Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-10-04
Interesting Exercises at the Begin
ming Of the Sessions.
AT COLUMBIAN and GEORGETOWN
Tributes to the Memory of the
Late President Yelling.
MANY ADDRESSES MADE

ing addresses were made by members of the
faculty of the school. Informal announce
ments were also made Of the plans of work
to be followed in the different courses this
term, and Judging by the general spirit OF
those who were present, 1t is safe to say
the present year will be the most prosper
Gus and successful in the history Of this
great institution. The students who were
already enrolled as well as those who ma
circulate this fall were informed that the
first regular lecture would begin on Satur-
day evening. The registration so far shows
the names of 225 students in the junior,
senior and postgraduate classes, a large
number as compared with last year, but by
no means as large as it will be later, when
all the late corners are in. 1t was stated
that the junior class already numbered a
half hundred more than it did last year.
Prominent Persons Present.
On the platform were seated a number of
prominent lawyers and others connected
with the university. among them DIR. s. H.
Greene. pastor of Calvary Baptist Church
and the acting president of the university.
Justice Brewer of the United States Su-
preme Court, who is one of the lecturers Of
the law faculty; Justice Cox and Justice
Bradley of the District Supreme Court Mr..
DdNtS, MI WHlidI "A. y,
Mr.. w. G. johnson, Mr.. William F. Mat
tingly and Mr.. Robert II. Martin, the treas
urer of the university.
In almost all of the speeches that were
made during the course of the evening
feeling references were made to the death
of DIR. James C.. yelling, the former preSi-
dent of the university, which occurred some
weeks ago. Eloquen. tributes were made to
the memory of the man who for years oc-
cupied the position as head of this great in
stitution of learning, and such a prominent
position in the social life Of Washington.
His character as shown in his public and
private life, and his remarkable attachments
as a scholar, were eulogized in earnest
terms, and more than one of the speakers
attributed great share of the schools sue
cess to DIR. Welling's untiring efforts and
friends.
Justice COx's Address.
Justice Cox, who presided over the exer-
cises of the evening, delivered the first
formal address, taking for his subject his
own branch in the work of the school, COM
mon law. Justice Cox is dean of the law
faculty. and in opening his remarks he
spoke feelirgly of the great loss the law
school had sustained in the death of the
late president of the university, and he was
one of those who spoke in words Of highest
praise Of DIR. Welling's memory. He also
referred to a book which DIR. yelling was
about to cen plete, which contained the
material of a life-time's collection. Justice
Cox reviewed briefly the plan of work to be
followed in the school, and paying particu-
lar attention to the details of his own
branch. In conclusion he read letter from
Justice Harlan of the Supreme Court, who
regretted his inability to be present, be-
cause of judicial duties which detained him
in Chicago. He stated, however, that JUS
tice Harlan would continue his course of
lectures this winter on the subject of the
Constitution, and also on torts and CONNER
oia ant Sin na1
general applause, fer Justice Harlan's
courses are among the most popular in the
school.
Justice Brewers Remarks.
The rext speaker of the evening was
Justice Brewer, whose remarks are always
sure of an attentive audience. for he is one
of the brightest and wittiest takers that
ever addressed class % law students. He
spoke last evening on the subject Of THE
Law of Corporations" a subject that might
be made rather dry and uninteresting, but
this time it wasn't, for he wandered around
and spoke of a good many things that do
EOt properly come under that caption, but
that amused and entertained his listeners
extremely. He said that everybody was op-
posed to a corporation, and so were poll
ticians. In this connection he took occasion
to classify the various gentlemen about
him on the platform, putting Mr.. Mattingly
under the head of prohibitionist, MIR.
Harry Davis as a rabid republican, Mr.
Maury as populist, and Judge Cox as a
champion of womans suffrage. From little
by-plays like this he wandered into the
more serious side of his talk, and spoke at
some length on the subject of the law of
corporations, advising the young students
to pay special attention to this particular
specially, telling them that corporations
were the clients who usually paid the best
fees, although the jurieS are almost inyari-
ably against them.
Mr.. Maury and MIR. Mattingly spoke
briefly with reference to their particular
subjects for the year, and were followed by
Mr.. Harry Davis.
Mr. Davis Tribute to DIR. yelling.
The fact that it took several minutes for
the applause which greeted Mr.. Davis ap-
pearance to die down sufficiently for him to
speak would seem to show that Mr.. Davis
is not the least popular member of the
Columbian faculty. His tribute to the
of DIR. yelling was one of the most
eloquent and beautiful of the evening, for
he knew the late president well, both in
connection with their work at the uni
veTsity and in their respective homes. He
then went on to tell the young men how he
to teach them the history of law,
beginning at the time when man existed in
his natural state on through the Roman
law, whence he intended to show how the
old English law had been brought across
the water to make it's home on this side
of the Atlantic.
MIR. johnson, the quizmaster for the COM
ing year, addressed the students with refer
ence to his plans and methods. The last
formal address of the evening was delivered
by DIR. Greene, who spoke of the early his
tory of the law school, which he now
claimed was the leading institution of it's
kind in Washington. He said that SO long
as the nation saw fit to make Washington
the capital city, with the Supreme Court
and its able justices, as well as the Supreme
Court of the District, whose justices were
hardly less distinguished for ability the
school would have an eminent faculty that
could not be equaled.
Cheers by the Students.
The exercises of the evening were brought
to close with a few brief remarks by
Treasurer Martin, after which the students
left the hall with cheers for the professors
and for the university. and with three times
three for the success of the Mask and Wig
Club. which is at present arousing a good
deal of interest among the students of the
university.
Prof. Francis r. Fava, jr, held the first
lecture in his class of mathematics and
civil engineering last evening" where the
number taking the course was double that
In any previous year. 1t was announced in
the class room that examinations for the
F. A. Schmidt prize. offered for the first
time this year, would be held the 10Th in
slant. The subjects will be mathematics