Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-02-17

ferson Myers and s. s. Sandberg Of the
United States Shipping Board, Commits.
sioners Frank Clark and e. B. BroSSard
of the United States Tariff Commission
DR.. Cloyd H. Marvin, president OF
George Washington University; Right
| Rev. James e. Freeman, Bishop OF
| Washington: Right Rev. John H. Ryan
rector of Catholic University; Provost
william Allen Wilbur of George Wash
! ington University, John G. Merriam
president of the Carnegie Institute;
| DR.. Hugh j. Fegan, assistant dean OF
the Georgetown Law School: George A.
Finch, assistant secretary of the Car
negie Endowment for international
Peace, and Rev John J. Burke, general
secretary of the Catholic National We'll
fare Council.
Pioneer in It's Field.
Referring to the foreign service as a
new profession, DR.. Thomas H. Healy,
assistant dean Of the school. who has
! been identified with 1t from the begin
ming, pointed out the significance that
the Georgetown department was estab-
lished at critical period Of history, i'm
mediately after the World War, to meet
certain needs growing out of the new
political and economic relations which
this country then assumed with other
nations and the development of Ameri-
can foreign trade.
THE Georgetown school has adopted
for its motto, international Peace
Through International Understanding,
he said. land hence in preparing men
for a foreign service career, 1t has not
solely in mind the objective Of ena-
bling them to gain positions, but to pre-
pare these men to take their place as
important factors In the promotion of
better understanding between nations
and in furthering the prosperity and
happiness Of the world on an honorable
basis
Foreign service in It's different
branches-foreign trade, international
shipping. diplomatic, consular and trade
commissioner work, and the likes a
comparatively new profession in the
United States. With the World War
there came fundamental changes in
American policy and commercial and
economic life. Our new position of world
power makes foreign trade and foreign
service vital to us and they will be-
come more so in future years. Gain
ing and keeping first place in interna-
tional trade, diplomacy and shipping Is
not going to be easy work. 1t will re-
quire that our interests be championed
by highly competent persons. We face
high-grade competition, carried on by
well trained competitors. We have lit
tie hope of holding our present position
or progressing unless We meet this COM
petition with a still better trained per-
sonnet.
1T was partly to equip men for this
training that the School of Foreign
Service started its pioneer work in this
country. 1t was established not only in
the interests of the United States but of
the world community Of nations to act
as one of the pioneers in placing the
foreign service profession on scientific
basis, to prepare the youth of America
to take up their work in this career.
which possibly more than any other
careers, demands men of superior quail
fcations and with the best sort of
training.
Ten Years Expansion.
Prom score of students 10 years
ago, the school has grown to be one of
the largest departments Of the uni.
versity, giving over 100 courses yearly
to approximately 900 students from
every State and about IS foreign coun-
tries. On its faculty rolls are IS dis
tinguished specialists covering the va
rious fields of training that enter into
the foreign service profession. It's
graduates are scattered to the four
corners of the globe.
Higher education is conservative and
slow moving, hence it is doubly to the
credit of the Georgetown Schoo- of
Foreign Service that in such a short
space Of time. it has obtained world
wide recognition based on the results
of its work"