Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-01-10
JUDGE ALTON B. PARKER
TO SPEAK At W. & M.
First Of Series of Lectures
Will Be Given at College
Saturday.
OTHER NoTABLEs SCHEDULED
Occasion VIII Mark Opening of Mar
shnll-Wythc School OF Government
md Citizenship, Designed to Pre-
kcrYC GansiIiu
OTHER NorAnLEs SCHEDULED
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WILLIAMSBURG, VA. Jan. e.
Judge Alton Il. Parker. of New York,
viii deliver tho opening address in
Il notable series OF lectures which
VIII be given ut the College OF Will
liam and Mary during this winter and
The coming spring. under tho auspices
OF the MarshalI-Wythcs School of Gov
crnment and Citizenship. 1t was an
nounced hero today.
Tho occasion VIII mark the formal
opening OF tho Marshall NVythe
School. designed to BIO Il '.pionccr
school for preserving the Constitu-
iion." and mcmor;ili2ing the aerviccs
10 legal education md the American
bar OF George Wythc. father OF legal
instruction In America. and his pupIl
chief Justice John oIarshail. Both
@erc alumni OF William and Mary.
courses of study explaining and In
ierpreting the Constitution. as Mar
shall cxpounded IL. are embodied In
The unique schools curriculum. The
widespread Interest which was
aroused some time ago by the an
n0uncement of the projected school
rs expected TO give to the forthcoming
lectures unusual prominence in nca-
demic and legal circles.
Leading Lawyers to Speak.
Leading members OF the American
bar from different sections OF the
country will journey to this city TO
give the lectures, which will consti-
'utc vcrltablc outline of the growth
OF government in the world, ciilmi-
mating In the establishment or the
Constitution or the United states.
The lectures. which will define the
duties of citizenship and tho advan-
tagcs OF the American form OF gov
"rnment. Will comprise Il "back-to-
the constitution" movement, the be-
ginning Of which. next Saturday, IL
expected TO marx an outstanding
event in the educational world. Judge
Parker. in his speech, Will sound
the keynote of the course. and out
limo it's general scopo.
y noteworthy company Will attend
INC opening lecture On Saturday ar
ternocn. including 4 number OF mem
bcrs OF the Virginia Legislature,
lawyers from Richmond and the
Hampton Roads communities. and ed
ucators. Invitations have been Gent
70 Governor westmorcland Davis and
Governor Elect l.. Leo Trink.e.
While the entire list OF lecturers
has not yet been announced. Prcsi-
lent Chandler said today that the
speakers during the session would in
Guide, besides Judge Parker. IIamp-
Ton j.. Carson. OF Philadelphia former
president OF tho American Bar Asso-
citation: William l.. Marhury, the dis
tinSuished Baltimore lawyer. Justice
harrington Putnam. Of brooklyn. n
'renbcr or the Appellate Division OF
the supreme Court OF New York: II.
Walton Moore. United States Repre-
( sentative from Virginia and former
president or the Virginia BAR Asso-
cation; Henry Campbell Black, of
~ ,
authority and editor of the Consti-
iunonal Review; Randolph Harrison.
"L LSrchpirg, another former Viz
E!nih Bar Association president, and
'ouA!cl Tor virginia In the West vir-
Ein'a debt litigation: ]. L. Heath, pres
dent o. the Norfolk and Portsmouth
iiar Association, and IL. ST. George
tucker former president OF the Amer
ic1n Bar Association.
seventeen lectures will comprise
we series. the final address 10 be
S'en on MAY u. jamestown Day.
ne lectures will follow on successivo
saturdays. beginning January IA ,nd
VIZ be attended by studenta of VIII
ram ana Mary and the public. which
~ invited TO be present Clnsseg in
government and citizenship being
.phaucted now az IL part OF tho
-H'Tshhll- Wythe cirriculum. will ot
'end as a part of their Instruction.
me Marshall-Wythe lectures. as
Ihey VIII be known. represent with
nc class instruction the serious con.
'liou,lon OF he College of William
"hu NARY toward the solution of Tho
hrohiems arising from the propacandn
oi unrest and discomfort with Coy.rn-
neH, oeins spread by persons un-
'uucated IN the real purposes and
MOVIES or American government.