Evening star., 1942-06-14
GWU Law School
Lowers Entrance
Requirements
Will Admit Students
Who Have Completed
Two Years Of College

For the duration of the war stu
dents will be admitted as candi-
dates for bachelor of laws degree at
the George Washington University
who have completed satisfactorily
two years of college work, William
c. Van Week, dean of the law
school, announced yesterday.
This is a revision of the univer-
sity's previous requirement that a
student for an IL. B. degree must
hold an A. B. degree and its more
recent ruling that a student must
have completed three years of un-
dergraduate work before entering
the school of law.
Registration will be held tomor-
row and classes will commence the
same day. Registration in all
courses in the summer sessions other
than law and medicine will be held
In the Hall of Government next Fri
day and Saturday. The first term in
law will extend from June IS to
July 81: the second term from July
% to September 5. Glasses in all
other colleges. schools and divisions
Except medicinel will run from
June % to August and from August
6 to September l8.
Lawyer Shortage Cited.
One of the primary reasons for
Changing the univerSity'S require
ments for admittance to the law
school is the shortage of graduates
trained in this profession, Dean Van
Week said. Especially is the need
critical in Government agencies and
large private firms. Stanford Uni
verslty and Duke University, which
formerly had the same requirements
as George Washington University
recently adopted the two-year pre-
law requirement.
Most of the basic courses of the
regular year are now offered in the
summer sessions.
The opening date of the summer
term has been set so that a student
graduating from high school in June
may begin his college work imme-
diately and by attending continu-
ously. complete a four-year college
program in two and one-half years.
Lecture Series Scheduled.
The summer sessions recreation
program was announced last week
by DR.. Mitchell Dreese, professor of
educational psychology and dean
of the summer sessions The cal
endar includes the annual party,
to be held in the university yard
June 26, and get acquainted" teas
In Columbian House each Wednes-
day afternoon starting July l. Also
there will be a series of free lectures
and five "starlite" dances given on
successive Friday evenings, begin
ming July 10.
Lecturers and titles of their ad-
dresses during the summer are: July
l.. The World Situation Today
Elmer Louis Kayser, professor of
European history and dean of uni
versity students; July 8, Some OBJ
structions to True Pan-American-
ISM DR.. Luis Siegfried QuintaniIla
lecturer in political science; July Is
"The Real Menace of Initiation" DR.
Edward Campion Acheson, associate
professor of finance: July %. The
United States and the War in the
Far East" DR.. william Crane john
stone. professor of political science
and dean of the junior college; July
%, What Is Psychology Contribut-
ing to the War Effort" Dr.. Steuart
Henderson Britt, assistant professor
of psychology, and August II, Con-
temporary American Fiction DR..
Charles William Cole, assistant pro-
fessor of English.
Four new instructors have been
added TO the summer school faculty
DR.. Lincoln Farley and DR.. Richard
A. Musgrave have been named lee
turers in economies; Richard Carl
son. lecturer in political science,
and DR.. Walter E. Hager, lecturer
in education.