Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-05-04
COLUMBUS GROUP
TO DEBATE COURT
Popular Recall of Decisions
to Be Subject of Foren.
sic Clash.

With the Supreme Court Of the
United States thrown more sharply into
the limelight by recent congressional
debates, Columbus University, 1914 Mas
sachusetts avenue, is turning its at
tention to an important suggestion, af-
can Government.
On Wednesday evening at the Ham
ilton Hotel, the four students of the
School Of Law, who have triumphed In
individual debates, featured by the
Columbian Debating Society and the
Freshman Debating Society, will speak
on the question: Resolved, That the
Constitution of the United States Should
Be Amended, Making Decisions Of the
Supreme Court Of the United States
Subject to Recall by Popular Vote"
UNFOLDING the affirmative side Of this
question will be William K. Hutchin-
son Of the freshman group and Miss
Mary j. Kane Of the Columbians. The
negative will be represented by Byrnes
r. Bentley Of the Columbians and John
j. Mccarthy Of the freshmen.
Leahy VIII Preside.
william E. Leahy, dean of the School
Of Law, will be the presiding officer.
The board Of judges will consist OF
Charles P Sisson, chairman; District
Attorney Leo A. Rover and Theodore
Cogswell, register of wills. Ten min
utes will be allowed each speaker for
presentation of the main argument and
four minutes each have been set aside
for rebuttal. The timekeepers will be
Hugh r. Rivers, president of the Column
bian Society, and j. Chase Mckenzie.
James j. McCarron is chairman OF
the committee on arrangements Tor
this prize winning debate, which Is one
of the major functions of the university
Serving with him are Miss Margaret M
Mccarthy, John T. Burns, James "
DAILY, Alfred A. McGarraghy, Mr.
Rivers, Irving A. Lichtenberg, Sarah @.
Moriarty, Roger ]. Cullinane, William
J. Bray and Mr.. Mckenzie.
The schedule of examinations in the
School of Law was made public yester-
day by Seton Darr, assistant dean, and
Miss Mary Alberta Warren, the registrar,
as follows: Graduate school-May 10,
conflict of laws: May 20, patent law;
May %, legal photography. Senior class
May 10. constitutional law; May 20,
wills; May ~. suretyship: May %, cor
porations Junior class-May %, COM
mon low pleading; May 20, bills and
notes; June 2. sales; June 3, equity;
June 5, evidence. Freshman class
May %, insurance; May 20, contracts:
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law; June 4, domestic relations, and
June S, torts.
Profs. william j. Neale, Thomas
w. O'Brien and H. Winship Wheatley
who comprise the postgraduate thesis
committee, have issued call for COM
pleted thesis to be handed in by May
Is. The topics assigned range from the
cause of prison uprisings and their
remedies to the right Of privacy, such
as conended for by the Individual who
resists having his photograph repro
duced in publication.
The Skipper Appears.
The Skipper, the publication of the
School of Law, under the editorship of
James v. Daily, made its appearance
on Wednesday evening. This issue, got
ten I'D after the fashion of the sensa-
tional tabloids, is the comic number,
and the usual biographical sketches of
those prominent In the life of the uni
vsrsity, and articles on current legal
subjects are missing from the current
issue.
The Venetian Society is making de-
tailed arrangements for the senior prom,
to be held May 10 at the Wardman
Park Hotel Guests at this affair. Rob-
ert z. Findlay, the society's president,
announced yesterday, will be M.
Buchanan, the accountant; DR.. and
Mrs. william F. Deviny and Mr.. and
Mrs. James B. Mckinley.
The Pi Chi Sorority held a brief
meeting on Wednesday evening. Prof.
Thomas j. Fitzgerald, faculty advisor.
discussed plans for the forthcoming de-
bate of the sorority, in which winners
in previous debates will be matched
for the grand prize.
Raymond j. Walter is assisting Will
liam j. Bray, the class president, in
mapping out arrangements for the
freshman prom, to be held on May II
at the Carlton Hotel. Entertainers
that are favorites with the radio audi
ence are being secured, Mr.. Walter said,
for the affair and crimson and gold,
the universitys colors, will predominant
in the scheme Of decorations.