Evening star., 1947-08-21
PeakEnro|Imenl
JamsCo||eges
OF DC. Area
Applications VirtuoIly
Halted at All but
Three Universities
By Colt HendIey, Jr.

COllERtS dIlO ulllfCl OIGlCo III OiiC
Washington area will be jammed
again this fall. surprising the all
time high enrollments of last year,
and in most Of the institutions
there just isn't any more room," q
survey revealed today.
American University, the Univer-
sity of Maryland and George Wash
ington University still are accepting
applications. Georgetown Univer-
sity, Howard University and Cath
olic University. however, have taken
in as many students as they can
handle in all but few schools.
All schools attribute the continued
increase in enrolment to the
throngs of ex-servicernen who are
taking advantage of their educa-
tional rights under the GI Bill OF
Rights as we'll as a general growth
of interest in higher education over
the Nation.
Expected enrolment in these
schools will be more than $4,000 this
fall. Last year about $4,000 stu
dents were enrolled. These figures
include the University of Virginia
in Charlottesville.
G. w. U. to Stretch Facilities.
George Washington University
following its announced policy of
. last year, is planning to stretch
and stretch" to allow qualified stu
dents to enter. Enrolment is ex-
pected to- reach $4,000 this fall, as
compared to IL 500 last year.
Maryland University also expects
to take care of all qualified appli-
cants. From 10000 students last
year, the enrolment probably will
go as high as $4,000 this fall. The
toughest problem there is housing
for veterans and their families. But
the school is still taking applications.
American University expects to
have aboat $500 enrolled this fall,
as compared to $500 last year.
Application are being accepted at
the school also, but the bursting
point" is near.
G. U. Also Expands.
At Georgetown University, 1000
persons applied for admission to the
arts and science college, where only
600 vacancies existed. Even at
that, the enrolment Is expected to
rise to 1900, as compared to 1,450
last year. The foreign service school
expects to take care of all appli-
cants, because of several new build
inss turned over to them this sum-
mer. Enrolment in that school
should reach / 500 this fall. Last
year it stood at 1000.
The dental and medical schools
at Georgetown have not been &C
cepting applications since last April.
More than 5000 persons tried to
enter the medical school, but only
100 of them were accepted. Total
enrolment in the medical school
will be around 375 this fall. The
dental school had more than TOO
applicants, of whom only 90 were
accepted Total enrolment in this
school will be about 225.
The law school is just about full.
Applicants still can get in the late
afternoon classes, scheduled for
those who work during the day but
the morning classes will be able to
take only a few more students, If
any at all.
c. u. Enrolling More.
The situation is just as overflow
ing at Catholic University. No
more applicants are being accepted
for the engineering and architec-
ture school or the arts and science
school. The others are still open
at the moment. The total enroll
ment this fall will pass 1000, COM
pared to 3,700 last year.
Howard University, with an ex-
pected enrolment of 7,100, is ac-
cepting applications in the liberal
arts school, the graduate school OF
social work and the religion school
All others are closed. The enroll
ment this fall will be about the
same as that last year, because
facilities at the school have not
been increased appreciably.
At the University of Virginia ap-
plications are being accepted from
qualified residents of Virginia, but
there is little chance to get into
one OF the professional schools. The
best possibility of admission there
is in a general college course If the
student has a place to live. The
architecture school has been closed
to applicants since last spring. when
400 applications were received fol
20 places. The law school is burst
ing, and no new students were reg
istered for the premedical course
since this course was offered only
to those students already at the
school. Total enrolment will pass
1850 this fall-a gain of several
hundred over that of last year.