Morning journal and courier., 1884-06-25

c Pierson, Meriden; 1864, A B Cox, Cherry Valley, N Y; 1883, 0 M Griggs, St Paul, Minn; 1864, Job Williams, Hartford; 1882, w Chamberlain, city; 1874, William Stokes, New York; 1844, E Fl Avery, Auburn N Y; 1860, William P Allen, Auburn, Y; 1878, Ed w Smith, Meriden; 1878, w l. Wurts, Paterson, N J; 1914, s G Calton, Rootstown, O; 1876, B Kendrick, Walling ford 1S46, w Kellogg, Waterbury; 1878, Henry N Day, New Haven.
 Law School Orations.
 Townsend Prize Spenking-Arthur s.
 Osborne of this City Wins the Prize
 Gov, George HOadley's OratiOn-Award
 OfPrizes.
 Center church, the scene of so many grad uating exercises, again rang with the elo- quence of youthful orators yesterday. The occasion was memorable, too, on account of the presence upon the platform of Governor George Hoadley of Ohio, whose oration on codifcation in the United States was 8 masterly effort. Upon the platform were seated President Porter, Governor Waller, Hon. William M. Evarts, Hon. Nathaniel Shipman, Hon. Andrew D. White, Hon. Francis Wayland, dean of the Law school faculty, members of the faculty and others. Prayer was offered by President Porter.
 The first exercise on the programme was the contest for the Townsend prize of $50. The speakers and subjects were:
 1. Strikes. Sherman Leland Whipple, B. A, New London, N. H.
 2. Government Control of Telegrsphs. John Wurtz, Maywood, W. Va; Arthur Sher- wood Osborne, B.. New Haven; William Ellsworth Talcott, B A., Union college, lief ferson, Ohio.
 MT. Whippla spoke against strikes as be- ing economically ineffective and socially de- moralizing. Messrs. Wurts and Talcott spoke favorably of governmental control of tele graphs and slightingly of the dangers of cen tralization. MT. Osborne took the other side of the question and effectively setting forth the dangers, social, political and eco nomical, of the gradual extension of the functions of government, presented telling argument against such extension over telegraphs.
 Then D. W. Lawler delivered the masters oration on ''The Federal Congress and Ma tionalism.' He also took 8 conservative view, depreoating the enlargement of the province of government and denouncing the recent legal tender decision of the Supreme court as characteristic of a new and danger ous political school His oration was ex- cellens and well delivered.
 Gov. Hoadley was introduced by Presi- dent Porter. His oration upon the subject, Qualification in the United States" was g fine effort. Below is given brief synopsis Besides the federal Congress and the judici- ary, there are 36 State and Territory officials The statutes are for the government and con- duct of the people and to establish rules and principles which become the law of individ- ual life Hardly day passes without the adoption of some rev order. Change seems to be the normal .condition of affairs. Per petual motion seems to have been devised. This is in response to the demand of the peo- Vo1n No 1nk Sc tad k,k kl,akS legislative betterment No lot is exempt from this demon of legislative change. The maxim that that country which is least gov erned is best governed seems to have been forgotten. We have many amusing incl dents of this in the Vest It is one of the this tendency must be kept within bounds. Whither does this tend? This restless energy prophecies the American code It is the deveIopment of a purpose to control society by legislation. Our nation will become homogeneous some. time, and systematic the language itself An analogy may be seen in the develop ment of language in the eastern hemisphere. We will have language of our own. Given 8 highly cultivated race, a free and live peo- pie and they will seek the ideal of jurispru- dence and government. They will produce a concise and harmonious jurisprudence. and time are the only factors wanted for that result. This code is grow ing and will grow; will be evolved, not built.
 Law is the precipitate of history, the de- posit of life. Law springs from 8 two-fold source, courts and the legislatures. The ten- dency of ths former is always to stand by the second part. The lat What is the common law? Is it benefit or stumbling block? Does it furnish analogies applicable to new emergencies? Surely not It has been from the beginning hard and un- yielding. Time has corroded the common law. but codes have grown and developed. Without the modification of legislation, the common law of England would have been great barrier. The freedom of England might as well be attributed to the bench of bishops as to the common law. Had that law been still in force we would be paying ship money to-day. In many of the fore- most leaders and authorities of thelegal profes- sion we can see proofs of the failures of the law, of which the office is to retard MT. Pollock calls it chaos tempered by judi cial digests The destruction of this mass is not impossible. The practioability of codifi- 1 cation has been established To be en- during it must emanate from 8 | highly cultivated people, whose trained ju- rists have studied the wants of the people. 1 The Roman code, the code of Napoleon did | not spring up ex-machina. Qualification re- quires the labors of ages to be made fit for l use We may hope that the complete book OA lAO new 1uT1SprOQ0nc6 Will Su DEtltut6 the ! common law. Does anyone believe that any | of the common law will remain in England 1 In the next century except as statutory en- l actmenH Large progress has been made | toward a code of rights in the United States | The experiment of complete codiication | has been tried in California for twelve years | and has proved succe- s, that is 50 far as | any code of that standing can be called suc- | cessful. do not claim that that code is | just.
 In closing Gov. HoadIey congratulated Dean Wayland for the evidence that the pu- | pills of the Law school had been directed in | broad lines and to such g0od purpose, an eV- l Idence borne by the speeches he had heard.
 Hon. Wm. M. Evarts announced that the | Townsend prize had been awarded to Arthur | Sherwood Osborne of this city The com- mittee of award consisted of Hon. Wm. M. | Evarts, Hon. Nathaniel Shipman and Hon. | Andrew D. White.
 President Porter announced the following prizes:
 Jewell prize. ($5o), for the best examina- tion at graduation, Edward Graves, 4. |
 Betts prize, ($5O) for the best examina- tion on the studies of the junior year, Frank | J. Lawler.
 HoNoRs-sENIoR GLASS.
 Degree of IL B, magma cum laude, Ed | ward Graves, B A; William E Talcott, B | A, Mt. Union college.
 Frazine, Seymour Loomis, B A; William Pardee, B A.
 JUNIOR GLASS.
 Beverly D Evans, jr., B A, Mercer univer 'ity; Frank LaWler, John G Todd.
 The exercises concluded with the benedic- ion by President Porter.
 Sheffield Scientific School. The Graduating Exercises Last Even
 Ing-WhO Received the Prizes.
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