Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-09
STUDENTSAT c. j.
TO Be GIVEN TESTS
Mid Year Examinations to
Begin January q, New
Term February |.

All DEPARTMENTS of Georgetown
University reopened during the past
week after the mid-year vacation.
the various faculties being busily en-
gagged in preparation for the tofth
coming examinations. These begin
January % at the college and con
tinue until February /, when the new
term starts. Mid-year examinations
in the professional schools start dur
ing the same week.
At the School Of Law. Assistant
Dean Hugh j. Fegan, Prof Charles
w. Tooke and Prof. Fred J. DeSlooVre
have Just returned from Chicago,
where they went as delegates IRON
the university to attend the annual
sessions of the Association of Amert'
can Law Schools. held from Decem'
Der 80 to 81. Out of $50 law schools
in the country. only 81 are members
of the association. these having met
the requirements of two-year college
work for admission of students III
accordance with the program of the
American Bar Association.
A strong position was taken by the
association members at this meeting
with respect to standards of adn1is-
sion at member schools. The George
town Law School, having qualified
as a class \ institution several years
ago. is beginning to recover from the
loss i'm students necessarily following
the requirement OF two years college
work before student can be entered
First Debate Tuesday.
The first of series of public
debates at the Law School Will be held
Tuesday evening between two teams
representing the Morris and Gould
Debating Societies. These are the
successors to the Senior and Junior
Debating Societies and are named
after two former faculty members,
the late Justice Martin r. Morris of
the District Court of Appeals and the
late Justice Ashley Nj. Gould OF the
District Supreme Court.
The question is. Resolved. That
the United States be signatory to
convention creating a World Court.
Those taking part in the contest are
John E. Thoma and George j..
Williams for the Morris Society and
Charles II. Quirk and Matthew II.
Mclaughlin, jr.. for Gould.
Every year the law faculty offers
prizes TO the best debaters in this
series of contests. There are four
preliminary debates. the men selected
as the best individual debaters meet
ing in q final contest shortly before
commencement Mr. Thon1a Is presi-
dent Of the Morris Society. while
Nailie Wilmington heads the rival
Could aggregation of dehaters.
DIR. Walsh in West.
Or. Edmund A Walsh, s. J., vice
president Of the university and
regent Of the Foreign Service School.
Is on the Pacific Coast in the interest
al Of nF
which he is chairman. He viii return
here soon.
Announcement was made at the
Foreign Service School that two
former students have just received
aptgeint menTS in the Government
service Edmond r Benlis. who grad
uatad last June. * represe nting the
Department Of Commerce as CONNER
cial agent in its Boston off1ce-
Another graduate, Francis Cleary,
recently took up work in the same
Office During the present term Mr..
Bemis was taking post graduate
course at the school. withdrawing 10
enter the Commerce Department.
Officials of the school were pleased
TO learn Of the temporary return to
Washington of Raymond c. Miller,
assistant commercial aIrache Of the
United States at Paris. France. Mr..
Miller is graduate OF the school
and prior 10 accepting the post at
Paris was q member Of the faculty.
While at the school he was very
active in extramural affairs having
represented Georgetown in Guatemala
n the international conference Of pan
American students. Another gradu-
ate Of the school, Sherman Green. is
also stationed at Paris as assistant
trade commissioner.
DR.. Charles Lyons, former faculty
member, has returned here for
short stay from London. where he is
United States trade commissioner.
He formerly lectured at the school on
modern Europe as an export field
Warren g. Patterson. who gradu-
ated in 1925, it was announced, has
received an appointment as assistant
trade commissioner at Calcutta. India.
Shortly after his graduation ne rep
resented the Department Of Commerce
at Chicago.
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