Evening star., 1937-09-12
A. j. ENROLMENT
RECORD EXPECTED
Classes in College of Liberal
Arts viii Begin on
Wednesday.

Confronted with the prospects @
the largest enrolment in its history
American University is planning &
begin registration in all three of it
branches next Saturday. Glasses vii
begin in the College of Liberal Arts OF
Wednesday, September %, and in tn
Graduate School and the School o
Public Affairs on Thursday, Septem
Der %.
DR.. G. B. Woods, dean of the Colleg,
of Liberal Arts, which is located on th
university's 80-acre campus at Mas
sachusetts and Nebraska avenues, i
preparing to welcome between ITS anC
l80 freshmen on Friday. This is tn,
largest freshman class in the history
of the college.
New programs in the fields of ma,
tional resources and money and bank.
Ing are among the outstanding fea.
lures of the enlarged curriculum in tht
social sciences, which is being Offered
through the university's Graduate
School, under the direction of Dear
Ernest S. Griffith.
courses for u. :. Workers.
Over 40 courses will be open to en-
ployes of the Federal Government ir
connection with the "in-service'
training program of the School OF
Public Affairs of the university. ac-
cording to a recent announcement
from the Office of Chancellor M. M
Gray.
"A little more than two years age
the university decided that one of the
most effective things it could do would
be to organize a group of courses re-
lating directly to the needs of Wash
ington's Government employees" Chan
cellor Gray pointed out in his state
nlent.
The response has been very en-
couraging. In two years more than
1900 Federal employees have taken ad-
vantage of the work which has been
offered through the School of Public
Affairs. Although every effort is made
TO offer courses which will be of prac-
tical value to these employees, at the
same time each instructor does every
thing within his power to broaden the
cultural horizons of the students he is
privileged to serve. Our entire pro-
gram rests on the premise that these
two ends will be reached at one and
the same time"
In addition to courses offered direct
~ by the School of Public Affairs,
Government employees enrolled in the
school also have the opportunity of
participating in the extensive program
in the field of the social sciences.
which is sponsored by the Graduate
School of the American University.
New Courses Offered.
Among the new courses offered by
the school for the first time this year
is one in efficiency ratings as a basis
Of supervision" The instructor in this
course will be Oliver c. Short, execu-
tive assistant to the director of the
Census Bureau. Short, who will be
drawing on his years of experience as
State employment commissioner of
Maryland, in addition to his work in
the Federal service will discuss the
problems involved in collecting and
compiling information for use in max
ing efficiency ratings and will analyze
the problem of using the efficiency
rating as work incentive.
Another new course which is attract
ing considerable attention is one on
the Law Offices of the Federal Gov
eminent" This is a survey course de-
signed TO show how law Offices meet
common problems arising out of their
intradepartmental relationships as
well as their relationships with the
Department of Justice.
Workers in the various international
divisions of the Federal Government
will have the opportunity of consider
ing their common problems and ana
lying the techniques which need to
be used in their jobs through two
courses, namely, a course on Editorial
Practice" and a Public Relations
Workshop" Both of these projects
Will be under the direction of William
Dow Boutwell,, chief of the Editorial
Division of the United States Office of
Education.
Course i'm Bureaucracy.
rroI, Ben A. Arneson will offer a
course IN THE Federal Bureaucracy:
A Survey of its Functions and the
Manner in Which 1t Operates" Short
VIII offer second course in Problems
In PUBLIC Personnel MANAGEMENT" Is
mar Baruch. chief of the Division of
Personnel Classification of the United
States Civil Service Commission. will
offer a course in Position Classifca-
ton and Pay Plans" and Samuel S.
Board, chief of the qualifications Sec
ton OF the Farm Security Administra-
tion, Is listed for a course in Person
mel Placement Procedures"
The manner in which the Federal
government prepares and administers
It's budget will constitute the basis
Tor course TO be given by F.. j. Bailey.
assistant TO the director of the Bureau
OF tne Budget, and w. A. Jump, di-
rector OF finance and budget officer of
the Agriculture Department. Carman
blough, chief accountant of the Sc
curltles and Exchange Commission.
VIII teach the course in Introduction
70 Government Accounting"
The university's graduate school ir
the social sciences is looking forward
TO enrolling one of the largest groups
of students in its history. according
TO Dean Grif7th