Evening star., 1941-09-28
Catholic u. Appoints
d New Instructors;
3 Promoted
Leaves of Absence Given
To4Teuchers and
3 Are Retired

Coincident with the opening OF
the school year at Catholic Uni
versity the appointing of 81 new
members of the teaching staff and
the promotion of eight of the pres
ent faculty was announced by the
Most Rev. Joseph M. Corrigan, rec
tor of the university.
Leaves of absence for the duration
Of the national emergency were
granted to four instructors and the
retirement of three faculty members
also was authorized.
The faculty members advanced In
rank include:
The Rev. John Quasten, S. T.
D., from associate professor of sacred
theology to professor of ancient his
tory and Christian archaeology; the
Rev. John Tracy Ellis, from instruc-
tor in history to assistant profess
sor of history; the Rev. DR.. Bernard
H. Skahill, from assistant professor
to associate professor of Greek
and Latin; Sister M. Olivia, o. S.
B., from assistant professor to as
sociate professor of nursing ed
ucation; Miss Lucia Sweeton, from
instructor to assistant professor OF
public health nursing; the Rev. Mar
tin j. Higgins, from instructor to
assistant professor of Greek and
Byzantine history; the Rev. Robert
j. Slavin, o. p, from instructor to
assistant professor of philosophy,
and DR.. Allan H. Fry, from instruc-
tor to assistant professor of San
skirt and comparative philology.
Nursing School Adds Five.
The new appointments were most
numerous in the school Of nursing
education to which five additions
we're made to take care of the en-
larged curricula and increase in STU
dents occasioned by the expansion
of that department provided for un-
der the United States Public Health
Services special defense program.
DR.. Helena ONeill, 2100 Connecti-
cut avenue NV, has taken over
the post of research specialist with
the rank of assistant professor. DR..
O'Nein received a B. A. degree at
Trinity College and a doctors de-
gree in psychology from Catholic
University. In the seven-year inter-
val DR.. O'Neill served as assistant
professor at Rosemont College,
Philadelphia. She will teach psv-
chology, in addition to her research
work.
Miss Norma J. Bariteau of Water
loo. Iowa, as instructor in nursing
education, is in charge of the unit
on supervision in schools of nursing
and the teaching of nursing arts.
A graduate of Mercy College of
Nursing in Chicago, Miss Bariteau
holds a teachers certificate from
Michigan State College and obtained
a master of education degree from
Marquette University. Her expe-
rience includes eight years as an
instructor In schools of nursing,
and three years as assistant direc-
tor Of nursing.
Miss Jean Boyle of Seattle is a
practical instructor in nursing. She
received her B. S. degree at the
University of Washington School of
Nursing and her master of nursing
degree there. She served as in
structor and assistant to the direc-
tor OF nurses in The Dalles Hospital
School of Nurses at The Dalles,
Greg, for two years and is reg
istered to practice nursing in Wash
ington, Oregon and California.
Miss Esther McClain, who has
Joined the Providence Hospital divi-
sion of the University School of
Nursing, with the rank of instructor
in nursing education, is a member
of the District of Columbia Board of
Nurse Examiners. She came to
Washington from st. Vincent's Hos
pital in Indianapolis. Her bachelors
degree was obtained at Butler Uni
versity and her masters degree at
Catholic University. Her work at
Providence Hospital will include in
structing in communicable diseases
and psychiatry.
Sister Veronica Joins Staff.
Sister Veronica, the fifth addition
to the teaching staff, is serving as
supervisor of nursing in children's
diseases and pediatrics at the Provi-