Evening star., 1928-09-09
NEVIS TAKES HELM
UNDER NEW ERAAT GEORGETOWN
College Staff Augmented by Dean Rankin
Prepares for Record Year, Open
ing September 20.

Under the guidance of new presi-
dent. the Rev. W. Coleman Nevils. S.
| j.. former dean of arts and sciences at
! the Hilltop and an executive Of wide ex-
perience in other Jesuit institutions
Georgetown University is looking for
| ward hopefully to new era in its
| almost phenomenal growth of recent
| years.
Governed by policy of exchanging
executives every four or five years
| Georgetown University Is exceedingly
| fortunate in having as its new head at
| this time man who by reason of seven
! years previous connections with the uni
versity is admirably equipped to cope
! with the conditions In which he needs
no fsmilisriZing. Completion of the
building program now under way and
the organization of Greater George
town alumni clubs in all sections of
the country. a work which he was COM
PEELED to abandon four years ago. are
two of the major problems confronting
the new president.
During the four years administration
of the former president of Georgetown.
Rev Charles w Lyons. S. j.. who has
been transferred to the New England
province of the Society of Jesus, George
town College approximately doubled its
enrolment With scarcely 900 students
in 1924. the college will open its 130th
academic term on September 90, with an
enrolment of between l.050 and l.l0O,
the limit OF its capacity. Fully 1000
applicants for admission to the college
have been turned away for lack OF ac-
commoda tons.
Alumni Work Started.
President Nevils requires no intro
duction to Washington and particularly
to Georgetown alumni Before being
made dean of the Shadowbrook House of
Studies at Stockbridge. Mass. in 1924
Father Nevils acted as dean OF George
town College, chancellor of the univers-
ity and regent of its Foreign Service
School for a period OF seven years. As
chairman of the Georgetown Endow-
ment Association, he had charge of the
raising of an endowment and the organ
ization of Georgetown alumni in every
State. This latter work Father Nevils
already has resumed since his return to
Washington. It is under the direction
of Francis D. Cronin, who acted as
secretary to the former president and
continues in that capacity for the in
clln1bent
Numerous faculty changes have been
made at Georgetown for the forthcom-
ing academic year. chief OF which is
the appointment of new dean of arts
and sciences. Rev r. Rush Rankin,
S. j.. professor of sociology at the Hill
top since 1926, has already assumed
The duties of that position. A chaplain
during the World War, Father Rankin
received a Croix de Guerre for gal
lantry in action" with combatant troops
on the western front He has had wide
experience at Jesuit institutions and
for seven years prior to his Georgetown
service was dean of the School of So
GEOLOGY and the Graduate School Of
Fordham University. New York City.
Among other new professors at
Georgetown this year will be Theodore
Maynard. distinguished author and lee
turer. who will give an advanced course
in English literature Few men of let
ters are better equipped than Prof. May
nard to make a practical and academic
preservation of the English ESSAY. in
which he will specialize for the junior
and senior classes and the graduate
school. Prof Maynard is the author of
a number of English text books widely
used in universities and he has written
and lectured extensively on the public
platform
Another teacher will be Dr. Herbert
Wright, who will deal with political
science In international law and COM
parative government. a new college
course. and Prof Thomas J. Flavin who
will give course in the classical drama.
subject formerly taught by Father
Nevils. Rev. Fay Murphy, professor at
Georgetown six years ago. will come
back to teach literature.
Two other new professors in which
particular interest is taken are Rev.
Francis e. Lucey, S. j.. who will teach
Junior philosophy and act also as spir-
itual director. and Rev. John G. Ma
honey. formerly of Holy Cross College,
who will give the prelegal philosophy
course.
Medical Applicants Numerous.
There have been already this Fall
more than TOO applicants for admission
to the flrst-year class at the George
town Medical School. which opens Sep
tember 26, The premedicel course at
the college and the prelegal and
prudential courses are all filled to the
limit of their capacity. Unfortunately.
only ITO students in all can be enrolled
in the entire School Of Medicine, so the
registration there has been closed for
some time
The medical and dental departments