Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-06-08
COLUMBIAN UNIVERSITY,
The Twenty-seventh commencement of the
Law School a Brilliant Event.

The Twenty-seventh Commencement of the
Law School a Brilliant Event.
The twenty-seventh annual commencement of
the Law School of the Columbian University
took place at the National Theater last evening
in the presence of one of the largest audiences
ever gathered within the walls of the theater.
Every box and seat was occupied. the aisles
we're crowded and people stood six and eight
deep back of the seats.
The theater was artistically decorated with
plants, flowers and bunting, and innumerabIe
electric lights gave an unusually brilliant effec;
to the scene. An immense shield of red white
and blue flowers, bearing the legend Law
Class OF 81. hung above the footlights. and
above II was very pretty device of lights O,
various hues flashing out the words ..Colum-
bian University" The full Marine Band led
by Mr.. Walter Smith, rendered an excellent
program of popular music. The l07 graduates
of the senior class and the So of the post yradu-
ate class were grouped upon the stage to the
left, the faculty and invited guests occupying
seats on the right. Among the invited guests
were Senator Dolph, Representative Vim. l..
wilson, Commissioner Green y. Rahm, Gen. T.
j. Morgan, Mr.. NJ. NJ. Parker, Mr. A. T. Brit
ton, Mr.: w. L. Mattingly, Mr.. John I. Given.
Rev: J. II. Cuthbert, Mr.. J. o. Wilson, Mr.. wes-
ton Flint and Mr.. II. Ii. Martini
After the Rev. ]. II. Cuthbert had offered an
invocation President yelling introduced Repre-
sentative VIM. L. Wilson of West Virginia, who
made an address to the graduating class.
DEGREES CONFERRED.
President yelling then conferred the degree
OF bachelor of laws upon the following:
John 3. Abbott, H. c. Adams, C. A. Aiken.
Charles S. Alberto. N. Anderson. G. c. Aukam.
Edward F. Ayres, E. E. Barton, Henry p Blair.
VIM. Du Val Brown, j. II. Brunemer Charles
n. Butler, E. n. Butts, Thaddeus Cahill, Walter
n. Campbell, W. F. Clyborne. Ward D. Coe.
Charles F. Consaul. j. A. Davidson, Walter W.
Davis, F. c. Dezendorf. Victor l.. Dodge. II. b.
Exline, G. NJ. Fague, Z. H. Fairbanks. Theo-
dore c. Fenton, Myron ID. Fethers, Howard W.
Fitz, ID. h. Fitzhugh, C. Eugene Foote. Richard
A. Ford, P. J. Galligan. A. l. Gardner. A. H.
Giles, +. L. Graham, Alexander Grant, ]. Col
fax Grant, Charles j. Groseclose, VIM. NJ Hard
castle, Frederick b. Hartzell Henry Hawk
hurst, Henry A. Hayward, Mel
vile willie D. Hensey;; D; Higgins, A. q.
Jas. c. Hooe, Al. Houghton, Harry L. HuddIe,
son, E. Hilton Jackson, G. Sherman James.
VIM. Johns, Z. W. Kepner. E. b. Kimball John
E. Laskey, T. c. Lawyer. Jesse d. K. Lee,
Walter l. Lembkey, r. L. Lerch, W. H. Lewis,
Alyan Macauley J; B: Macauley, o. NJ. Mather,
F. NJ. P. Montague, John d. Morgan. Kota Max,
ahara, Edward Grant Niles, Richard Nixon, G.
X. Ogden, Whitman Osgood. Robert E. Parker.
II. c. Patterson, B. Kennon Peter, F. NJ PhJ.-
lips, Samuel n. Pond, Chas. Benton Power j.
c. Price, Chas. L. Pyne, Chas A. Rhetts, &. l..
Richardson, Martin A. Ryan, A. J. Salmo,. VIM.
]. Sandoz, Frank II. Smiley, J. W. K Smith,
Lincoln B. Smith, Faber Stevenson, VIM. N.
Smell, II. L. Sweet, L. ]. Taylor, r l.. Thomp-
son, Aug. B. Tolman, W.K. Trimble, George a.
Walker, Victor H. Wallace, W. U. Watson, 7. s.
White, VIM. H. Wilson, Adolphus @. Wolf
Robert E. Woods, H. s. Woodward, John Nc
Clelland Work, Francis ID. Yates.
The degree of master Of law WIS then con-
ferred upon the following: r. / +. Allen, E. 3.
Bartlett, VIM. Q. Belt J. h. Brickenstein, n
Landon Burchell, J. 3. Campbell, James J.
B. Dalrymple, George B. Davis, Clarence y.
Dudley, Horace B. Durant, Edward II. Eakle.
VIM. L. Elterich, Henry II. Father, Cyrus p.
Flick, Z. Allen Frost, d. r. Griffin, Porter d.
Haskell, J. Claude KEEPER, Wharton T. Lester.
Fulton Lewis, James II. Hghtfoot, Alexander
Macarthur, Charles 8. Mccoy, H. 8. Mcknight.
Charles E. McNabb, VIM. b Mathew, Jamss
Maynard, w. A Mearnes, T. Percy Myus,
Harry Turner Newcomb, Harry W. Newton,
Jarvis p. O'Brien, Henry L Parker, IT,, Zera ID.
Patterson, Henry W. Reed, Lawrence o. Rob-
bins, VIM. N. sayre, J. Harrison Smith, WIN. N.
Smell, Otis d. 6wett, Frank C. Townsend, Irving
q. Townsend, L. Provost whitaker George L.
Wilkinson, J. Edward Williams, Steve w.
Wtifiams, J. Louis winige, Henry r. Woodland.
AWARD or TEE PnIxHs.
After ''6hsridan's Ride" had been rendered
By The bard President welling awarded the
several prisss.' Ths Parker priss Of eloo for
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