MUSICAL AND DRAMATIC EVENTS July 2-Recital by Mme. Ariadna Romanov, Conservatory of Music, Petrograd, and Alexis Koll, Director of Conservatory, pianist. Under the auspices of the American Red Cross. July 19-Recital by Mrs. Edgar Stillman Kelley, pianist, and Mrs. Anna Miller Wood Harvey, soprano. July 20-Richard Sheridan's classic comedy "The Rivals," was presented by the Players' Club of San Francisco: William H. Crane as Sir Anthony Absolute, Miss Emelie Melville as Mrs. Malaprop, and Reginald Travers, director. July 25-Mme. Sarah Bernhardt, assisted by Mlle. Bernhardt, gave in the Greek Theatre an impersonation of "The Cathedrals.'' This is a symbolic poem by the contemporarous French poet, Eugène Morand, revealing to a wounded poilu in a dream the spirits of the historical French cathedrals. July 26-Gluck's "Orpheus and Eurydice": Paul Steindorff, orchestra director; Mme. Lydia Sturtevant Vollmer, Orpheus; Lois Wessitch, Eurydice. Ruth St. Denis gave a group of Grecian dances during the interludes. July 29-Recital by Summer Session Chorus: Ernest Hesser, musical director; Mme. Jeanne Jomelli, soprano; and Fred Maurer, accompanist. July 30 "Macbeth" was presented by the Summer Session players in the Greek Theatre under the direction of Mr. Archibald Fergus Reddie. The title rôles were taken by Mr. Reddie and Miss Elizabeth Kedrolivansky. SOUTHERN DIVISION OF THE SUMMER SESSION UNIVERSITY MEETINGS June 24-Speakers: Dean Walter Morris Hart; Associate Dean Monroe E. Deutsch; Mr. Arthur Farwell, Composer and Leader in Community Singing; Mr. Horace M. Rebok, Superintendent of Schools, Santa Monica. July 1-Speakers: Mr. I. B. Stoughton Holborn, Extension Lecturer of Oxford and Cambridge Universities, and Henri E. David, Assistant Professor of French Literature, University of Chicago. July 8-Speakers: Dr. Albert Shiels, Superintendent of Schools, Los Angeles; and Dr. J. E. W. Wallin, Director of Psycho-educational Tests, St. Louis Public Schools; with music by the Summer Session Orchestra. July 15-Speakers: Fred C. Ayer, Professor of School Administration, University of Washington; and Miss Ruby Baughman, Superintendent of Immigrant Education, Los Angeles. July 22-Speakers: Mr. Mark Keppel, Superintendent of Schools, Los Angeles; Mr. Clinton E. Miller, President of the Southern California Alumni Association of University of California; and Virgil Snyder, Professor of Mathematics, Cornell University. July 29 Speakers: Morris Edmund Speare, Instructor in English, United States Naval Academy, Annapolis; and Charles W. Waddle, Director of the Training School, State Normal School, Los Angeles. SPECIAL LECTURE COURSES The members of the Division of Citriculture arranged a series of five stereopticon lectures on citrus and semitropical fruits. July 2-J. Eliot Coit, Professor of Citriculture, "Citrus Industry and Foreign Lands Contrasted." July 9-J. Eliot Coit, "The Orange from Seedbed to Market. July 16-J. Eliot Coit, "The Date Industry in the Arid Southwest.'' July 16-Ira J. Condit, Assistant Professor of Citriculture, "The California Fig Industry." July 23-Ira J. Condit, "The Avocado and other Semitropical Fruits." Miss Kate Foley, State Library Home Teacher for the Blind, gave a course of five lectures on "Educational Work among the Sightless."' July 15-Psychology of the Blind. July 17-The Blind Child and its Development. July 19-The Blind Adult and his Reëducation. July 22-The Attitude of the Public toward the Blind. July 24-The Prevention of Blindness, and Conservation of Vision in Children and Adults. H. T. Harrington, Associate in English, University of Illinois, gave a series of lectures on journalism. July 1-The Reporter as a Story Teller. July 3-The Lure of the News. July 8-The Newspaper Reporter of Tomorrow. July 10-The Romance of the Newspaper. O. J. Kern, Assistant Professor of Agricultural Education, gave six lectures, illustrating various phases of rural life and education. July 3-One lesson from the Two Expositions and its Relation to a Better Community Life. July 5-Studies in Nature Study and Agriculture. July 12-Educational and Economic Values of Home and School Gardens. July 19-New Standards of Art and Health in Rural Schools and Homes. July 26-Playgrounds and Play Festivals in Country Life. Aug. 2-Social and Educational Significance of the Consolidation of Rural Schools. Dr. Mary B. Ritter, Lecturer for the Fosdick Commission on Training Camp Activities, United States War Department, gave a group of three lectures on social morality. July 24-Why the War Department Appeals to the Womanhood and Girlhood of America for Aid in Carrying out the Physical and Moral Protection of our Army and Navy. July 25-The Sex Principle in Nature from a Biological Viewpoint. Is a Single Standard of Morals Attainable? July 26-Existing Conditions Resulting from the Double Standard. Remedial Measures. The Government's Policy. The following series of lectures given under the auspices of the Woman's Committee of the State Council of Defense: July 18-Mrs. Mila Tupper Maynard, of Los Angeles, "Germany's Feudal Aristocracy and its Supporting Philosophy." July 23—Professor Ernest S. Bates, University of Oregon, "The Literature of the War."' July 25-W. J. Ghent, "The War Aims of the British and Allied Labor Conferences." July 31-Dr. Ernest C. Moore, President of State Normal School, Los Angeles, "The System of German Education and How it Produced the War." A series of lectures on the "Aspects of the War' were given by the members of the faculty of the Southern Division of the Summer Session, and Dr. Stockton Axson. July 13-Mr. I. B. Stoughton Holborn, Extension Lecturer of Oxford and Cambridge Universities, "The Preservation of True Culture in War Times.'' July 15-Henri C. E. David, Assistant Professor of French Literature, University of Chicago, "French Plays and the War." July 20—Mr. Arthur Farwell, Composer and Musical Critic, New York City, "Music and the War." July 22-Morris E. Speare, Instructor in English, United States Naval Academy, Annapolis, 'Some Old-fashioned Naval Battles and a Modern Symposium.'' July 24-Eugen Neuhaus, Associate Professor of Decorative Design, "Art and the War." July 27-Harry F. Harrington, Associate in English, University of Illinois, "Newspapers in War Times."' July 29-Stockton Axson, National Secretary, American Red July 31-Stockton Axson, "The Red Cross Among Civilians.'' LECTURES July 3-Fred C. Ayer, Professor of School Administration, University of Washington, "What Knowledge is of Most Worth?'' July 10-Fred C. Ayer, "Scientific Method in Education.'' July 11-Dr. Charles R. Brown, Dean of the School of Religion of Yale University, "The Moral Issues of the War." July 16-Miss Edna Sutherland, Lecturer on Dramatic Interpretation, Reading of Browning's Saul. July 18-M. Maurice Casenave, Minister Plenipotentiary of the French Republic and Financial Adviser to the French High Commission, "Germany's Claims to Superiority." July 22-I. B. Stoughton Holborn, Extension Lecturer for Oxford and Cambridge Universities, "Nature of Poetry," illustrated from his own poems. July 24-Gilbert Chinard, Professor of French, "France in War Time," illustrated with moving picture films. July 25-Henri C. E. David, Assistant Professor of French Literature, University of Chicago, Readings from the Dramas of Rostrand. July 25-Conference on Methods of teaching and supervising the teaching of the fine and industrial arts in elementary and secondary schools: H. R. Kniffin, Professor of Fine and Industrial Arts, University of Pittsburgh, Chairman. July 26-Miss Edna Sutherland, Reading of Masefield's Everlasting Mercy. July 26 Summer Session Orchestra Concert: Mr. Earl Towner, orchestral and choral leader. June 28-War Savings Day: Speakers, Judge H. N. Wells, of Los Angeles; Stuart Daggett, Professor of Railway Economics. July 30-Willis A. Parker, Professor of Philosophy, Pomona College, "America in the War." July 30-Miss Edna Sutherland, Reading of the Book of Job. July 30-University Extension Meeting: Speakers, Miss Nadine Crump, Director of Extension Division of Southern California, University Extension, presiding; Professor Stuart Daggett; Charles E. Rugh, Professor of Education; and Mr. I. B. Stoughton Holborn, August 1-Community Liberty Concert: Mr. Arthur Farwell, Director of Community Chorus. UNIVERSITY PRESS PUBLICATIONS Publications issued by the University since July 1, 1918 The Chemical Composition of the Plant as Further Proof of the Close Relation between Antagonism and Cell Permeability, by Dean David Waynick. Vol. 3, pp. 135-242, pls. 13-24, July 12. BOTANY An Apparatus for Flower Measurement, by T. H. Goodspeed and R. E. Clausen. Vol. 5, pp. 435–437, pl. 54, September 25. Controlled Pollination in Nicotiana, by T. H. Goodspeed and Pirie Davidson. Vol. 5, pp. 429-434, August 10. New Pacific Coast Marine Algae II, by Nathaniel Lyon Gardner. Vol. 6, pp. 429-454, pls. 36, 37, July 16. CLASSICAL PHILOLOGY The Death of Lepidus, Leader of the Revolution of 78 B.C., by M. E. Deutsch. Vol. 5, pp. 59-68, September 21. Notes on Lucretius, by W. A. Merrill. August 24. GEOLOGY Vol. 3, pp. 265-316, Evidence of Mammalian Palaeontology Relating to the Age of Lake Lahontan, by J. C. Merriam. Vol. 10, pp. 517-521, September 4. San Lorenzo Series of Middle California. Stratigraphic and Paleontologic Study of the San Lorenzo Oligocene Series of the Region of Mount Diablo, by Bruce L. Clark. Vol. 11, pp. 45-234, pls. 3-24, July 16. |