Evening star., 1940-09-15
GeorgeWashingtonU u
To Get Auditorium;
Starting 120th Year
Construction to Begin
In About Two Weeks;
To Cost Million

Plans for construction of a new
auditorium for George Washington
University on the southwest corner
of Twenty-first and H streets NV.
have been completed and eXcava-
ton is scheduled to begin within
120th academic year this week.
The main entrance to the building
is to be on Twenty-first street and
the building will extend along the
2100 block of H street.
Funds for the auditorium were
provided in the will of Abram Lis
ner, for many years a university
trustee and donor of new Lisner
Hall, the library building. His be-
quest of $750,000, in addition to
100000 turned over to the univer-
sity by the George Washington Me-
mortal Association, will cover the
purchase of land and the building
costs.
Matches Student Body.
The auditorium is to include a
large meeting hall. the first the uni
versity has had commensurate in
capacity with the size of the student
body. There also will be classrooms
and workshops for the university's
dramatic and speech work. Uni
versity organizations, both faculty
and student body, are expected to
make great demands for the use Of
the large assembly hall.
The auditorium will be the sixth
major building erected on the cam
puS since 1884. The others are the
Biological Science Building, Social
Science Hall, the Hattie M. Strong
Residence Hall for Women, the Hall
| of Government and Lisner Hall, the
new library.
The program of activities in con-
nection with the opening of school
begins tomorrow. Freshman week,
a period of orientation for all en-
tering students. opens with all new
students taking scholastic aptitude
and English placement tests. Two
other important events are sched-
/ uled tomorrow. The Women'S Stu
dent Government Association has
planned an assembly for freshmen
women at pm. in the Hall OF
/ Government, and at 4 o'clock will
/ give a tea for freshmen women.
A general assembly for all fresh
men will be held Tuesday at II a m.
in the Hall of Government. Faculty
members and student leaders Will
discuss methods of study, the stu
dent activities program, and other
subjects of particular interest to the
| freshmen.
Council to Entertain.
Following the general assembly,
all members of the freshman class
will be guests of the Student Coun-
Gil at luncheon in the Student Club
at 1890 pm. A tour of the uni
versity buildings. under the guild
ance of members Of the Women'S S
Student Government Association,
is scheduled for freshmen at l:30
pm.
Wednesday has been set aside for
the registration OF freshman
students.
Regular registration will be held
for all other students beginning
Thursday and extending through
Saturday. Registration hours for all
students are from II am. to pm.
in the Hall of Government.
The Women's Athletic Association
will entertain freshmen at a party
in the Student Club Friday evening
at 8 o'clock. and on this same eve
ming also all entering men students
will be guests of the Interfraternity
Council at smoker at the Annapo-
lis, starting at o'clock.
A freshman mixer will be held
Saturday evening in the Student
Club. starting at 9 o'clock The
academic year begins September %,
all classes starting that day.
Turning from the building pro-
gram and registration activities to
the educational program, several new
courses have been added in the vari-
Gus departments. Among the addi-
tions are three new classes in the
department of journalism and three
in the school of education.
Courses Analysed.
The new journalism courses are
the American newspaper, editorial
writing and the journalism survey.
The American newspaper class
will study the influences shaping a
newspapers content; the Journalism
survey deals with the history of
journalism, and has as its basis a
survey of character and content of
newspapers. Editorial writing will
be concerned with current events
from the standpoint of editorial
Interpretation.
In the field of education, greater
emphasis will be placed on problems
concerning educational growth and
developments of young children.
Two courses along this line, early
childhood education and science in
the elementary school. will be given.
The former deals with the growth
of children from 2 to 8, and the
latter is designed to examine the
aims of typical learning activities
in various grades. Another new
course, principles and methods in
the senior high school, has been
designed for those primarily inter-