Evening star., 1942-01-25
6. U. Foreign Service
To Admit Freshmen
On Three.Year Basis
Students Being Accepted
Now for November Term
Under New Ruling

The school of foreign service Of
Georgetown University announced
yesterday that IL is accepting .
limited number of students qualify
ing as freshmen for the spring term
beginning February /. when . newly
adopted program Of acceleration
goes into effect.
DR.. Thomas H. Healy, dean Of the
school, said the plan follows closely
the program approved by the uni
versity for the college OF arts and
sciences, which Is designed to per-
NIT students to complete the regu-
lar four-year course In two and
two-thirds years by the addition OF
q summer term.
Registration Of incoming students
at the foreign service school will
continue through Friday. Since
high school graduates are qualified
for admission, the average full
time student should be able to OBJ
tain his degree by the time he is
subject to military call. The col
lege, however, is not accepting
freshmen at this time, but they
will be admitted to the summer
course starting July 6, which will
start the new academic year for the
duration of the war.
Late Afternoon Glasses.
The foreign service school, which
also conducts courses in business
and public administration, has re-
arranged late afternoon classes for
part-time students These classes
will now be held from 8 pm. to 7;30
pm.
The new three-year term basis
will enable freshmen to be ad-
mitted to the school on July and
October l as well as ON February /.
The schools summer session will
continue to September 18. For the
convenience Of students and faculty,
the summer classes will be held
from am. to IL noon, leaving the
entire afternoon free for recrea-
ton and study. AS in the case OF
the college, the new schedule ad-
vances the date of the commence
ment exercises somewhat.
DR.. Edmund A. Walsh, S. j., re-
gent of the foreign service school
and vice president of the university,
Is expected to announce this week
the program of his annual series Of
public lectures on national and in
ternational affairs. The series no
doubt will be held as usual in Me-
mortal Continental Hall OF the D.
A. r.
Georgetown's varsity intercolle-
giate debating team was selected last
week and comprises eight members,
a sufficient number from which
to draw for a very heavy schedule.
One of the members is Robert B.
Neu of Washington, who was ad-
judged winner of the Merrick de-
bate last Monday. The others are
William v. Finn, president Of the
Philodemic Society; Charles W..
DAILY, John H. Coleman, E. Paul
Hillsdale, Carl F. Bunje, Peter j.
King and John M. Mclaughlin.
Twenty aspirants participated in
the tryouts for the varsity team.
They were assigned a subject and
given half an hour in which to
prepare a three-minute argument.
r. o. T. C. Action Awaited.
The part the War Departments
r. o. T. c. will play in connection
with the acceleration of college pro-
grams throughout the country has
been the subject Of much specula-
ton in educational circles. The
War Department itself is studying
the question carefully but has made
no final decision.
The summer training camps for
students in the advanced r. 0. T..
C.. courses are attended by juniors
and heretofore have extended for
six weeks. The War Department
was reported to be considering an
extension of the training period
to 10 weeks, which would interfere
seriously with the regular summer
classes many colleges are adopting
for the first time. Some suggestions
have been made to permit the
juniors to attend an intensive period
of training at Army camps after
their senior year and before they
are commissioned In the Reserve
Corps.
No official decision has been rem
dered on any of these suggestions.