Excursions.

The neighborhood of Los Angeles offers unusual opportunities for combining recreation with serious study. Bathing facilities are afforded by the beaches which dot the neighboring coast line; a network of automobile drives covers all southern California; week-end excursions are possible to the old Missions of California, to Mt. Lowe and to Mt. Wilson with their observatories, to Catalina Island with its submarine gardens and its fishing, to Santa Barbara and Riverside, to Pasadena and San Diego, to Bear Lake and other mountain resorts, to La Jolla Biological Station, to the moving picture plants and the famous La Brea fields.

The University of Southern California.

The fifteenth annual Summer Session of the University of Southern California will begin Monday, June 28, at the College of Liberal Arts, University Avenue and Thirty-fifth Street, Los Angeles. Special lectures given by members of the summer faculty and notable visitors in Los Angeles are open to the general public, as well as to all students of the session. This year a large number of the regular professors of the University of Southern California will offer courses in the Summer Session. In addition to these there will be visiting professors and instructors, including educators from leading American institutions and experienced school administrators of California. Among the visiting members of the 1920 summer faculty are: J. Duncan Spaeth (English), Princeton University; Samuel Vasconcelos (Spanish), University of Minnesota; J. Salwyn Schapiro (European History), College of the City of New York; W. H. Hollingsworth (Political Science), Washington University; Mary Strawn Vernon (Music), Columbia School of Music, Chicago; Howard E. Simpson (Geographic Geology), University of North Dakota; Mary B. Hyde (Arts and Crafts), Pratt Institute, New York; Allen M. Kline (History), College of the Pacific. The Summer Session Bulletin may be secured upon application to the office of the Registrar. Phones: 25113; West 621.

Southern California Public School Music Teachers' Association.

The summer meeting of the Southern California Public School Music Teachers' Association will be held in Los Angeles on Saturday, June 19.

Site and Climate.

Los Angeles, the chief city of southern California, is situated about eighteen miles north of San Pedro Bay, and about the same distance east from the Pacific Ocean. To the north of the city rises the San Gabriel

Range of mountains. The attractions of the beautiful sea-coast and mountain country, all easily accessible from the city, are well known. The climate of Los Angeles is the result of the combination of three factors: the southern location of the city, its nearness to the ocean, and the presence of the mountain range on the north. Its southern location eauses moderately high summer temperatures. These, however, owing to the protection afforded by the mountains, never reach the extremes found in the interior beyond the range. The highest temperatures for June, July, and August average about 70°, 75°, and 81°, respectively, while not infrequently the thermometer in the warmest part of the day may reach 90° and 95°. Owing to the prevailing summer wind from the ocean, the humidity is usually fairly high. The nights, on the other hand, are usually cool. During the summer months, morning fogs are frequent, but are almost always dissipated early in the forenoon. Contrasting with these effects of the ocean influence, occasional north winds bring air of high temperature over the city, but the dryness of the air keeps it from being either oppressive or debilitating. Altogether, the summer climate of Los Angeles, while warmer than that of many places farther up the coast, nevertheless is not without the charm of a moderate changeability coupled with a large amount of bright, sunny weather, and with an absence of rainfall which makes possible many out-door activities without interruption by the weather.

Location and Car Connections.

The grounds of the Southern Branch of the University cover approximately twenty-five acres, bounded on the east by Vermont Avenue, on the west by Heliotrope Drive, on the south by Monroe Street, and on the north by Willowbrook Avenue. It is a short four-minute walk from the ear lines to the Southern Branch. Both the Los Angeles Railway (the yellow cars) and the Pacific Electric Railway (the red cars) run within a block of the buildings. Students coming from the city of Los Angeles can reach the Southern Branch in about half an hour by taking the Heliotrope Drive car, marked "State University" (the yellow car), which runs south on Broadway and turns at Seventh Street, or by taking the Santa Monica Boulevard, the Crescent, the Sherman, or the Highland ears (red cars), which leave the Pacific Electric station at Fifth and Hill streets and run north on Hill. Since all the Los Angeles Railway ear lines transfer to the Heliotrope Drive line, the Southern Branch can be reached from any part of the city by that line. Those coming from the beaches can take the Santa Monica car line of the Pacific Electric Railway or transfer to it, and reach the Southern Branch in about three-quarters of an hour.

Buildings and Equipment.

The ten buildings which comprise the Southern Branch group are situated around a court and constructed of dark red, ruffled brick, with clay tile roofs, and artificial stone trimmings. The style of architecture is reminiscent of the Lombardy style found in northern Italy. The Southern California chapter of the American Institute of Architects awarded its first annual medal to the group.

The administrative building, Millspaugh Hall, contains the offices of the administrative officers and faculty, class rooms where most of the Summer Session classes will be held, a book store where the required text books and works of reference may be procured, and lockers and rest rooms for the students. Opposite the main entrance, in the central portion of the building, is the auditorium with a seating capacity of 1650; it possesses a completely equipped stage and dressing rooms. The halls are cool and will be very comfortable in the summer. They are provided with bulletin boards upon which announcements of special lectures will be placed.

The library is housed in a separate building. There is also a Domestic Science building with modern equipment, and a Science building which contains the physics and chemistry laboratories. In the Fine Arts building there are rooms for music and an auditorium and stage for

musical productions on the first floor, and art studios, work- and supplyrooms, offices, and a large exhibition gallery on the second floor.

The Gymnasium building contains the main gymnasium hall, as well as lockers, showers, and dressing rooms.

The Cafeteria building has a large dining hall and complete kitchen and serving facilities. It will be ready for the use of the Summer Session students at the beginning of the session.

The grounds are very attractive. They contain lawns, gardens, fountains, and four ample tennis courts together with excellent conveniences for track and field athletics.

Library Building.

The Library building contains a reading room accommodating 400 readers. There are now 31,000 volumes and 8000 pamphlets on its shelves, as well as about 6500 bound volumes of literary and educational journals. This collection will be augmented by loans from the University Library in Berkeley, the State Library in Sacramento, and the Public Library and the County Library in Los Angeles. Where necessary, books of reference will be purchased by the Summer Session for the use of its

students.

Information.

Information concerning the session may be secured at 417 Union League building, Second and Hill streets, Los Angeles, which is now open daily (telephone 60072 or Pico 3621), or the Information Desk in Millspaugh Hall at the Southern Branch of the University, which will open with the Summer Session. Inquiries may also be directed to the Dean of the Summer Session in Los Angeles, 105 California Hall,

Berkeley.

THE UNIVERSITY

The University of California (founded in 1868) is by the terms of its charter an integral part of the educational system of the state. At Berkeley are the Colleges of Letters and Science, Commerce, Agriculture, Engineering and Chemistry; the Schools of Architecture, Education, and Jurisprudence, and the instruction of the first two years in the Medical School; at Mount Hamilton is the graduate Astronomical Department, founded by James Lick; in San Francisco are the Colleges of Law, Medicine (third, fourth, and fifth years), Dentistry, and Pharmacy; in Los Angeles is the Los Angeles Medical Department and the Southern Branch of the University, which includes teachers' courses, and a junior college; at Riverside is the Graduate School of Tropical Agriculture; at La Jolla is the Scripps Institution for Biological Research; at Davis is the University Farm; and at Swanton, the Summer School of Surveying. The University's income 1918-19 for all purposes amounted to $4,252,110.35. The University is indebted to Mrs. Phoebe A. Hearst for permanent building plans, upon a scale appropriate and comprehensive. At Berkeley there are 385 principal officers of instruction and administration, together with assistants numbering about 500; forty-four departments of instruction; about 14,313 students in 1919-20, including students in the Summer Session of 1919, a library of 400,000 volumes aside from the volumes in the Bancroft collection; museums and laboratories; also the agricultural experiment grounds and station, which are invaluable adjuncts of the farming, orchard, and vineyard interests of the state. In San Francisco there are 265 officers of instruction, including demonstrators and other assistants; 617 students in 1919-20. In Los Angeles there are at the Southern Branch 102 officers of instruction and administration, 225 students in the Junior College and 1320 in the teachers' courses. Tuition in the academic departments of the University, during the fall and spring sessions, is free to residents of California; non-residents pay a fee of $10 each half-year. Instruction in all of the colleges is open to all qualified persons, without distinction of sex.