The Washington times., 1922-09-24
open
FOR ITS HST
YEAR OF. LIFE
institute Adds to Faculty, Max
ing All Members Uni
yersity Graduates.

The seventy-first session of the
Emerson Institute begun on septem-
Der IS. Founded by DIR. George b.
Young in 1859. II has remained In
continuous operation through the
three wars to which during that
period the United States has been
a party. and through all the viccisst.
tudes on nearly three-quarters of a
century of our national life.
A Steady and satisfactory growth
and development has been the dis
| tinguishing feature Of the instttu.
tons career during the headship Of
w. II. Randolph and for the last ten
years under the leadership OF both
Mr.: Randolph and Angus Med.
Crawford, at present co-principals
and proprietors.
Last session was the most sue
ccssful and the most fruitful in re.
suits in the history Of the intitution.
Over 500 students were enrolled in
the following separate and distinct
departments:
The day school for young men.
the evening school for young men.
the evening school for young women,
department preparing for Annapolis
and West Point, and department
preparing for the United States
diplomatic and consular services. 4,
This last department, will continue
as 1t has been for the past ten yearS
under the personal direction AMI in
struction Of Mr.. Crawford.
| Instruction was given by a select
corps of university men, twenty
eight in number. and class Of
seventy.five were graduated. all Of
whom will continue their educational
training in the leading colleges and
universities Of the country.
II should be particularly noted
that two-thirds of the graduation
class Of the session 1922 were self.
supporting. a striking Illustration Of
the educational ambitions of the
young generation.
Numerous improvements and in.
creased facilities are provided by
the institute for the coming session.
| Among these should be parucu.
larly noted newly equipped and
separate laboratories for biology and
physics: n large laboratory for chem
istory having been installed last
year. That which, however, strikes
one as unique in the facilities pro-
vided for the coming session, is the
la boratory method Of instruction
WnlCn mas DttU SAlShuSu ~ N"S ''i
erence library.
! ApproxImately 1000 volumes of
standard works on literature, his
tory, ancient and modern languages
and books Of original sources are
placed in a large reading room un'
! der the charge Of instructors.
Members Of the faculty guide the
student In the use Of his material
and train him in the proper employ
| .nent of books. as the apparatus ior
| .umanistic studies, in the same man.
rer as the student is trained IN the
l,e Of elements and COMPOUNDS ana
| lature's laws in the scientific Abora-
| :ories.
The department preparing for An
rapolis and West Point has been re-
organized for the coming session.
George B. Pfeiffer, for fifteen years
| principal Of the Annapolis Naval
preparatory School. has been IN,
duced to come to Washington ana
| head the department at Emerson III: In.
stitute preparing for the Government
| academies and coast guard service:
Ills wide experience assures The
progressive and efficient conduct ct
:he department, which as Is the case
| With tho other departments ot the
| institution, is conducted as a distinct
entity. .... 4.
ne follows: w. IL. Randolph. Univer'
| sity of Virginia, principal; angus
| JcD crawford, University OF Nir'
rinIa and George Washington Uni
rersity. principal: l.. 5. Tllton'
Dartmouth College: F. S. Tilton.
1artmouth College and George Wash
ineton University: Archibald r.
Randolph, University of Virginia;
r. s. Holmes, University Of Louis
lana: r. l.. Moseley, Randolph Macon
College; ]. d. Shalloo, Clarke Uni
versity; II. w. Stinson. University
of Maryland, director OF Women
Evening School: +. NJ. Lemon
University Of Virginia; c. +. kramer.
Dickinson College and University OF
Chicago: A. A. Deep, George wash
!ngton University: w. X. Haynes,
George Washington University: Ii. L.
Painter, University OF Virginia; X.
8. Clarke, University OF virginia;
J. E. Collins, Georgetown. University;
Frank II. Marks, George Washington
University: q. C. Tibbitts. George
Washington University; Hugh Stan
dard, University of Virginia; I. Paris,
Massachusetts Institute of Technol
ogy; o. Solnitzky, Johns Hopkins
University: George b. Pfeiffer. Co
lumbia University and Virginia Poly
iechnic Institute: Charles Schwert'
ner, Catholic University: p. Myers
University of Virginia; G. N.
Schramm, University of Maryland;
T. F. Carroll. University Of Virginia
and Princeton University, and Ed.
mund Caskie, the Sorbonne and
University Of Madrid.
The certificate OF graduation OF
the Emerson Institute granted on a
footing of complete equality TO sue.
cessful candidates of both day and
evening schools, admits without fur
ther examination to all colleges and
universities and professional schools
Of the United States save those few
institutions such as Harvard, Yale
and Princeton which demand en-
trance examinations without excep'