Evening star., 1940-02-04
Freshmen Enterinq
6. ". First Time 10
Register tuesday
Others to Sign for
Glasses Wednesday
And Thursday

Freshmen entering George WASH
ington University with the opening
of the second semester will register
Tuesday, this day being set aside to
facilitate planning Of the new
students college work.
On the two days following regis
tration will be held for all other
students, including those who have
been in attendance during the last
semester and students entering the
university with advanced standing.
Hours for registration are from IL
am. until pm, and during these
hours deans and advisers will be In
the registration offices for consulta-
ton. Glasses will resume for the
second semester Friday.
A general faculty meeting will be
held at 8 pm. tomorrow in the Hall
OF Government, preceding the open
ing Of the registration period.
Faculty Appointments.
A number OF appointments to the
faculty for the second semester have
been made.
DR.. Lloyd A. Spindler, associate
soologist OF the Bureau of Animal
Industry, has been named lecturer
In zoology and will give the course
in parasitology.
The course in child psychology
will be given by DR.. ]. Wallace
Nygard, psychologist and educational
counselor of the National Training
School for Boys.
A new graduate course, profess
sional education in physical educa-
tion, has been added in the depart
ment of physical education for men.
This will be taught by DR.. Neils P.
Nelson, executive secretary Of the
American Association for Health,
Physical Education and Recreation.
For Advanced Students.
The course is designed to prepare
individuals to organize a scientific
curriculum for the preparation OF
professional students in the field OF
physical education. 1t Is intended
for doctoral candidates and other
advanced students in education or
physical education. directors and
instructors in teacher-training in
stitutions and State directors who
advise teacher training institutions
on curricula in professional edu-
cation.
A course, studies in American
biography and literary portraits, has
been announced for the second
semester. 1t will be given by DR..
Katharine Rogers Adams, who was
appointed to the university faculty
last fall as lecturer in English.
The course will embrace study
OF the practices that distinguish
biography as a developing form of
the literary art, with emphasis on
American biographies since 1920.
Returning to their teaching posts
this semester after absence on sab
batical leave are Prof. Benjamin
Carpenter Cruickshanks of the
faculty Of the School of Engineering,
Prof. George winchester Stone of
the English department and Prof.
De Witt Clinton Knowles of the
department of chemistry.
Engaged in Heat Research.
Prof. Cruickshanks has been at
Pennsylvania State College where
he has been engaged in research in
heat transfer. Prof. Stone completed
the work for the degree of doctor OF
philosophy at Harvard University.
Prof. Knowles has been doing re-
search in analytical chemistry at
the University of Minnesota where
he completed work for the doctorate.
Prof. James Henry Taylor of the
department of mathematics will be
on sabbatical leave this semester.
He will do research in advanced
mathematics at Princeton University
and the Institute for Advanced
Studies at Princeton.
Prof. Douglas Bement of the Eng
lish department will be absent on
leave this semester He will go to
New Mexico where he will work on
a revision of his book weaving the
Short Story" and on two other books
he has in process.