Evening star., 1925-10-18
CLASS IN FOREIGN
LAW PLANNED HERE
Will Enable Alien Residents to
Fit Themselves to Practice
in Their Own Countries.

~ order to fiji the needs Of foreign
erS temporarily resident in Washing
ton and wish To return to their native
countries for the practice of law, Ma
1ional University will inaugurate the
first of the year a tri-weelly course in
the modern civil law, not duplicated
elsewhere IN Tins country, by Charles
:. LOhingler, former judge of the
Court of First Instance of the Philip
pine Islands and former judge of the
United States Court for China.
This course viii include the law now
actually in force in the leading Coun-
tries Of continental Europe, all Of the
Western Hemisphere south Of the Rio
Erande, in South Africa, Japan, the
Philippines and other Asiatic islands.
The link " hiCh connects the legal eyS
TENS of these widely separated regions
and makes it both possible and logi-
al to study them together is the fact
that they are all derived, to a greater
OF lesser extent, from the law of
Rome, just as all common law coun-
tries derive their legal principles from
The law Of England.
Course Is Practical
The course is to lie in no sense his
tnrjcal. It viii deal with Roman law
principles only so far as they are en-
bodied il the living law of the coun-
tries mentioned. II is TO be a practical
course. designed to give the student
working knowledge of the civil law as
Il exists and is actually applied today.
and * designed especially for those
preparing 10 practice in any civil law
jurisdiction. desire TO acquaint them.
selves with civil law principles or
wish to take il for its cultural value.
Like the course given by DR.. Edison
7. Whitney on Roman law, this Will
hc one Of the required subjects for
the graduate degree Of doctor of civil
law given by the university. Mr.. Lo-
hiugier has been on the law faculties
Cl the China Law School. the Uni
lcrsity of Nebraska, University of the
Philippines. University of California.
Comparative Law School of China and
Of American University. He has been
:; contributor on subjects of Internal
and Ciyil law to professional publica-
lions.
About 30 business and professional
mon are taking the course in public
speaking given "Wednesday afternoons
bv Prof. Dale Carnegie, who is teach
iu- similar courses in Baltimore. New
York and Philadelphia, This is one
nf the largest classes in the School
Of Business Administration and Gov
ernment. Zach member of the class is
required IL prepare and deliver
short talk at each session.
Class in RaiIroading.
Dr Charles :. Morgan in the School
of Business and Government is con.
dUcting an enthusiastic class in rail
road transportation. It comprises the
general economic, social and govern
mental aspects of the railroad busl-
moss Mr.. Morgan is giving resume
Of tho historical development of the
railroads which will be followed hv
lectures covering the nature and types
Of railway service, relation of the rail
roads 10 the public, principles of rate
making. valuation and regulation, and
tho nature and extent of legislative.
commission and judicial control Of
common carriers by the Federal Gov
4rumeut and the several States.
IN The department of government Is
hcin- conducted a course in municipal
government. which comprises his
tory Of governmental forms of Amerl-
can cities with particular stress on
the present council, commission and
mana gerial forms, given by DR.. Stuart
Lewis. This win be succeeded next
term by a course in county govern
meut, which will include the different
typeS now in vogue in the United
States with their English ancestry.
The first meeting of the school year
Of the Cy Pres Club, the organization
of women students of the law school
was held Tuesday night. Miss Bertha
T.. Richardson. president of the or
-ani2ation, outlined the plans for the
coming year.
Law Class TO Elect.
Class officers for the juniors of the
law school will be elected following
the last lecture Friday night. Candi-
dates for the offices to be voted upon
were nominated at a meeting Thurs
night presided over by c. T. Robert
son, who was president of the class
during its freshman Year.
The class Of 1928 Of the law school
viii hold its .iirst meeting for the pur-
pose of forming an organization
Thursday evening at S:45 o'clock. The
largest freshman class in the history
OF the school, the desirability of an
early organization has been deemed
necessary by the dean and other mem
hcrS Of the faculty.
officers for the coming year of the
Richard V Alvey Debating Society,
will be elected at meeting TO be held
Saturday night following the class In
legal debating. At this time plans will
be made for the debates to be held by
that organization itself and also with
The Samuel T.. Miller Society, the
other debating body.