Evening star., 1943-08-15
$50 Soldiers 10 Start
Courses on Sept. 13
AT Georgetown u.

AT Georgetown u.
With the 144th commencement
day due September II, Georgetown
University is preparing for the
opening of its fall term in the grad
uate school, the college of arts and
sciences and the schools of law and
foreign service. Students may enter
any of these schools for the first
time next month and start work
towards their degree.
The Very Rev. Lawrence C. Cor
man, S. j., president, expects to
award at least two honorary degrees
al the commencement. An early an
nouncement of the recipients is eX-
pected. Baccalaureate mass will be
held at 1890 am. in Dahlgren
Chapel, with the commencement
exercises taking place at 3 pm. AS
usual, during the accelerated pro-
gram, the graduation activities are
confined to one day.
The forthcoming ceremonies will
be for graduates of the college, law
and foreign service schools who will
have completed work for degrees at
the conclusion of the summer ses-
sions. The schools of medicine and
dentistry, whose student bodies are
now in uniform, do not hold COM
mencement exercises until next
winter.
An announcement on the college
bulletin board, posted by the Rev.
Stephen F. McNamee, S. j., dean,
states the reason for a shortened
summer term. 1t reads:
Term Closes Sept. 4.
due to military reasons, the
present term will close on Saturday
September 4. The next term will
open on Monday, September 13. On
that day it is the plan of the War
Department to have $50 basic en-
gineers begin their training on the
campus.
"The best interests of both civilian
and military departments demand
definite synchronization of both
schools. That is why the change
has been made in the announced
calendar. 1t is expected that this
will be the final change. Due to
the shortening of the term there
will be no formal examinations"
Georgetown recently was selected
as one of the colleges at which
training is to be given soldiers in
basic engineering subjects. While
official announcement has not yet
been made of the signing of the
contract, the college is preparing to
receive these men on September 13.
The Army's reclassif1cation unit at
Georgetown has been functioning
smoothly for several months, with
approximately 1000 soldiers making
their homes temporarily on the
campus until assigned to other COL
leges under the specialized training
program. There is a continuous
flow OF men coming and going each
week.
In addition to this star unit, which
Is to be discontinued when the basic
training is set up, some $50 soldiers
are attending classes in the school
OF foreign service, specializing in
foreign languages and foreign area
courses. Next month, it is under
stood, this number will be doubled.
% Seniors at Fort Benning.
Twenty-three seniors of the
Georgetown ROTC unit, including
10 men from Washington and its
environs, are now at Fort Benning,
Ga, awaiting assignment to officer
candidate schools. The local men
were processed at Fort George G.
Made, Md, the others at military
posts nearer their homes.
Under special arrangement with
the military authorities, the course
for ROTC seniors was extended into
the summer. Their college degrees
will be awarded when they receive
their commissions from officer
candidate schools. 1t is expected
all OF them will be assigned to such
schools by September 80.
The local men and their home
addresses are John @. Blodgett, 2235
Hall place NV; Vincent C. Burke,
jr., 2900 Connecticut avenue; Leo P.
Frogh, SOB Girard street NE; Will
liam c. Humphrey, 1887 Crittenden
street NV; Robert F. Miller, 48l4
Thirteenth street North. Arlington,
Va; Robert F. Phillips, 1901 Twenty
first street NV; Paul M. Stewart,
ir., 2211 Wyoming avenue NV;
Harold R. Titus, jr, 21o1 Connect
cutt avenue; Garry B. Wilkin, $500
@ street NV. and James S. Wad-
dington, 3401 Prospect avenue NV.
Mr.. Stewart has been recalled
from Fort Benning and is expected
to leave August 81 for assignment
to an officer candidate school in
Florida.