Evening star., 1925-09-20
c. v. j. At OPENING
OF ITS 105TH YEAR
Institutions Activities for
First Time Will Be Centered
in One Block.

George Washington University this
week begins it's one hundred and NTH
year in all departments. The uni
versity for the first time since 1t has
attained it's present size Will be cen
tralized in one city block. The Medical
School, however, will continue 10 re-
main at its present site.
Full use of the new Stockton Hall,
the Law School Building, will be
made Wednesday. a new administra-
ton building has been opened at
Twenty-tirSt and G streets northwest
and a new School of Architecture
Building, remodeled for that depart
ment, will be available.
Since the Law School has moved to
Twentieth street and the new building
put into use, including most
modernly equipped cafeteria for uni
versity students at 2024 street, the
Medical School has been remodeled.
According to DIR. Oscar b. Hunter,
assistant dean of the Medical School,
the building is now Thoroughly
equipped for the entire entering class
in the matter of laboratories His
tological and pathological students
are ably and amply provided tor.
The Medical School announces that
40 accredited students were refused
admission this year and that OF more
than 200 applicants, many of whom
boasted higher academic degrees than
the customary Is. A, but 50 were
accepted.
School for Nurses Cared For.
The enlarged Medical School will
ably take care of the school Tor
nurses. which win instruct women
from Emergency, Casualty, Galllnser,
Children's, Homeopathic, Garheld ana
the George Washington University
Hospitals. A new training room mas
been opened for the nurses IN lhe
Medical School Building for demon
STATIONS and special Instruction.
The Medical School Museum mas
haen moved to the second floor ana
other changes made in the pulluiiis.
A rush of students is expected at
the university gymnasium loiiloii om
and Tuesday afternoon at the hnal
days of registration. 1t IS conhaeItls
exnected that the centrahzed iilelliou
of registering students Will TAKE eale
of a ma jority of the 5000 VINO are eA-
nected TO take up their work at the
institution. 49,. ,i
THE formal opening of the uni
versity Wednesday will be proceedeu
nv a meeting of the. faculties Oh All
departments of the university IN Cor-
coran Hall at which time Dr. w lllldiii
Mather Lewis, president OF tne uiit IN
yersitv. will outline the plans Tor the
coming year. This meeting VIII oe
held on Tuesday afternoon
Freshmen to Meet Wednesday.
"Wednesday morning all freshmen
of the university will meet in Corcoran
Hall at which time President Lewis,
dean of the university, Dr. i1o"d1u -
Hodkins. Prof. Henry Crattan Doyle
and prof. A. E. w. Schmidt will speak
Dr Lewis will outline the aims ana
nurnoses of the college as appned 10
the student. DIR. Hodkins VIII explain
tho layout of university buildings and
the administration. Prof. Doyle VIII
elaborate upon student actlVltleS anu
the extra curricula work Whlie fiol.
Schmidt will explain the uses OF the
library. ;
Men1bers of the glee club will sing,
and other student leaders will talk TO
the students who are taxing up tneli
work in the university Tor the HrSl
time. 1t is designed to start the lresn-
men properly and to give them hrst-
hand experienced ideas upon Wv nat d
College Means.
President William Mather Lewis an
nounces a change In the GATE OF tLe
formal dedication of Stocknan Han.
The afternoon and evening OF NoVeEh-
her II have been selected for, the spe-
cial dedicatory exercises for the new
building. Leading law educators and
others prominent in university NE
and activities have been invited. Rep-
resentatives from leading institutions
in the country will be on hand Tor
the celebration.
plans for the day will be announced
later through Dean William C. Van
Week of the law school and Dr.
Lewis.
Mating of Urban Universities.
The Association of Urban UniVersl-
ties, which includes some 80 1nstltu-
tfons, will meet here November H.
12 and 49, Corcoran Hall has been
turned over to the hundred and more
educators Of this branch of teaching.
President Lewis was last year elected
as head of the organization at the
University of Buffalo.
The meeting will draw many noted
professors, instructors, deans and col
lege presidents. The three days Will
be turned over to discussions OF PROB
lens met in this group of institutions.
DR.. Lewis will deliver an address at
the opening of the Randolph Macon
College at Ashland, Va, tomorrow,
and will return Immediately for the
opening of the university and the
other meetings.
Announcement has been made of
the forthcoming debate with Oxford
University, which will probably be
staged in the university gymnasium.
The visit of the OXonians. who were
here two years ago. is being looked
forward to with considerable interest.
The university will have a COM
plete, modern and thoroughly up-to-
date cafeteria, with Mrs. NJ. c..
Doone, who has had experience in
college dormitory and cafeteria work,
in charge.