Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-10-26
IN THE LAW SCHOOLS.
Notes Among the Students and the
Pr0fessOFs.

Notes Among the Students and the
PrOfessOrs.
Judge Harlan will begin his course of lee
lures to the Junior and senior classes at
Columbian on Monday night. He will lee
ture Monday nights On domestic relations,
Wednesdays on torts. and Saturdays on
constitutional law, until his course is COM
pleted. Professor Johnson expects to begin
the moot court work for the postgraduate
class in January. trif1e earlier than in
former years. Professor Cox has announced
that he will remain thirty minutes at the
close of each lecture to answer questions
which may be put to him by the students.
A new departure this session will be an
examination of the Junior class at the end
of the scholastic year. which will cover the
entire work of the year. including conSu-
tutional and international law.
Mr. Guy Underwood of the postgraduate
class has been elected editor-in-chlef OF the
new university Journal. the Columbian
Call" Mr.. H. c. Evans has been elected
associate editor for the Law Schooi. Inc
first issue of the paper will appear on NO
vember l.
The Deba ting Society discusses this even
ing the question. Resolved. That the
United States should extend the rights OF
belligerents to Cuba" The speakers VIII
be L. P. Loving, c. B. keene. r. II. Riddle
burger and w. l.. Symons. The meeting OF
the senior class for tine election OF ofncefs
will be held on Monday. November IL, and
the t-graduate class meeting Tor the
same purpose on Monday, the 2Stn instant.
The m Dot court at Georgetown, in charge
of Professor M. ]. Colbert is making good
Roadway. The first session of the court
was held about three weeks ago, and
number of cases have already been tried.
Judge Brown began his lectures on ad-
mirality on Monday night, and will lecture
twice a week until his course is completed.
Professor r. Ross Perry has arranged a
Ii.
for the use of students of the senior and
postgraduate classes, including an adGen-
dun to Dicey's Rules, now used in connec-
ton with Stephen on Pleading.
The Debating Society held meeting on
Wednesday night and adjourned until this
evening. The society will tonight hold an
election of officers and consider the adop-
ton of constitution. committee will be
appointed to confer with similar organiza-
tons of Yale Law School, Columbia Law
School of New York, Maryland University
Law School and the law department of the
University of Pennsylvania, in order to
make arrangements for series of joint de-
bates.
One of the Georgetown law students has
written poem descriptive of the class of
'95. which is quite a clever effort. 1t has
been published anonymously, and the name
of the poet remains a mystery.
The second lecture in the patent law
course at the National was given by Mr..
Mauro on Wednesday night. MIR. Mauro
explained the dividing line between the
jurisdiction Of the federal courts and of the
state courts in matters relating to patents,
and discussed also the remedies open to a
patentee when his inyention has been made
use of by federal official The popularity
of this course is attested by the fact that
the membership limit has been reached, and
there are several applications now on file.
Professor Ralston expects to hold the
first session of the moot court about the LIST
of November. Mr.. James Gillin, jr-, grad
uate of the law school, will act as clerk of
haa trf in no nSf- ri
uate class will meet soon after the moot
court work begins for the purpose of effect
ing class organization. 1t is announced
that Judge Coles lectures on statutory law
animation.
Association held a meeting a: the Law
School building on Tuesday night, Mr..
Charles Lyman presiding. Arrangements
were made for n banquet, to take place in
December.
The initial meeting of the Debating So
ciety of the senior class at the National
was held last evening. The subject dis
cussed was: Resolved, That organized la
Dor should be discouraged The speakers
on the affirmative We're Messrs.C. +. Carusi,
y. II. Graves and J. +. Bartlett. and on the
egative, Messrs. n. Heard, a. Hall and
A. NJ. Johnsoa The judges, who were
Messrs. W. l.. Lowe, H. b. Heinecse and
c. a. Clark, rendered a decision in favor
of the affirmative. The meeting was a
large and enthusiastic enc, number of
outsiders being present.