The Washington times., 1923-09-22

II Course In Realty.
The Board Stlrs.
Washington Figures.
important Sale.

lBy ROBERT LESLIE BELLEM.l
Real Estate Editor. Herald and Time.
a coNsIDERABLE amount OF
interest should--and probably
doesIie IN the fact that q com.
plete course IN all branches Of
the real estate profession il to
be given by the local z. NJ. c. A.
this winter.
During the past decade we have
seen the blishment OF classes
IN many lines of endeavor hereto
fore never thought OF as lending
themselves to the sort Of educa-
ton found in & classroom curricu.
luKn. The fallacy OF diaregRrding
fhe shadow Of coming events was
never more clearly shown than
BY the huge and instantaneous
success OF the various courses in
journalism Instituted not so many
years ago by the establishment
% such q class at Columbia Uni
Versity 81 New York. Formerly
& was thought that good news
PAPER man was either born or else.
attained success only through
about twenty or thirty years. *.
pofaeuce In q publishing plant.
Nowadays, while experience is
gtiIl the most valuable professor.
schools I'm Journalism are theorets
lcntly fitting hundreds Of future.
Newspaper men and women for.
their chosen worlg-and doing It
"a q more Thorough manner than
tho old sIfp-shod, grab-what-knowI-
edge You can while hustling.
Aike- thunder method.
so should Il prove with the new.
realty course. Certainly no
elans could start out with g
better equipped instructor. John
pDtky, executtve secretary OF
aSso local Real Estate Board and
3 diliRenE student -since Il Is
nig ItVeIlh0od- the national real
eetate situation. win occupy the
position of mentor. and he has
stated that his curriculum wiz
embrace severely practical lines.
An elemental study Of the various
fice. as well as other topcs al
ilnf closely to the real estate
Business, win be the backbone oe
the seasons work.
The list Of lectures. with the
names Of those who wiz speak.
- printed Ii another part Of this
section Read e; II Il impressive.
CPEAKING OF Mr.. Petty brings
ug to the sub5ect Of the
lecal Heal Estate Board. Ac.
oording to advices from the exc
euttye offices. q program of al
most unprecedented activity u
being planned Tor the coming
year. Summer saw the diacOn-
tfnnance Of formal Eneetings. but
with the approach ok cooler.
weather, fEIli attendance WIN
bD the order of the day, and
The first meeting Of autumn Is
20 be held October at Wardman
Park Hotel.
Election OF officers presldei
Grst vice president, second vice
president. members Of the exec.
ufixe committee and appraisal
eomnaitteeto the total of four.
toen win take place. IT should
b lively session.
a MOTHER star IN the firna-
menti Borden and NewboId
~-A. ]. Borden and Al. 4. NewbCId
aave enough confidence in
Washington realty to start In
nat business for themselves,
after having been allied for many
1eare with the sales department
Of n. i. Sansbury and Co. TO
9hen6 and to all newcomers In
the deid land the more the mer-
Eler1 good luck and q hearty well
come.
Two very interesting house plans
from the office OF +. e.
Hunter and Bro, New York arch
1tects Of national prominence,
are shown IN this section today.
They are but two of q great
number In the series the Hunter
concern submits to this news
paper. Many have been pub
Ashed-many viii follow. Watch
theEn-perhaps the very dream
home you've been thinking Of
for years viii be the one that Will
appear on these pages next week.
TSF5E writer had to buy . new
hat this week-two. sizes larg.
or than the last. All because Of
the fact that he was optimistic
enough, when last he published q
building graph, to predict an up.
ward curve In the 1923 line for
the month Of August, although
there was nothing to indicate such
m event on the chart itself.
The guess was good. The line
On the chart has taken q sharp
upward trend. Rise. please. and
make e. bow!
SPEAKING of building figures,
= the s. w. Straus Company, of
New York, says that Washington
gained s277.77s In building permits