The Washington herald., 1907-09-08

With more than thTee-quarters OF CEN
tUry OF history and achievement behind
il. the George Washington University is
entering on a new era.
Although it counts its alumni in every
section of the United States, it is reach
ing cut and planning for an even broader
field Of usefulness. 1t is determined 10 be-
come the great national institution of
learning-a national clearing house for
knowledge not only stuUeuts
and scholars from this country, but draw
ing to it the learned men Of all countries.
The plan is no new one. It is as old as
the United States, for its first sponsor
was George Washington. The first Presi-
dent urged il before the Constitutional
Congress, and proved that the project was
near TO his heart by embodying the mat
ter in his last will and testament. Fur
thermore. he bequeathed the sum of SIPS -
COO represented by stock in the Potomac
Navigation Company, as a nucleus for
the endowment fund.
Quest Is Renewed,
Now, after a lapse Of more than a CEN
tuTy, the quest for funds is resumed. II
cess seems to be assured. The university
authorities have received letters Of en-
couragement and commentator from
President Roosevelt, members of his
Cabinet, justices Of the Supreme Court.
Congressman, aud prominent men in all
the walks of public, business. and educa-
tional life.
1t is fully expected that the local cam
pagn for funds with which 20 erect d
battery OF buildings will be crowned
with success as soon as the leaders in
the movement return from their summer
outings. The Columbia Heights people
are seeking 20 have the University build
in that district. and have subscribed funds
I'm the hope that the institution will To-
cate there Then there is the Dean site.
and a half dozen other aspirants for
university honors-in the building line
Its Faculty.
Without doubt the most important req
uisites OF a university are its faculty
and its machinery" The last comprises
its Libraries, laboratories, intellectual
workshops" and its ability to care for
the physical comfort Of its students as
well and as cheaply as is possible In
u
Washington University eXcels
In the first place, the presiding spirit
of the George Washington University
is Charles W Needham. its president.
Under his direction the George Wash
ington University has, in the last year,
added one important course 10 its al
ready long list, and has remodeIed anOth-
er Of its colleges The first is the Divi-
sion of Education. Believing with the
scholar who said. in effect, that the pub
lie school is the true bulwark of the ma
ton" President Needham realized the
necessity for making sure that the men
and women who were to teach the
young idea how TO shoot should be cap
able. Hence the Division Of Education.
New College of Sciences.
On the faculty of the division is to be
found a former United States Commits
sioner Of Education. Prof Elmer Els
worth Brown. He viii assume his duties
as lecturer as soon as the division work
gets under way
Then there is the new College OF the
Political Sciences, It's dean and professor
OF economics is Prof. c. W A. Veditz
This department numbers many promi-
nent men on its faculty. Among them
are Associate Justices Of the Supreme
Court John Marshall Harlan and David J.
Brewer. These two distinguished jurists
lecture regularly at the university
Under act of Congress April u, 1892, the
students Of the George Washington Uni
versity were given free access TO practi-
cally all departments supported by the
government
The archives Of the State and other de-
partments and the statistical bureaus hold
extensive accumulations Of original his
tOTiC documents and data invaluable 70
graduate students in history, political
science, economics, sociology, and the
allied topics Of research.
The Army Medical Museum IS without
peer IN this or any other country, both
as TO its exhibits and Its library, and in
the National Museum is to be found the
most comprehensive collection Of materia
medica in the world.
Laboratories at Its Command.
In addition TO its own splendidIy
equipped laboratories, the university has
a magnificent series, owned by the gov
eminent but at the command OF the
students. These include the weather
Bureau. Coast and Geodetic Survey,
ny bloAJlAlC DHlEdLs bultAu u OAallA-
ards, Geological Survey. Department Of
Agriculture, Naval Observatory. Bureaus
OF Construction and Steam Engineering
Of the Navy. Bureau OF Electrical Equip
ment United States Signal Corps, Engi-
neer Corps CT the Army, and a half score
OF others
-Four general divisions mark the work
Of the university. There Is the Depart
ment Of Arts and Sciences, and under
this head is grouped the Columbian Col
lege. the Washington College of Engi-
neering the Division OF Architecture. the
College OF the Political Sciences, 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.
Especial pains are taken by the univer-
sity 10 look after the comfort and safety
Of its woman students. The dean OF
women has general oversight of these
PREPARES FOR ARMY & NAVY.