Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-05-08
POLITICAL SCIENCES
ACTION BY GEORGE WASHING
TON UNIVERSITY TRUSTEES.

At a meeting of the board of trustees
of the George Washington University.
held last night at the Shoreham, Commits
sioner MacfarIand. chairman of the
board. in brief address outlined the
principles and objects for the establish
ment o fthe college of the political sci
ences under the supervision of the uni
versity.
1t was announced that the trustees have
on hand s50CO0. which will enable them
to establish several departments in the
new college. According to the present
plans. the institution will be i'm operation
by October. President Needham SUBJ
mitted to the trustees the following pro-
visions for the conduct of the new col
lege:
To give undergraduate students a broad.
general education in the political sciences
and in social, political and economic his
tory. laying Il solid foundation for spe-
clailzation in certain of the learned pro-
fessions. and chiefly to give a compre-
hensiVe and specialized training in the
political sciences. including economies,
finance. International law. diplomacy and
history. based upon the constant observ-
alton of facts and the critical apprecia-
ton and comparative study of political in
stitutions. This education is intended to
give training that will fit students for
consular and diplomatic positions and for
the public service in the' United States.
Non-Sectarian University Advocated.
Continuing, President Needham said:
There is deep and universal conviction
that there should be in this, city strong,
dominant, nOn-sectarian Institution of
higher learning. We have the beginning
of such an institution and before US lies
the opportunity of filling this position We
should act with both wisdom and heroism,
not fearing to risk what We have in order
to gain more
He reported that the registration for
the present year is 1.2S2 and a "steadS
gain in the regular attendance of stu
dents. The percentage of Withdrawals
from all causes this year is a fraction of
shows normal condition" He reported
about $4,000 raised for the college Of the
pOllt1cal sciences, toward the SIS, 900 for
which subscriptions are now being sought
me libraries have been increased and con-
tam nearly 1000 volues. The president
made a strong plea for the maintenance
or the university along the present lines
OF full-day work in all departments, and
recommended that the collegiate instruc-
ton be made strong on the scientific
side
Inc board unanimously approved the
pan Tor the College of the Political
Sciences and authorized additional work
10 begin in September. the places upon
~ '''NtitS " We fiieu DS the president.
Another important recommendation af-
fecting the medical school was adopted.
NO students will be hereafter matriculated
In the medical school who cannot give full
time to study, and the work will begin at
y clock in the morning and continue
through the day, the evening work being
discontinued excepting SO far as is neces-
sary to provide for students already in
the school. The work in the College of
the Political Sciences will also begin at .
O'Clock in the morning. This action puts
all the work of the university in the day-
time and places this institution upon the
same plane with the other institutions of
higher learning in the country
Finance Committee Reports.
The finance committee. through its
chairman. Mr.. Hennen Jennings. present.
ed full report upon the financial condi-
ton of the university and recommended
that definite plan be formulated for
raising money to meet the expenses occa-
stoned by the increase and advances made
in the work of the university. The finance
committee was directed to formulate such
a plan and report ut subsequent meet
ing.
There We're present at the meeting
President Needham. Henry e. F.. Macfar-
land. chairman: c. d. Walcott, f. NJ. Gal
laudet, III. G. Perkins, John Joy Edison,
Hennen Jennings, Rev. Samuel H. Greene,
DIR. c. w. Richardson. DIR. H. G. YarrOw,
Judge Thomas H. Anderson, John B. Lar
and w Woodward