Evening star., 1933-09-10
CLASSESAT G. v. j. .
RESUME SEPT. 70
New Year Will Start With
Larger Faculty and Ex-
panded Program.

The 18th year of George Washing
ton University will be inaugurated
Wednesday, September 20, when classes
will resume In all of the schools, COL
leges and divisions, including the
: Jnnior College, Columbian (the senior
College, the Graduate Council, the
School of Medicine. the Law School, the
School of Pharmacy, the School of En-
gineering, the School of Education, the
School of Government, the Division Of
Library Science and the Division Of
Fine Arts.
Registration will take place septem-
Der Is and 10.
The university enrolls some 1000
students from every State in the Union
enc from 40 foreign countries. Its
faculty numbers 450.
Peculiarly fortunate in being among
the few institutions of higher learning
In this country not faced at this time
by the necessity for curtailments. the
university will open the new year with
an enlarged faculty and expanded pro-
G, ans of study in many of the de-
partments of instruction.
Curriculum Strengthened.
During recent years the institution
has enjoyed steady growth. increasing
LIE SIZE dIlu CdllUIe VI ltS faculty, dIlO
strengthening its curriculum and its
research programs.
Under the presidency of DR.. Cloyd
Heck Marvin the policy has been that
the teaching program must be placed
always ahead of considerations of
physical equipment, so that while the
university plant has been much i'm
proved and somewhat enlarged, no
elaborate building projects have been
entered upon.
Denied by its urban location an ex-
tensive campus, and lacking costly ia
cilities. there f1ourishes, nevertheless,
within the student body an enthusiastic
and well-rounded student life, which
finds expression through the various
student activities. There are teams in
all of the major sports, intercollegiate
athletics resting upon comprehensive
physical education and intramural pro-
gram. The foot ball team has won in
creaSing prestige. in recent years as
Suming the position of the Capitals
outstanding sports attraction. Woman
as well as man students participate in
wide variety Of sports activities, the
woman's program being restricted, how
ever, to intramural competition. The
university's debate teams, coached by
the department of public speaking, en-
gage in debate with the leading uni
versities of the East. There are several
active drama groups.
! GIee Club Wins Renown.
; The glee club has won national re-
nCWn as winner of the national in
stercollegiate glee club competition.
! There is a university band and Or
chestra In the field of collegiate
journalism the university is we'll rep
resented through its student weekly
and annual The University Hatchet
ranks among the best college weeklies.
distinguished recognition" was ac-
corded it at the last meeting of the
intercollegiate Newspaper Association
of the Middle Atlantic States Twenty
seven national social fraternities and
sororities and 25 professional fraterni-
ties as we'll as many honor societies,
are represented.
Numerous special-interest and cur
rioulum clubs encourage intellectual
and cultural pursuits of the student.
Among these are such groups as the
Philosophy Club, which meets regularly
! to hear eminent speakers and to engage
in philosophic discussion; the SYM
phony Club, which has been an active
supporter of the National Symphony
Orchestra and whose members regu-
/,
Club, which each year is addressed by
: leading experts, and many similar
groups.
Assigned Faculty Friend.
Holding, as President Marvin has ex-
pressed it, that true education results
from the impact of character: from
contact with scholarly minds" the uni
versity, through the academic structure
OF its junior and senior colleges, fos-
ters close relationship between teacher
and student. During the first two years
OF the teaching staff who constitutes
himself a faculty friend" lending as
sistance in planning programs of study,
and rendering vocational and personal
aavice. Thus the student has all the
advantages of close supervision offered
by the small college, and at the same
: time is exposed to the broad field of
studies afforded only by the large urban
university Beyond the sophomore
year, further progress in the master
fellow" relationship between teacher
and student is promoted through the
independent study plan and the divi-
sional organization of studies With
In the graduate council these processes
are absorbed naturally into the re-
search technique
: All of the professional schools of the
university rest upon the Junior College
In addition to preparing for entrance
into the professional schools the Junior
College provides a two-year curriculum
for the student who does not contem-
plate four years of college work,