The Washington times., 1907-10-27
MANY ENGINEERS
IN G. ". j. CLASSES
Enrolment Shows Increase
Over Last Years
Attendance.
Senior Dental Class Elects
Officers for the
Year.

In the engineering department OF the
George Washington University more
stEdents are already enrolled than were
IN. that department of the university
Gtriug the academic year OF leO6-190I
Three members Of the engineering fac
City who were instructors last year,
Prcfs. Duns;an. Mechiin. and Willard,
have this year been made assistant pro-
fcssors. Charles W. Mortimer has been
made an Instructor Of electrical engi-
neering Mr.. Mortimer IS & member of
tie class OF 1852 from the University Of
Mississippi taking his II. +. degree this
year from Cornell University.
Other notable additions II the enSi-
neering faculty are f. c. Starr. former
y an Instructor on the faculty OF Bos-
ton Tech" ana J. c. SmaIlwood, who
comes as an instructor in mechanical
engineering.
The engineering department has been
much improved Two well-eQuipped en-
sineering buildings on I street, with
shops which have been installed in the
basement of the college building and
III the vacant space between the col
lege and law buildings, furnish excel
lent facilities tor this branch OF the
WCrk- New machinery and apparatus
arc TO oe added some time in the fu-
ture.
The officers for the senior class in
the dental school are as follows: Presi-
dent, Alfred w Cummings. Of Kansas;
vice president, Thomas L. Fairfield, Of
OEio; secretarY-tr treasurer, Charles Nj.
Higgins, OF West Virginia, and editor,
Arthur W. Cash, of Rhode Island.
IL is expected that the Athletic As
sUCiaUiOn is to be made one OF the lead
ms organizations in the univ ersity. Z.
p. Gases, editOT-in-chief of the Uni
yersity Hatchet, is president of the as
scciation, ana has plans for its TeOr-
gaHization.
For the first time in t,e history OF
tie university, a thorough course in
pharmacOiogy viii be given, = hich viii
include actual demonstration OF the ac-|
Jion of drugs upon the organism. The
wcrk viii be in charge Of Dr. France.
assisted by DR.. Clayton, professor Of
therapeutics.
The first regular meeting for this seS-
sion Of the Classical Club was held IN
the parlors of the Womans building
on Tuesday evening. About fifty menI-
bers and guests were in attendance,
among them several members of the
faculty and their wives. Prof. Carroll
and Prof. Smith read papers, which
were much enjoyed. NJ ". Heudry,
Instructor in Greek and Latin, con-
tributed an interesting book review. Re
freshments we're served.
The Y. NJ. c. a. branch in the unlyer-
sitv is showing up in good form this
ola hnfnM
organized. William Van Week is chair
man Of this department Of the asocia-
tion work.
The senior class in the law department
is passing through its annual paroXysms.
It is engaged in preparing its initial
pIeadings and arguments in the moot
court work.
C. H Hayton and E. w IngIe, who
have been engaged in missionary work
al Cape Town, South Africa, have en-
rolled in the medical school to prepare
themselves for duty as physicians in
the foreign missionary field.
". Clayton Carpenter, of the Junior
class in law, and private secretary to !
Dr. James Brown Scott, of the Inlvers- /
ity faculty, is recovering from an attack /
Of typhoid fever. He is expected 10 re- |
sumo his studies in the law school dur |
ing the first part OF November.
TAe senior class in the law school viii 1
hold its annual smoker within the near |
future. President Davis has appointed I
q committee to look after this feature, |
and has also announced that a class
meeting viii be held soon, when nominal /
tons for class officers will be made
DR.. Paul Carter, OF the class % 'O7 OF /
the medical school, has accepted a hos !
p.tal position in Seattle, Wash, where i
he expects to practice.
The following are the officers elected !
by the senior class in the National Col !
lege Of Pharmacy: President, II. B. !
Floyd. reelected; vice president, R. B. /
Spencer secretary, NJ. A Pozen; treas
urer, c Deming, reelected.
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