Evening star., 1907-09-01
FOR THE COMING YEAR
ELABORATE PLANS OF GEORGE
WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY.

With more than three-Quarters Of q CEN
fury of history and achievement behind 1t,
George Washington University fs said to be
entering on new era. Although 1t counts
Its alumni in every section Of tho United
States 1t Is reaching out and planning for
an even broader field Of usefulness. It Is
determined to become the great national In
stitution OF learning-a national clearing
house for knowledge''-attracting not only
students and scholars from this country, but
drawing to It the learned men Of all coun-
tries.
The most important requisites Of univer-
sfty are it, faculty and its ''machinery."
The last comprises its libraries, laboratories,
Intellectual workshops" and its ability TO
care for tho physical comfort Of its stu
dents - we'll and as cheapfy as Is possible.
In both OF these requisitss the George
Washington Universtty 10 said to excel
The head Of the George Washington Unit
versitY 10 Charles W. NeedhAun- Its pres
ident.
Under him the university has flourished.
In the last year II has added one important
course to its already long list and has re-
modelled another Of its colleges. The first
is the division OF education.
In addition, the university offers a special
tuition fee to teachers already In the serv-
reau' for the beneft Of graduates and tho
supertntendents Of public and private
schools. On the faculty Of the division is Z
former United States commissioner Of edu-
cation, Prof Elmer Ellsworth Brown.
The now college Of the political sciences Is
remodeied from the old department Of poll
tics and diplomacy. It's dean and profes-
sor Of economics Is Prof. c. w. A. veditz.
Members Of Faculty.
The department numbers among its fac
ulty David Jayne Hill. professor OF Euro
pean diplomacy: Oscar Phelps Austin. pro-
lessor Of commerce and finance, and for
nine years chief Of the United States bu-
reau Of statistics; James Brown Scott, pro-
fessor of International law and diplomacy,
solicitor for the State Department; John
W. Foster. former Secretary Of State and
now the delegate of China to the peace
conference at The Hague; William T. Har-
rfs, who lectures on the philosophy of his
tory. former United States commissioner Of
education. and John Ball Osborne, lecturer
on the consular service. who Is chief of the
bureau of trade relations of the State De-
partment. In addition there are Associate
Justice John Marshall Harlan and Associate
Justice David j. Brewer of the Supreme
Court Of the United States.
In addition to It's own laboratories the
University has series owned by the gov
ernment, but ct the command Of the stu
dents.
Four general divisions mark the work Of
the university. There Is the department of
arts and sciences. and under this head is
grouped the Columbian College, the Wash
ington College of Engineering, the division
of architecture the College of Political Sci
ences and the new division of education.
Then comes the department of medicine, in
which Is found the department of dentistry,
the department of law, and lastly, the Ma
tional College of Pharmacy.
Special pains are taken by the university
to look after the comfort and safety Of its
women students. The dean of women has
general oversight of these and stands in
the relation Of foster-mother to her charges,
assisting them to find suitable boarding
places and associations in the city. In
everything except educational and general
administrative matters she will advise
them, overseeing their college and social
activities and being on hand at all times to
counsel or condole-ff consolation is needed
In preparation for unusually large at
tendance in all departments the university
authorities have taken advantage of the
vacation to inaugurate a number of i'm
provements The six buildings on 1 street
adjoining the Arlington Hotel have been re-
modelled. The university acquired them this
spring and they will be utilized for depart
ments that have outgrown their present
quarters.
Two Of the houses will be occupied by the
College of Engineering; the division of edu-
cation and the department of architecture
will occupy two more, and the remaining
structures will be given over to the women s
college.
installed in the main building at 18th and
1 streets. A number of the class rooms and
lecture halls being remodeled and en-
larged.