Evening star., 1925-06-14
MANY ARE LISTED
IN NSUMMER SCHOOL
Washington College of Law
to Open for Short Special
Session.

The Washington College of Law
will open the Summer school session
tomorrow night Registration has
been better than in previous years FOR
the Summer course, and Prof. EDWIN
Mooers' special 50-hour course IN
Contracts" and his shorter course in
Evidence" have proved especially
popular with registrants.
The entire series of classes offered
during the Summer, closing in July.
includes: Negotiable Instruments,
Prof. George kearney; Evidence" ="
Prof. Mooers, and Contracts" the
same professor, every week nlght ex-
cept Saturday, the first two at o:lo
pm, the third AT pm; Partner
ship" Prof. George +. Wells, at 3
pm; Gases on Evidence" Prof. Eliza
beth c. Harris, at pm; Personal
Property" Prof. Wells, at Sis pm,
and Insurance, Prof. Leopold Freud
berg, at pm, Monday, Wednesday
and Friday: "Testamentary Law. "
Prof William Clark Taylor, Monday.
Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday at .
pm. Criminal Law" Prof. Edwin G.
Dutton, Monday, Tuesday, Thursday
and Friday, at SIS pm; Domestic
Relations" Prof. Laura A. Halsey,
Tuesday and Thursday at Z pm.
College Issues 1885 Catalogue.
The college catalogue for the year
1926 has just been issued. The Fall
term is announced for opening Sep
tember Is, and several changes have
been made in the catalogue. Among
the most important is the lengthening
of the course of study fEom $50 to $50
hours. This addition of 60 hours to
the curriculum has been made in
order that the students might be
enabled 10 keep pace with the ever
increasing demands from bar aSsoCia-
tionS for higher and higher scholastic
standards. This necessitates the open
ing Of the Fall term about two weeks
in advance of the date customary in
previous years.
The following is a list of students
winning special awards during the re-
Gently closed session: Highest stand
ard in scholarship during the entire
course of three years, first and second
prizes gold medals, Elizabeth Hyde,
97.l6, and Gertrude E. Coyle, 96.SS;
honorable mention, Charles Peckham,
94.T0. Best work in legal research
training course by member of senior
class, a set of 3S volumes, Corpus
Juris-Cyc." Harry Friedman; honor
able mention. Elizabeth Bellah. Best
work in practice court, member of
senior class, award ''Thompson's Title
to Real Property" Elizabeth Hyde:
honorable mention. Harry Levy. High
est record for scholarship in senior
year, prize, one-year scholarship at
the college for graduate work, Eliza
beth Hyde; honorable mention, Ger
trude Coyle, Harry Friedman and
Charles Peckham. Highest record first
and second year (by woman in second
year class. award $50 in gold, offered
by the Beta Chapter. Phi Delta Delta,
women's legal fraternity, awarded
to Doris Hartshorn, average 92.14;
honorable mention, Dorothea Wass-
man. Same type record to man in
second year class, award "Bouvier' s
Law Dictionary" offered by Oliver
Wendell Holmes Chapter, Sigma Nu
Phi, mems legal fraternity. awarded
to Herman Berman, average 95.45;
honorable mention, Ernest Riley and
Louis Messenger. Highest record in
second year, "Cyclopedic Law Die
tionary," awarded to Herman Berman;
honorable mention, Ernest Riley,
Helen Hironimus, Dorothea Wassman
and Louis Messenger.
Highest Record in First Year.
Highest record in first year. S. in
gold, awarded to Alexander Bishoff,
average $685.; honorable mention,
Pearle Cooper and Dorothy Bennett.
Highest scholastic standing in patent
and trademark course, award Pat
ents for Designs" given to Elizabeth
Bellah, average 1915; honorable men,
ton. Ellis Middleton. Best work in
practice court, "Semmes' Patent Pro
cedure,' awarded to Ellis Middleton
Highest scholastic standing in post
graduate class, prize $40 in gold, Of
fered by Epsilon Chapter, Kappa Beta
Pi Legal Sorority, awarded to Harry
Earl Mitchell; honorable mention,
Helen Burton Kelleher and Frank
Swain Bellah. Highest record during
the past year made by a member of
Sigma Nu Phi Legal Fraternity,
Scholarship Key" offered by the
fraternity's executive council, award
ed to John Dyer. jr.; honorable men
tiOn. Earl Rutb