Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-27
DAVIS TEXT BOOK
GAINS WIDE FAVOR
National u. Law School Gives
New Legal Work High
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legal Accounting and Auditing.
q text book compiled by Herbert L
Davis, auditor of the Supreme Couri
OF the District of Columbia and pro
fessor of legal accounting and court
auditing in the National University
Law School, which has just been pub
lished, has been received with great
Favor by members of the Law Schoo
faculty.
Colleagues of Mr.. Davis regard his
book as a valuable contribution to the
field of legal texts. In the volume
Mr.. Davis has put the knowledge and
experience that he has gained during
% years in this type of work in the
National Capital
Practically all of the guiding prec
edents which are concerned in the
application of the law of trust estates
partition suits. administrations, etc.
are to he found in the volume. The
whole law pertaining to the duties
obligations and responsibilities OF
fiduciaries, court auditors, masters in
chancery, referees and similar officers
are TO be found in the book. together
with analyses of cases involving the
application of principles of accounting
and legal precedents. The book
makes no effort to cover the subject
of accounting apart from its applica
ton in law.
The book is written to serve not
only law students but members Of the
bar, masters in chancery and others
connected with this branch of the law.
Its guiding precedents will be of par
dcular advantage to the reader.
Team Tryouts April ?.
To facilitate its use as a college
text. the edition is bound in interleaf
form, making 1t convenient for stu
dents to take notes along with the
lectures given during the course.
Tryouts will be held April for pc.
sitions on the National University
teams which will meet Bridgewater
College in the annual debate between
the two schools, to be held later in
the month. Registration for the try
members of the school are eligible to
compete for places on the team.
Eugene F. Began has been elected
president Of the Miller Debating So
ciety for the remainder Of the
school year. H. S. Soelberg and Fred
Miller were elected vice president and
secretary. respectively.
Three speeches that met with con-
siderable favor were features of the
meeting Of the society held last week
Keith Meyer. in the most extensive
address of the meeting, dealt with the
administration of estates in the event
Of intestacy. Kenneth Parmelee. in
his address, spoke on the subject OF
disarmament and Mr.. Soelberg dis.
cussed the American war debts.
The Saturday evening meetings OF
the society are attracting con-
stantly increasing attendance.
The course in public speaking con-
Quoted by Representative Henry r.
Rathbone of Illinois has been re-
sponsible for stimulating a consider
able interest in debating among the
students of the Law School.
Students to Hear Editor.
Warren Bishop, managing editor Of
The Nations Business, published by
the United States Chamber Of Com.
merce, will address the students OF
the School of Economics and Govern.
ment next Friday on the subject OF
business journalism. He was for
many years associate editor of the
New York Sun.
While the lecture Is sponsored by
the School of Economics and Govern
ment, 1t is open to the members OF
the Law School and to the public as
well.
William Boyd Craig. professor of
English and Journalism in the School
of Economics and Government, is rep.
resented in The Nations Business for
March by an article entitled why Do
They Call EN- Drug Stores?" Mr..
Craig points out that one OF the
strongest trends of modern merchan-
dising is the aptitude Of the drug
store to take over the selling OF al
most every type of article.
Charles Pergler, dean of the AGA
demic School, was one of the speakers
at a mass meeting held last Sunday
In Baltimore in celebration of the
ninth anniversary of the declaration
OF Lithuanian independence.
Members of Omicron Chapter,
Kappa Beta Pi Legal Sorority, pa"-
ticipated in joint initiation exercises
with the chapters of other local uni
versities on Friday, at which time
Nine. Suzanne Grinberg. noted
French lawyer, was admitted to ho.l
orary membership in the sorority.
Nine. Grinberg. the ninth woman to
be admitted to the French bar, re-
counted the story Of the success OF
the French woman in legal practice
after FIRST overcoming the prejudice
which retarded her entry into the
profession.
Mime. Grinberg addressed the Cy
Pres Club Of National University at
it's annual banquet held Tuesday
night at the Woman's University
Club.