Evening star., 1932-07-24
On the Book Room Table

THE table is excited this morning. About
what? About this:
GREATER WASHINGTON Educational Num-
ber. 1882. Official Publication Washington
Chamber OF Commerce. Dorsey w. Hyde jr,
Editor.
Electric in immediate effect, this Educational
Number OF Greater Washington. To be sure
We, living at the Capital, know in general terms
that it is the center of creation, the hub of the
universe, fact that We are ready to proclaim.
perhaps over-ready to proclaim, in respect to
any and all CT its civic achievements. A good
deal Of guesswork about that as publication
like the one here makes plain.
Yes indeed, a great educational center'-but
didn't really know it. Now do, or at any
rate here is an immediate avenue for arriving
at this knowledge. This number of Greater
Washington is comprehensive outlook upon
the educational resources Of Washington, a
complete and orderly summary Of these con-
venent guide to the various points Of research
which they offer.
Directory Of the Educational Institutions Of
Washington" includes universities, colleges and
professional schools, seminaries, academies.
training schools, schools of music and art and.
seemingly, every sort Of school under the sun,
including the regular public school system of
the District. An index to these refers in each
to the page CT information bearing upon it.
For a definite outlook, however it Is from
the early pages of this periodical that returns
are truly substantial. Here professionals in
education and others in position Of authori-
tative knowledge discuss certain of the larger
aspects of the great subject. Luther H. Reich-
elderier, president of the Board of District Com
missioners, outlines the standing and scope Of
the Capital as a center Of education in the
United States. Himself a product of the local
system well as an astute observer of wider
fields Of learning, DR.. Reichelderfer is in posi-
ton to give reliable data and substantial opin-
ions on the subject. An Immediately interesting
and informing discussion here is the one by DR..
George Bowerran on the extent of facilities
offered to the citizens Of Washington by its 200
libraries, organized capitally for the use of
schools, societies. groups of many sorts and for
individual research well. 10000 900 Books in
200 Libraries-so the story runs!
'Washingtor-Ert Center of America by w.
H Holmes, gathers architecture sculpture.
painting and commercial art up by names, and
works of artists by location Of schools, by
founders and subtantial patrons. washing
tons Growing Musical Prestige" by Fanny AM
stutz Roberts. describes the increasing facilities
Of the Capital for the pursuit of this art. Sci
entifc schools, Federal, municipal and individ-
ual foundations become an organic part of this
decided growth of Washington toward intel
lectual and cultural leadership of the great
commonwealth itself. If you, the Washington
man and woman. want something really stirring
to read drop politics for a minute, and the ex-
peditionary force for two minutes, to take up
this single issue of local magazine Its cover
alone is call something like that familiar so
You're Going to Paris, or Berlin or other
where to take look at this home town where
there is surely a tremendous stir over things OF
the mind, over study of every sort, over intel
lectual exercise and the sure growth of culture
itself.