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hospital in this city for nine years, from
1898 to 1907, and was mainly instrumental
in permanently establishing that institu-
ton, and In securing from Congress $780,
600 with which land was purchased In the
District and the present Walter Reed
United States Army General Hospitar
erected, the preparation of plans for
which he personally supervised. DR.. Bor-
den commanded the division hospital at
Manila, p. l., 1908, and has commanoeo
two of the most important general hos.
pitals Of the army, with exclusive controi
of all medical, surgical and administra-
tive matters connected with them
DR.. Borden is familiar with the general
country and with the standard maintained
by the Medical Corps of the Army. he
is a member of the American Medical
Association, secretary of the surgical sec
ton of the National Society for the STUDY
and Prevention of tuberculosis. He Is
fellow of the Royal Microscopic Society
of England, charter member OF the
George Washington University Meoicai
Society, honorary member OF the Medlcaa
and Surgical Society of the District OF
Columbia, member Of the Association OF
Military Surgeons member OF the Ameri.
can Association for the Advancement OF
Science and many other scientinc socie-
ties. DR.. Borden is an author OF note,
and Is a frequent contributor to various
medical journals and prominent sciehtihc
magazines.
Law Students Assert Loyalty.
While the. executive committee meeting
was in progress the law students OF the
university held meeting, the outcome on
which was a complete statement OF loyai
support to the present administration OF
G. w. u. Several warm speeches were
made, condemning certain OF the news,
paper articles in the morning papers ana
favoring the present policy of the univers-
ity.
Resolutions were adopted by the law
students, as follows:
"Whereas the authorities of George
Washington University have been sub
jected to unjust condemnation, and have
been misrepresented in the press. and,
whereas it has been alleged that dis
satisfaction with present conditions exists
among the students OF this department.
be it
'Resolved, That we the students Of the
College of Law Of the George Washington
University, heartily indorse the policy
under which the university Is being con-
Quoted; that 1t Is our firm belief that tne
progress of recent years has placed the
university in the ranks of the foremost
educational institutions Of the country;
and be 1t further
Resolved. That we denounce the unfor-
tunate misstatements made In some OF the
local papers, and we deeply regret the
difficulties which have arisen In other de-
partments; and we hereby make 1t pub
licly known that we are in perfect accord
with existing conditions"
The voice Of the student body was heard
in a petition signed by about IS per cent
of the membership OF the departments OF
arts and sciences and protesting against
the removal Of Profs. Sterrett and Gore
The petition claimed that the action met
with the strong disapproval Of the stu
dents, and asked for the reinstatement OF
the professors. This petition was
presented to the trustees at the meeting
yesterday by Arthur Davis. an alumnus.
The Creation Of the University.
Only a few years ago George Washing
a collection of night schools. There was
none of the community Of interest which
binds the various schools Of q university
together; the men of one school knew lit
tie about the men Of another school; some
Of them scarcely knew that the uni
one they attended. The preparatory
school was some distance away from the
main college building, the law school was
somewhere else and the medical school
was also removed from the center of
things. Even in those days there were
great hopes Of endowments for the uni
versity, and serious consideration was
given to the subject by Andrew Carnegie
and John d. Rockefeller. 1t may be that
had the present standard of the uni
versity been reached at the time when
the endowments mentioned lay near to
the grasp OF the trustees, George Wash
ington University would not be in tho
straits in which 1t finds itself today.
The university has not been sectarian
for many years. and is not sectarian to-
day, but the argument which weighted
the scales heavily against the endow-
ment was the fact that 1t was not an in
stitution Of university grade, not q real
university. With the raising of the edu-
cational standards and the creation OF
a university by welding together the scat
tered schools. there has been the strong
and increasing hope Of the endowment
which is essential to the existence of the
great university. and during the years in
which the university has been built up
from the night school basis to an institu-