Evening star., 1927-12-04
SENIORS Of n. j.
HOLD 1927 PROM
More Than 200 Couples At
tend Annual Dance
at Carlton.

With more than 200 couples in at
tendance, the Senior prom, the most
important social event of National
University's highest class, was held
last night at the Carlton Hotel,
The receiving line was headed by
j. c. Hooker and Miss Mildred
Reeves, seniors, who acted as host
and hostess. The prom was preceded
by many supper parties. Special dec
orations bedecked the Carlton ball
room.
Announcement is made that n. Win
ship Wheatley, professor of criminal
law at National University. has just
completed digest of the District OF
Columbia laws, TO be published in the
1928 Martindale American Law Di
rectory. This publication contains
digest of the laws of each State pre-
pared by member Of the bar OF each
of the States, and a directory OF all
lawyers in the United States. Prof
Wheatley has been doing this WORK
for the Martindale publication fol
more than 20 years.
In collaboration with A. r. Dlet
erich. a graduate of National Univer
sity. Prof. Wheatley also has pre-
pared a digest of the patent trade
mark laws of the United States fof
the same publication, which Is to oe
ISSUED January !.
Lecture Given.
Much interest is being manifested
hv students of all classes in the spe
cial supplementary lecture by .. IL
Mohundro, professor OF lnters'ate
commerce law. These lectures are be
ing given for the benefit of those stu
dents who contemplate taking the
District bar examination during the
nresent month, although other stu
dents NAV attend. The lectures are
given Wednesday and Saturday morn
ings at 1880 o'clock.
For use during the Winter term OF
the regular class in interstate com
merce law, Prof. Mohundro mas pre-
pared a. 3O0.page manuscript, Durlns
this period, Prot. Mohundro Will MAKE
a detailed analysis OF the statute WITH
.elated cases for each paragraph oi
the several sections.
Four students of National UnlVefsi
ty will appear with the washington
National Opera Go. during the weeh
They are Harold McNenny, arthur
Winn and Eugene F. Began: seniors
and Samuel IIightman. JUNIOR 1heS
will form a part of the chorus
Cy Pres Club Meets.
Members of the Cy Pres Cluo, an
oroa nization composed of all women
students of National University me'
~ noon THURSDAY for luncheon at the
If,;versitv Womens Club, 1854
street. 1t was the fi-st meeting a.
which the newly elected off1cefs Oh Tue
club officiated. o,.er
Tickets for the senior smoker
January II, have been placed on saie;
Already a large number mas peeli Soio
to alumni Of the institution anu a =
unusually large attendance ~ antNi.
mated at the event, to ne heio a.
T.,Aiglon, Eighteenth street ana So'
lumbia road. ,.;oos
The factor esta ablishing retaii pe i.1s
on commodities is the SUBJECT Oh a.,
article appearing in the cufrent issu1 s'i'
of Nations Business, written by WIZ
liam Rovd Craig, instructor in English
and journalism in the school OF eco.
nomics and government of Natonai
IIniversitv The article appears unoei
the title TX Stands for Selling Price.
"ResoIved, That the laws granting
Immunity to representatives of foreign
governments from local laws shouid
he abolished" was the subject OF the
first inter-class debate of the year.
between members of the Alvey So
ciety. composed of first-year students,
who upheld the affirmative side, ana
members of the Miller Society. COM
nosed of juniors and seniors, who took
the negative. The latter were ao'
Judged the winners.
Board of Judges.
Robert Barker, Public A. Esperdy
and Henry A. Kaufman, Jr., repre-
sented the first.year team, While the
upper classmen were represented by
Benjamin w. Harrison, John }. Col
Inns and Samuel Lightman. The
board of judges was composed OF r. h
Puller, j. r. Hicks and L. r. Long
Washington attorneys. F. +. Myers
instructor of debate at National Uni
versity, and Walter w. Bryan, presi-
dent of the Miller Society, presided.
During the course of the year mem
bers of these two societies meet four
times in public debate. The best
speaker of each debate then is en-
titled to compete in a final debate to
determine the most able speaker OF
the university. The latter is awarded
the faculty prize for debating at the
end of the school year.
Warren Bishop, managing editor OF
Nations Business, will address the
students of the school of economics
and government of National Univer
sity on the subject, "How to Read a
| Newspaper" December IA. Mr.
Bishop is a graduate of Dartmouth
Law School anG prior to coming ia