Evening star., 1926-12-12
STUDENT MEMORY
CHARGE D|SPROVED
National U. Law School Tests
Show Memorizing Is
Not Lost Art.


conditions who maintain that the stu
dent of today has lost the power to
memorize, even where memorizing Is
essential, were successfully contra
dicted at National University Law
School last week.
The class in Roman law. taught by
Judge Lobingier, has reached the
study of the Twelve Tables" which
had been impressed upon it's members
as containing the basic and hidden
principles of the law of Western civil
iization. The students were urged
thoroughly to master the tables. not
alone for historical but for practical
purposes as well.
In one class period seven students.
chosen at random from the large
class, recited from memory. without
the slightest variation, the entire text
of the Twelve Tables" which cover
a dozen finely printed pages. Others
signif1ed their preparedness to dupli-
cate this feat of memory. but elapSe
of the recitation period prevented It.
j. Five men and two women members
of the class were among those who
recited the tables. The men were the
Messrs. Logsdon, Roster, 'Hudgins.
Benny and Long. The women were
Miss Wassman and Miss Kendall.
# The Docket Progressing.
Intensive work by every member Of
the editorial and business staffs dur.
Ing the past month has resulted IN
marked progress in preparation or
the Docket, the Law School yearbook.
Due to the earlier start this year. It
ia forecast that the 1927 publication
will surpass those of previous years
in every department.
Editorial work, which concerns
itself with every school activity, Is
under the supervision Of Douglas A.
Seeley.
Under the direction of Joseph Ingra.
ham, business manager. this phase OF
the yearbook is progressing satisfac-
torily. Jerome G. Kaufman. treas
urer renorts that subscriptions to
date already exceed three-fourths OF
the total number of books disposed OF
last year.
A circulation feature that is bearing
fruit is a campaign to get students to
buy the Docket as their own Cnr1st-
mas present for this year.
An ESSAY submitted in the annual
contest of the Georgia Historical So
ciety by Mrs. Dolores Colquitt. q stu.
dent of the School of Economics ana
Government of National University,
has been awarded first prize.
Mrs. Colauitt chose as her subject,
"Peter Tondee, the Carpenter" The
ESSAY deals with the early period OF
Georgia history. Tondee was an ar
dent but little known patriot. He con-
Quoted the famous inn, Tondee's Tav-
ern. celebrated as the cradle OF liberty
in Georgia.
current issue of the quarterly pub
lished by the society. Her essay was
selected from great many submitted
by many keen students of Georgia his
tory. The contest is an annual event.
Fraternity Kept Busy.
Mrs. Colquitt has specialized on the
pre- Revolutionary period In georgia.
A+ nresent she is working on a vol
urne dealing with the romance of the
mort Of Savannah, a work to be pub
,iished by Lppincott Co., probably
in 1927.
= The Joseph H. Choate Chapter of
sigma Nu Phi Fraternity has had q
busy social calendar for the past sew.
,erai weeks. A bridge party was held
at Choate Inn, 1855 @ street. last
night. seventy-five guests were en-
tertained at q smoker last week.
George r. Pickett Will have charge
of the annual war college" smoker,
to be held January II at the L'Alglon
Club salons. Students and alumni
who will attend the annual event are
urged to obtain their tickets early
The smoker, a traditional event, Is one
of the most popular on the school cal
endar each year.
Robert Feuerstein, accompanist for
the Interstate Chorus, has been ap'
nointed assistant to Warren w.
Grimes. director of the National Uni
versitv Glee Club. Members of the
club are preparing for a busy pro.
gram that will begin early In the new
Judge Lobingier, professor of Ro'
man law and modern civil law. Is in
New York over the week end. attend
ing the annual meeting Of the Ameri.
can Foreign Law Association. OF