University of California Los Angeles - Bruin Life / Southern Campus Yearbook (Los Angeles, CA)

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® The Training School It is seldom that a University has within its environs the means with which to practice what it preaches. The Southern Branch is fortunate in hav- ing a Training School which includes grades from kindergarten to the tenth grade. All the teachers for these grades are suppplied from the graduating class of the Teachers ' College. It is in this Training School that the teachers- to-be gain that invaluable asset, experience. The presence of the Training School makes the teachers ' course doubly valuable, since the teacher can be acquiring knowledge even as he dispenses it. Besides the grammar and intermediate grades, the Training School has made some remarkable advances in special lines of education. New methods are constantly being tried out. At present there is an adjustment room which has proved a great success. To this room are sent pupils who, for any reason, do not keep up with their class work. Special teachers are there who give individual attention to each child. The room is really an experiment in Applied Psychology, and has attracted country-wide interest from psycholo- gists and educators. The teaching of the youngest Freshmen in the University, as the kin- dergarten children are called, is another interesting phase of Training School work. The development of the child, both socially and intellectually, is well carried on in the kindergarten. This little building rivals all other spots on the campus in popularity and attraction for visitors. 16

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Millspaugh Hall Millspaugh Hall to a student of the Southern Branch of the University of California is a synonym for more than half of the best memories of his college years. Named for Dr. Jesse F. Millspaugh, President of the Normal School and later Dean of the Southern Branch, who died in December, 1919, it is a memorial to the man to whom the Southern Branch must pay its gratitude for the present location and buildings of the University. Academically speaking, Millspaugh Hall, the main building of the South- ern Branch group, houses many departments listed as Liberal Arts. English, Psychology, Education, Languages, Geography, Mathematics, History and Commerce are among the departments which hold classes here. Amateur statesmen hold forth in one wing of the building as can be told by the tapping of gavels and bits of impassioned oratory. In another wing peculiar sounds and ticking instruments tell that the Psychology laboratory is located there. But much more interesting to most students is the fact that in Millspaugh Hall is the auditorium where University meetings, student assemblies, athletic rallies and debates are held, and where prominent visitors speak, and plays and entertainments of all kinds take place. The Co-op, as the Student ' s Co- operative Bookstore is known, where one races for a blue-book or a supply of ink, is also housed in Millspaugh Hall. The general administrative offices, the Director, the Assistant Director, the Registrar, the Business Agent, the Appointment Secretary, the Recorder and the telephone and information offices are found there. The offices of the Cub Californian, the Southern Campus and the Associated Students find room in Millspaugh Hall. What happy and not so happy thoughts are connected with the student mail boxes! Invitations, flunk notices, friendly letters and library cards pass through it daily and bring students from every part of the campus to see what Fate has left them. Millspaugh Hall binds the students, scattered in the various buildings and departments of the University, together into a unit of California Spirit. IS ! ©

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fl l i V iC ine Arts 1 © r In keeping with the ideas that are paramount in the Fine Arts Building, is the artistic setting of this one of the group. Though unobtrusive, and one of the least decorated buildings, this simple Lombardy type is probably the most beautiful scene on the campus, from the standpoint of location. It is situated at the southeastern end of the quadrangle, and the ivy- covered, stone balustrade continues the line of the east wall of the building, and makes an effective corner for shrubbery. Just a little to the w est of the main entrance is a magnificent group of stately eucalyptus trees, and across the walk on the lawn is a larger group which forms the background for the annual May festival. The first floor of the building is given over to music. A line of white arches reflected dimly on the dark floor, is the first thing one notices on entering the building. Piano harmony, voice culture, teaching methods, choral, glee club and instrumental music all have a place here. Through the arches is found the office of Miss Frances Wright, head of the Music School. The second floor is devoted to the many classes of the Art department. Ihe main corridor is lined with wall cases exhibiting various kind of water- colors, oils, pastels, charcoal and pencil sketches. Showcases display wonder- ful pieces of exquisitely dyed silks and tapestries. A small hallway which leads to the office of Miss Nellie Gere, head of the department, opens from the main corridor. Prominent artists have loaned works to the school for exhibition pur- poses, and these are frequently seen in this corridor. There are classes in costume design, stagecraft, elementary design, showcard and poster art, free- hand drawing, advanced designing, and painting. This department is well known for the modern interpretation of art. 17