Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-02
c. v. i. INSTRUCTOR
IS HIGHLY HONORED'
Lowell J. Ragatz Gets Prize
for Best Historical Work
Published in Two Years.

Lowell Joseph Ragatz. instructor
in history at George Washington Uni
versity. was honored at Rochester.
y. Y, during the holidays by the
American Historical Association in
the award of the Justin Winsor prize
for 1896.
The Justin Winsor prize is the
highest award to be given by the
American Historical Association and
was made by President Dana &.
Monro. 1t is awarded every two
years to the historical student whose
first work in American history, pub
lished within the two-year period, is
esteemed of greatest value.
The title OF the prize work is The
Decline Of the British West Indies
1763-1S33-A Study of the Fall of the
Planter Glass" DIR. Ragatz is ma
tive of Prairie du Sac, Wis. and holds
the degrees OF A. NJ. and PHI. D. from
the Univ ersity of Wisconsin. In adj
dition he has studied at the University
of Pennsylvania, the University OF
Paris and the University of GrenOble,
the College de France, the Ecole
'ibre des Sciences Politque and the
London School of Economics. He has
been instructor at George Washing
ton University since 1928.
Classes Resume Tomorrow.
All departments of the university
will resume classes tomorrow after
the Christmas recess, and there will
be uninterrupted sessions until the
midyear examinations. The annual
Midwinter convocation plans for
February % and the attendant actlvi-
ties will be announced shortly.
Plans for the 1927 Summer school
at George Washington University are
well advanced. The nine-week SEES
sion will start Monday. June IL, and
will end on August 10, according to
Prof. Elmer Louis Kayser, director
of the Summer school. The six-week
session will begin either Monday,
June 81, or Tuesday, July 5. Definite
announcement will be made within
the next few weeks. The teaching
staff for the Summer. school sessions
will be announced shortly.
President William Mather Lewis has
completed his speaking program In the
West. DR. Lewis was the principal
speaker at two sessions OF the Cali
fornia state Teachers Association.
He spoke at Oakland. Los Angeles
and San Francisco and will return to
this city on January o.
Faculty Away OH Trips.
Many George Washington University
faculty members spent the holidays
in visiting various educational asso-
citation meetings. The Modern Ian
cuage Association meetings in Cam
bridge. Mass, at Harvard, were at
tended by Prof. Henry Grattan Doyle,
who presided over one of the sessions
and by DIR. Edwin H. Sehrt and Dr.
Dewitt G. Croissant.
Prof. w. L. Cheny, DR.. Fred a
Moss and Prof. John o. Powers at
tended the sessions of the American
Association for the Advancement u
Science of Philadelphia. Prof. Charles
f. Hill attended the meetings OF the
American Political Science Association
in st. Louis.
prot. Elmer Louis Kayser. DR.. Low
ell ]. Ragatz and Prof. Samuel T.
Remis. who was a member of the
program committee, attended the
American Historical Association SEES
sions at Rochester, where DR.. Ragatz
was awarded the Justin Winsor prize.
Dean William c. Van Week of the
Law School and profs. Hector q.
Spaulding, Fl. W. Edgerton, A. E..
Evans, E. c. Arnold, w. l.. Moll and
Associate Prof. W. T. Fryer. attend
ed the meeting of the American Asso-
citation of American Law Schools at
Chicago.
Assistant dean of the Medical School.
DR.. Oscar b. Hunter, attended the
meeting of the American Society OF
Bacteriology at Philadelphia.
Attends Athletic Meeting.
II Watson Crum, director of ath-
letics attended the National Collegiate
Association meetings and the Ameri'
can Foot Ball Coaches Association
meetings held in New York last
Wednesday and Thursday.
Frances Benjamin Johnston. inter.
nationally known photographer. VIII
give an illustrated lecture on garden
and flower photography in Corcoran
Hall on January 10 at 2:3O pm. The
lecture is of exceptional interest to
members of garden clubs. Miss John
stons pictures will be exhibited in adj
dition to the lecture. A nominal charge
will be made for the lecture.
Word has been received here that
81 members of the George Washing
ton alumni attended the recent meet
ing and dinner in Los Angeles, which
was addressed by President Lewis.
Judge Edward Henning,' former as
sistant Secretary of Labor presided.
Officers for the year elected are Judge
C. f. Haas, president: Mrs. David
Covell, secretary and treasurer.
Prof. Samuel f. Bemis is chairman
of the committee on program for the
1927 meeting of the American Histori-
cal Association. which will be held in
this city the last week in December.