The Aquinas 1933-09-29

              VOL. III, NO. 1 ST. THOMAS COLLEGE, SCRANTON, .PA., SEPTEMBER 29, 1933
Official Notice
Students are requested to
bear in mind the changes in the
regulation on absences.
1. Students are permitted
three absences in each course
without penalty.
2. For each absence in a
term course from the fourth to
the sixth inclusive two points
will be deducted from the grade
earned in the course.
3. For each absence beyond
the sixth three points will be
deducted from the grade earned
in the course.
4. No reason for absence
can excuse the student or remove
the absence from his
record.
Professor C. E. Johnston
Nmned As Dean of
New School
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C. E. JOHNSTON
BUSIN~S DEAN
An important addition to the cur~
riculum of the college is a school of
Business and Finance, which will have
as dean, Professor C. E. Johnston, B.
Litt, M.B.A.
The business courses will be of-fered
in the day and evening sessions.
The day school branch, leading to a
degree of bachelor of science in business,
will' be offered only in the Freshman
department. The course con'
sists of business English, accounting,
government and history, Spanish
and biology.
The night school branch, which
will open on the first Monday of
October, will offer more advanced
courses of study of business problems
relative to banking, transportation,
inflation, agricultural rehabilitation,
foreign investments, the administration's
recovery act, and economic
planning. This course will not only
review those aspects of modern business
which have a bearing on national
affairs, but will also survey business
in- its international sense. In this
Many Former Students Icategory will come the study of tarReported
As Having iffs, exchange restrictions in foreign
R . d P .. trade, currency depreciation, com- ecelve oSlbons modity prices, the world economic
conference, the gold standard and international
debts.
Professor Johnston, dean of the new
school, has had many years of experience,
both in business and as a teacher
of business subjects. He was graduated
from the University of Toronto
where he received his M. A. degree
with high honors in 1913. Following
his service with the Canadian Expeditionary
Forces during the World
War, he continued his schooling at
Oxford University, England, and was
awarded the degree of bachelor of
letters in 1920. In 1925 he won
with distinction his M.B.A.- degree
from Harvard University.
Professor Johnston's teaching experiences
began in the University of
Agra, India, where he \vas professor
of economics. He lectured for some
VE'ars on business administratit'n and
finance in Northwestern University,
Boston.
After leaving Harvard, he held the
position of associate professor of business
administration in the University
of Idaho. and associate professor of
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Aptitude Test for
Teachers to Be
Given to Juniors
Reports Of Ju_ne
Class -Favorable
Encouraging reports are already
coming in concerning the members of
last year's graduating class of this
college. A good number of them
have decided to continue their education
and have entered schools of
higher learning, speciali~ing in medicine
and in law. Others have secured
positions on the staffs of various
schools in this vicinity.
Twenty-three members of the graduated
class have chosen medicine as
their career, five entering Jefferson
Medical College; eleven, Georgetown;
three, Hahnemann Medical
College; and two others, the St. Louis
Medical College. Eight have enrolled
in law schools; three entering Georgetown;
three, the University of Michigan,
and two, Fordham University.
The exact number of educational
graduates who have acquired positions
has not been published by the
authorities, but from all indications
it is a gratifying number.
Besides these specialized graduates
many others have managed to secure
work in the various business professions.
On Tuesday, October 3, the
Teacher Aptitude or Prognosis Test,
will be given to all Juniors who are
interested in teaching as a profession.
16 The test which is given each year to
57' prospective teachers is a very general
one touching on nearly all sub,
jects. The Prognosis Test has been
found to be the best method of predicting
the success of students
entering the teaching profession.
Those students who fail to make a
creditable rating will not be permitted
to continue in the education course.
The examination will be given in the
library under the direction of
Brother Emilian, Dean of Arts and
Head of the Philosophy Department. • •
MOST REV. T. C. O'REILLY
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ly is Honary President of St. Thomas
College and Chairman of the Board
of Directors.
Brother Denis Edward
Enters Third Year As
College Head
Present College
Enrolment Given
As Eight Hundred
Approximately eight hundred
students have enrolled in the college,
according to an announcement coming
from the office of Frank J.
O'Hara, Registrar. Of this number
more than two' hundred are mem'
bers of the incoming freshman class.
The first meeting of the entire
student body was held this morning
in the chapel. Brother Denis Edward"
addressed the assemblage.
The registration for the evening
sessions has not been completed, but
to date more than one -hundred and
forty students have signified their intentions
of attending. The courses
offered for this group are the same as
those presented last year. Br9ther
Emilian, head of the philosophy department
in the regular day college,
will officiate as dean of the night
school during the present year.
Registration in the various classes
of the college is as follows:
Senior Class-
Science .
. Education .
Junior Class-
Arts 58
Science 41
Sophomore Class-
Arts 69
Science ,. 68·
Freshman Class-
Arts - 80
Science 75
Business and Finance 22·
Night College (To date) 140
Special Students 20
PRESIDENT
First Meeting of
Debating Society
This Afternoon
ANNOUNCEMENT
There will be a reorganization
meeting of the Aquinas
staff in the new Aquinas office
on the third floor of the St.
Thomas Annex, formerly the
Engineers Club, on Washington
Avenue, Tuesday afternoon
at two,thirty.
This meeting will be of vital
importance to every student
who is at present a member of
the staff. Therefore all the
members of the staff are urged
to be present. - In addition a
special invitation is extended to
those members of the Freshman
class who are interested in
this type of work.
Every Department of
College Extensively
Improved
Buildings Of College
Have Been Repaired
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The first meeting of the Debating
Society will be held this afternoon at
2 :3a o'clock in the Senior class room,
with Dominic Motsay, president of
the society, as chairman. Richard
Speicher, manager of debate, has arranged
-an extensive schedule with
many of -the larger colleges thraughout
the country. The Freshmen are
invited to attend this meeting as it is
the intention of the president to arrange
a series of interclass debates
among the Freshmen this year.
Other officers are: Paul Cox, vice
president; Joseph Haggerty, secretary,
and Frank Holmes, treasurer.
Professor Rir:hard McNichols is the • 1. moderator of the society.
For the past few months a great
number of men have been employed
at St. Thomas' College for the annual
work of fitting the buildings for the
new scholastic year. The changes
this year have been carried out on a
more extensive scale. - The third floor
of the main building, formerly the
gymnasium, has been reconstructed
into a new biology department. A
large lecture room, seating sixty
students, is the class room for biological
work. Adjoining it are the
biological laboratory and the laboratory
for microscopic technique. The
laboratories are equipped with the
most modem equipment obtainable
and are fitted with all the apparatus
necessary for special work. The par- BROTHER DENIS EDW_ARD
titions are glass-walled and every The Most Reverend Bishop has aI-part
of the laboratory is thoroughly ways given his wholehearted approval
lighted b~ .the large windo,:"s. College To Have to aU plans for the advan~em~nt.of
In addltlOn to these sectlOns there. St. Thomas College as an mstltutlon
a~e also two offices, one for B~other Booth In Exhl-bl-tIof l~arning. . , .
Flrmus Edward, head of the BlOlo~y Smce commg to Scranton, Blshop
Departmf'nt, the other for Dr. Rem- O'Reilly has always manifested a
hard, Associate Professor of Biology. keen interest in the future of th.~
The Physiological and Analytical Saint Thomas ToTake college, and it has been through his
Chemistry laboratory have been Part in Times Indus- untiring efforts, as well as those of
moved to the main building where trial Exhibit the Rev. Bro~her Denis Edward, that
they will occupy the quarters form- St. Thomas' has made such progress
erly held by the Biological laboratory. during the past few years.
The new Chemistry laboratory will St. Thomas College will have an
be equipped with the most modern exhibit in the Industrial Exposition
experime.ntal apparatus. The neces- - which will be held in the Col. Watres
sary alterations have not been com- Armory, from October twenty-first
pleted as yet, but it is expected that to the twenty-eighth inclusive. The
the laboratory will be ready for use exposition is being sponsored by the
next week. Scranton Times in order to give to
Brother Flamian, Dean of Science Scranton merchants and Scranton inwill
have his office in the room form- dustries the opportunity to display
edy .used for microscopic technique. their products before the consumer in
An office will also be provided for the most forceful way possible.
Dr. Reinhard. A special research St. Thomas College is among sevlaboratory
will be constructed in the eral of the educational institutions in
room occupied last year by Brother this vicinity that are to occupy booths
Firmus Edward. The laboratory will at the exposition. Every department
be used by students doing graduate in the school is to be rc:presented by
work in chemistry. Moreover, the exhibits typical of the courses they
facilities of this laboratory will be at exemplify. The science group will
the disposal of the professional men include displays on physics, chemis'
of this city. try, -and biology. The chemical and
The interior of the main buildings anatomical displays, which aroused
has been completely repainted and so much interest last year, are to be
redecorated and necessary repairs greatly augmented.
have been made throughout the build- William J. Vanston of the Senior
ing. The,main office has been en- Science class has been placed in full
larged and improved to accommodate h f h C 11 h'b' A h
the increase in the office force made c arge 0 teo ege ex 1 It. t t e
present time he is planning the de-
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