The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-07-06

Washington, D. C., July 6-Spe- cial-Ten nations of the Western Hemisphere represented in the stu dent body at the summer session of the Catholic University of America, which opened the past week to continue for periods of six weeks and twelve weeks, the Rt.: Rev. Msgr. P. J. Mccormick, acting rec today.
 Canada with fourteen students, leads in the number of registrants from outside the continental United States. Mexico, the other bordering nation, has supplied five students in the Preachers Institute, which opened with a larger enrolment than at any previous year in its existence. Other students who come from American nations in clude two each from Cuba, Colom- tia, Costa Rico, Puerto Rico, Brazil, Venezuela, Guatemala and the De- minican Republic.
 Branch Sessions
 Coincident with the opening of the summer session in Washington, courses were started in branches of Catholic University of America in San Rafael, Cliff, with the Very Rev. pr. James M. Campbell in charge; at San Antonio, Texas with Dr. John McMahon as director; at Dubuque, Iowa, in charge of the Rev. Dr. B. H. Skahill, and new branch in Memphis, Tenn, to care for the southeastern area, with the Rev. Dr. Thomas Quigley in charge.
 Innovations in the summer ses- sion at Catholic University of America this year include the ad- mission for the first time in the history of the institution of women to the School of Engineering and Architecture, and the expansion Of the curriculum in the science and technical schools and in the School of Nursing Eduation to meet the urgent war need for men and wom- en in the military, naval, industrial and public welfare fields.
 Two additional members of the faculty have been given leaves of absence for the duration of the war and have left to join the fifteen other instructors who are on simi- lar leaves and are now engaged in the armed service or filling Scien- tific and other posts in war indus tries. These are Dr. Alexander Kossiakoff, an instructor in chem istry in the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, who has become a technical aid with the National Defense Research committee in Washington and Dr. Joseph F. Daly, instructor in mathematics in the graduate school, who Is stationed in New York as leutenant in the U. s. Naval Reserve.
 Record Registration
 To speedily prepare both lay and religious students in the profession of military and public nursing, the School of Nursing Edu- cation and its Providence hospital branch got under way with 8 reg istration that exceeded all previous years, Sister M. Olivia. dean of the school, announced. The faculty of the school has been increased to handle the accelerated program which began on June 29th to con- tinue for the ensuing twelve weeks. By the opening the regular fall term in September provision will be made to supply ample teaching staff to care for the additional stu dents who are expected to matricu- late at that time.
 The University's School of Nurs- ing Education is among the group of institutions which are receiving financial help from the govern ment to to prepare students for the army and navy corps, the Red Cross and public health work. In ad- dition the Kellogg Foundatic:1 of New York has made available fund of $4,000 for scholarships and loans to worthy students.
 Scholarships
 Kellogg scholarships have already been awarded to Miss Mary Sulli- can, of East Falls Church, Va. and to Sister M. Cyril of the Catholic Medical Mission House one of the schools affiliated with the University. A Third scholarship Is available for the regular term opening in September.
 Under the accelerated program of education at Catholic Uni