Evening star., 1947-09-28
Howard U. Registers
|1,10O as Freshmen,
Setting New Record

More than 1,10O freshmen, tn
largest number in the history o
Howard University, reported fo
registration last week, according tt
DR.. James M. Narbit, jr., university
secretary, who predicted total en-.
rollment at the school would exceec
1000.
Enrolment would have beer
greater If the university had more
facilities, DR.. Nabrit explained. HI
said there were 1850 applications
for the medical school, which could
accommodate only 10 new students;
TOO applications for the pharmacy
school, which could accommodate
only so, and more than 500 applica.
tions for the dentistry school, which
also could take only so.
Aptitude Test Scheduled.
Applications for the fall freshman
class in the medical school who de-
sire to take the professional aptitude
test in medicine on October 25 must
register on Wednesday, school Of
ficials said.
Fifty-three teachers have beer
added to the school staff for the fall
term. They are:
DR.. Mark Hanna Watkins, head
Of anthropology department; Miss
Eldora P. Lorenzini, art instructor
DR.. Allen D. Maxwell head of astron.
omy department; Rafel A. Toro
visiting botany professor; Miss Ethe.
Battle, chemistry instructor; Mrs
Blanche L. Ingram, chemistry in.
structor; George Winzie, classics in.
structor; Owen Dodson, associate
English professor; Osborn T. Small
wood, English instructor; DR.. John
Caspari, assistant German professor
New History Professor.
Also, DR.. Walter H. Perl, assistant
German professor; DR.. John Hope
Franklin, history professor; Mrs
Emma r. Marks, home econimics
instructor; DR.. William w. S. Clay
tor, associate mathematics profess
sor; DR.. jeremiah Certain, assistant
mathematics professor; DR.. Winston
K. McAllister, assistant professor OF
mathematics; DR.. Harold E. Finley
head of zoology department; Samuel
E. Barnes, assistant physical educa-
ton professor; Miss Etheldria
Smith, physical education instruc-
tor; DR.. Halson v. Eagleson. physics
professor; Edgar William, physics
instructor; James B. Drew, physics
instructor; John T. Blue, jr., soci-
ology instructor; David Tobias Ray
zoology instructor; DR.. James A
Dayton, associate psychology pro-
fessor; Dr.. Edward N. Palmer, as
sociate sociology professor.
Also, DR.. Eduardo r. Aislan, as
sitant Spanish professor; DR.. Robert
Martin, assistant government pro-
fessor; Mrs. Artie G. Bell, home
economics instructor; Mrs. Vera D
Hunton, psychology instructor; Mrs
Margaret j. Strickland, zoology in
structor; Mrs. G. Silence Woodruff
botany instructor; Miss Hera Bowie
classics instructor; Mrs. Elva c.
Wells, English instructor; Miss Lille
Vaden, English instructor; Kendall
Carroll, English instructor; Herman
T. Tyrance, physical education in
structor; Kenneth S. Powell, physi-
cal education instructor; John r
Pinkett, lecturer in insurance; John
P. Murchison, lecturer in real estate;
San Levin, lecturer in commerce
and finance.
Also, Dr. James D. Tyms, as
siStant religious education professor
Miss Doris Evans, instructor OF
history of music and theory; Miss
Della M. Ellis, Mrs. Frances W.
Hughes and Miss Constance Y
Tibbs, instructors of music theory;
Sylvanus H. Hart, instructor in
woodwind and brasswind instru-
ments; Mrs. Bernice A. Mcintosh,
social work instructor.
Also, Herbert Q. Reid, law instruc-
tor; DR.. Palmer Hamilton, instruc-
tor in department Of prosthodentia; /;
DR. George Wade, oral hygene in
structor; Don Vernon, assistant in
clinical dentistry department, and
Miss Doria r. Bell, lecturer In phar-
nnaceutical retailing.