Los Angeles herald., 1910-09-12
u. S. c. PREPARES
FOR SCHOOL WORK
Registration of Big Educational
Institution viii Begin
Tomorrow
FACULTY is STRENGTHENED
College Staff Reinforced by Addi-
tion of a Number of
Skilled Teachers
FACULTY IS STRENGTHENED

with a public address by some promi-
nent speaker to be selected this week.
which will be attended by the entire
college Of liberal arts, over 500 in mum.
ber. The usual reception will not be
held, as DR.. Bovard. the president
is confined to his home with an injured
knee. The injury is not serious, how
ever, and he is otherwise in excellent
health.
The freshman class is certain to be
the largest in the history of the uni
versity, over 300 being expected. There
is a growing interest among teachers
in the graduate work, fully a score
being entered for the 3. A. degree
and quite a number for the M A. de-
gree. The course in English literature,
under Professor James Main Dixon,
has been much enlarged in scope for
the year, and is expected to prove un-
usually interesting 1t will open on
Wednesday with a study of the his
torical setting and ethical meaning of
Tennyson's I'm Memoriam."
FACULTY STRENGTHENED
The faculty Of the college has been
strengthened by the addition of sew
eral skilled teachers. In civil eng1-
neering Thomas H. Teeter is elected to
fill the vacancy left by Professor Van
Zandt, who goes to the University of
Illinois. Professor Teeter is a gradu-
ate of Purdue university, school of
civil engineering, and during 1907 1908
was assistant instructor in his alma
mater. During 1908-1909 he was In
structor in civil engineering in the
University Of Pennsylvania, and dur
ing 1999i!1C instructor in mechan-
les and materials of construction in
the Pennsylvania State college. In
the summer Of 1908 Professor Teeter
was laboratory assistant in timber
tests for the United States forest SER
vice at the Purdue laboratory. and
also instructor in stadia railroad work
in the University of Pennsylvania
summer session. Professor Teeter will
have entire supervision of the work in
surveying, besides giving the courses
in materials of construction, sanitary
engineering and descriptive geometry
Paul Spencer Wood, A. b., comes to
fill the place left vacant by Miss
Nancy K. Foster, and specially to as
sist Professor Shepherd with the rhet-
oric work required of freshmen. Pro-
fessor Woods preparatory and fresh
man work was completed in Witten-
berg college at Springfield, o. His
bachelors degree was received from
the University of Chicago in 1909. The
interval between his registration at
Wittenberg college and his matricula-
tion at Chicago was taken up by an
extended trip abroad. For nearly a
year after graduation from Chicago
Professor Wood served as reporter on
a leading Springfield o., paper. The
summers OF 1909 and 1910 have been
spent at Chicago In work toward the
degree of A. M, which will be con-
ferred at the close of the 1911 summer
session. Last year was spent as pro-
fessor of English in the Marshall high
school,
Professor Woods speciality and ia
vorite subject is rhetoric. and he will
teach three sections in addition to the
two taught by Professor Shepherd. He
will give courses in editorial rhetoric,
American literature, modern novels
and comparative drama.
The department of history this year
three full professors and an
assistant professor. Roy Malcom, the
assistant professor, is an alumnus of
u. S. c., having received his A. B.
degree in 1908. One year later he re-
ceived his A. M. degree from Har-
ward, and last year his doctor of phil
osophy degree from Boston. Professor
Malcom will give courses in English
history, United States constitutional
history and history of the Reforma-
tion, and a course in political science.
Professor Dixon has increased his
course in English history from lit
erary standpoint to two hours both
semesters, and Professor Knoles has
increased both the Roman and Greek
history courses to three hours special
ly for those who expect to teach his
tory.
Miss Hazel Mcclure, graduate of
the ninteenth training class of the Los
Angeles public library. has been elected
assistant librarian. During July and
August Miss Brown and Miss Mcclure
have not only accessioned over eight
new books, but have added
over thousand books to the card
beside changing the classi-
fication on over a thousand books.
PREPARATORY ADDITIONS
The preparatory school is to be con-
graduated on securing Howard L.
Lunt as head of the English depart
ment Alexis F. Lange, dean of the
college of letters at Berkeley, speaks
of him in highest terms. saying that
"at the university he is looked upon
as one of the best educators in the
state" Prof. Lunt received both his
A. B. and A. NJ. from Bowdoin college.
He was for some time student in
Swedish and German manual training
schools, and is a graduate of the Bos-
ton Sloyd Training school. Prof. Lupt
has served three years as supervising
at Ontario, three years as
principal at Long Beach, one year as
city superintendent at San Bernardino |
and two years in a similar position at
Riverside. In the interim studies have
been pursued at. Columbia and Univer- |
sity of California summer sessions.
Another addition to the preparatory
faculty will be Miss Bertha ]. Jacoby, |
who will have charge of the German
Miss Jacoby has her degree from the |
Central Wesleyan college and has
taught for two years in Marionville |
college, Missouri, one of the large Ger |
man colleges of the middle west Miss
Jacoby is the daughter of Rev. Henry |
c. Jacoby, pastor of the Salem Ger
man Methodist church OF this city.
The university calendar for the period !
to the Thanksgiving vacation is as |
folloWs
September 16. Friday-Instruction begins in |
he College of Liberal Arts, Music, Oratory and |
fine Arts.
September 49, Monday-Instruction begins in |
he College OF Physicians and Surgeons
September 20, Tuesday-Instruction begins in |
he College of Law.
October 4. Tuesday-lnstruction begins in the |
College Of Theology.
October o, Wednesday-Instruetion begins In |
he College of Dentistry.
October is. Observation-Disclosures begins In the /
College Of Pharmacy.