Evening star., 1927-09-11
G. j. LAW SCHOOL
CLASSES CALLED
Afternoon Sessions to Begin
Thursday-Graduate Study
Course Enlarged.

Sessions of classes at Georgetown
Law School begin Thursday for the
late afternoon courses and on the fol
lowing Thursday for the morning
courses. Indications point to an en-
rollment TINS year of about the same
number of students as last term.
The graduate course in the Law
School has been greatly enlarged and
several new courses have been added
\ course in Roman law will be given
hv DR. Frederick j. de SlOoVere, A. B.,
LIB and :. J. D.. Harvard, VINO Will
also give a new course in statutes, IN
which he will discuss the rules for
the Interpretation of acts of Congress
and the State legislatures. Renewed
interest is being taken in the statu-
tory law, and DIR. de SlooVere'S course
on this subject undoubtedly will be
very interesting and valuable, partlcu-
larlv to lawyers in the Government
service whose work requires them to
interpret acts of Congress.
In order to furnish material for this
course particularly. the school library
has enlarged it's collection of books on
the statutes, and now has the latest
codes or revised statutes of all the
States and the latest editions of all
the compilations of acts of Congress.
There is also a collection of books
giving the acts of the English Parlla-
ment from sthe earliest time.
Municipal Corporations Listed.
Prof. Charles W. Tooke >yill conduct
a. course on municipal corporations,
using his own hook, "Tooke's Cases
on Municipal Corporations, which
has just appeared. This case book is
used at many of the leading law
schools in the United States, among
others Harvard and Yale law schools.
Prof. ]. Frank Staley, admiralty
expert of the Department of Justice,
will give a course on admiralty law.
Mr.. Staley is a graduate of the Uni
versity of Pennsylvania, and has for
some years represented the United
States Government in all cases in
volving admiralty law before the Su-
preme Court.
The appointment of Charles Lucien
Baker Lowndes as assistant professor
of law is announced. Mr.. Lowndes
received his college training at
. Georgetown University. He was born
in Maryland, and took his preparatory
work for college at the Friends School
in Washington and at the Georgetown
Preparatory School. He received the
degree of bachelor of arts at George
town in 1928. During his entire course
at Georgetown College Mr.. Lowndes
made an average of 81 to 100 in all
courses except one and received his
degree, magma cum laude.
Graduate of Harvard.
Mr.. Lowndes was student in the
Harvard Law School, having been
graduated in 1926. At Harvard he
made a general average of "a, and was
graduated tenth in a class of 314 stu
dents. The passing mark at Harvard
Law School is 55. He specialized in
trusts. corporations and taxation, and
in these courses made an average of
more than 80 per cent.
For two years at Harvard he was
one of the board of editors of the
Harvard Law Review. the editorial
board being made up of students who
attain the highest grades in their
courses. After his recent graduation
from Harvard Mr.. Lowndes practiced
law in New York with one of the best
known law firms there. During his
entire course at Georgetown College
he took part in athletics, and was
manager of the base ball team. He
will teach trusts, property and conflict
of laws at Georgetown this year His
appointment brings the number of
full-time professors in the school to
seven.
Attend Bar Association Meeting.
Prof. Tooke, Prof. Karl Fenning
and Prof. Hugh J. Fegan. assistant
dean Of the Law School, attended the
recent meeting of the American Bar
Association in Buffalo. During the
sessions a luncheon for Georgetown
men was held, at which resolutions
were unanimously adopted supporting
the American Bar Associations pro-
gram in respect to legal education
The Georgetown men present unani-
mously pledged themselves to support
the requirement of two years college
work for admission to the bar exami-
nations in their respective iurisdic-
tions
Among others, the following George
town men were in attendance at the
meeting of the American Bar Asso.
citation: Henry l.. Woolridge, w, JEFF
ferson Davis. William w, Bride. Rich.
ard D. Daniels, George p. Hoover.
John A. Saul, Reeves T. Strickland.
julius /. Peyser, James A. Purcell,
II. Winship WheatIey, w. F. Harper.
Duncan Campbell, Thomas Campbell,
Maurice p. Lennon, Howard Smith,
II. c. Blanton, Francis W. Cullen,
George T. Driscoll, John Powers. F. C..
OConnell, George G. Green, James p.
R0ssIter and Thomas Hazard Gardner.