Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-08-22
NEW YEAR OPENS SOON TRADES FOR THE BOYS
Coming Session OF George Value OF Modern School for
Washington University Trade Schooling.
FOUNDED BY CONGRESS EDUCATORS INTERESTED
Regarded Most Sue. Practical as Well as Theoretical
cessfu N Institutions History knowledge
WORK UNDER THREE HEADS WASTE IN APPRENTICE SYSTEM
Enroll
ment OF Students Last session Schools Young
- 1' for Best Shops
Coming Session of George
Washington University.
FOUNDED BY CONGRESS
Last Term Regarded as Most Sue
cessful in Institutions History.
WORK UNDER THREE HEADS
Faculty of 155, With Total Enroll
nent of Students Last Session
of 1,52O.

The George Washington University,
founded, ii is stated. by act of Congress
in 1871. is about TO enter upon its eighty
ninth annual session. II Is claimed that
the session of 19OS-1.Ti was, from the
educational point of view, one of the best
In its history. The total enrolment OF
students was 1.520. with twelve duplicates,
distributed follows: Graduate. ia;
undergraduate, 500: college of political
sciences, 50, and professional s.. The
faculty of arts and sciences numbered
a. and the students enrolled in the dc
partment of arts and sciences was So.
The faculties in the professional depart
Inents, namely, law, medicine. dentistry
pharmacy and veterinary medicine had
49, instructors. with a total enrolment
OF So students.
With 50 much accomplished in tho way
of educational achievement, the university
looks forward with confidence to a growth
In patronage and reputation during the
coming session.
Under Three Heads.
The work Of the university may be
summarized under three principal heads:
]. The colleges devoted to undersradu-
arc and technical work. All these
arc under the supervision of the faculty
of undergraduate studies.
The chief OF these is the college of arts
aud sciences. which may he regarded as
the heart of the university. The standard
nf requirement for admission tn the col
lcge of arts aud sciences Is that OF tue
college, entrance examination bot0d. based
on q four-yesr high school course OF
study and amounting tn fifteen units OF
credit. For the baccalaureate degree the
student must complete successfully courses
aggt egating sixty hours Of work. With
a daily schedule Of recitations and lee
lures from {: am. 10 go pm, the last
two periods each day-twelve periods a
weCk-may be taken after government Of
flee hours. Afternoon courses are offered
in all subjects required for graduation.
There arc duplicate courses, coming III
the morning and in the afternoon. and.
beginning with the session OF laOa-1?1e. a
group system Of courses has been adopted,
with thirty Of the sixty hours of work
required.
Leading Up to Degrees.
The college of engineering and the
mechanics arts offers courses leading 10
the B. S. degree in civil, electrical and
mechanical engineering.
The college of architecture offers
courses leading TO the B. S. degree in
architecture, and certificate course for
practical training i'll architecture.
The teachers college has in view
preparation for the profession of teach
ing. and gives i'll addition to the bachelor $
degree a teachers certificate for efficiency
in educational methods. The college is
closely linked with the public school sys-
tenn of the District of Columbia.
The college of the political sciences
has been organized to meet an inSiStent
educational demand. This demand is of
81 twofold character. In the first place
the city of Washington affords a labora-
tory for studies in the politician economic
to- ~ ga{1 ,fo, ha
found in no other city in America. The
college aims TO apply in graduate and
undergraduate work the unparalleled re-
sources i'll the capital of the nation for
study and investigation in this rapidly
developing field of modern education. In
the second place. with the marvellous in
crease of administrative activity in the
government and the constant effort to
better the service. ii has become apparent
that certain technical and scientific
branches of the public service must be
supplied with men thoroughly trained for
the work. The college of the political
sciences aims to give to students who de-
sire to enter the government service a
scientific and scholarly preparation for
the work before them.
Second under the faculty of graduate
studies In the department of arts and
sciences, three year courses are given
leading to the degrees of NJ. A.. NJ. 5,
G. T.. +. T.. NJ. T.. Jur. D., and PHI. ID.
Statistics recently compiled by the dean
cent of the candidates who have matricu-
lated for the degree Of doctor of philoso-
ply have attained that degree: that the
average time devoted In advanced courses
for this degree after attaining the mas
tcr's degree was 81 Years, and that the
average number of years for each candi-
date from the attainment of his bache-
ior's degree was III years. These fl2-
ures show how carefully the university Is
guarding its highest degree.
Professional Schools
Third. The professional schools are des
isnated as follows: Department OF law
department of medicine, department of
dentistry college of pharmacy, and school
% veterinary medicine The law depart
naent, established in 1865, is declared to
be the oldest school of law in the city
Of Washington. Its course of instruc
ton for the degree of bachelor Of laws,
originally requiring but two years. was
gradually expanded, until. ISIS, III
accordance with the recommendation of
the American Bar Association. it was
Increased 10 three years.
In 1904. bv the authority of the boa I'd
of trustees. new adjustment of gradu
ate work in tile university was made,
resulting in the establishment of the de-
partmeuts of law and of politics and dip
lomacy tnow called the college of the
political scieucei, the former embracing
the undergraduate course in municipal
law and graduate courses in the broader
fields of general Law. and the latter grad
auto and undergraduate courses in the
political sciences special attention being
given 10 diplomacy
Since 1873 The work OF the Law school
has gradually been transferred from tie
late afternoon hours to the forenoon and
at the present time the lectures offered to
all-day students are largely confined TO
the earlier part of the day. To these
students is offered a course consisting OF
fourteen hours week for three years
leading To tie degree Of bachelor of
laws I'll. b..
To meet the needs Of those students
whose employment in the government ser
vice, or elsewhere, prevents their attend
auce before 40 In the afternoon. an
afternoon course Is given, consisting of
ten hours week for three years. and
leading 10 the degree OF bachelor of
law %. L.. This course offered 10 after
noon students satisfies the requirements
of the Association OF American Law
schools, OF which this school is mem
Der.
Medical and Dental.
Tie medical school is one of the odcst
in the country. II belongs TO the Associ-
alton OF American Medical Colleges and
has the advantage of being centrally To-
Gated i'll the Capital city. with it's great
libraries and museums. The hospital and
aiSpprSary aiipiO the school aud aTar