Evening star., 1932-10-02

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D EGISTRATION at the Nationa
N University Law School for the
sixty-fourth Fall term which
opened last Monday night has sur.
passed the enrolment Of a year ago
while the registration in the School Of
Economics and Government still i.
slightly below the previous Falls actua
enrolment, tabulations now under way
revealed last night
Meanwhile. registrations are continu-
ing in both schools and the acceleratior
noted in the School of Economics and
Government late yesterday led DR.
Bernard Mayo. dean, to anticipate a
student body at least equal to last years
during the next 10 days.
An increasing number of women are
entering the Law School. At one time
strictly mans institution. National
has been registering an increasingly
larger proportion of women each year
since the university was made CO.
educational Actual figures on this
years enrolment will be available this
week
A change in the schedule of courses
Was forced last week Just as the uni
versity was preparing to reopen for the
year. when DR.. Percy Hickling. alienist
for the District Of Columbia and pro-
fessor OF medical Jurisprudence at the
university, was seriously injured in a
fall at his home. Dr. Hickling was
scheduled to present his course in med
ical Jurisprudence beginning last week,
and in Difference to him the university
authorities postponed the course until
the Spring term. Hence the eminent
alienist'S first lecture will be presented
during the week of March 49,
The morning classes in marketing
and in English, which open at 7:45 m.
and adjourn at 8:35 am, time for en-
ployed persons to reach their places OF
employment. drew large number OF
special students last week The mar
keting course. presented by Prof Harry
Francis Campbell as a section of his
general study of the science of adver-
tising, has appealed to business men
particularly. Prof. William Boyd Craig's
courses. one in advanced English COM
position and the other in types of great
literature, likewise have proven of in
tereSt to professional and business peo-
pie. Such students have enlisted fol-
these courses alone and are not neces-
sarily candidates for degrees. Prof
Frederick P. H Siddons' course in the
theory and principles of credit also has
brought number Of special students to
the university. Prof Siddons' lectures
are given in the afternoon at $50
o'clock.
Plans are being laid at the univer-
sity for the resumption of extra -curric-
ular activities A new board of editors
for the Docket, year book of the uni
versity. will be named. The Crier. stu
dent news publication of the institu-
rr,,n a.
editors now are being nominated. Clubs
also will cali their first meetings dur
ing the next week A new schedule will
be outlined for the Segnu Forum. stu
dent organization of the School of Eco
nomics and Government so that an
instructive program of lectures for the
year may be presented.
c. L. Rector to Speak.
D EV. JAMES H. RYAN, rector of Cath
N 'olc University, will speak this aft
ernoon at / 80 O'Clock from Chicago
on Religion and American Education
in the Columbia Broadcasting System S
Church of the Air" Msgr. Ryan is
in the Middle West at present attending
series OF conferences which are being
held by the bishops ana clergy in the
interests of the expansion program of
the university. The musical portion Of
the program will be furnished by a
double octet of the Glee Club Of the
Catholic University. under the direction
of DR. Leo Behrendt of the university
faculty. The singers will go on the air
from Washington.
DR.. Paul c. Gleis. professor Of Ger
man languages and literature at the
university. will serve as one of the COM
mittee of judges in the International
Orator1cal Contest to be held in Wash
ington on October %. Having a COM
mand of many foreign tongues, this will
make Prof. GleiS' fourth year as judge
in the international contest
The October number of the Catholic
Historical Review will contain articles
on the church in contemporary Bel
gium and in Poland by the Right Rev
Msgr. Victor Day of Helena, Mont. and
DR.. Leonid Strakhovsky OF Georgetown
University. according to an announce
ment by the Rev Dr. Peter Guildav,
professor of church history at Catholic
University. secretary of the Catholic
Historical Association and editor of the
Review
The first regular meeting of the Stu
dent Council. comprised of the presi-
dents of the undergraduate classes, will
be held on Monday, October 3, at pm
in the assembly room of Albert Hall.
Rev. Dr.. Francis P. Cassidy, dean of
men, has appointed members of the
senior class to act as usherS in the stu