Evening star., 1943-01-17
1st Catholic u. Class
To Be Graduated
Under Speedup Plan
Senior Week Program
To Open Saturday Night
With Bouquet of Hotel

With Bouquet of Hotel
Final details of the program for
the graduation exercises of the first
class to complete studies at Catholic
University under the accelerated
program we're announced yesterday
by the Rev. DR.. Edgar A. Lang,
dean of men. The senior week pro-
gram will start off with the senior
banquet which will be held in the
Washington Hotel next Saturday
evening and terminate with the
presentation of diplomas at o'clock
January 27 in Mcmahon Hall audi
torium.
The senior class will give tea
dance in Mullen Library next Sun
day afternoon at 5 o'clock. The
senior ball will take place at 9 pm.
January 25 at Wardman Park Hotel.
The alumni smoker and buffet sup
per is scheduled for January 26 at
9 pm. The senior class mass will
be held in Gibbons Hall chapel at
pm. January 81 with Dean Lang
as celehrant and the Rev. DR.. George
Stratemeier, Q. P, chaplain of the
university, giving the farewell SER
mon to the graduates.
Honor List to Be Read.
At the class day and graduation
exercises in Mcmahon Hall audi
torium opening at pm. January
q, the Right Rev. Msgr. P. J. Nc
Cormick, acting rector of the uni
versity will preside. The rollcall of
students from the College of Arts
and Sciences, the School of Engi-
neering and Architecture and the
School of Nursing Education will be
read by the deans of these schools.
The deans list of honors will be
presented by the Rev. DR., James M,
Campbell dean of the College of
Arts and Sciences. Dean A. J. Soul
len of the School of Engineering
and Architecture will read the list
of awards. The presentation of
awards and diplomas to the seniors
will be made by Msgr. Mccormick.
Charles Joseph O'Keefe of Arling-
ton will deliver the valedictorian
address. The class-day grafton will
be given by Richard w. Galiher,
professor of law of Columbus Uni
versity. who was graduated from the
Catholic University School of Law
in 1885.
To meet the increasing demands
of Government workers, public
school teachers and persons in de-
fense plants for intensified instruc-
ton in accounting. statistics and
economics, the School of Social
Sciences of Catholic University will
inaugurate special evening classes
beginning January 25. Right Rev,
Msgr. F. G. Haas, dean of the
school. announced yesterday, The
courses will also prove helpful in as
sisting students to prepare for civil
service examinations.
Course in Controlership.
Controlership, a new course deal
Ing with the functions and duties of
the chief accounting officer of buSi-
ness or governmental organizations
will be taught by DR.. Henry w.
Sweeney. Advanced accounting
theory, treating recent develop
ments in accounting theory and
practice, will be offered by James
E. Gillis. A new course in auditing
will be taught by Charles T. Swee-
ney, while Dr. Paul J. Fitzpatrick,
associate professor Of economics,
will have. charge of the course on
financial statement analysis.
In the field of statistics DR.. Fitz-
Patrick will continue his course in
statistical methods, while DR.. Jacon
Perlman will offer advanced sta
tistics. Dean Haas will offer war
time labor problems and a new
course of social encyclicals, dealing
with the application of papal en-
cyclicals to the solution Of economic
and social problems. DR.. George T.
Brown will teach history of the
American labor movement, while DR..
Charles J. Rocca will begin new
course in international finance and
business cycles.
An exhibition of II oil paintings
and Is prints, the work of Josef Al
hers, professor of art at Black
Mountain College, Black Mountain.
N. c., was opened to the public in
the art department of Catholic Uni
versity last week. The exhibit will
continue for the coming week, be-
tween am. and pm. daily except
Friday. In describing the Albers
collection Sister Jeannette Blair, di-
rector of the art department of
Catholic University, said the paint
lngs were modernistic, yet disclosing
degree of casualness and precision
which brought out the individual
expression of the artist. In some of
the pieces caesin is used as back
ground, which lends to the illumi-
Mostly of the painting.