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

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« ) X The School of Music with its wide range of courses offers exceptional opportuni- ties for study in all forms of nnusic under some of the most distinguished and tal- ented musicians of the entire southland. Dean Max van Lewen Swarthout, pro- fessor of piano, in addition to directing the affairs of the school has conducted a series of radio addresses and public lectures to further spread the fame of the School of Music. Professor Pauline Alderman has recently inaugurated a weekly Listening Hour for the entire undergraduate body, at which time symphonies, operas, and other classi- cal works are reproduced in Bovard audi- torium. She is also the composer of a comic opera which will soon have its initial performance. As head of the Music Education and Theory department. Miss Julia Howell has been instrumental in effecting a closer re- lationship between the University and the Los Angeles public schools in a widespread program of music education for the pres- ent generation. William C. Hartshorn, a recent grad- uate of the School of Music and member of the faculty represents another tie be- tween the school and the public in his present capacity as assistant to the head of the city school music department. Horatio Cogswell, professor of singing, has been a member of the staff for more ' than a quarter-century during which period he has developed many outstanding vocal- ists who have graduated to the concert and operatic stage. Max van Lewen Swarthout, Director; Horatio Cogswell, Singing; P. C. Conn, Director Musical Organizations; Archibald Sessions, Organ. 1 20

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Highly rated in comparison with sinnilar schools throughout the country, the S.C. School of Journalism offers opportunities for the student to learn newspaper work in theory and from actual experience. Still actively engaged in outside journal- ism is Professor Roy L. French, director of the School of Journalism. He is co- publisher and owner of two independent papers. Recently Mr. French was an Ober- lander Trust Fellow for a study of news- papers in Germany. Said by her colleagues to be the most important member of the staff is Mrs. Denny, assistant to Mr. French. She has keptTheta Sigma Phi, honorary journalism soc ' sety, alive in Southern California during the past few years, and does much to keep the school going. Foremost radio commentator of the Pacific Coast on world affairs is Professor Polyzoides. He also has a weekly column in one of the large papers and is managing editor of the World Affairs Interpreter magazine. At S.C. he conducts classes in international and world affairs and news. Dr. Benson is one of the most brilliant scholars in the University and obtained his Ph.D. this year at S.C. His thesis on Mark Twain will be one of the few ever published for popular use. He is also the author of several journalism texts now in use at S.C. Lecturer in advertising, publicity, and trade journalism is Mr. Goodnow, field representative for the school. He is a for- mer magazine editor and has had much practical experience. Roy L. French, Director; Marc N. Goodnow, Field Representative; Adamantios Th. Polyzoides, Lecturer; Ivan Benson, Associate Professor. X « ) 19

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Numbered among the more progressive and better known schools offering instruc- tion in the oral arts, the School of Speech presents a completely modern curriculum under the leadership of capable, up-to- date professors. Situated as it is at the very doorstep of hlollywood and the center of the cinema and radio world, it is only natural that the School of Speech would pay especial at- tention to the field of dramatics, radio speech, and allied divisions of such tech- niques. Students are given unusual opportunities through the University play productions department to present experimental pro- ductions of many modern dramas, many of which have won favorable cinema and playwright comment. Much credit must be given Dean Ray K. Immel for his untiring efforts In success- fully directing the program of this division of the University. In addition to his teach- ing and administrative functions, Dean Im- mel Is president of the local chapter of Phi Kappa Phi. Members of the School of Speech fac- ulty, ail of whom are distinguished In their particular fields, include Dr. Grafton P. Tanquary, Dr. Alan Nichols, and Professors Cloyde D. Dalzell, Alta Hall. Tacie Hanna Rew, and Florence B. hHubbard. Honors in the field of debate, oratory, dramatic expression, and the more recent art of the Poetry Playhouse have been ex- tended to the School of Speech, its fac- ulty, students, and graduates from all parts of the country in recognition of their achievements. Dr. Ray K. Immel, Director; Dr. Alan Nichols, Public Speaking; Dr. Grafton P. Tanquary, Speech; Tacie Hanna Rew, Speech. u ) 21