A second course of lectures on France and Belgium was given, in French, by Professor Carnoy, Gilbert Chinard, Professor of French and B. M. Woodbridge, Assistant Professor of Romance Languages of Rice Institute, Houston, Texas. July 9-A. J. Carnoy, "Littérature belge pendant la guerre." July 30-Gilbert Chinard, "La France en temps de guerre: Aug. 1-Gilbert Chinard, "La France en temps de guerre: Les civiles. Illustrated with official moving picture films sent by the French government. LECTURES ON THE BLIND Miss Kate Foley, State Library Home Teacher for the Blind, gave five lectures on "Educational Work among the Sightless.'' July 1-Psychology of the Blind. July 3-The Blind Child and its Development. July 5-The Blind Adult and his Reeducation. July 8-The Attitude of the Public toward the Blind. July 10 The Prevention of Blindness, and Conservation of Vision in Children and Adults. NATIONAL SECURITY LEAGUE LECTURES Dr. Charles R. Brown, Dean of the School of Religion of Yale University, taking as his theme "The Moral Aims of the War," gave three lectures under the auspices of the National Security League. July 15-The College Man and the War. July 16-The Moral Issues in the War. July 17-The Goal Ahead. LECTURES ON SOCIAL MORALITY Dr. Mary B. Ritter, Lecturer for the Bureau of Social Morality, United States War Department, gave three lectures as follows: July 30-Why the War Department Appeals to the Womanhood and Girlhood of America for Aid in Carrying out Physical and Moral Protection of our Army and Navy. July 31-The Sex Principle in Nature from a Biological Viewpoint. Is a Single Standard of Morals Attainable? Aug. 1-Existing Conditions Resulting from the Double Standard. Remedial Measures. The Government's Policy. LECTURE COURSE OF THE AMERICAN RED CROSS Dr. Stockton Axson, National Secretary of the American Red Cross, gave five lectures on "Red Cross Purposes and Practices." July 22-The History of the Red Cross: How it Originated and How it grew. July 23-The Great War: Some of the Ethical and Psychological Blunders which Precipitated it. July 24-The American Red Cross at Home. July 25-The American Red Cross in Europe. July 26-After the War-What? LECTURE COURSE of the PACIFIC DIVISION OF THE June 25-A. B. C. Dohrmann, Assistant Manager of Pacific Division of the Red Cross. June 27-J. L. Clymer, Director, Bureau of Development. Relief. July 16-William Popert, Associate Director, Bureau of Salvage and Shop. July 18-Miss Lilian White, Director, Nursing Service. LECTURES July 3-Albert Shiels, Superintendent of Schools, Los Angeles, "The War and the State." July 7-Charles M. Schwab, Director General, U.S. Emergency Fleet Corporation. Address at opening session of the Fourteenth Annual Convention of Associated Advertising Clubs of the World. July 11-Lieutenant Bruno Roselli of the Italian Army, "Italy, Your Ally." Under the auspices of the Italian War Department, and the Italian Embassy to the United States. July 12-Alexander S. Kaun, Assistant in Russian, "The Russian Revolution: Its Causes and Development." July 15-Heber D. Curtis, Astronomer at Lick Observatory, and member of the Lick Observatory Crocker Eclipse Expedition to Goldendale, Washington, "The Recent Total Solar Eclipse." Illustrated. July 15-Mrs. Katherine D. Cather, Twilight Story Hours of French and Belgian Folk Tales. Under auspices of Red Cross. July 15-Maurice C. Casenave, Minister Plenipotentiary and July 18-Willis A. Parker, "National Progress in War Prepara- July 19-Alexander S. Kaun, "Essential Russia.'' July 19-Willis A. Parker, "America's Programme for a League July 23-J. M de Beaufort, author of Behind the German Veil, July 24-J. M. de Beaufort, "German Ideals of Peace." July 25-Justice Curtis D. Wilbur, of the Supreme Court of July 25-J. M. de Beaufort, "Three Days in Flanders and July 31-John M. Brewer, Professor of Education, State Normal August 8-Harley R. Wiley, Instructor in Pharmaceutical Juris- August 13—J. M. de Beaufort, "Germany." Illustrated. August 20-J. M. de Beaufort, "Belgium." Illustrated. August 30-Colonel A. St. George Hamersley, M.P., of the September 10-Mr. Hugh Reid, representing the Information HALF-HOURS OF MUSIC June 30-Gordon Wilson, boy soprano; Ralph Lane, violinist; July 14-Pacific Choral Society: Francis Thoroughman, director; July 21-Nelly L. Walker, soprano; Kathlyn Woolf, flutist; and July 28-Orley See, violinist; Ruth Pepper, accompanist. 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 South west.'' 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 Reeducation. 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. |