Evening star., 1927-09-11
UNIVERSITY ADDS
TO OTEACHER CORPS
Administrative Staff Is Also
Increased for Fall Term.
Facilities Added.

Ten new members of the faculty and
administrative staff of American Uni
yersity have been added for the Fall
term, Chancellor Lucius c. Clark an
nounced last night. The curriculum
also has been expanded. he stated In
all three of the schools-the college
of liberal arts, the school of the
political sciences and the graduate
school
MANY new facilities have been added
AT the college for the science depart
ment. ii was announced, and the
grounds of the campus have been
Handicapped and further beautitied.
Early indications, according to DR..
Clark. are that the enrolment this
Fall will exceed all previous records.
Additions to Faculty.
The complete list of new members
of the faculty and staff includes Her
bert E. Walter, business manager of
the university; DIR. Harold Colder, as
sistant professor of English; DIR. Jessie
NJ. Ferguson, assistant professor OF
education; Miss Mary Meares Gait,
assistant professor of French; DIR,
Glenn +. Rouse, assistant professor
of physics; DIR. Arthur j. Jackson, in
structor in religion; Miss Dorothy
Wulf. instructor in physical education
for women and assistant in biology;
Miss Berenice Field. assistant in the
library; Miss Marguerite Pearl Cline.
assistant in library and instructor III
speech, and Carl Neprud. instructor
in political science.
DR.. jackson will take charge of the
reorganized department of religion in
the college, presenting five courses.
A new course in appreciation of music
will be offered by f. Deane Shure,
instructor in music and director of the
Mount Vernon NJ. E. Church South
choir. A new Introductory course in
political science will be given at the
college by DIR. Ellery c. Stowell. Mr..
Neprud will give a new course in
world politics, with especial emphasis
on Europe and Africa, and another on
the Far East.
Inaugurating new kind of instruc
tion, Miss Cline will give Principles
of Speech" dealing with the funda-
mental principles of oral expression.
DR.. George B. Woods, dean of the col
lege will add a new course to those
he has been teaching-ia extempora-
neous speaking.
Science Department.
The science department has been
expanded, not only by the addition of
DR.. Rouse to teach physics but by
installation of equipment in two new
laboratories. A new physics labora-
tory has been fitted out on the first
floor of Hurst Hall in a room formerly
used as the library, and a room for
merly used as a chemistry lecture
room has been remodeled into labor
atory for organic chemistry, a new
course to be presented by DR.. William
B. Holton.
The library facilities of the college
will be greatly in advance of any
prior year of the institution. Thou
sands Of dollars worth of new books
have been purchased during the past
year, DR.. Clark announced. In addi-
ton to the librarian, Mrs. Sallie
Kappes Varrelman, there will be two
assistants, Miss Field and Miss Cline.
A change which is expected to meet
the approval of the student body and
alumni as we'll will be a shifting of
the foot ball gridiron SO as to provide
a field on which home games may be
played on the campus. Heretofore
games in Washington have been
played on the gridiron on the Cathe-
dral Close, and university officials feel
the change will be most desirable.
New portable bleachers are to be pur-
chased for use at the foot ball field
and also inside the gymnasium for
basket ball during the Winter. The
change in the field will consist in
turning it around, from running north
and south to running east and west,
thus providing sufficient size. The
former field was satisfactory for prac-
ttce, but too short for regular inter
collegiate games.
DIR. Devine HOnored.
DR.. Devine, who has been carrying
forward his lecture work in connection
with his responsibilities as dean of
N1e graduate school, has received an
invitation to address the annual con-
vention of the Wisconsin State Medi.
cal Society September % at Madison,
Wis. From his experience as a sociol-
og1st or wide experience, DIR. Devine
VIII present to the medical profession
at Madison his observations as to the
possibilities and opportunities open to
that profession for the Improvement
of the general social welfare of
America.
Dean Woods of the college of LIBERAL
arts has been concluding some impor-
tant work he has been doing for the
United States Bureau of Education
In connection with a survey of the
negro schools of the South during the
last school year.
Dean Devine of the graduate school
and DIR. Albert II. Putney, dean of the
school Of political science, have worked
out unified program of study offered
to students who have completed two
years OF college study, have finished
q junior college, or it's equivalent.
This new program Of from three to
fVe years will be open to those who
are interested in such general depart
ments or study as international law,
international relations, history. consti-
tutional law and government, juris-
prudence, foreign trade social econ
omy and economies.
Political Sciences.
In the school of political sciences
TINS year DR.. Putney announced spe.
cial attention has been given to the
requirements Of those who are prepar.
Ing for public service, including the
foreign service of the United States.
Tor those wishing to enter the field of
foreign trade and those intending to
pursue the study of law.
Miss Mary Louise Brown. dean Of
women at the college of liberal arts
arrived here late last week to prepare
Tor the opening of the college, Sep
tember 10.