Evening star., 1923-09-23
C. v. U. 103D YEAR
|. OPENS WEDNESDAY
Expecting Enrolment Of
5000 for Term, Institution
Plans for New Building.

gins its 103d academic year of activ-
ity Wednesday, when the doors of the
institution are thrown open to receive
some 5000 students.
The university Is looking forward
to an unusually successful year. will
liam Mather Lewis. formerly of the
United States Chamber of Commerce,
was recently appointed president of
the university to succeed Acting
President DR.. Howard Lincoln Hodg-
kins, who has returned to his former
position of dean of the department of
arts and sciences.
President Lewis assumed his duties
on September 1 after a thorough
study Of the university. In the past
three weeks he has succeeded In get
ting things started with a rush, and
expects not only most successful
year academically, but one which will
mark historic milestone in the long
career of the university.
The university announced its policy
OF launching an endowment campaign
with definitely committed policy of
building on it's extensive holding on
G street, between 10Th and goth
streets northwest.
VIII Announce Plans Later.
Plans for the campaign will be an
nounced later, it is understood, after
the university gets started on the
year.
During the summer the institution
mas been thoroughly overhauled. Ad-
ditional classroom facilities have been
provided. The list of new professors
and instructors amply provides for
the increased enrolment expected and
shown by the number taken care of in
various departments during the past
two weeks.
Additional facilities are provided
at the Medical School. and in the de-
partment of arts and sciences. One
new building has been remodeled and
viii be in use for students as well
as for offices for professors and in
structors.
The department of architecture has
been remodeled and additional room
provided for the expected inflow of a
limited number of students.
Appointments 10 Faculty.
The list of appointments to the
faculty follows: Law school-To be
acting dean in the absence of Merton
Week; E. c. Arnold, professor of law;
Whitley P. Mccoy, assistant pro-
fessor of law: F. S. Smith, Z. c.. AL
word and Joseph A. Jordan, lecturers
at law.
Medical school-Dr F. Denette
Adams and DR.. H. c. Macatee, lee
turers on therapeutics
Arts and sciences-Prof Norris l.
Crandall, Assistant Prof. Z. F. John
son. Assistant Prof. Harry Grant
c. Rister, and William y. Morse, in
structor in English.
President Lewis will make his first
formal appearance of the year before
the student body when he addresses
the law school Wednesday afternoon.
More than n thousand law students
are expected at the e-warming"
at the school, at which time members
of the board of trustees, Acting Dean
William C. Van Week and members of
the faculty will speak to the old stu
dents and the incoming class.
Welcoming Program.
Wednesday every department of the
university will open to welcome the
students for the beginning of the ac-
ademic year. The university expects
more than $500 students this winter
and has made ample preparation with
added and increased facilities in class
rooms and laboratories and by addi
tions to the teaching force. -,
new building on G street, 2015,
purchased a year ago, is now avail
able for 800 students and for offices
for ten instructors and professors.
The medical school has enlarged the
diagnostic and physiological labor
tories and has provided electric tim
ing devices for physiological and
pharmaceutical experiments. The
school of architecture has been rem
ovated and an additional drafting
room provided.
The medical school will experience
its biggest year in history. More
rolled. Eighty-f1ve students will be
admitted to the first-year class. There
will be thirty-five seniors.
Phillip f. Barnard of this city: Ed
ward L. Scheufier of South Bend,
Kan and w. Irving Cleveland of
university against the Oxford Col
ilege team of England in the interna- :
tional debate to be held at Memorial
Continental Hall the night of Oc-
tober s.
oscar label and Karl G. Pearson
are the alternates. Pearson is the
Eastern High School boy, who last
year won the Firestone prize of $4,000
for an essay on good roads.
Prof. CrnndalI's Record.
Prof Norris /. Crandall, recently
appointed head of architecture, was
head of that department at the Uni
versity of Porto Rico last year. He
was consultant for the capitol build
ing of Porto Rico, and lectured while on
tour of the island on architecture.
Prof. Crandall was IN the aviation
service during the war, and contrib
uted largely with papers and reports
to the many experiments conducted
on airplanes.
E. c. Arnold, former professor of
law at the University of Cincinnati,
at the University of Florida and at
the University of Idaho, has been
appointed professor at law at the
law school. He is a graduate of
Baker University. and studied law at
Northwestern University.
Students of the university are en-
deavoring to obtain 1000 signers for
the student activity pledge in order
to carry on activities during the
coming year. All athletics as well
as other activities are supported by
voluntary contribution.
Mccoy Assistant Professor.
Whitley p Mccoy, who graduated
with distinction in law at George
Washington in 1921, son of Judge
Walter /. Mccoy, has been appointed
assistant professor of law. He re-
ceived his A. B. at Dartmouth. served
as an enlisted man in the Navy dur
ing the war and was a lieutenant. He
entered George Washington and grad
uated with distinction in 1921, He was
associate professor of law at the Uni
versity of Alabama and afterward at
the University of South Dakota.
Robert L. yColfiesh, member of the
board of managers of student activi-
ties, is in charge of the student
activity pledge campaign. Twenty
members of committee have been