New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-04-01
MORE WOMAN LAWYERS.
CLOSING EXERCISES OF THE NEW YORK
UNIVERSITY LAW CLASS
roery-svvEN GRADUATES RECEIVE DIPLOMAS
CONFERRED BY THE REV. DR.. II. N MAC
cRACKN-rORTTAs AT WORK

CONFERRED By THE REV. DR. IT. N MAC
cRAcKES-roRTTAs AT WORK
~. closing exercises OF the woUars law class
y Nev-York University were held last n-sht IN
,,o co,ce-, hall q. the Madison Square Garden. a;
o'clock The platform was beautifully decorated
NTH palms End blooming plants and the univer-
rty Clee Club furnished the music PROFESSOR
clarence D Ashley. dean Of the University iacni'Y
" law delivered address 10 the graduating
,iass on the subject o. legal education Dlpio'haS
r.-. conferred by the Rev. Dr. H. NJ Mact racKHn'
,,s,csuo- ~ the University on forty-seven grad
rates
Br,e- addresses were made by Mrs. John r
nunn. president Of the Woman's Legal Education
socie.v who presided. and Professor Isaac FRANK
IN Russell the class lecturer ard seVerAI o. INC
,rsdpa.es read essays There were presen; on the
,,or.o--n IN addition TO those already mentioned
Mss Helen NJ Gould. vice-president; Miss lsapela
No. pe..u. end Mis-. Anita Hetherinston nag
rerty all In academcals. Prominent among NOSE
n me boxes were Mrs Russell Sage end Mrs' H.
y Bookstaver. $3.50
IN. I-n,vcr~,,v prize scholarship valued at 800
md arord,ng free tuition for two years az the
r,,xers,.v rav School was awarded 10 Miss Kath-
lrine Moncrtef Miller. and honorable menuoh WAS
mad. O. Miss Elsie yelling Atwater. MISS Jeanne
Valentine Minor and Miss Edth May Haciey. Inc
scholarship IL awarded FOR the best maj exaH'na-
.or na.sed by a. member Of the graduating class
A
pasnect,ve Spheres OF Federal and State Jurispru-
fence" offered by Miss Isabella Mary Pettus. was
awarded 10 Miss Edith May Hadley
Miss Cir,ce Esther Drew. a Journalist. known ne
.Ma~gery Oaw." read an essay on The ChHd ana
NJ, Law" The speaker traced the evolution Of the
raj relation from the earliest periods OF recorded
s,stocy. quoting the Peniateuch. with its injunc-
ton OF servile obedience: the Roman law. and mod
M European legislation. and coming down 70 me
Institutions OF own times. which exhibit = re-
rul.ion OF sentiment from the baroaris'n o, the
pas; and euoin the discipline ~ love rs Illustrated
y ,he kindercartens a. to-day
Miss Louise NorreI Franklin. Of Elizabeth. y
7 read an essay on Federal Law Full OF patti
r,o sentiment. appauGing the eoquence OF the
Constitution and the wisdom OF It's provisions
Professor Russells address, was on The Nature
>. Law" He said
.~rnere e little danger OF our taking a 100 ex
,t.d view Of law. or % legal study Tho ccnt-m-
p,a.,on O. the principles OF justice lf,s humanity
20 the nob!est elevation Of ethical and religious
pen.,rnen. The clear conception OF law as a rule
enforced by puzzle authority impresses the nina
with a sense CT the responsibility 0, legislation
ard the all but divine function OF sitting In judg-
men. upon ones fellcw-nan. The earnest student
81 legal science should bring 20 his task genuine
reverence cor Law as a system OF human justice
imperfect OF course. but constantly calling upon
Us 70 learn the mind and do the Will o, God
But TIE progressive and enlightened jurist Goes
n
sdvancet because the penal code denounces Of
fences against God and religion. Wealth does not
accumulate when economic forces are DETECTED
from natural line % action by tho foolish estah-
l!shrnent OF legislative acts Capital NAV be ban
lshed. but Il cannot be created. by law. Wages
cannot De raised by statute. but slavery can be re-
established. "a II always is whenever a man Is not
allowed 70 sell his labor for whatever price he Is
willing to take or is driven hack 10 uncongenial
employment by the judgment o, compulsory arb!-
traton
"Juritical reason is often unduly exalted as a
sufficient solvent OF all problems In the private lifc
Of citizens and in IN. public disputes Of sovereign
states The vision Of perpetual peace inspires
tho hope Of "a parliament OF man. federation OF
the world Wars will be no more when perma-
men, international tribunal SHAH have taken Juris-
c.c,on over all controversies arising between the
nations % the earth. But. on the other hand. let
Us reflect that there are things worse than war
and worse than death Among these We may
mention two-hopeless and dobaslng tyranny and
the decay Of national honor And there are princi-
pes. too which will consent 10 discuss and
which We cannot In honor submit to arbitration.
soan,oaed prostitution OF every principle o. ma
ucnal honor sef-respect is holy trust. Dig
o par o. the necessary moral equipment. az vel
OF te az ot an Individual"
80 1uates were the following:
Ma, nsthSTne Marie Ahrens Of Brookiyn Mrs
lands. y J.. Mrs Eilzaieth Palmer Ander;on. Mics
Elsie yelling Atwater. 4. b. % Brooklyn; Mrs.
S.ara Avery Bowron Mrs. Augusta Cooper Bristol.
PISS Roberta LOvette Brown Miss Elizabeth Cleye-
is "a Congdon, Mr.. Margareita FerTiss Cudworth.
2, gay Ridge. Long Island: Miss Helen BernaFdine
Dawson OF Brooklyn Miss Edith Douglass Deane.
Estter Drew, Miss Josephine Fosdick OF Mont
sislr, y j.; Miss Louise MorreH Franklin. Eliza
Pc. y J. Mihs Anna Catherine Gle, Miss Adelaide
sNcou;se Godfrey, Mss Clara Godfrey. Of Pas.aic.
Mss Ms Edi,h MAY fad!ey. Miss Adelne. Heinold.
,;.ssrsey city. y. J.: Miss Selma Ie Vine, Miss
f IN keaden Lewis. Miss Augusta Gertrude
pr-ss.eenan Mrs Charlotte Leonora Martin, OF Now
rosslut,n Staten Island. Mrs. Amelia Levy Won
TTaynon: Miss Emma Jane Miller. Miss Katharine
Tore'',f Miller, Miss Jeanle Valentine Minor. Hiss
a. louise Morse. Mes Anna Atkinson Pier
a. -o ;Eorter Mrs Alma Webster Powell OF
bnrookiyn: Mss Frances Ridley. Miss I,ydia
T Tnhe Sa.i"fthHaitc OF brooklyn. Hiss Sara Sam
s.,s,a, ailss Irene Shropshire. Miss !tosina io-
Mime silbcrhorn. Mrs. Eva Laura stern MISS
hf Xii e, Ella Tgombly. Miss Anna barksr under-
hk..iseA,te Miss Adelaide Van Brunt. Mrs. Eliza
~ 40 tsrmlye Mrs. Adelaide Walierste,n. MRS;
T.ls Werneck. Miss Utica Celestia Wc.les ana
III Mary Ellis Wilson, OF Dsadwood. s. l..
~ graduates, Will DC seen. came not Only
new York. bu, from numerous places In mo
e,h and not Il few o. them are college 1radu-
W., Ihs younges, OF them is Mss Utica G.
wssn SIC submitted FOR the prize competition she
."TS.Ho TOY afraid 20 attack such knotty problem az
Feden,S, cnnlci Between the Respective Fields or
Weiias.i ana State Legislation. In this paper MISS
a. ~, n CANCER Of sef-essertion among The states
v'stes rsArpation Of National power by AMBITIOUS
& hoSi,uen Miss Wclles Intends to enter the Law
7" tho fall anc VIII make law tho business