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V .L L . tural cantor c"ntcr cntcr center " 1bey ' Ihey .hey hey . flow tromthe fromthe from trom fromthe the government Itself , con conurned conterned conterned urned terned as It Is with broad brond culturalproblems cultural culturalproblems culturalproblems problems and developing within It Its Itsdepartments Itsflepartments Gepartments departments educational pducatlonal resources ot of otrrent oftreat ofrent rrent treat [ value ; irom .rom rom from . the many wlny : scientificIndustrial sclentlfic scientific , industrial , and other associations lo 10 10- 10 10ated located - cated ated here ; from the work worJ . of the diplo dlplo dlplomatlc dipiomatic I Imatle matle matlc missions , and from five greatuniversities great greatIInlverstUes greataniversltles IInlverstUes universities . . Among the world's worlds ' ' great storehouses storehousesof of knowledge kno\\-ledge kno ledge knohledge ' \ - Is the Library of Cou Con- Con Conrress Contress Coupess - p-ess p ess rress tress - . . . It has more than Ulan 4,000000books 4000000books 4,000 4000 , , 000 000bOOhs 000books bOOhs books and pamphlets , 9ccumulated accumulated 9ccumulatedtrom accumulatedfrom accumulatedfrom trom from the ends of the earth . , includingpearly IncludIng IncludIngnearly Includingnearly nearly pearly every e\"cry e "cry cry \ ' " book printed In AmerIca AmerIcaand Americaand Americaand and the most prized of ot foreign publi publl publications . cations The most complete collection collectionof of Russian and Chinese literature llterature ispreserved Is Ispreserved Ispreserved preserved here hereThen hereThen hereThen Then there Is the Smithsonlnn SmithsonIan In- In Institution's In Institution's - stitution's stitutions stltution's stltutions ' collection of the proceed proceedings . ings labs of ot learned societies , , constituting constitutingthe constitutingthe constitutingthe the most complete scientific selentlflc library InAmerica in inAmenca InAmerica Amenca America ; and the famous rolger I"olger Iolger l'olger lolger " ' co col collection I- I IlectIol1 - lection lectIol1 lectlon of Sh Shakespearcana Shabespeareana hespearenna housed boused In a amarble amarble amarble marble pile near nenr the Library L1brary of Con Con- Congress Congress Congress - - gress . . . Other libraries Ilbrarles have become pre- pre preemInent preeminent pre preeminent - - eminent In special subjects , , such asthose as asthose asthose those of ot the tbe State department . , , thepatent the thepatent thepatent patent office , the Army Medlcil IedIc'll IedIcll Medlcnl ' mu mn mu- museum museum . - seum , the bureau of ot standards gtandards , thegeological the thegeological eologlcal geological geologicalsurvey survey urvey : , , . etc . . ' There 'l"here lhere " are In ' all 911 more than tban 200 200Ubrnrles 200libraries Ubrnrles libraries In \ Washington tiashington % "lshlngton lshlngton " , where stu students students students dents are al\\ al always alays alvvays \ ays welcomeAmerIcan welcome welcomeAmerican American education finds a foenl focal focalpoint foenlpoint focalpoint point ! In n the Interior department . Its Itsoffice Itsoffice Itsoffice office of education gathers gatbers data from fromall fromall fromall all parts of the nation . . Through experiment ex experiment ex- ex experIment - periment and e experience l'IerIence lIerIence ' . , It converts convertsIts convertsIts convertsIts Its Information Into aid and advice advicerlven advicegiven advicegiven rlven given ; back bnch to state sfute , , county and mu- mu municIpal mualelpal mu municipal - - nicipal alelpal school officers . Think Thlnh \ ttliat what hat It means to students tohave to toha tohave ha have e access to the researches of the theAmerIcan theAmerican theAmerican AmerIcan Council Councll of Education r ; u tlon , , theNational the theNational thenational National Academy of Sciences the tbe 1\a- 1 a Aa- Aa 1attonal Aational \ Na-tlonal Na tlonal - ttonal tional Research Re.earch Reearch : . council , ttie rtle the Nnhonal National NnhonalGL'Ogrnphlc NationalGeographic NationalGeographic GL'Ogrnphlc GLOgrnphlc Geographic ' socIeth society , . the Carnegie Institution In- In Institution In Institution - stitution of Washington IVashlngton , , the Carnegie Carnegiernstltutlon Carnegiefnstllutlon rnstltutlon Institution for the Advancement ot of otPeace ofPeace ofPeace Peace , , and many othersGreat othersGreat others othersGreat Great Art Galleries . , Of Ot art galleries besides the National Nationalthere , tbere there Is the Corcoran , e\hlbtlng e hlbtlng e\.hlbtlng e.hlbtlng .hlbtlng exhibiting \ . ! ! the thework thework thework work of prominent American artistsand artists artistsand artistsand and sculptors . . It also houses the fa- fa famous f fa famous - mous Clalk Clark Clal I , . collection coIlectJon of old m1sters misters m1stersand mistersand mistersand and other Items of or European Luropean Iuropenn : art an . The TheGreer TheFreer 'reer reer Greer [ ' gallery galler also nlso Illustrates Illu.trates Illutrates this . } : . com com- combnatinn combination - . blnatloDltb bination blnatloD bnatinn ( , , \ with \\ltb ltb ssith ltborh \\orh orh \ works ' ) of or James Mc Mc- McNeill Sic-NeIIl Sic NeIIl - NeIll \ \ \ histler hlstler and oriental sculptures sculptures.paintings sculpturespaintings . , paIntings , bronzes bronJes bronces : and jides j1des jades Thereare There ThereRre Thereare gallerles galIerles Rre are also In Washington private gal Ierles lerles open to students of the artsIn arts artsIn In such an atmosphere It Is a'1tnral a1tnral natural n a'1tnralthat ' < ituralthat that seats of higher learning shoull should shoulddevelop shoulddevelop , evelop develop giveto Fh Fhe Five e universities now give to Wa Washington IVashlngton , > blngton the largest brgest proportional proportionalstudent proportionalstudent proportionalStudent student population pOlulatlOn ) of any city In tbe the tbecountry thecountry thecountry country . . In 1791 17m 1731 Georgetown unlversltv university unlversltvopened universityopened universityopened opened Its doors under the jurisdictionof jurisdIctIon of the Jesuit order . . Second SelOnd In date ot of Coundlng founding offounding otCoundlng Is the Geor GeorgeVashingtnn George e Washington \Vashingtnn Vashingtnn Washingtonunherclty \ Washingtonunherdty Vashingtnnunher unherclty unher : itp ( then tben Columbian coIlege college collegechartered ) , chartered by act of ot congress In 1821 1521 1821The 1521The The Catho'lc Catholc Catho'Ic CathoIc ' University Unherstty Unherslty of ot AmerIca AmerIcawas Americawas Americawas was authorized by Pope Leo XIII XUI .X X . 1.11 111 . In In38S9 1889 and Is supported by the Roman RomanCatholic Catholic church It h has s a program or of orexpansIon ofexpansion olexpansion expansIon to culminate culmlaate In Ie 11)39-40 11)39 1139 40 1939.40 193940 11)3940"hen 1939.40when 1939-40ft 1939 40ft ) . - - , fiftieth fittleth "hen hen when " hen the university unl\"ersIty unl "ersIty ersIty \ ' " celebrates Its fif fi fit ( : tieth tleth annlxersary annhersary anniversary . American university unherslty , under the pat- pat - ' pat'ronage patronage patnonage Episcopalchurch Episcop3ichurch ronage nonage of the Methodist rplscop Episcop3i : 1 1church church , , was chartered chnrtered In to 1SQ3 18)3 183 1893 ' ) Seve Seveof Severof Seven Sevenof n bullland builtand of ltd 1t'J 1tJ its ; ' marble halls are alrealy built builtBnd ; Bnd and foithe fortbe fothe In us use Howard unhersit unherslt } ) , , fo for r tbe the colored race , was chartered by congress con conguess . gress guess In tn 1867For 1SG7 ISG7 1867 1SG7For becithe beentbe beetthe For 'or or ' , years ears Washington IVashlngton has also 91so been beet n tbe the location locution for many secon secondary ary an anpro and andpre amprc d pre pro collegiate colle l1te ! private prlvnte schools attende attended d ; attendedby attendeby by AmericaMusic bo hois boys ) s and girls from all a11 America . . . Mule Music ' ) , , . sculpture , , architecture , , land . - landscaping scaping , , . and literary life Ufe 11fe In the na tJon's tJons lion's lions natlon's natlons natJon's nalion's ' ' capital form an environment I Isvl'lch In Inwrlch liwhich n wrlch svl'lch svllch ' the youth YOllth of the land may de de'elop delelop ti tiseiop e 'elop elop seiop ' a true feeling for the fine things thing s thingof thingsof of life . Founding Fourdlng Fourding University.George UniversityGeorge of Washington University . George Washington 1Vashngton \ wished ssished \ lshed a nn n a nitlonal nnttonal ntional ttonal tional university built here In hiwill hlg hlgwl11 li liwill 13 3 wl11 will he left : ; ; 50 i0 0 shares of sto stock .k k < . In th the e thPotoniac thePotomac thPotomac Potomac ( Canal Canan ) compiny COm11ny company [ for Its en e n do\ do dos doruent ctdoi endo edos \ ruent meat "to to " which the outh foitune fortune fotune youth } of for fo r tune ind 'lnd lnd and ' talents might be sent for t tcompletlon thcompletion the thecompletion he 6 completion completlon of I ( heir hpIr ldl1cn education tlOn . . . and an d anby andtly tly by formm tormina fnrmina ! : frH friendships frcendahips ( l hlps In jU\ jU jUenlle jutenf jutenfye.trs ju\enllejrs ju enllejrs \ enlle le ] 3 ye.trs yetrs tlielnseivesfrom CJrs . be b ( ! eiabled Ciabled e Jible : to free > themselves themcclves tlielnseives ; . , from tht tlit.bc tlitbc these . . e 'ocal ocal 'veal veal ' prejudices and habIt- habIt habItul tiabi tiabiuLl habiuil t - u\l u l uLl ' \ jealousies jeal\\ls1C.s jealls1C.s jeal ls1C.s ls1Cs jealousieshlrh { \ \ . . \\hlrh hlrh uhlr'h uhlrh \ \ 11111 ( ' ' when ca cafled L earied r rrl rl fled ( > l1 lo to e-ccss e ccss excess e ' - les are ure nc\ nc neterfailing never nccr \ cr failln falling ; sourc sourcof sourcior ources ourcesof es ' of disiiu dlstlu ( ) lslllI etude ELIIdC > to tlie the public pnbllc pl1bll ( ' mind nrlirtciiiiit nnd nnd1'ft at atprc ' il 1'ft 1ft prc coubeqjenuIn ' . , nuit 11 lilt or of I1ItC inlslile\oii3 inlslile oii3 ui1schieitnis ; ( hle\ hle hleUI19 \ UI19 cou.el.1enLeS couel.1enLeS couel1enLeS cuasegJenc : . } . es 1 10 " ilils Ihls this .oiintn oiintn iouuris ( . OI1I1I ' , ' 1 ' 1I'UiMiuil I'UiMiuil IUiMiuil 1\\111\1 1 111 I'iii'ii Iiiiii ' ' " \ ' ' ' \ 1111 \ to In Ill lit rh lint firI'lc'i firIlci firtI'll firi'ic It project prlj'ct prljct ) ( ' of the ( he firt fir st ' ) I'll Ill i'ic iic ' "I I " + ' i i ! ill Itl iii c < I ' in'tl intl 111,1 1111 nil ' , in III r'ItIlfC rItIlfC r'ItIlfC11 rtnllr ( ' ( illp ' + , ! : p ' ttac \ un \\11 11 \ < ; < ; t N ' i1 s st ' I t . I ' 11 1 I . tt \ III/ III hit hni IIIh / h it ) ( c : < writ ! p fnii n II i 11 tl t \ . _ tj . , t \ mnthlpi ' \ 11\ 11 11fhl IfiliP \ fhl ( ' s > : . > But In 1819 1519 Rev . . Luther EIce Rice , a Bap BapUst Bapfist Captist Ust fist missionary mlssIonlry : , , formed a group to btly btlyland bu buland ) land for tor the use of a college . WithGencril Witb With WitbGClIer'11 WithGenera GClIer'11 GClIer11 Genera ' ] Washington's Washingtons ' ' Idea tdea In 1n mInd mindJohn , , John Quincy Adims Ad'lms Adlms Adams ' , John C . Calhoun Calhounand Calhounand Calhounand and others otbers became patrons of or the new newcollege newcollege newcollege college and raised a n fund for its use . B Bi By 1822 1322 the nnin m'lin mlin mntn ' bulldln building " was "as as vvas inuse In Inuse Inuse use . Tn Tno Tvvo 0 years l later ter President Mon- Mon Monroe Mon-roe Mon roe Monoe - - roe r oe , John Quincy Qnlncy Adams , John C Cal Cal- Calhoun Ca Caloun . - h houn oun , Henry Clay , and Marquis deLafayette de deLafayette deLafayette Lafayette attended Its first commence commence- commenceS commenceSmeat commencement commencement - ment meat . . In recent years Herber Hoover HooverCalvin , , Calvtn Calvin Coolldge Coolidge . , General Pershing Pershlng.Ramsay PershlngRamsay , . Ramsay RamsayIacDonald ! \ MacDonald \IacDonald IacDonald , prime minister ot of otGrelt ofGreat ofGreat Grelt Great : Britain Brltam ; King Albert of ot Bel- Bel 13e1- 13e1 BelgIum 13e1lum Bel-glum Bel glum - gIum g lum , and nnd King Iing [ Prajadlilpok Prajadhlpok of Slamhave Slam Slambave Slamhave bave have attended Its commencements and andaddressed andaddressed ! . addressed tho the unhcrslty unI\er.Ity unIer.Ity unI er.Ity erIty unseralty [ \ : . body . Its medical school was opened In In182j In1825 182j 1523 ; ! In n 1826 1820 the law lair school was or- or organIzed oranized or organized - ganized g anized , discontinued soon afterward afterwardbut , but re reestablished established ! In n 1865 1565 It Is theoldest the theoldest theoldest oldest law school In Washington Wasblngton IVashlngton andwas andwas and andwas was the first ! In n the United States to toesabl1sh toesablislr toesablish esabl1sh esablislr a graduate raduate course In law . In 1904 100.1 1001 . congress removed the schoolfrom scbool school scboolfrom schoolfrom from denominational denommatlonnl control and pro pro- provIded proided provided - v vided ided ! It t with self pcrpetuitlnar perpetu1t1n perpetuating trustees trusteesempowered , empowerec.l empowerecl empowered . to change Its name . . That ThatS1me Thatsame Thatsame S1me same year \ ear car It was renamed "The The " GeorgeWashington George GeorgeWashington Georgeashington Washington W ashington unh university unlserslty erslty . " Its enroll enroll- enrollment enrollment - . ment went Is more than 7,500Oldest 7,500 7500 7,500Oldest , Oldest Is Georgetown . Georgetown unh university erslty Is the tbe c1pl- c1pl cnpi- cnpi c1pltal's cnpitai's cipl-tal's cipl tal's tals - tal's tals tai's tais ' ' oldest seat scat of higher learnIng learning.Its learningIts . . Its founding was coincident with theConstitution tbe the tbeConstitution theonstitution Constitution onstitution C and the Inauguration ofour ot of otour ofour our first President . . . It saw the Mary Mary- Maryland Marynd Maryland - la land nd legislature raise "George George " T.on Tohn Town"to Townto T.o\\ T.o . \ n " to the dignity of a s city . Treasured Treasuredamong Treasuredamong Treasuredamong among Its archives are records of ot tbree three tbreeislts threevisits threevisits \islts islts visits \ to It by George Washington Washmgton and andtwo andwo andtwo two t wo by the theIarquls Marquis \Iarquls Iarquls : \ de Lafayette.When LafayetteWhen Lata Lafayette ette . When the first President vbIted visited vbItedGeorgetown visitedGeorgetown vibltedGeorgetown Georgetown In la 179G 179(3 1793 1796 ( , Robert Walsh , . , "a a "astudent "astudent "astudent astudent " student In 1n the tbe Humanities , " read apoem a n apoem npoem poem of or greeting to himThe him himThe The university's universitys ' origin orlgIIl has bas been beentraced beentraced beentraced traced to the fire little schoolhouses scboolhouses opened openedIn In 1n 1034 1634 at St SL St . . Inlgoes , Md Iild , , by Rev Rev.Andrew RevAndrew . Andrew White ' and |