Evening star., 1927-09-11

making preparations Tor Ia ger
registration the coming year than in
any previous period in the history of
the institution and the prospect is that
several of the most popular subjects
will have enough regstrants to war
rant the establishment of two c'asseS.
This was announced yesterday by Of
ficials of the university. Registration
has been proceeding for several weeks
and already n greater number or
students has registered than at this
time of last year.
Since the closing of Summer school
10 DAYS ago strictly scholastic activl-
ties have slowed down for the first
time in II months. Offices OF the IN
stitution, Eawever. are open daily Tor
the accommodation of reglStrantS ana
for the purpose of answering inqui-
ries regarding courses.
MANY members of the faculty now
are on vacation. several having gone
10 Europe. Among the latter is God
frey l.. Munter, professor of the law
of sales. who is attending the Ameri-
can Legion convention in Paris this
month Following the convention he
is going to Switzerland for brief stay
and then will return TO Washington to
resume his duties at National Univer
sity on September 80, when classes
are begun.
Incorporated by special act of Con
gress in 1869, National University now
ranks as one of the foremost part-time
educational institutions in the East.
Three schools are maintained. the Law
School. the School of Economics and
Government and the Graduate School.
Hours to Suit Students.
Tn order tn accommodate those
students who are employed during the
day. classes generally are held early
in the morning or late in the after
noon and during the evening hours.
BY special request, however. arrange
ments may be made to hold classes
at other hours.
The Law School alone has graduated
approximately 5000 students during
the course of its existence and at the
fifty-eighth annual commencement eX-
erciseS in June of this year 267
students received degrees.
Feeling the need of expanding the
scope of its scholastic activities. the
university this year is adding a num-
ber of new courses to its curriculum.
Both the Law School and the School of
Economics and Government will feel
the effect of this expansion program.
Several new history. psychology, So
ciology and economics courses have
been added to those already estab.
lished, and in addition to this a Ian
guage department has been created in
which both Latin and French courses
are included. This new department
will be expanded later as the need
arises, and probably will include both
German and Spanish.
In the Law School additional courses
also have been added and this step
has shown itself to be popular by the
registration figures and the inquiries
already made.
History Department Courses.
Among the new courses added to the
history department is one on the his
tory of international relations, as well
as a course on English history. The
department also includes courses in
Latin American history. economics his
tory and a number of other subjects
The new psychology courses which are
to be instituted include social psy-
chology. applied business psychology
and course on general Psychology.
Although it is but seven years since
the first woman was graduated from
National University, the number of
woman students constantly has grown
Exceptional facilities now are pro-
vided for woman students, and several
women's organizations are foStered by
the institution.
One of these. the Cy Pres Club, is
composed of all woman students of
the university. This club meets the
first Thursday of every month for
luncheon at the University Womens
Club and during the school year it
participates in number of other ac-
tivities. Another organization of
woman students is the Omicron Chap
ter of Kappa Beta Pi. womens ma
tional legal fraternity. There also are
several women on the faculty of the
university.
Law Study Courses Outlined.
The study of both civil and English
common law may be- followed at the
institution. Roman law, in its ana
slytical as well as historical aspects, is
under the professorship of Judge
Charles S. Lobingier, who is in charge
of the civil law department of the
school. Modern civil law takes up
the historical origin and the develop
ment of this type of law from the col
lapse Of the Roman Empire to the
present day and includes study of
the basic codes of those countries
where the civil code is in force.
Because of the civil law taught at
National University. an increasing
number of foreign students is attend
ing the institution. Students from
Latin America. the Philippines and the
Latin countries Of Europe, the codes
of which are based primarily upon
civil law, have found the course
especially valuable
Public speaking and debating are
actively fostered in the Law School and
a series of debates is held annually
betw can the several debating societies
as well as with outside colleges.
Legal and court practice also is
given thorough attention and, in ad-
dition to classes in these subjects.
there are regular sessions of a moot
court as well as of a moot court Of