Evening star., 1925-07-12
NATIONAL. j. U.PlANS
DEBATERS' TEST
Competition for Choice of
"BeSt" Scheduled for
Saturday Night.

The best debater of National Uni
versity will be selected Saturday night
at s o'clock, when the winners of the
last academic years debates will par
ticipete in a final contest in the lower
hall of the old university building
SIS Thirteenth street.
The subject will he Resolved, that
the rules of the United States Senate
should be revised so as to provide for
cloture." This topic was selected be-
cause of the national interest being
taken in the proposal of Vice Presi-
dent Dawes to modernize the Senate
rules.
Students i'll Competition.
Students who will participate are
Douglas A. Seeley and Arnold s.
Johnson from the Samuel f. Miller
Debating Society and Gordon A. Can
field and Charles l. Haycroft repre-
senting the Richard A Alvey De.
batting Society. The Miller and Alvey
societies have been for many years
the rival debating organizations of the
university.
While there will be two debaters
to each side. the decision will not be
for either the affirmative or the mega
tive, but for the best of the four de-
baters, and TO him will be given the
faculty recognition of the best debat-
ing ability in the university. The four
contestants have already been ad-
judged the best debaterS in the four
intersoCiety forensic contests of the
past school year.
Because of the general interest in
the topic. the public is invited TO at
tend. E. S. Watson, president of the
Alvey society. and Frank Verdi, presi-
dent of the Miller society, constitute
a committee which is assisting in ar
ranging the details of the evening.
Will Add to Schedule.
While National University held but
one debate with a team from another
educational institution, Bridgewater
College, last year. it is planned that
this Fall and Winter challenges will
be sent TO debating organizations of
other colleges, both in this city and
elsewhere. for contests. Bridgewater
College already has signihed its de-
sire TO meet the National team again
next year.
All of the marks for subjects taken
in the law school. with the exception
of the course in wills and administra-
ton, given by Prof. Louis A. Dent,
for the Spring term, were mailed out
last week The marks for the courses
in the school of business administra-
ton and government also have been
given TO the students.
The Omicron chapter of the Kappa
Beta Pi, national legal sorority at the
National University is supporting
Mrs. Pearl Klein. an initiate Of that
chapter, in her aspirations to be ap-
pointed assistant United States at
torney for the District. Mrs. Klein
joined Kappa Beta Pi shortly after
the formation of that chapter here
and has continued her interest in the
orga MIA ton as an alumna member.
Delegates to Convention Named.
Miss Marie Flynn and Miss Gather
inc Rainey of the Omicron chapter
will attend the national convention
of Kappa Beta Pi at San Francisco
In September.
While the attendance at the first
Summer session of the school of buSi-
ness administration and government
Is small Dean Clemens. DIR. Whitney
and DR.. Lewis have expressed them
eelves as we'll pleased with the first
efforts of the institution to provide
Summer instruction for the students
in the newer school of the university.
Several of those who have registered
for courses are attending university
classes for the first time.
Dean Clemens has begun work on
the new catalogue for the school of
business administration and govern
ment and expects to have it ready for
distribution before the end of the