Evening star., 1937-01-17
Z NEW COURSES
-: r AT AMERICAN j.
Class Under Prof krneson
to AnaIyze Reorganiza-
ton Report.

American University will offer a new
, course on 1.-The Problems of Reor-
ganization" as one of the IL new
courses for the second semester, it
was announced by Arthur S. Flem-
ming, director of the school.
Problems of Reorganization" will
be given in connection with the In
Service" training program Of the
school for Government employees, by
Prof. Ben A. Arneson, member of
the universitys full-time staff. It
will consider and analyze the report
Of the Presidents Committee on Ad-
ministrative Management, as well as
the reports which may be issued by the
special committees appointed by the
Senate and House of Representatives
to consider the same problem. This
course is part of a year course in
national administration, but is open
to properly qualified students at the
beginning of the second semester.
New Courses Offered.
In the field Of financial administra-
ton new courses are being offered in
Federal accounting procedure by John
B. Payne, chief, Records and Accounts
Section, Agricultural Adjustment Ad-
ministration; Federal regulation of
corporate accounting by Carman G.
Blough, chief accountant, Securities
and Exchange Commission, and ad-
vanced accounting theory, by Oswald
Nielsen, Bureau of Foreign and Do
mestic Commerce. Department of
4, Commerce.
=. Among the other new courses to be
y. offered are placement procedures, by
Samuel S. Board, chief, Qualification
Section, Personnel Division, Resettle-
ment Administration; introduction to
public administration, by Walter H.
Young. lecturer in public administra-
ton, the American University, and
economic geography, by Vergil D.
Reed, assistant director, Bureau of the
Census.
Additional courses are public rela-
tons activities in the Federal Gov
ernment, by William D. Boutwell,,
chief, Editorial Division, and director,
radio education project, Office of
Education, Department of Interior;
Government correspondence, by James
F. Grady, principal research assistant,
Farm Credit Administration, and ef-
fective speech, by Arthur S. Flemming,
, director of the School of Public At
fairs.
- Co-operates With Government.
The school has also enlarged its
offerings of courses given in co-opera-
ton with Government departments
This semester courses are being given
in cooperation with the Department
of Agriculture, Farm Cedit Admins
tration, Bureau of the Census, Bureau
of Labor Statistics and the Social
Security Board.
Students may register at any time
during the month of January, at the
Offices of the school, 1905 F street
northwest. Formal registration days,
however, are January % through Feb
ruary !.
at the College of Liberal Arts SO that
faculty and students may participate
in the inaugural festivities.
DR.. Joseph M. M. Gray, chancellor
of American University, has returned
from Indiana, where he delivered an
address at the centennial of De Paul
University at Greencastle, Wednes-
day, Dr. Gray spoke at Syracuse Uni
versity last Tuesday.
Students at the college have been
notified they are eligible to compete
in poetry contest with undergradu-
ates from the District of Columbia
and vicinity sponsored by the Martha
MacLean Poetry Group of the Educa-
ton Committee, Washington Branch,
American Association of University
Women. Miss Mary Louise Brown,
dean of women is one of the COM
mittee in charge of the contest in
which prizes will be awarded at din
ner February II.
Faculty Club Meets.
The American University Faculty
Club met Tuesday night at the Wes-
ley Heights Club.
The new senior women's honorary
fraternity has elected these officers:
Margaret LeMasters, Clarksburg, w.
Va, president; Dorothy Schoonover,
Milwaukee, Wis, secretary and treas
urer; Mrs. Owenita Sanderlin of this
city, historian.
The new women's sorority, Pi Chi
Omicron, of which Caroline Boyd is
president, was entertained at a party
Monday night at the Women's Resi-
dence Hall by the three other women's
sororities.
Plans are being made for new
college publication devoted to the in
terests of the alumni. Those in
charge are Paul Smith for the faculty,
Richard Jarvis for the alumni, and
Merritt Harding for the students.