Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1885-06-10
RECEIVING THEIR SHEEP SKINS.
The Graduates of the Law Department
OF Columbian Cniversity-A Brilliant
Scene at AlbauSh's.

| The Graduates of the Law Department
OF Columbian Cniversity-A brilliant
Scene at Albaushs.
The twentieth annual commencement of the
| law department of the Columbian university
was held yesterday afternoon at Albaughs
Opera House, in the presence of a large and
| fashionable audience. While the Marine band
| was playing the overture the audience had an
| opportunity of admiring the decorations. which
| were elaborate and beautiful. The proscenium
arch was draped with American colors and
and from the center were suspended the words
Law Department, Columbian University.
! 1885, worked in immortelles. Large foliage
| plants extended their arms from the sides of
| the stage, which was set as garden scene. and
the front giowed with the rich combination of
co1Ors In the masses OF flowers which admiring
friends had sent to the graduates. The boxes
| on each side, buried in bunting and natural
flowers, arranged tastefuily, lent their soft
beauty to give attractiveness to the scene.
| While the orchestra was playing the members
of the faculty, preceding The graduates, marched
! on the stage and took their seats. A number
OF prominent citizens and invited guests were
also seated on the stage. Among these were
Solicitor General John Goode, John A. j. Cress-
| well, eX-Commissioner Josiah Dent, eX-Justce
William Strong, 5. S. Shellabarger, Crosby 5.
Noyes Green b. Raum, L. w. Fox, William A.
Stickney, r. S. Davis Judge Walter s. Cox and
| Professor Fristoe. Mr.. W. w. Corcoran, accom-
during the exercises Miss Cleveland entered
and joined the party. The exercises We're be-
gun with prayer by Rev. DR.. Cuthbert and then
Or. yelling, the president of the university, in
troduced Professor Francis Wharton the dis
| tlnguished writer on legal subjects, who deliv-
| cred an address,.
| PROF. wHARToN's ADDRESS.
Owing to the weakness of the speakers voice.
| it was impossible to hear him a few feet away
from the stage and SO the address was lost to
the larger majority OF the audience. However,
great Indulgence was shown. and he proceeded
without Interruption. The address, which was
| more profound than is usual on such occasions
was, as might be expected from such source, an
| exceedingly interesting discussion of the tuuc-
| tion of lawyers as law reiormers. He said that
there We're two conditions which must be Oh
served in securing beneficial laws. The first
That the law must rise up from the people to the
law makers and not the opposite, and second that
law must be decaratory of existing conditions.
In the list of illustrations OF the latter he spoke
OF the belief IN former times OF the effects of the
evil eye and of wtchcrait, which led men 10
| take as evidences of guilt spiritual causes,
while the more physical chain of causes
| overlooked. The old law that the blow and
death must occur i'll the same county, and that
| the person who caused n death must be in the
| locality where the death occurred, had been
| changed in these days OF quick and rapid COM
munication to suit the modern conditions so
thHt now the sender of Il package OF dynamite
| from New York that caused IL death in san
Francisco would be held liable for the deed. AS
must rise up from the people to the law makers,
! the speaker referred to the constitutions born
In the French revolution, which both Burke
| and Fox, the English statesmen. refused even to
| read, characteriZius them mere air bubbles.
The reason was that these constitutions were
the product of faction, and not of the whole peO-
| pie. In contrast, he spoke OF the constitution
OF the United Sta ties as having come from the
| people. The intensive character of the consti-
tuition was illustrated by the change in the func-
tions OF the electoral college from what the
trainers of the constitution intended, and the
which the growth and development of the coun-
try demanded. The early fathers bulded bet
ter than they knew.
THE GRADUATES.
TTpOn pOpcl,IsiOr, IF no n rocc ,,roc;
| dent of the university, DR.. J. c. Weung, con
| ferred the degrees upon the following graduates
| composing the largest class that has ever gradu-
ated from the university: bachelor OF laws
bethel, Md; E. sehley Cassin, Md; A. s. Chris.
tie JShH F. Clarke D. & + Danies
Wis: II. j. Finley, D. G.; Oscar Foote, Ind: Gin,
ton tor Gage, M; D. r. Gale, Cal; Preston B. Gil,
Harper, b. c. John n Kiliits, ohio; John G Kim
mel, ILL.,; John y. Luce NJ. Ty.; Douglass S.
MaSla J r var 9:S fPax nstes rf b. g.
Meyer, Cal. George J. Mechlng Pa: Guion
Miller Nd ]. F. Moore, ohio; Ballard Morris,
ris. i. G.: F. A. Mute, Wis; w NJ Onley, n. y;
T. II: Patterson Mass; Walter b. Patterson. n.
B. kaum, jr., III: John Raum, ILL.,; ii. L. Rey-
nolds, jr. Conn; VIM. b. Robson, Ohio; Nathan
| ie +. Robinson, Pa: Angelo C. Scott Kan.;J =.
Shepperd, VAS. A. Shipnan, KAN; Bruce Sim
mons, Va, II. w. Slocum, jr, n. Y; F. De L.
Smith, n. r; J. II. Spaulding, d. c.; Hawkins
Taylor, Ohio; ". W; Townsend. d. c.; Avian T.
| Tracy, Conn.,; W. +. Warmer, Conn.,; O. f. Will
Master of LAVISH N. Bethel, Ind; C. r.
Cleaves, Ne; Alfred Clum; n. I'll. ?. Coolidge,
Mass; B: F. Crawshaw, Pa; I: F. Dennis, Ill;
Eversole, KY. Ben. l.. Fairchid, T. y; A. W.
| Fleming, d. c.; d. r. Gale, Cal: w. b. Grant,
Wis; &C: Halpine;r \; Y; W: D. Henry, Va;
Meyer. Cal; +. W. Matteson, ILL.,; J. II. Pierce,
d. c.. t. W. Sargent, ID. c.; G. J. Sawyer. Mass;
Jos. Shillington, jr. d. C;;F De l.; smith, Ny;
! Geo. +. Stone, y. V; +. NJ. Tryon, D. c.; Martin
| Wees, Conn: w. W. Wiltshire jr Ark: S. l..
Williams, Mich; Court F. Wood, Mich; Joseph
| Stewart Kan.
THE WINNERS OF THE PRIZES.
| DR.. yelling announced the following as Win
ners of the prizes: Ballard Morris, of the Dis
! trict of Columbia, the subject of whose essay
was "Ressucd letters patent" received the
first prize; Edward n. Dingley, of Maine.
| whose essay entitled "How can we, as
| lawyers serve our country, the second, and
| ]. II. Adriaans OF the District of Columb ia, re-
tor inventors. These announcements were re-
| ceived with great applause, and the successful
| contestants coming forward received their
prizes from Judge VIM Strong. In presenting
! the prizes Judge Strong made Il brief address.
| in which, referring to the career which opened
| out before them. he urged the importance of in
| dustry integrity OF purpose and earnestness as
| the important conditions OF Il successful life.
| This brought the exercises OF the afternoon to
| a close, and the audience were dismissed by the
benediction from Rev. Dr.. Cuthbert.
A Supposed SWildlcr.
A YOUNG MAN SUSPECTED OF AN ATTEMPT TO
| VICTIMIZE = JEwELRY FIRM.
| Last Monday a well-drcssed young man of
about twenty-six years arrived at Wizards,
and aS F. n Stanley of Savannah