Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-08

dQFLoGT. 1QSy QSDaUSu whether Cdpl-
tai punishment should be abolished.
morally wrong and have proved inef-
fective as a deterrent to crime
The judges were DR.. Elizabeth Sohon,
Miss Mary Kane and Miss Margaret
Mccarthy
Charles Lobingier will be the princi-
pal speaker at a public session of the
riccobono seminar Of Roman law
Thursday night at $50 o'clock. All
members Of the student body have been
invited to attend. The purpose of the
affair viii be outlined by Seton Darr,
assistant dean. DR.. Francis Lardone of
Catholic University will preside. The
influence of Roman law on modern
courts will be dealt with by Mr.. Lo-
bngier as he discusses THE Revival of
Roman Law"
Stoner Joins Law Faculty.
GEORGE STONER, A. B., LII. B., Of
~ Yale College, and legal adviser
to Secretary of State Stimson when he
was Governor General of the Philip
pine Islands, has been appointed to the
faculty Of Washington College of Law.
Mr.. Stoner will teach torts and consti-
tutional law in the morning division.
The Oliver Wendell Holmes Chapter
Of Sigma Nu Phi Fraternity held its
pledge banquet last night at Blossom
Inn. The committee in charge included
John w. Buckley, Cecil S. Down and
Clyde B. Bradshaw The pledges at
tending were: Richard j. Fullam Joseph
A. Cushman, William r. Lane Ralph T.
French, Frederick E. Durham, Charles
A. Willmuth, Noble S. Williams, Leslie
G. Ncller, Walter F. Coleman, Robert
w. Maxwell, Henry B. Robertson, Rich
ard j Hoffman, Wesley E. Mcdonald,
Arthur d. Bailey, Wilbur F. Smith and
Walter l.. Mahaffey.
Lucien H. Vandoren presided last
night at the moot court held at the coll
lege. Cases we're presented by the fol-
| lowing senior counsel: Frances w. Pep
| per, Charles T. Nash, Benjamin Schlos-
ser, Joseph N. Purks, Abraham Gold
stein, Leona Gilbert and Jane Dyer.
Maryland Plans Commencement.
| DRELIMINARY plans for the June
L commencement at Maryland Uni
! versity already are under way. Joseph
| H. Deckman, president of the senior
class, has named various committees to
arrange details Of the various activi-
! ties.
Ralph Garreth heads the Committee
on Class Day and will be assisted by
| Virginia Blount, Agnes McNutt, Mary
| Rooms, Harry Hess and Frank Beau
champ; John OrNeill is chairman of
the Committee on Commencement Ex-
ercises, the others being Christine Sim
| monds, Ruth Miles, Bob Allen, Ridgley
Parks and Edwin Cue; Elizabeth Minis
Is the leader of the Senior Glass Play
Committee, her aides being Helen
Mead, Henry Whiting, William Clifford,
William Anderson and Simon Duck
man, while Warren Rabbit, chairman,
and Ethel Trask, Martha Ross Tenn
pie, d. M. Dixon and Paul Fellows
make up the Committee for the Junior
Senior German.
Maryland will send coed debating
team north this week to take part in
two forensic contests Ursinus will be
met Tuesday evening and the next
night the Bucknell girls will be en-
gagged.
The subject in the debate with
UrsinuS will be That the nations of
the world should adopt a policy of
free trade" and the topic in the match
with Bucknell will be THAT the States
should enact laws providing for un-
employment insurance" The Maryland
girls have the negative side In both
debates.
Members of the Maryland team are
Myra Lewis, Ruth Curtis, Catherine
BiXler, Catherine Dennis and Rachel
Hoist, who also is manager.
Arthur w. Hammel of the Chinese
division of the Library of Congress
lectured on China" ata the Wilson
Teachers College Wednesday. In his
A talk Afr TIaxnYnal aonknnded that 0aiv