Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1875-06-10
ANIMAL CONNIE acemeat or the Law
Department of Column btau University.
THIRTY-FIvE MORE LAWYERS


There was an overlooking autience AZ the
Natioral Theater last tight - witness The
exercises Of tine Annual CONNIE lcemant of
the Law Department. OF the Columbian Uni
versity. Seated on the stage were The Off GERS
Of the university, i'll their center President
WellIng, conspicuous alike for his eminent
rank in the world Of letters and great al
ministrative capacity; Prof Samnel Tyler,
Prof Walter :. Cox. Prof. William b. Law
renee and Mr.. George +. Appieby OF the law
faculty; the orator OF the evening, the Hon.
Thomas Donaldson, of Baltimore the Hon.
Eeyerly johnson, William w. Corcoren,
Professors Henry, Huntington; Shute. Hill
ston, Kennedy, Riley, Newcomo, Judge
Drake, General Myers, r. Il. Merrick. Pres-
dent Gallaudet, w. II. Stickney, VIM. +.
Mattingly, l.. A. GObright. Rev. DIR. Sunder-
land. Rev DR.. Cuthbert Hon. Geo. Bancroft.
Senator CapeItOn, of West Virginia, Judge
Pasehal. and others OF prominence. Miss
Lee, occupied a proscenium box. with
Mrs. Thomas Donaldson, of Baltimore,
Mrs. johnson, daughter-in-law of Reverdy
Johnson. AID Miss yelling, daughter
Of President yelling. The stage was
prOfusely decorated with floral tributes,
consisting of bOquets, wreatbs, crosses,
raj feet deep running across the stage near
the fOOtlights. while on either side near the
boxes, arranged on inclined planes, were
placed bCquets, thus forming solid banks of
beautiful flowers, each five or six feet square.
Across the rear Of the stage was an arch.
made of stars, one for each state in the Union
suspended from which was the seal of the
class of 1S15, made Of flowers, lnscrib. 4,
LEX Fundamentup Libertatis.'
Prior TO the commencement and during the
exercises the Marine band, under the direc
torship of Prof. Schneider, executed a num-
Der of OpeEatic selections, including waltz
from MADAME AngOts Child" mar b
from Gloria" tine overture from William
Tell" and the pot pOurri from :. FauSt."
At about O'Clock President yelling, after
a few words of welcome to his audience in
troduced Rev. DR. Huntington, who invoked
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son was next introduced by DR.. yelling, and
delivered the annual address. which was re-
plete with valuable advice to the graduates.
He closed by welcoming them to the ranks
Of the legal profession. DIR. yelling then
conferred the degrees upon the following
graduates:
-. Alfred w, Arlington: m; j. Fl. Baxter,
Vt; Charles G.. Biggs. Md; Geo. H Breaker,
Mo; +. T. Bullock, W. Va; George Il. CO.
baugh, Iowa; James +. Colby, VT; Frank l..
COOmbS. Cal; John Il. Corliss, Vt; ]. j. OAR
lington. :. c.; c. NJ. Davis, 5. c.; w. X Du
Hamel. Md; George l.. Dyer. ID c.: r.. G..
DyrenfoTth, Ill; j. q. Elliott, ILL.,; George G..
GOrham, Cal; j. C. Head, Md; l.. J.. Leg
gett, Ohio; j. II. Lichliter. Va; Irwin b. Lin
ton, Pa; George It. Lowell, VT; Charles III.
Iuff. ID. G.; j. Waller Lynch. Ia: Samuel
Maddox, Nd; TbOs. Mitchell. Conn; Henry
Richard F.. Pairo ID. c.; H. G. Pearson. Pa:
W. ID. Postal. Mo; Charles F.. Rowe, ID. c.:
+. j. Stellwagen, ID. c.; Harold G.. Under
Redin Woodward, ID. C.
1r. yelling then introduced Hon. Reverdy
Johnson as the nestOr of the American bar,
who. on coming forward 10 address the grad
uating class, was loudly applauded. Mr..
JObnSOn'S remarks were brief hut full of
humOr, combined with wholesome advice to
The young gentlemen about 10 enter upon
their prOfess career. DIR. yelling next
awarded the prizes for the beSt-written
essay, and in doing so said that the commit
Tee bad experienced much difficulty in MAX
ing a decision, owing 10 the great ability
manifested by each of the contestants. The
awards were "a follows: First prize, Jas F.
Toby, of Vermont; second, j. j. Darlington,
Of South Carolina; third, Samuel Maddox,
of Maryland.
After the benediction by the Rev. Dr. Hun
tlngiOn the audience retired, and the flowers
on the stage were distributed TO the gradu-
ateS.