Evening star., 1942-12-20
Catholic University
Societies Are Free
To Admit Goods
War Effort on Campus
Leads to Step,
GoIIoeIy Says

A greater participation of women
students in undergraduate activities
OF Catholic University is expected to
result from the action of the Student
Council-an all-male organization
in declaring that extra -curricular
societies on the campus are free to
admit co-eds to full or limited men,
bership.
With one-third of the total en-
rollment of the school now being
women, the Student Council felt that
some official action should be taken
to define the place of the feminine
student in campus activities. The
council, therefore, decided that there
was no objection to the inclusion Of
women students in extra a-curricular
organizations, but that their admis-
sion would have to be determined by
each undergraduate society. This is
the limit to which the Student
Council could go since it has no
authority to force any campus Or
ganization to admit other than male
students.
War Forces Change.
President Harry Gallogly, in an
nouncing the action of the Student
Council, expressed hope that the
lead given by the council would be
followed by other organizations for
which the women may be eligible.
The action, he said. was inevitable
since the depletion of male students
by reason of the war has forced
several Of the campus societies to
consider the admission of feminine
students on a restricted basis. The
Harlequins have, for many years, re-
quired the dramatic services of girl
students in the productions of the
school OF speech and drama, but
never has admitted girls into the
organization. The Harlequins will
probably be the first to open its
membership to co-eds.
Meanwhile, organizations admit
ting only women have already sprung
up at the university, including the
Women's Association of the School
OF Nursing Education and the Girls
Glee Club, which gave its initial con-
cert last Sunday in Mcmahon Hall
auditorium. Under the advice of DR..
Eugene A. Leonard, dean of women,
and Sister NJ Olivia, dean of the
school Of nursing, the women stu
dents are not attempting to force
their way into the campus societies.
but merely desire to establish their
eligibility.
Expect Larger Enrolment.
Increased enrolment of women in
the free war training classes which
are in progress at Catholic Univer-
sity is expected by Prof. Thomas j.
MacKavanaugh, chairman of the
university's War Training Commit
tee. The demand for women with
technical training is increasing in
war plants, chiefly to relieve skilled
workmen for other tasks, DR.. Mac
Kavanaugh said. Part-time courses
are being designed especially for
women students, who can do draft
ing or have some knowledge of
mathematics and physics. A special
war course in engineering drawing,
to continue for 20 weeks, opened
during the past week. On January
4, class in materials testing and
strength Of materials will be started,
to last IS weeks, and the enrolment
of women in these studies is So
licited. On the same date, a class
in foremanship training. open to
workers in industrial plants or navy
yards, will also start, to last for 16
weeks. This course is designed to
equip students to handle posts as
foremen or supervisors.
Two additional Catholic University
faculty members have been given
leaves Of absence for the duration of
the war to take posts in the Govern
ment. DR.. Albert May, assistant
professor of physics who, for a num-
ber of months, has been carrying on
experimental work for the Navy in
the department of physics, has been
called to do full-time work in the
Naval Ordnance Laboratory at
Washington Navy Yard. Dr. Harry
A. Deferrari, associate professor of
Romance languages in the graduate
school of arts and sciences, has
joined the Bureau of Economic War
fare for duty in Washington and
elsewhere.