Evening star., 1925-06-14
STOCKTON HALLS
DEDICATION OCT. 10
Work on New Building Rush.
ed to Permit Opening for
Next Session.

Stockton Hall. the new quarter OF a
million dollar structure to be COM
pleted by George Washington Univer-
sity within the next month, Will be
formally dedicated October 10. This
announcement was made last night
by President William Mather Lewis
prior to starting the Summer vacation
period.
While the university opens for the
Summer school course Of nine weeks.
work is being rushed on Stockton
Hall In order that the transfer or all
equipment. books and furniture can
be made from the old law school build
ing as soon as possible.
The law Summer school classes VIII
continue on in the old building. The
new structure, on Twentieth street,
will open for work in the Fall and the
dedication will draw number OF not
ed educators from various institutions
in the East and Midwest.
Named for Admiral.
Stockton Hall is named in memory
of the late Admiral Charles Herbert
Stockton, for several years president
of the institution and an authority on
international law. His law library
was recently bequeathed the univer-
sity. A Stockton memorial room Is
to be dedicated in the future. the
room will be appropriately furnished
from funds raised especially for that
purpose.
The larger library. to be named the
Maury library. will probably be dedi-
Gated later In the year. Plans for the
formal dedication of Stockton Hall Will
be announced late in the Summer and
invitations for the event will be sent
out shortly. Some Of the most proml-
nent educators in the country Will be
on hand, as the building Is one OF the
largest in the United States given to
law education.
Summer School Opens.
Tomorrow morning the university
opens its doors for work In all de-
partments in the Summer school. The
long term, which starts tomorrow,
ends August Is. The shorter session
of six weeks begins on June ~ anu
ends August /.
George Washington has a host or
students enrolled from many other IN
stitutions, as we'll as many hundreds
from its own ranks. According to Of
fetal announcements the enrolment
yesterday was unusually large and in
dicated a very general interest in the
work being offered this season.
The Summer session will be under
the direction Of Prof. Elmer Louis
Kayser, associate director. DIR. VIII
liam Carl Ruediger. director, will be
in California the greater part OF the
Summer giving courses in the Uni
versity Of Southern California Sum-
mer school.
Additions to Faculty.
In addition to the unusually large
Summer school faculty. composed of
nf he lIniVar-
sity. Prof. Arthur B. Wright OF Dart
mouth, Prof. J. w. Sprowls OF st.
Johns College, Walter S. Deffenbaugh,
specialist in city school systems OF
the United States Bureau OF Educa-
ton: Miss Elizabeth A. Hummer, d.
rector Of intermediate instruction in
the public schools here. and Lawrence
G. Hoover Of Central High School are
among the newcomers listed.
Emphasis is being laid on the work
in education and many courses are OF.
fered which are especially designed
for school administrators and educa-
tors.
Formal exercises in connection with
the opening Of the Summer school are
planned for the early part OF next
week. At these exercises DR.. Lewis
will deliver the principal address.
New Professor.
Two new members Of the university
faculty are announced for next F'all.
Basil Hubbard Pollit, A. B., LIB.
will be associate professor of law and
Helen Catherine Newman, LIB. who
graduated from the law school last
week, will be the new law school Sec
retary.
Miss Newman graduated with dis
tinction at the exercises recently held
at the Washington Auditorium. The
new appointments fill out the quota OF
full-time faculty members in accord
ance with the regulations Of the
American Bar Association for full
time teachers.
The university has been presented
with a portrait of the late Maj. 1mbrie,
who was killed in Persia. Maj. I'm
brie was an alumnus of the institu-
ton. The portrait is the gift of H. l..
Rust, jr.
Dean Hugh Miller Of the engineering
college will attend the Society for the
Advancement of Engineering Educa-
ton to be held at Schenectady. N. Y,
from Tuesday until Saturday.
A bulletin of information relative to
the study of international affairs at
the university is being sent out to
prospective students and others inter-
ested in the work being carried out
along that line. Intended for foreign
service students and those interested
in international relations, the bulle-
tin is proving to be greatly in de-
mand