The Washington herald., 1915-04-20
'RAPS NATIONAL
UNIVERSITY idea
Admiral Stockton Says Grad
uate School Would Not
Fill Bill.
TALKS TO G. w. ALUMNI
Former Ambassadors White and Hill
Want Diplomacy Divorced from
Politics.

Separation of diplomacy from politics
was urged last night at Rauscher's at
the annual banquet of the General Alumni
Association of George Washington Uni
versity by Henry White. former Ambas-
sador to France and David Jayne Hill.
former Ambassador to Germany.
I'VE have suffered enormously in the
past through inability to get experienced
men at foreign posts.'' said Mr.. White.
The diplomatic service has been too
much of a kaleidoscope for any one to
learn what it actually is" said Mr.. Hill
What it needs is permanency in higher
as well as lower grades
ut Is the educated man who is to
take the high place in the naval warfare
of the future said Secretary of the
Navy Daniels. THE navy today is a
learning-a school that has its classes on
every ship-classes attended by every
enlisted man, from midshipman to rear
admiral
Need "Mental Muscle"
1T is impossible to get education by
a storage battery process declared Phi
lander p Claxton. United States Com
missioner Of Education. What is learned
in school Is carried as burden unless
the facts acquired are transformed into
mental muscle through experience. Mr..
Claxton advocated a longer school year,
declaring that his country has the short
est school terms in the world.
Rear Admiral Charles Herbert Stock
ton. L s. N, retired, president Of George
Washington University. took a shot at
the movement for the erection here of a
national university for graduate work.
declaring that George Washington's ideal
could be attained only by an under
graduate institution giving a broad and
liberal education
Stephen T.. Kramer, assistant superin-
tendent of the District schools, and presi-
dent of the association. was toastmaster.
Music was furnished by the George
Washington University Orchestra, David
Davis. director.
Among thosc present were Rear Admiral Charles
II. stccktoa L. 5. ". retired: Hon. Josephus
Daniels. Hon. Henry White. Hon. David Jayne
Hill Hon. rhilander T.. Claxtou. A. Lsner. Dr.
George y. acker Prof. l.. Russell Alden. Dr.
Edmund Barry. Z. Roger Boyle. Dean W. c.
Borden Arthur II. Brame. Rev. Charles II. But
Ter. Mrs c. II. Butler. Dr. W. X. Butler Capt.
c. c. Calhsrn. II. b. Chubb Melville Church. DIR.
W. W. l.. CIsscl. Prof. Richard Cobb. Alden VI.
Collins Harry G. Davis William A. D~Caindry.
Henry " Draper. Donald L. DuttOn. John Paul
Earnest. SeIdcn VI. Ely. J. j. Fosselman. Mrs. J.
J. Freshman. DR.. L. A. Foster. =. r. Frarel.
Horace VI. T.lton, DR.. W. T. Gill. ". T. Gill; jr..
Hayner ". Gordon Prof. J. Fl. Gore. President
Percival Hall. DIR. W. A. Hedrcs. Prof. q. n.
Henning. Dr. K. A. Hill. Dean II. L. Hodgkins.
Howard W. HodGkins. n. Munroe Hopkins. Col.
Thomas s. :Iorkins. T. Hilton Jackson Judge
Martin A. Knapp. Stephen Z. Kramer. John b.
Iarner. Philip +. Lamer. Dr, ID. Olin Lecch. Mrs.
ID. DIN Lec,h. DR. ]. 5. Lemon. Wharton f. Les
ter. Prof George W. Littiehales. Herbert p. Mid
dleton. Prof. Willis L. Moore. Thomas w. Ncyes.
Rev Waihce Radcliffe, Or. Charles W. Richard
son. DR.. n. c. Ruely. DIR. George Sarton Prof.
A. F. W. Schmidt Mrs. 4. F. W. schmidt. Prof.
II. Schocnteh. Z. o. Schreibr. n. Or. r. q.
Seibert. Mills y. Shand. DIR. ID. Kerfoot Shute
Prof. G. S. Smith. Delos Fl. Smith Elmer Stewart.
Hon. Joseph Stewart. John Stower. 4. T. Stuart.
J. Norman Taylor. DIR II. c. Thompson. DIR. NJ. +.
Thompson Mn. NJ. +. Thompson. Ernest l.. Thurs
ton. Il. Carroll Todd. Dean William A. Wilbur
Mark r. Woodward. +. c. Brandenburg, and Col.
Archibald HoIkin