UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA Volume IV. Bulletin Number 4 UNIVERSITY OF- ILLINOIS PK&SIuKNT'S office. SEPTEMBER ANNOUNCEMENTS 1909 Los Angeles, California Published by the University UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA UNIVERSITY Ot* ILLINOIS FKKSli>lCMT-S UFFICJt SEPTEMBER ANNOUNCEMENTS 1909 PUBLISHED BI-MONTHLY BY THE UNIVERSITY Entered as second class matter under the Act of Congress, July 16, 1894 LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA Digitized by the Internet Archive in 2017 with funding from University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Alternates https://archive.org/details/septemberannouncOOuniv THE UNIVERSITY The University of Southern California was founded in 1879, and was formally opened for students in October, 1880. It includes the following colleges, each of which has a distinct faculty of instruction. College of Liberal Arts — 35th Street and Wesley Avenue. George F. Bovard, A.M., D.D., President. Roy E. Schulz, A.B., Secretary. College of Medicine — 516 East Washington Street. Chas. W. Bryson, A.B., M.D., Dean. Walter S. Johnson, A.B., M.D., Secretary. College of Dentistry — Fifth and Wall Streets. Lewis E. Ford, D.D.S., Dean. William Bebb, D.D.S., Secretary. College of Law — Exchange Bldg., Third and Hill. Frank M. Porter, A.B., LL.B., Dean. Gavin W. Craig, LL.B., Secretary. College of Music — 35th Street and Wesley Avenue. Walter F. Skeele, A.B., Dean. Charles E. Pemberton, Secretary. College of Oratory — 35th Street and Wesley Avenue. Beulah Wright, Dean. Gertrude Comstock, Ph.B., Secretary. College of Fine Arts — 201 N. Avenue 66. • William L. Judson, Dean. Pearl Judson, Secretary. College of Pharmacy— 35th Street and Wesley Avenue. Walter T. Taylor, Ph.G., Dean. Charles W. Hill, Ph.C., Secretary. College of Theology — 35th Street and Wesley Avenue. Ezra A. Healy, A.M., D.D., Dean. James Blackledge, A.M., Secretary. A Preparatory School is maintained in connection with the College of Liberal Arts. Information concerning any of the colleges, and year-books contain- ing the courses of study, etc., will be mailed upon application to the addresses given above. UNIVERSITY CALENDAR 1909 Sept. 13 Monday ) Entrance Examinations and Registration Sept. 14 Tuesday ^ f6r the First Semester. Sept. 15 Wednesday Instruction begins. Nov. 25 Thursday ) - . . __ Nov. 26 Friday f Thanksgiving Vacation. Dec. 20 Monday Christmas Vacation begins. 1910 ^ Jan. 2 Sunday Jan. 27 Thursday Jan. 28 Friday > Feb. 2 Wednesday J Feb. 2 Wednesday Feb. 3-4 Thursday-Friday . Feb. 7 Monday Feb. 22 Tuesday Mar. 28 Monday ) April 3 Sunday \ Jun. 9-14 Thursday-Tuesday June 12 Sunday *. June 16 Thursday June 16 Thursday .Christmas Vacation ends. .Day of Prayer for Colleges. Mid-year Examinations. .First Semester ends. Entrance Examinations and Registration for the Second Semester. Instruction begins for the Second Sem- ester. .Washington’s Birthday. Spring Vacation. Final Examinations. .Baccalaureate Sunday. . Commencement. .Alumni Reunion and Banquet. THE COLLEGE OF LIBERAL ARTS FACULTY AND OFFICERS OF ADMINISTRATION George Finley Bovard, A.M., D-.-D University President of the University. On the Gaylord Hartupee Endowment. Laird Joseph Stabler, M.SY, Ph.C ’ 1122 W. 30th St. Professor of Applied Chemistry and Metallurgy. James Harmon Hoose, A.M., Ph.D. 1121 W. 31st St. Professor of Philosophy. Margaret Graham Borthwick, A.B 929 W. 35th St. Professor of the German Language and Literature. Albert B. Ulrey, A.M 1435 W. 23d St. Professor of Biology. Beulah Wright, Graduate of Northwestern University, Cumnock School 1720 W. 23d St. Professor of Oratory and Dramatic Art. Paul Arnold, Ph.M mi S. Hope St. Professor of Mathematics. Roy Edwin Schulz, A.B 3426 S. Flower St. Professor of the Latin Language and Literature. Festus Edward Owen, A.M 637 W. 34th St. Professor of the Greek Language and Literature. James Main Dixon, A.M., L.H.D., F.R.S.E.450 Cervera St., Hollywood Professor of the English Language and Literature. Katherine T. Forrester 706 Huntington Terrace Professor of the Spanish Language and Literature. Tully C. Knoles, A.M 275 E. 49th St. Professor of History. Edgar M. von Fingerlin, Ph.D 325 W. 30th St. Professor of the French and Italian Language and Literature. John B. Johnson, C.E Pasadena Professor of Civil Engineering. John G. PIill, A.M., S.T.B Huntington Park Flazzard Professor of English Bible. Rockwell D. PIunt, Ph.D 1319 W. 37th Place Professor of Economics and Sociology. Hector Alliot, A.B., O.F.A 1720 W. 8th St. Professor of Art History and Directors of the University Museum. Dean B. Cromwell 1045 S. Boyle Ave. Professor of Physical Education. 6 UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA Charles W. Lawrence Professor of Civil Engineering. W. 37th Place Thomas B. Stowell, A.M., Ph.D., LL.D 932 W. 35th Place Professor of Education. Arthur W. Nye, B.S., M.E 1026 W. 30th St. Associate Professor of Electrical Engineering. Elsie Vanderpool, Graduate of Northwestern University, Cumnock School 1031 36th Place Associate Professor of Expression. Director of the Women’s Gymnasium. Gertrude Comstock, Ph.B 817 W. 23d St. Associate Professor of Interpretation. William O. Shepard, A.M 1068 W. 35th Place Associate Professor of the English Language and Literature. Ruth W. Brown, A.B 2659 Romeo St. Assistant Professor of Latin and German. Andrew C. Life, A.M 1370 W. 36th Place Assistant Professor of Botany. Elizabeth Yoder, Graduate of Northwestern University, Cumnock School 1723 W. 9th St. Assistant Professor of Dramatic Art and Expression. Ethel W. Graves, A.M. . 903 W. 35th St. Assistant Professor of Chemistry. Hugh C. Willett, A.B 921 37th Place Assistant Professor of Latin and Mathematics. Nancy K. Foster 643 W. 32d St. Assistant Professor of English Literature. Edna June Terry, A.B Assistant Professor of Dramatic Art and Expression. Arley G. Tottenham 941 Lake St. Instructor in Drawing. Jerome G. Van Zandt Associate Professor of Civil Engineering. Zula F. Brown 1052 W. 30th St. Instructor in English. Walter E. Jessup 1031 W. 31st St. Instructor in Civil Engineering. J. C. Gaylord 146 Terrace Drive, Pasadena Instructor in Electrical Engineering. Emma Burmeister 1257 W. 37th Place Assistant in German. FACULTY 7 Lucy S. Best, Graduate of the State Normal School, Emporia, Kansas 929 W. 35th St. Dean of Women. Charlotte M. Brown 3023 Harvard Blvd. Librarian. Cora M. Dyar 660 35th Place Secretary to the President. Rhuamah M. Smith 1352 W. 30th St. Resident Secretary of the Y. W. C. A. Tom L. Clay 112^2 S. Flower St. Resident Secretary of the Y. M. C. A. Charles L. Parmenter Laboratory Assistant in Biology. Percy S. Barnhart Laboratory Assistant in Biology. J. G. Davidson Laboratory Assistant in Chemistry. George J. Wheai Laboratory Assistant in Chemistry. G. Forrest Murray Laboratory Assistant in Chemistry. Ralph W. Clark Field Assistant in Surveying. Stephen H. Clark Field Assistant in Surveying. COLLEGE OF LIBERAL ARTS Admission and Graduation Requirements. Greater freedom of election is allowed a student entering the Uni- versity this Fall than in past years, eight units being specified — English 2, a Foreign Language 2, Science 1, Algebra 1, Plane Geometry 1, U. S. History and Civics 1, and seven being elective. Conditional admission will only be granted in exceptional cases, the applicant being expected to register in the preparatory school and make up the deficiencies along with such college work as can be carried. Three hours of either History or Economics have been added to the list of required college studies. This requirement will affect only Freshmen. Hereafter no work in absentia will be counted toward degrees. The completed thesis for a Master’s degree must be presented to the Committee on Graduate Study not later than the last Saturday in April, instead of May as heretofore. SCHEDULE. An entire change has been made in the morning schedule of recita- tions, giving a ten-minute recess between the second and third periods, and bringing the “Assembly” period last in the morning. The revised schedule is as follows: 8:00, 8:55, 9:55, 10:50, 11:45. Assembly Requirement. A daily record will be kept of attendance at assembly. This record will, with the exception of unexcused absences, be final for each week. If a student shall at any time incur a total of two absences above the one allowed each week, his name will be posted and excuse required before the Chapel Committee. If three absences are incurred above the one allowed each week, registration will be cancelled in all classes until the matter is adjusted to the satisfaction of the committee. DEPARTMENTS OF INSTRUCTION 9 DEPARTMENTS OF INSTRUCTION English. With the opening of the new semester the College of Liberal Arts extends a cordial welcome to six new instructors in five different de- partments. WILLIAM ODELL SHEPARD, A. M. William Odell Shepard comes to fill the place left vacant by the resig- nation of Professor Morgan. Professor Shepard is a graduate from Northwestern University, and has his Master’s degree both in Arts and in Philosophy from the University of Chicago. In addition to three or four sections in English Rhetoric i, Professor Shepard will offer the courses in American Literature and Comparative Study of the Drama, also the Teachers’ Course in English. In addition to his college train- ing, Professor Shepard has done extensive journalistic work in Chicago, and during the past year has been instructor in English in Smith Academy at St. Louis. 10 UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA In addition to the courses which Miss Foster has carried in the past, she will give a course in Modern Fiction, which will run through the year and take the place of English 4 and 5. In the first semester em- phasis will be given to Dickens, Thackeray, Jane Austin a-nd Charlotte Brontee. In the second semester emphasis will be given to George Eliot, Meredith, Hardy and to Contemporary Novelists. There will be lectures, class discussion, and the analytical study of specially selected novels. This course is scheduled for 8:55 Tuesdays and Thursdays. Miss Foster will also give the General Survey of English Literature Tuesdays and Thursdays at 9:55. EDNA JUNE TERRY, A. B. Oratory. A recent number of “The Intercollegiate Spectator,” published by the students of the University of Wisconsin, contains an article, “Edna June Terry — A Sketch,” a portion of which is reprinted here: “Three years after finishing her high school work, Miss Terry com- pleted a course at the Cumnock School of Oratory at Evanston. Later, at Columbia, Mo., she took the leading part in three productions which were staged by the Quadrangle Club. “Miss Terry is a senior in the College of Letters and Science, a mem- ber of the Kappa Kappa Gamna Sorority, and, aside from her regular and incidental college activities, she devotes much time to platform work.” DEPARTMENTS OF INSTRUCTION 11 The article goes on to say that Miss Terry’s many and varied experi- ences in different institutions, organizations, and on the lecture plat- form have given her a point of view which is rarely accorded the college girl ; that she belongs to a class which contributes its best toward col- lege life without neglecting either friends or studies. The College of Oratory is specially fortunate in securing Miss Terry. The public will have an opportunity to hear her in public recital Friday evening, October first, in the University Methodist Church. CHARLES W. LAWRENCE. C. E. Civil Engineering. Charles W. Lawrence, who has been elected to the head of the Civil Engineering Department, received his Bachelor of Science dggree from the Pennsylvania State College, and later, the C. E. degree from the same institution. He is an associate member of the Americal Society of Civil Engineers and also of the Illinois Society of Engineers. That Professor Lawrence will bring to his classes the added practical knowl- edge of engineering work to that of the theoretical collegiate instruction is evidenced by the experience which he has had. From 1897 to 1899 ,he was instructor in the Pennsylvania State College ; structural en- gineering with the Pennsylvania Steel Company, 1899-1901 ; structural engineer for the Brown-Ketcham Iron Works, Indianapolis, 1901-1904; instructor in structural engineering in the Pennsylvania State College, 1904-1906; professor of Civil Engineering in the James Millikin Uni- versity, 1906-1909. During the Summer of 1906 and 1907, Professor 12 UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA Lawrence was designer for the Neolke-Richards Iron Works of In- dianapolis; in 1908, engineer and estimator for the Westlake Construc- tion Company of St. Louis, and during the past Summer as engineer for the American Bridge Company of Chicago. Professor Lawrence will have the assistance of Jerome G. Van Zandt of Wisconsin University, Walter E. Jessup, Ralph W. Clark and Stephen H. Clark. JEROME B. VAN ZANDT, C. E. Professor Van Zandt received his degree of Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering from Purdue in 1904, and that of Civil Engineer from Wisconsin in 1907. For the last two years Professor Van Zandt has been instructor in the University of Wisconsin. Mr. Jessup will have entire charge of all the field work in Elementary and Railroad Surveying. Mr. Ralph Clark and Stephen Clark will act as field assistants in Surveying. The department will occupy the entire lower and upper floors of the gray frame building. A cement and testing laboratory will be installed in the large room formerly occupied by the book store. DEPARTMENTS OF INSTRUCTION 13 Electrical Engineering. The department in installing new equipment for the third and fourth year laboratory work and will be prepared to give a complete four years’ course. The apparatus added this Summer consists of a twelve-horse- power Fairbanks-Morse engine, j l / 2 K. W. direct-current generator made by Three Rivers Electric Co., 7 l / 2 K. W. Westinghouse Rotary converter and 7 J 4 K. W. General Electric Co. alternator, besides several high grade Weston indicating voltmeters, ammeters and wattmeters, rheostats, etc. The engine is of the special electric type, mounted on concrete foun- dation, and equipped with heavy fly-wheels and throttling governor to insure smooth running. It is belted to a shaft, also provided with fly- wheel, and to this shaft the electric machines are connected. The system has been made very flexible so that the machines may be oper- ated together in many different combinations, all similar to commercial installations. The alternating current generator is provided with an armature winding, which admits of a large number of phase and voltage combi- nations, and its adaptability to testing, experimental work and demon- stration is almost unlimited. It is supplied with four rotors, viz : a re- volving six-pole field, a squirrel-cage rotor, a wound rotor with internal resistance, and a rotor with controller and external resistance, so that it . may also be operated as a synchronous motor, induction motor, vari- able speed motor or frequency changer. The Westinghouse rotary converter is arranged to operate as a direct rotary, inverted rotary, alternating current generator of one, two or three phases, as a direct current generator at 125 volts, as a synchonous motor and as a shunt or compound motor. Three small motor-generator sets, consisting of three-phase induction motors and 125-volt D. C. generators of from one to two H. P. capacity, have been set up for small testing, exciter sets, etc. One of the induc- tion motors has had its windings arranged in colors to show the phases and poles, and the ends of the coils brought out to a terminal, diagram board, where the connections may be studied and experimented upon. Switch-board testing benches have been installed for the machines described above and the wiring of the laboratory extended to make inter-connection between the machines possible. Three-phase, 220-volts and single-phase, no volts currents are available in the Dynamo room, Electrical Measurements room and Lecture room, and other circuits may have any desired voltage impressed upon them. A room especially intended for Electrical Measurements has been fitted up. It will be used for delicate testing and calebrating, and as a stock room for meters, etc. The new meters, added to the department’s already extensive set of measuring instruments, make this equipment very complete. A set of transformers will be built in the laboratory. The work of the department will be under Professor Arthur W. Nye and Professor J. C. Gaylord, Mr. E. F. Scattergood, chief electrical engineer on the Los Angeles Aqueduct, acting in an advisory and con- sulting capacity. 14 UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA J. C. GAYLORD, B. S. Professor J. C. Gaylord received .his degree of B'.S. in Electrical En- gineering from Throop Polytechnic Institute in June, 1906. Two years later he received a similar degree from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Professor Gaylord has had two years of practical experi- ence with the Edison Electric Company of Los Angeles. Education. With the opening of the Fall semester the University has for the first time a separate Department of Education. Dr. Stowell, the head of the new department, is an alumnus of Syracuse Universiay, where he received both his A.M. and his Ph.D. degrees. Professor Stowell has had wide experience as an educator, first in the Leavenworth, Kansas, High School, then as head of the Science Department in the State Nor- mal School at Cortland, New York, and for the past twenty years as principal of the State Normal School at Potsdam, New York. Dr. Stowell has, in addition to his other degrees, an LL.D. from Lawrence University. DEPARTMENTS OF INSTRUCTION 15 THOMAS B. STOWELL, A. M„ Ph. D , LL.D. Y. M. C. A. AND Y. W. C. A. Tom L. Clay will serve as resident secretary for the Y. M. C. A., at the same time acting as athletic manager. Rhuamah Smith will be resident secretary for the YvW. C. A. IMPROVEMENTS AND CHANGES. Hereafter President Bovard will have city offices in the new quarters of the College of Law, corner of Third and Hill streets. Commodious rooms have been fitted up for his use. They will also be used for meet- ings of the Board of Trustees. On the campus one of the most noticeable improvements is the re- modeling of Hodge Hall. This building will now be known as the College of Theology. The Hodge Hall boys are in a fine house near the corner of Figueroa and Flower streets. The Civil Engineering Department will occupy all of the rooms of the gray frame building, Professor Lawrence having an office and recita- tion room in room i, Professor Van Zandt in room 4. Professor Nye and Miss Tottenham will use Dr. Healy’s old office as the office of the Drawing Department, their former office being added to the draughting room. In the south wing Professor Dixon’s large recitation room has been divided to accommodate Professor Shepard and Professor Foster. The new seats in the Assembly Hall will be a welcome change to old students and a comfort to the Freshmen. The new desk in the Main Office will hereafter be the official position of the Registrar. Professor Schulz will give most of his time to this work. 16 UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA THE PROFESSIONAL COLLEGES THE COLLEGE OF LAW The development of the College of Law has been such that each year for the past five it has been necessary to secure larger quarters and better equipment to accommodate its students. Last year the school moved from the old Rindge Building to the modern Exchange Build- ing, and almost doubled the space occupied by it. There was an in- crease of 44 per cent in attendance over the previous year, and a much higher grade of scholarship was established. The quarters secured at that time in the Exchange Building were expected to be large enough for three years to come. However, at the end of the first year the school has outgrown its rooms and during the coming year it will occupy almost an entire floor of the Exchange Building on the corner of Third and Hill streets. The library space has been doubled and about five hundred new books added. All class rooms are now equipped with oak or maple chairs with arm rests, and the offices are large and well arranged. It is expected that the attendance during the coming year will ex- ceed 300. For the first time the Law Department will take up athletics in earnest and will have representative teams in all athletic events. It is expected that a Debating Team will be brought from one of the Eastern schools, and every effort will be made to add interest to the work in Debate and Oratory. DENTAL DEPARTMENT This department will commence its fourteenth year on Tuesday, Octo- ber 5th. The list of matriculates this session promises to exceed that of the last, and thus to keep pace with the general growth of the Uni- versity. The upper classes have also made material gains from Eastern col- leges. So far, there has been but one change made in the faculty, Dr. J. D. McCoy becomes Professor of Orthodontia in place of Dr. Robinson, the latter having gone abroad for study. Several of our most noted teachers have been attracted to Southern California, seeking health for some member of their family, and thus we have been the gainer. These professors, not wishing to retire from active work, are giving a part of their time to this college. Our clinic was so great last year that we were able to register 3008 new patients in eleven months, besides a number whom the students were unable to care for. Correspondence and personal visits are so- licited. PROFESSIONAL COLLEGES 17 THE COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS AND SURGEONS Medical Department of the University of Southern California The College of Physicians and Surgeons, 516 East Washington street, has consolidated with the University of Southern California and is now an integral part of the University. The Trustees of the University and of the College of Physicians and Surgeons felt that by combining their resources, clinical facilities and teaching staffs, a broader and more thorough training would be possible than could be offered by either in- stitution alone, and by their coalescence the best ends of medical instruc- tion in Southern California would be furthered. COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS AND SURGEONS, U. S. C. The new location is ideal for a College of Medicine. The main build- ing, 516 East Washington street, consisting of three stories, is commo- dious and equipped with modern appliances and apparatus. The Faculty of the College is made up of physicians and surgeons standing high in their profession and representing the leading universities of this country and Europe. The fall semester of the College opens September 13th. 18 UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA THE COLLEGE OF THEOLOGY The Maclay College of Theology was founded about twenty years ago by State Senator Chas. Maclay in a generous endowment of lands in the San Fernando valley. Rev. R. W. C. Farnworth, presiding elder of the Los Angeles district, was its first dean, the faculty being com- pleted by the appointment of Reverends Fletcher B. Cherington and James Blackledge. On the death of Dean Farnsworth, the Rev. R. S. Maclay, D.D., the veteran missionary from the Orient, was called to the headship of the college which bears his name. When advancing years and failing strength caused the resignation of Dr. Maclay, the Rev. Geo. Cochran, D.D., was called to succeed him. Through all this period the college had been doing excellent work, coming about the time of the succession of Dr. Cochran from its first home in the San Fernando valley to the immediate neighborhood of the College of Liberal Arts in Los Angeles. In the hard times of 1893 the trustees thought it expedient to close the Maclay College until its resources should warrant the continuance of its work. At the session of the Southern California Annual Confer- ence in 1907, on the urgent request of the conference, the decision was made to resume work in theology, and its present dean, Rev. E. A. Healy, D.D., was appointed. The current session, 1909-10, is its third year of new life. Dean Healy came to his work with matured knowl- edge of the requirements of the pastorate, and with large experince in educational work as superintendent and teacher in school and college, his own scholastic honors being the A.B. and A.M. degrees from Vic- toria and Toronto Universities, respectively, and the Doctorate in Divinity from his Alma Mater. Associated with him, completing the Faculty of Instruction, are the following, each of whom is eminent and successful in his chosen field : FACULTY. Geo. F. Bovard, A.M., D.D., President of the University. Ezra A. Healy, A.M., D.D., Professor of Systematic Theology. James Blackledge, A.M., Professor of Hebrew Language and Literature. James G. Hill, A.M., S.T.B., Professor of English Bible and Christian Evidences. George W. Coultas, A.B., B.D., Professor of Historical Theology and History of Missions. Festus E. Owen, A.M., Professor of Greek Language and Literature. 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