The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-05-15

coSrERRSe THE DECREE or BACHELOR or
LAWS UPON roRT1-oSE GRADUATEs-NTER-
EsTrSG EXERCISES AT sTENwAY HALL.
stelnway Hal was two-;hlrds nlled last night By
a select audience on the occasion or the COM
mencement o. the Law school Or the University OF
the CITY Of New YORK. Chancellor Howard Crosby
presided. Gnmorc's Band was IN attendance, and
played during tas intervals the most unlegal
Frencn and Ital,an airs.
The graduates, most or whom were In luli dress,
seated themselves the front bench. on tue
platform sat colonel Benjamin Wills, member
elect OF Congress, and other prominent men. At
frst there was d slight nitcn In the proceedings,
for the Chancellor announced the FIRST address be-
fore the graduates mad fled In, and. after a dead
pause OF several minutes ne band began to play
amid the general gigging Of the audience.
Luckily, the graduates diG come Ia when the piece
nad been nn!sned and tue Chancellor repeated
his announcement.
GRADUATES ADDRESSES.
Nj. Frederick b. Jennings, young slim gentle
man, with very slight beard, out with an Immense
voice, stepped forth anu delivered the nrst ad-
dress on the Fright to Defend the Wrongdoer.m
re polaIy espoused the doctrine tnat a lawyer
was right In defending criminal, even though he
believed ham guilty. In doing he served TIE
STATE ~ compelling the pr. secuuon to adduce
tue Gear PROOFS 81 his quit. ana served Jus Zee
ior every man na1 a right to DC hanged legally.
Af Jennings received the nrst prize Of $3.50 for
TINS wristen ADDRESS.
Sir. ArUulJal0 LyDolt spoke o. the three Sys-
tens 81 the Law d Marriage lie alluded 10 the
system OF iree divorces - IN Violation OF al
the principles o. Christianity aid pure moral.
ny. lie deprecated the frequent assaults on
tue doctrines on lht common Jaw, winch b0unu
the family by ind4ssoluDe ties, and ought they
we're iar preieraoe g those 81 the ciyl law
Mr.. Jaro.u Cantor syOke very ably on the Law
or Preceaents.n wulcn was followed hy selecttons
IRON "LOnengriu.r Mr. Joseph T. stein dellye ed
an address on the Honesty ~ the Plea vi tue
statute Of Limitations" aud Mr.. John ID Anrens
on the supreme Court y Nauons,N alter wnicn
SOLO, c0ruef Polka Brilliant ~ ArDuckIe. re-
hevcd the monOtOny ~ the speeches..
REfORF ~ TIE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE.
After these addiesse ~ the graduates Of the
Law school ar CAaunceg y. Mpey read the
report 81 tue Executive Committee when sags
tnat the Attendance. scholarship anu general In
BY tie recent practice o. Offering ana awarding
liberal prizes l0r excellence. lney submit that
experiment. and further test u - a means
Of elevating TIE standard Of scholarship.
TIE prizes this yer amount TO $500,
aud tue committee Teri muca concerned
Dy the results u the past year. The nrst price
alreaay stated, - AWARDED - MT. Jennings Tor
the best essay; tue SECOND Prize III $780, tor tue
best written examination, was awarded TO T..
J. Meyer, aua the tnira prize, q 800. 70 ]. ID.
NJ. "A. u Van1errOsl read tue report OF the Com
mIttee on the Prize Es-aY, Mr. Wizard Bartlett Of
that on Wntten Examination, and Nc. y. Z. Good
ol that on Oral Examination. The band ulscoursed
the sweet strains 81 eoer's Invitation 70 the
Dance !" which was followed ~ me concerning -
the degrees p tie Chancellor. 1ne following are
the names 81 the graduates:-
THE GRADUATES.
John Dledrich Anreu-. Theodore Jackson Arm
strong, Charles Green BauNs patticK Henry
Byrne, Pnllp B0ttmanu, Frederick samuel Buck
ing am "a. d. bis. ~, II rvarI: George SCHUYLER
Eates 4. ~. Harvard: Jacob Aaron cantor. Aipln
J.. Cameron. A. ~ -t. johns; Joseph LtvorI0 con-
tfeil Wl0lNn henly ElY, Ftcd. Augustus hubbard,
Ifcdcgck 5e@ca dennnas' a. - Williams, IL y,