Evening star., 1935-09-08
1900 TO RETURN
TOG. v. CLASSES
Registration Starts Sep
tember II for Year Open.
ing September rs.

Students numbering some 1000 and
400 members Of the faculty will return
to George Washington University
class rooms with the opening of the
academic year on Wednesday, Septem-
ber Is.
Registration will take place Satur-
day, September 81; Monday, September
20. and Tuesday, September "a, in all
of the colleges, schools and divisions,
including the Junior College, the
Senior (Columbian) College, the
Graduate Council, the School of Medi-
cine, the Law School, the School OF
Pharmacy, the School of Engineering,
the School Of Government, the Divi-
sion of Library Science. the Division
of Fine Arts, the center of Inter-
American Studies and the Division OF
University Students.
Academic Community.
Embracing wide field Of studies
through its SO departments of in
struction and various colleges. schools
and divisions, and with a large and
COSMOPOLITAN student body, the uni
versity is an academic community in
character akin to the great seats of
learning which have grown up in all
world capitals. Its students come
from every State in the United States
and from 40 foreign countries, and are
engaged In preparation for a variety
of careers. including Government serv-
ice, both at home and abroad. and in
Federal. State and local public office;
medicine, the law, pharmacy, engl-
neering, research and teaching. IL
brarianship, commerce and business
scientific and artistic pursuits.
Sons and daughters of Washington
families constitute large portion OF
the student body. Forming another
large group are the children OF high
Government officials brought to
Washington through election or ap-
pointment to public Office. Hundreds
of more mature students. employed in
Government departments and IN the
business establishments of Washing
ton, by taking late afternoon classes
and extending the time of study be-
yond the customary four years. COM
plete curriculum and obtain a
degree. After o'clock in the
afternoon and on Saturday mornings
numbers of teachers Of the public
schools of Washington and nearby
communities attend classes.
Research fellows working toward
doctorates include many Government
scientists and specialists whose names
already are known in their respective
fields. In the Law School there is
each year q group of Naval officers,
assigned by the United States Navy
to secure legal training at George
Washington University. The univer-
sitys many students from abroad
constitute one of the largest foreign
student groups in any American uni
verSity.
Co-ordinating Agency.
Through It's location, the university
profits enormously by the reservoirs
of knowledge existent in the Nations
Capital. The university acts as CO.
ordinating agency in establishing re-
lationships between its membership
and these resources and assimilates
them in its programs of study and
research.
Though an urban institution, and
hence without extensive campus, stu
dent life within the university finds
enthusiastic expression through the
various activities-athletic, journals
tic, dramatic, forensic, musical-and
through numerous clubs and Greek
letter societies.
Special attention Is given to the
cultivation of abilities OF the individ-
ual student through the comprehen-
sive advisory system which operates
within the junior college, and through
the independent study plan open to
upper -classmen. Thus, the student
at George Washington has all Of 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.