Evening star., 1923-09-30
HOWARDEXPECTS
TO BREAK RECORD
Enrolment Above 2,054 Last
Year Seen-Extensive
Repairs Made.

Howard University will begin its
ffty-eighth annual session tomorrow
with an enrolment expected TO ex-
ceed that of last year, which totaled
2,054.
A summer session was conducted at
the university during June, July and
August. This was a new departure
by the university, but 1t proved most
successful and will no doubt become
n permanent part of the educational
program of the institution.
After a years study by a faculty
committee composed of Professors
Dion S. Birney, James A. Cobb and
James p Schick, a new curriculum
providing for a minimum of seventy
two semester hours for the three
year course. has been adopted.
Takes Shreve's Place.
Prof. Charles v. INLAY, member OF
the District of Columbia bar and
commissioner of uniform state laws
of the American Bar Association
takes the chair of real property, va
cated by Prof. Shreve, who resigned.
Prof. Inlay is product of Harvard
University.
PROT, Edward Stafford. Dartmouth.
II, George Washington University
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lumbia bar, comes as an additional
member, increasing the faculty to
eleven. Prof. Stafford will offer
courses in equity pleading and torts.
George. F. c. Hayes: Brown Uni
instructor in common law pleading
and domestic relations.
Profs. Cobb, Birney, Houston, Rich
ards, Schick, Terrell, Wilson and
Waters remain as members of the
h,yt oh rc
ments under the new curriculum
Miss Ollie NJ. Cooper Will continue as
clerk of the moot court. of which
Mr.. woolsey w. Hall will again be
the official reporter
New Furniture Installed.
New furniture has been installed
In the faculty room and in the offices
Of the dean and secretary, and four
new tables for the library have been
ordered.
The library has been enriched by
an addition of 168 volumes, the gift
Of Mrs: Ada F. Richardson. widow SN,
twenty-seven years served the school
first as professor and later as dean
Supplementing this gift, the univer.
sity itself has already placed, and
next month will finish placing, orders
for approximately 1.4O0 additional
volumes. thus bringing the library
of the law school considerably above
the minimum fixed by the Association
of Anne rican Law Schools.
The University School of Medicine
after having been compelled to turn
away over 165 students. who because
of lack of facilities could not be ac-
cepted. opens this year with all
classes crowded.
Extensive Repairs Made.
During the summer elaborate re-
pairs have been carried on by the
university. These repairs in the
main. have included the painting OF
the exterior of number of the uni
versity buildings, the Improvement OF
the university grounds, the painting
of Railways and class rooms, the
main expenditure being a sum of ap-
proximatelv $4,000 to install sepa-
rate steam md electric light lines.
Congress ct its last session au-
thorized an expenditure of 1880
for a new gymnasium, armory. ath-
letic field, etc. of which sum $4,000
was appropriated. During the sum-
mer the. plans and specifications for
these, improvements have been made
under the direction of the university
department of architecture. As soon
as the remainder of the money is
available and the plans are properly
approved by the Commission of Fine
Arts and the Department of the In
terror work will be begun. 1t is
hoped to have the new gymnasium
and athletic field ready for use next
year. ,-E-<e