Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-04-24
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| LAW SCHOOL SOON
William B. King Makes An
nouncement at Institutions
| Annual Dinner.

HtIiludi IUNIVts
George Washington University Law
School may have a home of its own
within the month. The site has been
selected. Negotiations arr pending.
Final announcement of the location
will be made upon completion of the
transaction
This announcement was made on
bchalf of the board of trustees of
the university last night. = the
City Club. during the seventh an
nual dinner OF the Columbian :
George Washington Law School As
ISOLATION. by William Bruc" King, a
member OF the boards special COM
mittee. appointed to attend 70 The
details Of securing the new building
Tor th& Law school
Statement by Nr. King.
In making the prediction that tho
law school would probably secure
the building within a short time. .lr.
King said.
Il am not allowed to tell you of
the chosen location. We have agreed
upon the site Sufficient money is on
hand to make the first payment and
before the month is over a definite
contract for the purchase of law
school building should be closed
The building selected is of inc
ton. There can be. hsri large reriist@
lion rooms and small ones. students
rooms and resting rooms tar Wun"l
students. " is all that il ought to he
for our purpose. With its requirement
We will have the feeling that We are
at home in our own house.
Themes Discussed ut banquet.
Gilbert Hall. former four-rninute
man speaker of the liberty loan or
Eauization. was the first speaker. He
told of congested conditions in the
law school 1t is all very well to
talk of 500 or 700 students, If YOU
don't know that some of them are
sitting six deep upon a circular iron
stairway. or crowded $50 in room
meant for fifty or SIXTY" he declared.
Mr.. Hall announced that the Law
School Senate had been organized by
students to care for purely law
school activities.
Dean Merton l.. Person delivered ::
short address upon the present activi-
ties Of the law school The advan-
tages of the law school at George
Washington he declared were charac-
terized by the preservation of a bal
ance between the practicing teachers
and the professional teachers, Great
ing force which could instill the
theory aud practice of the profession
with greatest efficiency.
Senator sterling Principal Speaker.
Senator Sterling of South Dakota
was the principal speaker of the even
ing. Urging the preservation of the
golden mean between extremes. he
warned against ultra conservatism
and ultra radicaliSm during the pres
ent status of affairs.
I'VE have now ultra conservatives
on one hand and ultra radicals on the
other" he declared. ITO foreStall
such a situation one need only point
to the fact that this government was
founded upon compromise. The
present form of government emerged
as golden mean between the CEN
tralized monarchial form Of govern
ment advocated by Alexander Hamil-
ton and others and the advocates of
TO the centralized federal government.
Ultra Radicalism. Topic.
you know of the ultra radicalism
of today Attorney General Palmer
has invoked the aid of legislation to
deal with those revolutionists and
communists who advocate the over
throw of government by force. One
may go too far in that direction
through the passage of laws. as il
evidenced by the anti-sedition law OF
1888, which cut off the right of criti-
cIsm and free speech regarding acts
OF the governmental administration.
"A man ought to be privileged to
dIS ue LOT soviet form OIL SONernfnen mt
so long s he conducts himself in an
orderly manner and confines activi-
ties to argument. But he ought not
to be allowed TO advocate the over
throw of the government by force or
violence Thus the golden mean would
be preserved between extremes.
THE same rule of a middle path
holds good regarding the peace treaty
or league of nations. There also we
have ultra conservatives and ultra
radicals. One of the former is in
the White House, sui generis.' The
others are the irreconcilables on
Capitol Hill.
"Those who chose the middle path
were the proponents of the fourteen
reservations which would have al
lowed US 10 become party to the
league of nations without sacrifice of
sovereign national rights.
las a result of the extremes we are
without a peace treaty and are out of
the league of nations. where we
might have done much to promote the
peace of the world through our in.
fuence upon other nations"
Officers Elected.
Before the dinner an election of Of
f1cers for the association resulted as
follows President, Samuel Herrick
who presided at the dinner; William
II. Stayton, first vice president; Will
liam L. Symons, second vice president
Lyle l.. Alverson, third vice president;
George w. DalZell, treasurer; William
&. Van Week. secretary, and William
u. Harley. Edward C. Stafford and
Philip Erschier, members of the ex-
ecutive committee.
Among those who delivered three
minute talks at the dinner were Lieut.
Col. w. c. Clephane. Brig Gen Will
liam r. Harvey. John Paul Earnest,
DIR William l.. Washburn and Abram
Mills of New York Arthur Deihert