Evening star., 1927-11-27
PROM PLANS LAID
BY N. j. SENIORS
Dance to Be Held December
3-The Docket Makes
Student Survey.

Prepa arations for the senior prom
of National University, to be held at
| the Carlton Hotel Satul day night. De
ccmber 3, are progressing rapidly and
| the social committee has promised
numerous interesting surprises for
| those who attend. Many of the
| tickets already have been sold and
| since the number Of guests is to be
| limited the committee has announced
that those desiring tickets should
make immediate application.
Miss Mildred Reeves member of the
senior class. and j. &. Hooker, also of
the senior class. will act as hosts at
the prom. Hooker formerly attended
| the United States Coast Guard Acad
emN. \ number of supper parties
! have been arranged to precede the
dance.
Smoker for Seniors.
The senior smoker will he held the
night of January Il, according To
present plans, and already more than
100 requests for reservations from
alumni of the university have been le-
ccived for this event. Last years at
tendance ut the senior smoker was
considerably more than 200, while in
ultdtIOuS are lildl nearly 4tU w Ill at
tend the coming function. The affair
will be held at LAiglon. Eighteenth
street and Columbia road.
Questionnaires requesting informa-
tiOn for use in the Docket, annual
publication of the senior class of the
Law School of National University,
have been distributed among students
of the school. These questionnaires
are for the purpose of ascertaining
the students previous education, the
degree he is taking at National, the
fraterniti1s to which he belongs and
other information of interest to stu.
dents in keeping records of their class.
mates by means Of the student annual.
y considerable amount of adver;is-
ing already has been secured and a
number of subscriptions for the
Docket have been sold, it is stated
Annual Improved
According to present plans. the
Docket this year will he more eX-
pensiVely bound The binding that
has been chosen is Of a lighter hue
than that of last year and. at the
same time, heavier in weight. 1t is
also planed to make tie design more
ornate. A special border design for
the inside pages has been prepared
DN MEMBER oil the stan.
a lecture on the subject of mental
health was delivered to the students
of the Central School of Nursing re.
Gently by DR.. D. Percy Hickling, pro-
feSsor of medical Jurisprudence at
National University. DR.. Hickling
also recently gave a clinic on mental
nursing. The course on medical juris-
prudf nee takes up. among other
things, the laws relating to medical
practice and its responsibilities. life
insurance laws and the subject of NAL.
practice.
Howard S. Leroy, professor of in
ternational claims at National IniVer-
sity. has written a review of the work
of DR.. Joseph l.. kunZ of Vienna on
Die Noelkerrechtliche option" which
appears in the current issue of the
American Journal of International
Law. DR.. kunZ's work involves a
critical discussion of the use of the
option clause in the treaty of Yer
sailles, and the review by Prof. Lee
Roy presents clearly the points
touched. Prof. Leroy recently has
been acting as one of the interna-
tional secretaries of the International
Radio Conference, which has been
meeting in Washington.
Leroy NrlteS Artlcie.
An article by Prof. Leroy covering
the work of the annual meeting of
the American Society of International
Law appeared in recent issue of the
American Bar Association Journal.
A sensation was created in moot
court of National University recently
during the progress of criminal
trial when an indictment was quashed
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Following the outlining of the case by
Bert E. Derden. chief prosecutor, and
the closing of direct examination of
the first witness, defense counsel. con-
sisting of Walter j. Delaney, Eugene
Capibianco and Frank Flynn. arose,
and instead of croSS-eXamining the
witness moved that the indictment be
0uashed on the ground that 1t was
fatally defective in failing to state
certain elements necessary to charge
the defendant with the crime of grand
larceny.
Thereupon ensued what is termed by
some to have been the bitterest debate
witnessed in moot court this year, and
after As minutes. Glenn Willett, judge
of the moot court, announced that
inaSmuch as the indictment was de-
fective. in that it failed to state the
nothing for him to do but quash
the indictment and discharge the de-
fendant In addition to Derden, the
prosecuting counsel copsisted of
Charles NJ. Irelan, jr., and -. Cushing.
Prof Wilett, in addition to being
Judge of the moot court, also is pro
fcssor of the law of contracts and
legal liability.
Lecture Is Given.
A full discussion of the aw provid'
ing for recovery of damages by the
next of kin or personal representatives
of a deceased person for negligent
acts causing the death, was given at
recent class of George +. Edelin, pro-
fassor of statutory remedies. This
law is considered difficult to under
stand and of great importance. The
law of the District of Columbia is
based upon what is known as Lord
CampbelPs act, in force in England.
No classes We're held Thanksgiving
day at National University. and a
number of the students living in
Washington gave dinner parties for
their out-of-town classmates.
The regular monthly meeting of the
Cy Press Club will be held Thursday
December l. at the University Women's $
tldp, ''Noi Wis " an ANNOUNCEMENT
of Stella NJ. Goodnight, newly-elected
president OF the organization.
Material for the National University
Law Review is.virtually complete and
will be sent to fhe printers during the
course of the week, according to an
announcement by university author
tiles. The work will be ready for dis
tribution during the early part of De
cember Earl j. Soelberg is editotrin-
chief of the Review. which is publish