Evening star., 1937-09-12
c. j. WILL EXPAND
SCHOOL OF DRAMA
Graduate Courses Will Be
Given-Requirements for
Admission Listed.

versitys Blackfriar Institute of Dra-
matte Arts has led to the opening of
graduate courses in the drama. The
earnest approval Of teachers and pro-
fessional people encouraged Msgr.
Joseph M. Corrigan, rector of the
university. to make division of the
English department to train specialists
In the field of the drama.
After careful planning and adhering
to the plan of entrance to q school
Of the fine arts, admission to the
graduate courses In drama are open
to.
/. Candidates for the master of arts
degree. The education and training
Of these candidates is designed to
equip them with a cultural and
academic background of the several
arts which comprise the theater, and
to prepare them to teach the technique
Of dramatic art.
2. Candidates preparing for the
theater practice apart from formal
teaching will follow courses in drama
omitting the requirements for the
masters degree. A certificate of ex-
cellence is to be awarded those who
pass the drama courses with distinc-
ton.
Briefly, the graduate courses are
given to prepare students for work
in the theater, for the teaching of
dramatics in college or high school,
for men and women in professional
or business life who are seeking purely
cultural ends and who wish to equip
themselves by artistic and scientific
training for work in acting, directing
and stagecraft.
Departmental Plays.
A feature Of the drama work will
be the opportunity given students to
have practical work with their own
departmental plays. with the Black
friars Of Washington, the Harlequins
of Catholic University, and with a
close study Of high school groups
which are to perform in a one-act
play tournament conducted by the
department.
In nearly two score of courses that
will not only study the languages, but
also survey the society that developed
them, the university graduate school
this year contemplates covering the
entire field of romance languages and
literatures.
On the general side DR.. Harry
Deferrari, associate professor, will
conduct three courses designed to
give the student thorough ground
ing in the techniques of romance
philology and literature While the
intensive work involved will be di-
rected to giving the advanced student
the academic background he needs,
the courses will have more than tech
nical interest and significance.
Evening Courses Scheduled.
The director of the graduate school
has arranged to have several of the
courses conducted in the evening.
This will enable not only regular
Catholic University students to enroll
but also special students VINO are en-
ployed downtown during the day.
Beginning with the Fall term,
courses in library science will be given
at the university during the academic
year, as well as during the Summer
session. Requests for such courses
have been increasingly insistent dur
ing the past few years, and the uni
versity is now offering to meet the
demands.
Candidates for the bachelors de- |
gree in library science must have a |
bachelors degree or the equivalent |
thereof, from an accredited college. |
A reading knowledge of French and |
German is essential, and knowledge
Of Latin is desirable. To obtain a
degree, 80 semester hours in library
science must be earned, to be fol-
lowed by a comprehensive examina-
ton. Those who do not wish to work
for degree in library science may
register as special students; upon
the satisfactory completion of the
required hours, they will be given q