Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-10-19
DEGREES FOR EIGHT
George Washington University
Students Get Diplomas.
Mr.. WORTHINGTON RESIGNS
Withdraws From Executive Commit
tee of Board Of Trustees.
COL. HOPKINS IN HIS PLACE
Affairs at Institution Going Along
Smoothly and Satisfactorily.
Increase in Registration.
COL. HOPKINS IN HIS PLACE

Eight students OF George Washington
University received diplomas at an in
formal presentation in the Office of the
acting president, Rear Admiral Charles
Herbert Stockton, this afternoon. The
fall convocation for the presentation of
diplomas will not be held this year. and
this afternoons affair was strictly in
formal. the president simply presenting
the "sheepskins' with a few remarks to
each student. Those who received their
diplomas, and the degrees that went with
them, were Chester Harmon Braseton,
Carl A. Hellman and Nathan Cohen, mas
ter Of patent law: William Ernest FauIk-
ner, bachelor Of laws; Lewis William
Fetzer. Katherine M. Herring and Nes-
mith P. Nelson, doctor Of medicine; Clar-
ence Gilbert Fowler, bachelor Of arts.
A. s. Worthington resigned as a men,
Der Of the executive committee of the
board Of trustees at meeting of the
board Monday afternoon, and Col. Archi-
bald Hopkins, another member Of the
board was chosen to fill the vacancy. Mr..
Worthington will remain on the board,
but will be unable, because of press of
business. to continue the more arduous
labors involved in membership on the
executive committee.
While the board of trustees is progress
ing steadily in its work Of Strengthening
out the finances of the university, moth
ing definite has yet been accomplished.
Mondays meeting was given over to dis
cussionS Of proposed means of diSposing
Of the two former buildings of the uni
versity to advantage and investing the
proceeds of the sale properly. An ad-
journed meeting Of the board has been
called for this afternoon, but no definite
announcements are expected to follow.
Large Number of Students.
Following the change Of administration
and the giving up of two buildings, the
university has settled down. partly in new
quarters, and set about the years work
in quiet but business-ike manner. In
spite of a noticeable increase in registra
ton and a slight reduction in the faculty.
every student is taken care of. and, ac-
| cOrding to officials Of the university. mat
tiers are running more smoothly than ever
| before.
| Speaking Of the progress Of the uni
versity since the change Of administration
last summer, Admiral Stockton, the act
| ing president, said today:
"Everything is running along quietly.
| which is a very good sign under the cir
| cumstances. This year has so far been
| marked by an exceptionally good spirit
! on the part Of the students. Those who
| better and more bouyant spirit exists
among the students than ever before. The
| spirit manifested by the faculties of the
| various departments is one of great 10y
| faculties have sacrificed much ard have
| taken on themselves a great deal of
additional work and in every way have
shown great devotion TO the university.
MATTERS of finance are in the hands of
| the board OF trustees. and l hope for a
speedy solution of all questions before it,
Hopeful of Donations.
I'VE have now been installed some few
| weeks in our new quarters on street and
| in the Masonic Temple, and the changes
made have been as satisfactory as could
be expected under the circumstances. or
course. there always will be gap between
| the receipts for tuition fees and the total
| expenses of the university from year to
! year. which, we trust, will be made up
| by subscriptions and donations from gen.
erous and public spirited members of the
| community who sympathize with a nom
| sectarian university, the number of whose
| students this year, succeeding a very
| critical period of the university, is strong
| justification of its existence"
The marked increase in the number Of
| students has been a surprise to every one
connected with the university. A state
ment recently prepared shows that while
| October 13 1909, the total registration
was LOSS the figures for the same date
this year were 1895. In making out the
| comparison, the university calls attention
| to the fact that in the 1909 figures were
included 55 students in the department of
architecture. department that has since
been discontinued, and 80 pupils in the
| graduate school, a large number of whom
| were nonresident members of the uni
| yersity who were taking no particular
| course, but merely preparing their
theses This class of graduate pupils also
| has been omitted from the figures for this
| year.
The tabulated comparative registration