Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-09-29
FOR TALLY OPENED
THE GEORGE WASHINGTON UNI
vERsITY BEGINS FALL TERM.
Exercises Of Columbian College and De.
partment Of Arts and
Sciences.

The opening of the various departments
OF the George Washington University was
commenced last night when in the presence
of large throng Columbian College and
the department of arts and sciences were
started on a season that bids fair to be
most prosperous. In the large hall of the
university at the corner of 18th and H
streets yesterday afternoon at o'clock the
departments named were declared ready
for business by President Needham, and
appropriate exercises followed.
In his address to those gathered to for
mally open the great institution of learn
ing DIR. Needham said there is now a great
work ahead of the institution, an even
greater work than had ever before con-
f.onted the faculty and the student body.
lie complimented the faculty on the good
work that had heretofore been performed
by each member and called upon them to
exert themselves to make the coming year
tHe banner one in the history of the institu-
ton. He asked the aid and cooperation of
et-ch OF the students and said that upon
them rested a heavy responsibility a re-
sponSibiEty they must shoulder for the good
of the institution.
Dr. Needham's remarks were listened to
attentively and were greeted with applause
Dean Wilbur's Address.
AT their conclusion he introduced Acting
Dean Wilbur, who read an address on col
lege education.
AL the conclusion of DIR. Wilbur's address
rev Dr' Greene, on behalf of the board of
trustees, welcomed the student BODY at the
ooHciusion OF which there was general re-
ne"lng of old ties and new students were
introduced to the old ones Praters looked
out for new material for their societies
ana athletic directors looked over the ma
line " ~
Columbian College was founded in 1927.
ana continued under that name and re-
tanned 1t after the university was opened
as the Columbian University until 1908
when 1t was merged with the School of
Graduate Studies and the Corcoran Scien-
tlnc school into the department of arts and
sciences, in which department were offered
courses in academic, scientific and graduate
work. After the change in the name of the
university from Columbian University to
the George Washington University the
name of the undergraduate department of
arts and sciences was changed to Column
bian College in order to preserve the o.d
name of the original corporation.
Those Present.
There were present on the platform, in
academic dress, Charles w. Needham
LID, president of the university; Acting
Dean William Allen Wilbur, AM; James
Howard Gore, PhD., head professor of
mathematics; Howard Lincoln Hodgkins,
PhD, head professor of physics; James
Macbride Sterrett, AM. DID, head profess
sor of philosophy; Charles E. Munroe,
PhD., head professor of chemistry; Her
mann Schoenfeld, Ph.D., LID, head pro-
fessor of German; Charles Clinton Swish
er Ph.D, head professor of history; Mitch
ell Carroll, Ph.D, head professor of clas-
steal philology; George N. Hennng, AM,
head professor of Romance languages;
Theodore N Gill Phi D. LID professor
Of zoology; Cleveland Able, AM, LID,
professor of meteorology; Edgar Frisby,
AM. professor of astronomy; Frank w.
Clarke, SGD, professor of mineral chemis-
try; Harvey W. Wiley, Ph.D., professor of
agricultural chemistry; Frank Hagar Bige-
low. AM. Lid, professor of astro-phys-
les; George P. Merrill, Ph.D., professor Of
geology and mineralogy; Rev Samuel H.
Greene, DID, LID; Henry A. Pressey,
BIS; Philander Belts. E., instructor in
electrical engineering and mechanical en-
gineering; Edwin A Hill, Ph.D., instructor
in chemistry; Carl Hau, AM, instructor in
German; Louis E. Giles, BIS, instructor in
mechanical engineering and in graph1cs;
Louis A. Simon, instructor in architecture;
Thomas Malcolm Price, Ph.D., instructor
in chemistry; William M. Coleman, A. M.
instructor in philosophy; John Cleveland
Welsh, MS, instructor in botany; f. L.
Molby instructor in freehand drawing; A.
B. Marvin, jr, BIS, instructor in electrical
engineering and physics; Henry ]. Lucke,
ABB, instructor in applied mathematics;
Francis R. Weller, BIS, instructor in civil
engineering; Professor Vance, Professor
LorenZen.
will be formally opened this evening at
O'Clock Addresses will be made by Dean
w F. r. Phillips, MD, of the medical
school, on The Study of Medicine at the
Present Time" and Dean j. Hall Lewis,
DDS, of the dental school, on THE Teeth
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