The morning times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1897, 1896-06-10

Columbian University has that place in
the affections a nd high regard OF the people
OF Washington that ailofits public functions
can be depended on TO be witnessed by very
large and interested assenbiages. The
exercises OF the thrty-first annual COM
mencernent OF its school of law was the
eventlast night at he New National Theater,
which was crowdedito the doors with about
as brilliant an assembiage as has gathered
at the Capital thisiseason.
The interior of the building was very
bright and lovely ina warm drapery offlags
on box and balcony, and the stage was
dream OF beauty with its magnificent array
or flowers. In addition to tue permanent
setting for the evening, there were many
baskets OF the arest flowers added for the
prize winners and for the distinguished
guests OF the university.
The conspicuous piece OF decorative work
was plateau or the university colors,
orange and blue, the outlines marked in
c0lored brilliants Of electric light. The
letters &C. u" ami the words and figures
Law" 1896" were also in lewcled
light. The class of graduates and of the
post graduates including the masters in
patent law was conspicuously large. They
with the faculty and speakers left only
that room at the top which is reserved
according To legal tradition for the best
lawyers.
ADDRESS TO THE GRADUATES.
This was a beginning OF good omen and
about the only thing left to say about
lawyers and the profession that was not
embraced in the admirable Grafton OF Hon.
Holmes Conrad who delivered the address
TO the graduating class. IL IS also to be
noted that there were on the stage at
ptt~n ina. t.A sob ,Iar lE nr
b. L. Whitman, and the always honored
and beloved DR.. Samuel H. Greene, eX-
president OF the university.
With these were Postmaster General
Wilson. Solicitor General Holmes Conrad,
and OF the faculty Justice Cox Of the Dis
trict supreme court. Justices Harlan and
Brewer of the United States Supreme Court,
DR.. George II Emmott, Henry E. Davis,
william +. Mattingly, Justice Bradley Of
the supreme court OF the District, Ben amin
Buiterworth, william g. johnson, Lee
Davis Lodge, Melville Church, c. w.
Needham, and Robert II. Martin, the sec
rotary aud treasurer Of the university.
The music was By tire Marine Band. The
invocation was by Or. Greene.
FIELD OF THE LAW.
DR.. Whitman presented Mr.. Conrad who
at the outset welcomed the graduates TO
the "'uublest OF all Professions fer the
W
field for labor, usefulness and reward.
| There is no department of life which it
does not touch; IL is tie basis of the prGtec-
ton o. theindividual, society and the nation.
Once expressing only the duties and re-
| latIous of a single life it has now em-
braced societies and nations. The advance
ia law he showed TO be concurrent with the
advance OF Civilizations. he took issue
with Blackstone, who held that real.
estate was the Badge and measure, the
foundation of citizenship Mr.. Conrad
wanted TO know what Blackstone would
think OF this days citizenship with the
| accommodations or personal property, which
gave men and. corpora tons their pull
with Congress-. ~
He advised, asspn tinuancelof the academic
studies as at all times NECESSARY for the
| complete eauiprnent of the, lawyer, end
concluded his address by giving the young
men some soura advice as to the rules OF
their offices and conduct. He advised
| against ma kiii4the accumulation of money
| the end of the profession and criticised
the great aud growing desire for the
accumulation d. riches as the object Of
! existence. Mr. onrad had good deal OF
the attic salt i'd his speech, which gave 1t
a special char4s.
PRIZES AND DEGREES.
| The degree4 were then conferred by
| the president. aftef (which Mr.. Wilson, in a
| short address Hwaftied the prizes TO the
| following: Mf.sWhber a. owen, gradu-
atipg class. firsG prtzf Sioo;s~M Edgar II.
| MAY. post grads ate class, first prize $50;
! Essavists W. IF Coleman, Robert Emmett
Wiley and l.. j. Mather, prizes in the order
| named; Debaters, w. II. Fort, first prize;
| Benjamin Martin, second.
| The exercises we're closed with the beDe-
| diction by Rev. Dr. Greene.
| The following re the graduates. and the
/ post graduates, on whom new degrees were
conferred:
! Masters Of Law Robert Fielder Able,
| William ] Acker, Daniel j Carr John Bar
! Der Clark, jr, Alan Ogilvie Clephane, i W
| ing Cockrell, George Bruce Corteiyou, Jesse
! Padon era wford, j a Ekiu Girls well Alfred
| Newton Dalrymple, Allen a. Davis, John Z.
| Dawson, Robert Olduer Deyer stephen W.
| Gamhrll, Daniel Edward Garges, II. Pres
! colt Gatlcy, Frank Ferdinand GentSch,
! John c. Goodrel!ow, Harvey b. Gram,
| Alpha NJ HassIer, George {. HaZelton, jT,
| John II Hazeltou, David Merrill Nildreth;
! Herman L HoweDStein, A. Roland johnson,
| Lee Mason Jordan, Garter Bre wstcr KeeEe,
| Harry e. Kmball, Harvey C Long. Mar
vim NJ Mclean, Christopher X. Macy,
! C. Carroll Martin, Edgar II May, Robert
F. Miller, George A II. Mills, Emerson
! r. Newell Edwin Aionza Mess, Fra DciS
| Nye, Edwin Howe Peery, Graham Hume
| Powell, Jesse Weems Rawlings, Emil
| Charles Schneider, John c. Scofieid,
| Charles Frederick SeDsncr, f. Ma rion Smith,
| Frederick George Stutz, William Leonard
! Symons Morven Thompson, Ii. S. TullS,
! Horace Greeley Van Eyeren, William War
| rem Werntz, David Edgar Wilson, Louis II.
| Wufekuhler
Masters Of Patent Laws. HaZeu Bond,
William Duvail Brown, Grant Burroughs,
J. A Ekin Girls well, A V. CushmaD,
! Clarence w. De Knight, Edward Taylor
| Fenwick, Addison Irwin Gardner, Walter
! X. Hensey, j. Granville Meyers, Jr., Gales
Pritchard Moore, Ed ward H. Parry, George
| w Rea william Z. Schoenborn Edward c.
| Siggers Rexford NJ. Smith, Robert Watson,
| DavidP Woihaupter, WilliaInW Wright IT.
| Bachelors of Law-George Wilson Baker,
| Marcus Baker, Rufus II. Baker, Frank M.
| Barnes. Grove Sidney Beardsley, Don P.
! Blaine, Michael Francis Blenski, Frank Cory
| Bliss, Eugene J. Bogen, II. Leroy Browning,
| Sherman L. Burroughs, Charles Benedict
| Calvert, George Henry Calvert. jr.; Luther
| S. Cannon, Cha rlcs B. Cheyney, Frank Les
| lie Churchill. Harry Lincoln Clapp, Francis
| w Herrick Clay. william H. Coleman, Henry
| Ruggles ConcSlin. H. Karl Cooke, Frank
| Parker Davis. Guy E. Davis, Robert
Oldner Deyer, Theodore T. Dorman,
| Bcrtram Martin Doyle. George Thomas
| Dunlop. ir.; John Joy Edison. jr.;
| Thomas Freeman Epes, James NJ. Fisher
! Arthur I. Flagg, Justin E. Flannery,
| Arthur Lewis Flint, William Edwards Fort
Samuel F. Fouts, John Wesley Gardner,
| Arthur Garner John G. Gray Thomas New
| come Greer Frank R. Hanna, Charles B.
| Harding. Thomas B. Harrison, William Hay
wood. CRANKY Hillyer Charles A Hines,
! Frank s Holiger Jason Claiborne Hundley
Arthur Johns, Abraham B. Keefer,
Cotton II. :, Lee, Robert Francis
Livingston, John W. Loder, Lucas Powell
Loving, Alexander D. Lunt, Ornsb yMcCam-