Evening star., 1942-10-04
-Four Appointments
1oGeorgetown Staff,
Faculty Announced
1t. Rhyme Succeeds
TonsiII os Professor
Of Military Science

Four appointments to the stat
and faculty of Georgetown Univer'
sity were announced yesterday ir
connection with the opening of the
fall semester this week in the Grad.
uate School and College of Arts ane
Sciences.
The War Department has as.
signed 1t. William A. Rhyme, Infan.
try, as an assistant professor of mill.
tary science and tactics in the ROTC
department, succeeding 1t. Fred
erick r. Tansill Staff Sergt. George
D. BelZ, formerly attached to head.
quarters, Sd Service Command, Bal
timore, also has been assigned a!
an instructor. He took the place
of former Staff Sergt. Alexander
who was commissioned a seconc
lieutenant after about IS years ol
duty at Georgetown.
1t. Rhyme of Gastonia, N. c.
graduated in engineering at Glen.
son in 1910. He went into the Army
then and before coming to George
town last week was stationed al
Camp Croft, S. c. Georgetown Off.
cials expressed regret over the de.
parture of 1t. Tansill, graduate Of
the university and cadet major OF
the ROTC battalion in his senior
year. His home is in Washington
and he has been detailed to duty al
the War Department.
Cadet Quota in View.
Col. Denham B. Crofton, profes-
sor of military science and tactics
and commanding officer of the
ROTC department, expects to fill
GeorgetoWn's quota of cadets fol
the basic military course from the
incoming freshmen class. Probably
about IS of the 125 freshmen will be
admitted to the unit, in addition to
those who entered during the first
semester
Under the direction of the athletic
department an obstacle course is
being constructed on the campus for
use not only by the ROTC men but
by the student body in general
This is but one phase of the rigor-
our compulsory physical training to
start after classes begin.
In the Graduate School the Rev
Edward c. Phillips, S. j., dean, an
nounced the appointment of the
Rev. Gerald F. Yates, S. j., and
DR.. Powrie v. Doctor to the fac
ulty. The school now is in the midst
Of registration with classes to start
at the end of the week.
Former Teacher Returning.
Father Yates is former George
town teacher who has been absent
for several years. He left the COL
lege to complete his training at
Woodstock College, Woodstock, Md,
the theological seminary connected
with the university. Later he studied
at Louvain University in Belgium
and at the famous London School of
Economics. With the outbreak of
war in Europe he returned to this
country and attended Yale Univer-
sity. He received Phi. D. degree in
political science from Yale just be-
fore returning here In the Grad
uate School Father Yates will be
assistant professor of political
science.
Prof. Doctor, a graduate of the
university, will be lecturer in Amer
ican history. After receiving his
Phi. D. degree from Georgetown he
studied at Kansas University and at
Johns Hopkins. For several years
he has been professor of history at
Gallaudet College, in Washington,
with which he is still associated.
With the college and graduating
classes starting this week, all de-
partments of the university will be
in session. Under the accelerated
wartime program new students may
enter at any one of the three Sc
mesters o''ring the year. The
Schools of Medicine and Dentistry
however, are exceptions to this rule
Their quotas we're filled long ago.