Evening star., 1942-06-21
Catholic U. Opens
Engineering School
To Woman Students
Summer Registration
Will Be Held Friday;
Text Books Prepared

To assist in meeting the urgent
demand for skilled personnel in the
armed services and war plants,
Catholic University's school Of en-
gineering and architecture will be
open to women registrants begin
ming with the summer session start
ing Friday, the acting rector, Msgr.
p. J. Mccormick, announced yester-
day. The school heretofore had
been open only to men.
At the same time Father Nc
Cormick said additional teaching
personnel would be provided for
the school of nursing education to
take care Of the numerous courses
in military and naval nursing, hos
pital administration and special
phases in public health nursing
brought about by the war. An
accelerated full-time program will
be started Friday, both in the uni
versitys nursing school and the
Providence Hospital division of the
school.
Meanwhile, registration opened
last Monday for the regular summer
session and for the accelerated pro-
gram, which will open Friday under
the direction of DR.. Roy j. Deferrari,
secretary general of the university.
The regular academic course OF the
summer schools will terminate
August 8. while the accelerated
program will continue until Sep
tember l9.
Women Seek Law Education.
A. J. Scullen, dean of the school
of engineering and architecture,
said the university confers degrees
in aeronautical, architectural, civil,
electrical and mechanical engineer
ling and applied chemistry. All OF
those courses will be open for
women as we'll as men. Part-time
courses in engineering. drawing, top
.ographic drawing, materials testing,
machine shop administration and
chemistry will also be available.
Advance indications point to an
enlarged enrolment for the summer
session. university authorities said.
The maintenance department has
had workmen engaged during the
last month in providing additional
.classrooms and dormitories to house
enrollees.
An increased number of women
are becoming interested in law as
a profession, according to j. Edward
Collins. acting head of the uni
versitys school of law, who an
nounced yesterday that of the 20
scholarships available for the 1923
academic year, two already have
been granted to women. Four tu-
ition scholarships have been set
aside for residents of the District,
Maryland and Virginia. Applica-
tions will be considered from stu
dents whose character and achieve
ments in undergraduate work give
promise of legal leadership, Dean
Collins said. Three grants already
approved we're awarded to Miss
Jane o. Mahady of Latrobe, Pa;
Miss Mary B. Moran of East Boston,
and Frank j. Whalan, jr., Of Fall
River, Mass.
Text Books Prepared.
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Citizenship of the university, which
has been engaged for more than
year in compiling special series
of readers for Catholic elementary
schools of the Nation, has completed
text books for the primary grades,
Miss Mary Synon. editorial con-
sultant of the commission, an
nounced yesterday. BY means OF
a definitely planned curriculum,
these text books are designed to
instruct children in the principles
of Christian social living and make
them more conscious of the re-
sponsibilities, as we'll as the rights,
of their American citizenship.
Initiated by the late Most Rev.
Joseph Corrigan, rector Of the uni
versity. the program has been
worked out under the supervision OF
the Right Rev. Msgr. Francis j.
Haas. dean of the universitys school
of social science, and DR.. George
johnson, director of the department
of education of the National Catho-
lie Welfare Conference.