Evening Star Newspaper, September 9, 1928, Page 93

UNIVERSITY HEADS IN ACCORD ON CITY'S EDUCATIONAL MERITS, President. Chancellor and Rector of Locali Institutions Give Brief Views on Capital’s Advantages. Heads of Washington's ‘representa- tive universities are of une accord m their opinion that the District of Co- lumbia presents advantages to students of every branch of learning that can not be surpassed anywhere and which are unequaled in most cities. The presence here of governmental Institutions. which by their very natures and by act of Congress which made them available to students, offer in- structions which no single university could include within a enrriculum with- » Out inestimable financial resources. | The comments of the heads of three | of the universities situated here ate | printed below. DY REV. W. COLEMAN NIVILS, S. J. President of Georgetown University. A college or university situated in the capital of any national naturally s peculiar advantages in its I cation. At Washington our colleges and universities enjoy opportunities whicn cannot be over esti- mated and which necessarily must increase with the wth of our eAucational equin- ment, 1n the great scientific colleec- tions and labora- tories of the Gov- are un- Con- has made ac- eossible to seientifi~ investizators great facilities for gearch and investi- on in the sev- Father Nevils. eral Government collections. The administration of the Federfili bureaus here brings together a large corps of scientific workers, and already has made Washington the great scien- tific as well as political center of the There is a growing tendency to in- | that our students should be taught | k internationally—we no longer can keep aloof from world affairs—the | s probiems of the World War and of re- eonstruction will not allow us to confine curselves to the history, economic con- ditions and customs of our own country. There are many factors of great im- portance to be found here as in no | other city of the United States. The diplomatic corps in Washington is as large and as representative as that of any capital of the world, and its mem- Ts are available for lectures on great international problems. The Library of Congress, the Chamber of Commerce of the United States, the Carnegie Endow- ment for International Peace, the Pan-American Union, the Inter-Amer- fcan High Commission. the Car- negie Institution, the elaborate files in the departments of the Federal Gov- ernment. as well as other official and semi-official agencies, both national and international. offer a wealth—indeed a superabundance—of material for the person about to engage in any branch | of foreign service Besides all this, Washington is the | place where the greatest international | woblems of this period, such as the imitation of armaments, Pacific prob- | lems, etc., are discussed, giving an op- | rtunity for close stud: ving in the Capital. BY DR. LUCIUS C. CLARK, neellor of American University. ‘The city of Washington affords edu- cational ~advantages © Btates. While Washing- ton does not com- pete in wealth, commerce or in- dustry with many larger cities, it has the Government, great libraries, art galleries, museums, laboratories and in various Federal departments tech- nical scientific equipment such as can be found in no other center of populatior.. These facilities, like the churches, cathe- drals and higher nstitutions of learning in the National Capital, are not a mere local possession. They be- Jong to and are the pride of the Na- tion. The free resources afforded by Washington for special study and in- | vestigation could not be provided by billions of dollars in endowments. Great opportunity is afforded for the enrichment of life by contact with these great agencies of enlightenment and culture. The city itself. from an ar- chitectural and artistic point of view, | is one of the most beautiful in the world. ual ideals. its situation in Washington is some- | year's field) and familiar with the tech- thing of which to be proud and grate- | nique of public speaking in each of the | ful. It hopes that the people of Wash- | hations ington will come to learn and appre- | multi-lingual judges is drawn from men unsurpassed by | ciate what this institution is do: 8ny other community in the United |the inner life of America. and wi city of the world. every world leader must pass sooner or later with his influence and message. Scarcely a day fails to see some event which if it took place in any other college community would be regarded as having extraordinary educational in- terest. The great educators, preachers, | musicians. statesmen, authors. actors, | lecturers, artists and leaders in business | come to Washington. The nations send to their embassies and legations here some of their best minds. A student here stands at the cross- | the genius of the world go by. In Washington during the student’s col. lege days he gains first-hand know dge of world affairs by virtue of work- ing in the cosmopolitan atmosphere of national and international thought. and this enlarged outlook % an incalculable asset for his whole future career. All this has great educational value. Even more important than its mate- fact that the National Capital includes in its population an exceptionally large | number of distinguished scientists, cap- able administrators, | and public-spirited citizens who create technical experts an atmosphere favorable to the pursuit | of scientific studies and the cultivation | of & serious interest in the social and | political sciences. BY RIGHT REV. MGR. JAMES HUGH ’ RYAN, Rector. Catholic University of America. Washington holds a unique place ix the educaitonal life of the Nation. Due to the fact that it is the seat of the National Government, that it pcssesses unparalleled media for research and study, institution< of learning have grown up here ou all sides. ‘The Catholic Uni- versity of Amer- jca was estab- lished in Wash ington by the bishops of the United States in order to be able to extend to i students the ad- vantages of clos contact with go: ernmental machin ery and govern- mental research agencies. Its student body is recruited from every State in the Union. They go forth from the Capital thoroughl imbued with the finest ideals of Amer- ican culture and patriotism. ‘The university is a training school | of specialists, in theology. philosophy, letters, law, and the sciences. Iis graduates become the leaders of Amer- ican Catholic life and the circle of its | influence 1s widening daily until we | feel its effects even in the remotest sections of our vast country. The pro- fessorate of the Catholic University is made up of a body of men whose repu- | tations are, in many cases, internation- | al. Mzr. Rvan. scholars. tific, educational, social movements of large profound influence They thus contribute their share to and_religious | gnificance or of | iy to all students | the development of American culture a nd to the advance of American spirit- The university feels that i for 1l ex- tend the support which it merits fre the residents of the Capital of the Nation. BEAUTY CLASSES OPEN. Honour School Lists Record En- rollment, ‘The Mabelle Honour School of Beauty Culture opened its Fall classes Sep- tember 1 at 817 Fourteenth street, with the largest enrollment in its 11| years of operation in Washington, ac- cording to Mrs. Mabelle Honour, found- er and president of the school. | During the coming year the school will operate under its usual practice, including the maintenance of a beauty culture ‘“clinic,” where the students zain practical experience in actual exe- cution of hair waving and hair cutting on living subjects. ‘The school maintains a similar in- stitution in Baltimore and both estab- Jishments conduct graduation exercises twice a year, at which time beauty cul- ture contests of various kinds are staged by the graduates. Associated with Mrs. Honour in the conduct of the schools are her two =ons, Wilfred Honour, manager of the ‘Washington today is the nerve cen- ter of civilization, the most influential | Washington establishment, and Charles, ! manager of the Baltimore branch. National School Of Fine and Applied Connecticut Ave. & M St. North 1114 Through its_gates | ways of humanity, where hs may see | rial resources is Washington's related | THE SUNDAY STAR. WASHINGTON, . WORLD ORATORICAL Compete in Capital in " October. has won for itself a unique place among Washington's educational _institutions. It is intensely local in its contacts with the students of the city and their par- | ents, and at the same time, reaches out | to three continents and turns the thoughts of students in eight nations | toward this city as the goal of their! endeavors. The contest, which is just now round- | ing out its third year as an interna- | wide undertaking. furnishes an ex lent example of the efficacy with which schools and newspapers can co-operat in extra-curricula_activities. It is < organized that the 53 metropolitaa newspapers wh'ch sponsor it in the United States—the same general plan being followed in the organization of the contest along national lines in eaci: of the other participating nations handle the administrative details of the competition without interfering with the regular routine of the schonls Within each school the details of the <election of that school's representative are left to the teachers’ committee for the contest, appointed by the principal When the winner within a school eomes into competition with the winners from other schools all the details of tk phase of the contest are handled by t contest manager for the newspaper sponsor for that particular territory Each newspaper sets up a contest do- partment, with a_contest manager and staff to work with the teachers and That staff, in turn, is linked up with and works under the general direction of the headquatrers of the en- tire national contest, which is unde: the guidance of Randolph Leigh, rector general and organizer of the col test in its national as well as its inter- national phases. His headquarters are | at 323 Star Building. Magnitude of Contest. alue in spreading the idea of the importance of Washington in matters of education and of inter- national relations is gained when It realized that outside of Washinaton €! major newspaper sponsors of the con- test and more than 2,000 other news- paners have printed articles this year pointing to Washington as the goal to- ward which students in all of the com- peting lands have heen workins. The total expenditure by all of th> newspapers on the 1928 contest exceeds $1.000,000, of which approximately £00.000 went into awards to students. Tneluded in these awards was a de luxe tour of Europe for the seven national finalist: Two important meetings aye held in Washington each year in connection with the contest. The first of these iz the national finals, held in May, and the second is the international finals, the grand climax. staged in October At the national finals this year Her- bert Hoover delivered the opening ad- dress and the judges were members contest and its They are not a group of cloistered |of the United States Supreme Court. | Many are lead~rs in scien- | President Coolidge has spoken at four | of the national and international meet- ings. The judges of th= international finals always are famous college prof TS and diplomats, masters of the languages used in the meet (English, French. Spanish and German included in this represented. This from different nations. Each national contest is, of course, conducted in t! language and deals with the gover mental institutions of that parti nation. icular Contest in Capital. Hence it is that while the nationol phase of the contest focuses the atten- tion of educators and educated alike upon Washington in the Spring, fhe international phase directs the eyes of practically the entire world of educa- tion upon the Capital in the Fall. It is interesting to note that th most _coveted honor of all in the con test is a place in the grand internation- al finals in Washington in October, al though the only award for that particu The TEST HERE IN FALL Students of Eight Nations to The Interpational Oratorical Contest | tional project. and its fifth as a r.1(im;- i Some idea of the magnitude of the | board o) | ntest Founder l RANDOLPH LEIGH, rganizer and director general of the Vational and International Oratorical Contests. i} lar competition is a handsome silver loving cup. With the cup, however, goes the prestige of being the winner in the biggest and most famous intel- lectual competition known to the edu- cational world. The nations in the 1928 contest are the United States | England._France, Germany, Mexico, Cuba and Argentina. Another striking feature of the con- test is thut in its phenomenal growth from an idea in Southern Caiifornia to an institute in eight nations at present, and with many others ready to enter next year, it has held stead- fastly to its original principles. The speakers still are limited to ten min- utes, their orations must deal with their own nation’s achievement in the realm of governmental progress, and they must interest as well as inform their hearers The contest might almost be called a kind of people’s university, specializ- ing in government. It stimulates stu- dents to enthusiastic research in civics, |and then helps them to pass on to cisely, fervently and with power. | SCHOOL TO REOPEN. Eastman's High Department Be- gins September 24, The Eastman School reopens its high school department September 24 and its intermediate and primary depart- ments October 1. The school build- ings are situated at Massachusetts ave- nue and Seventeenth street and at N and Seventeenth streets The school offers various courses, in- cluding college preparatory work. Ath- letics are provided for in the day's work and ar~ adequately supervisad. Swimming, tennis, hockey and basket ball are included in the sports cur- riculum. A feature this year will be a piayground near the schoo] for the primary department,. College graduates have charge of the classes and the speaking of French is_reauired. For Practical Results Study at The Master-School of Interior Decoration Specializing in Interior Decoration and offering an Accredited, Practical and Professional Train- ing Ceourze in all the Branches of the Interior Arts. ‘ Rudolphe de Zapp, Director Representing Arts & Decoration New York 1206 Conn. Ave. North 5236 | Register Now For Beginners' Class | In Canada. | | others the fruits of their research, con- | HOVARD U READY | FORFALL SESSON Scheol cf Medicine, in New| Quarters, Attracts Many Desirable Students. With the acquisition of a new build- ing and equipment, the School of Medi- cine and the allied branches of dentis- try and pharmacy at Howard University will enter the 1928-29 school vea October 1 with new impetus in the de- velopment of these subjects. The medical building was dedicated just before the close of school last Spring, when elaborate ceremonies ex- tending over a two-day period were held. Since that time the building has been conceded one of the foremost in- stitutions of medical instruction for | colored students. In addition to its regular lecture room and laboratory facilities, the building houses a medical | library and an auditorium with a seat- ing capacity for 500 persons. The new building’s facilities will be available during the coming terms not only to medical students, but to the stu- dents of dentistry and pharmacy as well. The latter departments of the university long worked under a severe handicap imposed by lack of proper room. They were hous>d in an cld Army barracks, with limited space for equipment and student usage. With the opening of the new medical building, however, the vacated building which formerly housed the medical de- partment was renovated at a cost of $18,000. At present the dental infirm- ary provides ample space, light and ven- tilation for 60 chairs, all of which are eauipped with dental practice facilities of approved design Besides the infirm- ary, rooms are provided for X-ray work, examinations, extractions and rest rooms for patients and offices for the dean and superintendent. Lecture rooms and well equipped laboratories for prosthetic dentistry also are includ- ing. Many New Students. During the past year these facilities have attracted many more clinical pa- ents. There is a children’s clinic, rving the neighboring public schools. n which 2,161 children received atten- tion last year. Clinics also are conducted for the Board of Charity and the Dis- trict Board of Public Welfare. These, together with private patients, provide ample practice work for students of the senior, junior and sophomore classes. With such splendid equipment for both pre-clinical and clinical work in THE PIERCE-ORME SCHOOL Of Natural Education. A Select All- day_and Boarding School for Children, ages 3 to I4. Reopens September 13th_for Fourteenth Consecutive Year Kindergarten and Elementary Winifred Sackville Stoner Progressive Methods Individual Tutoring Rhythm-—French 1620 18th St. N.W. Near Dupont Circle Phone North 1523 Critcher School of ' Painting and Applied Art: a Des Costume Design and Poster Advertising Saturday Morning Classes for Children 1603 Connecticut Ave. N. 1966 | el | 1000000000000000000000000¢ 'Color & Design 'National School of Fine & Applied Art FELIX MAHONY, Director | Connecticut Avenue & M | 1747 Rhode Island Ave. North 1114 9000000000000 000000000000 | \ i VEW PROFESSION THE MACHINE WAY IN SHORTHAND Stenotype every word, figure, fraction or mark of punctuation is in plain alphabet type perfectly legible now or ten years notes.” No guesswork. No “cold Easier to hence. learn. Easier to write. SEPTEMBER 9, ed in the new infirmary quarters build- | 1928—PART 8. | dentistry, Howard University is prepar- | ed to do its part in meeting the great need of the colored race and Nation. At present there is only one colored dentist for ever: 20,000 of the colored ponulation. Every effort is being made to main- tain faculties up to the highest stand- ards. The university receives high- caliber student material. notable par- ticularly in the School of Medicine. In | that department last year out of a total During the past 60 years the School | of Pharmacy has maintained a con- | tinuous existence, sending out more | than 400 graduates. It is interesting to note that the very first graduate of Howard University was Dr. James Thompson Wormley of the pharmaceu- tical class of 187 While the School of Pharmacy enjoys the facilities of the new medical building it has entered into new and enlarged quarters of its own. The third and fourth floors of the old medical building have been reconstructed to provide suitable lec- ture rooms and laboratories, all of which are well lighted, heated and ven- tilated and conveniently arranged to meet the needs of the students. All Iaboratories are equipped with appara- tus necessary for pharmaceutical- in- struetion. | Like medicine and dentistry, location in Washington affords the School of Pharmacy of Howard University many | advantages. The Surgeon General's | Office contains over 600.000 volum, on medicine and collateral sciences. to- gether with 1,000,000 books contained in the Library of Congress. The Army Medical Museum, the finest of its kind in the world, contains specimens that illustrate the diseases of both civil and military life. The National Museum and Smithsonian Institution have the best collections of the country illustrat- ing the natural sciences. Specimens of | 920009023000 00000 YY) materia medica found in these institu- . tions are useful to pharmaceutical as ‘ l & D g well as medical and dental students. oior esign Many other like advantages are afford- . ed students of pharmacy by virtue of! Natlonal School of location in the Nation's Capital. - The school maintains the highest Fll‘l &A l' dAl‘t standards, as cvidenced by its member. e ppie ship in the merican Association of ;. department last year ou . Srh‘nnl‘s of Pharmacy. which is the C FEL'X'"‘”OANY‘ Divastor M number of 235 students, were col- | equivalent of a Claw A rating in | lege graduates, 24 had completed three | medicine. Graduates of the Howard | onnecticut Avenue & full years of college work, leaving only | University School of Pharmacy are 1747 Rhode Island Ave. 43 who had made the two-year college | eligible to take the State board exami- prerequisite. From the more than 300 | nation in any State. ineluding exami- North 1114 applications for admission this year. it | nations of the United States Civil would have been possible to ad- | Service. | A000000000000000000000000 mit an_entering class _entirely com- | posed of college graduates, but prefer- ence was given to relative standing m{ H the distinct premedical branches. In | A N { consideration of this fact, even a col- lege graduate who has not stood well in the particular subjects required suf- l% fers a great disadvantage in securing | admission fo the Howard University | ~ THAT TRAINS School of Medicine. { (4 propuing e PN \ ToTB%oggggE'sgsl\g@:& ALL BRANCHES OF ABBOTT SCHALFFINE \ AND 1624 H Street NW REGISTER NOW | | Avondale Country School Laurel, Maryland A Semi-Military School Established and Operated for the Express Purpose of Filling the Needs of Small Boys of Grammar School Ages. 0000000000000000000000000 National School of Fine & Applied Art FELIX MAHONY, Director Interior Decoration, Costume Design, Commercial Art, Post- ers, Color, Dynamic Symmetry Professional, Cultural, Fundamental | Courses, Personal Instructicn Day and Night Classes Connecticut Avenue & M 1747 Rhode Island Ave. North 1114 Bewins Octoler 1st 1000000000000000000000000 | Every moral, mental and ma- terial feature is planned and governed toward this end. Major James B. 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COMMERCIAL ART includes Drawing, Color, Black and White Poster, Illustrations, Cartoons, Caricature, Fashion and Lifc Drawing, Lettering, Layouts, Retouching, Perspective, Repro- duction Dynamic Symmetry, Pen and Ink, Life and Sketch class. INTERIOR DECORATION includes Drawing, Color, Interio Architecture, Furniture Construction, Historic Periods, Perspec tive, Rendering in Water Color, Dynamic Symmetry, Course o’ Lectures and Research, Life and Sketch class. COSTUME DESIGN includes Color, Dress and Stage Design Water Color Rendering, Costume lllustration, Sketching and Life Drawing, Pattern Design, Research, Perspective, Lectures, Dy- namic Symmetry, etc. Costume construction in actual materiale. Life and Sketch class. COLOR includes the study of Color (the Spectrum) Pigments Harmonies, Application of Color for Show Window purpos Architectural Rendering. Color for the Promotion of Sales, Lectures and Demonstrations, Life and Sketch class. TEACHERS' TRAINING COURSES. Day and Evening. Meeting the requirements of the public and other schools. Individual Instruction by Mr. Felix Mahony and Staff PAY DAY comes for workers of all classes. All are human beings just like you. All .h‘a\-e paid the price for training, whether they have it or not. But what a difference in their pay! Young men and women prcp;}rinfi themselves for life today are rgahzmg more and more that opportunity and progress come to those who are pre- pared to render exceptional Bl.'l(_] defi- nite service because of 'flhlllly to exceed and eliminate ordinary com- petition. That is why Stenotypy is today at- tracting the interest of so many earnest, ambitious young people. Stenotypy is the machine way in shorthand and like all other Pl’fl:[‘lci?l machine ways, the Stenotype elimi- nates waste, lost motion, inefficiency. It does more and better work. 1. It makes you faster. 2. It makes dicta- tion easy to write. 3. It makes your notes easy to read. 4. It makes you more accurate. 5. It makes you more efficient. 6. It makes you more valuable to your employer and worth more money. We'll be glad to give you a trial lesson free, without obligation. and advise you frankly and hor}es(ly about taking up this new profession. Co-Educational THIRTY-THIRD YEAR Fall Term Begins Sept. 17th : Three-Year Course Leading to LL. B. Four-Year Course Leading to LL. M and M. P. L. Special Courses in Trade Marks, Patent Law, Constitutional Law and Business Associations Secretarial students may elect either Stenotypy or Gregg For CatalOgue and Complete Information Shorthand to meet the stenographic requirements of the course CLASSES NOW FORMING STRAYER COLLEGE Accountancy and Secrctarial Courses 721 13th Street N.W. Call Main 1748 Inquire at The Office of the School 2000 G Street N.W. Franklin We teach you to become an asset in the Commercial Arts Visit Our Permanent Exhibition of Students’ Work REGISTER NOW—-SCHOOL OPENS OCTOBER 1st