Evening star., 1924-07-13
inform TEACHERS
ON GOVERNMENT
Officials Will Aid G.. W. Uni
versity in Unique Edu-
cationaI Course.

| In order to inform the teachers of
this country concerning the functions
OF the United States government and,
| through them. the. people at large,
President William Mather Lewis of
| George Washington University has
| secured the participation of number
OF government officials in a course
or lectures to be offered at George
Washington University this summer
| a course unique in educational his
| tory. The lectures are open to the
general public, as we'll as the stu
dents, without charge, and will be
given from 11:15 to 1915 o'clock each
Day at Concordia Church, goth and G
streets.
The first lecture to be presented
Dy government official will be given
Monday by Commissioner John J.
Tigert on The Work of the Bureau
of Education" In most cases a visit
to the department and places of in
| terest discussed will follow the lee
ture.
The program for the summer fol-
lows:
July IA, THE Work of the Bureau
of Educati tion," John j. Tigert, u. s.
commissioner of education: July Is,
THE Pan American Union" Leo S.
nowe' uiTector Seneral, ran A american
Union; July 16. Panama" DIR. Ri
cardo J. Alfara, minister of Panama;
July II, THE Department of State"
j. Butler Wright, third assistant sec
retary OF State: July is, "Co-opera-
ton in Science" David White of the
United States geological survey and
chairman division of geology and geog
| rapy. National Research Council; July
Il, The War Department" Dwight
paws, assistant secretary of War;
July %. THE Navy Department." w.
general board of the Navy Depart
mjent; July %. Some Problems in
Education in Virginia." Harris Hart.
superintendent of public instruction
Of the state of-Virginia; July "a, THE
worth. assistant secretary of the
Treasury; July 25, THE Carnegie In
stitution," Walter NJ. Gilbert, admin
istrative secretary. Carnegie Institu-
ton of Washington; July 2S, THE
Department of Agriculture" speaker
Julius Klein, director. bureau of for
eign and domestice commerce, Depart
ment of Commerce: July 80. THE Post
Once Department.", Harry S. New;
rostmaster rtatan e,, General l.rS of the United
Standards" F. c. Brown, assistant
director. United States bureau of
standards; August l, THE Smith
sonian Institution" Gllustrated),
Paul Bartsch. curator, division of
mollusks, United States National Mu-
scum, and professor of zoology, George
Washington University; August 4, THE
Department of Labor" E. ]. Hen
ming, assistant secretary of labor;
August 5, Political Cartooning'' Gllus-
trated), Clifford X. Bergman Of The
Evening Star, Washington: August 6,
THE Teaching of Current Topics Will
liam C. Brakey Of the Department of
school high spots, Institute Of Public
Service. New York; August Z. Shake
speare," William A. Wilbur. dean.
Columbia College, George Washing
ton University; August s, "A Selec-
tive Process for Admission to College,"
Arthur D. Wright, professor educa-
tion, Dartmouth College; August IL,
The Valley of Ten Thousand
Smokes" (illustrated), Robert F.
Griggs, professor of botany. George
Washington University; August T..
Sailing the Seven Seas" Gllustrated).
James Percy Ault, captain. non-mag-
netic ship Carnegie; August 13,
"Parent-Teacher Association" Mrs.
Margaretta w. Reeve. president, Ma
tional Congress of Parents and Teach