of rural children.
Sixteen leaders in the movement for the betterment of rural education will speak at the three sessions, and discussions from the floor will follow their addresses. A committee on recommendations will read a tenta tive report at the elose of each session, and a final definition of program anil policy is to be effected at the close of tbe Shrine auditorium meeting tonight.
Tentative items for the con sideration ol the committee aud conferences include the problem of equalizing educational appor-tunities for city and rural students; the direction t)f the attention of educators, government officials, city aud rural school boards, and the public generally to the inequalities of opportunity; the distribution of all taxes so as to insure a reasonable educational offering or every child; a suggestion to every state governor that he call a state conference of county superintendents, county agents, farm magazine editors and rural publishers, and Grange and other rural and urbaa agency officers, to consider Improvements in rural education; and steps for the conference to continue its work so that It may result in a nationwide movement for the improvement of rural schools.
A complete program of tho conference’s program is published on page 2 of this issue of the Trojan.
THIRD WEEK
July 6—Monday. 12 noon. Fac ulty luncheon, under auspices of tli© Faculty club.
July 7—Tuesday. 10:30 a.m. Assembly. Dr. Edwin Mims ou “Bright Intervals in Life and Art."
July 8—Wednesday. 12:00. Administration club luncheon.
July 9 — Thursday. 4:00 p.m. Lecture. Dr. Buckner, "Tlie Integration of learning and Testing.
July 10—Friday. 12:0o noon. Phi Delta Kappa luncheon.
July 10—Friday. Pi Lambda Theta Women's picnic.
July 11—Saturday. Men’s Fac-
ulty dinner.
4391 ENROLL IN SUMMER SESSION
Setting a new record for Summer Session enrollment, 4391 students have registered for the first session. Nearly one thousand students have already signed up for the second session and 500 more are expected to enroll when the second term begins.
The enrollment for the first session is over one thousand larger than last year. Five thousand were registered at S. C. last summer as compared to 6000 expected to be enrolled for the
BODY JOINS ‘EXPERIENCES”
Au epitaph quoted by The Natal Mercury of London reads “in memory of our fatehr gone to joins his appendix, his tonsils, liis kidneys, his ear drum and a leg prematurely removed by a hospital surgeon who craved experience.’’
Faculty Men Will Hold Dinner Tomorrow Eve
The Men’s Faculty elub beach dinner will be held to morrow evening instead of Saturday as scheduled ,it wai announced by Dr. A 8. Rau-benheimer, chairman of the program. The Jouathau Beach club in Santa Monica will be the iocatiou.
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