Evening star., 1924-01-12

Nationwide development of educa-
tional preparation of young men and
men already In business for intelli-
gent service in dealing in real estate
has been an outstanding accomplish
ment of the year in technical and vo-
cational education in America, the
National Association of Real Estate
Boards points out.
Creation IN numbers Of American
schools Of business OF real estate cur
riculums. consisting Of part or all
of a standard two-year course In real
estate education. and establishment in
leading universities and colleges of
real estate courses looking to a B. A.
degree, has come about during the
past year as a result OF growing
appreciation of the possibilities of
technical preparation for a business
involving relationship with large
felds of econQmics and law
Evolution for nationwide use of
standard courses covering the whole
subject area of real estate has been
the outgroWth of two recent national
conferences on real estate education
between representatives of schools
and universities and OF the National
association of Real Estate Boards
Columbia University, which already
is oHering many of the courses in
cluded in the suggested real estate
curriculums, has expressed, through
Dean James c. Egbert OF its school
of business, its expectation to put on
the tWo-year course, the vocational
features of which will be offered
through the extension department
ihe Real Estate Board of New York
Is cooperating with Columbia Uni
verstty in the securing OF men of high
Galiber for conducting the work. The
University OF Wisconsin, the Uniyer
sity OF Chicago and the University of
Ililnots have become actively inter-
ested in real estate education, follow
ing the November conference. The
University OF Michigan is planning to
put on the course as soon as possible
Northwestern University, through
Dean Ralph L. Heilman, representa-
tive OF the American Collegiate AS
soeiatton on the joint committee OF
educators economic research special
lists and realtors. who are working
out the whole outline of real estate
education nationally, Is at present
working upon plan for including in
the curriculum of its school of busi-
ness, beginning next fall, a full four-
year course in real estate, leading to
the regular academic degree. Iowa
state College has taken up the selec-
tton of instructors looking toward
the adoption In toto of the two-year
course as recommended by the joint
educational conference.
Full Four-Year Course.
The Atlanta School of Technology.
Atlanta, Ga. has adoped the full
four-ye college course as outlined
by the November conference, and
opened courses in September under
the personal instruction of Dean
George NJ. Waters. Boston Univer-
city offers real estate courses under
the direction of the Boston Real Es-
tate Exchange.
The University of Southern Cali
fornia and the University of Cali
foria have actively undertaken this
The former institution offers eight
courses. and grants certificate In
real estate on the satisfactory COM
pletion of the group. 1t Is holding
courses in a number of California
cities, but reports that the demand
of real estate boards for residence
classes is greater than the university
can supply.
The University of Missouri and the
University Of Oregon are accumu-
xelopment OF four-year course.
The University Of Indiana plans as
soon as possible 10 put real estate
courses In its curriculum.
IEe university OF Arkansas is
using the two-year course as far as
present conditions permit. The work
g being carried on in the extension
division. using texts prepared by real
estate authorities through the ar
rangement of the joint committee,
The College Of William and Mary.
through the Richmond extension d.
vision, is planning the introduction
Of real estate course. For the
University of Maryland in it's real
estate courses, the Baltimore Real
Estate Board appropriated 5000 to
be used in purchasing a reference
library. Northeastern University,
Boston and Oklahoma City College,
Oklahoma City are contemplating
courses.
Have Organized Courxes.
Creighton University. Omaha, and
the Southern Methodist University,
Dallas. Tex, have organized real es-
tate courses.
The United Y. NJ. c. A. Schools