Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-09-21
CARUSI TO TALK
AT n. i. OPENING
School Board Heads Address
Will Launch 62d Fall
Term.

Dr. Charles F. Carusi. president OF
the District Of Columbia Board OF Edu-
cation and chancellor OF National Uni
yersity, will deliver the formal address
at the opening Of that university's six
ty-second Fall term at $50 pm. next
Saturday
In his address, DR. CaruSi, who will
return to Washington this week follow
ing a two-month vacation in Europe,
will welcome the student body and the
new members Of his faculty. Besides
the chancellor. other speakers at the
formal reopening of the university will
include Chief Justice Fenton w. Booth
Of the United states Court OF Claims,
one of the most recently named faculty
members; Justice Frederick L. Siddons
OF the District Supreme Court, vet
eran of the university personnel, and
Justice Jennings Bailey and Justice
Peyton Gordon, both of the District
Of Columbia Supreme Court.
Concurrent with the preparations for
the formal reopening, class schedules in
both the School of Law and the School
OF Economies and Government have
been completed and registrations are
under way. The latter phase of uni
versity administration has been
activities OF faculty advisers who have
counselled with students concerning
their courses toward graduation. In
dications already point toward an in
creased enrolment over last year when
the ! 900 marx was passed TO establish
a new record at National.
Stress New Courses.
National is pointing with particular
emphasis this year to its new courses in
the School of Economics and Govern
ment DR.. james F. Couch will con-
duct a course on the history of science
in which he will treat with the develop
ment of human knowledge of natural
phenomena. DR. COUGHS lectures will
be given on Tuesdays and Fridays.
Prof. Bernard Mayo, acting dean Of
the economies and government school,
will conduct new course in Medieval
history embracing with the develop
ment Of the Middle Ages, broad treat
ment of the feudal system. Prof. Fred
erick p. II. Siddons will administer a
new course this year in banking in
which he will instruct in foreign sys-
TENS. He viii continue with his regu-
lar course in money, credit and bank
ing.
By the end of this week the entire
faculty of National will have returned
to the Capital from vacations or Sum-
mer season duties. Thomas H. Havell
assistant commissioner Of the General
Land Office, who conducts a course in
the School Of Law on public lands,
mining and irrigation law, has just re-
turned from a trip through the vest
ern section of the United States. Prof.
HaVells course is being enlarged this
year to meet the demands engendered
by the increasing Importance of public
land laws under which title tothree-
fourths of the territory in continental
United States has been acquired. The
course was written by Samuel v.
Proudfit, faculty member, who has been
a lecturer at National for 90 years and
former Land ONCE commissioner.
Instructor a Delegate.
Mai. C. I. Kephart, associate pro-
feSsor of conflict Of laws at National
and principal examiner OF the Inter-
state Commerce Commission, was dele
gate to the Institute of Public Affairs
in Charlottesville, Va. Maj. Kephart
was a special appointee of Gov. j. @.
Pollard of Virginia.
Prof. w. W. MILAN, Judge" In Ma
tional University's moot court OF ap-
peals. returned TO Washington yester-
day from Indianapolis. where he was
chairman of the committee of appeals
OF the independent order Of Odd Fell
lows. The committee sat in Judgment
upon questions pertaining to the laws
of the organization.
Representative E. w Gibson of YER
mont, lecturer at National on trial pro-
cedure, has been elected a delegate 70
the national convention of the Ameri-
can Legion in Boston next moth. Rep
resentatiye Gibson also was renomi-
mated to Congress recently, an accom-
plishment which in his jurisdiction
amounts virtually to reelection.
Summer term grades were mailed to
students who completed their work at
the end of last month during the past
week
A progressive program Of debating Is
being planned for the coming year by
Prof. Fred Myers. director Of this work
at National for several years. The two
widely known debating societies, the
Alvey and the Miller groups, will con-
stitute the center Of this activity In
discussions OF the various phases OF the
present political campaign.
Nationals new library containing
more than 5000 volumes, now is open
daily 10 students of the university.
one of the minor changes Of class
schedule which was announced last
night involved Prof. o. L. Mohundro's
course in interstate law. It's sessions
will be held this year at 7:45 pm. on
Tuesdays and Fridays instead OF dur
ing the early morning hours. Similarly,
Prof. Mohundro's other classes in prac-
tice and procedure will be held in the
evening
Despite his nomination as Senator
from Oklahoma, former Senator Thomas
p Gore will continue to give his Satur
day evening lectures on English legal
history.