Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-05-25
C. v. REORGAN|zES.
COLUMBIAN BRANCH
One Year of Graduate Study
and Junior and Senior
Courses to Be Given.

Reorganization Of Columbian College,
the college Of letters and sciences Of
the George Washington University, as
the senior college, embracing the work
of the junior year, the senior year and
one year of graduate study, leading to
the baccalaureate and masters degrees,
has been voted by the faculties 1t Is
announced by DR.. Cloyd Heck Marvin,
president.
This step is part of an educational
program under which a junior college
has been created to act as q service"
school underlying the work of the col
leges and professional schools within
the institution, as well as Offering GER
tain courses Of study that naturally
terminate at the end Of two years.
Through the junior college, George
Washington University Is enabled to
serve those who desire to undertake but
two years Of college work in preparation
I, for their chosen vocation.
The senior college, which will retain
the name Of Columbian College, will
offer advanced courses in letters and
sciences and one year Of graduate study
| to round out the cultural background.
New Type Of Institution.
| AS conceived within George Washing
| ton University, the senior college Is a
/ new type of institution, perfecting an
educational organization toward which
many of the leading institutions OF
| higher learning are tending.
An important part of the develop
ment Is the creation within the senior
college of divisions of study with the
| curriculum departments grouped IN &C
| cordance with their content affinity
thus establishing cooperation Of faculty
1 Svs faA a1ffaf vT,t1t oh mill
| bring the student in contact with fields
of work rather than with series OF
| isolated courses. Attainment within
| fields Of learning rather than education
| in terms of courses and credits Is the
| ideal sought.
There will be five major divisions Of
! study-the division of language and
| language and literature, composed OF
the department of classical languages
and literature, the department of Eng
lish, the department of Germanic Ian
guaees and literature and the depart
ment of romance languages and litera-
lures; the division of mathematics and
physical sciences, composed OF the de-
partment Of chemistry, the department
| of mathematics and the department OF
| physics; the division of the natural SCI
| ences, composed of the department OF
botany the department Of geology and
geography, the department. OF pSycnol-
| ogy and the department Of zoology; the
| division Of the social sciences, composed
of the department Of anthropology, the
department of economics, the depart
ment of history, the department OF po-
litical science, the department OF phi
| losophy, the department Of public
speaking and the department OF
sociology.
Individual Study Plan.
The final step in the development Is
| the adoption of an individual study
plan. Through this plan the university
enables the superior student to do in
| dividual work in such fields as he may
choose, under the immediate direction
of the faculty members In that field ano
freed from the necessity Of formal class
work.
The transferring Of the master degree
| to the senior college. where as unit In
cultural training it logically belongs
frees the graduate school for the ad-
ministration of the degree Of doctor Of
philosophy. the professional research
| degree. -,
Examinations In the university will
begin on Thursday and will continue