The morning times., 1896-06-02
GIVEN THEIR SH[tPSKIHS
National University Turns Out
Sixty Young Lawyers.
NATIONAL THEATER PACKED
Gorgeous Decorations of Plants and
Buntings Made the Scenes II Brilliant
One-Address TO the Graduates by
Representative Maguire of Cali
fornia-List of the Lucky Ones.

The law school of the National L University
held its twenty seventh annual commence
ment at the New National Theater last
night in the presence OF a large and dis
tuguished audience that manifested its
appreciation as each graduate received his
hard earned diploma in prolonged applause.
The decorations were superb The stage
was banked with palm trees and potted
eXotics Suspended in the center was a
huge flower scroll with the name of the
university picked out in crimson carna-
tions on a ground of creamy immortelles.
The patriotic portieres that divided the
stage were braced out with feathery as
paragus vines and every inch of railing on
the boxes and galleries was draped with
bunting and flags. The music was by the
National Symphony Orchestra, under the
leadership of Mr.. Elmer d. sherhurne.
FACULTY AND GUESTS.
Seated against the background of trop-
ical foliage was the chancellor of the uni
Versity. Hon. A rthur Macarthur, with the
faculty Hon. Richard Alvey, Hon. Charles
c. Cole, Hon. II. o. Claughton, James
Schuuer, LII. D., Eugene CaruSi, LII. D.,
Walter F. Rogers, Ii. NJ, Hon. John
GOnde, Mr.. Jackson II, Ralston, and James
Gillen, Jr., LII. NJ.
Opposite in curved rows were the sixty
students dressed in faultlesS evening dress,
each wearing a gay boutonniere.
The exercises opened with an invoca-
tion by Rev. DR.. Wallace a Radcliffe, fol-
lowed by an address to the students by
Hon. James g Mcguire, OF California, who
was presented by the class at its close
with a rose basket three feet high. Judge
Richard II. Alvey, conferred the degrees.
The university medal for the best post
graduate examination, was won by Josiah
McRobertS, of Illinois: the MacA rthur gold
medal for the best senior examination, by
Howard B. Heinecke, of the District OF Co
lumbia; and the faculty gold medal for the
best junior examination, by Albert G.
Davis, OF Kentucky.
The graduates were as follows:
MASTER OF LAWS.
Tlliam Earl Ambrose. Morris Hen. otto
f Braitmayor, O. p NJ Brown. Charles F.
Carusi, Frank r. Cleary, William b. Depue,
Paul Finckel. Samuel w. Foster, George A.
Gill, Henry d. Gordon, David w Gould,
Frederick j. Hais, W. \. Harder. w. R. Har-
rison, Aldus Chaplin Higgins. j II. Johnston
Josiah MCRoberts. George NJ. Moore, Henry
T B. Moy, George H. O'Connor, NJ F.
O'Donoghue. W. F. Osborne. Harry n.
Price. Elmer David sherburne, Addison
Taylor smith, George Alfred Warren, Edgar
W Williams.
Bachelor of Laws John F Bartlett.
Orlando A. Booth William Briggs, Charles
F CaruS. Harry o. Chamberlin. Albert
q Davis Charles f. briggs. Amos NJ. Cover.
Arnold Vance Graves. Addison Han. Ma
than Heard. Howard r HeineCke, Joseph
II. Jochgm, ir.. Alan NJ. Johnson. John u.
Lannon. Henry c. LIE wis, William L. Lowe.
T. W. Mclean. William II Moore. joseph
L. Newman. Patrick II. O'Farrell. G s
Randall Benjamin T. RoodhOuse. Lev
| NJ Saunders. Arthur r. Shelton. John r
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Smith Anthony Domingo TSina. Albin b
VeaZey. and Willard II Noyles.