Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-09-15
c. v. i. EXPECTS
MANY TO REGISTER
Policy Lays Emphasis on
Personal Relationship
With Institution.

With the resumption of classes in the
George Washington University sched-
uled for Wednesday, September IS, all
indications point to q large registration
for the university'S 109th academic ses-
sion.
The administrative policy for the
coming year lays emphasis upon per-
sonal relationships within the institu-
ton. To care for increasing enrolment
without detriment to the individual, a
program of student personnel admins
tration has been developed which
insures each student the maximum
amount of attention from faculty and
administrative officers in his academic
and extra-curricular activities.
Specific Steps Are Cited.
Specific steps in this program, in
clude the separation of the student
body in Columbian College into upper
and lower divisions, the establishment
of the office Of adviser to students from
foreign countries, the appointment of
a secretary for women's activities, the
extension Of the service of the student
employment bureau, the institution OF
vocational guidance, the development
of the physical education work and the
preservation Of small instructtonal units.
Under the new organization of Co
lumbar College, junior and senior stu
dents are assigned to the upper division
in charge of DR.. Charles E. Hill, dean
of the college, while freshman and
sophomore students come WITHIN the
lower division, Of which Henry Grattan
Doyle has been named the dean.
Holt Is Foreign Advisor.
Prof William Stull Holt has been
designated advisor to students from
foreign countries, to act as counselor
to the group of students representing
more than 40 foreign countries, who
come to the National Capital to study
in George washington University.
Mrs. Winnie hidden Barrows, VINO
has been appointed secretary fo1
women's activities. will assist students
who desire counsel as to their personal
and social problems, and will supervise
the extra -curriclEar activities of women
students.
To aid the large numbers of students
who are making their way through the
university, and to enable washington
employers to obtain the services OF IN
teliigent and ambitious young people
the service Of the student employment
bureau will be extended.
Through the psychology department
of the university, students will receive
vocational guidance on the basis OF
intelligence and aptitude tests.
The appointment of additional fac
ulty members in many departments
and the division into two units Of late
afternoon sections of all freshman
classes in the Law School. will pre-
serve small Institutional groups
throughout the university.
Medical Examination.
The phvsical we'll being of students
will be safeguarded by regular medical
and physical examinations. and the
two-year physical education requirement.
will insure proper bodily development.
The staff of the department of physical
education for men consists this year OF
James z. Pixlee, B. S., professor CT
physical education for men. and three
associates. Ruth Harriet Atwell, PHI. B.,
associate professor of physical education
for women, will have two instructors
upon her staff.
improvements beneficial to the stu
dent body have been made in the physi-
cal equipment Of the university. All
classrooms have been newly painted
and furnished with adequate lighting
facilities. Special attention has been
given to seating arrangements. A num-
Der of the laboratories, notably the
zoology and botany laboratories, have
been enlarged, and additional equip.
ment provided. A modernly equipped
pharmacy laboratory has been installed
in the new building of the Pharmacy
School, and the psychology department
has in its new quarters specialized
rooms for study and experimental work
in psychology. Faculty Offices have
been so arranged as to bring together
the members of each department of in