CAST MEMBERS of "Case of Mary Fell" get last-minute directions from Director Stein, in background, while camera Operator Dick Nelson, left, checks light, aided by Assistant Cameraman Dick Eichner, standing, and Director of Photography Fred Gough, kneeling. Drama students Phyllis Shumway, Barbara Kennedy,.and
Mike Galloway are also shown.
SOUTHERN
CA LIFORNIA
Summer News
VOL. IV
72 LOS ANGELES. CALIF., THURSDAY, JULY 28, 1949 No. 14
Dance Workshop Will Present Psychiatrist s Delight' Tonight
Billed as “the dance event of the season,” a program by Sum-ier Session dance workshop stu-Idents will be presented in the dance studio of the PE building |tonight at 8:15.
The program will be under the [direction of Eleanor King, one >f the nation’s leading concert I dancers and former member of the famed Humphrey-Weidman [dance group in New York. Miss King has had her own studio in Seattle for several years and is teaching choreography and mod-|ern dance here this summer.
Dance numbers included on the {program are Miss King’s *‘Tri-iph of Man,” a satire on education which was called a “psy-
chiatrist’s delight” when premiered in Seattle this spring, and the premiere of “Mormon Trek.”
This last number, with choreography by Alice Maloney, a Utah high school teacher working toward her master’s, depicts followers of Brigham Young leaving the East with their leader and starting their journey west.
Other numbers will be dancer Ralph Oliver’s “Discovery” and “Lonely Pillow.” two compositions of his own, and “Matter Over Mind,” a selection featuring the talents of football player George Schutte and basketball player Marty Pelka.
Tickets will be on sale at the door at 35 cents for students and 50 cents for general admission.
nrollment Guessers ee Fewer Troians
SC’s wizards of enrollment prog-
stication have predicted a little
lore, but not a whale of a lot
ore, room on campus, come fall.
Registrar Howard W. Patmore
»ts an attendance drop of
>ut 10 per cent from last year’3 1500 total.
Dr. Philip A. Libby, director of perans affairs, goes right along [h Patmore in his prediction, t points out that the 10 per \t veteran drop is well below
i	expected decrease throughout ? nation.
EThe average drop in veteran ndance throughout the United ites is about 30 per cent,” Dr. tby said. “Our enrollment will tain high because of the in-of veterans into California.” >C had almost 12,000 yeterans
enrolled foi the spring semester of 1950.
The general picture , in the Southland indicates a drop of about 37,000 veterans from the peak of 91.000 in April, 1948, according to estimates released by the Los Angeles regional office of the VA.
While SC may look for a 10 per cent drop in enrollment, crosstown UCLA anticipates no material change in attendance. Mrs. Carmelita Stanley, assistant registrar, feels that JC transfers and graduate students will maintain their 14,500 enrollment.
Pepperdine college registrar has indicated that he expects a decrease of 150 from last semester's 1505 mark. Loyola and LACC registrars anticipate no material change in enrollment.
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Law School To Hold Trial
Movies Ready Witnesses For Cross-Examination
A unique experiment in mock trials—the use of motion pictures to show witnesses what they would have seen at an accident—will be made at the School of Law tonight.
Trial of the case of Mary Fell vs. the Man lock Department store, a fictitious $2510 personal injury suit,
will start at 6:30 p.m. in the law
ELEANOR KING . . . triumphs
Co-op to Picnic
An invitation for fun, frolic, and food at a Cabrillo beach picnic tomorrow has been extended by the student co-op and the Wesley club.
Transportation will leave from the front of the University Methodist church at 1 p.m., 3 p.m., 5 p.m., and, 7 p.m. The tariff for food and transportation is 50 cents. • • '
auditorium. The trial will be open to the public.
Superior Court Judge Frank G. Swain of Los Angeles will be cn the bench. -
Witnesses in the practice court case will give their testimony after actually seeing movies of the “accident” taken from various angles by the Cinema department.
In previous mock trials, witnesses have been told what to say and have memorized their testimony. This made it necessary for them to improvise their stories on cross examination, it was pointed out, and often resulted in unrealistic discrepancies.
MORE VALID
In this case, however, it is expected that the entire trial will be more valid because witnesses will have to recall what they thought they actually saw.
Each witness was shown in 15 or 20 seconds only that part of the film taken from the spot he presumably would have occupied as a witness. Attorneys got their information about the case just from talking with the witnesses. All papers were drawn up after these conferences.
Cooperation between the 1 a w school, the cinema, and drama departments on the case began several months ago. The picture was shot on cinema’s new sound stage. Gude’s shoe store loaned several hundred dollars worth of shoes and store fixtures for the set.
“MARY FELL” FELL
Drama students enacted the roles of “Mary Fell,” a shopper who trips and falls as she walks through the shoe department of a store; a shoe salesman, another woman shopper, a woman who is waiting her turn to buy, and a man who is passing through the department.
The players were Pat Keyes, Banhora Kennedy, Mary Vallee, Mike Galloway, and Paul Kennedy.
Other university students have been selected by practice court clerks Tom Bunn and Harry
Musicians Offer double Bill Today
Two musicial presentations are offered students today with “Music at Noon” in Hancock auditorium at 12:15 and the senior recitals of composers Donald B. Thompson and James Whitsitt in Bowne hall at 8:30.
Compositions of Frederick Hage dorn, Wolfgang Mozart, and Tikey Zes will be played at noon, while the original compositions of Thompson and Whitsitt will be played in the evening.
Whitsitt will appear as a trombone soloist and Thompson will play the clarinet in his own “Divertimento for Woodwind.’’
Steward to take part in the trial.
Katherine Sexauer will be the plaintiff. Her attorneys are Seymour Bricker and Edward Sanders, senior law students.
DEFENSE NAMED
Defense attorneys for the store will be Cromwell Warner and William Fitzpatrick, also senior law students.
Witnesses will be Betty Ann Dunn, Ann Tolle, George Mitchell, and Gordon Griffiths.
LIFE magazine is interested in the trial and the use of the movie as a new departure in educational methods, and will be on hand to photograph the proceedings.
JURY CHECKED
The film will be shown after the jury renders its verdict, so the audience can decide if the witnesses saw what they thought they did.
The picture was directed by Leon Stein, edited by Sven Wal-num, and narrated by Lee Mala-muth. Ir\ the camera crew were Fred Gough, Dick Eichner, and Dick Nelson. Sets were designed by Marcus Fuller.
Tom Bunn was the legal adviser, and Wilbur Blume the faculty adviser.	y
Indian Students Plan 1-Day Fete
The Los Angeles Students Association of India will celebrate India’s second Independence day with an exhibition of dance-dram a Aug. 14 and 15.
Instruction for those interested in participating in the performance will start tomorrow at p.m. in the seminar room of the cinema building.
For further information con-a.ct either Satya at Richmond 5675 or Satish at REpublic 33015.
PS Signups Close Tuesday
Students may register for the four-week postsession tomorrow from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m., and Saturday from 8:30 a.m. to 12 noon, in the parking area behind Owens hall.
The registrar draws your attention to the fact that Saturday registration does not end at 5 p.m. as previously stated in a release.
Tuesday is the last day for late postsession registration and for adding new classes.
According to the registrar, Howard Patmore, Aug. 10 is the last dav to withdraw from a claa* with the mark of “W” if the student is getting an “F” in the course.
Aug. 19 is the last day to drop a course w.’th a mark of “W” for either the 10- or 4-week session, if the student is passing.
Registrar Sees Enrollment Drop
The trend* of preregistration for fall indicates a possible enrollment drop of 10 to 15 per cent, Howard Patmore, registrar, said yesterday.
Preregist: ation ended late yesterday and final figures were not available when the Summer News went to press.
Patmore released figures on the enrollment of the Summer Session. These statistics take in those who registered for the 6-week, 6- and
4-week, and 10-week sessions early this summer. An influx of approximately 700 more students is expected in the postsession.
He said that 12,309 students are enrolled. This is a drop of 160 from the all-time high of last summer and includes students in all divisions of the university.
Men enrolled this summer number 9241, women, 3095, and veterans, 6963. Veterans enrolled during the entire summer last yea* numbered 8811.