Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1874-06-12

beyond. But being Sesa. they s,ill live IN your
n noriss, aud siih d hey spesk % Ne by the
lesson si rev msnly Tvs Sna BY the samoni-
act vel Cur part IA IN. living present.
At'fr ne et"ss 81 TIE presidents address the
eeren'ony 81 conierr,ns degrees took PlSoe, the
csgrees N.irg conferred by the presi'teut
v hil- tbs MS taking place, and a. the name
o. Mr.. = -. y Farrell (decesSesi) Was cslIef,
re president made some touching remarks, and
Mr.. Il A Baviey, OF the graduating class, and
Mr. r =. Stell~ssen. of the junior class, pro-
CeScsd 20 tie rear Of the rOStfum and placed
mon re So a. Reao7dE inscription tao bean.
truly corstr ucted wreaths, during which In
rival wshers band Ilsyed . solemn requiem:
naosi tCRa'i.ul aid timely tribute 90 the dead
g mIAre ~ho T. n white al he PROSPECTS, OF a
SUI s'ful career shont uiou him with promis-
Tit 'Oiioxi-g received diplomas J. X. Bren-
M n ar. ! v. NJ. ROwtn, X Cleary J. NJ
IuTsnt r X HaIkness, W. @. henderson, p.
y. Lsfnsr, W. Lord, ". Q. Murdock and y /.
w. smith, District OF Colombia; Rafael A.
Bsyley, Z. J. CLARK and W B. Nichols Msssa :
g usstts; Willis m Behrers aud q. l.. Dol elass,
fAtcn aid W. W. Flint, Nes HamrshirN: a,
r. GOtf snd q. &. Rhodes. Msr,lani: II r.
Hey anf G. r. Resrdon. Virginia. J. A Hoyey
and y Walker, lllinois, John Know. Michf-
gsn; W. " L0Fgstt. II Il. McCAlmont, M. n.
Ph'n'Is, Z. q. Boyce al l.. w. Sinssbaush
Oh'oi W. osgood, New York, N. A. Sey mour
Com ecticu'3 :. TonpkinS. South Carolina,
and \. y. WinhOrne and =. /. {. Ward. North
Carolina.
Aft6r the duties % confeiTing the degrees
we're rnishtS, President welltug tutrofuct~i
justioe SuOrg. % the United States SUPREME
Court, announcing that be would award the
prizes 20 successful comyetitors.
Justice Strong, before delivering the prizes.
made some tNce' dintly Interesting practical
remarks designed 20 enforce upOn the grAdu-
ates tie fact that valuable aud important AZ
Wss thru training in the lac school. they must
uoV follow z up With hard labor. backed M hy
an inNinctb!e resolve To succeed - far A. sue
cess can be assured by high purpose aud thor
ough euctaycr. lie told them they must not
coIs;d 70 lOsttime Il they iid tot imme lately
enter upon fun practice. aud mentioned the
case OF distinguished lawyer OF Pbiladel phis,
scarcely made "A business living, but Who in
thst time, by exhaustive and thorough study
OF law snd It's application, fitted himself
10 take the Leading position he afterw ard
occupied. As regarded their acquisition of
real ard commanding knOWledge OF
their profession IL would he q serious draw
back 20 them 10 enter TO morrow upon a
full practice. That knowledge would come
much more surely when briefs were not pleu q
fpl and they had opportunity 20 study each case
thoroughly In all IT, bearings.
Justice Strong then proceeded 20 deliver the
price for the best eessys. The nrst pr Ee " a.
awarded o. ". ~. Rliss; second, &. Y Rhodes;
thId, @. l.. Douglass.
AMER the clOse OF this ceremony the henedic-
ton was offered by the Rev. DR.. Elliott, and
then the floral offerings we're distributed 20 the
members designated by the accompanying
cards.
The interesting proceedings and the able and
suggestive addresses OF President yelling aud
Justice Strong served "a impress upon al PRES
ent the virtue and Importance 90 this cBmmu-
nifty of tie well managed Columbia University.