Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-02-23
MEETING OF TRUSTEES
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PLANS FOR COLUMBIAN UNIvERS
ITY DISCUSSED.
Temporary Appointments to Vacancies
Caused by the Death Of DR..
de Schweinitz.

The trustees of Columbian University
held meeting at the Shoreham the even
ing of Saturday last Dinner was served
and the entire evening was spent in dis
cussing new projects and plans for the
University There were present Wayne
MacVeagh. Senator Jacob H. Gallinger,
Gov. Andrew j. Montague of Virginia.
John Joy Edison, Commissioner Henry b.
F. mcfarland, John d. Larner, Charles D.
Walcott, Samuel w. Woodward. William
F. Mattingly, Theodore w. Moves, w, S.
Shallenberger. David A. Chambers. DR..
Charles w. Richardson and President
Charles w. Needham.
The treasurers report showed the uni
versity to be in good financial condition.
The large increase of the number of stu
dents shows that there will be over twenty
thousand dollars Increase the present year
in the income from buttons
The death of DR.. E. "A, de Schweinitz
causing vacancy in the deanship of the
department Of medicine, brought up for
determination the general policy Of the
university with reference to this depart
ment. and after careful discussion it was
decided to fill temporarily the vacancies
Tor TINS academic year which was done by
the appointment of DR.. D. X. Shute as
dean pro tempore. and DIR. E. G. Seibert
to conclude the vork in chemistry In the
meantime the board determined to fill the
posltion OF dean permanently by the en-
pioyment Oh thoroughly equipped man,
who shall give his whole time as dean
to the administration of the department
ana teaching. 1t was also decided to Sc
cure two additional professors who shall
give their Whoie time to the educational
work or this department.. The dean and
these two professors will be additional to
the faculty already in service This work
VIII IN every. way be enlarged and strength
ened.
Department of Civics.
An ordinance was adopted providing for
the establishment of department in civics,
which will be a graduate school in medi line.
Tor the purpose of fitting men for service on
boards of public health and for the quaran-
tine service throughout the country This
1epartment VIII be under the charge of Gen.
george M Sternberg, ana many distin-
guished men doing work a4cng the line of
preventive medicine and thegenforcement OF
preventive remedies will he engaged. The
s SUD- Gus, Taught VIII be preventive medi-
cine ana the constitutional statutory and
administrative laws applicable to the en-
1orcement OF preventive remedies. The
courses VIII be primarily for doctors of
master Of public health and doctor of pub
lie health. The course viii also be open to
students students; taking tie higher degrees in the
Another important ordinance was the es-
adjustment Of a department of library
science and bibliology A very extended
and interesting plan fer shis school, pre-
pared by Prof; William R.iCutter, was pre-
sented 10 the board, thes object being to es-
tablish graduate school III Washington In
library science and in hibliotogy.
The new plans for the Improvement of
Van Ness Park weres presented, with a
ground plan sketch. also sketches of build
ings, prepared by the architects, Messrs
Hornblower & Marshall which were tenta-
lively approved by the board. Certain
plans submitted by the president for rails
ing money We're also approved. The mat
ter OF changing the name of the university
was considered. but no conclusion was
reached regarding it. A communication was
received from the ladies of the George
Washington Memorial Association suggest
ing to the consideration of the. board. the
name George Washington University
Memorial Hall.
This association OF ladies' has been in
vited by the board to undertake the erec-
ton OF a memorial building on the new
university grounds at the foot Of 18th
street. to be known as the George Wash
ington Memorial. and to be used by the
university az its administrative Offices, and