Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-06-19
NATIONAL u. STUDIES
STUDENT SELECTION
Increased Enrolment Expected to
0vertax Classroom and
Other Facilities.

With registrations more than double
those of the Summer term last year
in both the Low School and School of
Economics and Government, officials
of National University foresee the
necessity of devising a method of stu
dent selection before the opening of
the Fall quarter. when enrolment is
expected to overtax the classroom and
other facilities of the university.
At a meeting of school authorities
last week 1t was decided that Che
method generally prevailing Of select
ing students who meet the entrance
requirements in the order in which
their applications are received will not
be used.
This method, while prevalent in
most Of the large professional schools
of the country, is deficient in that 1t
bars many students whose scholarship
record justifies admission" state.
ment by school officials declares.
Some system will be devised whereby
scholarship rather than the date OF
application for entrance shall be the
criterion"
Many who received their degrees at
the annual commencement exercises
last Monday night, resumed their
studies in the graduate schools which
opened the Summer term last week.
In addition to those taking. work look.
ing toward advanced degrees In law.
enrolment for Summer classes In
cludes many who are taking prelegal
courses in the Academic School, the
School of Economics and Government.
One method by which the university
will attempt to take care Of additions!
students in the Fall is that Of offer.
ing an extension Of its morning
classes.
Woman students Of the Law School,
whose ranks will be considerably in
creased in the Fall. on the basis OF
present registrations, are especially
gratified with the showing Of the
members of their sex who were gradu.
ated last Monday. The high scholar.
ship OF women who are preparing
themselves for the practice of law at
the school is reflected in the fact that
three Of the 10 women who were
among the 267 students who received
their degrees last week were high
among the honor students Of the uni.
versity.
Miss Constance D. Fogle, winner OF
the Kappa Beta Pi scholarship key for
the highest scholarship standing
among members of the fraternity, was
given honorable mention for the Mac.
Arthur gold medal. awarded to the
student with the highest scholarship
average throughout the three years of
the legal course.
In addition to the achievement of
Miss Fogle, woman students of the
Law School are taking especial pride
in the fact that Ella Clapp Adams,
who was graduated with honors in
1925, received honorable mention this
year for the university gold medal
which goes to the student with the
highest average in the postgraduate
school.
Women students are looking for
ward to the achievement of even
higher awards next year, when Eliza.
beth K Prender. winner of the Hurst
gold medal for the highest average in
the junior class, receives her degree.
In addition to winning the Hurst
medal, Miss Prender was awarded the
Emma Deal Denton prize for the best
examination in equity jurisprudence.
Another woman student who obtained
recognition this year Is Anna NJ
Chase, who received honorable men
ton for the Hurst prize.
With such a showing this year.
members of the Cy Pres Club and
other woman's organizations of the
university are confident one Of theiy
number will capture the highest
scholarship awards when the 1928
class Is graduated.
William Boyd Craig, instructor In
English and journalism In the School
and Economies and Government, Is the
author of Making the Shoe Fit the
Market" in the current issue of the
Nations Business.