Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-05-18
Sketches of the Winners of the
Coveted Honors-A Sue
eessful Year Drawing
to a Close.

and mathematical. organic chemistry. Last
year Miss Harrington won two prizes In
the collegiate department. the Ruggles
prize for mathematics and the Thomas +.
Walsh prize for an essay on Irish history.
Another candidate In the scientific course
q Frances Sanders, B. g.. 1901, Columbian
University. Her topics are applied
den, B. A.. 1908. Biairsyiiie College. is tax
ing course in archaeology, and Eleanor
Annie hanson, B. g.. 1897, NJ g., 1890, IL
studying celestial mechanics.
Students In the postgraduate department,
doctor OF philosophy. are Mary Doan. Aida
Human and Clara 8. Ludlow.
were first thrown open to women there was
much discussion. pro and con, concerning
the feasibility Of the concession. For sew
erai years. except In isolated cases. there
were few results to justify the stand taken
by the pros. This. however, was but a
surface indication. for very little real work
- done during a period of agitation, To-
day the agitation has subsidized Women
are silent on the subject of their capabili-
ties; they are letting their work speak for
them. No better instance of this can be
found than in the results achieved by those
who have gone into the world armed with
degree from George Washington Univer-
slty. Their activities are directed chiefly
TO the realm OF teaching, but they no longer
confine themselves to primary and prepara-
tory grades, High schools and colleges
every year receive large accessions from
their ranks. In the Washington High
Schools alone IT is significant to note how
many teachers are drawn from this source
Among them are the following:
Miss Hannai' May johnson. Eastern High
School; Misses Estelle Throckmorton, Edna
Clark and Anna Hazelton. Business High
School; Lola Evans Bessie Lynch Lillian
Pace and Resale Robinette. Central. and
Mary Dean, Technical all reflect credit ON
their alma mater, George Washington Uni
versity; IN tact. they are among the best
teachers in their respective schools.
Take the Arts Course.
A majority of the girls in Columbian Col
lege. George Washington University, take
the arts course. yet there are numbers who
have attained distinction along scientific
lines. Mrs. A. N. MCGEE. U. 8. army sur
geon, and Miss L. B. Davis OF the nautical
almanac Office have frequently been quoted
as examples. few Of the more recent
acquisitions are Misses Mabel Irene Pts
torio architect: Madeleine Elsie McKelden,
mathematician. and Miss Katherine Har-
rington. chemist and mathematician.
Successful careers achieved in the govern
ment service the result of labors in the
university are too numerous for special
mention. They are to be found in ac-
counting departments. naval observatory,
Smithsonian Institute, the clerical depart
ments and elsewhere.
Among other advantages which will ac-
crue to women in the naturalization OF the
university's plans are the enlarged facilities
for postgraduate work. DIR. Needham de-
clares that this department must be the
browning work Of the whole institution.
New departments of photography and
library science will be added and these will
furnish training in fields for which women
are admirably adapted.