Evening star., 1928-04-08
GEORGETOWN BUSY
ON SPRING EVENTS
Debate, Law Club Election
and Banquet Are on
Weeks Program.

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While the Easter vacation at George
twn University continues until April l6,
the close of the Lenten season ushers in
the Spring activities with busy week
ahead for the law school student body.
Chief among the events scheduled at
the law school this week are the cleo
tions of the Carroll Law Club Tuesday
night, the first annual banquet of the
White Law Club Wednesday night and
| the fourth prize debate the following
afternoon.
Associate Justice Harlan Fiske Stone
of the United States Supreme Court will
be the guest Of honor and principal
speaker at the White banquet This
will be one OF the most important scho-
lastic events of the year and is expect
ed to bring together full membership
of the club at the Hamilton Hotel.
| where the affair Is to be held Justice
Stone formerly was dean OF Columbia
Law School.
Flanagan Heads Committee.
The chairman of the banquet COM
mittee Is William Flanagan, %, Of Ohio
and is being assisted by Emmett Jones.
'29, and Herbert Lynch, %. Besides
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viii include Dean George E. Hamilton,
Assistant Dean Hugh j. Fegan and Dr.
william ]. Price, faculty director OF the
club. The late Chief Justice Edward
Douglas White, after whom the law
club Is named, was in his sophomore
year at Georgetown College at the out
break of the Civil War. leaving college
to enlist In the Confederate Army. He
received the degree of doctor OF laws
from Georgetown in 1928 shortly after
his appointment to the Supreme Court
The present offlcers OF the law clun
of Leo Smith. '2S. chief justice; Charles
Neili, 90, senior associate justice: Her
bert,Lynch. 20, clerk Of court: William
Flanican. '2s. excheouer: John Szabo
90, marshal. and Vincent Campano,
,2e. historian The procedure Of the
White Law Club Is somewhat new. be-
ing an appellate court before which
questions Of law alone are argued, the
statement of facts being agreed upon
beforehand. Counsel for both sides
prepare briefs and present oral argu-
merts. The chief justice and four as
sociate justices hear argument and In
terrupt the counsel to ask them ques-
tions. After both sides are heard. the
justices hand down their decision.
In case the decision Is unanimous
only the chief justice gives the reasons
for the decision and II 1t is divided,
both majority and minority decision
is given from the bench. These court
sessions have been OF great help to the
students in preparing cases.
Committees In Charge.
The Carroll Club. named after the
founder OF Georgetown. the Rev John
Carroll, first Archbishop of Baltimore,
follows much the same procedure.
Nominations OF officers for the next
year viii take place Tuesday night and
the elections next weei1 The newly
elected officers will be installed at a
banquet the latter part of this month
or early in May. which will mark the
close OF activities for the school year.
In addition TO members of the law
faculty several Senators and Repre-
sentatives will be invited TO this func-
ton. The complete committees IN
charge of the banquet plans follow:
Executive committee--William O'Neil,
Wisconsin, and Matthew O'Callaghan.
District of Columbia. General chair
man, John L. Oeragthy. Washington
ToastYnaster, George Hagen, Minnesota.
Arrangements committee. M. A. Mac
Laughlin, South Carolina. ]. j. Null
vey. Massachusetts: F. Ray Gillespie.
Michigan, and j. Herbert Walsh, Dis
trict OF Columbia. Speakers commit
tee, Charles H. Quirk, Wisconsin; w. v.
wilmington, Illinois; J. Mark Trice,
District OF Columbia, and Claude Han
ley. Maryland. Publicity committee,
Clergue G. Schilling. Michigan; Don
Hegge. Wisconsin; James waters, Penn
sylvanta, and James Finlen, Montana.
Tickets committee~-Louis Whitestone,
Virginia; Thomas McKenna, New York;
Thomas Sisk. oregon; Cornelius Ward,
New York.
Much interest is being taken In the
prize law debate. as this will be the
Anal preliminary contest The winners
Of this event and three previous con-
tests will meet In q final debate shortly
before commencement TO decide the
championship between the morning and
afternoon departments Of the school.
The subject for Thursday afternoon
Baumes Law Ii Desirable Legislation
for the District OF Columbia" This Is
the first time the Baumes law has been
debated At Georgetown.
Students See Film.
Participants In the debate. selected
from try-out March "a, are Edward l.,
Wright OF Little ROCK. Ark, Fhrnel
Quinn OF North Plata. Nebr,. and
Harry G. McManus of Washhurn, Me,
representing the morning class. and J,
Burk Walsh and John j. O'Connor OF
the District OF Columbia and Henry l.,
Ehenier of 0rantwood, N. j.. repre-
senting the afternoon class,
Through the courtesy OF the Depart
tnent OF Commerce the students at the
School of Foreign Service recently had
an opportunity OF witnessing the first
showing OF a Aim, entitled "The Story
of Iron" prepared by the Government
In cooperation with four OF the largest
steel companies In the country. On
March 81 the film was given a special
showing At the White House for the
President and members Of his cabinet.
While the tilm was OF special inter-
est TO the staple commodities class,
attendance for It's members being
obligatory, nearly all the other stu-
dents at the school witnessed the film.