Evening star., 1941-10-05
6. u. Graduate School
Registers About 100
Students in Week
Seven FelIowships and
Four Scholarships
Are Awarded

Approximately 100 students reg
sstered in the graduate school Of
Georgetown University last week,
including seven new fellows. who
will combine studies with teaching
and laboratory work.
The graduate school, under the
6eanShip of the Rev Edward c.
Phillips, S. j, who was at one time
director of the Georgetown Astro-
nomiCal Observatory, now absorbS
all graduate courses in the univer-
sity except those of the law school
1t was the last Georgetown depart
ment to open.
Fellowships for the academic
year have been awarded as follows:
Chemistry-Robert N. Conant of
Westminster, Md who comes from
Loyola College. Baltimore: Leonard
r MaCDonnell of San Francisco
and the University of San Fran
cisco, Louis Baisden Of Saranac
Lake. N. Y, from Duke University,
Mass. and Loyola University in New
Orleans, La.
Economics-Donald F. Heany Of
Chevy Chase. Nd, and Georgetown
University. History-Charles Cell
ner of Baltimore and Loyola Col
lege Of that city. Mathematics
Gerald j Jerry Of West Chazy.
N. Y, and st Michaels College of
Vermont
Scholarships Awarded.
In addition. the school has awarded
four scholarships for graduate work.
two in economics and one each in
history and political science
Godfrey Briefs, Georgetown
graduate of North Chevy Chase
Md, and M. Carter Mcfarland of
Silver Spring, Nd, are holders of
the scholarships in economics. Mr.
Mcfarland is graduate of Spring
Hill College. Ala. The history
scholarship was awarded to James
F. Pierce Of Worcester. Mass. who
comes from Holy Cross College.
while the one in political science
is held by Frank A zienba of
Glen Lyon, Pa, who was graduated
from the University of Scranton
Pennsylvania.
Announcement was made that the
courses heretofore given in eco
nomics by Prof. Eric Kelstrom have
been taken over this year by Prof
George w. StrasSer
A GEORGETOWN University Club in
the Island of Trinidad has been
formed by Il former students of
the Foreign Service School. who are
employed at the newly acquired
naval base.
Washington Man Included.
Kelly Shelton of San Antonio,
Tex, was the first to 60 to the
British island to engage in con-
struction work. He was instrument
al in bringing about .tfe employ
ment Of the other Georgetown men.
one of whom is Hugo Brandts Of
Washington. Georgetown has many
alumni clubs in distant parts of the
world, but this is the first to be
organized at any Of the Atlantic
or Caribbean bases.
The other foreign service men in
Trinidad are William Michel, George
Jennings. Russell Swift j. Warren
Krebs. Michael Daley, David Yueng-
ling, Francis Mainela. Clifford Grin
dal and Warren Holmes.
A delegation of students and fac
ulty members from the School of
Foreign Service will go to New York
City tomorrow to attend the Ma
tional Foreign Trade convention,
which opens on that day. DR.. Ed
mund A. Walsh, S. j.. regent, and
DR.. Thomas H. Healy, dean, will
head the delegation.
The school has taken an active
part in this organization for many
years, initially through the interests
of James A. Farrell of New York,
who is one of the university's regents.
Mr.. Farrell headed the convention
for many years.