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

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ac I Dr. William Putnam continues research on Eastern Sierra glaciation, cites geology course emphasis this year on strategic minerals and their locations. Dr. John W. Caughey discusses California history, whereas Dr. Roland Hussey ' s In- terest lies In his ten years ' research on International Rivalry in the Caribbean areas. Dr. Andre Lobanov continues his study of Russo-European relations from 1776 to 1914, while Dr. David Bjork recently com- pleted a monograph on Baltic Sea Piracy during the Middle Ages. This year found a large number National Defense Program coordin played significant roles in the va Economics Department with its st million draftees to .Mechanics Ar courses for student aircraft workers ally. The Physics Department featu classes preparatory to government matics research by both faculty a ts on campus featuring Faculty, and Students ents. From the Home g problems for the half- ectly-concerned technical y participated academic- and military acoustics ong these lines. Applied Mathe- ents concerned ideas applicable to governmental needs. Geographical land-planning courses emphasized necessary points for future service. Dean of Letters and Science Gordon Watkins served as Chairman of the Committee on hluman Resources and Skills for the State Council of National Defense. And Dean of Graduate Division Vern Knudsen contributed his suggestions to the acoustics section of the National Defense Research Commission. The University took its posi- tion as an integral part of the state and nation.

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w 1 - SVBJEcr time for Income-tax problems ,V. Colleague Wilbert ting text, while both yeaf witn a master ' s degree In «3 3V epaj[lin g ' roririaw-practice and devoting more of his time 5S=t6 ' II.C.L.A. and Business L w coufses, Dr. ArnoW Eger pre- book on the si bj ct. Drj.; John Clendennin surveys k IIS linr pares dividend payments,. Crop Insurance. plans a study of Federal ff IT {it -r SI IiNS S Economic theory and practice are rep- resented b jhCiL Benjamin Anderson ' s pamphlets OTnW clv ' oe respectively. Dr. Lewis Mav iticjATfite»|the relation- ship of Economics tWc no | y and studies the Chinese influenc social thought and economics, SUBJECT. r i?: o In preparation for goverj«fnent Wi Dr. Robert Glendinning pTe% !jpA. : Vf - graduate courses in geographic asp ' J» ' V ' of land-planning; Dr. George McBride ' s-,, political geography course kept up with geographic developments of foreign fairs. af- 18 ' 7

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Drs. Hans Reichenbach and Hugh Miller discuss respective philo- sophical theories, their recently published books, the increase in the department ' s graduate division, and the newly established reading courses. Aiming to prepare students for industrial and research chemical positions, U.C.L.A. ' s is considere d the finest Organic ChcmlstryX j B Department west of the Mississippi. Drs. Coryell and Blacet r continue their respective researches on iron blood compounds and photo-chemistry, as both undergraduate and graduate enroll- ment rises rapidly. Of the 6630 foreign students en- rolled at colleges and universities in the United States, the largest number, 559, is to be found at the University of California. U.C.L.A. claims 132 of these students, the largest group; 48 from Canada, 28 registered from Germany, with rel- atively smaller groups from Eng- land, China, Austria, Mexico, and Russia. Altogether, 36 countries were represented. In the faculty also, two new additions from Nor- way raised even higher the teach- ing reputation of the university. Dr. Jakob Bjerknes, internationally famous meteorologist and author, holds the 1940 Symon ' s Gold Medal. Dr. Jorgen Holmboc, Me- teorological Forecaster, and mem- ber of the Ellsworth Antarctic Expedition, was formerly with the University of Oslo. Such as these help add true universality to U.C.L.A.