Evening star., 1928-03-11
NATIONAL i. PLANS
NEWLAW COURSE
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Direct Study of Land
Measures.

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CATION laws will be among the new
courses added to the Spring term cur
riculum Of National University. It will
be presented under the direction OF
Prof. Thomas G. Havell, assistant COM
missioner of the United States General
Land Office and graduate Of the uni
vers;ty. The Spring term commences
Monday, March 10, and ends June 2.
In addition to the Federal and State
laws. the course will include practice
and procedure In the General Land
once, acquisition OF title under the
public land laws. surveys annd resur-
veys and State and railroad land
grants.
Prof. Havell last year was appointed
as the representative OF the Interior
Department on the committee organ
ICED by the National Tax Association
for the purpose Of devising some means
whereby State governments could de-
rive revenue from the public lands To-
Gated within their boundaries. He rep
resented Washington at the twentieth
annual conference on taxation held in
Toronto, Canada. during october, 1927.
Course on Trusts.
Another new course to begin March
10 Is on trusts annd monopolies, which
will be under the professorship Of Ev-
erett F. Haycraft. member Of the
Washington bar and a specialist in the
law of trusts and monopolies. This
course will take up the development Of
antitrust legislation before the passage
Of the Sherman act, and also will in
clude detailed study of the Federal
Trade Commission act and the Clay
ton act.
The origin and development of con-
Stitutions will be followed during the
dence and legal history under the di-
iection of DR.. Albert H. Putney, pro-
fessor of constitutional law and juris-
prudence.
Winter term examinations will be-
gin tomorrow at National University
and will last until next Saturday. EX-
aminations in the school Of economies
and government began Thursday and
were concluded yesterday. Tests In the
law school will start at 5 pm. The
following schedule Of examinations has
been prepared for the law school:
Monday March 12-Criminal law
text. damages, jurisprudence and legal
history.
Tuesday, March l3-common law
pleading. equity pleading. District Of
NOlutLlpIH COuG.
Wednesday, March l4-criminal law
cases. patent law.
Thursday. March lS-Law OF eyi-
dence, law review course.
Friday. March l6-Suretyship, case
analysis, Government contracts and
claims: practice.
Saturday. March 17-Criminal Law
procedure. municipal corporations. Fed
eral procedure.
Reorganization Of the National UNI
versity Glee Club will be undertaken
during the next few weeks by George
E. Pickett. Sd. 1t has been announced.
The glee club was first organized by
Pickett in 1926. Reorganization OF the
organization is Ia response, to the re-
quests Of large number OF students.
Dance Well Attended.
More than 100 couples attended the
informal get acquainted" dance given
by members OF the freshman class last
night at Thayer's studio. 1926 Connec-
ticut avenue This affair was arranged
by two members Of the social commit
tee, II. c. Beavers and l.. X. Elliott.
Plans now are under way for the fresh
man prom. which will be held the latter
part Of April, ANA committee recently
was appointed to make preliminary
Whether the eighteenth amendment
should be repealed was the subject Of
a recent debate at q meeting OF the
Alvey Debating Society. Wilbur S. VIII
lis and Emanuel NJ. Reiter argued In
favor of repeal. while Ely @. Tregor and
Samuel Pollock held that the amend
ment should stand. The Judges vote
was In favor OF Willis and Reiter.
Three members OF the Alvey society
were appointed as q committee TO make
arrangements for a debate between that
society and the Interior Law Club,
which recently suggested holding a de-
bate between the two organizations,
This committee consists Of DR.. Walter
Hagen. John s. Nevitt and z. l.. Tregor.
It Is planned to arrange a meeting OF
the two societies early In the Spring
term.
Announcement has been made that
George E. Pickett, Sd; J. T. Haslam and
Charles E. Jackson were admitted 10
practice before the District OF Columbia
Court OF Appeals March 5. Pickett and
Haslam were graduated from National
University last year. while Jackson Is a
graduate of the wear 1926