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VOLUME XIX
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, TUESDAY, JULY 16, 1940
NUMBER 7
r. Booth o Talk to ssembly
lancock Ensemble o Present Concert )n Today's Program
. Henry Kendall Booth, pastor te First Congregational church on£ Beach and a member of Summer Session faculty, will es? an assembly to be held at , o'clock today in Bovard Audi-k ■
io to be featured at the as-iy, whic his the third in a se-of six. will be a program of c by the internationally known ock Ensemble.
)rgotten Facts. 1920-1940 —A lor American Sanity." has been pn as the subject of Dr. Booth’s
| present serving as a member of PC faculty in the School of Re-Dr Booth is known not Only ^e author of several books but active participant in the comity affairs of Long Beach. In-[d among the several books Dr. i has written are “The Religion Evolutionist.’’ “New Testament ature and History.’’ "The Phil-ly of Prayer.” “The Bridge Be-1 the Testaments, ’ and “The t Gallilean Returns.” os by Ambrose Russo, violinist, Catherine Jackson, harpist, will re the selections to be rend-by the ensemble, which was ied by Dr. Allan Hancock er member of the Los Angeles >hony orchestra as well as the tarmonic orchestra, legro Moderator” from the sec-Lrio by Godard, will be the first >er to be played by the Han-Ensemble. and will be followed Romance.’’ by Sibelius. After violin solo by Ambrose Russo, will be asisted by the orchestra, yeres.” by Debussy, and "Mem-of Childhood.” by Octavio i, will be rendered. Trchaikow-“Swan Lake Suite’’ will con-the program [lowing is the schedule of Ies to be observed:
K) a.m. classes meet 7:40-8:20; am. classes meet 8:30-9:10: a.m. classes meet 9:20-10:20; Isemblv 10:30-11:20: 11:07 a.m. k 11:30-12:10: Noon 12:10-
*S0 p.m. cla ses meet 1:30-2:15; p.m. classes meet 2:25-3:40.
Second Annual Walk To Mt. Hollywood To Start at Sunset
Dr. Clarence Cleminshaw, professor of astronomy and assistant director of the Griffith observatory, who is assisting in arrangements for the Summer Session excursion to that institution.
Griffith Park Planetarium To Be Visited
Tickets for Excursion To Observatory Are On Sale in Bookstore
ray Greeks Gather Noon Today
G- ough those behind the removement could not be lo-|ed for definite information, it pported that an organization ng to establish a Stray Greeks p on the campus this summer be held today at 12:15 in the i of the Student Union, ivone on the campus who is a ber of a Greek-letter social nization. whether or not he be-5 to a local chapter, has re-xily been asked to attend the ing.
past summers the Stray Greeks nization has been very active iding its members a convivial jsphere for luncheons and many >y fun games, parties, picnics. ;es. and other assoc ted revel -usually associated with gay Greeks.
h. D. Language est Dates [Announced
rhf Dean of the Graduate pool announced the dates for Ph.D. language tests in the [miner Session yesterday, pile German examination will given on Thursday, August 1, 3:45 p.m. in the German de-rtment office in Bridge hall, of. Erwin T. Mohme will con-ct the test.
Or. Lawrence M. Riddle, pro-isor of French, will conduct the ench examination on Friday, trust 2, at 2 p.m. tn the French partment office in Bridge hall. Permits to take the examina->n must be obtained by Ph.D. jididates not later than July 29, the Graduate School office in |mi 160 Administration building, yording to the announcement.
Star-gazing has been engaged in by a large number of people these warm summer nights, but the scientific approach will first be followed by Summer Session students Thursday night when they make the trip to the Griffith planetarium and observatory, tickets for which are now on sale at 25 cents each at the cashier's window in the bookstore.
Owing to the limited seating capacity of the planetarium lecture room students are urged to buy tickets at their earliest convenience. The tickets allow the holder admittance to the planetarium and the demonstration lecture concerning the movements of the planets, the sun. and the moon.
This month s lecture topic is “The Milky Way. ” expected to be given by Dr. Dinsomore Alter, director of the planetarium. During the demonstration the audience will qualitatively repeat Herschei's observations to determine the shape of our galaxy and the position of our sun among the other 100.000 million stars in it.
After the audience has examined our own galaxy, it will turn to others so far away that light traveling 186.000 miles a second requires millions of years to reach us. It will speculate on what lies beyond the utmost range of our largest telescopes.
During the demonstration interesting special objects, such as variable stars, nebulae, and clusters, will be considered briefly.
Dr Clarence H. Cleminshaw. professor of astronomy at SC and assistant director of the planetarium, is assisting in arrangements for the Continued on Pa*e Three
Los Angeles and Hollywood at your feet ... a changing myriad of lights with the panorama of Wilshire boulevard shining out brilliantly ... a full moon illumining the costal plain .. . one of the loveliest views to be found in southern California is this, the sight from Mt. Hollywood.
This will be the reward for those Summer Session students who take part in the second annual sunset-moonlight hike to Mt. Hollywood, sponsored by the physical education department and scheduled for next Friday evening. July 19.
The hike will be taken under the leadership of Coach Ham- W. Anderson and M?ss Bernice Finger, co-director of recreational activities.
It will begin about 7:15 p.m. at the Greek theatre in Griffith Park. All students who have no transportation, and those who have room in their cars for passengers are asked by Coach Anderson to meet at the main entrance to the physical education building at. 6 p.m.
Those who have their own transportation and their own groups organized will meet at the Greek theatre near the Vermont street en- I trance to Griffith park at 7 p.m.
First inaugurated last summer by Coach Eugene L. Roberts, the hike i proved to be an overwhelming success with several hundred slogging up the easy grade to the summit of the peak.
The route to be taken will follow the Vermont street trail and will require less than one hour of actual hiking. The return trip will be made by way of the Griffith observatory and takes about 45 minutes.
For those who wish to take along their own food, a cooking fire will be available at the end of the hike. While this will not be a part of the Continued on Page Four
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Dr. Milton Metfessel, professor of psychology, is shown here with some of his canaries and equipment with which he has been conducting experiments on heredity and environment .which he explained in yesterday's afternoon lecture.
Environmental Adjustment Urged by Dr. Metfessel
“If the goals of those interested in the relationships of heredity and environment should be changed from the improvement of the human race, to improvements in the adjustments of human beings in their environments, it is clear that such adjustments are possible from the standpoint of
Exhibition of Modern Texts Shows Trend
A history book with illustrations that would do credit to an art exhibit—
A geography that will stir the wanderlust and make you groan at the deficiencies of your bank account—
These are among the books shown at the current elementary and high school text exhibit, being held this week in Bridge hall 108-9.
The modern texts represent the trend toward visual education that is replacing the oral method formerly used. Photography, color sketches. and a minimum of formal text matter are the means employed today not only to inform the student but to interest him and please the eye.
Most of the publishers represented are Califomia firms and each seems to try to outdo the others in novel presentation of the three r’s.
Old fashioned readin'. writin'. ano Yithmetic books have been replaced by interesting, attractive books many of which are in story form. Although it will probably take more than fancy texts to interest children genuinely in their school work it should be infinitely simplified by the novel presentation.
Motion Picture To Illustrate Speech Forum
Motion pictures will be used to illustrate the talk of Dr. Preston H. Scott on Thursday as he leads the second in a series of lecture-dis-cussions sponsored by the School of | Speech. The meeting will be held in room 101 of the Architecture and Fine Arts building at 4:00 o'clock.
Dr. Scott, who was a visiting professor on the campus last year, is chairman of the department of speech at Wayne University and Assistant Director of Language Education in the Detroit public schools. His topic will be "The Place of Speech in the School Curriculum— Early and Later Elementary, Inter-fediate. and Secondary."
The discussion group, which is open to all on the campus, will have a particular appeal to elementary and secondary teachers, regardless of the subjects they teach, according to Dr. Scott. It is not necessary that they be grounded academically in speech in order to profit from the meeting.
Three phases of the topic will be considered by the speaker. First, speech and the integrated elementary auditorium program: second, a brief glimpse into the construction of stage scenery; and third, a high school radio unit in operation are to be discussed.
environmental manipulations by professional men.” Thus Dr. Milton Metfessel of the psychology department summed up six years of experimentation in his lecture yesterday entitled. "Relationships of Heredity and Environment in Behavior.”
Dr. Metfessel traced the course of his experimentation with roller canaries since May, 1934. In the first of a series of experiments, the birds were hatched and raised in sound isolation cages, and seven of them were not permitted to hear bird song before producing it. In the second experiment, a pulsating musical note was introduced into the isolation cages, over and over, in an effort to find out what type of song the birds would sing when such a note was in their environment.
In the third and fourth experiments elaborations were made on the second one. related Dr. Metfessel. The pulsating musical notes which the bird heard were increased to two different speeds.
In the last experiment, the birds of the first four investigations were placed together in a flight cage where they could hear and be heard.
Dr. Metfessel said, “There have been previous experiments using birds for studies of heredity and environment, but unfortunately on
certain points there was disagreement. There were two opposing camps. One held that birds would have to hear the song of their species in order to sing it, a conclusion quoted at length by the environments. The other group, to the supposed delight of the hereditar-ians, maintained that in spite of what the birds heard, they would produce their species song.”
After assuring themselves that the cages were sound-proof. Dr. Metfessel and his fellow investigators used microphone attachments and kymograms to record the daily sound patterns of the birds which had been hatched and raised in isolation cages. During the sixteenth week after hatching, typical canary tours (somewhat analogous to vowels, consonants, and syllables) came from the cages. In time, all of the males produced recognizable parts of the song of their species.
“Thus it was demonstrated that it was not necessary for a male canary to hear his species in order to produce it. The song was a product of his organism,” stated the speaker.
"While the songs of these isolated birds resembled that of refined singers of today in specific tours, there were other tours which were among those classed by canary Continued on Page Three
Catalina Trip To Be Saturday
Reduced Price Allowed Students On This Date
Tickets for the first of two annual Summer Session trips to Santa Catalina Island are still available at the cashier’s window of the Student Union bookstore K. K. Stonier, manager of summer tours, said today.
The trip, generally regarded as the most popular of the annual tours offered Summer Session students, can be made at a reduced rate of $2.50 for the round trip from Wilmington for those making reservations in advance at the school.
The party will leave the Wilmington terminal at 10 a.m. next Saturday, July 20, on the S. S. Catalina and will arrive in Avalon at approximately noon. The return voyage will be made in the afternoon for those who must return to the city, but those who wish to do so may remain on the island over-night and return the following day.
The Catalina terminal in Wilmington may be reached by automobile by driving straight down Avalon boulevard to Wilmington. For persons without automobiles transportation to Wilmington may be obtained on Pacific Electric trains which leave the Sixth and Main street stations at 8:30 and 9 a.m. in the morning.
Two trips are annual made to the island resort as a part of the SC summer recreation program. The second of this year's tours will be made during the four-weeks’ session.
Included among the wide variety of attractions offered visitors to the island are dancing at the world-famous Casino to the music of Benny Goodman’s orchestra, boat trips to see the submarine gardens, flying fish, and seals, trips to the island’s aviary and the like. Sports lovers will find adequate facilities available for golf, swimming, horseback riding, boating, fishing, and the like.
Also popular with visitors are the several trips scheduled each day for glass-bottom boat trips, by means of which spectators may view the ocean floor.
Since dancing on the island is held only in the Casino in the evening, those who plan to remain only for the day will find dancing available only on the boat trips to and from the island.
Week s Recreation Program
Tournament Deadlines Set for Tomorrow
Tennis and badminton are the sports which have received the most tournament entries, Coach H. W. Anderson says, but there has been a rush to the other sports too.
Only two days are left to enter the tou: • .'.ents. the deadline being at noon tomorrow.
Since contests will be scheduled for specific times, all entrants should watch the bulletin boards in the locker rooms for the complete schedules which will be posted in the middle of tomorrow afternoon Anderson warns.
Registrar s Rolls Show increase
Incomplete registration figures released today by Theron Clark, registrar. show that attendance both at the summer session and the University college have increased over last year.
More than 5800 students have registered for the combined schools. 4800 of these being in attendance at the summer session. Although Monday was the last day of registration, some students are still enrolling as auditors in courses. Clark said.
Tuesday Niaht Sports Fests Prove Popular
Most of the gymnasium's facilities are running at nea rcapacities on the regular Tuesday night sports program, according to Coach H. W Anderson, but a number of addi-! tional persons can be accommodated in badminton, ping pong, and swimming. Shuffleboard. basketball, and handball are also open, he says. |
He also stated that sports enthusiasts who have entered the various i tournaments will find plenty of competition on hand on Tuesday nights to sharpen them up for the j match competition.
Thursday Night Dances Are Crowded Affairs
Folk, country, square, and ballroom dances are being featured at the Thursday night program of i dancing sponsored by the Physical Education department.
Under the leadership of Peggy Sweet and Jack Reinhard, members of the visiting faculty in the Physical Education department, assisted by Deedy Maurer, the students are being provided with “lots of fun and animated rhythm.” it : is declared.
Old-fashioned square dances as done by grandfather and grandmother are proving particularly I popular.
Coach Anderson Calls Softball Enthusiasts
The physical education department is issuing a call for softball players. Softball games have been planned lor Monday and Wednesday afternoons on the women’s athletic field, but thus far not enough players have appeared to allow a regulation game to be played
He stresses the fact that the games are open to both men and women and that a person doesn’t have to be a good player to come out and enjoy a game.
Phi Delta Kappa Field Chapter To Dine Saturday
The Epsilon field chapter of Phi Delta Kappa will meet Saturday, July 20, at 6 p.m. for dinner at Scully’s restaurant, 4801 Crenshaw boulevard, it was announced last week.
The meeting will present three dynamic .speakers, according to the announcement, who will be selected by the deans of the summer sessions at the University of Southern California, the University of California at Los Angeles, and Claremont Colleges.
Presiding over the meeting will be Dr. Herman P. Winn, who will introduce Dean Lester B. Rogers, of SC, Dr. J. Harold Williams of UCLA, and Dr. Flaud Wooton of Claremont.
Reservations for the dinner, which will cost 75 cents, must be mailed to the field chapter secretary, Leslie Kalb, 2112 Linnington avenue, West Los Angeles, or signed on the reservation blank in the PDK office, 354 Administration building, before Thursday noon.
Phi Delta Kappa To Hear Dr. Rowland
Dr. Donald Rowland, resident professor of history, will address the regular weekly luncheon meeting of Phi Delta Kappa this Thursday in the Foyer of Town and Gown, it has been announced.
Officers of the club also reiterated the notice that July 19 will be the last day on which members of the fraternity may propose candidates for admittance to the organization.
Reading Conference Will Open Thursday
Two-Day Conclave To Consider Problems
That Occur from Grades to High School
Reading problems from the readiness stage in beginning reading through the high school will be given consideration at a Remedial Reading Conference to be held Thursday and Friday on the SC campus under the direction of the School of Education.
Dr. Bradley To Lecture on Jeffers Today
Drs. Stone, Dietz Fill Out Week’s Schedule of TaW«
Lectures in the fields of literature, psychology, and the social sciences wiH be held this week in the series of special lectures being given for the benefit of Summer Session students and their friends.
“The Significance of Robinson Jeffers” will be the subjeot of a talk by Dr. E. Sculley Bradley today at 3:30 o’clock in Bowne Hall in the fourth of a series erf lectures given by members of the departments of English Language and Literature and of Comparative Literature.
Besides being a frequent contrib-uter to the publications of the Modem Language Association, to“ The North American Review,” “Colophon,” and the like, Dr. Bradley is the author of several biographical and critical boks in the field of English literature, including "George Henry Boker, Poet and Patriot,’’ “A Life of Henry Charles Lee,” and others.
Dr. Calvin P. Stone, member of the visiting faculty from Stanford University, will speak on the subject "Individual Differences in Animal Psychology as Points of Departure for Research’’ in the Edu-cation-Psychology series of lectures. The lecture will be held tomorrow in room 206 of the Administration building at 3:30 o’clock.
Dr. Stone is a member of the American Psychology association and the Society of Experimental Biology, and is the author of many articles on experimental studies of instinct, learning, memory, and genetic psychology. Dr. Stone was formerly director of research of the Psychology Laboratory of the Indiana Reformatory and served as a captain in the United States Medical Corps during the World War.
A noted authority on finance and economics, particularly of the Re- j naissance England period. Dr. Frederick C. Dietz will speak on "The Economic Glory of the Elizabethan Age” as a social science lecture to be held Thursday at 3:30 o’clock in room 206 of the Administration building.
A former John Simon Guggenheim Foundation fellow, Dr. Dietz is the author of many books relative to English economic history. Among these are “English Government Finance.” “The Exchequer in Elizabeth’s Reign.” “A Political and Social History of England,” “The Industrial Revolution,” "The Receipts and Issues of the Exchequers under James I and Charles I,” and others. He is a member of the American Historical association and of Phi Beta Kappa.
SC Professor To Have Six Songs Publisheo
Word that six of her original compositions have been accepted for publication by Carl Fischer. Inc., has just been received by Miss Mabel Woodworth, assistant professor of harmony and dictation.
Two of the compositions accepted were prize-winning numbers in national musical contests. They are i setting of Kipling’s “L' Envoi” for male chorus and “Sigh No More Ladies,” which was awarded a prize in the Ginn and Co. contest in 1938.
Miss Woodworth wrote three of the compositions for a women’s chorus, one for male chorus, and two are vocal solos for soprano and baritone.
During the Summer Session Professor Woodworth is teaching harmony, dictation, and counterpoint.
The conference will be held primarily for the benefit of summer school students on the campus and their friends. Dr. NHa B. Smith, director of the conference and a professor in the School of Education, said, inviting anyone interested to attend.
Lectures and demonstrations designed to give teachers and administrators practical help with their remedial reading problems will be the principal concern of the conference, Dr. Smith said.
Demonstrations ol the Ophthalmograph, the Metronoscope. and the Telebinocular; a lecture by Dr. Smith an “Practical Procedures to Use in Teaching Slow Readers to Attack Unrecognized Words;” and panel discussions of various reading problems will feature the meeting on Thursday. Clinics in elementary grades and junior and senior high school grades and a lecture by Dr. Smith on “Organizing a Remedial Reading Program-’ will be the principal order of business on Friday.
Starting at 10:30 o’clock on Thursday morning in Bovard auditorium, the two-day conference will be opened by a general meeting. Dean Lester B. Rogrs, head of th School of Education and Summer School, will give an address of welcome, and Dr. Smith wil1 give necessary explanations and instructions.
At lli30 Chester Potts, principal of a Montana junior high school, will give a demonstration of the Metronoscope, and Dr. Smith will lead a discussion of its use. In the afternoon, starting at 1 o'clock, a demonstration erf the use of the Telebinocular will be given in room 302 of the Law building by John Lambson, of the Personnel department of West High school in Salt Lake City, Utah.
At two o’clock Dr. Smith will deliver her lecture on “Practical Procedures to Use in Teaching Slow Readers to Attack Unrecognized Words” in room 302 of the Law building.
The conference will then adjourn until 7 o'clock, at which time panel discussions at different levels will Continued on Page Three
Tickets for Two Radio Programs To Be Available
Three hundred tickets to twfc Columbia Broadcasting system nationwide network shows will be available tomorrow morning to Trojan Summer Session students in the student publication office, 215 Student Union building, it was announced by K. K. Stonier yesterday.
Half of the tickets will provide admittance to the “Man About Hollywood” variety program starring George McCall which goes on the air from 4 to 4:30 p.m. on Friday afternoon.
The other broadcast for which tickets will be available is the “New Voices of 1940,'’ featuring Lou Crosby and the music of Wilbur Hatch.
Stonier also announced that CBS will allow SC students to take one of the conducted tours throughout the studio at the reduced rate of 30 cents upon the presentation of a registration card.
Administration Students To Gather
AM students working for either elementary or secondary school administrative credentials wh* plan to meet th“i.- field work requirement during the next school year are requested to attend a meeting in room 206 Administration building at 3 p.m. on Monday and Tuesday, July 22 and 23. At this meeting full explanation will be made oi the field work .requirement and directions will be provided for registration by Dr. Melbo and Dr. Weersing.