National Republican., 1876-05-26

70 our present histery;) OF consider for a moment
above ye-mentUned-rsilways and railway trafte;
the many thousand miles Of railway now con-
thereon every year; the wealth, almost beyond
estimate carried over their lines as freight every
months the Intricate questions growing OUT Of in
construction; the whole law Of carrier liability,
whether Of passengers or freight, and consider
THAI these lines are stretching into every nation
and every land inhabited and uninhabitcd, civil
zed and savage; that almost twenty Ave per cent.
in the amount involved OF the litigation in our
that very large proportion Of the questions thus
arising are the growth of modern Improvement,
and have engaged the srofoundest attention Of
legal SCIENTISTS that these Interests take no little
time, and require the best thought and purpose OF
all our assemblies, State and national; say con-
thing OF the greater cork before the student of
the lawn the iawyer-in thi: active steam;pr0-
Pellingage.
could achieve success because of mis- exceptional
ability to read and write, or in times not so rude
sSS sS1iS os s science
might be OveTestimated by the then merest tyro,
or outstripped by those Of mediocre learning. So
that learning, success, professional studying are
comparative. and that IN the law as in everything
else the student must, If he would
STAND DECIDEDLY HIGH,
advance as the age advances, be learned as the
age is learned, and as everything around all pro
fessiens, all pursuits improve in their standards
of excellence and the completeness and perfec-
tion of the agencies employed, so must he, and
if he suppOses that middling ability, moderate
industry, occasional study, mere case knowledge
of the law, and Indifference to all other depart
ments of learning are now the passports or
more than partial aids, If that, TO full profess
sional training, or high professional life; and
upon you, Young gentlemen, that you should be
content with nothing less than the fullest pro,
fessional manhood, the higher professional life
may be. Not else can you obtain the highest
usefulness. Not otherwise will you be true to
yourselves, to this institution, to your friends 70
the country, or TO your profession. Hold
on 10 your good name; it is more valuable than
gold. Hold on to the truth, for It will serve you
hereafter. Hold on to your heart of virtue; it is
above all price in all places; and to your eharac-
ter, for it is your most precious wealth. You
cannot afford, under any circumstances, to be un-
faithful nor mean at any time Always do your
best at all times. You have better self; use IL,
for thus you will be q true man; live in your
higher nature, and act only from the noblest i'm
pulses.
You will meet with many temptations. Never
yield to any. Once do this. and you are on sea
compass of safety. Depend upon yourselves, not
upon others. Keep out of debt. Use your own
money, not that which belongs to some one else,
though YOU know you can return IL. Start right
and strike high, not low. Be true to your client,
yourself the court and the law. Have true cour-
age Don't stand on the bank and shiver because
the water is cold, but plunge in if you have to,
and make the other shore. Go around If you have
10, but go through rather than not go at all.
Napoleon said, There are no Alps" This was
true to the comprehension of the little Corsican,
and so it may be to you. If they tower up don't
stand and look at them with trembling awe, for
thus they will grow higher; they may and will
melt away in the presence of true courage and the
indOmitable 81 will"
Follow these hurried suggestions, and l trust
YOU will better reck the rede than ever did the
adviser" and numberless others. which will
readily occur to you which you have heard during
school life. and to you shall come professional
success. You shall attain that high rank which
have insisted the times demand. Yours shall
be not the knowledge and ability which answered
for former times nor the mediocre rank of the
thousands now, but that true greatness, which
comes from goOdness-that professional supe-
riority, which ennobles you-hallows the present
and blesses and makes better the ages.
The comforting Of degrees then took place, each
graduate receiving his diploma from the hands OF
with a bow receiving bouquet from the hands of
a page, and passing through and back to his seat.
The following is list of the graduates: William
Brainard, New Hampshire; Edmund ]. Brook
ings, Maine; Charles NJ. Bryant, Pennsylvania;
Charles H. Darlington, Ohio; Amado Chaves,
A. James Chapman, Kansas; Henry N. Cop2,
New York: William H. Crook, Maryland; J.
pSPFsy Soqtn Fntan eS New
York; Leroy R. Finney. Morris ]. Foote, Ohio;
Oscar c; Fox, Charles H; Fowler, New York;
YORK; Henry J. Clifford, New York; Felix j.
Grimm, New York; ]. w Hagen, Virginia;
Amos W. Hart District of Columbia; Julian A.
Hurdle, Kentucky; John d. Hyer, Pennsylvania;
Franklin W. knight, District Of Columbia; Gus
tavus A. Kuhn, Maryland; William Lamborn,
Pcnnsylvania: F. Lugenbeel, Maryland; James
II. May, Indiana; W. h. Mendehall, Pennsylvs-
mia; J. E. McNal1y, District Of Columbia; Joseph
Q: Nash, Tennessee; Lewis O,Neal, Maryland;
M1lfSm b hepner, Risirics o. 0oiumSai ~ aeral
District of Columbia; Geo. II. Scidmore. Wiscon-
sin; Geo. d. Scott, New York; Theodore H. Simp-
George Se T ". T Street and s MOTIFS Thorne, New
York; Lewis W. Tolman, Massachusetts,; hger-
non S. VOse, Ohio; Edward c. Wade, jr., Georgia;
Madison Mhipple, New York, and Albert NJ.
After another selection from Faust" by the
Marine band, Hon. Samuel Shellabarger deliy-
cred
THE CONCLUDING ADDRESS
to the graduating class saying that If he was re-
Quired TO write down tersely the emotions with
which he regarded the entrance of q young man
upon the career Of the lawyer two words would be
enough to indicate them and they would be con
grstulate the young men Of the graduating class,
because they to-day enter life-wOrk, whore the
subject Of such work is one Of the most exalted
foundly does he commiserate them. One reason
why he would commiserate his child, as he saw
him enter the career Of law-So much Of their
work lies before them, and so little behind
Mr.. Shellabarger continued at length, referring
eloquently to the moral obligations Of the profes
sion and to its practical uses. Lack of space,
however, will not permit of our giving this able
and eloquent address in full.
1t Is gratifying to see that so large a number Of
our yt>png men have taken advantage Of their ap-
portunity to study profession. Each year. here
al the Capital Of the nation, many In the einS.S-
men; =, - the Government and in other aTOca-
tiens instead of was s'"s thelr hours in idleness
embrace their opportunity for stu and come out
as professional gentlemen. Whether hall y. tAeln
ever follow this profession does not matter much.
We know they have added TO their store of knowl-
edge and this is a sufficient cause of cOngratula-