Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-01-26
6 v. j. TO REOPEN :
109TH SCHOOL YEAR
Second Semester Classes
VIII ReConvene February 3
and February 5.

The second semester Of the 1oath
academic year of the George washing
ton University viii begin the FIRST week
In February. Following the mid
semester recess classes viii resume in
the Law School on Monday, February 3
and In all other schools of the univer-
atty on Wednesday, February 5.
Registration of new students will take
place in the Law School during this
week and in the other schools on Mon.
DAY, February 3, and Tuesday, Febru-
airy 4.
With the beginning of the second
semester some 10 courses win open in
various departments of instruction.
Many OF the courses which run through
out the entire year may also be entered
IN February. Beginning language courses
In French. German and Spanish have
been scheduled to accommodate stu
dents entering the university from
high school,
The Foreign Service faculty Of the
university has been augmented by the
appointment Of Arthur w. Hummel, Al.
NJ. Mr.. Hunnmel Is recognized as an
outstanding authority on the Far East.
He has lived in the Orient for many
years, has taught in Japan and In
China, and reads: writes and speaks
Chinese. Since 1928 he has been chief
of the division of Chinese literature in
the Library of Congress. Mr.. Hummel
will offer course In political back
grounds of the Far East. Other courses
for Foreign Service students beginning
in February include foreign trade, =
. study of the principles and procedure of
exporting and importing. and Europe
since 1914, course dealing with the
backgrounds of the World War and
problems of the peace period.
New Courses Offered.
For students of government the po-
htical science department offers q
course in legislative organization and
control Of administration, given by Prof.
Warren Reed West. $500. i. ..,-
Courses will be offered in the depart
ment of public speaking which have
several new features. These courses are
designed not only to train for effective
public speech, but also to assist the
student in his ordinary, everyday
speech problems. To this latter end,
Prof. Willard Hayes .Yeager Depew,
professor Of public speaking, will give
course in business and professional
speaking, in which the conference
producing in the class room the actual
conditions of a business conference.
The course in advanced debating, to be
given By Prof Yeager, employs the
problem method. Problems in this
course will be based on actual legal
cases. the contestants being given a
statement of facts in case from
which to prepare their debate. Other
courses In public address and oral in
depreciation Of literature.
Students majoring IN business adj
ministration will be offered six courses
opening In the department of economics.
A course in the economic history of
the United States, dealing with the
economic development of the Nation
and its latter-day commercial and in
dustrfal problems, win be given by
Forrest Albert Young, A. NJ. Joseph
8. fucker, Phi: D., PROFESSIONAL lecturer
on taxation, will give course In the
principles of taxation and course in
Federal taxation. survey Of income.
excise and inheritance taxes and
study of the several revenue acts.
A course in investments will be given
by Harold Grif1th Sutton, M. s., as
Sociate professor of finance, which will |
deal with the basic principles Of IN |
vestment-analysis Of the various fac |
tors Of investment credit and their ap- |
plication to the different types of in
vestments; needs of various classes Of
private and institutional investors;
proper selection of securities and neces-
sary care of investments.
Other courses In finance viii include
one in auditing, under Richard Nor
man Owens, Phi. D., c.. PA. professor
Of accounting and business administra-
ton, and one in economic statistics,
under DR.. Frank MCKINLEY Phillips.
Department of Education. s.
In the department of education
number Of courses for teachers and
public school supervisors will open.
william Cullen French, Phi. D., pro-
fesSor OF education, will give q course
IN the history of American education.
A course viii be given by Dean, Will
liam Carl Ruediger in the technique of
teaching. A course in tests and meas
urements will be given under Jessie
Elizabeth La Sale, H. NJ, PROFESSIONAL
lecturer in education, and Tenjes Henry
Schultz, Phi. D., visiting professor of
education. The special purposes of the
} Junior high school, the program of
studies, classification of pupils and his
tory Of the movement will be considered
In course on the junior high school
given by Prof. j. Grin Powers
course In the teaching Of English will
be offered by Prof. De Witt G. Crois-
SAINT.
New courses for Librarians given in
the division of library science include
q course in reference, photography,
book evaluation and selection, under
Prof. Alfred Francis william Schmidt
director of the division. and a course
in library extension, publicity and COM
munity service, under Prof. Elizabeth
A Lathrop.
The department of sociology will
offer a number of courses designed for
executives of social service organize
tons and teachers. A course In city
planning wiz be given by Prof Robert
Russ Kern. Dudley Wilson Willard,
Phi. D., associate professor of sociology,
Will offer course in contemporary Gull
,ture and cultural change: course in
social organization, which will be study
Of group and community life from the
standpoint OF regional indignation, and
q course in educational sociology, which
will consider social problems Of school
curricula, pupil population. teachers
and the teaching profession. educa-
tional organization and method con-