Evening star., 1935-05-05
Editors note: These reviews Of
the new books were written by
Mrs. Bowerman before the acci-
dent Of Tuesday, which resulted
in her death Wednesday evening.
By Sarah B0werman.

some pictures OF the past
L and Of the present, which
Is rapidly becoming the
past. Like an old album they are
meant for dear friends of the vener-
able university who may perhaps en-
joy the printed preservation of what
might otherwise be lost" With this
simple foreword, headed Inter
AMIGOS" Father Nevils introduces
what is really q carefully selective
history Of Georgetown University.
from that March Is, 1884, when
Father Andrew White and his COM
panions, among them Leonard CAL
vert. came to anchor at Heron Island,
of the Maryland shore, and, proceed
ing later up the Potomac River.
planned q seat Of learning, the formal
establishment Of which was author
lied from Rome September IS, 1910.
It was not until 1889 that John Car
roll, priest, prelate, patriot" actually
carried the plan into execution and
the first building of Georgetown Col
lege, the picture Of which is given in
the book, appeared on the banks of
the Potomac. In those Colonial days
Of struggle and strife, educational in
stitutions were not brought into be-
ing without sacrifice. hard work and
delay.
Interesting brief biographies are
given of the founders and the many
men who carried on the work of de-
veloping Georgetown in the years
which followed. Comparisons are
also made between the first simple
curriculum and the extensive one Ct
the present time, but from the start
. full college course was planned"
The growth Of Georgetown University
property, from the original acre and
q half, with one building, to the pres
ent large grounds in several parts Ct
the city, covered with many hand
some buildings, Is another line of de-
velopment which is traced. The old
est building now standing is the Old
North, as the original building, Old
South. has unfortunately been de-
stroyed. Other subjects covered, al
ways with regard to proportion. are
the treasures of the Georgetown IL
brary and the repository of the holy
relics, the many scholars and states
men who have been deeply interested
in Georgetown, upon a number of
whom degrees have been conferred.
student clubs and other activities, and
the international relations of the uni
yersity, stimulated by its School OF
Foreign Service. The book Is en-
ivened by numerous anecdotes and
the names Of many Washingtonisns
appear in its pages. Those who have
read other writings of Father Nevils
and have heard him speak will ex-
pect the clear, orderly and at the
same time pleasantly informal style Of
Miniatures Of Georgetown"
AMHERST. The story Of . New Eng
land College. BY Claude Moore
Fuess. Boston: Little, Brown &
Co.
CLAUDE MOORE FUEss, head
master of Phillips Academy,
Andover, has already established his
reputation as historian b. his Dan
iel Webster" and "Carl Schurz." He
has now turned to the history of the
small but famous college, his own,
many Of whose graduates have made
for themselves prominent places in
education, science, literature and
politics. A history Of Amherst Col
lege by Prof. William s. Tyler, who
aided in the development Of the in
stitution, has for some time been in
existence, but this history by DR..
Fuess brings data to the present time
and is written in less conventional
manner. In his preface DR.. Fuess
says that information and facts have
been gained from many sources, but
for opinions he takes all the re-
sponsibility. Some of these will be
of great interest to Amherst graduates.
Amherst College was the result
Of the irrepressible desire of resi-
dent Of the Connecticut Valley to have
q college Of their own" Lord
Jeffery Amherst, for whom the town
and college was named, lived and
died without the faintest premoni-
some day preserve his title or q song
revive the fading recollection Of his
once distinguished exploits" Amherst
was originally a stronghold of Con-
gregationalism and q source of sup
ply for the ministry and the mis-
sionary field. It is now one Of the
best American general educational
institutions. DR.. Fuess traces its his
tory from its origin in the old Am
herst Academy, through the early
days, the administrations of various
presidents, to Amherst Today"
His chapters on "the spirit Of the
young college," undergraduate life In
the early days, development in cur
riculm, faculty and student activi-
ties and the characteristics and
storms Of various presidential ad-
ministrations are by no means aca-
demic, dry-as-dust material. His
Characterization of President Merrill
Edwards Gates (1891-1898) occupies
several pages and is very caustic.
sat first President Gates achieved q
temporary popularity, for he was not
unprepossessing. Soon, however, the
with the mordant
discernment Of youth, noticed his
habit of referring frequently-far
too frequently-to his intimacies with
the great. It was rumored that his
brilliant extemporaneous addresses
had been carefully rehearsed. If not
actually written out and memorized,
and that he was acquainted with the
tricks of the lyceum stage Ope
alunanus writes, The truth Is that
beneath President Gates rather
snowy exterior were only shallow
intellect and shallow character.
When this opinion became widespread
Gates was doomed" The Gates ad-
was responsible for one
of the serious storms in the college,
SO It Is treated somewhat at length.
but other presidents are character
lied with equal frankness and acumen.
HINDENBURG. BY Emil Ludwig.
Translated by Eden and Cedar
Paul. Philadelphia: The John 2.
winston Co.
IN ALL his biographies, whether OF
! Goethe, Bismarck, Napoleon, or
willim II. Emil Ludwig Is the critic,