Evening star., 1934-09-09
A. j. REOPENS
NEXT SATURDAY
University Has Closer Co.
ordination of Graduate and
Undergraduate Programs.

Recognizing with closer CO.
ordination of its graduate and under
graduate programs, American Univer-
sity opens its College of Liberal Arts
next Saturday, and its Graduate
School Monday September "a.
At the campus, Massachusetts, and
Nebraska avenues, freshman week ac-
tivities will open Saturday with regis
tration and a freshman dinner, while
class work will start the following
Wednesday.
At the downtown center, 1901-1907
F. street, the Graduate School is pre-
pairing to begin registration September
"a, with lectures opening october l.
Under direction of Dr. Joseph M. M.
Gray, chancellor of the university,
who is starting his first complete
academic year, a new program of much
closer integration of the college and
the graduate school will go into prac-
tical effect for the first time.
While administrative Offices Of the
college remain on the campus. where
most of the undergraduate activities
will take place, and administrative
offices of the graduate school remain
at the downtown center, there will be
offered this year some courses for
which graduate and undergraduate
credit will be given at both places.
FOrty-four Courses Included.
For instance, there will be Al courses
offered on the campus for which grads
uate credit will be given, and there
will be 18 courses at the downtown
center for which undergraduate
credit will be accorded. Some courses
carry either graduate or undergradu-
ate credit. Instead of having sepa-
rate faculties for the two schools as
the university has had in the past, the
university now has one single faculty
for both the college and the graduate
schools.
All of the university's departments
are working on plans for bringing their
students into close contact with the
history making developments which
are taking place in Washington. This
is particularly true of the social science
Careful and close an
alySis of the operations of the New
Deal will feature many of the courses.
At the same time the program provides
every possible opportunity to students
to make first-hand observations of the
manner in which the Government is
meeting problems of the day.
The university faculty has been in
creased by seven persons, two added
to the supplementary staff for grad
uate work, and five who will teach at
the college.
DR.. Howard S. Piquet, who has a
years leave of absence from New York
University, will be a lecturer in eco
Monies at the Graduate School, and
offer a course on economic theory"
DR. Piquet has degrees from New York
University, the University of Cali
fornia, and Princeton University. He
has been on the stats of the Univer-
sity of California, Princeton, Rutgers
University and New York University,
and is the author of many publica-
tions. He now holds an important
Federal post as economist with the
United States Tariff Commission, in
connection with reciprocal tariff bar
gaining. Lynn R. Edminister of the
of Agriculture will lecture
on tariff policies.
Additions to Staff.
The five additions to the college
staff include: DR.. Coleman o. Parsons,
formerly of VaSSar, English; DR.. AL
man Wright, University of Illinois,
history; Miss Louise C. Morse, Univer-
sity of Rochester, physical education
for women; Paul Smith, Dickinson
Junior College, to be teaching fellow
in English, and Walter Lorenz of
Germany, to be teaching
fellow in chemistry.
Many new courses are being offered
this year in both undergraduate and
graduate work. Dean Charles c. Tan
sill of the Graduate School and Dean
George B. Woods of the College of
Liberal Arts are busy with last-min-