Evening star., 1925-09-13
Washington College of
Law

The Washington College of Law
will open it's doors Tuesday night for
it's twenty-ninth session as law
school in this city. A reception and
open house will be held with Mrs.
Laura Halsey, dean, Mrs. Ellen Spen-
GER Mussey, honorary dean, and Miss
Emma NJ. Gillett, dean emeritus, pre-
siding. The doors will be open at Z
o'clock and registrations and detailed
arrangements will also be made at
that time. The classes will begin We'd
nesday and the first lecture in the
postgraduate course will be given on
September % at 5:15 pm.
POSTGRADUATE Course.
The subjects for this pecial course
will include: Civic and social service,
Mrs. Mussey; municipal corporations,
Prof. Paca Oberlin: admiralty, Prof.
Oberlin; history of Jurisprudence, an
cient. Roman and English, Prof. Ros.
coe j. Dorsey; international law, Prof.
Francis Colt de Wolf; administrative
law, Prof. Katherine Pike: taxation,
State and Federal, instructor as yet
unannounced. This course may be
completed in one year or cover a
longer period of time at the option of
the student, or the subjects may be
taken separately as special work
The course leading to the degree
of Master of Patent Law will COM
mence October 5 at 7:45 pm, when
Prof. William l.. Symons will give his
first lecture on trade mark laws.
The bar quiz course by Prof. A.
Hegarty and Prof. Edwin A Mooers
will commence Wednesday night at 8
o'clock. An invitation is extended to
all who may be interested TO attend
the f1rst' three lectures as the guests
of the college.
DR.. Edwin c. Dutton will not be
able to give his usual lectures in crimi-
nal law. DIR. George f. Wells will de-
liver the lectures on this subject. The
other professors are the same as of
last year: Prof. Hegarty and Prof.
Helen E. Jamison, personal property;
Prof. Mooers, contracts; Prof. Eliza
beth Harris, cases on contracts: Dean
Halsey, domestic relations; Prof. Leo
pold Freudberg, insurance; Prof. Moo
ers, cases on criminal law, and pro-
cedure; Prof Hegarty, torts; Prof
Harris, sales; Prof. James Flynn, real
property, No. I; Prof. Jamison,
outlines of common law pleading.
Second Year Classes.
Second-year classes Will include:
Evidence, Prof. Lucien II. Vandoren;
common law pleading, Prof. Hegarty;
real property, No. ., Prof. Hegarty;
law and probate practice, Prof. Will
liam C. Taylor; practical pleading and
practice, Prof. Mooers, and also legal
problems.
Third-year classes include: Legal
ethics, Prof. Mooers: cases on evil
dence, Prof. Harris; negotiable instru-
ments, Prof. George Kearney; con-
stftutional law, DR.. Charles w Need
ham and Prof. Oberlin; federal prac-
tice and procedure, Prof. James ].
Britt; corporation law, Prof. Hegarty;
conflict Of laws, Prof. Mooers; Dis
trict code, Profs. Mooers and Van
doren.
Alumni Hold Session.
The first meeting of the new year
was held by the Alumni Association
of the Washington College of Law
with a large attendance Thursday
night at the college. Pauline Floyd,
vice president, presided in the absence
Of Thomas Flaherty, who is in ST.
Louis on official business. Prof. Dut-
ton of the board of trustees of the
college gave a statement as TO the
action of the board in increasing the
hours of class attendance each year
in conformation to rules of the Amer
lean Bar Association. Mrs. Mussey
told of the success of the campaign
for the endowment fund Prof. Kath-
crime Pike told Of the recent meeting
of the bar association in Detroit,
Mich. Dean Halsey spoke of the plans
for the coming year of college work