The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-12-06
WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY
HAS MANY DEPARTMENTS.
Opportunity Complete Preparation Every Sphere
Scientific PUrsuits-2219 Pupils
by 1856 Professors-Large Productive Endowment

Embracing the whole range Of university
studies. except theology. and with its ex-
oellent preparatory schools. Washington
University affords opportunity for COM
plete preparation for every sphere of prac-
teal and scientific pursuits. With its large
productive endowment Washington Uni
versity offers the best that can be had in
0very branch Of education.
Tho schools of Botany. Law. Art. Medi-
cine. Dentistry and Engineering are all
70 ably conducted as to call forth words OF
eommendation from every loyal citizen
and friend Of education.
By February I. 1905. the university will
Gome into Possession of the group of eleven
BUILDINGS ON the new site facing Forest
Ra1k
b the university and its preparatory
schools thare were enrolled last year 221s
STUDENTS. instructed by lSs professors.
ne following items will show the prog
RaD and changes during the past year. In
~ undsRgfaduate department the chair Of
psyeholoU and pedagogy was created. and
1Aga1 J. swim. Phi. D.. was appointed to
m It -Four new instructors were appoint
q in German. French. botany and mathe-
natica. and four new assistants In Eng
Nh. history. chemistry and architecture.
The attendance for 1905 increased nfty-
I've over tho previous year. and at the
opening this tall . still further increase
Was shown.
On the now site near Forest Park the
following buildings hAve been completed
during tho year: Tho library building.
Eads Hall. or physical laboratory: q large
60tmdtory and the gymnasium
In the School Of Botany Samuel N. Coul-
ter. A II succeeded Doctor Herman Won
6chfenk.
In the department Of law. through the
generosity Of the alumni. the law library
Of the Union Trust building was pur-
chased and presented to the university. It
contains 1000 volumes and Is q valuable
addition to the school.
In the art department Mr.. George J. FOL
nay and Mr.. Frederick W. sandberg sue
ceeded Messrs Robert P. Bringhurst and
Charles W. Rhodes This department Of
fers exceptional advantages for the study
OF modern art during the coming year.
owing to the rare collections to be exhibit
Cd in the Art Department OF the Worlds
Fair.
The medical department has mado nu-
merous changes in the curriculum. all
tending to raise the standard and to keep
the school up to the highest efficiency OF
the best medical schools Of the country.
Mary Institute has occupied the new
building at Lake and Mcpherson avenues,
and the attendance at all times is as large
- the accommodations will admit, while
there u long waiting List No school for
Girls In this country gives moro thorough
and careful instruction.
A large tract Of ground on the north side
OF Won Versen avenue. Just west Of Union
avenue. has been purchased. and Smith
Academy and the Manual Training School
VII b removed to this new location In the
near future.
While St Louis business institutions
have been having one Of the most pros
porous years In history. the city schools
ana educational Institutions have been
training men and women to some time
take tho place Of the successful leaders
who made this prosperity possible
Lat June. from more than two score
institutions went forth dozens and dozens
Of cleer-eyed. cool-headed. healthy young
lawyers and teachers, and nurses, and
doctors. and dentists, and electricians, and
mechanics and persons Of every profession
TO begin the getting Of the living the world
owed to them.
Not few OF them have added their
snare to the years success. and already,
here and there. one may find q well-known
name. whose owner but year ago be-
longed to the senior class"
With the beginning of autumn and the
opening OF the city's schools more stu
dents than ever before came in to fill the
depleted ranks Of the freshmen classes
The same fact applied with reference to
the additions to the higher classes. and
even postgraduate and special branches
were more crowded than ever
Great strides have been made toward
the establishing in St Louis OF a real uni
vefstty. An institution Of many sides and
an orHanixafion of many colleges. The
gifts OF generous citizens and the Cooper
alton of the Worlds Fair have gone
great way toward bringing about this end.
In all Of the city's schools the raising
OF requirements for admission and the
broadening and heightening of the curri-
culums has tended to place them among
the greater educational institutions of the
country and bring about a respect. never
before known. for their graduates.
0snlEy. that something without which
no school can be absolutely successful, has
within the last twelve months DEVELOPED
to IN extraordinary degree. Students of
ono institution have realized that they
must not be behind those of another, and
the rivalry In athletics, In debates. in class
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