Evening star., 1911-08-19
READY FOR SESSION
George Washington University
Opens September II.
ITS NINETY-FIRST YEAR
Few Changes in Teachers and None
in Scope Of instruction.
GRADUATE COURSES OFFERED
Late Afternoon Glasses for Benefit
of Students in Government EN-
ploy a Feature.

tnef lnulcated Dy the organization OF tne
| department of arts and sciences into the
| School of Graduate Studies, the College
| of Arts and Sciences, the College of Engi-
neering and Mechanic Arts, the College of
| the Political Sciences and Teachers Col
| lege. The university aims to provide any
| students coming to ii with instruction
| shaped to that students individual in
| terests.
| 1t is the object of the university pri-
| marily to meet the needs of the students
Since many of these are in government
employ and dependent financially on
| monthly salaries the university offers
courses of instruction in the late after
noon hours and has within the past year
changed the basis of tuition payments
from a quarterly to a monthly one. The
standard of scholarship, however. for ad
mission and graduation is based-as in all
the stronger institutions of Harrington
full-time work. Student unable to give
his whole time to the university work
must expect to give a correspondingly
greater length of time in years.
School of Graduate Studies.
Students in the School of Graduate
Studies may be candidates for the degree
of master of arts, master of science,
civil engineer. electrical engineer. mechan-
ical engineer or doctor of philosophy
They must be qualified for admission to
lege work. In the last year hfty-four
students were registered in the school.
The requirements for admission to the
College Of Arts and Sciences, as a can
didate for degree, are four-year high
school course or it's equivalent, and for
graduation sixty hours" of work, an
hour being one hour of recitation or lee
ture work a week for one academic year.
The tuition fee is $40 per annum for each
hour per week Of instruction, with a
maximum of $50. The degrees available
are bachelor of arts, bachelor of science
and bachelor of science In chemistry. In
the last year PSI students were registered
in this college. The course of instruction
available to students registered in the
college is largely elective, and covers
wide variety of subjects.
Engineering and Mechanic Arts.
In the College of Engineering and
Mechanic Arts, the College of the Political
Sciences and Teachers College the same
choice OF courses is available so far as q
| student may be able to profit from 1t
while pursuing the technical work requir-
| ed for a mastery of his future profession
| The admission requirements and tuition
| fees are identical with those of the Col
| lege of Arts and Sciences. and the re-
quirements for graduation are in amount
the same, differing only in the number
and the character OF prescribed SUBJ
jectS.
In the last year there were 116 students
registered in the College of Engineering
and Mechanic Arts. a in the College of
the Political Sciences and 93 In Teachers
College. The degrees conferred on stu
dents In the College of Engineering and
Mechanic Arts are the bachelor Of science
in civil engineering, the bachelor OF
science in electrical engineering or the
bachelor of science in mechanical en-
gineering The College Of the Political
Sciences offers, together with work de-
signed to promote general culture, train
ing for consular and diplomatic positions
and for the public service of the United
States. The exceptional facilities for
such training i'm Washington are unsur-
passed anywhere The degrees conferred
on students in this college are the bache-
lor of arts or the master of diplomacy.
In Teachers College the degree Of bache-
lor of arts is conferred, with also
teachers diploma.
Department Of Law.
The course of instruction leading to the
degree OF bachelor of laws is one OF three
years. requiring minimum of thirty-sX
| ''hours." Applicants for admission as
candidates for the degree must have
four-year high school course. on its
equivalent, and be at least eighteen years
of age. A candidate for the degree of
master of laws must already have at
tanned the degree of bachelor OF laws ana
| De at leaSt tWeNtN-ONe years VI dSc-
| The Case system of instruction pur-
sued at Harvard and the other more
| prominent law schools of the country is
| used. and Il considerable proportion of the
faculty give all their time ne to @ the instrmco ,Go
| year the department lost Prof. LorensOn
as dean, but his place will be ably filled
by Prof. Charles Noble Gregory. recently
| dean of the college of law in the Cnivef-
| sity of Iowa. and before that assistant
dean Of the college of law in the Univer-
| sity of Wisconsin. Dean Gregory brings
to the George Washington University ex.
perienoe as a capable administrators and
an effective teacher. He is well known to
the legal profession, having been presi-
dent Of the Association of American Law
schools and long an active member OF
tthe American Bar Association.
| Department Of Medicine.
| The requirements for admission to the
department of medicine which are those
OF the Association of American Medical
Colleges. call for graduation from an an ae- az
| credited high school or evidence by ex-
| animation of like attainments. The term
of study for the degree OF doctor or med1-
| cine is one of four years with the optioh
of spreading the work over nve yeaIs,
The university maintains hospital and
a dispensary, both of which provide ma :
terial for clinics. Particular stress Is iald
on laboratory work ana clinicai Yea ,hins
The tuition fee, winch lncIuCeS all titaf Ser
for materials. is $40 per annum In ,ne
last year there were ninety-eight students
| registered I'm the department.
| During the last year new plant t'f
the department. of dentistry has oeen m
stalled An abundance OF clinical mate
raj for study is furnished by the dentai
| .nfirmary maintained by the universit!
| The course leading to the degree OF doc
| ti.r of dental surgery is one, or three
| years The tuition fee, including all
| charges for materials. is 1925 per annuIn.
| The two associated colleges. the Ma
tional College OF Pharmacy and the ooi-
lege Of Veterinary Med cine. have Gndef
the charter of the university. separate
financial foundations, but they are educa-
tfonally a part Ct the university In the
last year there were slxty-three students
in the National College of Pharmacy ana
| sixty-fvs in the College OF Veterinary
Medicine. Both colleges have made no
| table advance during the last year. The
National College of Pharmacy mas an
nc unced the policy of increasing year by
year it's admission requirements, until IN
l9lG-17 they will call for graduation from
| n four-year high school course. The Col
lece of Veterinary Medicine Is authorita-
lively recognized as ranking itself among
tie leading veterinary schools Of the
country.
/ The university administration Offices
are on / street. and detailed information
concerning any department of the uni
yersity may be obtained there on appli-
cation made at the secretary's office, 1885
street.