Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-09-28
NATIONAL BEGINS
GID FALL TERM
Assembly of Largest Class
and Enlarged Faculty
Marks Exercises.

second Fall term last night, when DR.
Charles F. Carusi. its chancellor anc
president of the District of Columbis
Board Of Education, addressed the larg-
est assembly Of students in the history
Of the institution.
| Besides the formal induction of Ma
tional's record freshman class. last
nights exercises at the Thirteenth
street institution witnessed the first Of
| fetal presentation of the enlarged fac
ulty, which includes six Federal judges
| to the student body.
| Returning students and faculty men,
bers saw and approved the extensive
alterations to the interior of the uni
| versity buildings. which were completed
recently to end Summer of structural
activity. The new assembly hall. offer
| ing a larger seating capacity, together
| with the additional study halls, class
rooms and new library facilities, was
inspected with interest.
Last nights exercises marked the be-
ginning of busy academic year at Ma
tional. Announcement was made of the
| first meeting of the year of the board of
| trustees. The boards session, which has
awaited the return from Europe of DR.
Carusi. is scheduled for this week, when
consideration will be given the degree
candidates who completed their re-
Quired work in the Summer sessions. In
accordance with the universities prac-
tice. these graduates will not receive
their awards until the annual Spring
commencement next June. Many of the
students who are adjudged eligible for
their degrees this week will remain at
the university in pursuit Of credits for
higher scholastic degrees, according to
tentative announcements.
Registration Continues.
Registration of new students Official
ly ended with the opening of the uni
versity last night. However, some stu
dents will be enrolled throughout the
first week in October. Because of this
policy, the courses are so planned by
the faculty as to permit the late-comers
to catch up with their classes with COM
| parative ease.
The School of Economics and Gov
| eminent began its eighth year last
night under Bernard Mayo as acting
dean. DR.. Charles Pergler, dean of this
school, is on leave Of absence in Czecho-
slovakia.
Among the more recent faculty
changes to be announced by university
| offictals is the appointment of H. M
] Lewis, administrative assistant of the
Bureau of Internal Revenue, Treasury
Department and former instructor In
political science, as full professor. Prof
Lewis will lecture in both the Law School
and in the School of Economics and
Government. He is a graduate of the
normal department of William and
Mary College with the class of 1914. He
took the bachelor of science degree
there in 1920 following an INTERRUPTION
by his war service as naval ensign. He
holds also bachelor of laws degree
from Southeastern University, and the
master of laws and doctor of civil laws
degrees from American University. He
Is q member of both the District and
the Virginia bars.
versity's moot court will be held at 7:45
pm. Thursday, when students will pre-
sent their applications for admission to
that bar" Prof. Glen Willett, Judge
OF the court, will preside. r. p. Belew,
assistant clerk of the Supreme Court of
the District of Columbia, will act as
clerk OF the moot court while the re-
naming officers of the court will be
chosen from the student body.
First Case Scheduled.
The first jury case Of the year win be
tried Friday, when @. o. Luhn, senior.
and other members of his class will
conduct the prosecution of defendant
for assault and battery. M. j. Mccarthy,
also senior. will be counsel for the de-
Tense. In accordance with Nationals
policy. the witnesses In the case will be
selected from the junior class, while
the Jurors viii be freshmen.
Two new graduate courses are drawing
comparatively heavy enrollments from
degree holding students. The course in
f11T-fc &c nxfxr I1x.
Percy Hickling, District of Columbia
alienist, at 5:35 pm. ON Tuesdays and
Fridays, while Prof. Thomas E. Robert
sons course in patent law Is given at
$3.50 pm. on Mondays and Thursdays
Prof Robertson is commissioner OF pat
ents of the United States
The new course in Latin, which is
administered by James Star Ruby, jr.
at 5:35 pm. on Tuesdays and Fridays
in the School of Economics and Govern
ment, also has proved popular during
the registration period.
Organization of student groups will
| get under way in the near future. The
| return to the Law School of Charles H
Barr and Harold !. Schliz, presidents OF
last years junior and freshman classes
respectively, probably will result In the
establishment Of the senior and Junior
class organizations this week. Indica-
tons are that the class politics, which
delayed organizations so long last year
/ viii be less confused this Fall.
Plans are being made already for ar
early start on the university year book
The Docket" Last years plan of hav-
| ing controlling executive committee
supervise the books preparation proved
so satisfactory that 1t probably will bt
repeated this year.
| A limited number of free scholarship.
are available again this year to de-
serving students. Applications for these
berths in the student body are being re.
ceived by John L. Cassin, assistant dear
OF Law School
Prof. Richard A. Ford and Prof. j. G
Simms were the last two members o.
the faculty to return to the Capital fol
the Fall term opening. Prof. Ford hai
been In Europe and Prof. Simms, whC
will lecture this year on the admins
trative law, has been to Tennessee
where he aided In Senator Brooks cam
paign for nomination to the shoyt tern
In the Senate.
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