Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-03-16
DANCE Bye" CLUB
IS SET FOR MONDAY
Columbus University Group to
Observe st. Patrick's Day
at Roosevelt Hotel.

In keeping with the spirit of st. Pat
ricks day, tomorrow, Columbus Uni
versity. 1914 Massachusetts avenue, will
break its Lenten ban on amusements
when the newly organized &c" Club
stages its first social event by being
host at a dance at the Roosevelt Hotel,
Sixteenth and v streets.
Dancing will be from 10 to l o'clock.
RAYMOND ]. Walter, who will again pilot
the basket ball team, which has given
the &c" Club to Columbus University,
announced yesterday that Doth pail
rooms of the hotel have been engaged
for the event. This affair is the first
of a series of annual affairs the &c"
Club will undertake.
Members of the Washington Collegi-
ate Conference Colleges, of which Co
lumbus University is a member, have
been invited to participate in the st.
Patrick's dance, as have the various or
ganizations Of the university and It's
alumni and professors In both the
Schools of Law and Accountancy. Dick
O'Connell, Law School junior. chair
man of the &C" Club prom, will
be assisted by Herbert Reichelt, deco
rations; Francis Loveless, Joseph Weis
and Edgar H. Boyd tickets and Thomas
Conner, Morris Curtin, Richard Roberts.
Berkly Mealy and Francis Plant of the
floor committee.
Commencement Committee Named.
William E. Leahy, dean Of the School
Of Law, and Seton Darr, assistant dean,
have appointed this committee from the
postgraduate class in the School OF
Law to make preparations for the COM
mencement exercises, to be held June
IL: Joseph Leonard Townsend, John
r. Mcdonald and Charles Henry Evans.
Judge Robert z. Mattingly Of the
Municipal Court, addressed the fancy
Law Club Friday evening, urging all
members to know Beveridge's Life of
John Marshall" as well as other out
standing works. He expressed the wish
that life of Roger Brook fancy might
be prepared similar to the standard OF
the work on Marshall. Judge Mat
tingly quoted the dictum THE law is a
Jealous mistress" and assured his hear
ers that the successful lawyer must
live like a hermit and work like a
horse" He envisioned great opportunity
today for the willing young woman or
man who would make the legal profess
sion a life'S work and sketched the en-
trance of women into the realm of
jurisprudence, particularly with respect
to the jury system.
William A. Roberts, the university's
professor of interstate commerce law
and procedure, who takes an outstand-
Ing part in District civic affairs and is
senior attorney examiner in the In
terstate Commerce Commission, intro
duced Judge Mattingly. Prof. Roberts
is the faculty adviser Of the fancy Law
Club. Mrs. Sadee Brawner, the club
president, presided at the meeting.
Papers were read on the questions Of
contingent fees and on the family use"
doctrine, concerning automobiles.
Alumni Group Meets March ~.
Joseph Leonard Townsend, president
Of the university's alumni association,
announced yesterday that the Organi-
cation will hold a meeting at pm.
March "a. Several important items Of
business will be before the assembly, he
said. John j. OLeary, the associations
secretary, is preparing announcements
giving details Of the agenda.
The Venetian Society of the School
of Accountancy has laid plans for the
senior prom in that school, arranged
tentatively to be held at the Mayhower
Hotel on May 10. The society plans
to have prominent speaker March "a
in the first Of a series devoted to cur
rent commercial problems
The Pi Chi Sorority, the women's or
ganiSation in the School of Law, de-
voted Wednesday evening, after classes,
to q social program at the Ambassador
Hotel, which took the form Of q SWIM
ming contest.