Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-23
NEW LAW COURSE
FOR GEORGETOWN
University Will Launch Ad-
miraIty Classes on
March |.

Beginning with the midyear- term
March I, the Georgetown University
Law School will inaugurate a new
course in admiralty law under the di
reckon of j. Frank Staley, special as.
siStant to the Attorney General.
Much interest is being taken in this
course, particularly in view of the fact
that Mr.. Staley is one of the foremost
authorities on admiralty law in the
country. He has been a special assist
ant to the Attorney General since 1918
and is now the special representative
OF the Government in all admiralty
matters before the United States SUI
preme Court. For more than 20 years
Mr.. Staleys has specialized in this
branch of the law. He holds the de-
gree Of bachelor of laws from the Uni
Nersity Of Pennsylvania and is a bach
elor and master of arts Of Gettysburg
College.
The new admiralty course is in line
with the policy of the Law School in
widening the scope of its studies lead
ing to a degree. While the Law School
is not so large numerically. on account
of the college work necessary for ad-
mission its standards have been raised
considerably during the last few
years. 1t is now graded as a class A
institution by the American Bar Asso.
citation.
Col. Meade Once Student.
Lieut.. Col. James J. Meade, u. S.
M. c., who is in command. of the Ma
rine detachment sent to Nicaragua, is
a former Law School student and took
a prominent part in scholastic affairs
prior to his graduation in 1917. He
was in the Marine Corps at that time.
and when the United States entered
the World War obtained commissions
for several of his classmates in the
Marine Corps. While at Georgetown
he was a member OF the Phi Alpha
palta Fraternity. Members of the
faculty ar> fc''Cw'nr his course in
Nic1ra eta with considerable interest
Rev. Gustav J. Dumas. :. j.. who
tG in charge Of the productions for
the Mask ard Prul e Club at the col
lege, has an1ourccd the caste for the
three one-act plays to be presented
Saturda" eTening at Trinity Parish
Hall. Th1 three pays are 1.-The Jest
ing Satyr," The Game Of Chess and
Poets All" Fenton Moran of AL
hany, y. Y, a. Sc@hcmore, wrote THE
Je-tine Satyr. which was awarded
the prize as the best play submitted
in the lt2z IT { N, bold by the Col
lege Journal. About L students com.
peted.
Ass~et
The casts Ior the various perform
anceg we're announced as follows: The
Testing Satyr''-Fi ancis Moran. Fran
els Ryan. Joseph Gardner. Francis
Wenzler and Paul DIiscoll: THE
Game Of Chess Paul Lyons, Phillip
Ca.hill. William Aard and William
CaSson. Poets All'-William O'Neill.
Peter Morgan, Roberc Christie and
H. Daane Benson. Mr.. Dumas is di-
recting ali the plays of the Mask and
Bauhie Club and has arranged for
monthly performa noes. Since the club
has sought 10 avoid feminine roles in
its various presentations. the task of
selecting these plays has proved a diff
ficult one.
The r. o. T. c. rife team won two
more victories last week and is wait
ing TO hear from the results Of several
other MATCHES. Iowa State University
and the University Of Cincinnati fell
before the Georgetown marksmen-
The Hilltoppers scored 3.69S points,
while Iowa scored $50 and Cincin-
natl 1852 points. Matches are now
being fired simultaneously against the
University Of California, Pittsburgh
and the freshman team OF Carnegie
Institute.
Senator David l. Walsh of Massa-