Evening star., 1934-01-14

understood here that the Georsetown
educator, who has long been an oppon-
ent OF Russian recognition, reported to
the pontt6 on the recent resumption Of
diplomatic relations between the United
States and the Soviet Union.
As soon as DR.. Walsh returns plans
will be made to hold the annual stu
dents conference on international af-
fairs, an event that had been scheduled
| Immediately after the close of the
Christmas holidays. This conference,
conducted entirely by the student body,
! will deal with the Platt amendment and
its relations to Cuba and South Amer
lea, disarmament and American policy
in the Far East. Other questions in the
agenda will deal with the American re-
| covery program. including the present
monetary policy Of the administration
The second event awaiting the return
OF the foreign service regent Is the
session Of the John Carroll Academy of
Diplomacy, which Is to be held In con-
nection with the university's Maryland
Tercentenary program. This had been
scheduled for January 81. It now is
planned to hold the session on Febru-
ary II,
chemistry at Princeton University, one
! Of the best-known scientists In the
United States, is guest Of Georgetown
University. A dinner was given for
him last night by President Coleman
] Nevils. 8. j., and today he will be the
honor guest at the session of the Sci
! ence Academy of the College of Arts
and Sciences. This will be a program
in which college juniors will discuss the
principal sciences
The School Of Law has arranged for
| a number of lectures during the new
semester by prominent Government Of
| flcials dealing with the activities of the
Federal departments. The first Of this
series was given Wednesday when VIII
| liam Stanley, assistant to the Attorney
General, spoke about the operations Of
the Department of Justice. He lectured
under the auspices of the Edward
Douglas White Law Club and was in
troduced by Raymond Law. its chan
cellor.
N. q. Court Trying Crime Cases.
"CRMINAL cases" are being tried In
~ the National University Law
School moot court this term, fol-
] lowing a calender Of "civil cases" during
| the Fall term. Two cases already have
been tried and both involved varying
degrees of theft.
In Friday nights session Of the
court, Alexander Jones'" mythical
defendant. was convicted Of grand
| larceny. Jones" attorneys, however.
moved for an arrest Of Judgment on
the ground that the indictment under
which their "client" was tried was not
entirely in the English language as Is
| required by law in the District. Judge"
Glenn Willett Of the university faculty,
who sits In all the cases. granted con-
| tinuance.
The defense counsel in the case were
Kenfield Bailey, s. NJ Dahl and r. H.
| Shoemaker, and the trick" contention
referred to the numerals 1888" by
which the date Of the offense was des-
| ignated The defense counsel, all
| members Of the senior class, argued
that 1888" is an Arabic numeral and
therefore cannot be the English Ian
guage.
Prosecutors were Charles Sanger,
Locke r. Humbert and Ralph Vogel.
Besides counsel. the jury, too, was
selected from the senior class member
ship.
In the first criminal case Of the
term, Judge" Willett directed a
verdict Of mot guilty" for the de-
| fendant, who was charged with stealing
| an unlicensed dog. Counsel for prosecu-
ton lost the case by forgetting to
prove the dog had any value.
The next criminal case will be the
trial OF the mythical KELVIN Knox"
on q charge Of assault and battery. He
will be defended by Anna K. Moulton.
Georgia L. Alexander and William C.
Buell.. Attorneys for the government
will be Kenneth zoeller, Margaret
Farley and Larry Doyle.
DR.. Charles P. Sherman. professor
| Of canon law and modern church law
at National, where he also Is lecturer
in research in Greek law. is the author
| Of q new work, Roman Readings in
Roman Law" which has just been pub
lished by q New York firm. The work
is q collection Of 700 excerpts of texts
| Of Roman law with English transla-
| tions paral1eling the original. DR..