UTHERN
CALIFORNIA
Summer News
III—No. 21 Loa Angeles, Calif., Thursday, Aug. 12, 1948 Night Phone RI. 5471
al Estate Appraisers Begin asses in Property Evaluation
‘Last week’s action of congress in providing continued government support of home s on a basis of 90 to 95 per cent of appraisal values will only serve to keep up high s and inflation in housing for an indefinite period.”
Such is the opinion of Charles B. Shattuck, president of the American Institute of Estate Appraisers, who made the opening address Monday to a group of 125 former
board presidents, mortgage
realty operators, and indus-shs who have enrolled in the of two case-study courses in estate appraisal.
VO COURSES OFFERED
o	courses, each of two weeks ion, will extend through
4.	Known as appraisals . 1 2, they will cover, respec-“principles and procedures .able to the valuation of all of real property,” (home apis) and “methods and tech-of appraising investment rties,” (business property .isals).
courses are sponsored by ern California chapter No. jnerican Institute; appraisal pn, California Real Estate iation; and the Los Angeles estate board. They are pro-through the cooperation of tension division of the uni-p with Donald Searcy as co-Uor.
kNADA REPRESENTED
ijrty-five cities in California ^presented in the enrollment ie classes as well as nine states and Canada.
*~ses consist of 10 three-hour :ig sessions plus individual loon seminars for a like The seminars group ap-,ately 15 persons for work field in actual property ap-
of course appraisal 1 is *L. Montonna of the Ameri-ppraisal company. He is as-by Arthur A .May of the ^sets administration, Wash-D. C.
*ence Sando is director of of 18 field representatives re to conduct real estate with members of the
ousing Gets Appraising
introduction of the improv-raisal system, which will irize the veteran with the ral adequacy of a home to chased with a 0.1. loan, was jiced recently by the infor-division, veterans adminis-
fcr the new procedure, now ct in the I^os Angeles reg-^rea, the VA will appoint ■praiser who will be put in of the reasonable value of loffered for sale under the When the estimate has sade, the lender will receive ^ificate of Reasonable Val-tie veteran V7ill be advised ler, in clear and simple (of any structural deficien-may exist in the dwelling.
SC ANTHROPOLOGIST Dr. Ivan A. Lopatin plans work on his Russian folklore textbook. He will spend his sabbatical leave on research for it at Harvard and Washington, D. C.
Sabbaticals Granted 8 Faculty Members
Sabbatical leave has been granted to eight members of the faculty, Dr. Ivan A. Lopatin, “Dr. Harold von Hofe, Dr. John L. Webb, Dr. W. K. Bullock, Dr. Bradley T. Scheer, Dr. Lionel Stevenson, Dr. Robert Kingsley.
These leaves, given each seventh year for the purpose of study and research, have been approved by President Fred D. Fagg Jr. to begin with the fall semester.
Dr. Ivan A. Lopatin, head of the department of anthropology, plans to visit libraries at Harvard university, in New York, and in Washington, D.C., in search of material which will enable him to complete a text on Russian folklore.
Dr. von Hofe has neen authorized by the American occupation authorities to give the lectures while he is in Europe doing literary research during his leave.
I Signups Total 7890
^istration figures released y by the registrar’s office an increasing popularity signups, ding last year’s figure of }e total registering for the ester in the preregistra-iod this year was 7890. xpected that between 5000 students will register for ty uprk classes during the gist ration, the registrar
| said. This estimate excludes law, medicine, nursing, and dentistry students who register separately.
Also excluded from this estimate are those students registering for University College or civic center courses only.
Add, drop, and change programs a ill not be handled during the regular registration but will begin
I	Sept. 13, the registrar said.
Office Managers Schedule Meeting
Office managers from many of the western states will gather at SC for three days, starting Monday, In search of “increasing profits through better management.”
The affair is sponsored by the National Office Management association.
Dr. John L. Webb, pnarmacolo-g-st, plans to spend a year in research in his field at Oxford university, England. Dr. W. K. Bullock, pathology instructor of the School of Medicine, will go to the Memorial Hospital of New York for study on tumors. Dr. Bradley T. Scheer, assistant professor of biochemistry, now doing research in Clnistenberg, Sweden, will continue his work in the marine laboratory of the University of Hawaii, where he will also serve as an instructor.
Dr. Lionel Stevenson, professor of English ianguage and literature, and Dr. Frederick J. Weersing, professor of education, will do writing at home. Dr. Robert Kingsley, professor of law, intends to spend his sabbatical completing a text on domestic relations.
Patio Prance Last Chance
Last chance to dance in Aeneas hall’s cool patio is offered summer Trejans tomorrow night. Third of a series of outdoor affairs staged by the men's dorm tlds summer, the dance will lie held in the palm-shaded area between Aeneas hall and Owens hall annex.
“Come early and slay late,'* is M) king’s word to dance lovers.
Wesley Plans Psychology Lecture Finale
The idea that psychological maladjustments can be traced to specific incidents in a person’s youth is no longer held to be valid, according to Dr. S. Medford Wesley, assistant professor of psychology, who will lecture on the subject tomorrow afternoon in Hancock auditorium.
Subject of Dr." Wesley’s lecture will be “Psychological Maladjustment—Its Cause and Cure.” The talk is the last of the summer series of lectures and is sponsored by the departments of psychology and speech. It will begin at 3:15.
FUNDAMENTAL CAUSES
“Fundamental causes of psychological maladjustments usually lie in basic distorted or unrealistic emotional attitudes rather than in specific bad habits or childhood experiences,” says Dr. Wesley. “The theory that maladjustments go back to childhood is no longer believed by most psychologists.”
CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY
In tracing causes and cures of maladjustments, Dr. Wesley will draw on information learned in the operation of the psychological service center on 37th place, of which he is director. The center, he says, is a training unit for psychological interns working for degrees in clinical psychology. It offers services to the university and to the general public in the fields of parent and child counseling, and counseling for persons with psychological and emotiona'. problems.
EXAGGERATED CLAIMS
Dr. Wesley, who did research work in training and selection of specialized groups in the navy during the war, says that scientific study of the psychological counseling field is particularly important in Los Angeles because of the large number of practitioners in this field, “some of whom certainly make exaggerated claims concerning what can be accomplished.”
EMOTIONAL PROBLEMS
Referring to cures for emotional problems, Dr. Wesley stresses the fact that the cure must come from within the individual. Before a cure can be effected, the individual must gain a fundamental understanding of the factors behind his own behavior, he says.
“This understanding, however, cannot be merely intellectual in nature, such as one gets from reading books. It must be gained through living emotional experiences with a trained, understanding therapist.”
Dr. Earl G. Blackstone, head of the SC department, Is general chairman of the institute.
Reid Lage McClung, dean of the College of Commerce and Business Administration, plans to give the opening address.
“The institute is primarily for office managers, but we are attempting to let members of our office management class witness some of the sessions,” S. W. Terry of the College of Commerce said.
Approximately 150 managers ar# expected to attend.
Chairmen of 12 divisions of tho
DR. REID McCLUNG . . . opening speaker
western division of the association will hold an all-day conference Sunday at the Alexandria hotel.
The event will be presided over by Frank Mcllerey, director for the Pacific coast area. Dwane Brice, local president, will also officiate.	,Jj
MORNING, AFTERNOON On the following three days, sessions will be held from 9 to 11:30 each morning and from 2 to 4:30 each afternoon in the art and lecture room of Doheny Memorial library.
According to Dr. Blackstone^- 12 nationally known authorities will conduct the classes.
In addition to office managers, the institute is designed to be of interest to teachers of office management and those preparing to teach such courses.
WICHERT MODERATOR Hugh A. Wichert, director-at-large in charge of education, will serve as sponsor, supervisor and moderator.
Mr. Wichert, who Is with the Fairmont Foods company, Omaha, wras one of the originators of the institute idea. He also helped plan the first institute which was held last summer at the University of Tennessee.
Frederick G. Fox, a leader of the course in Improvement of Educational Programs, has been a Summer Session instructor at SC.
McElderry to Discuss
Revival of James
Henry James, termed by many as one of the most significant authors of the 19th century, is being read by ever-increasing numbers of scholars and writers, Dr. Bruce R. McElderry, associate professor of English language and literature, stated recently.
“As a reaction to the realism of total wars, many of today's writers are searching the works of this author for an answer to the problems of our world,” he said.
Dr. McElderry will discuss this revival in interest toward the writings of Henry James tins
afternoon at 3:15 in 101 Harris hall as the last in the series of lectures sponsored by the department of English language and literature.
Three of James’ books hava been or are being made into movies at the present time. “Washington Square,” under the title of “The Heiress,” was first staged in New York and is now under production in Hollywood as a motion picture.
Two others, “Lost Moment’' and “Wings of a Dove,” are being produced for movie audiences also.