Evening star., 1927-05-16
WOMEN LAWYERS
HONOR DEAN RILEY
Honor Guest and Speaker at
Dinner Given by Mary
land Group.

| Dean Grace Hays Riley was the
guest of honor and speaker at the
first dinner given by the Women
I Lawyers Association of Maryland last
week. He talked on the development
and accomplishments of the Womens s
Bar Association of Washington. Miss
| Katherine Pike. professor Of admin.
| istrative law, and president of the
! National Women Lawyers Associa.
ton. is invited by the Maryland as.
sociation to speak at the next meet
| ing, to be held at the Hotel Rennert
on June 6.
Another graduate of the Washing
Il College of Law has been honored
the past week. Miss Mab1e Owen,
class of '21. was appointed to the
Board Of Tax Appeals as an attorney.
the first woman to be named to this
board. Miss Owen has had wide ex.
perience in the administration of rev.
enue laws, and this. with her an
alytical mind, fit her ideally for the
position.
Year Draws to Close.
Although the school year is draw
ing to a close. the Spring session at
Washington College of Law maintains
a full program up to the date of COM
mencement, which this year is on
June %. With final examinations.
the bar. examination and commence
ment in the near future the seniors
days are very busy ones.
The freshmen have finished their
first year real property. under Prof.
James B. Flynn, the examination
having been held on Tuesday last.
Outlines of common law pleading
under Prof. Helen l.. Jamison began
on Thursday.
The final prize debate of the Fresh.
men Debating Society takes place on
Saturday evening, May 81, at 8
o'clock. The debate will be held in
the senior classroom at the college.
The judges will be high Government
judicial and executive officials.
The question to be settled is, Re-
solved, That capital punishment should
be abolished. Those on the affirma-
til, are Miss Frances Wright Por.
ter, Messrs. Daniel O'Brien. Matthew
Broughton and Daniel Partridge, re-
buttal speaker, Those on the mega.
tive are Mrs. Norma Hardy Britton,
Messrs. Andrew Kane and Carl
Rinker.
All the students and their friends
are invited to this event as well as the
public generally.
Junior Dance Success.
The junior dance on Saturday eve.
ming was a. successful event. It was
well attended not only bv the juniors,
but by the other classes and faculty
members as well.
Members of Beta Chapter. Phi Delta
g of civ
by Mrs. Mabel Walker Willebrandt on
Tuesday evening in honor of Mrs.
Mary B. Love Collins, national presi.
dent of Chi Omega Fraternity. Mrs.
Collins, who is the author of Human
Conduct and the Law" was the first
woman to receive a bachelor degree
from the University Of Kentucky Law
School. She has recently been initi-
ated as an honorary member of Zeta
Chapter, Phi Delta Delta Women's
l. sal Fraternity.
On Thursday evening the members
of the Oliver Wendall Holmes Chapter
Of Sigma Ma Phi held a smoker at the
home of Victor Martin, former cham
cellor. The honor guests of the eve-
ming We're: David d. Caldwell, retir-
ing high chancellor. and Carlisle S.
Baer, grand master of the rolls.
Among those present were: William,
G. Brewer, present chancellor; Samuel
Robinaon, John Allen, James r.. Tay-
lor, John G. Conliff, Donald Mac.
Knight. Robert King. C. T. Lamar,
Herbert L. Wynne. J. T. Siattery, Carl
Rinker and Charles Schaffner.
Friday. the 18th, was the seventy
seventh birthday of Mrs. Ellen Spen-
Ger Mussey, founder and honorary
dean Of the college. The occasion was
celebrated by a special dinner at the
Women's City Club, at which old
friends and former students extended
to Mrs. Mussey their greetings and
good wishes. Among those present
were Judge O'Toole,. Mrs. Grace Hays
Riley, Miss Laura Berrien, Mrs.
Helena DOGGY Reed, Miss Pearl Nc
Call, Miss F. F. Stiles, Miss Mary Nc
Kenny, Miss Florence Bell, Miss Mary
Kelly, Miss Raymond, Mr.. and Mrs.
Newman, Miss Mabel Owen and Miss
Katherine Pike.
Regret Loss of Dean.
At the Spring meeting of the alumni
association of the college resolutions
We're passed expressing the sorrow of
the association in the loss Of it's dean
emeritus, Emma NJ. Gillett, and the
late Prof. Harry A. Hegarty. There
was a general discussion as to the
form memorials should take to be per-
manent tributes to these two individ-
uals who contributed SO much to the
success Of the college. A committee,
with Judge Mary O'Toole as chairman,
was appointed to raise money for the
Harry A. Hegarty memorial chair and
of the memory of Miss Emma NJ. Gil
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