Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-09-13
JUDGE D.L. GRONER
TO TEACH AT n. j.
Appointment Gives Teaching
Staff Seven Active
luriStS.

Through the appointment of Judge
D. Laurence Groner, associate justice
of the Court OF Appeals of the District
of Columbia. as professor Of admiralty
law, National University will open its
sixty third annual Fall term with seven
active iurists on its teaching staff.
Judge Groner'S appointment, together
with those OF several other new faculty
members and the establishment OF a
number of new courses were announced
during the week by DR.. Hayden john
son, chancellor of the university and
dean OF its law faculty.
A native Of Norfolk, Va, where he
began his law practice in 1894, Judge
Groner will project his course in ad-
mlralty law against a background OF
rich experience gained on the bench
Of the United States District Court IN
the maritime center Of his home city.
The course. the foremost of several
added to the curriculum OF the gradu-
ate department of National, Will en-
brace every topic on which attorneys IN
maritime law practice may be called
upon to use, including ship contracts,
maritime transportation, marine lnsur-
ance, charters, collision cases, salvage
and liens for supplies, and, in general,
the law of the sea.
Named To Appeals Bench.
Judge Groner was schooled at Wash
ington and Lee University and at the
University OF Virginia. His career has
been marked by brilliant activities
within the Republican party, including
his candidacy for Attorney General OF
Virginia in 1901 He also was dele
gate to the Republican national conven-
tons from 1904 to 1920. In 1921
President Harding appointed him U. >.
District Judge in the Eastern District
of Virginia, in which office he served
with distinction until January of this
year when President Hoover, on the
recommendation of Attorney General
Mitchell, nominated him to the bench
of the Court Of Appeals here. That
nomination was approved unanimously
by the Senate on motion OF Senator
Carter Glass of Virginia and Judge
Groner was sworn on March 3.
The appointment of Judge Grone'
to its faculty gives National University
its seventh active juriSt as one OF Its
law teachers. Judge Fenton w. Booth.
chief justice of the United States
Court of Claims, Is professor OF ele-
mentS Of Jurisprudence. Judge Charles
S. Hatfield, associate justice OF the
United States Court of Customs APP
peals, Is professor Of Federal procedure
and the law of agency. Judge Jennings
Bailey, associate justice of the Supreme
Court of the District Of Columbia. is
professor OF equitable trusts and con-
flict Of laws. Judge Oscar R. Luhring,
associate justice Of the Supreme Court
of the District of Columbia, Is pro-
lessor Of suretyship. Judge Peyton
Gordon. associate justice of the Su-
preme Court Of the District of Column
bia and former United States attorney
for the District, is professor of case
law of crimes. Judge Charles H.
Robb. associate justice of the Court
OF Appeals of the District Of Columbia.
also teaches in Nationals graduate
school.
The university's faculty includes also
DR.. Charles s. Lobingier, former
United States judge for the Philip
pine Islands and China. Milton Stras-
burger, former judge of the D. C.
Municipal Court. teaches the d. c.
Code of Law at National.
Faculty Changes Listed.
Among the faculty changes listed
for the coming term Is the assignment
of DR.. Charles Pergler. dean OF the
graduate department, to teach consti-
was presented by Judge Frederick L.
Siddons. associate justice of the D. C.
Supreme Court. who died during the
Summer. DR.. Pergler. who has been
associated with National for sew
eral years, Is one of the eminent fig
ures in the politics of his native
Czechoslovakia, whose former Minis
ter to Japan he was prior to coming to
Washington. Dr. Pergler also was
given the course in analytical juris-
prudence.
Henry L. Walker attorney in the
legal department of the Southern Rail-
way. will present the course in domes-
tic relations which last year was given
by DR.. Charles Francis Carusi. chancel-
Tor OF the university, who died during
the last school year.
DR. George F. Wells, attorney for
the United States Board of Tax APP
peals and lecturer on public utilities
at National. will present a new course
in general legal history at the univer-
sity this Fall. His lectures will be
given at 5:35 pm. on Wednesdays and
Saturdays DR.. Wells, who is former
dean Of the law school of the University
Of North Dakota. will continue with
the presentation of his course on pub
lie utilities, giving these lectures at
$50 pm. on the same days he will
teach general legal history.
In making the changes for the COM
ing season National University is
striving to raise its standards as an
institution of learning even above
those which have increased its student
enrollments from the mere handful
that comprised its first classes in 1869
to the LOO mark of the past academic
year, Dr. johnson explained During
the coming season. the university is
prepared to enroll more than 1900 men
and women.