Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-09-20

patent law course to include not only
] the subject Of patents, but kindred
subjects, such as copyrights, trade
subjects such rs copyrights. trade
I, ton. Also, because of the analogy OF
the Federal Trade Commission practice
with the Patent and Copyright Once.
some lectures are included on that bu-
reau's work. Instruction In the sub
stantive law OF patents win be given
by Henry e. Stauffer, formerly inter
, ference examiner In the Patent once.
William d. Shoemaker, author OF works
on trade marks and design patents.
VIII conduct the classes In these sub
jeceS. The subject OF Federal pas ced-
ure win be handled by II. D. Folsom,
senior attorney In the Interstate Com
merce Commission. Lectures on copy
rights viii be given by Richard 9: De
Wolf, law offlcer Of the Copyright once,
! and lectures on unfair competition by
James L. Brown, who occupies the po-
sition of chief of n division in the De-
partment OF Commerce.
Howard Faculty Busy.
| DR.. r. D. Waftby, professor and head
of the department OF neurology in the
Howard University School of Medicine,
! has Just returned to washington after
serving five weeks as consulting phySi-
| clan IN the New York Medical Center
| DR.. Whitby has devoted 10 years to
study and investigation In the field OF
neurology, making observations at
Freedmen's and st. Elizabeths Hospitals
in washington and the Cook County
Hospital In Chicago. He spent two
Summers at the Boston City Hospital
doing graduate work.
While at the Medical Center DR..
whithy spent each morning In the
Blakslee- Gerber Clinic Of the Harlem
Hospital
DR.. Whitby took exception TO the
reference to the immunity OF Negroes
| to the malaria treatment for paresis.
stating that the great majority of test
cases for Investigation IN the Harlem
Hospital were West Indians, who for q
long period ia their native country had
been subjected to malaria, resulting In
natural Immunity, and that the Ameri-
1 can Negro Is Just as susceptible TO this
! treatment as white Americans, his con-
illusions growing out Of observations at
Freedmen's Hospital in Washington,
which was verified by visiting phySi-
clan from Johns Hopkins Hospital.
| Another assistant librarian at Howard
University, Mrs. Ella Albert Brown, mas
1 been granted leave of absence Tor study
| in library science. She, left last week
for Columbia University. Mrs. Brown
has been awarded D NoSenWalo Aelo"-
ship Of $1,000.
Four Year Engineering Course.
The success which has marked the
| Columbia Tech Schools intensive one
| school year courses in engineering SUD-
jects has resulted in the school oner-
| ing a complete four-year course IN Vari-
] Gus branches of engineering.
Each Of the schools % instructors,
IN addition to being a college graduate
must also be employed in the kind OF
| work he Is teaching.
The practical application OF the
schools policy OF offering complete one
year school units in various branches
Of engineering is demonstrated 81 the
fact that over SO per cent OF the stu
dents In last years engineering classes
had completed the first year Of drafting.
Emerson Has New Head.
Theodore d. Gatchel has been made
principal Of the day school Of Emerson