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

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sical Education The home of those specializing in the physical education courses, yet the gymnasium building, entertains women students from every course in the University. From eight o ' clock in the morning, when the young Amazons take recreation in the form of outdoor sports, to four o ' clock in the afternoon, when the dancers practice for the annual May Festival, this Temple of Health is alive with people. Young women rushing from Millspaugh Hall with bundles under their arms disappear into dressing rooms and come forth in neat black and white gym suits and race up the runway to the gym floor. Minor details are hastily put on duri ng roll call. On the second floor most of the indoor work is carried on. Apparatus of all kinds lines the walls and the large polished floor is used for regular gymnasium work, folk and aesthetic dancing, basketball games, corrective work and University dances. Adjoining this room is a kitchen where refreshments are prepared for social affairs. Nearby are smaller rooms equipped with bars and mirrors for corrective work. Physical examinations for new students are conducted on this floor, and the doctor ' s and nurses ' offices are places of advice in trouble and help in accident. On the third floor are rest rooms, daintily furnished in wicker and cre- tonne. The balcony overlooks the gymnasium room and is used by visitors in classes and spectators at games. The physical education department offers a four-year course with a high school teacher ' s certificate. It also sponsors the Women ' s Athletic Associa- tion, which provides systematic, organized recreation for women students in all branches of sports; hiking, swimming, tennis, track, dancing, apparatus, basketball and baseball. The physical education building serves as a center for athletics and recreational activities of all the women on the campus. 21

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Mech anic Arts Tucked away at the far north end of the campus is a low flat structure known as the Mechanic Arts Building. Small as it is, it is the scene of con- tinuous activity. This building serves as the teaching ground for courses touching the trades. Here the buzzing of saws denotes the shops in wood- work, the belching of flame and smoke from large hot chimneys indicates the forge and foundry, and the grinding and whirl of machinery marks the pres- ence of the machine shops. In a large room, around tall tables, sit men learning the art of mechanical drafting. The halls serve as a sort of museum where everything mechanical, from a needle to a battleship hangs on the walls or rest in velvet-lined display cases. The Mechanic Arts Building is the headquarters of the Federal Board of Vocational Training at the Southern Branch. Here, under the direction of Mr. Mansfield, the injured World War veteran makes his plans, receives his instruc- tions, learns his trade, and gets his pay which is all sufficient. The Federal Men accept this structure as their home, and, as a result, the place hums with industrious activity. At the entrance of this building where the men collect at all times, for the sake of recreation and amusement, there has been erected a volley-ball court. During the noon hours, these shell-shocked, gassed and wounded ex-soldiers spend an exciting and happy time in their sport. As for the building of the Mechanic Arts itself, nothing can be said in favor of its beauty of architectural design. It is a low-squatting structure, wooden, with simple, ungraceful lines. The exterior sides, toward the track field and the Men ' s Gym is quite dirty, with piles of scrap iron and broken, rusted machinery laying about. The old adage as regards the deceit of appearances holds true in respect to this building, for unattractive as it is externally, as a place of utility, no other building on the campus surpasses it. 20

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® University Extension Until recently Los Angeles has felt the need of a place where people might gain academically, without its interfering with business interests and obligations, a place where a business man or woman might specalize in some certain line without having to go through a four years ' college course. The University Extension classes have now fulfilled this want. These courses, w hich are held on the sixth floor of the Metropolitan Building and are therefore in the center of the business district, offer varied and numerous subjects. Work offered includes instruction in Commerce, English, Social Service, Art, Philosophy, Education, Language and Music. Certain of these courses carry upper division University credit, while others give regular junior college credit. The teaching staff of the University Extension includes fifty-four well known instructors, fourteen of whom are also instructors at the Southern Branch. Among the latter are Dr. Beckman, Dr. Miller and Dr. Stelter. Classes are conducted in the afternoons and evenings. The only require- ment for members of the class is an aptitude for work in the subject. That the people of Los Angeles appreciate the opportunities offered by the University Extension is shown by the registration figures for this year. Although this is but the fourth year of its existence, the total enrollment at present is 2480 students. )umnier session Over one thousand people from all walks of life were registered as stu- dents in the University of California, Southern Branch, Summer Session for 1920. Dean Deutsch predicted one thousand as the number an enthusiast might hope for, as the Los Angeles division was only in its third year, but soon he had to modify his statement to at least one thousand when the flood of applications began to pour in. Of the number enrolled, seventy per cent were in the teaching profession and two hundred fifty were students, while every other line of work seemed to have at least one representative, from an embalmer to a movie actress. Every surrounding state sent students, while some registered from far away states and even foreign countries. Perhaps one reason for the unprecedented enrollment, for even the Berkeley session cannot show such an increase, was the addition of the departments of Vocational and Commercial Education, added stress being laid upon Americanization methods, and further opportunities for graduate work. In addition to the splendid courses and professors of the 1920 session, an especial effort was made to make the Summer Session a real part of the University of California. California spirit was the keynote everywhere and California traditions were carried out in the University meetings. University dances, the Summer Session Californian and trips to points of interest in Southern California. The success of the year ' s session was doubtless due in no small way to Dean Deutsch ' s determination that the many people rubbing shoulders here, trying to get a new inspiration for their work, a broader outlook through a riper and fuller knowledge, in the six weeks of the session, should go away realizing what the real California spirit means. 22