Evening star., 1942-06-07
Georgetown Revises
Curriculum, Placing
Stress on War Work
New Term Will Open
Next Month Under
Accelerated Program


Georgetown University announced
yesterday it has revised its 1923
curriculum in collaboration with war
agencies SO as to place proper en-
phasis on courses designed to pre-
pare students adequately for mill
tary service and war work in gen.
eral
Opening next month under an ac-
celerated program, the university in
common with many others will COM
bine four years of academic work
into approximately two and a half
years. Freshmen may now enter
Georgetown at the start of either
one Of three terms starting in July
and October of this year and in
February of 1943.
Several choices are open to the
secondary school senior" a college
bulletin issued at Georgetown point
ed out. HE may enlist in one of
the armed services, he may attend
college under the accelerated pro-
gram, and hope to graduate before
being called into military service,
or he may attend college as a mem
Der of the armed forces on a de-
ferred or inactive status until grad
uation, with the prospect of COM
mission at thai time"
Many Students Enlisting.
The curriculum for the college
and professional schools of George
town Is planned primarily to meet
the needs of the student who chooses
to pursue his academic work as the
best means Of preparing himself for
effective war service Of varying
kinds. Many Georgetown students
have already enlisted in the Army,
Navy and Marine Corps Reserves
and are consequently remaining in
school on deferred status.
For freshmen who wish to enter
the Reserve OfIicers' Training Corps,
graduates OF which are commits
stoned in the Army, Georgetown
maintains an infantry and medical
unit. The former is open to both
college and foreign service students.
Incoming students are enrolled in
the basic course and after two years
are admitted to the advanced course
At the recent annual commence
ment SO Georgetown students were
commissioned in the Army from the
ROTC.
The college has added courses in
meteorology and astronomy this
year for students interested in avia-
ton and signal work and in CO.
operation with the armed services
it also Is stressing mathematics and
physics.
The School Of Foreign Service has
made unusual progress in changing
its courses to fit wartime needs.
These courses are not only aimed at
Army, Navy and Marine Corps
service, but also in other phases
of governmental activities. In this
connection, the various courses in
shipping and marine matters have
been helpful to those wishing to
enter the Coast Guard service, also.
Other Courses Added.
Other new courses added this year
include special phases of mathe-
matics and physics under the direc-
ton of DR.. Charles E. Berger, who
has just joined the faculty after
13 years service at Lehigh Univer-
sity. There also will be offered spe-
cial courses in military and political
geography, economic warfare and
political and geographical warfare.
An enlarged course on geopolitics
will be under the direction of Dr.
Edmund A. Walsh, S. j., regent of
the Foreign Service School, who has
been a close student of this move
ment for Is years. Dr. Walsh is now
lecturing on this subject before
Army camps under auspices of the
War Department. His schedule in
cludes lecture this month before
the Military Academy at West Point,
N. Y.
Other members Of the faculty will
collaborate in the geopoliticS course,
including DR.. j. deS. Coutinho and
DR.. William S. Culbertson, former
United States Ambassador to Chile.
DR.. Culbertson has been preparing
a text in this field based on his
courses given during the past two
years dealing with political economy
of total war.
Special Studies.
The school will have special
courses on democracy and world
revolution, development of Western
civilization and the development of
economic institutions. There will be
the usual specialized courses on the
history and economic factors Of
Latin America and the Far East.
The foreign service school also
prepares students for business and
public administration, as we'll as for
the diplomatic and consular serv-
ices. Even in the field of account
ing there will be added a special
lied course covering accounting
adapted to wartime service.
W. l. T.