Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-04-05
College PLANNING
SUMMER CLASSES
G. W. U. Expects Record At.
tendance This Year, With
Increase in Courses.


versitys Summer school were an
nounced last night by President VIII
liam Mather Lewis. DR.. William c,
Ruediger, dean Of the Teachers Col
lege, will be the director. and Prof.
Elmer Louis Kayser, secretary of the
university, will be associate director.
DIR. Ruediger will have as his fac
ulty members of the regular univer-
sity faculty, as we'll as number of
educational experts 1t is expected
that the two Summer school SEES sions
will be unusually well attended this
year.
Among those who will teach at
Summer school are Walter S. Deffen-
baugh of the United States Bureau of
Education. c. G. Eichlin OF the Uni
versity of Maryland. J. W. Sprowls,
professor of philosophy. St. Johns
College. Annapolis. Md; Arthur D.
Wright. professor OF education, Dart
mouth College; Prof. S. +. Acree, who
has recently joined the university fac
ulty to give advanced courses in
chemistry; Lawrence B. Hoover. Gem
trail High School; James B. Sullivan.
william Jewell College, recently ap-
pointed head of the Department of
Education and latterly of George
istrator in education. University of
Minnesota, and recently appointed
assistant professor of secondary edu-
cation at George Washington.
Ia Preparing Catalogue.
Last Summer all records for at
tendance were broken. and 1t is ex-
pected that the coming session of the
Summer school will somewhat exceed
those figures. DR.. Ruediger is pre-
pairing the annual Summer school
catalogue, which will be ready for
distribution shortly.
The university is announcing an un-
usually drastic change in it's athletic
activities. Fl. Watson Crum, who has
ing the past year. Will assume the
office of director OF athletics on a
three-year contract.
With the announcement of Crum's
office comes the decision to adopt the
so-called "one-year rule" the "migra-
tory rule and other generally ac-
copied regulations relative to the con-
duct Of college athletic activities. The
university feels that it Is making the
most forward step in its advancement
In the last two years when IL has
placed the athletics on such. high
plane.
Coach Crum, DR. Daniel Borden
and other university officials active
IN student activities have been work.
ing forward to the announcement for
some time. 1t is expected that the
university will compete with most
OF the other large universities in
this section in athletics as we'll as
In other branches Of intercollegiate
activity.
Heads Phi Beta Kappa.
DR.. Ruediger was recently elected
president of the District of Columbia
Phi Beta Kappa men. The election
took place at a meeting last Tuesday.
While there will be little or no
Easter vacation, classes being re-
sumed Immediately after Easter Sun
day, there is considerable forward
looking activity for the Spring. Foot
ball practice was started last week.
The tennis teams. the Engineers
base ball team and the track team is
beginning out-of-doors work
The university is continuing In the
assumption Of a leading position in
the support of pure and applied
science through the announcement OF
the work done by the department of
chemistry. This week in Baltimore
al the meeting OF the American
Chemical Society the first reports of
experiments conducted in the re-
search laboratory will be given by
students in charge of DR.. S. F. AGREE,
director of physical organic research.
Wins High Post.
The appointment of Alexander
Gregg. Columbian College, 1921, and
Law School. 1923, as solicitor OF the
internal revenue. is great gratifi-
cation to the university. Gregg is
but % years Of age. His appofnt
ment to such an important position
has been justified BY the work he
performed in his study of the Eng
lish tax system.
DR.. Charles K. Edmunds. provost
OF Johns Hopkins University, former
president of Canton College, China,
recently addressed the students in
Corcoran hall on Art and Archaeol-
ogy in China" Gen. Mason M.
Patrick, chief of the Air Service.
spoke recently in chapel on the Air
Service: j. Holland Rose. We're
Harmsworth. professor Of naval his
tory at Cambridge University, spoke
In Corcoran hall recently on naval
problems in the great war.
Newman Club Organized.
The Newman Club was recently or
ganized by Catholic women in the
university. The club plans to give
a luncheon at the Ivy Vine April ~
Mary l.. Chase is instrumental in
starting the organization.
George Washington students inter
ested in art are to be entertained by
Q. S. ]. Dunbar, we'll known wash
lngton sculptor, at his studio. Mr..
Dunbar will give an unusually inter-
esttng talk to group Of students at
1917 H street northwest Tuesday
afternoon.
The portrait of Mrs. Minniserode
Andrews. copied and presented to the
university by Mrs. Andrews, Will be
unveiled tomorrow morning in Cor
coran Hall Chapel Mrs. Andrews
offered to paint a portrait of Iafay
cite when the Lafayette alcove for
the university library was planned.
The portrait has been completed and
Will be presented to the university
by Mrs. Andrews tomorrow morning.
1t Is expected that the interest
aroused in the dedication Of the La
fayette alcove will continue until II
Is finally fully completed President
Lewis reports several additional con-
tributions. The idea found favor last
Fall, when Ambassador Jusserand
helped dedicate the alcove.
The University Glee Club has
scheduled three concerts for Nav.
On May l a concert will be given at
the Park View Church. Grace Re-
formed Church will be visited May
s, and the Chevy Chase Presbyterian
Church will be visited May g.