Evening star., 1942-09-06
A. U. Adds 10 Faculty
In Social Sciences
And Public Affairs
Registration Period
Begins Wednesday,
Fall Term September Is

foll Term september 10
With an enlarged faculty and
staff of counsellors, the school OF
social sciences and public affairs of
American University will begin its
registration and counseling period
Wednesday for the fall term which
opens September l6. Offering 1875
courses, under many instructors of
long and varied experience, the uni
versity continues its service"
training program which was devel-
oped when the resources of the
school were concentrated entirely
in the social sciences.
Courses which have been added
TO the curriculum this fall have been
carefully planned after extensive
faculty study to meet both the i'm
mediate needs of wartime Govern
ment and requirements for the de-
grees of Associate in Administration
on the junior college level. Bachelor
of Science in administration on the
undergraduate level, and those of
Master of Arts and Doctor of Phi
losopfy on the graduate level.
New Courses Listed.
In the field of economics, of which
Prof. Leon C. Marshall, formerly
dean of the senior college of the
University of Chicago, is chairman,
new courses include Introduction
to Governmental Accounting by
John B. Payne; "The Accounting
System of the United States Gov
ernment" by E. F. Bartlett, COM
missioner Of accounts, Treasury De-
partment; Introduction to Business
Administration" by Assistant Prof.
B. E. Goetz, who comes to the uni
versity from Illinois Institute of
Technology; Business Risk and IN
surance" by Prof. Goetz; Imitation,
Price Control and Rationing" by
Saul Nelson; Outline of Latin
American Economics" by DR.. George
Wythe, liaison officer, Department
of Commerce: "A Case Study in War
Financing: Italy by Dr. George A,
Tesoro, Rockefeller fellow in war
finance, and Current American
Fiscal Problems" by DR.. Laslo Ecker,
Assistant Director of Tax Research,
Treasury Department.
Dealing with the problem of plan
ming for peace, the university is Of
fering Problems of the Postwar
World" by DR.. George B. Galloway
of the Twentieth Century Fund
Recognizing the imperativeness of
courses in air transportation in the
department of transportation di-
rected by Prof. Ludwig Homberger,
the university is offering course
in "Air Transportation with special
lectures by Edward P. Warner, men,
Der of the Civil Aeronautics Board;
Otto S. Boyer, jr,. director OF the
Division of Transport Personnel,
ONCE OF Defense Transportation;
George c. Neal, general counsel, and
Jerome Lederer, director, Safety
Bureau. Civil Aeronautics Board;
John Grover, manager of the Wash
ington National Airport, and c.
Bedell Monroe, president of the
Pennsylvania Central Airlines.
A course which is specially re-
lated to the present crisis and post
war programs is offered by Prof.
Philip Marshall Brown on Eastern
Europe Western Asia"
Believing that the problem of COM
munication in its theoretical phases
related to practical project research
Is of Importance to political science,
the university is offering a course in
Analysis of Communications" by
Hans Speier, of the Federal Com
munications Commission.
Administration Taught.
In the department of public ad-
ministration Prof. Jane Perry Clark
Carey of Barnard College will teach
Problems of Public Administration
In Wartime" Dr.. Ernst Posner will
offer Management of Government
Records" while DR.. Oliver c. Short
will teach Problems of Organiza-
ton and Management" Courses in
Position Classification" by Harry
H. Fite, Recruitment, Selection, and
Placement" by Kenneth B. Atkin-
son: Advanced Position -Classifica-
tion" by Roland Severy and Organ
izing the Government for War" by
Donald c. Stone are new courses
offered in the field of public admin
istration.
In social economy, Faith Williams
of the Bureau of Statistics will lee
ture on "The Consumer and His In
come"
In the department of statistics
Scott Dayton of the Office of Price
Administration will offer use of
Statistical Methods" Lester S. Kel-
logg will teach Industrial Surveys
Offering for the first time courses
In secretarial science under the di-
recsion of Assistant Prof. Peter P.
Stapay, the university has a major
in secretarial science leading to the
junior college degree of Associate in
Administration. In this department
special "brush-up" courses in short
hand and typing are available for
Government employees.