Published Every Tuesday and Friday During the First Session
Summer Session
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University of Southern California
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rolume XIV
Los Angeles, California, Friday, June 28, 1935
Number 4
TUDENTS WILL VISIT RES
ast Selected 7or Cinematic ‘Life of Man’
Mountain Scenery
pomas, Hohr Named To Portray Title Roles; Others Chosen
few man Thomas and Tergen pr have been selected to play title roles of ‘Man” and tt" In the production of Leonid dreiev's “The Life of Man,” by department of cinematogra-in Touchstone theater, July and again on July 18. at 8:15
lph Boynton will take the of the Being in Gray. Parts the Old Women will be por-yed by Lillian Allan, Elva and Marjorie Sturdevant. muel Davenport, Virginia Chris-and Helene Clarkson will rep-sent the Neighbors.
Relatives Portrayed The Relatives will be played by aomi Anderson, Margaret Halff, ?ar Smith, James Koenig, and annon Weller. Those taking e parts of guests are Margaret halen, J. O. Beck, Robert Ingle-rt, Vilda Fillerup, Guy Gulick, Lsa Gump, and Elizabeth Mc-adden. Brainerd DuffieJd will ke the part of the Doctor.
The play will be directed by Dr. ris Morkovin, associate profes-of cinematography. Assisting Belmar Hall, art director; ard Miller, and Faye Burrows, duction directors.
Expmslimisttc Drama ‘The Life ot Man'' is an ex--sslon>stic drama portraying abstract characters the strug-typical of the life of any man. e play is divided into five scenes, one representing one of the ges of man in his life cycle, e prolog presents the birth of an, and at his birth the huge ndle which bums during the ay as symbolic of his life, is hted. During the play this can-e grows smaller- as man grows der. The rest of the drama, ves a panorama of Man's life. Tan takes a Wife; together they' se to fame; a Son is born; Man'
Summer Session students making the trip to Mt. Lowe tomorrow will view scenes as the one on the left while the picture on the right shows the cable car which climbs to the summit of Echo mountain.
Many Faculty Members Spend Vacation in Travel
Summer vacation means travel for many University of Southern California faculty members. The tours will take the various professors to many parts of the world, including Mexico City, Peru, Paris, England. New York, Hawaii, and other points far and near. + . .
Perhaps the most extended tour —' 1 '
Summer Session Excursion Is To Be Made Tomorrow
To World Famous Mt. Lowe
With a great many advance tickets sold, a high proportion of the 3,000 Summer Session students are expected to spend tomorrow at Mt. Lowe, mile-high resort in the San Gebriel mountains behind Pasadena.
Fears that accommodations would not be adequate
-----^to cope with the large crowds
were allayed by K. K. Stonier, Ji-
Syud
Hossain To Lecture Monday
Second of Series 1 o Be Evolution of Idea Of One God’
lied; the Wife dies; the Rela-ves turn against him; and even-ally Man himsell' dies.
In presentation the production ill follow the principles of the nema. That is, no curtain will used to indicate the curtail-ent of action of the passage of ie. The cinematic idea of tho de-out will be employed. The enery will move forward or ckward to suggest to the au-ence the illusion of close-ups d long shots. All stage proper-es and scenery will be abstract keeping with the idea of the
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uartetToPlay Reiser Melodies
Featuring the String Quartet by lser, the Abas string quartet M present their second concert the summer series, Monday af-rnoon at 4:15 in Bowne Memo-1 auditorium.
Reiser is a contemporary Amer-an composer and at the present ne is living in Hollywood. It is lieved that the composer will tend this concert.
The other numbers on the pro-am will include the Hunting rtet by Mozart, and the Quar-No. 3, Opus 59. by Beethoven.
will be made by H. W. Hill, university editor, who leaves Los Angeles tomorrow tj catch the liner Samaria at New York. His itinerary includes visits to New York, England, Scotland, and Paris, as he conducts a party of students. The main purpose of the trip will be to get a background for English literature, but some time will be spent in the other areas. Several days will be spent in New York, and a week in Paris, besides a visit to the exposition in BrusseLs.
Accompanying him on the tour will be Miss Hilda Haddox and Miss Therese Aller, from S.C.
New York will claim several of the educators. Among these are Professor Amy W. McClelland, fine arts, who will study at New York University. At the same university will be C. Raimond Johnson, architecture, and Clayton M Baldwin, architecture.
Professor V. L. Annis. of the department of architecture, will travel in Peru and Bolivia for study. Mexico was selected for a place of study by Miss Bateson, of the department of fine arts, and Paul S. Sample, of the same department will travel to New England to find subjects for painting.
In the department of sociology the travelling professors will be Dr. Clarence Marsh Case and Dr. Emory S. Bogardus. The former will study at Harvard university m Cambridge, Mass., and the latter plans to visit several schools of social work in the midwest to make a study of various methods of teaching.
Journalism professors who will travel this summer are Prof. Roy L. French, director of the school, and Prof. Ivan Benson. Professor French will visit Mexico City for a month of pleasure and study af-(Continued on Page Three)
Drama Class To Present 3 Plays
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satire on prison refeftm, a folk comedy of North Carolina, and a fantasy will be the fare offered playgoers when the summer advanced dramatic class presents three one-act plays to the student body on July 19.
“On Dartmoor,” by Neil Grant; “Judgment Comes to Dan’l,” by Bernice Kelly Harris; and “King Argimenes and the Unknown Warrior,” by Lord Dunsany, are the plays, which will be Wiven in Touchstone theater. Direction and settings for the productions will be in charge of students, under the supervision of Prof. Kurt Baer von Weisslingen, technical director for university plays.
“A large audience is expected to witness the performance,” said Prol. von Weisslingen, in commenting upon the production. Tryouts for roles will be conducted today.
Jerky Street Car Injures Professor
Injured when the street car he was attempting to board started with a jerk, Dr. Kevork A. Sara-fian, visiting professor in the School of Education, suffered a laceration of the left shin and a severe bum on the knee.
The accident occurred at the terminal of the “V” line, at Monroe and Vermont. Sarafian was boarding the car when it suddenly jerked forward and threw him to the pavement.
“The Evolution of the Idea of One God” will be explained Monday afternoon in Bovard auditorium at 3:15 o’clock by Syud Hossain, authority on contemporary religion and Near Eastern problems.
Hossain, who will trace the conception of the Godhead from its earliest appearance to its present form, is delivering a series of lectures on the Near East during the first term. Nearly 500 students attended his first talk last Monday.
Also Instructor
In addition to his lectures, Hossain is instructor of a course in Islamic civilization. He is a distinguished author and editor, holding the record of having been an editor on three continents.
The lecturer was active as the editor of the Bombay Chronicle, and later of the Allahabad Independent during the period when the city was Gandhi's headquarters.
Hossain was one of three representatives of India at the Far Eastern Affairs conference in Paris at the close of the world war. He was correspondent for the newspapers of India at the Washington naval conference.
“New Orient” Editor
For five years Hossain distinguished himself in New York as editor of the “New Orient.” Both in America and abroad he has lectured before numerous distinguished bodies. His articles have appeared in many important publications, such as “Current History.”
Other lectures in the series on the Near East will be “Islamic Contributions to European Culture,” “The Moslem World and Western Civilization,” and "The Future of Islam.”
Examinations Today
All student teachers that have to take the make-up English examination will have the opportunity to do so today at 2:15 in 304 Administration.
It is necessary that all student teachers have the English test to their credit before the credentials are released.
S.C. To Hold Formal Reception Today
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Association oj University Women Will Be Feted
As a final gesture to the delegates to the American Association of University Women who have held a convention at the Ambassador hotel Tor the past week, officials of the university will be the -host tomorrow afternoon to the representatives at a formal reception in the President’s suite.
The members will gather on the steps of Doheny Memorial library where they will be greeted by the administrative officers and begin their tour of the campus After the
tour they will gather in the president's rooms for the reception.
Southern California lured the largest registration in the history of the organization. According to reports sent out by the leaders of the conclave more than 1200 registered at the opening of Wednesday's session.
The legislative breakfast yesterday was led by Mrs. O. Shepard Bamum who spoke on “The Responsibility of University Women hi Intelligent Participation In PubUc Affairs.”
Mrs. F. G. Atkinson, chairman of fellowship endowment, presided at the fellowship dinner at 7 p. in., in the Fiesta room. The program featured a recognition ceremony with awards to states, branches and units for records in fellowship crusades; “Merchants of Light,” an address by Dr. Katherine Gallagher, Goucher college, and “International Fellowship,” a talk by Dr. Marie Bentiviglio, of the University of Sydney, Australia
rector of the excursion, who stated that tickets were still on sale and that sufficient extra Pacific Electric cars wbuld be provided.
First of the annual series of week-end trips for Summer Session students, the Mt. Lowe excursion will entrain at the Pacific
Extra Cars
Sufficient extra cars will be provided to cope with the large crowd of Summer Session student* travelng to Mt. Ix>we tomorrow, K. K. Stonier announcer last night.
Electric station, Sixth and Main streets, tomorrow morning at 9 o’clock.
At Rubio canyon the party will transfer to the incline railway which will carry them almost vertically for a half-mile up the mountain side. At the summit they will ride along a winding, scenic route to Mt. Lowe tavern.
Dancing and mountain sports oi all kinds, such as hiking, picnicking, and horseback riding will be participated in by the excursionists.
“Most famous of the oeauties ol Mt. Lowe is the broad, panoramic view of almost the entire southland,” Stonier declared. “Large portions of four counties. 56 cities, and even the distant Pacific ocean and Catalina island may be viewed.
“I would strongly advise thos* making the trip to remain at Mt. Lowe until after 7 o'clock when the lights in the cities below present an amazing spectacle.”
Returning cars will leave th* resort several times during the afternoon.
Life Saving Class Offered by
All students enrolled at S. C. for the Summer Session interested in taking a course in life-saving are requested to sign up in 107 Physical Education. No credit will be given for the course, but th< life-saving certificate may be secured.
At least ten students must sign up for the course, which will probably meet from 2:15 to :45 in the swimming pool. Students may enroll, provided they have paid th*-$3 recreational gym fee.
Former S.C. Coed Is Floral Envoy
Miss Akemi Togo, Flower ambassador to the United state.-) from Japan, and former S. C. student, returned to the scene ox her educational studies yesterday
Miss Togo spent two and one-half years studying at S. C. and then returned to her Homeland u. study the decorative arrangement of flowers. Her trip to America has been sanctioned by both the foreign offices of theUnited State and Japan and is looked upon a. a goodwill mission to the womei of America.