Evening star., 1926-09-26
X. C. SCHOOL OFFERS
MANY new COURSES
Opens Year With Large Enrolment
and With New Instructors Add
ed to Facilitate Work.

The new school year Of the Knights
Of Columbus Evening School begins
this week in all departments with a
and instructors have been added. A
music department has been organized
this wear 2 nd courses in piano. violin
and voice are being given for the first
time. In the engineering group new
course in surveying has been added
and a number of new courses in the
departments of language and history
are being given.
It is planned to require year Of
college work for entrance to the law
course next year, and two years the
following year. A pre-legal course is
now being organized to prepare stu
dents for this and other schools re-
uuiring pre-legal courses for entra nee.
Among the new courses given in the
pre- legal group are political science
and English history. The course in
political science will be conducted by
Prof. John NJ. r. Donovan. il. mem
her Of the Georgetown College faculty.
The course will be identical with the
one offered at Georgetown College in
the pre-legal course. Mr. Donovan
is graduate of the University of
Maine with the degree of bachelor
.of arts in economics and sociology.
and of Georgetown University with
the degree of ma ster of arts in pOliti
cal science.
The new course in English history
is to he given by Prof. William Nc
Kee, a former first lieutenant in the
Marine Corps who has for several
wears been teacher Of history at
Staunton Military Academy
The school has as the head Of its
music department Prof. Alexander
Henneman, who has charge Of sim
liar department at the Sisters College
at the Catholic University. Prof.
Henneman has been on tour this Sum
mer giving series of lectures on
Apprecia ton of Music at normal cen
ters in number of States. He will
give a series of lectures on this sub
ject on Tuesday nights at O'Clock
under the auspices of the knights Of
Columbus Evening School in the au-
ditori,im of the school at 1914 Massa-
chuSeuS avenue.
These lectures will be free To the
public.
How to Listen TO Music. M uSic
Is a Language. Music and Speech. -"
will he treated In a more or less popu-
lar style. These lectures will inaugu-
rate the department of music al the
X of c school.
The welcome party given by the
Santa Maria Club to the faculty and
students of the Knights of Columbus
Evening School last Tuesday evening
was largely attended. 1t was the first
social affair of the club for the year
and decidedly a success. An interest
ing social program has been outlined
f1,. |, T. - a,-;o 6<Ix,h
Prof. Arthur Deering of the Catho-
lie University will FIJI the vacancy in
the English department caused by the
recent death of Prof. Hartnett.
Prof. Robert T. Rock has been
obliged TO change the psychology
schedule from Tuesdays and Thurs
days to Mondays and Fridays because
of an enga agement which takes him
out of the city each Thursday.
Mrs. Arthur J. Pallansch has re-
Joined the faculty as an instructor in
stenography. Mrs. Pallansch taught
! shorthand very successfully in the
evening school FIVE years ago but left
when the Pallansch family moved to
Minneapolis Prof. John r. Fitz.
patrick will continue in the shortha nd
! department but will divide the classes
with Mrs. Pallansch.
/ Mr.. James E. Davidson will assist
Mrs. Williams in the typewriting de-
/ partmen,. MIR. Davidson has a record
as one of the speediest typists in the
District OF Columbia.
! The school has as the head of its
music department Prof. AleXa ndei
/ Henneman, who has charge of "a
similar department at the Sisters
College at the Catholic University
| Prof. Henneman has been on tour
| this Summer. giving a series of lee
i lures on Appreciation of Music" at
/ normal centers in a number OF States.
! He will give a series of lectures on
this subject on Tuesday nights at S
o'clock. under the auspices of the
knights OF Columbus Evening School.
| in the auditorium of the school. at
| 1914 Massachusetts avenue.
| These lectures will be free. to the
public.
How to Listen to. Music Music
Is Language, Music and Speech
| "Humor In Music and similar topics
I will be treated in a more or less
popular style. These lectures viii