Evening star., 1924-09-28
NATIONAL CLASSES
BEGIN WEDNESDAY
University to Begin Fifty
Sixth Scholastic Year
This Week.

National University will begin its
new scholastic year Wednesday eve
ming at $50 o'clock, with the largest
enrolment since il was chartered by
Congress 56 years ago. The registra-
tion in the college finance and bust
ness admInistra uion is almost double
that Df last Year. while the law
school reports a material increase.
Opening night will be largely de-
voted TO class assignment. The first
night is always more or less of a
reunion" for the old students. any
many of the alumni of the university
and relatives and friends of the stu
dents assemble for the opening. A
short program has been arranged and
Will include brief speech by the
dean. and short talks by others in
Cluding Justice Frederick l.. Siddons,
Conrad II. Syme, Maj. Peyton Gordon.
DR.. Albert Putney, Roger O'Donnell,
Judge Glenn Willott and Hayden
Johnson
There is an unusually large number
OF women among the enrolled stu
dents for the Fall term. Those women
who have graduated from National
University in former years have been
successful in the practice of law. Sew
sral of those who We're successful in
passing the recent bar examination
Will open law offices after they are
admitted to the District bar.
Draws on District Courts.
The faculty of the Law School is
more heavily drawn from the District
courts than any other law school fac
ultN in the city. Justice Frederick
l.. Siddons. District Supreme Court,
will begin his tWenty-SiXth year as
Instructor in the school. Last year
he was awarded a vote of thanks by
the board OF trustees for his unset
fish devotion to the profession and
the instruction of young lawyers"
Practically every student graduated
from the law school in the last %
Years has had subjects under him, and
thousands of them are today success
full practicing lawyers. This term he
will teach evidence, and during the
Winter and Spring terms he will
teach bills, notes and negotiable in
Strumtnts.
Justice Jennings Bailey of the same
court will this Fail begin his second
year as professor in the university.
teaching criminal law and equity
pleading and practice.
Justice Charles II. Robb of the Dis
trict Court of Appeals will again
teach equity cases and admiralty law
Maj. Pcyton Gordon. United States
attorney for the District, Will have
criminal law cases.
Vernon f.. West, assistant District
attorney. Will teach the subjects OF
evidence. eases and insurance.
Capt Bertrand Emerson, former as
sistant District attorney. Will give a
course in criminal procedure.
Judge Milton StrasburSer. formerly
Judge of the Municipal Court. VIII
again give course on the District
Code.
George p Barse, assistant corpora
tiun counsel for the District, Will
have real property. and bills and notes
cases.
conrad H. Syme. former corpora
,ion con. sci for the District. who
has been a member of the National
University faculty for the past 20
ye7sx. viii have the subjects OF la"
OF Partnership and municipal cor
pU,ation.
Active in Practice.
rne rest of the faculty is composed
of active practicing lawyers of the
District har and former judges.
Edward S RagSdale, who grad
uated from the Law School last year,
has been appointed assistant dlstrict
attorney of the northern district OF
South Carolina. Mr.. RagSdale was
Legal Fraternity and of the National
University Masonic Club, and was an
accive member Of several other school
organizations. He is member or
the Georgia South Carolina and Dis
trict bars.
The installation of new officers in
the Kappa Beta ri Sorority will be
leld Immediately after the opening
of school. Mrs. Pearl Bellman Klein
Will succeed Miss Catherine Butler as
dean other newly elected officers
are: Miss Elizabeth S. Emmons. as
sociate dean; Miss Edith NJ. Cooper,
register: Miss Virginia Teeters, chan
cellor. and Miss Marie Flynn, mar
shall.
4 special meeting of the members
of the Phi Beta Gamma Legal Fra
ternity was held at the university
Friday night, at which plans for the
Fall school term We're discussed and
"A program of work and social activi-
ties was outlined. J. H. Wilmington
presided.
a house party is being held today
by the fraternity at their new club
house in Benson's Addition, above
Cabin John Bridge.
A number of interesting social af-
fairs have been planned for the Fall
school term. the first of which will
be held in the clubhouse Immediately
after the opening of school.