Evening star., 1939-03-26
T.. j. Law Students
To Hold Final Session
0fCourt Competition
Justices Will Hear
Arguments Friday;
Cove DweIIers' Smoker

Law School students Of the
Catholic University of America will
present their arguments In the final
session of the scholastic years ap-
pellate court competition on Fri
day at 8 pm.
This concluding session will be
distinguished by the presence of
justices from the District courts,
who will render the decision in the
imaginary case before the bar on
the merits of the arguments by the
competing teams representing prose-
cution and defense. It will be held
in the st. Ives library in Mcmahon
Hall on the University campus.
Prize to Be Presented.
The prize to be won is the inscrip-
ton in gold of the names Of the
victorious team of embryo lawyers,
to be attached to a large oaken
plaque anonymously presented to
the Law School. The plaque is al
ready permanently in place on the
wall Immediately outside the Law
School Office in Mcmahon Hall.
Associate Justice Justin Miller Of
the District Court Of Appeals and
Associate Justices Jennings Bailey
and Peyton Gordon of the District
Court will be the presiding judges.
The winners in the semi-final
contests. just concluded. who are
qualified to compete in the coming
final session are Joseph Alioto of
San Francisco, Philip Monahan and
William Brown of Worcester Mass,
and Edward Egan of Hartford.
Conn, while the opposing team is
composed of Thomas Daley of Bur-
lington. Iowa; Carmille Gravel Of
Alexandria, La: Steven McNichol
of Denver, Colo, and John Moore
of New York
Cave Dwellers' Smoker.
The Cave Dwellers' Club, a social
organization for nonresident stu
dents at the Catholic University,
will hold its annual smoker for the
members of the freshman class at
the New Colonial Hotel tomorrow
night. Joseph c. Michalowicz, 40,
of Washington, is chairman.
Speakers for the occasion will be
the Rev. Patrick j. O'Connor. act
ing dean of men: Joseph M. Muir
ply. director Of the bureau of pub
ic relations, and James j. Bowe.
associate professor of mechanical
engineering. Music for the occa-
sion will be rendered by the Cave
Dwellers' Orchestra.
Preliminary arrangements have
been made for the spring ball, to
be held in the latter part of April.
William r. Heron, '39, of WASH
ington has been named chairman
OF the event. In addition to these
events. the social calendar of the
Cave Dwellers includes an initiation
banquet and the senior farewell
banquet at the end of the year. as
we'll as such informal affairs as BIZ
monthly meetings. holiday parties
and occasional outings.
Lecture Today.
The Rev DR.. David Rubid. o. S.
A.. associate professor of Spanish
language and literature, will lee
ture on "The University Of sala-
manca" today at 4 pm. in the Nc
Mahon Hall auditorium on the uni
versity campus, one of a series of
lectures on universities and their
history being given as a part of the
golden jubilee observance.
The fourth of a series of lectures
given under the auspices of the de-
partment of chemistry as part of
the golden jubilee observance will
be given by Prof Hugh Stott Taylor
on Thursday in Mcmahon Hall
auditorium at BIS pm. DR.. Taylor
is the David B. Jones professor of
chemistry at Princeton University
and will lecture on "Isotopes and
Catalytic Action at Surfaces"
The Rev. DIR. 1gnatius Smith. o.
P. dean of the School of Philosophy
will preach on Spread the Truth
at 1915 pm. today in the cathedral
at Baltimore.
The Riccobono Seminar of Roman
Law in America will meet at the
Georgetown Law School on Tues
day at pm. A paper which has
been submitted by Prof. James B.
Thayer of the Harvard Law School.
The Position of Corporations in
Roman Private Law" will be read
and discussed.
Talks on Lima PorIev