Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-06-10
THE LAR EST CLASS
Commencement Exercises of the Columbian
Law School.
More Graduates Than Ever Before
The Prizes Awarded and Those
Who Received Them.

Never in the honorable history OF the law
department Of Columbian University. and
1t now enters upon its thirty-Eecond year.
has 1t graduated 30 lmgo class as 1t did
at the commencement exercises last night
at National Theater. 1t viii go down In tho
history of the institution. one of the
most beautiful and nunpicioun events that
ever characterized commencement In
this city. The .hcat-r never looked moro
beautiful. and It's capacity was thor
oughly tested by tho friends OF the II"
young graduation who entered the arena or
legal conflict
INC stage war occupied by the faculty
OF the tniverHity. tho invIt1d guests ana
the graduates, stage nanager could
not have made more striking picture.
The stake waa act In grove. aud viii, the
aasiatance of a nu,n'e, Of towering plants
ana palms tao lel'sipn was complete
a a'ohk 'hr f""'liehts t'"f"si"" OF
hawrrH spread their fragrance. while
overhead hung al Immense shield
OF blue and gold im,n"'selles uhn
,ollea" ""l",s', enhanced by tiny in
o"nd"soont electric lights which brought
out the monogram ~ u" with great Of
fc'ttron"sa The theater show ell the same
liberal oNn'ta of le,,,rati, ~, end tharr
rr"fua'"n of Gage ani palms every
where. 1t wan nl,cttir aftar n'"lork when
me graduates marched "rnn the stage to
me inspiring strains nf tho Columbian
University March, F. composition of
Thatcher Clark They wore p,eredrI by
the faculty aud distinguished guests
After the Invocation hY Hev Hsrnunl H.
Greene. II. u, President Whitman Of the
university introduced Nj Holtnea CON
rad. solicitor general who delivered the
address To the graduates He dweIt upon
the nohlest OF pr"foas"nH az hs character
iEed the law. and laid down tn" following
rules Tor the guidance Of TIA" young lawyer:
lie mSthodi,nl aud Hyetematic." In this
connection he Caut toned Young LAWYER
10 nave a place for everything and above
all Things not to have u miscellaneous
pigeon mole IT paper wna not Of suffi-
cent Importance to designate. It was bet
Ter 10 burn II up. More time was lost
hunting for mislaid papers than II took
to indite them.
BE diigent." He ,Iwen upon the i'm
portance In remaining In their offices. even
II they mad nothing to do there. Let the
Worlu see that that's your place of bust
ness ana you are ready tor business.
lie sell-posSessed and s.if-dominant"
lie did not mean by that to be too bold
lhat was offensive. But straightforward
anu thcroushly conversant with your case
hho" all about it. and it would do no
Marin to know a little more.
he courteous, patient and forbearing"
l heSe were sterling requisites Courteous
10 the judge, who patiently sat in judg-
ment upon the case being tried. polite to
the opposing counsel. and forbearing with
all connected with the case
Last OF all, he cautioned the young law
yers, II they aspired To success, to put
behind them the ever increa sing evil Of
money making No class of society nor
an combined has the power to crush this
evil as they had. 1t was the vindication
OIL tiie right, and should prosper.
AT the conclusion Of his remarks the
Marine Band contributed a selection and
lhen President Whitman intro ducei POST
master General Wilson, who awarded the
npiotnas and prizes. The NJ. NJ. Parker
Prize Of Slw for the best examination for
the degree of bachelor of laws was award
cd to Wilbur A. owen Of Michigan The A.
ibritton prize of $40 for the best examine
'ioh Tor the degree of master of law was
awarded to Edgar H. May of the District
or Columbia. Three other prizes of $40
80 ana $50 respectively, We're awarded to
w; H. Coleman of Pennsylvania, r. F.
W lleg OF Arkansas, and Leonard J. Mather
OF The Dts-rict uf Columbia. A handsome
prize. in the ohape of a set of law books
was awarded w. E. Fort, who led the ar
hrmative side of the recent d. ba te on tho
necessity OF increasing the raw while
itCHJ. Martin 1r., who defended the mega
i've was similarly remembered.
List of Graduates
The following is a list of the graduates:
bachelors of law-George Wilson Baker and
Marcus Baker, District Of Columbia: Rufus
n. Baker, New Hampshire; Frank NJ
barnes, Minnesota; Grove Sidney Boards
ley and Don P. Blaine, New York; Michael
Francis Blenski, Wisconsin; Frank Cory
bliss, Pennsylvania: Eugene ]. Bogen, Nils
s1ssipp1; H. Leroy Browning Illinois; Sher-
man man r; Burroughs, New Hampshire;
Charles Benedict Calvert and George Henry
Calvert, jr, Maryland; Luther 5. Cannon.
North Carolina; Charles b. Cheynev Dis
tIict Of Columbia; Frank Leslie Churchill.
Wisconsin,; Harry Lincoln Clapp, Massa-
chusetts; Francis w. Herrick Clay. Ken
lucky; William Fl. Coleman. PENNSYLVANIA:
Henry Ruggles Concklin, Rhode Island: n
ktri Cooke District Of Columbia; Frank
Parker Davis. Massachusetts; Guy f.
Davis, District of Columbia: Robert Oldner
Deyer, Virginia: Theodore T. Dorman New
Jersey; Bertram Martin Doyle, Kentucky:
George Thomas Dunlop, jr., and John Joy
Freeman Epes. James NJ. Fisher and Ar
thur l. F'lagg, Virginia; Justin T.. Flannerv
ard Arthur Lewis Flint, Ohio; William Ed
wards Fort Georgia: Samuel E. Fouts In
Arthur Garner District of Columbia: John
G. Gray, Delaware; Thomas Newcome
Greer, Tennessee; Frank R. Hanna, KAN
sas; Charles b. Harding, Pennsvlvania
Thomas b. Harrison. Kentucky; William
Haywood. District of Columbia Granny
Hillyer. Georgia; Charles A. Hines. District
OF Columbia; Frank S. HolIlscr, Mis-
souri, Jason Claiborne Hundley, virginia:
Arthur Johns. District of Columbia: Abra,
ham b. keefer, Pennsylvania; Cotton H
Lee, District of Columbia Robert Francis
WESTON New York; John W. Loder,
Alexander d. Lunt. New York; Ormsby
McCanmon, District of Columbia; John j.
McGrain, Indiana; James Madison, Vir-
ginia; Charles Bot Mann, Mississippi
Henry NJ. Marshall, Virginia. John a.
Massie, District of Columbia; Leonard j.
MatheT. District of Columbia; Guy Stan
ley Meloy, Maryland; Edward Pool Mills
Virginia. Frank Horace Moore, Kansas;
Noble Moore, Tennessee; Henry Orth, IT,,
District of Columbia; WILDER A. owen,
Michigan; Charles w. Parker, Virginia.
Thorntons Jenkins Parker, Rhode Island
Grin Patterson, Missouri; Bennett Peck,
District Of Columbia Francis Mohun
Phelps, Connecticut; James Franklin PHILIP
New York; Aurelian Howard Pinney, Iowa
William Bell Pugh, Kentucky; ]. Castle
Ridgway, Illinois; Thomas NJ Robertson,
North Carolina; Raymond Robins, Florida
]. Martin Scranage, West Virginia: Arthur
Bingham Seibold, District of Columbia:
Glenn l.. Shaver, West. Virginia; Alonzo
Walter Skunk Pennsylvania; Laban
Sparks, Maryland; Henry E. Stauffer. Della