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STUDENTS ELECTED TO KRONSTEIN HONORED BY HOUSE OF DELEGATES UNIV. OF FRANKFURT Georgetown Reaches Final Round SBA Organization Doctor Heinrich Kronstein has been Now Completed honored with the distinction of an In National M oot Court Competion Swinging into action shortly after Honorarprofessor appointment to the the election of class representatives Faculty of Law of the University of and the nomination of delegates from Frankfurt. The fields included under D. C. Cup Retained By School the law clubs, the House of Delegates his appointment are Trade Regula­ of the Student Bar Association con­ tion and Comparative Law. By virtue As Result of District Victory vened and set into motion several com­ of his position as an honorary pro­ mittees which will function through­ fessor, he may teach these subjects, if bj/ Richard J. Zanurd% A. \ . 52 out the year to provide activities of he so chooses, at the famous German an intellectual, social, and recreational university. He also enjoys all the rights of a full professor of the uni­ On Friday night, December 14, Georgetown's Moot Court team entered nature for students here at George­ the final round of the Second Annual National Competition. The adversaries town Law School. versity, such as participation in faculty meetings and decisions. represented the University of Arizona. 1 he bench consisted oi the following: As provided for by the SBA Con­ Doctor Curt Staff, President of the Mr. Justice Harold H. Burton, Supreme Court of the United States; Judge stitution, ratified early in the school John J. Parker, U. S. Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit; Judge Herbert F. vear by the student bodv, the House Court of Appeals (Criminal Division) of Delegates is the legislative body of for Hesse, received a similar appoint­ Goodrich, U. S. Court of Appeals for the 3rd Circuit; Judge Edmund H. the organization and is composed of ment at the same time as Doctor Lewis, New York Court of Appeals; and Hon. Whitney N. Seymour, Presi­ the Board of Governors, that is, the Kronstein. dent of the Bar of the City of New York. Georgetown’s advocates, Rev. officers of the SBA and the Governor- As a result of Doctor Kronstein’s Joseph M. Snee, S.J., I). C. ’52, and George J. Meiburger, Mo. ’52, presented at-Large; the class delegates; dele­ appointment, all the doctorate theses the argument for the petitioner. The court rendered a divided decision in gates from the law clubs; the chair­ on Comparative Law submitted to the favor of the resnondent. the University of Arizona. man of each standing committee and University of Frankfurt will be sent section of the SBA ; and the delegates- to him for examination and criticism. The appointment also makes it pos­ Timely Problem at-large. sible for students at Georgetown Uni­ Elected by the students to be class versity School pf Law to have ready Organized by the Junior Bar Committee of the New A ork City Bar Asso­ representatives are the following: access, with the assistance of Doctor ciation, the annual National Moot Court Competition is rapidly moving Peter Franco, N. Y. ’54, and Walter Kronstein, to German resources for toward the center stage of law school activities. The finalists are chosen as {Continued on page 3) the study of Comparative Law. a result of nation-wide eliminations from more than sixty schools. The interest in the Competition was greatly enhanced this year by the timeliness of the problem presented. The facts of the case, in brief, are as follows: John Doe, FR. LUCEY GIVEN HONORARY DEGREE State’s Attorney from Movieland County was duly subpoenaed to testify and produce papers before the Senate Committee on Interstate and Foreign Com­ BY THE UNIVERSITY OF FRANKFURT merce which was authorized to conduct an investigation into the existence and The Reverend Francis E. Lucey, S.J., became on November 20, 1951, the extent of criminal, immoral, subversive and corrupting elements and influences first Jesuit in modern times to receive an honorary degree from a German upon the motion picture industry. university. The Faculty of Law of the University of Frankfurt conferred ------While on the witness stand before the degree, honoris causa, of Doctor of Civil and Canon Law upon Father the committee, Doe was subjected to Lucey for his oustanding work in legal philosophy, particularly in the field USED BOOK EXCHANGE Kleig lights, microphones, constant of natural law. snapping of flashbulbs by press The degree particularly praised Father Lucey for the excellence of his TO BE OPENED BY SBA photographers, and an overcrowded knowledge and research in social philosophy, for his fusion of the truths of committee room. He refused to classical philosophy with the principles of our own time, for his brilliant con­ The S.B.A. has undertaken to testify on the ground that such sub­ tributions to modern jurisprudence, for his unceasing mindfulness of the satisfy a long-desired need of the jection was a violation of his Consti­ student body by setting up a Student tutional rights, erffo he could not he (Continued on page 4) Book Exchange. The Exchange is de­ convicted under the contempt statute. signed to enable the student to remain He was indicted and sentenced to pocket-book happy while* purchasing five years imprisonment hy a District used case books and text books. The Court under R.S. 102. The Circuit creation of such a facility also obviates Court of Appeals affirmed without the time-consuming practice of search­ opinion. Retit ion for certiorari was ing the bulletin boards. granted and the case was argued be­ The plan tentatively adopted is this: fore the Moot Court in the same man­ any student wishing to sell his books ner as if it had been before the Su­ will deposit them in the office of the preme Court of the United States. Book Exchange and stipulate the price desired for the same. After the hooks Finals and I). C. ( up have been stamped with the seller’s In the opening round of the finals, price, they will be ottered for sale hy Georgetown bested the advocates from the Exchange Office, and upon sale' of the* University of Miami (Fla.). The the same the money will be promptly next victory was at the expense of the* turned over to the owner of such team from Cornell University. In the books. semi-finals, Georgetown’s representa­ Under such a plan each student will tives won out over the University of have a “bargain-basement” oppor­ North Carolina. All three decisions tunity to browse, examine, and select were rendered in Georgetown’s favor the book or books which suit his purse by a unanimous bench. and taste. Prior to their appearance in New The Exchange Office has set a fee of York, our team had succeeded in re­ ten cents for each book sold through taining the 1). C. Cup —symbol of the its office. This fee will be used to winner in the D. C. Circuit of the Na­ defray operating costs, and any tional Moot Court Competition. Co­ profit from this organization will lumbus Law School and Catholic Uni­ be used to purchase subscriptions to versity School of Law provided the magazines and newspapers which will actual opposition in the District. be placed in the social room of the George Washington University Law Pictured with Fr. Lucey are the two other recipients of honorary degrees at school. If, after this, any profits still School, Howard University Law the November 20, 1951, ceremony at the University of Frankfurt in Germany. remain, they will be deposited in the School, National Law School, and Immediately right of FT. Lucey is Dr. Lorenzo Mossa, Professor of Law at S.B.A. fund. Samuel R. DeSimone, Washington College of Law (Ameri- the University of Pisa, Italy; and on the right, Dr. Hermann Meinert, Chief Mass. ’53, will supervise the Ex­ Archivist for the City of Frankfurt. change. (Continued on page 3) I’age 2 rf: s ip s a l o q u it u r January 1952

MOOT COURT With the curtain down on the 1951 (Continued from page 1) Competition, Georgetown can look u forward with pride and confidence to RES IPSA LOQUITUR” can University) were eliminated in 1952. It owes and gives sincere thanks GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY LAW SCHOOL earlier competitions and did not meet to its team. During the last two years, Georgetown Law School in actual com­ Georgetown is the only school to get WASHINGTON 1, D. C. petition. A Georgetown victory next past the quarter finals twice. Further­ year will retire the D. C. Cup, while more, prior to the final round in New Editor the Samuel Seabury Cup—emblematic York, our teams had been successful of the national victory—can be on various levels of the competition Richard P. Brouillard, .V. II., ’53 similarly retired, because of George­ for twelve consecutive times. Our town’s victory last year. record is the finest. It represents the A ssocia t c Editor Associa t a Editor able work of our students and of Pro­ Richard J. Zanard, .V. Y., ’52 Donald M. Walsh, .V. ’52 Participants fessor Paul R. Dean '46, faculty Born in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, EDITORIAL BOARD moderator to these successful teams Rev. Joseph M. Snee, S.J., received his during the last two years. \ew8 Editor Walter E. Webster, Jr., Wash. ’53 A.B. from Gonzaga University in Anniston! XeEditor Donald C. Machado, Hawaii ’53 Spokane in 1941. In 1942 the Gregorian Copy Editor Rev. Joseph M. S nee, S.J., D. ’52 University in Rome bestowed the de­ DELTA THETAS INITIATE AIooi m Editor N elson Deckelbaum, I). C. ’53 gree of Ph.L. upon him. Since that NEW FRAT BROTHERS Secretary James Henriot, Wash. ’54 time he has added an M.A. from Adccrtising Manager E ugene J. Hynes, .Jr., Y . ’53 Catholic University, 1946, and the The White Senate of Delta Theta Circa I a t ion Mo v age r J ohn F. King, Pa. ’52 degree of S.T.L.—granted by Wood- Phi welcomed the Christmas season stock College in 1949. Father Snee was with an informal dance held on De­ STAFF chosen the second best advocate in the cember 7 at the Hotel 2400. Thomas E. Ramon Arango, Fla.’54; James R. Bates, ml. ’54; Thomas R.final Behan, rounds, and was awarded several A. Sweeney, Mo. '52, Chairman of the .V. Y. ’52; Armand CinR'olani, Pa. 54; Walter C. Ford, Conn. ’54; W. Paul volumes of books dealing with various Social Committee, was in charge of Flynn, Conn.’54; Andrew S. O. Lee, T. II. ’52; Carmen Iodice, X. ’54; subjects in the field of law. While at the dance and was assisted by Richard the Law School, he has been an ac­ Henkel, Ohio ’52. Artios Neill. D. C. ’54; John J. O’Dowd, Pa. ’53; Louis J. Perez, R. I. ’53; tive member of Phi Delta Phi Frater­ The event had the advantage of a John B. Walsh, .V. Y.’53; James B. Vander Kelen, Mich. ’53;nity, Charles a member of the Pierce Butler double celebration because it was the M. Whelan, I). C. ’54 Law Club, and a candidate for the fraternity’s first opportunity to intro­ FACULTY ADVISOR Law Journal. duce its thirty-five new initiates to its George J. Meiburger, a native of St. friends and alumni. Joseph F. Gaghan Louis, Missouri, was Georgetown’s Initiated into membership, a week second advocate. An afternoon stu­ prior to the dance, were: Louis Brence, dent at the Law School, he is em­ Pa. ’53; Richard Brouillard, A\ II. ’53; ployed in the law office of Attorney Joseph Czerniakowski, Ohio ’53; John Charles S. Rhyne here in Washington. Egan, A\ Y. ’52; Benjamin Gilleas,

St. Louis University• conferred an A.B. I). C. ’52; James Gillespie, Ohio ’53; OUR TEAM TO THE MOOT COURT degree on Mr. Meiburger in 1945. His Call Hall, Okla. ’53; Harry Haddock, Law School activities have been Colo. ’52 ; Norbert Halloran, I). C. ’55; centered about law club arguments, William Harrison, A\ M. ’53; David The success of Georgetown Law School’s team in gaining Student Bar activities, and Phi Alpha Hodge, Pa. ’54; James W. Kelley, second honors at the Second National Moot Court Competition Delta Fraternity. Mass. ’53; Leo Lesieur, A7. II. ’52; Jo­ affords a splendid opportunity to the Ren: Ipsa for ex­ The first alternate on Georgetown’s seph Loonan, Wash. ’52; Donald tending a “well done” to students of the Law School again. Such team was Charles J. Pilzer, D. C. ’52. Machado, T. H. ’53; Edward Manley, Mr. Pilzer is a native of the District Pa. ’53; John Maxwell, A\ ./. ’5o; a remarkable record in this field—first honors last year and second and obtained his B.S. degree from George Mayrash, Pa. ’53; Matthew this year—is indeed a reason why we should be proud of this George Washington University in Naughton, Md. ’53; Frank Paz, Pa. achievement. The time and effort which has gone into the prepara­ 1949. An active member of Pierce ’53; Louis Perez, R. /. ’53; William tion for this competition has yielded and will continue to yield Butler Law Club, he is also a member Pfalzgraf, IB. Va. ’53; John Pickett, of Phi Delta Phi Fraternity, and Ad­ Conn. ’53; Joseph Pickle, Pa. ’52; John valuable experience to members of the team—experience of which ministrative Law Editor of the Law Rafter, Mo. '52; Peter Roots, Md. ’52; few law students can boast. Journal. Martin Salas, A\ M. '53; Russell The speakers from schools throughout the country that have Louis Scolnik, Me. ’52, filled the Shamansky, Pa. ’52; Charles Stuart, met the representatives from Georgetown Law School in these last position of second alternate. Born in I). C. ’54; Edward Sullivan, Mass. '53; Lewiston, Maine, Mr. Scolnik received Natale Urso, R. I. ’53; Richard Whit- two competitions have become convinced of our high regard for his A.B. from Bates College in 1947. tenburger, Va. ’53; and Alexis Zer- oral argument. They can be sure that through the continued work Also a member of Pierce Butler Law vanos, Pa. ’53. of our law clubs, we shall be able to send to the National Moot Club, he has been active in oral argu­ James Anton, A\ H. ’52 succeeded Court Competitions the same type of accomplished participants ments at the Law School during the Charles F. Crimi, A\ Y. '52, who re­ which we have sent and for which the national event has become past two years. signed as Dean late in November. known.

THE GENTLEMEN FROM ARIZONA To the two advocates who represented the University of Arizona College of Law and their school, go our sincere congratula­ tions.

WELCH ADDRESSES PAD HOLTZOFF SPEAKS AT AT INITIATION EVENT BUTLER CLUB LUNCHEON (icorgetown’s Taft Chapter and Judge Alexander Holtzoff of the George Washington's Jay Chapter of United States District Court for the the Phi Alpha Delta Law Fraternity District of Columbia was guest joined forces for their initiation cere­ speaker at the annual luncheon of the monies and banquet on December 8, Bierce Butler Law Club, held at 1951. The joint initiation was decided 11 ammel’s Restaurant on December upon in furtherance of one of the pur­ 11th. The luncheon was arranged poses of the fraternity: to form a under the chairmanship of John strong link between the students of Dohony, Md. ’54. lie was assisted by the two schools. The two chapters Jordan Tanenbaum, K. /. ’54. Chan­ also held a joint pledging ceremony cellor Richard Gordon, D. C. '53, in­ last year. troduced the speaker whose topic was The principal speaker at the initia­ education and the law. Stressing the tion was J. Harry Welch, ’21, promi­ cultural riches of literature as one of nent member of the D. C. Bar and the most vital contributions to a great former Justice of the Taft Chapter. lawyer. Judge Holtzoff indicated that Mr. Welch spoke convincingly on trial the extent to which modern college techniques, problems in interviewing curriculae have shifted from the Three Alumni, pictured as they heard the public argument in Carroll and examining witnesses, and general classics to the exact sciences has re­ problems confronting a young lawyer. Auditorium at which Georgetown’s speakers to the National Moot Court were The initiation ceremonies were con­ sulted in a younger generation which chosen, are from left to right, Andrew M. Hood ’24, Judge, Municipal Court of ducted by William Zhiel and Louis is almost inarticulate. To the credit Appeals for the District of Columbia; E. Barrett Prettyman ’15, Judge United Fernandez, Fla. ’52, present Justices of the Jesuit Order, he added, it should States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, presiding; and of Jay and Taft Chapters, respec­ be said that their universities are the Walter M. Bastian ’13, Judge, United States District Court for the District tively. last bulwark of this type of learning. of Columbia. January 1952 RES IPSA LOQUITUR Page 3

Chairman of the Fourth Regional JUDGE McGUIRE SPEAKS KILEY DIRECTS SBA Loyalty Board, a quasi-judicial or­ The Faculty— ganization which carries out the AT GAMMA ETA MEETING ATHLETIC PROGRAM DR. MAURER President's Executive Order regarding The Georgetown and George Wash- The successful athletic program in­ the loyalty of federal employees. ington Chapters of Gamma Eta augurated last year bv the Student by Agnes Xeill, D. C. 9 54 Doubtful cases are referred to this Gamma Fraternity held a joint initia­ Bar Association is being continued board which inspects the employee or this year, and plans for expanding its “One of the younger members of tion program on November 17th, 1951 the prospective employee's record and. at the Congressional Hotel. The Dis­ scope to include more activities and the faculty/' is Dr. Robert Adam if necessary, conducts a hearing to to bring more students together in Maurer's favorite description of him­ trict Alumni Chapter of the Frater­ determine his eligibility for employ­ nity also joined in the event. active out-of-class companionship are self. Distinguished scholar and edu­ ment. Georgetown Law School students being formulated. cator, Dr. Maurer has faithfully initiated into the legal brotherhood David L. Kiley, Ind. *53, Director of served Georgetown Law School since were: Joel Cohen, Jr., I). (’. '53; Eli W. the Athletic Program, announced re­ he joined the faculty in 1913. He is DR. NIELSEN Fleming, I). C. '53; Ralf Hellmer, Va. cently the preparations for the an­ now Professor of Administrative Law, nual basketball league. Teams are by James R. Rates, Ind. \*>4 '54; Howard Levine, I). C. *53; Frank Constitutional Law, Federal Trade M. Miga, R. L '53; Walter R. Sceery, being accepted at the present time so Regulation, and Public Utilities, and D. C. '53; and llarrv E. Stowers, Jr., that competition can begin immedi­ has served as moderator of the Prominent among the part-time pro­ ately after first semester examina­ Edward Douglass White Law Club for fessors at Georgetown Law School, N. M. ’53. and the oldest in point of service, is Speaking at the banquet which fol­ tions. Assisting Mr. Kiley are John several years. During the war years, lowed the initiation was Judge P. McShea, Pa. '53, and John W. Mur- he was faculty advisor of the George­ rav, I). C. '53. town Law Journal. Matthew F. McGuire of the U. S. District Court for the District of Present plans provide that all games Alumnus as well as professor, Dr. Columbia, an alumni member of the will be played in the newly completed Maurer came to Georgetown Law Fraternity. Robert Ludwig, president McDonough Memorial Gymnasium at School after having taught in Wis­ of the Alumni Chapter, was toast­ the Hilltop. The Athletic Department consin high schools for three years master. of the University has tentatively following his graduation from the Judge McGuire spoke of the lower­ agreed to make the gym available two University of Wisconsin. He decided ing of standards in Judaeo-Christian nights weekly for two hours. Three to study law after having audited sev­ morality in public and private life. He playing floors will be available for the eral courses at the Wisconsin Law observed that when we consider the league teams. School. Although he had never been news today, we see an almost complete Present plans also call for an east of Detroit, he chose Georgetown lack of faith, hope and charity, and elimination tournament. The winning chiefly because four or five outstand­ love of neighbor; and a manifest de­ or all-star team will represent the ing men from the University of Wis­ parture even from the rudiments of Law School league in further com­ consin had come here several years due process. He urged those present, petition with teams in other depart­ earlier. as lawvers and future law vers, to re- ments of the University- if this can Dr. Maurer came here to study law, vive these weakened ideals. be arranged. and with the intention of an early Hopeful attempts are being made return to Wisconsin to engage in prac­ to set up teams in various other sports, tice. He received his LL.B. in 1906, HOUSE OF DELEGATES such as bowling, tennis and golf. The and was admitted to the Wisconsin bowling teams would be able to use the Bar in 1908. While in Washington, (Contmued from page 1) facilities at the new gym. he accepted a position on the faculty 11. Malonev, I). C. '54, first vear morn- SPELLMAN SUCCESSFUL of Central High School to teach his­ ing session; David L. Kiley, Ind. '53 tory. From teacher he became head and Louis J. Perez, R. /. '53, second IN SECOND ARGUMENT of the history department of the Washington high schools, and for a I)R. FRED K. NIELSEN year morning session; and Thomas A. John D. Spellman, Wash. '53, of the temporary period, acting principal of McCarthy, AW. ’52, and John P. Martin F. Morris Law Club was Dr. Fred K. Nielsen, professor of In­ Arnone, A\ J . *52, third year morning chosen best speaker in the Second the school. In 1913 he became part- ternational Law. Receiving his first session. Representatives from classes Public Law Club argument held in time professor at Georgetown Law faculty appointment in 1924, Dr. in the late afternoon session are: Carroll Auditorium on December 12th. School. Nielsen has taught continually in the James McGwin, R. L '53, and Roy R. Thomas R. Behan, N. V. '52, of the From 1920 until he resigned in 1923, capacity of a part-time professor Trevisan, Mich. '53, for the first and Samuel F. Miller Law Club was to accept a full-time professorship at while serving intermit!ently the second years, respectively; and Arthur selected second best advocate of the Georgetown Law School, Dr. Maurer United States Government in various J. Plantamura, Mass. *52, and Eugene evening. Other counsel in the oral served as principal of Central High legal and diplomatic capacities. L. Goodridge, D. C. *52, fourth year. argument were James Anton, A\ II. School. One of his most treasured Taking his A.B. at the University Nominated by their respective law '52, and William J. Keating, A\ Y. '52, possessions, a gold watch that he still of Nebraska in 1902, he went on to clubs to represent them were the fol­ of the John Carroll and Frank J. carries, was presented to him, when receive his LL.B. in 1904 and his lowing students: John J. O’Dowd, Hogan Law Clubs, respectively. he resigned, by the one hundred and LL.D. in 1929 from the same institu­ I). C. *52, Edward Douglass White Law Arguing a question of tort liability, forty-five teachers who served under tion. Coming to Georgetown in 1904, Club; Frank Mastro, A\ J. '54, Pierce the advocates appeared before a him at Central. he was awarded his LL.M. in 1906 Butler Law Club; Samuel R. DeSimone, bench composed of the Honorable During World War I, Dr. Maurer anrl an LL.D. in 1925. Dr. Nielsen Mass. ’53, Martin F. Morris Law Richmond B. Keeeh '22. Associate obtained war leave from the school maintained a private practice in Ne­ Club; Carl 1). Hall, Okla. '53, Samuel ♦lodge of the United States District to serve as executive secretary to braska a short time, but in 1914 he F. Miller Law Club; George Baron, Court for the District of Columbia; Clarence R. Wilson who had been ap­ had received a presidential appoint l>. C. 52, Ashley Morton Gould Law Francis W. Hill ’17, former President pointed Food Administrator of the ment as Plenipotentiary Delegate of Club; and Frank H. Laspia, A’. V. '52, of the Bar Association of the District District, under the program adminis­ nf Columbia? and John 11. Burnett '20. tered by Herbert Hoover. Dr. Maurer (Continued on page 4) John Carroll Law Club. had served as a clerk in Mr. Wilson's law office during his years in the law school. Dr. Maurer's active career as an educator and scholar is evidenced by GEORGETOWN LAW STUDENTS his several publications. lie is co­ WALLACE and SAUNDERS author of a text book, The Constitu­ tion of the United States, for high Arr Provided With Their Hooks Hv lTs school seniors, published in 1925. His casebook, Cases and Materials on Ad- ministrative Law, appeared in 1937. And, after revising Long's Cases on Constitutional Law, he published his own casebook, Cases on Constitutional Students Everywhere Law, in 1941. This work has kept abreast of current developments .by Find Our Service Efficient and Helpful At All Times the addition of supplements in 1948 and 1950. He has, in addition, writ­ ten numerous articles for law jour­ 626 "E " ST., N. W. May We Not Serve nals. In 1910, Dr. Maurer received his WASHINGTON, D. C. LL.M. from Georgetown Law School, and in 1942 Georgetown University NATIONAL LAW HOOK COMPANY conferred upon him the honorary de­ "Serving the Best in gree of LL.D. LAW HOOK PUBLISHERS Teaching and writing have not oc­ Home Cooked Foods cupied all of Dr. Maurer's time. Be­ ginning in 1935, he served on the Since 1888" I). C. Board of Education for thirteen Washington 5, D. C. years. In 1930 and 1931, he was sec­ 1110 13th Street, N. W. retary of the Committee of the D. C. Bar Association on a survey of the OPEN 6 A. M. lo 7 P. M. 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FR. LUCEY The degree translated from the DR. NIELSEN sequently acted as American arbitra­ (Co n t in ued fro m page 1) Latin reads: Happiness, Blessings tor in the American-Egyptian arbitra­ and Prosperity! When Boris Rajew- {Continued from page 3) tion under Protocol of January 20, natural law, and for his use of the sky, Doctor of Natural Philosophy and the United States at the International 1931 and was the American plenipo­ legal philosophies of the old and new Public Ordinary%/ Professor of Bio- Conference to conclude a treaty con- tentiary to negotiate an agreement be­ world in the construction of his own physics, was Rector Magnificent, cerning the government for Spitz- tween the United States and Turkey system. and Adalbert Filer, Doctor of Civil bergen, at Christania. When the war respecting international claims grow­ At the same time that Father Lucey and Canon Law and Public Ordi­ subsequently broke out, Dr. Nielsen ing out of World War I. In 1947 he received his degree, two other honorary nary Professor of German Law was returned home and served as Major was called to Tokyo by the War De­ degrees were bestowed, one upon Dr. the eminent Dean of the Faculty in the United States Army. partment as an international law con­ Lorenzo Mossa, Professor of Commer­ of Law, the Faculty of Law of the Following the war, in 1919, he sultant. cial Law at the University of Pisa, University of Frankfurt, on the was a United States representative With such a wealth of background and the other upon Dr. Hermann twentieth day of November 1951, unan­ at the Peace Conference in Paris and experiences, Dr. Xielsen has become a Meinert, noted archivist of the State imously conferred the rights and was present at the signing of the valuable force in the field of Inter­ of Frankfurt. dignity of Doctor of Civil and Canon Treaty of Versailles. At the same time national Law. His experience in the The degrees were presented at a Law, honoris causa, upon Francis he was placed in charge of matters re­ practical applications of the principles brilliant convocation held upon the oc­ Lucey of the Society of Jesus, LL.D., lating to treaties, claims against of International Law is not equalled casion of the installation of the new an eminent man of profound learning. enemy governments and protection of by many other professors of the same President of Frankfurt University, Outstanding in his knowledge of private property in enemy countries. subject. Throughout his career, Dr. Dr. Max Ilorkheimer. High officials of natural and man-made law, he Before returning home he also served Nielsen has taken active part in four the City of Frankfurt, and many pres­ searched the age-old foundations of as a United States representative on of the more important of the interna­ idents and rectors of other famous law through many learned writings on the commission for revision of the tional conferences of this century; has German universities were present in social philosophy. By connecting the Belgian treaties of 1839. been the recipient of some ten presi­ the audience. After the ceremony, truths of ancient philosophy with the On his return to this country Dr. dential appointments, at least one which lasted almost three hours, the principles of our age, he shed lustre Nielsen was tendered, and did ac­ from every president except the pres­ City of Frankfurt acted as host at a upon modern jurisprudence. Ever cept, an appointment as Solicitor of ent since Taft; and has personally I uncheon. mindful that one eternal law binds the Department of State by the then argued cases before international tri­ Father Lucey left the United States every nation with equal force, and that Secretary of State, Bainbridge Colby. bunals. on November 20, landed in England on every scholar in the law venerates one He continued to serve in a like ca­ In addition, he is the author of In­ December 0, and spent three days and the same ideal of justice, he kindly pacity under Secretary of State, in London. The next two days he ternational Law Applied, to Reclama­ received into his own school his prede­ Charles Evans Hughes. Throughout tions, American and British Claims visited in Scotland, after which he cessors in the law in the old and new the course of this time, Dr. Nielsen crossed the North Sea to Holland and Arbitrations under Special Agreement world. acted frequently in various concilia­ of 1910, and The Island of Palmas went to Amsterdam. From there he By this degree the Faculty of Law tory and judicial positions. He was travelled to Brussels, and then to Arbitration, as well as contributor to of the University of Frankfurt honors chairman of the commission of the American Par Association Jour­ Paris. He arrived in Frankfurt on and salutes an outstanding legal legal experts at the Conference on November 19, and he stayed in that nal and The American Journal of In­ scholar of recognized ability in his Limitation of Armaments in Washing­ ternational Law. city until November 29, on which date own country. ton in 1922. He served as agent and he began his journey home. While in Witness whereof is given with this senior counsel for the United States Frankfurt, Father Lucey made several public diploma on which the seal of in the arbitration with Great Britian short trips to neighboring regions, the university has been stamped, and under the Treaty of 1910, and was particularly to Coblentz, Mainz, Saar- which is signed by the Dean of the chief counsel in the extended arbitra­ The Georgetown University seal, bruck, Wiesbaden, and part of the same Faculty in his own hand. tion with the Netherlands over the unique in its similarity to the Great back country. (Seal) Helmut Going Island of Palmas. Seal of the United States, was granted Throughout his travels in Europe, Dean of the Faculty of Law The following year he was the by an act of Congress in 1815. Father Lucey not only strove to glean American Commissioner on the Amer­ Georgetown University, founded in information on the conditions of the ican-Mexican arbitration, under the 1789, is the nation’s oldest Catholic various countries and the attitudes of Convention of 1923. Dr. Nielsen sub­ institution of learning. the* people towards modern problems by conversation with people of all GORDON BEST SPEAKER walks of life, but was particularly interested in history, education, and IN FIRST ARGUMENT ST. 1787 of course, law. Among the universi­ Sandwiches ties he visited were Oxford, the Uni­ Richard A. Gordon, D. C. ’53, was that you will like! versity of London, the University of selected best advocate by the Supreme Edinburgh, the Universities of An­ Court of Georgetown hearing the first twerp and Louvain, and the Universi­ Public Law Argument on November ties of Heidelberg and Frankfurt. One 13, 1951. The bench was comprised of the things which Father Lucey of three practicing attorneys in the Jen n er’s Sandwich Shop particularly noticed during his visits District of Columbia: Leo A. Rover (formerly Herman's) to these institutions was the universal HO, Martin F. O’Donoghue ’26, and Howard Bowl ’35. and exclusive use of the lecture sys- KOSHER STYLE SANDWICHES I eiii, The court heard Bernard J. Hasson, He attended trials in Edinburgh, Jr., Md. *52, and William \V. Kelly, Va. Antwerp, and Frankfurt. The State's ’52, counsel for appellant; and John 402 Sixth St., N. W. Washington, D. C. Attorney of Hesse accompanied him to MacTavish, Iowa % oo, p * * * and Richard a Frankfurt criminal trial. Gordon, counsel for the appellee.

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