Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-01-11
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| the affirmative and the visitors the
negative of the question Resolved, That
! Federal diSpensary system OF liquor
| control be adopted by the United
| States"
The American University debating
squad, which is being coached by Rob-
ert M. Hislop, is planning several other
debates this season with some OF the
same opponents met in previous years.
The American University Glee Club
sang its first concert of the season on
the campus last night at Potomac
Heights Methodist Episcopal Church.
The club. which is headed by Ellsworth
TompkinS, president, and is under the
dictatorship of j. Harland Randall, is
planning for the Winter and Spring
season.
The "A" Club, organization of wom-
an athletes, took an extended annual
hike through Rock Greek Park yester-
day afternoon.
G.. w. U. Lays Summer Plans.
A S an introduction to its participa-
"A ton in the celebration of the BIZ
centennial of George Washington,
and conforming to the desire of the
first President for instruction at the
National Capital lin the principles of
politics and good government" George
Washington University is offering in its
Summer session of 1881 an expanded
program of studies, particularly in the
field of government and other social
sciences.
Distinguished scholars from other
universities in America and Europe,
specialists of the United States Govern
ment and experts in diplomacy and eco
Monies from other institutions in Wash
ington will participate in the symposium
on world affairs to be conducted by the
univerSity'S School of Government.
Among those who will come to the uni
versity as visiting professors are Fred
eric Austin Ogg, professor of political
science and chairman of the graduate
division of social sciences of the Univer-
sity of Wisconsin, and Dean William
verSity School of Foreign Service.
Dean Charles E. Hill, professor of
political science and dean of Columbian
College of George Washington Univer-
sity, will give a course on the teaching
of the social sciences. Other courses
in the School of Education will include
one on the curriculum, by Prof William
Cullen French of the George Washing
ton faculty, and educational sociology,
by Prof. Dudley Wilson Willard Of the
George Washington faculty.
courses for teachers given by the regular
university faculty has been enlarged to
include a course on the teaching of
romance languages, by Dean Henry
Grattan Doyle of the Junior College,
and a course on oral methods in edu-
cation, by Prof. Willard Hayes Yaeger,
Depew professor of public speaking and
head Of the public speaking department
Of the university Prof. j. Grin Powers
vi in
school supervision in addition 10 The
undergraduate course on the junior
high school.
AS previously announced, the Sum-
mer sessions will open June Is under
the direction Of DR.. Robert Whitney
Bolwell, professor of American Mtera-
ture at the university.
G. U. on Law Study Body.
FACULTY members and graduates of
l. the Georgetown University School
Of Law were literally represented on
the committee of lawyers who recently
submitted to the District Supreme
Court, at its request, a report on new
methods of procedure in civil action to
take the place of ancient modes Of trial
which have obtained for more than so
years in the District Of Columbia.
OF the II members of this committee,
appointed by the justices of the SUI
preme Court, 3 are members of the
present Georgetown law faculty, 2
are former professors and others
are graduates Of the Law School.
The present faculty members who
joined in this exhaustive study of new
methods which will be introduced in
the District Supreme Court this year
are John z. Lasky, chairman of the
committee; Robert A. Maurer, It's sec
rotary, and Daniel w. O'Donoghue, a
graduate of the class Of 1899 at George
town. Frank z. Cunningham, clerk
of the District Supreme Court, and H.
Prescott Galley are the two members
Of the committee who formerly served
on the Georgetown faculty. other
committee members who were gradu-
ated from the Law School are Jesse C.
Adkins, 80; J. Spaulding Flannery,
10: Paul e. Lesh, '07, and Frank F.
Nesbit, 'l9.
Another graduate OF the Georgetown
Law School whose recent nomination
TO be an associate justice of the District
Court of Appeals has met with popular
approval among members of the bar is
Justice William Hitz of the Supreme
Court. His son, Frederick Hitz, is a
senior in the morning course at George
town Law School Although Justice
Hitz has never served on the George
town faculty, Justice Josiah A. Van
Orsdel of the Court Of Appeals has been
lecturing at the Law School for a num-
Der of years Since the Court Of Ap-
peals was created in 1893, there has
never been time when at least one
Of its justices has not served on the
Georgetown faculty.
Announcement was made at the Law
Schol last week that two OF its senior
students, Spencer Brownell and William
j. Dempsey, had just passed the New
York State Bar examination.
National EnrOus 1000.
WITH the resumption of its debate
w schedule and program of student
activities, National University has
launched its sixty-second Winter term
! with nearly 1920 students on its Law
School and School of Economics and
Government rolls.
The first OF the new terms debates
was held at the university last night
when two teams argued the proposed
abolition of the Tariff Commission.
Contending for the abolition of this
agency were J. Fieffer, Henry Glass and
Isidor Goldman. while the negative de-
baters were C. E. Raeder, c. A. Thomas
| and j. G. Ragland. The winners of
| this tilt, which was held before an
| audience of students and faculty mem
! bers, will be announced this week.
! Next Saturday nights debate topic
/ was announced last night as Resolved
/ That the Soviet Russia should be
recognized" The teams who will con-
| tend the issIe were named as follows:
Affirmative, Donald Sanborn, Maurice
E. Symons and L. M. Glass; negative
! William j. Hobbs, Paul Meininger and
| Stanley Dexter
Three recently appointed new faculty
members launched their courses in the
| law and college departments of Ma
| tional during the week. Judge Oscar
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