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Fulltext: try. BS Zoology tops all other Li beral Arts departments with an en rolment of 88 students. • Scholar Back from Advance Studies Graduate School • Three Complete Graduate Studies Three students were graduated from the Graduate School last March, according to a report re leased by Rev. R. Rahmann, Dean of the Graduate School. The report disclosed that Miss Trinidad P. Dosdos was awarded her Master's degree in English. Her thesis was "The Characteristic Fea tures of the Short story with Special Reference to the Post-War Prize Stories of the Philippines' Free Press, 1949-1951." Awarded their master's degree in Education were Miss Concepcion F. Rodil whose thesis was "The In fluence of the Spanish language upon the Cebuano-Visayan Lan guage and the Effect of This In fluence upon the Learning of the Spanish language by the CebuanoSpeaking Students," and Miss Tecla Revilla who wrote on "A Study of the Difficulties of Student Teachers in the Cebu Normal School and of Beginning Teachers in the Province of Cebu as a Basis for the Improve ment of Elementary Teacher Edution." Law • Review Classes in Full Swing The review course offered by USC for bar candidates went into full swing with the start of the sum mer quarter, it was reliably learned from the Office of the Dean, Col lege of Law. It was likewise re vealed that the professors who handled the review course last year are conducting this year's review. "If chances do not miscarry," it is being bruited about that the new crop of law graduates will make a better showing than the candidates last year. • Bugarin IFins Gold Medal in Annual Oratorical Tilt Dito Bugarin, a be-spectacled freshman from the College of Law, won first place in the annual ora torical contest which was sponsored by the Lex Circle last March. A total of six finalists vied for honors in the competition with NP Presidential candidate Ramon Mag saysay as main speaker and guest. Bugarin's winning piece which appears in this issue, is entitled "Let's Be Honest About It." Other winners were Noli Cortel, also a 3 in 1: USC Graduate School certified three MA graduates last March 27, 1953 freshman who copped second place and Vic Delfin, Lex Circle prexy who took the third place. College of Liberal Arts • Increase in Summer Enrolment Noted An increase in the enrolment for the 1953 summer quarter has been noted in the College of Liberal Arts, it was gathered from the Office of Rev. Enrique Schoenig, Dean of the Department. This was considered significant in view of the reported slump in enrolment for the current summer term which has been felt in various schools all over the country. A total of 171 students in com parison with 155 as of last year are presently attending summer classes in Pre-Medicine, Pre-Law, General Course, BS Zoology and BS ChemisEngr. Victorino Gonzales, the first product of the USC College of Engineering who captured fifth place in the 1949 board examina tions, recently returned from the United States where he took up and completed his Master's course in Hydraulics at Stanford University. Engineer Gonzales was sent to the United States by virtue of his Fullbright and Smith-Mundt scholar ships. He was away for one year. In USC, where he is a member of the faculty of the College of Engineering, he will handle hydra ulics this June. Engineering • Open Night Classes in Eng’g. Dept. In a move designed to accomo date working students who desire to enroll in the College of Engineer ing, the University of San Carlos will offer night classes in Architec ture, Mechanical, Civil and Electri cal Engineering from the first to the senior year. The night course outlined by Dean Jose A. Rodriguez which is in consonance with administrative poli SUMMER, 1953 Page 29 cies, will be conducted daily from 5:30—9:30 p.m. inclusive. Dean Rodriguez underscored the ample op portunity given to working students by this new policy. "Students taking the ROTC course will have little trouble ex cept those taking surveying which is undertaken every Saturday morn ing," Rodriguez averred. Hopes were expressed in admi nistration quarters that the plan willresult in increased enrolment in the College ol Engineering. Pharmacy • Partial Shipment of New Equipment Arriving Fr. Oster, SVD, who is expected to arrived shortly this week from Germany will bring one-hall of the Pl,000-equipment which the univer sity ordered last year. The ship ment consists ol pharmaceutical ma nufacturing instruments which will be utilized to make assorted varie ties of drugs, tablets and ointments from local materials. The rest of the imported labora tory materials is expected to arrive to this university with the return of Rev. Fr. Albert van Gansewinkel from Europe. • Conduct First Review Course in Pharmacy In a recent announcement issued by the Regent of the College of Pharmacy, it was learned that re view classes are being conducted daily from two o'clock to four o'clock in the afternoon in preparation for the Board Examinations which will be given early next year. The same announcement indica ted that the university has, as yet, no standing policy with reference to graduating students who desire to review in other schools. At the same time it was disclosed by Rev. Fr. Hoeppener, SVD, that none of the new graduates took their review course in Manila. It was also an nounced that 23 of the 27 new gra duates in the College of Pharmacy are presently taking their review in this university. • Fear Pharmacy Best Bets’ Disqualification from Board Exams Grave concern over the impend ing disqualification of two top-notch graduates to take the board tests in view of their Chinese citizenship was expressed by members of the faculty and the Regent of the Col lege of Pharmacy. It was stated that Edna Lim and Jovita Dy, two of the four new gra duates with Chinese citizenship and who are rated as this year's best bets for the coming examinations may be refused admission in line with established policies and rulings laid down by highly-placed author ities. The disqualification of USC's top-ranked candidates will mean a slim chance for the university to place in the examinations among the first ten, it was stated further. It may be recalled that the same ruling constrained the Board of Ex aminers to withhold the examina tion papers of Basilia Lim, ond of USC's highly-rated candidates for the board last year. • USC Secretary-General and Pharmacy Regent Back from West Visayan Trip In a combined vacation tour and comparative survey, Rev. Francis Carda, SVD, USC Secretary Gen eral, and Rev. Robert Hoeppener, Regent of the College of Pharmacy, sailed early last week for Iloilo and Bacolod. Fr. Hoeppener, in an interview, was particularly impressed by the wide school campus of the Univer sity of San Agustin. He also ob served that there are more Catholic institutions in Iloilo than in Cebu. While in Bacolod, Father Hoeppener said that he had occasion to visit the Occidental Negros Institute which, although owned by a lay man, is employing a full-time Ca tholic chaplain. The school, he ex plained, is non-sectarian but caters to the demands of Catholic students. A new technical school called the Don Basco Institute is operated by Italian Fathers in Victorias, Neg ros Occidental. Fr. Hoeppener ex pressed the belief that the DBI will eventually expand because the Italian Fathers operating it are known in the States and Europe for their efficiency in maintaining tech nical schools. Religion • Afternoon Masses for Philippines In an Encyclical Letter of Pope Pius XII, officially termed as Consti tution for the Entire Catholic world, dated January 6, 1953, afternoon masses are. allowed in the Philip pines beginning this year. In that Encyclical mentioned above, the Holy Father gives per mission to celebrate afternoon mass es on the following days! 1. Feast Days of Obligation 2. Formal Feast Days of Obli gation 3. First Fridays 4. On any one regular day during the week if necessity re quires. There are a number of conditions under which afternoon masses can be celebrated. In all cases, the Archbishop or the Bishop, as the case may be, must give his consent. (As far as Cebu Archdiocese is con cerned, our Archbishop has already given permission to celebrate after noon masses to the priests of the Archdiocese). Those who receive Holy Communion should abstain from solid food and alcohol three hours before the mass which gives the communion. Abstention from liquid should be had at least one hour before communion. • USC Chapel To Celebrate PM Masses On first Fridays of month and on feast days not observed by the Government, afternoon masses will be held at the USC chapel. 'This is to give an opportunity for working students to receive the monthly sac rament of communion. According to Rev. Fr. Schoenig, Dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, masses will probably be said between five and six o'clock in the evening. The.permission to celebrate after noon masses was formerly granted only as a privilege to particular countries. Now, however, the Holy Father has extended the permission to the entire Catholic world. Page 30 THE CAROLINIAN