The morning times., 1896-06-09
CLIENTS I'LL THEY LACK
Georgetown Turns Out a Big
Glass Of Lawyers.
EXERCISES AT THE NATIONAL
Cclored Lights, Flowers and Music
Made the Commencement a Bril-
liant One-Distinguished Gathering
Seated on the Stage-Prizes Con-
ferred and Addresses Made.

! The commencement grafton was delivered
| by Judge McComas, associate justice OF the
supreme court OF the District of Columbia.
1t was largely and appropriately an address
| to the graduating class, in which he
| emphasized the significance OF the event to
| each and dweit on the dignity and ex-
| actions of the local profession.
| Theprizes Were a wa rdedby Hon. Jeremiah
Nj. Wilson, the dean OF the faculty.
Degrees Were conferred on the following:
MASTER OF LAWS.
| Henry X. Reck, John Powell Blackmon,
| Samuel Blackwell, Howard Boyd, Ebert
| F. Burdine, L. Gerry Cabaniss, Guida c.
| Callan, Robert p. Carleton, Philip III. Cas-,
| Robert 81. Cook, Charles A. Corey, Addison
| B. Degges, Hampton Y. Dcnman, Charles
| Earl. Samuel p. Fisher John J. FitZgera Id,
Daniel j. CAN'T, William K. Harr, John T.
| Hart, William A. Jackson, Ha yden Johnson,
Edwin II. Jones, James p. LAWN,
| John l.. Larden. Michael j. Lyden, Per
| cival H. Marshall Joseph C.. MattingIy,
| Battle McCardle, Fred Mckee, Alvin NJ.
| McNish. Henry F. Mooney, Charles G..
Mortimer. James P O'Laughlin, Charles W.
| Osenton. Polk K. P ennington, Cha rILes
| Daniel Rooney. Francis P Sheeby, Vincent
| A. Shcehy, Richard E. Shipp, Robert f.
| Smith. John F. Stewart, Ralph w. Stone
Howe Totten, Daniel C. Vaughan, George
| c. Wedderburn. Oliver d. Wiikerson.
BACHELOR OF LAWS
Joseph Abel, william E. Akin, Thomas
V. Ballard, william E. Barry, Richard z.
Black, Nathan F Boone, Joseph p Brady,
A. Augustus Brantiey, William c. Draw
ley, FenelOn b. Brock, John C. Burke,
Charles A. Calhoun, Stephen j. Casey,
James Nj. Collins, James a. Comedian,
Samuel Cottreli, jr. Frank b. Cox, Thomas
AntiseH Cruikshank, George E. Cruise,
Charles 8. Davis, Jean F. p. des
GareHnes, Charles Donnelly, John j. Doug
lass, William Ii. Emery, Clarence + ErgoOd,
Artemus j. Erwin, jr., James Fallon. David
H. Fenton, Thomas j. Fitzgerald. Horace
Ford. Villa INF Ford Robert j CAN'T b. E.;
| K. Bennett Gardner, Charles J. Govern Ed
win X. Cow, Thomas Grant, William W..
| Grayson, Patrick j. Grogan, Thomas J.
Grogan, ThonasF F. Hanion Calvin s. Hardy.
! Dudley T. Hasson Charles T. Hepdler
Walter h. Hindmarsh, Howard b. Hodge
Frank A. Jones, Edward L. Jordan,
| Charles j. Happier. Charles h. Kelly, John
S. Leahy, A. NJ; Patrick II Loughrar
Richard L. Mabrey, Francis P Madeira,
William F. Mahouy. Joseph E. Martinsan,
| Irwin c. McRae, Claude Mercer, Richard
| I. Merrick. Charles A. Miller, C. Piguette
| Mitchell, Barry Mobun, Denny Montgomery,
| John Il. Moon, ID. Oswald Morgan,
! Daniel Murphy. John l.. Nichols, P
| Bishop Parrot, George p. Pell,
| Jesse F. Potbury, Harry G. Rask, Enos j.
! Ray. IT., A b.; John Robert Richardson,
Ebert E. Richmond, Harry s. Ridgeiy,
| Maurice ID. Rosenberg, Thomas RuffIn,
| james A. Ryan, Franklin W Sands, Thomas
! w. Scott, Fulton H. Sears, Edwin Seton,
| Harold c. Snyder, Milton Strasburger,
BENJAMIN R. Stuart, ir., Simon E. Sullivan,
| Smith Thompson, jr., Walter j Vaughan,
! William II. Wahly, Charles NJ. Werle, James
| A. Wetmore, Hugh H Williams.
The standing room at the New atiOnal
| Theater was exhausted a half hour last
night before the beginning OF tie exercises
| there OF the twenty-fifth annual commence
/ meat of the law department of the George
| town University. More than 500 people
failed TO get as far as the outskirts OF the
| immense assembluge.
| The decorations were remarkably lavish
and beautiful. The whole theater was
| draped in the United Suites banner and
! many State flags, but the adornment of
/ the stage was pre-eninently attractive The
! whole front was banked with flowers and
| palms. Descending from the front center
| was an immense floral scroll bearing the
/ legend in vari-coIored electric light of the
common cement, and on either side of this
| was Il huge basket of flowers sustained by
| ropes of electric light in many shades The
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| pnsmatic Illumination
The music was by the Marine Band
directed by Fanciulli. among the selec-
tions being his march. THE Georgetown
| University Law School"
On the stage were Rev. ]. Ravens Rich
ards, S. j., president of the university.
Justices Brown and Harlan of the United
! Safes Supreme Court, Chief Justice Will
| Jams of the United States court of claims.
Associate justices Morris and Shepard
of the court OF appeals, Judge jeremiah
NJ. Wilson, dean of the faculty, Hons ] . J.
| Darlington. G E Hamilton, R. Oss Perry,
Rev. Rene Holland, S. j., DR.. Talmage.
| A Lambert Hon. Charles A. Dou glass, and
| others of the faculty.
CONFERRING THE DEGREES.
Tie opening address was by the president,
| who welcomed the audience and spoke of
the return of the occasion in happy terms.
| Then followed the conferringof the degrees,
| q function Which occupied a good deal of
| time in view of the large number of the
| graduating class and OF the post graduates
| who received additional honorS.
! There We're ninety-one bachelors of laws
| and forty-six masters of laws on the stage.
The degrees were conferred by President
| Richards and as the name of each graduate
was called out lie was given an ovation by
| his friends. Of the ninety-two bachelors
| of laws, twenty-five We're from the District
| of Columbia, the others being distributed
| fairly well over all the States OF the union