Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-09-23
SCHOOLS TO OPEN
At AMERICAN i.
Lectures Start Thursday.
Student Activities Get
Good Start.

With the College OF Liberal Arts now
in full swing after opening last week
the other two schools of American Uni
versity, the School of the Political
Sciences and the Graduate School, plan
to open this week with lectures start
ing Thursday Registration will be held
at the downtown schools, 190ltF street,
beginning tomorrow morning.
The college, which already has rec
ord-breaking enrolment, went through
its first week in whirl of activities,
both educational and social. Freshmen
rules were put In force Thursday. Al
ready registration is about third
larger than last year, and although the
formal registration period is past, stu
dents still are entering, with prospects
that many more. will sign up before the
registration finally closes early in Oc-
tober.
Many new courses are being offered
by all three schools this year, some OF
these to be given by former members OF
the faculty and several by the II new
faculty members. DR.. Edward t. De-
vine, dean of the Graduate School, an
nounced that among the new courses
offered in the Graduate School were
introduction to science, the principles OF
international law, the League of Ma
lions and world organization, interna-
tional relations and world politics from
1915 to 1928, general history OF Latin
America, history of the Hebrews. in
telligence, aptitude educational and en-
ployment tests, administrative law ana
extraordinary legal remedies. Spanish
civil law, public service corporations,
industrial corporations, business t1nance,
investments, conservation, systematic
psychology, social psychology and
estheticS.
Courses Listed.
DR.. George B. Woods, dean OF the
college, explained that new courses OF
fered for the first time this year in
analysis. transportation, principles OF
accounting, business administration, in
dividual mental tests, advanced psyche
logical problems, the principles and
methods of literature. great Eliza
bethans, advanced French grammar and
composition, the eighteenth century,
Greek tragedy, history of music, adj
vanced mathematical problems; state
and local governments, the religions of
mankind, New Testament epistleS,
Spanish, commercial correspondence,
advanced prose composition and con-
versation and literary and dramatic in
depreciation.
In opening the college year formally
at chapel Wednesday morning, DR.. Joy
Elmer Morgan, editor of the National
Educational Association Journal, out
lined to students the seven cardinal
detectives of education in brief as fol-
lows: Health, worthy home membership,
mastery of the tools of learning, faith
full citizenship, vocational training,
training for leisure and ethical char
acter.
DR.. Lucius c. Clark, chancellor Of the
university, and Mrs. Clark opened the
social season by their reception Tues
day night to the faculty in honor of the
IL new members of the faculty.
Party Is Held.
For the students residing on the
campus an informal party was held in
the women's gymnasium on Monday
night, with the following student COM
mittee in charge: Jane Lyle, Kathryn
Heath, Blake Espey and Ellsworth
Tompkins. More formal was the party
given Tuesday night in the same place
under auspices of a committee of stu
dents including Jack LaFavre, James
Johnson, Alice Hetzel and Elizabeth
Hill
One of the movements which help
new students throughout the year, and
known as the big Brother and Big
Sister," by which each new student is
assigned an upper classman adviser, was
inaugurated Wednesday night by a
party In the mems gymnasium in charge
of John Houston and Betty Jacoby.
The formal reception for the entire
faculty and student body was given
TIYsiH Vnin at tH4o
Hall, with the Chancellor and Mrs.
Clark and the deans of the three
schools in the receiving line.
The Faculty Women's Club will give
a dinner to the new members of the
faculty at the home of DR.. and Mrs.
George B. Woods, 4331 Cathedral ave-
nue., next Saturday evening.
The DramaticS Club will be inau-
gurated Tuesday evening by Will Hutch
ms, professor of art Mr.. Hutchins
plans to present two principal college
plays this year instead of one, and is
getting an early start.
Activities Increase.
Student activities on the campus in
general are swinging into shape under
the direction not only of the faculty,
but of student groups, the leaders of
which are Leland Field, president of
the student council: Lynn Corson, judge
of the Mems Costing Court" and Mary
Jane Stewart, judge Of the girls Cos
ling Court" These courts deal with
recalcitrant freshmen.
DR.. John E. Bentley, professor of
education and psychology, has been en-
gagged to return for the third successive
season next Summer for the University
of Colorado, department of psychology,
Summer school. at Boulder, Colo.