Evening star., 1926-09-05
CATHOLIC j. NOTES
BIG ENROLMENT
Fall Term to Open Tuesday,
September 21-Changes in
Faculty Announced.

The Catholic University at Brook
land will open it's Fall term Tuesday,
September 81, at 9 O'Clock. The day
will be taken up with the registration
of students, and classes will not be-
gin until Wednesday morning, Sep
tember %, at o'clock. All freshmen
and students transferred from other
institutions have been requested to
present themselves for registration
Thursday morning, September is.
The enrolment this year Will be
somewhat larger than last year, with
a total Of 500 students; 800 ecclesias-
tics and 500 lsymen.
Right eRev. Thomas ]. Shahan. d.
D., rector, and Right Rev. Msgr.
George A. Dougherty, D. D., vice
rector, left the university Thursday
for South Bend, Ind, where they will
attend the conference of the Interna-
tional Federation of Catholic Alumni,
to be held at Notre Dame.
Faculty Changes Noted.
A number Of changes are to be made
in the faculty this year. Those al
ready announced are the appoint
ments Of Rev. DIR. Fulton J. Sheen,
who obtained his theological degrees
at the University Of Louvain, Belgium,
to be instructor in the School Of Sacred
Sciences; Rev. Joseph J. Barron, S.
r. L.. of st. Paul, Nlinn., instructor
in philosophy, and Mr.. Robert T.
Rock of Bridgeport, Conn.,. instructor
in psychology. At the same time the
designations Of Cyril J. Dawson and
William j. O'Keefe have been made
known. Mr.. Dawson has been in
struc in physics since 1922, while Mr..
O'Keefe was instructor in law during
the past year.
The awards Of scholarships for the
Knights of Columbus s500.000 endow-
ment fund as determined by compet-
five examinations held at the uni
versity in April each year are as
follows: A. j. App, Menomee Falls;
J. F.. Bober, Terryville, Conn.,, H. e.
Cain, Washington, D. c.; F. A. Cliff
ofrd, Farmer City, ILL.,; c. c. Conroy,
Clarksville, Tenn: G. c. Curry, To-
peka, Kans.; J. w. Dolan, Warren,
Ohio; F. J. Drobka, Manitoba, Wis;
J. n. Eastman, Seekonk, Mass; c. J.
Fecher, Oxford, Ohio; ]. r. Hill.
Seattle. Wash: E. F. Hunt, Richmond,
Va: c.. H. Jones. Charleston. S. c.;
f. A. Kane, Westfield, Mass; l.. +.
Kuntz, Tiff1n, Ohio; j. w. Leahy, New
1Ork City, Il. II. LOCTdlI, w dSAlIlS-
ton. D. c.; J. NJ. McGrath, Omaha,
Nebr; J. A. Matthews. Trinidad,
Colo; D. T. Mullane. West Brighton.
N. Y; r. F. Nicholson, Washington,
d. c.; P. R. Nelson. Bronx, N. Y;
A. l.. Rayhawk. Pueblo, Colo; A.
V. p. Smith. Salisbury. Md; F. E.
Smith, Brooklyn. n. Y; r. l.. Tai
bott, Toledo. Ohio; Fl. G.. Vignos,
Canton, Ohio.
Three.Year Scholarships.
These scholarships are granted for
a, period of three years and provide
room, board and tuition for the stu
dent while he is at the university
The Penf1eld scholarships, founded
In 1922 under the will of Frederick
Courtland Penf1eld of Philadelphia,
who bequeathed the sum of $4,000
for that purpose. were awarded to
Brendan Brown of Omaha, Nebr.; Rev.
Speer Strahan and Victor Baril, Tup-
per Lake. n. Y.
The Fall meeting Of the board of
trustees of the university will be
held Tuesday morning, September IA.
On September Is and 16 the univer
sity will be host to 80 members of
the American Catholic Hierarchy.
Among them will be numbered four
cardinals and several archbishops.
The hierarchy will assemble at the
university to conduct its regular an
nual meeting.