Evening Star Newspaper, September 8, 1929, Page 115

THE SUNDAY STAR WASHINGTON, D FOREIGN SCHOOL SYSTEM CHANGED Georgetown Officials Decide to Inaugurate Two-Year Preliminary Course. By placing the School of Foreign | Service on a semi-graduate basis, the president and directors of Georgetown University have made a somecwhat drastic departure from the regular cur- riculum in preparation for the opemng of the new academic term on October 1. Convinced by 10 years' experience that no foreign service education would be complete unless, in addition to tech- nical training, it adds a broad cultural background, the Georgetown school will | require hereafter from newly registered students two years of preliminary col- lege work. These two vears may be taken at the School of Foreign Servicc, it was announced, or the equivalent period will be accepted from a recog- nized college of liberal arts. Five-Year Degrvee Course. The effect of this cnange is to inau- gurate a five-year degree course for students who devote their full time to this work, leading to the bachelor's de- gree in foreign service. Classes in this full-time course will start at 9 o'clock in_the morning. For part-time students there will be a five-year diploma-certificate course, with classes beginning at 5:10 p.m. Only in certain cases, it was emphasized. wiil part-time students in the evening course be admitted to academic degrees, pro- vided the character of the outside work in which they are engaged is judged by the university authorities to constitute research or laboratory work allied to the foreign service curriculum. There is a further reservatio in such cases—that they extend the number of years and complete all subjects required in the full-time degree course, In justice to students who contracted with the university before this new cur- riculum was inaugurated, the change applies only to incoming students. For a student, therefore, who. oegins his for- eign service preparation at Georgetown beginning with the new term, the time required for a degree will be five years. The first two years of the full-time course will be gevoted mainly to such . cultural subjects as will prepare the student for the more specialized and technical branches of foreign service given in the last three years, Outlook Satisfactory. Despite this stiffness of admission standards, the applications received at . the Georgetown school are already in advance of the number usually received at this time. With an enrollment of 538 students last year, coming here from 45 States and 21 foreign coun- tries, the outlook for the new term is satisfactory. Dr. Edmund A. Walsh, S. J., regent of the school and one of its founders, has been in Europe most of the Sum- mer after taking part in the negotia- tions for the settlement of the dispute between church and state in Mexico. TUpon his return it is expected he will devote his time to completing arrange- ments for the inauguration of an offi- cial publication, to be known as the Foreign Service Review. He will also arrange for the annual series of public lectures by eminent authorities on out- standing international questions. Dur- ing recent years such courses were given by Representative James M. Beck, former Solicitor General; Senator Ir- vine L. Lenroot, Senator Theodore Bur- ton, Dr. John H. Latane, Dr. Walsh, Sir Bernard Pares and Prof. Gerloff of the University of Frankfort. In the absence of both Dr. Walsh and the assistant dean of the school, Dr. Thomas H. Healy, who is giving a Sum- mer lecture course at the Academy of International Law at The Hague, Dean William F. Notz is working out the vari- ous changes that are to be inaugurated on October 1. A number of special sub- Jjects will be added to the course of ap- proximately 100 subjects already cata- logued and will be announced later. Y. W. C. A CLASSES FILL DISTRICT NEED Subjects Are Given on Schedule That Permits Attendance by ‘Women and Girls. Offering class instruction in various subjects on a schedule which will ac- commodate women and girls who could not readily attend the classes of regula- tion schools because of the limitations of time, the Young Women's Christian Association is meeting an educational || need in the District, amply proved by the enrollments in the association’s classes, which have increased annually since the establishment of the institu- tion in 1905. ‘The Y. W. C. A. gives certificates for accomplished work, but does not offer credits for college degrees. If a stu- dent is working toward a degree, the association aids her in selecting a school best suited to her needs. Miss Lucy Street of New York will|| act as secretary of the association's|! music division in the absence during the 1929-30 school year of Miss Imo- gene Ireland. The Washington Y. W. C. A. is one of the few associations of the United States to conduct a music section with an individual secretary. The local Y. W. C. A. will continue the activities of its health education department this year, with the indoor game courts and swimming pools in regular use. MARET FRENCH SCHOOL’S GROUNDS ARE IMPROVED Interior Is Redecorated During Va- eation Period and Gymnasium Floor Refinished. Extensive improvements to the build- 's"c‘n-nd grounds of the Maret French 00l have been made during the Summer in preparation for the ger tiiac 1929-30 school year, Septem- A terrace and stone balustrade across the front of the house now is being completed, so that attractive landscap- ing can be executed to lend additionnl beauty to the property. The interior af the school was redecorated during the vacation period and the floor completely refinished. The the Mm'-“ ud“&‘te: s tional equip- e SW) AN er recreaf ment conditioned. With the exception of the addition of a librarian, the personnel g scores of volumes acqt school last year, Members of the faculty are returning. from their vacations to re- sume duties relinquished last June. National School of Fine & Applied Art FELIX MAHONY, Director Connecticut Avenue & M 1747 Rhode Island Ave. North 1114 - and|’ Commercial Art EDUCATION GROUP'S.BUILDING TO BE COMPLETED THIS FALL Headquarters of National Organization to Have 7-Story Annex. Addition Made Necessary by Great Increase in Order’s Membership. ‘The 200,000 educators who are mem- bers of the National Education Associa- tion will pass a new milestone in the | development of their organization this Fall, when the seven-story annex to the present headquarters building is com- i pleted at 1201 Sixteenth street. The additional space is required be- i cause of the rapid growth of the organ- ization from 8,000 members in 1917 to its present membership of 200,000. nearly 3,000 of which are life members. | : This growth has taken place during the administration of the present general secretary, J. W. Crabtree, who left the presidency of the River Falls (Wisc.) State Teachers' College to accept his Ppresent position. Moved Here in 1917, The headquarters of the association | tio were moved in 1917 to Washington from Ann Arbor, Mich., the last clt{ru:x.sea as headquarters under the original plan of | using the home of the current secretary | u"i‘k;! central office. 1 e association . was organized in | | Philadelphia 1n 1857, The cplef reasons | for organizing nationally were to aid | in bringing about through education a better understanding beiween the vari- | ous sections of the country, to build a { more stable national spirit, and to in- | spire renewed confidence in democracy. | i During the early years the associa- tion was almost wholly a convention organization. Its '‘membership consisted largely of school administrators, and it was not until the war reriod that the policy of encouraging classroom teach- ers to join was adopted. This policy under the guidance of Secretary Crab- tree has resulted in a membership that includes nearly one-fourth of the teach- ers of the United States and constitutes th> largest professional organization in the world. The guiding purpose of the associa- | tion is the improvement of educational | opportunity for American chfldren. | Among the aims adopted in the pursuit |of that ideal are the promotion of the principle of equal educational oppor- tunity, better prepared teachers in all grades, the development of scientific educational research, the interpretation of the needs, the aims and the results of the schools, the decrease of illiteracy in the Nation and the Americanization of the foreign born. The association also has encouraged the development of international ideals in education and the | organization of the World Federation | of Education Associations, which has just_completed its biennial convention at Geneva. Thrift Work Encorsaged. Education in thrift and safety has been fostered by the association, and | organizations such as the junior high | 1 school, the junior college and vocational | education have been encouraged. The journal of the National Educa- tion Association, published by the di- vision of publications of the headquar. | ters staff at the Sixteenth street office, has the largest circulation of any pro- been for 9 years a unifying force in ed. ucation in this and foreign countries. In 1857 the association issued a total now published annually approximates 1,500.000. Other publications than the Journal include the proceedings of the repre- ****** Children’s Saturday Class FELIX MAHONY, Director | Connecticut Avenue & M| 1747 Rhode Island Ave. North 1114 000000000000 0000000000000 fessional journal in the world and has ||i of 344 pages. The total number of pages | |i National School of | Fine & Applied Art|| e fifl J. W. CRABTREE, sentative assembly and its committees at the annual conventions and bulle- tins of a research service that conducts educational investigations of interest to teachers, administrators, boards of edu- cation, parents and students of educa- n. ‘The various phases of the work of the association are conducted by a num- ber of divisions, under the leadership of experts in their flelds, who have a permanent staff of 120 workers at the headquarters building. One of the larger divisions is the office managerial force for the department of superin- tendence, of whom S. D. Shankland, formerly of Ohio, is the executive secre- tary. This department holds annual conventions separate from the annual general Summer meetings of the as- sociation. The next meeting of the de- partment of superintendence will be held in February at Atlantic City, N.J., tion, which is derived largely from membership dues, is approximately $500.000. The administration of the | funds is in the hands of the division of business and the division of accounts. Other organizations afliated with the National Education Association and having their headauarters in the same building are the World Federation of Education Association, the National Congress of Parents and Teachers and the International Kindergarten Union. ENROLLMENT GROWS. School of Beauty Culture to Have l Larger Attendance This Year. ‘The Mabelle Honour School of Beauty Culture, operating regular classes at 817 Fourteenth street and a graduate school at 1325 New Hampshire avenue, will enter its eleventh year as a training in- stitution this Fall with the largest en- rollment in its history. Mrs, Mabelle Honour, founder of the institution, has just returned from Eu- Tope, where she made a study of foreign methods of beauty culture with a viev toward incorporating newer ideas in he; own course, Stenographic Secretarial Accounting D Hundreds trained past seven years. Highest standards. One teach- er every 12 students. Positions for graduates. Day and night sessions. Catalogue and rate card upon request. Phone Col. 7078. Columbia Business School 3403 14th St. N.W., WOOD’S 311 East Capitol St. YOU WOULD LIKE TO BE SELF- WE CAN HELP YOU Begin a course of shorthand, typewriting, book- keeping, letter writing, spelling, arithmetic and English. A 10 months’ course, day session, costs $100; eve- ning session, $50. You would be pleased with the course and never regret the preparation. SUPPORTING SCHOOL Linc. 0038 something new and who “little one.” Small - el needed—in with _that A ‘heslthful outdoors with “The School for Young Children” A school.that is-attracting a great deal of attention be- looking for an ideal three-fold environment for her personal d ual progress and latest educational methods assure the highest standard of study. jungle gymn, tether, “Toonerville trolley” and four acres of one of the oldest firms in Maryland, comhined with. beautifil new building, makes school life a joy. . Nursery—School—Kindergarten—Primary— Nutritious Midday Meals—Supervised Afternoon Play : Bus Service ; :Brookville Rd. at Taylor St., - Chevy Chase, Md. Phone Wisc. 4078 Director, Mrs. Mildred Fonda Barnum Term opens on.. Ist. lu!u/ufiu -flfv_:' 9 just the place for the mother rection so much a real pony to ride, pets, 92, i DO DO DD DD L DD DD Y. M.C.A COLLEGE PLANS BIG YEAR = Enroliment Activities Point to Student Body of More Than 1,000. ‘With registration under way, courses mapped out and faculties ready to function, the Young Men's Christian Association College of the District of Columbia is preparing for what is ex- pected to be its busiest year, according {o an announcement by Dr. James A. Bell, director of education. Preliminary enroliment activities point | to a student body of more than a thou- sand young men and women, including personnel of the two main divisions of the college and of affiliated schools. The Washington Preparatory School already is holding classes, having opened its term last Tuesday with an enlarged faculty and increased enroliment. The | School of Accountancy will launch its courses September 16 and the School of Law September 23. Administrative Officers. Administrative officers of the college, under Dr. Bell, include Assistant Di- rector of Education Fred L. Dawson, Miss Margaret E. Betts, registrar; War- ren D. Hayes, secretary of the School of Law, and Carroll Hickman, secretary of the School of Accountancy. Officers of the board of trustees for the current year are Huston Thompson, president: Coleman Jennings, first vice president: Dr. A. C. Christie, second vice presi- dent; W. H. Kerr, recording secretary. Fe000000000000000000000 o) 48 F000000000000000000000000000000000003000000 000300 ‘ L A A A A A A A A AR A A A A A A A A A A Schools. Rated Class “A” American Bar Agsociation. Registered by Board of Regents of New York. 2 Physics, ., SEPTEMBER 8. 1929—_PART John Poole, treasurer; Geory futt, assistant treasurer, and John B. Larner, general counsel. The commit- tee on education includes George A. Lewis, chairman; Mr. Offutt, J. Harvey ‘Wattles, Wayne B. Kendrick, C. E. Wainwright, A. W. Defenderfer and omas 8. Durham. .. tant Director Dawson has an- nounced the faculty of the School of Accountancy as follows: Dean, Joseph K. Moyer! associate dean, Wayne B, Kendrick; John Berg, M. C. . P.A. Frederick M. Blum, M. C. ‘Thomas J. Frailey, . M. Maurice A. Martin, C. P. B. Nickson, A. B, M. C. 3 George W. Offutt, A. B., T. D. Paxman, C. P. A; John B. Payne, B.C.S,C.P. Ralph 8. Scott, A. B., LL. B, J. D, M. B. A: Charles E. Wainwright, LL. M, and Robert H. ‘Winn, LL. B. Faculty of Law School. The faculty of the School of Law in- cludes Dean Charles V. Imlay, Pirst Assistant Dean Ralph Scott, Second Assistant Dean Herbert R. Grossman, Chief Justice Fenton W. Booth of the | United States Court of Claims, Assist- |ant United States Attorney Joseph C. | Bruce, Willlam Olin Burtner, A. M. LL. M.; W. Cameron Burton, LL. B. | Louts Denit, LL. M., M. P. Sc. |D. C. L: Thomas J. Frailey, A. M LL. B.; Simon Lasica, B. C. S, LL. B. Henry M. Lewis, B. 8., LL. B, D. C. L. | Percival H. Marshall, LL. M.; Clarence | A. Miller. LL. M.; George G. McLeisch, W. Of- LL. B.; Willlam A. Read, A. M., LL. B.; Ogle R. Singleton, A, LL. Stan- ley H. Udy, Ph. William Roy Vallance, A. C. E. Wain- 3 ames C Wilkes, A. B, LL. B., and Robert H. Winn, LL. B. All accountancy, law and prepara- tory classes are co-educational. Hours |are arranged for the convenience of | those employed during the day. Most |of the instruction is in the late after- | noon or evening, but special pre-office | classes in law, instituted last year, have proved popular. The Y. M. C. A. Col- lege was one of the first educational in- stitutions licensed to grant degrees un- der the new law investing the Board of Education with licensing of local col- leges. All classes are held at college headquarters, 1736 G street. The Washington Preparatory School |1s observing its fiftieth anniversary. Founded in 1879 as the Evening Pre- paratory School of the Washington Y. M. C. A, the school has grown steadily. ‘It now has full recognition of the Association of Colleges and Sec- A.:|ondary Schools of the Middle States and Maryland, according to Principal Raymond O. Eliason. Herbert A. Ehr- man, B. S, and Allan D. Lewis, B, S. are in ‘charge of the architectural and mechanical drafting_departments. Miss Catharine M. Lantel, A. B, heads the commercial depariment. Peter Valaer, M. S.. suvervises the science instruc- tion. High school preparatory work is in charge of William B. Dye, A. B. Plrent-'.l‘elchzrmnody Erowing. Membership in the National Congress of Parents and Teachers has increased from less than 200,000 in 1920 to over 1,380,000 in 1928. The association was organized in Washington on February 17, 1897, its object being the welfare of children, .000'00”0,00‘.0.0’““”" hildren’s Saturday Class § National School of Fine & Applied Art FELIX MAHONY, Director Connecticut Avenue & M 1747 Rhode Island Ave. North 1114 9000000000000 000000000000 NOTED MEN DIE IN WANT. ‘Th> liational Home Study Council calls attention to the fact that recently there have been some notable examples of men with high university degrees who died in poverty. These cases em- phasize the futility of study without aimuor purpose. o “Merely getting knowledge is one thing—getting knowledge and using it is something quite -different. Aimless browsing, picking up bits of unrelated information here and there, does not get us anywhere. The Public Library, too, has realized that the reading worth while is the reading that is done with a purpose and has prepared a series of booklets on various subjects entitied “Read With a Purpose.” 12 TIVOLI National Scm “of Fine & Applied Art FELIX MAHONY, Director - Interior ration, Design, Commercial Art, Post- | ! ers, Color, Dynamic Symme Prefcssionds iCNorel Fe tomes Courses, Personal I nstruction Day and Night Classes Connecticut Avenue & M 1747 Rhode Island Ave. North 1114 THEATRE 'BUILDING 14TH STREET AND PARK ROAD, NORTHWEST DAY AND EVENING CLASSES *A Position for Every Graduate’* Telephone Columbia 3000 e —— 0000000 00000000000080c 0000 - —— Washington, D. C. Graduate and Undergraduate Courses Buildings School of Law: Member Association American Law Law School by School of Sciences: Courses in Mathematics, Chemistry, Astronomy, Geology, Biology, Drawing, Archi- tecture, Civil Engineering, Electri- cal Engineering and Mechanical Engineering. 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