Evening star., 1943-08-29
Georgetown Prepares
To Open Fall Classes
For Civilian Students

Georgetown University opens its
regular fall term for civilian stu
dents during September, offering
courses in all departments geared to
the needs and requirements of the
armed services with which it has
co-operated since the start of the
| war.
The college of arts and sciences
and school of foreign service, both
located on the Hilltop campus, start
their freshman classes on Septem-
Der 13, followed by the school of
law on September % Special
students desiring to pursue work in
the graduate school, which opens
its term on October 4, may register
on and after September 20.
These departments of George
town operate around the year on a
wartime program of acceleration,
students being permitted to enter
flrst-year classes at the beginning of
each term. Only the medical and
dental schools function on a differ
ent basis.
Soon after the Very Rev. Lawrence
c. German, S. j., assumed the presi-
dency last spring, he announced
that Georgetown would continue to
serve the educational needs OF
civilians during the war SO long as
they applied for admission. His
announcement was made in partial
explanation of the appearance of
many Army enlisted men quartered
on the campus.
| Georgetown University has kept
its pledge to civilian students. While
| the normal student body has de-
creased considerably in numbers
during the past year, as at all uni
VerSltleS, classes again are opening
for those who wish to fit themselves
for civilian occupation and profess
sionS.
The schools of medicine ard 6en-
tistry began their academic year
last March, with the present term
ending on December 18. Despite
reports to the contrary, the school
OF dentistry is in a position to ad-
NIT civilian students to classes
starting next January, 1914. The
school of medicine, however. already
has its quota filled through next
year.
War Accents Some Courses.
In the college of arts and sciences,
where students may board on the
campus, many of the usual academic
courses have received a distinct war
orlentation. Due stress is placed
upon languages, mathematics, as
tronomy for navigation purposes,
meterology and map reading. All
OF these subjects are important to
students expecting to go into he
armed services.
The college also is participating
in the various preinduction train
ing programs arranged in co-opera-
ton with the Army, Navy, Marine
Corps and Coast Guard. Physical
training-the hard way-is COM
pulsory for all able-bodied students
on the campus.
The school of foreign service,
which trains for the Government
service as we'll as for business and
commercial careers, admits high
school graduates. Students employed
during the day may attend the late
afternoon courses starting at 6:10
pm. Regular morning courses also
are available for those who can
devote full time to study.
School of Foreign Service.
Four years ago, when the war
started in Europe, the school of
foreign service rearranged many of
its courses to meet changed condi-
tons throughout the world. New
emphasis was placed on such courses
when the United States entered the
war
Students interested in the South
American field, which is assuming
increased Importance as result of
the war, will find wealth of sub
jects upon which to draw. For a
number of years DR.. William S.
Culbertson, formerly United States
Ambassador to Chile and now
lieutenant colonel in the Army,
has specialized in Latin American
economics at Georgetown. He will
continue to teach such courses.
Courses dealing with the economic
mobilization for war, open to civilian
students, were introduced several
years ago and keep abreast with
latest developments The school has
long specialized in foreign Ian
guages. Glasses in the Russian Ian.
guage are given by DR.. Vladimir
Gvoski, who Is associated with the
Slavic division of the Library of
Congress.
Many Study Dutch.
Many students are becoming in
creasingly interested in the Dutch
language now taught at George
town by distinguished Belgian
Jesuit, the Rev. Alphonse Verhoosel,
refugee from his native land.
Other courses, too numerous to de-
TAIL include broad study of geo.
politics as basis for understanding
the present war. DR.. Edmund A.
Walsh, S. j., regent of the school,
who is giving this course, has lee
tured on the subject at Army and
Navy stations throughout the
country.
The school of law, which also
maintains a graduate division, also
has late afternoon classes for en-
ployed students. 1t admits only
those students who have college
degrees. For the benefit of many
lawyers and officers in the Army
and Navy who are attending the law
school. courses in military law have
been added to the regular curri-
culum. Special courses also en-
phasize such subjects as compara-
tive law and international law and
for students who expect to go into
the Government service, there are
timely classes in administrative law