Evening star., 1927-05-01
NATIONAL j. PLANS
GRADUATION DAY
Record Class in Numbers
Listed for Commencement
Night of June 13.

Plans for the annual commencement
exercises at National University are
being made. with the prospects that
one of the largest classes in the his
tory of the institution will be gradu-
ated. Commencement will be held the
night of June 13, according to pres
ent plans.
There are approximately 200 stu
dents in the senior classes OF the Law
School and the School of Economics
and Government, and judging from
their past scholastic records. practi-
callv all of them will receive their
diplomas. The last classes of the
school year will be held June 4.
1t is planned to have a speaker OF
national prominence address the grad
uating students and several social
functions are being planned for com.
mencement which. it is promised, VIII
make the week one of extraordinary
attraction.
Summer School Scheduled.
Summer school at National Univer-
sity will begin shortly after the
closing of the Spring term. Both the
Law School and the School of Eco
nomics and Government will conduct
classes and many OF the present stu.
dents have signitied their Intention OF
remaining in Washington during the
Summer to attend the session. rms,
along with a number of inquiries
from others who express the desire
to attend the Summer session, mas
led National University officials to ne
Iieve that the coming term will be
hetter attended than any previous
Summer session.
Present plans call for complete and
comprehensive courses in both schools.
Economics, law and government
courses will be taught in all their
branches and, aside from number OF
the regular faculty, professors ana
instructors from various parts OF the
country will be added to the teaching
staff of the university for the sessions
Social Activities Planned.
Social activities of National Uni
yersity students are again assuming
prominence prior to the beginning
of the final examinations for the year
Plans now are being made for mum.
her of functions, one of the chleI OF
which is the annual banquet or the
senior class of the Law School. Thls
affair is to be held May u and
committee on arrangements mas been
appointed The group now Is work
ing out the details. This committee
consists entirely of woman students.
They are Constance Fogle, Catherine
Myers. Ida Kendall. Evelyn Jarvis
and Ella Howard.
The locale of the banquet has not
been definitely determined as yet, but
il is expected that the committee Will
announce it's decision shortly. A num-
her of interesting features are being
worked out and it is planned to have
several of the students address the
diners.
Dean Pergler Opens Round Table.
Dean Charles Pergler of the School
of Economics and Government of Ma
tional University Friday morning
opened round table discussion be-
fore the American Society of Inter
national Law on the subject, Denial
of Justice" He empha sized the fact
that a denial of justice is compara
lively rare nowadays, excepting in
semi-civilized countries.
Denial of justice is a denial of due
process of law" he asserted. But
due process of law simply means the
law of the land.
IF, therefore, a foreigner has been
fairly treated in accordance with the
law of the land, in jurisdiction of
Il MEMBER OF the society OF nations,
and if he does not come within a class
protected by special treaties, he may
be said to have been accorded justice.
''All modern legal systems have GER
tain common underlying legal prin-
ciples. Yet there are differences, and
in embarking upon enterprises abroad
the business man. industrialst or in
vestor must be presumed to be aware
of them and to be willing to submit
to the application of these different
principles when the local sovereign
considers it wise to apply them"
When Differences Arise.
Dean Pergler emphasized the point
that differences often arise by reason
of the fact that one State may seek
to impose upon another State its own
conceptions of due process of law.
The National University Economic
Society, composed of members of the
senior class of the School Of Eco
nomics and Government, recently was
organized and the following officers
were elected: l.. j. p. Fichthorn, presi-
dent: X. Harrison. vice president; Miss
Bessie Cox, secretary; G. l.. Fajardo,
historian. The society is planning
a social function for the near future,
it is said.