Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-03-10
SITE FOR UNIVERSITY
Views of Citizens as to George
Washington Movement.
MOMENTOUS POSSIBILITIES
Progressive Center Of Culture and
Education.
THIS IS A CITY OF RESOURCES
Opportunity for Special Departments
of Unique Character-Acquisi-
ton Of the Dean Site.
THIS IS A CITY OF RESOURCES

University has been in progress the past
week many citizens of Washington have
expressed the opinion that the undertaking
is one of momentous possibilities for this
city.
Mr.. Simon Wolf says:
"Unquestionably the George Washington
University under its previous names was
.hampered by its apparent sectarianism, but
since the old restrictions have been re-
moved there is every reason why liberal
men Of all shades of opinion should make
| 1t one of their main purposes in life to see
that this national university, synlbolizing
the name of the Father Of His Country as
well as Of its capital city, shall be liber-
ally assisted both as regards the fund to
purchase an available site as well as the
endowment of the various departments.
No other city in this country has such
resources, emitting 1t to be progressive
center of culture and education, as Wash
ington affords. Here we have all the ad-
vantages of the various governmental de-
partments, the Smithsonian, the National
Museum the patent office, the Department
of Agriculture, the observatories and the
rest, not to speak of the special libraries
of each and every department. These are
assets that no other community in the
country cam boast. In addition to all the
regular academic instruction there Is album
dant opportunity for special departments of
unique character.
with such a site the one contem-
plated, the most commanding In the Dis
trict, if not in the United States, George
Washington University, as outlined, will be
not only the intellectual center, but also an
additional source of attraction to visitors
from every part of the world.
And in thus recommending and accen-
tuating the necessity of support, no clash
ing with the interests of any other institu-
ton has to be discounted. Each of our
lnoo oh hoe ND toll tic
mission, and all accomplishing admir-
able results. But with a peculiar fitness
the George Washington University is SYM
bolizing the ideas and principles of our gov
eminent, founded on the absolute right Of
each and every individual to think and be-
lieve as his conscience dictates.
Educational Center.
Gen. George M. Sternberg is an enthus-
iastc supporter of the plan to make this
city the recognized educational center Of the
United States. In favor of the acquisition
of the Dean site, he says:
I'm my opinion the Dean property Is an
ideal location for great national univer
sity and its acquision cannot fail to ad-
vance the interests OF the movement for
university such as President Washington
had in mind. Without doubt the proper To-
cation for a national university Is the ma
tional capital. And such an institution
should not be situated in the suburbs
where land Is cheap, but should have the
most prominent available site, well within
the city limits.
"A group of weli-planned buildings upon
the proposed site will prove to be a con-
slant source Of pride, not only to the citi-
zens Of Washington, but to those who visit
the national capital and to intelligent people
in all parts Of the country. Such q univer-
sity as is planned by President Needham
will have a notable influence upon the ad-
vancement Of higher education in the United
States, and will bring here as teachers and
graduate students the intellectual elite Of
the land. 1t will also be Of great national
advantage to the city of Washington on
account Of the large number of students
who WILL be attracted by the superior edu-
cational advantages which it can Offer"
Representing the Alumni.
Representing the alumni of George Wash
ington University among the business men
of the city, Mr.. Howard 8. Reside, treas
urer Of the American Security and Trust
Company, compares the present Intellectual
leadership of the European capitals with
the future supremacy Of Washington, say
ing:
practically every national capital in
Europe is great educational center. A
young Frenchman, born and reared in the
provinces, goes up, as matter OF course,
to Paris for his academic and professional
training. London becomes every year more
Enthusiastically the educational mecca of
students from the whole British empire.
Berlin and Vienna have great advantage
over all other cities Of the German and
Austrian empires in the governmental &C
tivities that put at the disposal of stu
dents resources which they can find no
where else.
Now just that same tning is bound to
come to pass in this country. Washington,
as the political capital, cannot fail to be-
come the intellectual capital of the nation.
1t is a matter of enlightened self-interest
for our well-to-do citizens to help the in
evitable along. The more rapidly an at
mosphere of scholarship be created
here the better for all the interests of the
city. That will help to induce people OF
wealth to build residences here-as so many
of them are already doing. 1t will lead
eminent scholars to make Washington their
home. The presence of a great body OF
students means disbursements from which
every financial institution of the city will
benefit. Higher education is, in fact, an
investment from which washington may
expect large returns.
Value to the Law.
The value to the science and practice of
law of enlarged facilities is insisted upon
by Mr.. Walter C. Clephane, who holds a
professorship in the department of law Of
the university. His standpoint he expresses
as follows:
Further endowment Of the George
Washington University will make for the
special advantage of the legal profession
throughout the country. The opportunities
in this city for study of the actual prac-
tice of law as it goes on in courts presided
over by the highest legal authorities of the
country are, of course. unexcelled The
department of law of the George Washing
ton University already gives more atten-
ton than most law schools to the practi-
cal side Of professional training. There is
need Of additional facilities for extending
work Of this character and for attracting
to this city advanced students of the higher
branches of law, for whom the libraries
and archives of the government afford an
invaluable series of special laboratories. AS
an example Of the hoard of research that
may be possible on large scale in the
newly endowed university, Professor Lor-
enzen has lately spent some months in
Cuba in the study of the peculiarities of
the administration of Spanish law on that
island. The results Of his Investigation
will be of more than purely technical in
terest; they will concern every American
business man who has dealings with Cuba
In general idea is that sufficient 3noo