Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1921-12-27
ORIENTAL UNIVERSITY IS
THORN IN V|RG|N|A'S SIDE
Institution, Chartered Under
State Law, Floods Europe
With Degrees
GENERAL ASSEMBLY, NAY ACT
Corporation Commission Has Ex-
hnustcd Every Means in Effort to
Find Way for Hcr"cation OF Its
Right 10 Operate.

| Right 10 Operate.
Practically every means at the com
inand of the state Corporation Com
mission of Virginia has been exhaust
cd in an effort 10 fix upon some def
mite action whereby the charter
granted several years ago to the
Oriental University may be re-
scindcd. 1t was pointed out last night
that new legislation may be rcsorted
to in order 10 correct the loophole
which now permits that university
to issue degrees which. 1t is said.
arc being distributed in large num-
bcrS in Germany, Switzerland and
India.
y copyrighted dispatch from S. Il.
ConEcr TO the Philadelphia Public
Ledger says the German world of
science and letters is astoniShed from
time To time at the discovery by
American institutions of learning,
usually located in Washington or
Alexandria. Va. OF unknown German
tcniuseS who are singled out for the
honorary degrees of Doctor of Laws
and Doctor of Philosophy. The dis
patch adds:
Resumed After the Wnr.
Degrees from the Virginia Uni
Tersity,' the University in Washing
ton, etc. were fairly numerous
among European social climbers be-
fore the war and bcstowal of the res
"h3nt title OF doctor with the right
TO don the Doctors hood and gown
upon Germans has now been resumed
after the war.
The latest German so honorcd Is
oswald kohut, editor of "a petty Bcr-
I'm suburban paper, who announces
The University in WashinEton, has
conferred on him a doctoraic OF phil
osophy for study on German mill
,arisu. a book which was published
before the war and described In the
diploma. according to Doctor Kohut,
as 'kultur Work of the First Rank
but which. strange to say, has not
attracted the slightest attention in
the land of kultur.
DR.. kohut may now rufflc with
DIS. liindenburg and Ludendorff.
who received degrees from German
institutions Tor work in the same
sphere. but he has brought down up-
on himself and American universi-
ties reproach and ridicule of German
newspapers which assume the de,
gree was conferred by an American
university ot the first rank whose
philosophical faculty unanimously
voted tho distinction
Ia Profitable business
rho leading exporter at present
IN tho profitable business OF con-
ierr!ng American educational do
srees Is known as IN. Oriental IJni-
vers!ty' operating under Virginia
charter, but with headquarters In
Washington. The Oriental Cnivcr-
Sity and It's enterprising president,
Professor Harold. apparently proved
"a
export TO Germany can flourish de-
spite the depreciation of the mark.
Judging by the numbers of letters
OF inquiry received at the American
Institute OF Berlin University ana at
INC American embassy about the
standing OF the alleged university
ana the worth of its degrees"
y Washington dispatch to the
Public Ledger follows:
The Oriental University was
founded by Prof. II. L. Holler, S. r.
H., Ph. ID. The university Is DIR"
i'oiier in fact. according to DR.
Capen. although it has several agents
IN foreign countries and publishes an
imposing faculty list In it's cata-
loguc. Educators say diploma
from the professor requires a certain
amount OF time. 1t has extensive
correspondence courses One OF it's
major courses, mcdiumistic thcrapv.
however, ncccsSitatcS personal at
tendance on classes which are held
once week. Government officials
never were able to learn of a stuJcp,
falling AN exam
Good business In Germany
The university evidently does its
pest pusineIs in Germany, SwitZcr-
land and India" DR.. Capcn said
i Ia , D..
countries prospects must haze been
well circularizcd."
several times while was in the
bureau, American diplomatic agents
III 'h"sc countries protested violently
10 us against the practices of the
oricnta! University. They said Tho
institution was giving all American
educational agencies a bad rcputa
zion abroad. Educators here feel Tho
aSpcrsions deeply
The course in 'Mcdiumistic Thor
apy' can be had for So. IL deals
according Is prospectus, ia "A stud.
oil ihcom"nistic thcrapy by diyin,lv
skilled spirits The catalogue con.
iains full PAGE OF pictures y
spirits medical Instruments. d,.wi
ny spirits for Professor II. T. HoiV.r
~ ENDS with twenty five Questions.
which the professor virtually warns
Z
81 the course. The last query oslis
INC student TO state the special adj
N"htaGes of lioller's mediumls,ic
thcrapy.
Members of the professors FAM
! ny in his absence assured a rcnorter
I tohignt most Of the degrees could M.
/ "o'a!hrd ~ year. They said m.
I'm" during the war had hccn cur
TO SIX months. bat that the uulycr.
sly probably would return to The
"Id system after New Years.
American c'ucaturs have ,ri,o,o,
SiIchty for some years agains, Tho
! operations Of tn. Oriental and Other
schools. 1t IS known other govern
mem departments in Washington
p'eh asked 10 take up the
question. notably the Dcpar,mnn, ~,
Justice" Va
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