Evening star., 1926-05-23
NATIONAL OFFERS
SUMMER COURSES
Such Subjects in Law School,
Commended to Beginners.
Fall Plans Told.

Fall Plans Told.
A schedule Of undergraduate courses
for the Summer term of the National
University Law School was announced
yesterday. The term will open Mon
day, June IA, and will continue for Il
weeks.
The courses given during the sum
mer will include Marriage and Di
vorce by Prof. Walter y. Bastian,
Quasi Contract cases by Prof. Glenn
Willett, Torts cases by Prof. George
Percy Barse, Elementary Property by
Prof. Turin y. Boone, Preparation Of
Legal Documents by Prof. Godfrey
L. Munter, Equity Pleading and
Practice by Prof. Barse, and Private
and Municipal Corpora t:on cases by
Prof. Bertram Emerson.
A special feature of the Summer
term will be a review course which
will meet three times a week, con-
Quoted by Prof. Willett. The particU-
lar aim of this course, which will be
repeated hereafter in the Fall, Winter
and Spring terms, will be to prepare
students for the bar examinations
conducted in the District and the
States. Prof. Willett will lecture.
using standard texts and will quiz the
class with typical bar examination
questions.
The law school has for many years
advised prospective students to begin
the study of law in the Summer term,
as the classes are smaller and afford
an excellent opportunity to increase
his preparation without lengthening
the number Of calendar years neces-
sary for the completion of the under
graduate work.
The credit units gained during the
Summer term will be counted toward
the total number required for the
bachelors degree, but are not to be
considered as substitute courses for
any Of the regularly required courses.
Few Of the courses given during the
Summer will be repeated during the
Fall, Winter and Spring terms.
833 Enrolled Last Year.
The total number Of students en-
rolled in the National University Law
School during the past academic year
was 833. This is the largest number
in the history of the school and places
National as one of the largest law
schools in the country. which is all
the more remarkable since all of the
classes are given at late afternoon
and evening hours for the benefit of
employed students.
With the Fall term, the National
University Law School will inaugurate
an undergraduate department of civil
and comparative law, for the particu-
lar benefit Of students who desire to
practice in Lattn-American and con-
tinental European countries where
the civil law systems Of Jurisprudence
prevail.
Included in the subjects which will
be offered in this new department Of
the Law School will be courses in
analytical and historical Roman law,
the institutes Of Justinian. the evolu-
tion of modern civil law, and the prin-
ciples of modern civil law by Prof.
Charles Sumner Lobingier. special as
sistant to the Attorney General and
formerly judge Of United States courts
in China and the Philippines. DR..
Charles p. Sherman, former professor
Of law at Yale University. will give a
course Of lectures on canon law In
the new department., and DIR. Albert
HI. Putney, dean Of the School of
Political Sciences at American Uni
versity. will lecture on Jurisprudence
and legal history.
In the new department a series of
lectures will be announced next year
on the legal systems Of various former
courses. This and the courses of
Judge Lobingier, DR.. Sherman and
DR.. Putney will be open in the grad
uate school to candidates for the de.
gree Of master Of laws, doctor Of juri-
dical science and doctor of civil law
At the completion OF the three-year
course in the civil and comparative
law department. graduates will re-
ceive the degree Of bachelor Of civil
law in lieu Of that Of bachelor Of laws
in the older English and American
common law department.
System Like Yale's.
In announcing the new plans for
graduate study in the National Uni
versity Law School last week the in
stftution Is following largely the prac-
tice Of Yale University in the doc
torates in civil law and juridical sci
ence, and the curricula at the two
schools are quite similar.
The Philippine Columbians OF the
National University will give a dinner
Sunday, June 6. in honor of the
members Of that organization who will
receive their degrees at the annual
mental Memorial Hall Saturday,
June 12.
The National University Glee Club.
which closed it's first year with a
meeting last Wednesday night, ar
ranged at that time to carry on its
activities in the Fall. At that time
members Of the entering classes with
musical talent will be invited to affili.
ate themselves with the organization,
and a series Of concerts will be given
The National University Masonic
Club has postponed until a date to be
announced later the last meeting
scheduled for the year, June A, be-
cause Of conflict with the final exami-
nations.
Final examinations to complete the
terms work In the National Univer-
sity Law School will be given June 1,
2. 8 and 4, from to II pm. ExaIni-
nations in the School of Business Ad-
ministration and government were
given at the regular class hours last
week.
Harold r. Stephenson. jr.. and
Euclid S. Fleming have been chosen
by the Mu Chapter of the Sigma
Delta Kappa Law Fraternity at the
National University to represent it at
the national convention Of the or.
ganization, which will be held at the
Mayf1ower Hotel late in June. Mu
Chapter is acting as host to the fra
ternity at this time and is arranging