Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-04-19
ALBANIAN TO GET
LAW DEGREE HERE
Former Commissioner to
u. S. to Be Graduated
by National u.

Constantine A. Chekrezi, former
commissioner OF the government of
Albania to the United States, will be
among the first of the class which
is to be graduated from the National
University Law School with the de-
gree of doctor Of Jurisprudence next
June.
ward College, with the degree of
bachelor of arts, and later did gradu-
ate work in history and political
science at Columbia University. He
left this field of research when his
government named him as it's first
commissioners of Washington.
Mr.. Chekrezi wrote as his disserta-
ton topic for the doctors degree THE
History of Consideration in the Eng
lish Common Law"
In addition totthe degree of doctor
of Jurisprudence, the degree of doc
tor of civil law will be conferred on
several graduates. These Doctors de-
grees in law are being given by the
university because of the demand by
college graduates who are students in
the law school that they be enabled
to participate in the preparation of
a thesis and be given a more adj
vanced degree.
Several law schools in other cities
diSO are HcculIS2 " llliS anu
granting these graduate doctor de-
grees for their students who hold
college degrees in lieu of the more
common degrees of bachelor of laws
and master of laws.
officers of Joseph H. Choate Chap
ter of Sigma M Phi will be installed
at the Inn. 1852 n street, April %, at
8 pm. The officers to be formally
installed are: Chancellor. Daniel J.
O'Brier; first vice chancellor, Willard
f. West; second vice chancellor, Peter
Roster: master of the rolls. Claude E.
Branner; registrar of rolls, John H.
Essler, and marshal, Donald w. Clay
ton.
National University will have it's
annual debate with Bridgewater Col
lege at Bridgewater, Va, Saturday,
May 2, on the subject, Resolved.
That the Proposed Child Labor
Amendment to the United States Con-
stitution Should be Adopted" Ma
tional University will defend the af-
firn1ative.
Douglas A seeley and Delmour j.
Fuqua as principals, and Robert f.
Lampert, as alternates. all of whom
are students in the Law School of the
university, have been selected as the
debating team after a contest within
the student body in which Is candi-
dates made preliminary speeches for
the privilege of representing the uni
versity. This preliminary try-out was
conducted under the auspices of the
Richard II. Alvey and Samuel F. Mil
Ter Debating Societies, being person
ally supervised by Prof. Frederick p.
Myers, VINO has charge of the class in
legal debating. The judges were Prof.
George Percy Barse and Prof. w. A.
Coomb of the Law School faculty, and
Z. ID. Detweiler. an a1umnus.
Last year National University en-
tertained Bridgewater College in
Washington. This year several mem
bers of the faculty and student body
will accompany the team to Bridge
water and will be entertained follow
ing the debate by the students of that
college with a dance.
The Cypress Club composed of
woman students of the Law School,
is arranging for the last social events
of the academic year. a theater party
will be given during this month while
some time early in May will be held
the annual Spring picnic.
Mrs. Anna B. Hendley, president of
the Susan Anthony League, will adj
dress the Cypress Club Tuesday
night.