Kansas City daily journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1892-1897, 1896-06-13
THE LAW SCHOOLS FIRST YEAR.
IRIS TERMINATION VA r%ITriNGLf
OBSERVED LAST NIGHT.
An Address by Judur John y. Philips
- woman Takes First Honors
In the Examinntions-Thc
Faculty I~innquctcd.

The big green oil cloth covered desk
which stands at the front Of the room In
the east wing OF the New York Life build
inr. overlooking Delaware street. bore sew
oral fat stacks Of papers and four or hNe
vnses OF roses last night. The bundles oil
papers were the returns from the eSnmina-
tons In partnership and agency. through
which the students who are attending the
Kansas city School OF Law have recently
gone. The roses had been procured by the
ladies who take the lectures. They we're
tokens Of commencement and vacation.
Behind the desk sat the faculty and visit
tors. The latter were Or. Martin Il.
D'Ooge and Professor Edwin l.. Walters.
OF the University Of Michigan faculty: II.
l.. McCune. president of the Kansas city
Bar Association. and Judge John l..
Philips. OF the United States court. Judge
Philips was the orator Of the evening
indse II, NJ BLACK Judge II Il, s%s.rriin,'
] ingraham, MIR. james II. Hardness, Mr..
John " Snyder. MIR William r B9tiand
the school instructors. radiant in eyeuins
dTrss, sat with them.
Mr.. Borland, the dean. presided. Before
hin sat the students, their elbows resting
the room. Mr. Borlanl must needs make
e sri h.tis 'HRs f. sss Sy Eiy , Rt 0 ioh Il iaf ss;
Of the faculty to the school, complimented
yne fip thay hS Sa done i6s s iseir Msrk m1 ana am m
nounccd that the next session will begin on
fbs.p6s os wh 10 mo Tsen h. lntfGanssa d Rrjj
dwelt upon the, fact, that 1t is, no longer
possible to pick NJ a knowisdgs Of lay
| wound up with this: Il have observed
that the lawyer who IS honest. faithful and
Industrious Is IKE the potatoes in the
to the top in the end
He hoped that he might be permitted to
Thniiivssrrs sI s'" Of Mhicfffissaafn. sT ina.mnah al as ne Re
had Just learned, from. Mr.. Boriand that
,srse m. mi r., Of ,hs faculty We're sr1da-
school We're well deserved became manifest
when Attorney John ". Snyder, who has
been teaching the subjects OF agency and
nartnership. read the Grades Of The young
had attained an average OF 100.
Judge Philips was at his best. He said:
IT is a matter of inquiry with some reo-
people who are being turned out by our
law schools, what is TO become OF all these
i]ocusts, to sing and ny and die; to be sue.
ceeded by other swarms which shall sing
and Ny and lie7 But is the question any
From MS Jadss Philips brqnchea OF
upon the subject of the successive classes
of theological students. said he: Mr..
Cleveland, IN his now famous address be-
fore the Home, Missionary. Society, said
N'"N 49, zoe Ai'l'f ANFlAA " AlANNF AsA
yates in the Western field. But, accord
ing to some OF our congressman and our
dered the West. From what they said you
would. be led to believe that the mIlicn-
MUM had already come here, the shek!nah
OF the Lord was in every Western house
and the ark of the covenant was to he
found in all of our mining cainps-especial-
Y. II they We're silver ca~mps-guarded by
II am reminded by this OF an express
company, which was told not to send any
frlfif tn T1a-N.r nm Gnsn,N.,. Iaau,,.. ,.
would spoil by reason of the Sunday which
would intervene before the time for its
in Denver and no God in ch"yenns, 1''
Returning. AGAIN to the subject OF the
plfihora n, Of lay gtadaates the speaker
s s]gryiaai Of iaf nsi% fie@st' f Fna 'h p that Il I li%
Of commerce and trade thu e call the
law OF supply and demand zen there
them in; why wen, simply, an making
one thing-a brighter and more learned
and a better set OF lawyers. The produce
proportIouate TO It's growth. The demand
greater than at any other time in The
demand for, lawyers consists IN
II, 'apssl methods Of sas!ness The
est N in the court room. Did You over
when, they have ceased to be What Burke
called 'fomenters of miserable and petty
They nre really the conservators OF the
public peace. They are the men who draw
up and formulate the practices to he fol-
lowed on every important occasion. They
are posted on all the adjudicature OF the
courts. men OF affairs, posted in every de-
tail, They are not those who. when they
the street corners and into the saloons aud
curse the court"
Following Judge Philips r. ]. lnGraham,
who has been lcrturinE TO the school on
the subject Of tnrts, announced the ro-
suit Of q prize contest that he got up. The
competitors underwent an oral mamma
tion mn the subject. matter OF Mr.. In
rrahRm's lecture and submitted legal es-
says on the theme, ,"Roycotis'' II. G.;
Miss bertha Pepper lca, Mr.. Page submit
ted the hest essay, but Miss Peppers was
so nearly on n par with II the first prize
was awarded to her. She is TO have any
work on the subject of torts which she
cares to choose. The second prize. Of
course, went TO Mr.. Page. 1t Is Cooley
on Torts.''
Miss Pepper Is n stenographer in a law
office. The students applauicd loudly
she is not only attractive, hut popular.
Attorneys II. l., McCune and Frank T..
Sebree were the committee who went over
the essays. The students thanked the
faculty for their kind cfforts.thclr gratitude
being expressed in a sort OF address read
by one of their number
The faculty and It's guests sat down to n
banquet at the Coates House Immediately
after the commencement. Informal toasts
the gentlemen, Judge F. NJ. Black was
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