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Show AMERICANA College Notebook The Catholic University of America The Catholic University of America was founded in 1889. It began as a school for priests, run by priests, the Paulist Fathers. In the years that followed, the Paulists were joined by other religious communities, com-munities, to the extent that today some fifty-five religious communities communi-ties are located near the University so their members may attend its classes But, Catholic University is no longer a school run by priests for priests only. Today it is recognized recog-nized as the national center of Catholic culture, and more than two-thirds of the student body of 4,400 is composed of laymen and women who are not members of a religious order. The seventy-six priests, five nuns and one brother who serve as faculty members are greatly outnumbered by 229 laymen who are full-time teachers. The University is located on 140 acrs in the Northeast section of Washington, D,C, and comprises more than 35 buildings. The schools of the . University include Sacred Theology and Canon Can-on Law (in which Latin is the classroom language); the School of Philosophy, Columbus School of Law; Graduate School of Arts and Sciences; Engineering and Architecture; National Catholic School of Social Service; School of Nursing; College of Arts and Sciences Students from every state of the Union, from many territories and dependencies of the United States, and from 60 foreign countries coun-tries are registered in 1961-1962. The University's ratio of more than two-thirds graduate and professional pro-fessional degrees to less than one-third one-third undergraduate degrees is unique among all the universities of America. According to a study by the National Academy of Sciences, Sci-ences, National Research Council, 1956, 543 doctorates in arts, humanities, hu-manities, and social sciences were granted by the University during the period 1936-1950 inclusive. The University, for such number of doctorates granted in this period, had the ranking of 13th among all the universities in the country. The other 14 Catholic institutions listed in this study gave a total of 558 doctorates compared with the University's 543. The figure of 543 does not include hundreds of doctorates doc-torates awarded by the University in Sacred Theology and Canon Law. |
