Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-06-13

'Pre-existing debt as q consideration for
the transfer of commercial papers" The
second prize Of $50 went to Walter H. Ry-
land; essay. RES Costa" The third prize
of $50. was awarded to Edward T. Lee. es-
say, Res Judicata."
The prizes for best examination and hon.
orable mention were as follows: The Par
ker prize Of 800 to James McIlvaine Gray
for the best examination for the degree Of
bachelor of laws. Honorable mention was
given to Messrs Frank H. Hitchcock, H.
Beach Needham. Fred bennett Sterling
Parks, c. H.. Lauchheimer and II. n. Sax
ton. and the Briton prize Of $50. for the
best examination for the degree Of master
of laws. was given to Albert F. Flint.
The prizes given by the debating society
on the merit Of the arguments as presented
at the prize debate last Friday evening
we're awarded as follows: First prize to
Adolph Mcneil Sayre of the junior class.
second prize to ]. H. Thomas of the post
graduate class The announcement that
Mr. Sayre of the Junior class had won this
contest was the signal for the most vocifer-
Gus applause from the members Of that
class present.
Degrees Conferred.
Degrees were conferred as follows:
Masters Of lava. A. Adams. Perry AL
len. j. Walter Barber, Walter A. Bethel. J.
c. Bowen. James w. Byler. E. N. Butts. U.
Schuyler Catlett, A. v. Cushman. George F..
Daggett. Frank e. bennett Rosa T.
Downing. w. c. Eldridge. ;. William Ellis.
F. De Courcy Faust. James A. Finch. Albert
Gadsden. W. H. Gallinger. Horace e. Good
ale, Milton LIE Roy Cough, William NJ.
Hardcastle, William E. Harvey, Henry
Hawxhurst. Charles e. Howe. Kepler Hoyt
Malcolm Hufty. A. L. jackson, Sydney K.
Jacobs. J. Burr johnson. Messmore Kea-
DALI Conrad krebs. J. T. Macy, Walker
d. Maclean, NJ. A. Martinez, j. G. Meyers,
1r., Lawrence o. Murray, Frederick c.
OConnell, Howard s. Reside. Louis A.
George H. Shields. jr.. Henry Gordon
Strong, Bernard H. Taylor. Herbert ]. Tay-
lor. Corcoran Thorn. ]. H. Thomas. Addison
c: Townsend. Ralph r. Upton. Mark A.
Watson. Harry Weber. George Francis
Williams, A. L. Wood, Edward A. Wright.
Frederick A. Wright, Herbert Wright.
Bachelors of law-Fred Achenbach, Ed
gar Allan, jr.. Perry Allen. Charles c. Bald
win. Franklin E. Barrett. William w. Bed
ford, Edwin 8. Bethel, w. r. Blackboard, s.
Hazen Bond. Joseph A. Burkart, Malcolm
Argyle Coles. P. E. Cox. Percy s. Grove.
Allen A. Davis. Murray NJ. Davis, r. A.
DAVIDSON. Fred. bennett, Frederick WIDEN
niston. Harris Dickson. Victor b. Dolliver.
Frederic s. Doyle. c. w. Draper, ]. Q.
Eaton. j. w. Ellis, Selden NJ Ely Paul
Finckel Keith Forrest, Seinosuke Fukuda,
A. NJ. Fuller, James McIlvane Gray, Thos.
Gresham. Harry c. Grove H. NJ. Gunder-
son, j. Fossett Hays, Walter R. Hensey, A.
H. Hitler. Frank H. Hitchcock, Francis c.
Huebner, ]. S. Jenkins. Guy Hamilton John
son. 7. c. Kelly. Thomas Kerl, Frank KY
selka, c. H. Lauchheimer, Edward T. Lee,
Reeve Lewis. Harris Lindsey. James Jos.
McEvilly. l.. NJ. Marble, Marcus B. May.
William c. Mayo. Lloyd T. Needs. Edgar c.
Molby, Gales p. Moore, L. d. Manigault
Mowry. H. l.. Mudrow. jr.. H. Beach Need
ham. John O'Connell. James A. Oldfield, r.
H. Orr, Frederick X. Parks. Sterling Parks.
E. H. Parry, Seth V. Peck. U. G. Perry.
Robert l.. Russell. Walter II. Ryland, Har-
old N. Saxton. II. G. Sheridan, Albert D..
Spangier. Luther F. Speer, Arle w. Starck,
Carl "A. Starck. j. Walker Stuart, Harry c..
Surguy. Albert Vincent Taylor. Seth Ell
lott Tracy. Harry J. Van Der Beck, E. w.
Van Dyke. John Chalmers Wilson and
Charles Hewitt Wright.