GEORGETOWN 



2452 GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY 



ment for his scheme was not difficult to secure, 

 and in 1895 it was launched. For a year he 

 was president, but since 1896 all offices have 

 been held by the boys. 



From twelve to eighteen is the admission 

 age, and children from any part of the United 

 States may be enrolled as citizens. All, no 

 matter how young, must work, for "Nothing 

 without labor" is the motto, { and all under the 

 age of sixteen must attend the school of the 

 community. An attempt is made to encourage 

 those who have a desire for further education 

 to go on through high school and college, 

 and some of its members have had successful 

 and honorable college careers. For those for 

 whom scholastic training holds no charms, 

 however, there is a choice among numerous 

 vocations. They may take up carpentry, 

 blacksmithing, farming, plumbing or printing, 

 while for the girls there is training in sewing, 

 cooking, laundry work and other branches. In 

 addition to the cottages in which the citizens 

 live, the community has its schoolhouse, its 

 bank, store, library, government building, res- 

 taurants and workshops. 



Other junior republics have been founded 

 elsewhere, but criticism as to the methods 

 employed has by no means been lacking. By 

 1913 complaints became so persistent that the 

 State Board of Charities took the matter in 

 hand, and Mr. George gave up his position as 

 overseer, with the result that the republic 

 practically ceased to exist. A number of the 

 men who were interested then got together, 

 subscribed a new endowment fund, and re- 

 quested Mr. George to assume control. With 

 his acceptance of their request began a new 

 era of -prosperity for the community. A.MC c. 



GEORGE 'TOWN, the county town of Kings 

 County, Prince Edward Island, noted chiefly 

 for its lobster-packing industry. It is situated 

 on the eastern coast of the island, forty miles 

 east of Charlottetown, by rail, and forty-five 

 miles north of Pictou, N. S., by steamer. 

 Georgetown is an ideal summer resort, with 

 fine facilities for fishing, bathing and shooting; 

 it has a considerable trade in agricultural prod- 

 uce. The most prominent buildings are the 

 post office and customhouse, the courthouse 

 and the town hall. The population in 1916 

 was about 1,000. 



GEORGETOWN, originally STABROEK, as a 

 Dutch village, is the capital of British Guiana, 

 and is on the east shore of the Demerora River 

 where it reaches the Caribbean Sea, in latitude 

 6 29' 24". The population in 1915 was 53,176. 



The city is regularly built, with wide, shady 

 streets, through some of which flow cooling 

 canals. The buildings, of wood or of brick and 

 plaster, are airy and comfortable, and the city 

 is characterized by neatness and sanitary care. 

 The principal government building is of Eliza- 

 bethan form. Georgetown has both Anglican 

 and Roman Catholic cathedrals, an immense 

 hospital, a fine museum rich in native fauna, 

 a botanical garden (suburban), and many 

 wharves built out into the river for ocean ships. 

 There are electric lights and street cars and a 

 good telephone service. Water for drinking is 

 obtained from rainfall, but for protection 

 against fire and for many other purposes is 

 supplied through mains in the streets. 



Georgetown has foundries, and various fac- 

 tories for making cigars, rice products, choco- 

 late, and articles for local domestic use. Its 

 chief connections are by water, along the coast 

 and up the rivers. The production of gold in 

 the colony in 1912 reached $879,800. The city 

 is prosperous and well governed, but the prop- 

 erty qualification reduces the voters to a very 

 small part of the population. The Portuguese 

 are very numerous, and own about two-fifths 

 of the real estate. 



GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY, a Jesuit 

 educational institution at Georgetown, D. C. 

 (now a part of Washington), was founded in 

 1789, and in 1815 was given authority by Con- 

 gress to confer degrees. Since 1833 it has had 

 Papal consent to give degrees in philosophy 

 and Catholic theology. The university main- 

 tains a college, a graduate school, a medical 

 and dental school, a law school and an astro- 

 nomical observatory. 



GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY, an 

 institution of higher education located at 

 Washington, D. C., the successor of the Colum- 

 bian College of the District of Columbia, which 

 was chartered by Congress in 1821. In 1873 the 

 name was changed to the Columbian Uni- 

 versity, and in 1904, by act of Congress, the 

 school became the George Washington Uni- 

 versity. The old Columbia College was under 

 the control of the Baptist Church, but when 

 the present name was adopted the institution 

 was made undenominational. 



The university embraces the college of arts 

 and sciences, school of graduate studies, Co- 

 lumbian College (for undergraduates, with 

 courses leading to the 'degrees of bachelor of 

 arts and bachelor of science), college of engi- 

 neering and mechanic arts, teachers college, 

 the departments of law, medicine and dentistry, 



