Evening star., 1932-09-11
A. i. HEADS EXPECT.
ENROLMENT GAIN
Freshmen to Be Welcomed in
Two Days Before Open
ing, September Fl.

The College of Liberal Arts of Amer
ican University will begin its eighth
year Monday, September 10, with pros
poets Of an increased enrolment, &C
cording to DIR. George B. Woods, dean
OF the college.
A special program has been arranged
for freshmen, beginning with the lunch
con at IL o'clock in the college dining
hall on the campus at Massachusetts,
and Nebraska avenues, and running
through to the formal opening exercises,
Ing, September 81.
Members of the faculty already are
returning from vacations in various
parts Of the country, and more will be
arriving within the next few days to
prepare for the opening of the Fall
term.
Coach Walter H. Young has issued a
call for foot ball candidates to report
next Thursday for the first practice.
Equipment Improved.
Several improvements have been made
to the college plant during the Summer.
The interior of the women'S residence
has been redecorated through the gen.
erosity of the Women'S Guild, with Mrs.
H. WeIlen Fisher chairman Of the Com
mittee on Decoration, and preparatory
work for the season already has been
done on both the athletic field and the
tennis courts.
Concerning the curriculum, DR.. Woods
explained that an unusually attractive
program of courses has been arranged"
and registration for other than fresh
men will start Tuesday morning at 8
O'Clock in the Office of the registrar.
The College of Liberal Arts, Dean
Woods explained. ''is maintained for the
purpose of developing scholarship and
character 1t is the aim of the college"
he said, ito develop the initiative and
the resourcefulness Of its students, to
train them for individual thinking in
creative or original work, to give them
such an understanding OF life and Its
current problems as will enable them
to make necessary social adjustments
and to endow them with Christian
philosophy of life that will lead to ac-
tive and intelligent service IN their re-
spective communities"
The college, DR.. Woods explained. Is
accredited by the Association OF Col
leges and Secondary Schools OF the
Middle States and is recognized as
standard college of class A. It Is on
the approved list of the American As
sociation of University Women and OF
the Board of Education of the Metho-
dist Episcopal Church.
Walter Returns to Post.
It Is a member Of the Association OF
American Colleges and Of the American
Council on Education. 1t co-operates
fully with these organizations in foster
ing high ideals of scholarship.
Herbert <. Walter, former business
manager of American University, has
returned to take up his duties in his
former post, and is being assisted by
Raymond j. Spaeth, a graduate OF the
College of Liberal Arts, who also holds
the degree of master of business ad-
ministration from the Graduate School
of Business Administration at Harvard
University.
DR.. and Mrs. Woods spent the Sum-
mer at their new Summer camp at
Belgrade Lakes, Me.
DR.. Wesley M. Gewehr, professor OF
history, has returned from Rutgers Uni
versity. where he taught curing the
Summer school.
DR.. John E. Bentley. professor OF
education and psychology, is back from
Boulder, Colo, where he again taught
In the University Of Colorado.
DR.. Arthur j. Jackson, head OF the
department of religion, has returned
from the annual American University
seminar to Palestine.