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RISE AND GROWTH OF GEORGE
WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY

| tic as Washington for the establish
ment of a great university here, and
he dwelt on the subject in a message to
Congress. in 1910. In the meantime
George Washington's $4,000 bequest
was lost, as the Potomac Company fail
ed and the stock became worthless.
Charter Granted I'm 1921.
In 1917 Rev. Luther Rice, a Baptist
missionary, copceived the idea of
founding a college in Washington. In
1919, Mr.. Rice purchased nearly forty
seven acres of land between what are
now 14th mad 18th streets northwest,
Florida avenue, for about half a mile
northward. The price paid for this site.
now worth millions Of dollars, was
$1,000. In 1920 Mr.. Rice presented the
tract to the Tri-Annual Baptist Cen
eral Convention. his idea being to pro-
mote the education of the ministry and
ultimately to form a college under the
direction of the Baptist General Con-
vention. A charter was granted by
Congress and approved by President
Monroe February I. 1921.
and small college building was
erected at q cost of $4,000 to accom-
modate 100 students. Later three ad-
ditional structures were built The
college, which was known as Columbian
CoileSe, was formally opeheu JdHudry
9, 1922.
in 1925, in a building erected by the
professors themselves, but later was
granted room in the United States In
firmary building. which was destroyed
by fire during the civil war.
The law department was organized
in 1926, but was soon discontinued on
account Of financial troubles and was
not revived until 1865. A theological
school also was founded but soon
afterward was moved to Newton,
Mass, where it Is still located.
The only aid ever received by the
college from the government was in
1892, when Congress extended a grant
Of $25,0O0 in city lots, Georgetown
University receiving a similar gratu-
ity.
The college fell into financial difh-
culties because of the plans of the
officials being on a more elaborate
scale than the contributions justified.
and in 1926 the Baptist Convention
withdrew its connection. In the fol-
lowing year the faculty resigned in a
body and classes were suspended. In
the spring of 1928, however. the col
lege was reopened. and has been in
session ever since.
Renaissance Of the College.
At the outbreak sot thazciYi1<va tia
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time. which may be short, but
which is far too often very long.
the public health doctor will for
ward to his Boston chief the re-
suits of the examination. Then aft
er more delay the Boston public
health office will forward the entire
file to the war risk insurance bu-
reau in Washington, which will
at length be in a position to re-
view the papers and make the
award. That is the usual process
Of getting the papers before the
war risk insurance bureau in a
status which enables 1t to proceed.
You will notice that in those nu-
merous steps there are many pos
sibilities Of delay, and even prob
abilities of indefinite delay"
Mr.. Rogers urged that there
should be consolidation "at the
top" and decentralization in the
field to bring about the necessary
improvements in the system.
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The centennial celebration Of the
founding Of George Washington Uni
versity is to begin next Saturday
with appropriate exercises.
The university had it's inception in
the long cherished dream of George
Washington, who desired a great
national educational institution in
this city. The realization of this
dream was made possible by the sue
cessful efforts of the officials of the
university. who struggled against
hardships and adversities to establish
an Institution that would do honor
to 1.-The father of our country"
George Washington, however, had
given a beQuest Of $4,000 toward the
1t was started with thirty-nine stu
dents and several teachers and now
has grown to a student body of more
than 5000 and faculty of approxi-
mately 300, making it one of the larg-
est higher educational institutions in
composed Of representatives from all
parts Of the globe as we'll as from
every state in the Union.
Washington's Message to Congress.
President Washington was so much
interested in his plan for a higher
educational institution at the seat of
government that in 1890 he sent a
message to Congress on the subject.
Five years later he offered to give
fifty shares of Potomac Company
stock, then valued at $22.20O, as an
endowment for a national university.
to be erected during his lifetime, II
possible. and requested the District
commissioners to select site. The
commissioners proposed tract
bounded by 23d and 25th streets, e
street on the north and the Potomac
river on the south. a site later oc-
cupied by the Naval Observatory and
now occupied by the Naval Medical
School and Hospital.
The institutions main buildings now
are located only four blocks from the
site selected by the Commissioners and
approved by George Washington him.
self.
The national university was not
started during Washington's lifetime.
but when he died in 1899 he left this
item in his will: II give the fifty shares
which hold in the Potomac Company
toward the endowment of a university
to be established within the limits of
the District Of Columbia, under the aus
pices Of the general government, If that
government should incline to extend q
fostering hand toward it"
Presid6aat MAJ 6iA0n, w2R sAY1fh1Ngtax
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Army and Navy News
by CAPT. ARTHUR G. DUNCAN.

length of commissioned service would
apply within the respective grades
1t now appears however, that lieu
tenants and captains will be listed
for promotion indiscrirninately, with
out respect to grade, and that the
except by congressional enactment.
Officers familiar with the law con-
tend that this method of promotion
will operate to cause officers who re-
ceived lieutenant grades to pass over
the heads of their SuperiorS. thus
enabling Junior officers to reach the
grade of major, before many of the
present captains reach their majority
There are officers who claim that
commissioned service than the pro-
visionals, reserves, and others who
were commissioned between April 6
and August Is, 1917. Under the in
depreciation generally placed upon
the wording of the law. they believe
that an officer commissioned second
lieutenant during May, 1917, for ex-
ample, and who was not profession
ally qualified in his examination for
majority before an officer whose age.
experience, education, etc, qualified
him for captaincy from the first
training camp, and whose qualifica-
tions again obtained for him a cap
taincy from the reorganization board
Officers who claim this inconsistency
in promotions. say that if officers who
struggled to get into the training
camps and made good there and since
will be passed over by junior officers
adjudged inferior in qualifications; the
disappointment of senior officers, unless
correction is made, will last through
out their service.
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in Calcutta, in commemoration of
her visit as Princess of Wales to
the oriental empire, and it forms
a pendant to the handsome statue
of Queen Victoria, already in ex-
istence there. ,
In the United States there is butt
one woman who has received a
marble form Of popular homage.
that Of Frances willard. cham
pion of the temperance and femin-
list movements of her day. This
statue is in statuary hall of the
rotunda Of the Capitol.
X X
There are several royal public
monuments OF feminine figures in (
marble or bronze standing in the
Grand Square Of Melines in Bel
gium. which have greeted tour r
lists for several hundred years. 4,
E"e majestic and imposing
statue Of Empress Maria Theresa,
between the two museums at.
Vienna, gives an idea of the gran
deur of this imperious and i'm
perfal woman. =
There is the statue of Queen.
Anne In front Of st. Paul's Cathe-
every American who has visited
the English metropolis This :.
statue is said to be quite the re- -
verse of regal and il regarded by :
many from an artistic point Of.
view as an eyesore.
The statue of Margaret of AUS
tria, who ruled over the Nether-sC
lands in the fifteenth century,
placed on the Grand Square of
Melines, in Belgium, is the repro
ductiQn of an earlier date, and iss'
perhaps the most unusual figure
of its character in continental
Europe.
There are q number Of statues Of !,
Queen Victoria in the various por-
tions of the vast English empire. a
but they show the queen in her.
widowhood and old age. when this
great woman was wholly In
different to fashion or her own
attire. Thus, the artist was more,
concerned in preserving her facial
resemblance. "a
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to duty in accordance with the ext
gencies of the service. Realizing the
danger of misunderstanding due to
the present accidental, and. for the
time being. illogical. distribution of
commissioned officers in the several
arms. and the importance Of proper
distribution, the War Department and
the chiefs of the arms most seriously
affected desire to enlist the co-opera-
tion and support of officers Of the
Army, in bringing about, by suitable
voluntary transfers or otherwise, a
redistribution to the several arms to
accord with the intention Of Congress,
the interest of the Army and the de-
sire of Individual officers.
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World Has But Few Memorials
Erected in Public Places in :
Honor of Women. . :,


The suffrage statue which em-
braces the figure Of three great
American women, Mrs. Anthony,
Mrs. Mott and Mrs. Stanton, to be
placed in the rotunda Of the Capitol
on February is. recalls that there are
not many women whose memory
lives in sculpture.
Most public memorials to women
who have become famous in the
betterment of the world during
the last few centuries are the
work of the present generation.
A statuary figure of Queen Alex
andra, wife of King Edward VII
of England. has within recent
years found a site in the GROUNDS
Of the London Hospital, of which
she was long president.
The tragic death of Empress
Elizabeth of Austria, at Geneva.
some twenty-five years ago. mas
led to the erection of numoef OF
statues to her memory throughout
Austria, two of the most beautifui
ones being those at Salzburg ana
in the Voiksgarten at Vienna.
~
Rut the statues of famous wo-
men In public places are exceed
inely rare as compared with the
mnlfiplicity of marble and bronze
efigies of famous men. In the
United States and Europe.
1t is said that among the causes
for the amazing disparity between
the statues of men and women, the
consideration of dress is the prtn-
cinai one, for in all ages feminine
attire has run to extremes. What
nav he regarded as absolutely cor
rect by one generation may appear
nrenosterous and ridiculous to
those that follow.
F.rance has a number OF marble
and bronze efdgies OF the Maid
~ Orleans" made in the seven
feenth, eighteenth and nineteenth
Centuries, but the statues Of Joan
az Arc, in every instance, repre-
sent her in the martial attire OF
q medieval knight in masculine
garb.
There are a number Of statues
of women in Germany for which
the. empire is indebted to the de-
throned Emperor William. Among
these is his great-grandmother.
Queen Louise; his grandmother,
Empress Augusta, and Of his
mother, Empress Frederick, all OF
whom are represented in marble
afigies in the Tiergarten at Ber-
MarA.Aa sxtatua of- Oman Mary
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Reserve Omcers' Pay.

which will bring down the number Of
destroyer tenders.
Reserve Omcers' Pay.
The question of retired pay for
officers of the Naval Reserve Force
came up on January % in the District
Supreme Court, when Justice Fred
erick L. Siddons issued an order
directing Secretary of the Navy
Daniels to revoke his order of Novem-
Der IL. 1919. which placed Commander
George A. Berry, U. S. N. r. F.. on the
Daniels was directed to permit Com
Navy retirement board for a second
inquiry into his physical disabilities
in the same manner as inquiries con-
corning disabilities of Regular Navy
officers are conducted and disposed OF
Commander Berry said that he had
been placed or the inactive list be-
cause Of injuries received in the line
of duty. He held that he was entitled
to retirement pay, as are officers OF
the Regular Navy who are retired or
discharged because of some physical
disability. The case will affect petit
tions of other Naval Reserve officers
who seek retirement pay. The Secre-
tary of the Navy now has the choice
of conforming to the writ or of fling
an appeal to the District Court of
Appeals. Costs in the case were as
sessed against the Secretary of the
Navy, and the question of damages
to which the petitioner may be en-
titled was reserved for future de-
termination according to law.
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Fuel Economy.

A policy governing the employment
of vessels during the coming fiscal
years is expected to result in a ma
terial reduction in the deficiency of
some $2O,00O.000 incurred in the use
Of oil and coal. 1t was agreed that
many craft now in commission could
be laid up without seriously impair
ing the efficiency of the fleet. This
applies particularly to yachts, tugs,
subchasers, mine sweepers, eagle
boats, patrol vessels. older. types of
cruisers and gunboats. Many of these
vessels will doubtless be sold. The
number of destroyers retained in COM
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Retirement Date.

In cases in which retirement on the
application of an Army officer is ap-
proved, effective at some future date,
the department has specified that the
retirement shall be effective upon the
date specified. irrespective of the date
upon which the action is taken or the
officer receives notice of retirement
This rule is promulgated in order to
apply to cases coming under the pro-
visions of the law on classification
of officers so as to make retirements
under that provision effective on the
date Of retirement specified by the
President, although notice might not
be received by an officer until after
such date.
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BONUS FOR Ex-sERvICE MEN.

SALEM. Ore, February 1.-THE
Oregon house today passed a bill
providing a bonus to Oregon ex-serY-s
Ice men of SIS q month for each.
month served In the world war. The
bill also provides an alternative Of
farm or home loans. not exceeding
$1,000. Is passed by the senate and
approved by the governor u woul1.
Be submitted to the peopaa.
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Language Detail for omcers.

Three young officers of the Army
will be selected some time in March
for a four-years oriental language
detail. These officers will probably
be sent to China and Japan early in
June. No officer of less than three
years commissioned service will be
detailed, and preference will be given
vious linguistic training will be given
considerable weight in the selection
officers who desire this detail and
who have not already filed a ques-
tionnaire with the military intelli-
gence division w. D. general staff,
should make application to that divi-
sion through military channels.
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THE ARMY

NJ 1NETY-s1x colleges n d
univerSitieS-two in each
state-will soon be training
officers for our National
Army, if "a bill for federal cadet
Ship now being prepared by Repre-
sentative Harry +. Hull of the House
military committee, is approved by
Congress. The bill provides, that
each state may designate two schools
to which officer students will. at gov
ernment expense. receive free tuition
and all necessary perquisites, such as
are supplied cadets at West Point.
Any bright boy who deires a college
education is eligible for selection.
provided he devotes one school hour
each day to military training under
government regulations, and upon
graduation serves five years as an OFF,
Ger in the U. S. Reserve Corps.
The President the United States
Senate and the governors of each
state may designate ten boys each
year for training. Applicants must
undergo physical training equal to
that prescribed for West Point and
also have an education fitting them
for university entry. Further, they
must take an oath to serve the gov
ernment by carrying out their obli-
cation. The perquIsites at govern
ment expense include food, quarters,
books. uniforms, medical attention.
etc, so that even a poor boy may take
advantage of the opportunity.
Under the plan it is contemplat ted
to train between nine and ten thou
sand young men between the ages OF
eighteen to twenty-four. The cost.
according to Mr.. Hull. approximates a
government outlay of eight million
dollars year. A tentative bill to
carry out this work will be presented
to Congress within the next few
days.
1t is proposed that the schools used
for this purpose shall be approved by
the Secretary of-War. According to
the author. members of Congress and
officers of the Army who have seen
the draft of the bill are in hearty ac-
cord with it's national scope and prac-
tical features. 1t is claimed the bill
in effect would act in building up the
officers training corps to a member
ship of possibly one hundred and fifty
thousand.
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Suitable Transfer of omcers.

There is an actual shortage in the
total number Of officers authorized by
law and required to carry out the
Regular Army mission. This short
age can be somewhat counterbalanced
by a proper and correct distribution
of the officers now in the service. The
ficers may be transferred from one
branch of the service to another on
their own application. but specifically
states that an officer shall not b4
other without his consent.
The intention of Congress was that
an officer should not be arbitrarily
transferred from one branch. after
long years of service, to another
branch against his will. It was a
provision dictated by a consideration
Of the personal and professional feel
ings of the officers Of the Army. At
the same time, Congress did not intend
and did not take away from the Pres
ident the authority to assign officers
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Chemical Warfare.

A toxic smoke candle and simple
smoke candle are among the recent
developments in the chemical warfare
service which have proved most sat
isfactory. These candles are about
the size Of the ordinary tomato can
and weigh about two pounds. The
contents are solid. perfectly harmless
until lighted by special safety
match. No agent except intense heat
can release the gases, and consequent
ly they may be transported freely at
all times and places TheSe candles
are used in great numbers to produce
a gas cloud, poisonous or non-p poison
GUS. depending upon the candle used.
The simple smoke candle alone is
used principally for screening pur-
poses. Another improvement in chem
ical warfare material is the new style
carrier for the gas mask. This new
carrier fits snugly under the left arm
about the waist line and is always in
the alert position.
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kahn's Views ON Berxdoil.

I'm. convinced the whole affair was
rotten, and that we should go to the
bottom Of it." This terse remark in
dicates the attitude Of Congressman
Kahn, chairman of the House mill
tary committee. who last week rec
commended an investigation of Berg
doll-that master skulker, whose es-
cape from justice cast a stain upon
the department responsible for the
by an officer of the judge advocate S
department that Bergdoll. while in
Washington, drew $4,000 in gold
from the Treasury and that no further
trace of this money has since been
discovered.
1t is hoped in the coming investi-
CATION, with the assistance of the
Philadelphia attorney who represent
ed the prosecution of the Bergdoll
family, that the military committee
will be able to bring to light further
facts in the case. In any event, Mr.
Kahn is to be commended for his in
tention, as expressed by him. ito go
to the bottom of it."
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New Manual in Effect.

The new Manual for Courts Martial,
U. S. Army. 1921. War Department
Document No. 1858. has been print ed
and takes effect February A. The
militia bureau has requested the ad-
jutants general of the several states
and territories to submit requisitions
for the number of copies they need
for the National Guard. but none of
these will be filled until the issue to
the Regular Army has been completed
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omcers' Promotion Problem.

1t is beginning to dawn upon
former emergency officers whose ap-
pointments were practically confined
to lieutenants and captains in the
regular army and recently confirmed
in the Senate. that they are not yet
entirely "out Of the woods" The
reorganization law prescribed the
manner in which these officers shall
be placed upon the promotion list.
The general impression prevails that
the ranking Of officers according to
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mission will also be greatly reduced
which will bring down the number OF
destroyer tenders.
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Replace Technical Employee.

Reducing the civilian personnel Of
the War Department, as recently or
dered, and instructing commissioned
officers. to perform the duties Of
civilians. brought forth the wrath of
Federation of Labor and civil serv-
ice representatives. the effect Of
which has been the issuance of a
statement by the department that
the order applied more particularly
to professional experts in the supply
and technical services and that this
policy of utilizing commissioned Off
cers wherever possible for profess
sional positions "in no wise affects
those employees now carried on the
various statutory rolls or occupying
what have been generally known as
clerical positions"
For the past two years there has
been a desire on the part of COM
missioned officers to instruct a num-
Der of enlisted men in clerical posi-
tions. This policy was not encourag-
ed, so that today, 1t is not uncommon
to see officers up to the grade of
major typing their own letters. It
will be interesting to know how the
instruction of officers for civilian
work will be carried out in event the
proposed reduction by Congress in
the number Of officers takes place.
and civilian professional experts
are discharged If it takes one Off
Ger to teach another and the officer
is taught to do $1,000 a year work
on $4,000 a year pay, the incongruity
of the situation becomes apparent.
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nv WILL p. KENNEDY.

tn OFEfsNhdEnT by executive
choice" as the late James
A. Tawney called it. is
hnO 70 CHI c;er
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A former German citizen and Of
ficer in the German army has been
placed at the head Of the Bolivian
army. Gen. Kundt has been made
chief of staff of the Bolivian army.
and, before accepting the appoint
ment became Bolivian citizen. as
the law Of that country REQUIRES.
Gen. Kundt served in the Bolivian
army before the world war, but at
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BY BEN MckELwAY.

FFlCIALS of the American
Federation OF Labor recent
ly returned from the pan
American labor conference,
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1NETY-SIN colleges n d
universities-two in each
state-will soon be training
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1921-03-04

the starvation OF the Armenian pe0-
pie before the next harvest can be
gathered. President 0handjanian's
message reads
"Owing TO hail. rain and neid
mice, the harvest in Armenia fell
below expectations. Standing crops
appeared we'll, but owing to poor
seed. returns were not as good as
was expected. Maximum returns
100000 tons, only sufficient for eight
months for one and half million
people. Food crisis critical and In
tensified by new Turkish invasion
Of Armenia. It Is estimated that
100000 peaceful inhabitants OF
Sarikarnish and KarS region have
been forced to renew the life OF
refugees and flee towards the In
terror OF Armenia. There are also
large numbers fleeing from Bolshe-
viks In Azerbaijan and Southern
Russia, and coming to Armenia.
Farmers, fearing famine, are I'M
willing to sell crops. thus leaving
{ the cities. foodless. In addition to
the Armenian crops, ten thousand
tons have been purchased from
neIghboring countries.
'.In order to save Armenia 1t Is
necessary to secure flour from
America, $4,000 tons. maximum re-
Quirement. La tile name of the ar
menian Government and the Arme-
Man People, beg that you use
your wide influence In order that
the Near East Relief may secure
and ship the flour needed am
sure thar in this serious crisis the
Near East Relief will not fail TO
continue its aid TO Armenia in her
struggle for existence.
a. OHANDJANIAN,
President OF Armenia