Evening star., 1927-10-09
PLANS
BIGGER FACILITIES
Authorities to Consider Task
of Providing More Hous-
ing Accommodations.

Final action in the matter of adding
to the facilities OF National Cniver-
sity to house the largely increased
student body was deferred Friday
night at the Fall meeting of the board
of trustees of the institution, pending
an investigation into the acquisition
of further housing accommodations,
it was announced yesterday by uni
versity authorities. Steps VIII be
taken, It is expected, later during the
present term.
Due to the large increase in the
number of students AT the university,
the question of additional classroom
space has become acute. it was re-
Gently stated. and officials for some
time have been giving the matter
their attention. Friday night the
question was laid before the board of
trustees, which recommended that q
move be made to secure the necessary
and proper space as soon as possible.
Classrooms Crowded.
Already last year the university's
claSsroomS were crowded to capacity
and this year the enrolment in the
Undergraduate Schools of Law and
Economics and Government, as we'll as
in the graduate departments of these
schools, is still larger, thus taxing the
facilities to the utmost.
One occasion for the difficulty in
coping with the increased student
body is due to the addition uf a num-
ber of new courses to the curriculum
of the university. In the School of
Economics and Government a Ian
guage department, in which is taught
both French and Latin, has been
added, and other departments of the
school have been expanded. Among
these are the departments of socl-
ology, business and finance, and his
tory and government.
This difficulty has been partially off
set by the inauguration of early morn
ing classes. Several courses in each
of the undergraduate schools are be-
ing given, beginning at 1:45 am, thus
materially reducing the overcrowding,
which otherwise would have resulted.
One of the new courses added is the
class in commercial art. This course
runs throughout the entire year, and
is designed to give students a thor
ough understanding of the limits and
possibilities of drawing for reproduc-
tion. This class is under the direc-
tion of Harry F. Campbell, formerly a
student at the Corcoran Art School,
who has studied also under Charles
w. Hawthorne.
This course takes up free-hand
drawing, anatomy, light and shade,
and perspective, and pen
and ink drawing. 1t also goes into
practices and problems,
and will give a complete understand
ing of the needs of a commercial
artist, as we'll as a clear insight into
the requirements of organizations
using art work.
Writers on Faculty.
Mr.. Campbell, aside from being an |
artist, also is a poet. In the October |
issue of Nations Business there ap- |
pears a poem, The Saga of Joshua |
Cann," written by Mr.. Campbell. This |
poem is a satirical bit on the methods |
employed by the United States Ship |
ping Board in the operation Of its |
iessels.
Another article in the October is |
sue of Nations Business, AN Army |
Fights to Fill Your Gas Tanks" was
written by William Boyd Craig, in |
'tructor in English, Journalism and |
authorship at National University. |
This article goes into the methods of |
selling gasoline and is q comprehen- |
.uel retails at 81 cents per gallon.
One of the courses in the school of |
and government, which has
proven popular among law school stu.
Tents, is Latin. This course is de.
signed to give a fundamental knowl- |
EDGE of the language, and law students
nave found that it is of great benefit |
o them, due to the large number of
egal terms of Latin origin. This
course is under the direction of Mrs.
3eata II. Carmody.
The civil law department, under the |
of Judge Charles S.
-obingier, formerly United States
Judge at the Federal Court of China.
has received much favorable comment
turing the past Summer and because
If the fact that National University
,ffers the most complete course in
his subject of any institution in the
country, large number of students
Interested in civil law has registered
n this department.
civil law is practiced in virtually
I'll OF South and Central America as
veil as many countries of EuroDe.