Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1935-09-29
n. j. HAS RECORD
! 1ST WEEK ROLL
Glasses in Law and AGA.
demic Departments Larg-
est in 81 Years.

Opening its siXty-seventh year last
Monday night with record f1rst-day
attendance, National University con-
tinued to enroll new students during
the past week to amass, by last night,
the largest student body in its
history.
The first night of the institutions
new academic year witnessed
university-wide assembly of students
and faculty. in which some of the
Capitals most eminent figures in the
legal world-all active members of
the Law Schools teaching staff
gave counsel to the men and women
who were beginning their three-year
course. The speakers included As
sociate Justice D. Lawrence Groner
OF the Court of Appeals of the District
of Columbia. professor of the law of
admiralty at National, and DR.. Hay
den Johnson, chancellor of the uni-
versity, dean of its law faculty. and
past president OF the District of Co.
lunlbia Board of Education.
Glasses Began Tuesday.
Glasses throughout the university
began Tuesday. The first lectures in
the Law School were presented Tues
DAY night, while the courses in the
School of Economics and Government.
the academic department of the in
stitution, were begun that morning.
The remainder of the week witnessed
steady resumption of scholastic &C
tivities, with freshmen gradually
acclimating themselves to their pur-
suit of legal studies and upper class
men. encouraged by one or more
previous years of such work, swinging
easily into their programs.
Beginning tomorrow, the university
fraternities and student organizations
will launch their activities for the
1896 academic year. With the
record first-year class, officers of the
various organizations are keenly an
ticipating limitations of unusually
large groups of novitiates. Among
the first of the clubs to get into action
each year is the National University
Masonic Club, an organization of
students, who hold membership in
various Masonic organizations. Just
as outstanding among the woman
students in the interest it attracts to
itself is the Cy Press Club, which
draws members from both the Law
School and the School of Economics
and Government.
Another organization of National
1lT1Irnrcitp tr-i,i aI, hi
expects to hit its stride is the new
Cmicron Chapter of Iota Tau Tau
National Legal Sorority, which was in
stalled at the university only last year
under the sponsorship of Mrs Charles
Francis Carusi, vice chancellor of the
university, and Julius l. Peyser, vet
Gran member of the faculty. who is
professor of equity practice and judge
pt the equity branch of the moot court.
Organizations Active.
Another new student organization
IS the Hayden johnson Law Club. an
organization of law students which
was founded last year to promote
serious supplemental study Of legal
questions under the tutelage of The
chancellor. This club anticipates an
active year, beginning this week
Other organizations which will
launch their programs during the next
S or 10 days include the Sigma NJ
Phi Law Fraternity. Mu Chapter,
Sigma Delta Kappa Fraternity: Omi-
cron Chapter of Kappa Beta ri Legal
Sorority. Beta Chapter of Phi Beta
Gamma. the Alpha Beta Phi Frater-
nifty. the Alpha Beta Chapter of Al
pha Kappa Sigma Fraternity. Alpha
lambda Chapter of Phi Delta Delta
Fraternity.
The National University debating
schedule will be launched Saturday
night under Prof. Thomas E. Rhodes,
instructor in public speaking at the
university. A program of inter-clasS
debates, leading to the selection of
the winner of the coveted faculty
prize for tue best debater in the uni
versity, will be announced later.