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1305 Seventeenth Street N. W.
PREPARATORY & ADVANCE COURSES
Special Advantages in
MUSIC AND FRENCH.
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WASHINGTON SEMINARY HAS
AN ENVIABLE REPUTATION.
As a Refined, Wholesome Finishing
School for Girls It Is Widely
Known.
?'An earnest school for earnest girls"
is the motto of the Washington Semi
nary. This. It is claimed, has served
jj? it.' working out to give the seminary
the high reputation It has throughout
the country as a young ladies' finishing
KChOOl.
. f?o exceptional a college preparatory
course is given that Washington Seml
..ary is accredited to Smith, Wellesley,
Vassa.r Mount Holyoke and Chicago Uni
\ ersity. A general academic course is
pcifectcd, including all grades from pre
paratory to graduate work, giving broad
and thorough education and womanly ac
complishments. A post-graduate course
is offered in the culture class. Advance
worn is givon on topics of general in
terest and culture, conducted on club
lines and according to parliamentary law.
The school is presided over by a fac
tiltv of earnest, conscientious, college
bred women, who meet the girls in mu
tual confidence, helpfulness and enthu
siasm. They have time and inclination
to give the personal attention so much
needed in the training of young people.
The seminary la dedicated to sound
learning, obedience to duty and the up
building of sincere and noble character.
Karnest effort is made that every girl
s-hall receive a new inspiration for good,
a broauer outlook on life and such ideals
as must prove a blessing to her entire
womanhood.
Attractive Buildings.
The large and handsome seminary
buildings, located on Washington
Heights, are planned for air and sun
shine. Fine and artistic furnishings,
books, pictures and objects of art culti
vate the taste. ?
Mrs. Small wood. the principal, gives
her personal attention to the students.
In speaking of the seminary recently
a noted educator said: "As I think of
many schools, the Smallwood school
stands out pre-eminently for its refined
and wholesome atmosphere."
Chase for President.
Gideon Welles, 1u Diary In Atlantic Monthly.
A circular, "strictly private," signed by
Senator Poineroy, and in favor of Mr.
Chase for President, has been detected
and published. It will be more danger
ous in Its recoil than its projectile. That
is. it will damage Chase more than Lin
coln. The effect on the two men them
selves will not be serious. Both of them
desire the positior^ which is not sur
prising; it certainly is not in the Presi
dent, who would be gratified with an
Indorsement. Were I to advise Chase
it would be not to asDire to the position,
especially not as a competitor with the
man who has given him his confidence,
and with whom he has acted in the ad
ministration of the government at a most
eventful period The President well un
derstands Chase's wish, and is somewhat
hurt that he should press forward under
the circumstances. Chuse tries to have
it thought that he is Indifferent and
?scarcely cognizant of what is doing in
his behalf, but no one of his partisans is
so well posted as Chase himself.
He?These glasses give me a very In
tellectual appearance, don't you think?
She?Yes. aren't they powerful??Boston
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Progress Noted in Record of
Howard University.
STANDS FOR HIGH IDEALS
Students of All Races on Rolls of
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the Institution.
WORK OF ALUMNI ASSOCIATION
Open-Air Amphitheater to Be Pro
vided for Athletic Field?$10,
000 Gymnasium.
Howard University records show the
| past year to have been the most prosper
ous in the history of that institution.
; Founded in 1<?7 for the higher educa
tion of people of all races, it has alwajs
stood for the highest ideals in education,
and with its present material prosperity, j
i it is stated, some of the dreams of its
loyal supporters?the trustees, the presi
; dent, professors and alumni?are about
to be realized.
j Among the fruits of the year is the gift
j from Andrew Carnegie of a library in
which to house the 47,000 books and
! pamphlets which have accumulated since
[ the founding of the university. Hie
handsome.building now rising In the cam
pus just north of the Memorial chapel will
provide every facility of an up-to-dute
library. Special provision will be made j
for students of medicine, and medical
magazines and publications will be kept
in a separate room for their use.
An assembly hall in the basement will
afford needed accommodations for gath
! erings of various kinds. Science Hall,
! for which Congress appropriated $90,000,
land which will be completed some time
next fall, will provide ample equipment
I for physics, biology and chemistry.
The opening of this building, it is stated,
will mark a new era in the life of the
university. The drift away from classics
and the general movement toward scienti
fic. training in modern education naa been
felt at Howard, it is said, where there has
i been an increasing demand for better edu
cation in the sciences. Instead of a single
I cramped room for the subjects named,
j an entire floor of the new building will
' be devoted to each, and provision is made
j for new and improved apparatus and
equipment. #
Provision for Athletics.
A substantial grandstand has been
erected on the athletic field and an open
air amphitheater built on the slope of
the east side of the campus overlooking
the reservoir lake, and the grounds of
the Soldiers' Home.
So great has heen the enthusiasm
aroused among the alumni of the uni- ;
versity that at the recent commence- i
ment many former students gave proof,
of their loyalty by launching at their,
annual dinner a vigorous campaign for j
a gymnasium. The alumni association j
has undertaken to raise for this purpose
a fund of $10.0u0, to be supplemented by
$5,000 from the board of trustees. It
will be known as the alumni gymnasium
and' will "stand as a monument to the
love and loyalty which the graduates of
Howard hold for their alma mater."
It is the policv of President Thirkield
and his associates to gradually raise
the standard of the university and
"place every departtment on a level
with the great universities of the coun
try." The entrance requirements for the
school of medicine fully conform, it is
claimed, to the requirements of the
American Medical Association. Next
year all instruction will be given dur
ing the day, and better results are be
ing accomplished with the improved
laboratories and the facilities of the new
Freedmen's Hospital. The work of the
school of law is being made more ef
fective, and in the college of arts and
sciences and the teachers' college the
quality of the entering etudents rises
from "vear to year, permitting more ad
vanced work lti the sciences, languages
social sciences and literature.
Work Indorsed by President Taft.
President Taft, who was present at the
commencement this year with othei
prominent men, warmly indorsed the
work of the university and expressed his
intention to do all in his power to further
its Interests. It is the hoj>e of President t
Thirkield that the negroes of the nation ?
will rally to the support of the university,
not only in contributions of money but i
in that "enthusiasm and race pride that i
in the long run will make for a great !
cosmopolitan seat of learning."
Prof. George W. Cook, who has been
connected with the university for thirty
five years, has been appointed secretary.
Though the charter of Howard Univer
sity makes special provision for the higher
education of the negro, no race is ex
cluded, and North American Indians,
Chinese, Japanese and ? Europeans of sev
eral nationalities, besides American citi
zens, have in the past been found in the
several departments. Lust year there
were ninety students from nine foreign
countries, though practically all of the
more than one thousand students were of
the colored race.
The charter contains no religious test
or limitation, though the university is
distinctly Christian in its spirit and work.
SUCCESS OF THE ORILLERY
BUSINESS SCHOOL OCCUPYING
AN ENTIRE BUILDING.
Growth of the Scope of Institution
Founded Fourteen Years Ago.
Indorsement of Its Methods.
Tne Drillery, located at 1100 New York
avenue, Is one of Washington's oldest, and
most successful business schools. It is
largely to the character and accomplish
ments of auch Institutions as Tbe Drillery
that Washington owes its fame as an ed
ucational center. This school was found
ed some fourteen years ago as a school
of shorthand and typewriting only, but
the rapid growth of the classes and the
increasing demand for a wider scope ne
cessitated its enlargement into a general
school of business.
Within the past year the management of
the school has been placed in the hands
of John F. Bethune. who has been for
about ten years a shorthand writer at the
United States Senate and for a number of
years an instructor in the school, tinder
his direction the work of the school has
been still further broadened, new courses
added and additional teachers engaged.
It Is claimed that the faculty now em
braces the largest number of experienced
instructors in any business school in
Washington.
Occupies an Entire Building-.
The Drillery has the great advantage of
being the only business school in the city
occupying exclusively an entire building
or having an entrance on the street level.
The school faces two city parks and a
large open plaza, and thus enjoys the
benefit of plenty of fresh air and sunshine
in all schoolrooms.
The commercial and bookkeeping depart
ment has been placed under the direction
of an experienced accountant and auditor.
\ctual business transactions are used in
ail classes In this department, and stu
dents may continue their courses through
the highest forms of accounting.
Method Commended.
The system of shorthand taught is the
Benn Pitman, referred to by the commis
sioner of education in Ms report as "The
\merlcan System." The method of in
struction. which has been the secret of
the great suw'ess attained by the school,
has bten highly commended by the of
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Showing Location in the City, University Quadrangle, With Lake and Soldiers' Home Park at the Riqht.
HOWARD UNIVERSITY
WASHINGTON, D. C.
Wilbur P. Thirkfeld, LL. D., President.
"Located in the Capital of the Nation. Advantages unsurpassed. Campus of over twenty acre:*. Modern scientific
and general equipment. New Carnegie Library Building. New Science Hall. Faculty of one hundred. 1,205 student>
last year from 35 states and 7 other countries. Unusual opportunities for self support.
THE COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCES.
Devoted to liberal studies, courses in Eng'isli, mathematics, 1 -ati 1 ,
Greek, French, German, physics, chemistry, hiology. history, philosophy
and the social sciences such as are given in the best approved colleges.
Address Kelly Miller, A. M., dean.
THE TEACHERS' COLLEGE.
Affords special opportunities for preparation of teachers. Ttegular col
lege courses in psychology, pedagogy, education, etc.. with degree of A.
B.; pedagogical courses leading to Ph. B., degree. High grade courses in
norma' tra'ning,. music, manual arts and domestic sciences. Graduates
helped to positions. Address Lewis B. Moore, A. M., Ph. D.. dean.
THE ACADEMY.
Faculty of ten. Three courses of four years each. H'kIi grade pre
paratory school. AVldress George J. Cummings, A. >L, dean.
THE COMMERCIAL COLLEGE.
Courses in bookkeeping, stenography, commercial law, history, civics,
etc. Gives business and Engl'sh high school education combined. Ad
dress George W. Cook. A. M., dean.
SCHOOL OF MANUAL ARTS AND APPLIED SCIENCES.
Furnishes thorough courses. Six instructors. Offers two-year limited i
courses in Mecluuiical and Civil Engineering.
Professional Schools.
THE SCHOOL OF THEOLOGY.
Interdenominational. Five professors. Broad and thorouKh courses of
study. Shorter English courses. Advantages of connection with a
great university. Students' aid. Low expenses. Address Isaac Clark,
1>. D., dean.
THE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE: Medical and Pharmaceutic
Colleges.
Over forty professors. Modern laboratories and equipment. Large
building connected with new Freedmen's llosp'tal, costing ha'f-million
dollars. Clinical facilities not surpassed in America. Pharmaceutic col
lege. twelve professors. Dental college, twenty-three professors. Post
graduate school and polyclinic. Address W. C. McNeill, secretary, 901 R
street northwest.
THE SCHOOL OF LAW.
Faculty of eight. Courses of three years, giving a thorough knowl
edge of theory and practice of law. Occup es own building opposite tho
courthouse. Address Benjamin F. Leighton, LL. B., dean, 42fv oth street
northwest. For catalogue and special information address dear* of de
partment.
ficial reporters of the United States Sen
ate and Hquse of Representatives, prob
ably the most distinguished shorthand
writers in the world.
In the typewriting- department Instruc
tion is given in either the sight or touch
system of operation, and all the standard
machines are used. All necessary sup
plies are furnished without extra charge. ;
Civil Service Preparation.
The special courses arranged by The j
Drillery in preparation for the many
civil service examinations have pro- !
ducod results most gratifying alike to
the school and to the students. These !
courses are the fruit of long study of1
civil sen-ice requirements and of the ?
b??st methods of presenting to the
student concisely the information ncces- <
sary to give him the ability to attain a
high standing.
Correspondence courses are also pro
vided in all branches of the curriculum. !
and students by this method are assured
of the most careful instruction and un
limited assistance In all their work.
The school will be glad to furnish a
descriptive catalogue and all particulars I
upon request.
MT.ST.ALBAN SCH00LF0R GIRLS
CURRICULUM OFFERS ALL THE
ADVANTAGES OF THE BEST.
Forty Acres of Rural Environs.
Every Provision for Wholesome
Pleasure as Well as Work.
The standard of education in the Xa-1
tional Cathedral School for Girls at
Mount St. Albau. D. C\, is in accordance ^
with the ideals of intellectual training and)
acquirement, now generally acccpted by (
the best schools and colleges the world
over.
This school will begin its tenth year, j
October The bishop and principal
have Invited all alumnae and members of i
St. Hilda's Society to be the guests of
the school from September .30 to October
4, for a reunion to celebrate this anniver
sary. During the nine years it has been
in existence more than 500 names have
been enrolled on its books. Of these 100
have gone out as graduates.
The St. Hilda's Society was formed to
bind together those girls who did uot
graduate, but who left the school in good
stand.ng. During the four days of the !
reunion the alumnae will have their an- j
nual luncheon and the St. Hilda's Society !
will elect its officers. The principal will
give a reception in honor of the alumnae
Saturday a'ternoon, October 2.
Bishop Hall of Vermont will be the
guest of the school and will preach at the
open air serv.ee, October 3. The Bishop
of Washington will be the preacher at
St. Alban's in the morning. The Cathe
dral School was made possible by the gift
of Mrs. Phoebe A. Hearst to the Bishop
of Washington of S'JUO.OOO with which
the splendid building on Mount St. Al
bau was erected. It wa5 furnished by
Miss Bruce of New York, a warm per
sonal friend of Bishop Satterlee.
The building is fireproof, the plumbing
is open sanitary work and the drinking
water is carried through Pasteur filters.
The classrooms are large and sunny and
well ventilated. There ."is a large ref
erence library. Astronomical observa
tions are made from the roof. There is
a large art studio and gymnasium and
the forty acres of ground surrounding
the school afford ample room for out
door games and recreation.
The school curriculum offers every ad
vantage for developing and strengthening
mental efficiency, not only through im
parting a wide knowledge of facts, but
through tra ning and exercise of the pow
ers of observation and thought, so that
the pupils may form rigid habits of study
and reflection which they may carry with
them through life.
There is a coach for the accommoda
t'on of day pupils, which leaves Dupont
Circle every morning at 8:25 and returns
at 5:30, thus giving the girls the advant
ages of a country school where they can
??njoy the fresh air and unlight during
the entire day and where parents can
feel assurred they are receiv.ng carefOl
oversight. *
EDUCATES FOR'BUSINESS LIFE
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STRAYERS COLLEGE PLAN OFj
INSTRUCTION.
Gunrantee of Good Work and Se-;
cures Positions for All Its
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Graduates. i
Giving as it does to all pupils the guar
antee of a'bus ness position upon gradu
ation, there is no educational institution
in Washington that has made more rapid
strides, it is claimed, or has shown such
marked growth as Strayer's Business Col
lege. This institution not only makes the
guaran ee of a position, but backs it with
the written promise to refund all fees un
less the student obtains employment with
in thirty days after graduation. The
standard of efficiency necessary to main
tain this guaran.ee has been the instru
mentality, it is declared, of an almost
unprecedented growth since Struyer's
Business College was established in
Washington ii> 11MM.
Twice since its establishment the school
has been l'oreed to seek new and more
commodious quarters because of its rapil
advance. Bu; little over a week ago it
was moved to the old Masonic Temple,
nth and F streets, occupying the entire
building, with the exception of the store
space on the first floor.
Founded in Baltimore.
Strayer's Business College was found
ed originally in Baltimore by S. Irving
Strayer, in 1S92, who started with the
object of taking well educated young
men and women who were unemployed
or poorly paid and fit them for office
work, with the assurance of better pay
and greater chance of advancement.
This rule the school still follows. The
college is now three big schools?in
Washington, Baltimore and Philadel
phia. , .
The Washington school was started in
1904 with a small faculty and a limited
number of students. This season it em
ploys a faculty of twelve experienced
teachers, and it Is expected that the
enrollment will reasily pass .the eight
hundred mark.
The new quarters of Hie school at 9th
and F streets have a standard equip
ment of typewriters and office appli
ances, which are used to give students
a practical idea of how to do office
work. The equipment includes 100 type
writers of standard make, all of them
of the latest models. Not. all of these
are used in the school, but a reserve
number is k^-pt at hand for the use at
home of students who desire to do homo
work.
The school maintains both day and
night courses, the night school being
open three nights a week. These courses j
include shorthand, typewriting, book
keeping, banking, penmanship, business !,
arithmetic, rapid calculating, spelling. ;
correspondence, business forms, com- i
mercial geography, grammar, business ,
law and the use of office appliances. !
The faculty is under the guidance Oi .
P. J. Harman, who has been principal
of the Washington school since its es- ,
tabllshment.
ACADEMY OF THE VISITATION!
WHERE SPECIAL TRAINING IS
GIVEN YOUNG WOMEN.
Ranks Among the Best Patronized ,
Educational Institutions of
the Capital.
The Academy of the Visitation, which |
was established in 1850, is one of the b;st
known Institutions of its kind for the
tiaining of young women. It is conduced
by the Sisters of the Visitation, and ranks
among the best patronized educational in
stitutions of the city. Although centrally
located, the large and beautiful grounds
offer special advantages to pupils for out
door exercises.
The government of the Institution Is j
mild and maternal. The pupils tind the af- :
fectionate interest and sympathy of home j
life and the discipline and training which
make the Christian woman. j
Pupils of all religious denominations
are received, and no influence is exorcised
over them in matters of religion. The
number of boarding pupils is limited, and
.special attention is given by the sisters
to the promotion of their health and im
provement.
The scholastic year Is divided Into
two sessions. The tlrst begins in Sep
tember and ends the last day of January.
The second begins the first day of Feb
ruary and closes In June. Twice a year
a thorough examination is made of all
the classes, and every month a report
is .read in the presence of the teachers i
and pupils, which rerort is sent to the
parents or guardians. Original composi
tions are required every week from the
pupils of the intermediate and senior de
partments. Selections are made from
each class to be read at this monthly as
sembly. The young ladies of the gradu
ating and first classes are required to
give historical and literary lectures at
intervals. .
Physical culture or medical djymnasucs
affords to all the classes a means of
healthy and graceful development. Tne
music department receives special atten
tion. Monthly recitals are given by the
pupils. The studies are by Mason,
Mathews. Uszt, Bertini. Cramer, Clc
nienti, Bach and other famous composers.
The course of Instruction at the
emy comprises elementary drawing,
drawing and painting from casts: special
instruction In the principles of light ana
shade as applied to objects; practical per
spective; drawing and painting trom still
life in oil, water colors and pastel; in
struction in painting on silk and satin;
mineral painting on china, rojal Worcester
and gilding. 4 ..
French is taught free of charge to all
pupils. Other modern languages and
Tjatin are elective. Special advantages are
offered to the pupils in French, the in
struction being under native French
teachers and comrrislng a thorough
course. One hour each day is devoted to
French class for recitation, reading, let
ter writing, composition and conversa
tion. The natural method is altogether
used for beginners; the French grammar
in French is introduced as soon as the
pupils begin to understand. At first Wo^
man & Rougemont's grammar is used,
and later Larousse's.
Percy?Esmeralda, will you marry me?
Esmeralda?No; Gwendolen refused you
last night, and I'm not acting as first
aid to the injured.?Chicago Tribune.
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The Milton School,.
Stenography & Typewriting
1403 H St. N.W. Phone M. 4046.
Stenography, Ari'hmetic, Higher Mathematics,
Typewriting, Spelling, Civil Service Preparation*
Special Preparation for
Coming Census Examination.
THE MILTON SCHOOL endeavors to give its stu
dents thorough and conscientious instruction. Each student
receives the PERSONAL ATTENTION OF THE PRIN
CIPALS of the school, who have had wide experience and
remarkable success in preparing pupils for various positions
where much is required of them.
In order to familiar'ze the public with its methods of
teaching Stenography and Typewriting
THE M LTON SCHOOL
Will Give Any One Presenting This Coupon
ONE WEEK'S FREE TUITION.
Academy of Languages
717 Fourteenth Street N.W.
J. E. GOETZ, A. B., Principal
FRANCIS FURGER, Ph. D., Director
FRENCH. GERMAN, RUSSIAN,
SPANISH, ITALIAN, PORTUGUESE,
JAPANESE AND SCANDINAVIAN LANGUAGES.
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All Instruction by Natives, Graduates of the First Univer
sities of Europe.
School of Library Science
Ah Entirely New Departure Along Educational Lines in
Connection With the Academy of Languages.
Bureau of Translation
CAPITAL CITY'S ADVANTAGES
STUDENT EARNS LIVELIHOOD
WHILE GETTING EDUCATION.
Universities Have Night Schools for
the Benefit of the Government
Employes.
The educational advantages of Wash
ington have long been of especial bene
fit to government employes, and, in
deed, to the national government Itself.
In no other city in the world, perhaps,
is a man given the opportunity of earn'
lng his livelihood while he Is pursuing
the studies to fit him for professional
life. Government clerks have bcon
quick to take advantage of this fact,
and yearly hundreds of them are grad
uated from the local colleges and uni
versities as lawyers, doctors, actors,
engineers, pedagogues, diplomatist*,
singers and artists.
The loading universities all have night
schools with complete and exceptionally
fine courses, and the hours are such
that the clerk who finishes his govern
ment labors at 4:30 o'clock in the after
noon has ample time for dinner and
some recreation without missing lha
opening hour of the school he attends.
Some of the best lawyers and doctors
in the country have been graduated
from these schools, it Is claimed, and
such graduates found no difficulty in
passing the required examination!* in
the states when they left Washington
for the practice of their professions.
The faculties in all the schools of law
and medicine compare in ability and
eminence in their line with those of
any in the country, while post-graduat"
courses that enable the student to fit
the theoretical to the practical thing.-*
of life are provided, so that the student
may step from the halls of the uni
versity Into the practical workshop of
life trained and equipped for the duties
beforo him.
Dobbs?T understand she was his book
keeper before he married her.
Bobbs?Yes; now elie's his cashier.?
New York Herald. .