Evening star., 1921-02-27

II. j. McNierney, v S. Mersh. w. j.
| Milan. J. l.. Quinn. +. l.. Ryder. T.. NJ
Rosenphal. w A. Smith and J. S.
| White.
RESEARCH UNIVERSITY.
Charles H. Lane of the Federal Board
for Vocational Education. has returned
from an extensive investigation of train
| ing facilities for teachers of agriculture
| in all parts of the United States Mr..
| Lane is engaged in research work for
his doctors degree at the university.
The subject of agricultural economies
has been added to the curriculum of
| the university. in TIL" College of Com
ncrce. Two of the leading experts of
| the Department of Agriculture will teach
| this subject. Among the classes in which
new students will be accepted during the
term now beginning are the following ::
| Accountancy. advertising, bookkeeping
calculating machine operation, European n
I history. English, feature-article writing.
| interior decoration, mechanical drawing,
penmanship, Photography. poster illus
! trating. research methods. stenography,
short-story writing and typewriting.
Mrs. Turin Bradford Boone, an expert
| in the teaching Of 1egibe handwriting.
is taking registrations now for class
] in penmanShip.
| In the final examination in modern lit
crature last week Rabindrinath Tagore
| the great Indian poet. was voted more
| interesting than either Joseph Conrad or
! Fl. G. Wells. OF those who answered
| the question, twelve were for Tagore.
bone for Wells. During the term now
starting Dean Fagin is lecturing on
! three other modern writer's: Ibsen.
! Mark Twain and Joseph Hergesheimer. :
| Raymond A Bartlett. B, C. s., was
appointed this week. instructor in pho
Biography Mr.. Bartlett will give a
| broad and practical course covering two
! quarters, or six monthS-One tWO-hOur
| lecture a week. A large amount of lab
.oratory work in taking photographs will
! also be provided
| Profs Newsom, Schow and others in
| the School of Accountancy are starting
new classes in practical bookkeeping and
! accounting this week. A number of
students from all parts of the United
| States are registering for these courses
| also by correspondence.
/ Miss Irma Hunt has begun teaching
| her several classes in ca!cula ting ma
| chine operation President Rapeerc has
! been investigating the future OF such ma
chimes and finds that there will be
steady and increasing demand for skilled
| operators. Instruction in this and
other improved office machinery is
given in the School of Secretarial
! Science.
President Rapeer has recently had
published scale measuring health ana
| physical development which is attracting
much attention in American schools and
! colleges Like the pSychological tests,
the scale is intended to show an indi-
!. vidual how jhe compares with Others in
! health and physical development.
| Dean harrington of the School of
| Secretarial Science has approved this
week of a visible card file system for
| both the residence and correspondence
idivisons of the university
Y. M. C. A. SCHOOLS.
| The board of governors of the
United Y. NJ. G, A. schools Of the coun-
try will meet in Washington .Wednes-
day and Thursday to discuss stand
ardizaticn of work in'jthe schools.
! Representatives from all: parts of the
country will ateendn and the meeting
! is destined to be one of great i'm
portancs in the work of the associa-
Ition. Among those who have already
tsignified their intention to be present
are DIR. Walter L. Hervey William f.
Hirsch. T. H. Nelson and J. Foster
Hill, all of New York; Harry w Stone.
| Portland, Greg; H. K. Shumaker, Chi
lcago; Harry Henderson. Cleveland; f.
l.. Shuey, Dayton. Ohio: Frank P.
Speare. Boston; w. H. Lippold, Louis
vile, KY, and p. D. Edwards. Detroit
| Chairman William A. Rawlings of
the service department of the Wash
iington Y. NJ. c. A. in report made
to the board OF directors, shows an
increase of 209 members in the mems
department for the month of January.
and renewals numbering 254. The re-
iceipts were $5.213.55. against s4.64S.95
flor January, 1920. During the month
1927 members attended the physical
department.: social activities. for
which no fee was charged, Were at
tended by $40 persons; and during
| Thrift week, in cooperation with the
District Underwriters Association,
twenty meetings were held, with an
estimated. attendance of $3.50 persons
The .Teport shows that III applica
! tions for employment were received
and that forty-two were placed. 1t
a lso indicates that there is an increase
in the number OF unemployed coming
| to Washington, made up prihci pally
of unskilled labor, which, if not placed
at once. leave Immediately for other
cities.