Evening star., 1946-07-07
6. U. Gets More Space
As u. 5. Offices Go;
Barracks Finished

An acute shortage of classroom
and living accommodations on the
Georgetown University campus is
being relieved somewhat, although
the student registrations continue
to break all previous records, uni
versity officials announced yester-
day.
Two Government-controlled fac
tors are contributing more than
anything else at this time to easing
the situation on the overcroWded
Hilltop campus where summer ses-
sions start tomorrow for the coll
leee and foreign service depart
ments. These are the release of one
campus building long occupied by
the Veterans Administration ano
the completion of two Army type
barracks which will admit 120 stu
dent tenants tomorrow.
Law Space Released.
The School of Law also an
nounced that the Labor Depart
ment Is finally preparing to vacate
2l 900 square feet of space it has oc.
cupied in the law building at Sixth
and E streets NV. That space viii
be needed in the fall, it was said
and will mean nine class halls anc
q corresponding number of small
administrative Offices for members
OF the faculty will be available.
The Graduate School on the Hill.
top campus is partially meeting its
needs by completely renovating an
old utility building for the living
accommodation of 80 students.
students now attending the col
Iege and foreign service schools will
De given priority in the ALLEGATION
OF rooms in the two Government
bullt barracks on the lower level OF
the campus in the rear of the col
lege quadrangle. The rooms are sin
gle and double. Fortunately. Off
Gals explained, there is no problem
evolved in the housing of families
" the barracks. All married STU
dents at Georgetown live off the
campus.
While these factors tend TO lessen
the shortage somewhat. the univer-
sity is facing its real test next fall
When the student body is expected
to top $500. Georgetowns peak
preWar enrolment for students was
about 2,5oO.
More ClasSrOOms Available.
The release of the old North
Bulldlng by the Veterans Admin
Stratlon makes several classrooms
available for use during the summer
sessions. In addition the r. o. TIC.
and the Office of the Prefect of
Discipline have now reoccupied
space in this building vacated dur
ing the war.
AT least three-fourths of incoming
students are war veterans. including
many former undergraduates who
gave resumed studies. Officials said
the university is now confronted
with the same situation as after
the World War L when lack of
accommodations forced severe limi-
tatlons on the enrollments of vari-
GUS departments. That situa ton
was overcome by the erection of
additional dormitories and aca
demlc buildings but at this time
Georgetown is not in a position to
duplicate such building program
me School of Foreign Service,
limited in former years to about
500 students, now has $40 and ex-
poets to have an enrolment Of
1000 next fall. Ofhcials said #
could easily have doubled that num-
Der II accommodations were avail
able.
The college is undergoing the
same kind of expansion but the
Very Rev. Lawrence C. German
3. j., president of the university
said no eligible veteran would he
turned away If it is possible 10
accommodate him. As a conse-
.auence of limited facilities for
boarding students, the number liy-
ing OF the campus has increased
steadily this year.