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

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Dr. Clenus Sponslet, having written almost forty pamphlets on proto- plasm structures and allied subjects, continues to publish his most recent findings. He points out opportunities for experiment and study offered to students by the University ' s Botanical Gardens. v-i ' . ' r 1 The Public Health Nursing course, begun oti campus in ?937, takes on new responsibilitici as Dciense programs progress. Dr. Elinor Beebe f emphasizes the need for a program acadei tpally sound, but also of practical value. She cites opportunities in State Health work offered graduate ? f This past year has seen new devel- opments in every department of the university. Recent graduates from the Geology department are active in the search for strategic minerals such as mercury, manganese, tin, tungsten, and oil, while present students are being fitted for similar work in the future. The French department proudly claimed Dr. Fernand Baldensperger, greatest living French literary critic, as visiting Lecturer for both fall and spring semesters. Newly appointed Research Associate to the University, is Dr. H. S. Jennings, who is conduct- ing extensive research on life and habits of single-celled organisms. Former Professor of Zoology and Director of Zoological laboratories at Johns Hopkins University, Dr. H. S. Jennings joined the U.C.L.A. faculty as Research Associate last fall semester. His present investi- gations are concerned with the study of the social behavior, heredity, and general biology of one-celled organisms. He is ably assisted in this work by Dr. t. T. Chen and Miss Pauline Opiti.

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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.

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With the addition of an important collection of worlcs from Burdach ' s Library, the German library this year reached a total of 20,000 volumes. A biography of Goethe ' s father forms Dr. Rcinsch ' s research, while Drs. Arit and Hand continue collection of material (to the extent of three volumes) in their study of popular songs used for religious purposes. Settling down in the recently completed Life Science Building, replete with darkrooms and elevators, Drs. Knight Dunlap and Roy Dorcus found the situation psychologically ideal. Enthusiastically, they inaugurated a new psychology course to solve student problems and experimented with neurotic rats to aid In such research. Drs. Edwin Lee and Jesse Bond stress greater cooperation with surrounding communities as part of plans for the Education Department ' s expansion and development. Of Increasing importance is the necessity for careful selection of teachers with improvements to be established in the counseling system, and with a final following up of the new teachers. Most famous living exponent of atonal music. Dr. Arnold Schoenberg has been an active member of the faculty since 1936. He feels that U.C.L.A. offers the academic rather than the conservatory approach to music-study, and looks for- ward tc establishment of Master ' s Degree in the department very soon.