Evening star., 1925-10-11
NEAR5,ODOENROLL
IN c. v. j. CLASSES
Registry to Date at New
Mark, Despite Strict En-.
trance Requirements.

partmentS OF George NaSnllt6 tOl G.li-
yersity registration figures set new
mark yesterday when approximately
5000 students names were on the rolls.
The university law school. under an
announcement made in 1928, re1uil ed
two full years Of college work for en-.
trance. The medical school imposes a
like requirement. The department of
arts and sciences has gradually tight
ened up It's entrance. requirements
SO that for the last three years it
has the same standards as other acL-
demic institutions like those in New
York. Chicago, Philadelphia. Pitts
burgh and Boston.
The registrars office gives a count
of 4,603 as of last Monday. BY de.
partments the figures were as follows:
Arts and sciences. 3,571: law school,
654; medical school, 270, and school OF
pharmacy, 81.
Unofficial Figures Given.
Since Monday the unofficial figures
give the total enrolment as more than
5000. 1t Is confidently predicted that
the university will register for work
this year more than 5000 students
counting in the mildly year registrations.
Figures for the Summer school are
not included in this count. Th., total
enrolment at this time last year was
ures for the 19241925 were 5,713 In all
departments.
During the past five years the uni
versity has frightened requirements in
all departments. 1t has restricted
registrations to conform with the gen.
orally accepted standards of fnstitu-
TionS of higher learning. The phys
ical growth of the university has gone
on step by step with the academic
growth until the institution Is taking
u, leading part in this section OF the
country and Is making itself known
generally.
Epoch in University's History.
AS an instance Of the development
Of the institution the coming meet
ing of the Association of Urban Uni
an epoch in the history Of George
Washington. Thirty-two institutions
which embrace Columbia University,
the University Of Pittsburgh, Buffalo
University, Boston University and the
like will send representatives.
President William Mather Lewis will
return tomorrow. He has been fur
thering the work of the university in
Chicago, where he met with the Chi.
cago Alumni Association The drive
Tor the university endowment was
taken up before an enthusiastic gath
ering headed by Col. Gordon Strong.
Col. George w. Hodgkfns Is secretary
of the organization.
President Lewis addressed the Mich.
agan State Teachers Association at
HoughtOn. Mich, Friday. He is the
first of three educators to speak be-
fore that body. Glenn Frank, the
newly elected president of the Uni.
versity Of Wisconsin. follows on the
program as does Vilhjalmar Stefans-
son.
Reception Is Scheduled.
Tuesday night in Stockton Hall,
President and Mrs. Lewis will hold a
reception to the members of the Board
OF trustees, the university council,
and members Of the faculties of the
university. The reception is an an
nual affair.
Anncuncements is made that Mrs.
Mitchell Carroll. wife of the late
Mitchell Carroll, will deliver an H.
Illustrated lecture in Corcoran Hall.
Friday night on Geneva, Past and
Present" Mrs. Carroll is presenting
a noted list of archaeologists in a
series of lectures at the university
this Winter.
Wednesday at the chapel Rev. DR..
Joseph Sizoo. rector OF the New York
Avenue Presbyterian Church, will
speak. In the past week DR.. David
Robertson of the National Education
Council and Mrs. Mabel Walker VIII
-lebrandt spoke.
Wednesday afternoon at 4:30 o'clock
the annual stated meeting Of the
board of trustees will be held
Wednesday night all the university
fraternities will act as host to the
freshmen of the various departments
in meeting to be held in the univer.
sity gymnasium
Capt. Wood Added to Faculty.
Capt. John E. Wood. former District
OF Columbia Assistant Commissioner,
has been added to the faculty Of the
university in the college Of engineer
ing. He Is specializing in city plan.
ming courses which are being offered
this semester.
A woman, Vivian Simpson, will be
among the members of the George
Washington debating team which
meets Oxford University here Novem-
Der 2. Miss Simpson won out over 10
candidates, and Is on the team COM
posed OF Oscar label and John
Trimble.
The university debating team will
engage the Oxonians at Corcoran Hall,
or in the event of a larger demand
for tickets. in the university gynna-
SUM, on the night of November 2.
The admission Will be by card only.
The university is looking forward
with unusual Interest to the roll call
which will be held on the campus to-
morrow afternoon at o'clock. It is
expected that 1000 students will
gather to hear a word from the
An9I
student leaders. The roll call has be-
rome an annual feature Of university
life at the institution.