Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-09-13
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Many Curriculum Additions
! Made-Graduate Council
V Is Formed.

ing year ny IL NlOyo AlSNh "AoA 'AiA'
president.
The academic year, which will be the
1llth in the university's history. opens
September %. Registration will take
place from September 10 through Sep
TENDER 20.
Notable curriculum additions have
been made In several fields of learning.
The school of education will enter
upon a program which will bring here
each year the outstanding persons OF
the country in various fields of educa-
ton. Prof Lois Coffey Mossman OF
Columbia University will give course
in industrial arts, which articulates
with the public school program for cor
relating art work in the elementary
school with the students home eco
nomic and manual activities.
The division of fine arts announces
q new four-year course in Illustration,
The entire morning of each school day
for four years will be devoted by stu
dents in this course to problems IN
composition. and the study OF color
theory, methods of reproduction and
the fundamentals of decorative painting.
New Post is Created.
The department of Philosophy has
been materially expanded with the adj
dition of six new courses and the crea-
ton Of new faculty post. The cur
ricula and stats Of a number of other
departments have been enlarged
A final step in the university's educa-
tional reorganization is accomplished
this year with the formation OF the
graduate council, a committee OF eX-
perts for administering the work Tor
the doctor Of philosophy degree. DR.
Charles Edward Hill of the university
faculty has been named secretary OF
the graduate council. The degree OF
doctor of philosophy, under this sys-
TEN, Is conceived as a professional and
purely research degree conferred only
upon those Who have acquired broad
and thorough knowledge Of their field
of learning and who have shown
marked ability in original research.
Formal requirements CT course and res
idence though essential, are wholly
subordinated to this principle.
Vacancies in two important admins
trative posts. the deanshipS OF Column
bian College and the School of Govern
ment, are yet to be filled 1t is eX
pected that these appointments will
be announced within the next few
months. In the interim. DR.. Marvin
has announced. these two schools will
be administered by faculty committees.
The School of Medicine will open the
year with a new dean, DR.. William Bald
rich background of experience and &C
complishment in medical administration,
teaching and research.
Dean VanVleck Back.
Dean William Cabell VanVleck again
will be actively at the head of the Law
School, returning after a year spent in
research and writing Dean John p.
Lapham of the School Of Engineering
also has returned from years leave.
In the absence OF Dean william Carl
Ruediger OF the Sohcol OF Education
who will b. on sab0atical l"ave during
the year. Prof William Cullen French
will serve as acting dean.
The School of Pharmacy will be
headed by William Paul Briggs. who has
been appointed dean. DR.. Briggs has
been a member of the faculty since 1927
and served during the past year as as
sistant dean of the school.
The new faculty appointments include,
in addition to the dean of the School of
Medicine, one teacher Of professional
rank, four professional lecturers, one as
sociate professor, five assistant profess
sors, 10 instructors, seven lecturers and
two associates. In the School of Medi-
cine, Lieut.. Comdr. Franklin Forman
Murdoch, acting executive officer Of the
Naval Medical School, will serve as pro-
lessor Of tropical medicine. Myron c.
Waddell, M. S., has been appointed in
structor in anatomy and Edward A.
Krause. lecturer on first aid.
Daniel Houston Buchanan. formerly
of the Harvard University faculty, has
oeen appointed associate professor in the
department of economies. Walter Ly-
man Rice. assistant to the United States
Attorney General, he's Joined the faculty
Of this department as lecturer III COM
merclal and maritime law.
Kennedy Named to Post.
A new instructorship has been created
In economics and Ralph Dale Kennedy.
formerly of the faculty of the University
of Iowa, will fill the post DR.. L. Edwin
Yocum has been added to the staff of
the botany department as assistant pro-
lessor. DR.. Albert Spear Hitchcock and
Or. Nell Everett Stevens also have joined
the staff Of the department rs profess
serial lecturers.
In the department of education, DR..
Mitchell Dreese has been appointed to
the newly created assistant professor
ship. Prof. DreeSe received his academic
training at Teachers College Columbia
University. and came to George Wash
1ngton from Grinnell College, Iowa,
where he served as director of personnel.
Other additions to the staff of the de-
partment are Prof. Mossman. who will
come from New York weekly for the
course in industrial arts, and DR.. Edgar
c. Higbie. president of Wilson Teachers
College. who will give a course in the
elementary school principalship.
The department Of architecture has
an enlarged teaching staff, with Pascuale
Mario Torraca as the new assistant pro-
lessor Of architecture. Prof. Torraca is
a graduate of the University of PennSyl-
vania and has spent much time studying
in Italy and France. He will give
course which is new to the department,
domestic buildings. study of their
planning. decoration and mechanical
equipment.
Harold F. Harding Appointed.
The department of public speaking
also will have an enlarged teaching staff
A new assistant professorship has been
created in the department and Harold
Friend Harding has been appointed to
this post. Prof. Harding is graduate
Of Hamilton College and Of Cornell Uni
rersity and has undertaken research
ABROAD. He taught at Iowa State Uni
versity, Harvard Law School and at
Cornell.
An additional assistant professor has
been appointed in the department OF ro-
nance languages in DR.. Alexander II.
Krappe. DR.. Krappe has been engaged
in research in Europe and this country
and he has taught at the University of
Minnesota. Graduated from the Univer-
Sity Of Berlin Germany in 1915, he
went to the University of Iowa. where
he took the masters degree. He holds