University of Southern California - El Rodeo Yearbook (Los Angeles, CA)

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cIke, Venice Marine Biological Station The University has been considering for a number of years the establishment of a Marine BiDlogical Station, and early in the spring of 1910, through the generosity and interest in education of the Abbott Kinney Company of Venice, such a station was made possible. Under the direction of Dr. Charles S. Bentley, this company constructed an extensive aquarium, a museum room, and a laboratory, all of which, with their maintenance provided fcr, w as placed at the dis- posal of the University. The aquarium is a large cement-floored room containing forty glass tanks, whose frames are constructed of marble from Catalina Island, and also a large concrete pool in the center, which is twenty-six by twelve feet and ten feet deep and is continually supplied with running sea water. The tanks are narrow enough to permit a close study of any form from all sides, and yet they provide ample space for the living forms within; they contain typical forms of Southern Califor- nia, together with occasional rare specimens. The laboratories are well lighted from the north and are provided with both fresh and salt water. The complete equip- ment of the Biology Department of the University is available to workers in these laboratories, while there are a limited num- ber of private rooms which are free to investigators prepared to carry on such work. The University is planning to purchase a launch equipped with modern apparatus for a hydrographical study of the sea and a study of the Plankton, together with other living plants and animals. This will involve a series of sounding’and dredg- ing expositions, from which interesting data will be derived concerning the denizens of the sea. 24

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aeterized his whole life, he immediately set to work to erect another building. The school, however, has not been closed at any time during the year, work being at once taken up in tem- porary quarters, until a short time ago, when the new building, finer and even more commodious, was made ready for occupa- tion. COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING. The Engineering department of the University of Southern California has been in existence since 1907, when Prof. Johnson gave courses in Civil Engineering. The department has since grown until it has four professors, besides student assistants, with enrollment as follows: Freshmen 45 Sophomores 23 Juniors - 13 Seniors - 6 Post-Graduates 1 Total 88 The degree of Bachelor of Science will be conferred on six graduates in 1911. The department equipment is fair. Much apparatus used in the electrical laboratory has been built in the shops by the students; this includes the installation of a Lummer-Brodhun photometer, a reflection apparatus for projecting photographs, drawings, etc.; plug connection boards, two auto-transformers, and miscellaneous small pieces. There are also a number of motors and generators, for both alternating and direct cur- rents, with brakes, instruments of the highest grade, and all other appliances necessary for test work. The civil engineering laboratory has as yet no existence. This lack is made up in part by the previous experience of members of the faculty in government and commercial testing. Also for field work, the department possesses a complete equip- ment of surveying instruments. The classroom, laboratory and field work is supplemented by occasional excursions to points of engineering interest in and around Los Angeles. In April, this year, electricals were privileged to attend the Pacific Coast meeting of the American Institute of Electrical Engineers. The standing of the department is shown by the recogni- tion given it by the Society for the Promotion of Engineering Education, and by the fact that the electrical students are admitted as student members into the national institute. 23 SUMMER SCHOOL IN 1910. That the summer session of the University of Southern California is becoming an important factor in the educational development of the southern part of this state is manifested by the increased interest shown from year to year, and the sum- mer session of 1910, beginning June 26th and lasting six weeks, was conducted with a much larger enrollment than in any previous year. Among the attendants there were many city and county teachers who were working toward a degree, as well as the regular students of our own University who were making up their deficiencies. The courses offered represented the departments of English, Modern Languages, Biology, History, Mathematics and Educa- tion, and in most cases the heads of these departments were the instructors. The comparatively small size of the classes gave abundant opportunity for the appreciation and progress of individual work; daily recitations secured a most satisfac- tory continuity of study, and at no time was the heat great enough to make study even uncomfortable. The library was also open for reference study throughout the session, and words fail to describe the awe-fulness of the spirit of sweet peace which reigned therein, not to mention the almost uncanny feeling of satisfaction one could take in occasionally procuring the reference book upon which his “stand-in” with the prof, depended. Verily to an old student the plaee did not seem like home. We would not expect to find so great an interest taken in school activities in a short session, where there is such diverse classification of students, and where the warm, lazy atmos- phere of the mountains and the coolness of the sea breeze are both reminders of vacation. There should have been, however, no pretext for being bored in summer school. Tully was there with a greater josh supply than ever before, and every girl in last year’s summer session frankly admits its importance to be measured by the fact that it was there Dr. Malcom began his eareer in S. C. “The Summer School Picnic” was the crowning social event of the term, and everybody added some mite to the merriment; Prof. Shulz and the cow-bell and the Librarian were there, Tully’s lunch box was found to contain nothing but all-day suckers (which he was induced to share with Prexy), the history class furnished the dates, and Prof. Malcom contributed his small part to the success of the occa- sion by neatly evading his (soap) box-seat and rudely clawing at his neighbor’s as he landed on the reverberating sod.

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‘The, University Faculty George Finley Bovard, President of the University, 1903. A.B., Southern California, 1884; A.M., Southern California, 1887; -D.D., Williamette, 1896; LLD., Syracuse, 1910; Phi Kappa P.si. COLLEGE OF LIBERAL ARTS. Laird Joseph Stabler, Professor of Applied Chemistry and Metallurgy, 1894. B.S., Purdue, 1890; M.S., Purdue, 1894; Ph.C., Michigan, 1893; Phi Chi, Phi Nil Delta. James Harmon Hoose, Professor of Philosophy, 1896. A.B., Syracuse, 1860; A.M., Syracuse, 1861; Ph.T)., Syracuse, 1863; Phi Alpha. Margaret Graham Bortiiwick, Professor of the German Lan- guage and Literature, 1900. A.B., Southern California, 1907. Albert B. Ulrey, Professor of Biology, 1901. A.B., Indiana, 1892; A.M., Indiana, 1894; Phi Alpha. Paul Arnold, Professor of Mathematics, 1901. Ph.B., Southern California, 1890; Ph.M., Southern Cali- fornia, 1893;$?77wm Chi. Beulah Wright, Professor of Oratory and Speaking Voice, 1904. Graduate of Cumnock School, Northwestern, 1901 ; Delta Delta Delta. Roy Edwin Schultz, Professor of the Latin Language and Lit- erature, 1904. A. B., Stanford, 1902; Phi Delta Tlreta, Phi Nu Delta. Festus Edward Owen, Professor of the Greek Language and Literature, 1904. A. B., Northwestern, 1902; A.M., Northwestern, 1904; Phi Beta Kappa. James Main Dixon, Professor of the English Language and Lit- erature, 1904. A.B., St. Andrew’s, 1878; A.M., St. Andrew’s, 1879; F. R. S. E., Edinburgh, 1886; L.H.D., Dickinson, 1908. Tully Cleon Knoles, Professor of History, 1903. A. B., Southern California, 1903; A.M., Southern California, 1908; Phi Alpha. Katharine T. Forrester, Professor of the Spanish Language and Literature, 1905. Graduate of Wplf Hall, Denver, 1887. Edgar Maximilian Von Fingerlin, Professor of the French and Italian Languages, 1906. Ph.L., Collegio Romane, 1863; Ph.D., Rome, 1864. John G. Hill, Hazard, Professor of the English Bible, 1907. A.B., Cornell College, 1900; A.M., Cornell, 1903; S. T. B., Boston, 1905. Rockwell D. Hunt, Professor of Economics and Sociology, 1908. Ph.B., Napa, 1890; A.M., Napa, 1892; Ph.D., Johns Hop- kins, 1895. Dean Cromwell, Professor of Physical Education, 1908. Thomas B. Stowell, Professor of Education, 1909. A. B., Genesee College, 1865; A.M., Genesee College, 1868; Ph.D., Syracuse, 1881; LL.D., St. Lawrence, 1909; Phi Beta Kappa. Charles W. Lawrence, Professor of Civil Engineering, 1909. B. S., Pennsylvania State, 1897; C. E.. Pennsylvania State, 1904; Associate Society Promotion Engineering Education; M. Am. So C. E. Arthur W. Nye, Assistant Professor of Physics and Electrical Engineering, 1907; Professor of Electrical Engineering, 1909. B.S., Case, 1904; M. E., Case, 1907. Gertrude Comstock, Associate Professor of Interpretation, 1905. Ph.B., Upper Iowa, 1904. Rutit Brown, Assistant Professor of Latin and German, 1906. A.B., Southern California, 1903; Alpha Eho, Phi Beta Kappa. Andrew C. Life, Assistant Professor of Biology, 1907. A. B., Indiana, 1896; A.M., Indiana, 1897. Ethel Graves. Assistant Professor of Chemistry, 1907. B. S., Stanford, 1902; A.B., Stanford, 1903; A.M., Stanford, 1905. Elizabeth Yoder, Assistant Professor of Dramatic Art and Expression. 1908. Graduate of Cumnock School, Northwestern, 1902. Arley G. Tottenham, Instructor in Drawing, 1906. Graduate, of College of Fine Arts, Southern California, 1905. 25