Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-06-09
LAW CLASS GRADUATES
Degrees Conferred Upon Thirty-five by
National University.
Annual Commencement of
the NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. by Mr..
David A. Mcknight.

Degrees were conferred thirty-fve
graduates of the Law School of National
University last evening, the thirteenth an
Iual commencement of that institution of
learning being held at the New National
Theater. OF the graduating class seventeen
had completed the three years course. and
eighteen the two years course.
The theater was suitably decorated for the
occasion and the Marine Band provided
music during the evening.
Henry +. Davis United States district at
torney for the District of Columbia, acted
as master of ceremonies. The address to
graduates was made by David y. Mcknight,
LIN, who graduated from the university
in 1888.
The Britton prize of $50 for the best work
in the moot court was awarded to John j..
Hill of Wyoming. A law encyclopedia Civ
en- by Edward Thompson & Co, publishers,
vas awarded to J. b. FullerWalker, NJ. D.,
LII. B., for the best thesis on Building
Regulations The university gold medal
for the best postgraduate examination was
Won by Charles Gordon Allen of this city,
with honorable mention made of Harold
Carusi ReisiEgcr and John ]. HILL The
Macarthur gold medal was captured by
Grin Judson Field. with Robert H. Harris
horn hOnorably mentioned. The gold medal
given by the faculty was awarded to S. Will
bur Green.
Mr. Meningitis address contained much
on them the great opportunities for good
their calling would give them.
II welcome YOU he said. into profess
sion whose great lights have always been
The champions of human liberty. The
haven of the lawyers course is ever justice
something which he may never find. but
for which he always searches. The law
yer's work is as broad as the world, for
somewhere justice is, and somewhere she
may be found. l welcome You into a pro-
fession whose watchword is fidelity, whose
quest is justice and every court room is her
temple. As a study law is a science but in
Practice law Is an art. and too frequently
the lawyer loses sight of the Importance of
becoming learned
List of Graduates.
The graduates were:
Masters of Iaw-CharIes Gordon Allen.
LII. B., District of Columbia: Edward S.
Bailey. LII. B., District of Columbia; Wal
ter Cleayton BalderstOn. LII. B., Maryland;
Martin a. Bender, LII. B., Ohio; Charles
w. Boyle, LII. B., District of Columbia;
Walter Beaumont Garrison, LII. B., Vir-
ginia: Charles Frederick Clemens. A. B.,
LII. s., Connecticut: Edgar V. Crittenden,
LII. T.. West Virginia.; Henry Ackler Du-
mont. Ii. B., New York; Sherman Bruce
Fowler, LII b. Virginia: j. b. Fuller-Wal-
ker, NJ. D.. LII. B.. New York; John ].
Hill, Ii. b. Wyoming; James j. Kemp,
A. B., III. b. Virginia: Adam Clarke Per-
kins. LII. B.. Georgia: Harold Carusi Refs
niger, Ii. b, District of Columbia: John
Gilbert lockwood Ii. b. District of CO.
lumb;a; Addison d. Smith, LII. B., Penn
sylvania.
Bachelors of 1aw-Robert Starr Allyn, B.
s. Connecticut: Chester H. Brush, Con-
neCtiCut; Charles Baltimore Calvert, jr.,
Maryland: Harry Coope, Ohio; Faust F.
CHAMPION Michigan; Wood Gilryer Dunn,
Virginia; OriE JudsOn Field, Kansas; John
Michael Gatti, District of Columbia; Rob
ert Henry HartshOrn, Ohio: Ernest Frank
lin HOlbrOOk Vermont; George Mark Hun
ter. Maryland James s. Kirwan, Kansas;
Clarence Grant NOrthup. Colorado: Benja-
min Franklin RaineS, Virginia; Joseph Z.
trict of Columbia; Waller Redd Staples,
Virginia; Robert Ellsworth Tyner, Illinois.
Class Officers.
The class officers of the law school fol-
low:
Post graduate-Walter c. Balderston,
president; Charles w. Boyle, vice presi-
dent; Charles f. Clemens, secretary, and
James J. Kemp, treasurer Senior-John
Scrivener, president; George NJ. Hunter,
vice president; Harry Coopa, secretary, and
Robert S. Allyn, treasurer.
The Joint executive committee consists
of John Scrivener, chairman; J. Il. Fuller
Walker secretary: Edward 5. Bailey, vice
chairman: Robert >. Allyn. treasurer; c. G.
Allen, c. &. Calvert, jr., O. j. Field. j. ].
Kemp, W. c. Balderston, ". b. Garrison,
j. ]. HILL c. 6. Northup, c. w. Boyle,
Harry COope +. F. HOlbrook, ]. q. Rock
wood c. II. Brush. S. b. Fowler, q. NJ.
Hunter and W. r. Staples.
The reception committee was made up
of G.. F. Havell, chairman; A II. Davidson,
o. c. Gossage, o. H. DowelI, jr.. $. w.
Green, c. ID. Ehret H. A. Knight, r. A.
Fenning and W. +. Richardson.