Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-06-13
One Hundred and Sixty-Three Grad
yates in Law.
CLASS OF GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY
Commencement Address by Justice
Clabaugh Of District Court.
A w A RID OF P r u Z

GEORGETOWN University, through Its law
department, last evening ushered into the
professional world 1853 graduates, twenty
more than on any previous occasion. Inc
scene of the commencement, the twenty
eighth of the law school of odd George
town." was the New National Theater, and
frcm pit to dome the house was filled With
the relatives and friends of the graduates
Thu theater never appeared more attrac-
tive bunting being used most abundantly
and artistically, the national colors, OF
course. being most prominent. The stage,
through the lavish of plants and flow
ers presented a scene of tropical splendor,
and overhead was hung an immense scroll
of immortelles, on which was shown, in
pink carnations. the legend. Georgetown
University Law School Class of 90 Be
meath this scroll sat the Rev. John ID.
Whitney s. j.. president of the university;
Justice Harry NJ. Clabaugh of the District
Supreme Court. the orator of the evening;
Mr.. Jere NJ. Wilson. the dean of the fac
ulty; Justice Shepard of the District Court
of Appeals; Senator Louis E McComas OF
Maryland Justice Cole of thu District Su-
preme Court, and several members of the
faculty. The American Orchestra. Mr..
VIM. A. Haley, director, rendered, during
the evening, most attractive program.
The Degrees Conferred.
After the orchestra had rendered the
overture to Mariana" the graduates
marched upon the stage to the strains of
Seusas Hands Across the Sea- Selec-
tioRs from Faust and The Fortune
Taller followed and then President Whit
ney conferred the degrees after briefly ad
dressing the graduates. His allusion to the
success of the university'S representatives
on the field of athletics brought forth
most enthusiastic response, as did his refer
cree to the ability of the university's men
In debate. He congra tulated the graduates
and heartily welcomed them into their new
field Of usefulness. He stated that the
number of graduates exceeded by twenty
any previous class, and explained that
hereafter there will be a three-years'
course instead of two. He impressed upon
the graduates the Importance of not only
being right, but also of doing what is
right.
Follow justice" ne said DO not be led
away by the example of others the de-
sire for wealth. Do what is right your
selves, and see to it that the rights of 9TH
ers are not violated. And now, in my own
name," concluded che speaker, land in the
name Of the faculty, of the law school. and
of the university, L welcome you to the
ranks of the alumni of Georgetown, and l
bespeak for you in the future all success
and all happiness"
Justice CIaybaugh's Address.
Schubert's "Serenade" and a rag-time by
the orchestra followed the comforting of
the degrees. and then Mr.. Wilson presented
Justice Clabaugh, who addressed the grad
yates He referred in opening to the fact
that they had reached the goal of their
university life. and were about to pass
from what must have been largely theoreti-
cal, to the daily questions of practical
business.
If gentlemen" said Justice Clabaugh
you do not realize the loftiness of your
profession; if you are not in sympathy
with its truest demands; If you do not
feel that IL scorns 10 do evil trifie with
hoe
trickery or questionable practices or could
ever place any true lawyer in d situation in
which he forgot that chastity of honor
which felt a stain like wound then Won
have misunderstood the first elements of
the legal profession. and it would be far
better for you and your regulations to
stop right here on this. the birth-night of
your professional future
The graduates were given some excellent
ADVICE, and not little very valuable in
formation by Justice CIabaugh. He urged
mem TO be not only fair and just and
honest with their clients, but equally so
with their opponents and with the court
In conclusion. he said:
The rapid strides made in all branches of
trade, the phenomenal growth and strength
OF corporate Influences the deyeIopment
and use of the forces of nature the broad
ening influences of our national life have
all tended to expand and lead to a wider
cultivation of our intellectual forces and
In this march the study of the law has kept
apace and its application to the changing
ened and enlarged them, and adapted them
to existing situations. You, gentlemen are
entering upon the field where, perhaps
newer conditions are to be solved: when our
views OF government may have to broaden;
when We must look forward and onward in
the march of civilization; where perhaps
the trails may be dim and the application
OF past experience difficult but where the
opportunities for knowledge and intellectual
force are unlimited. Incentive for work
In the higher fields of your profession. it
seems to me. must impress you. Our rela-
ions with foreign states have heretofore
been somewhat narrowed, but with the en-
Iargement of those conditions the field is
broadened TO our profession and the oppor-
tunity for study and work and fame is
within your power. Whatever may be your
aims, do not fail to be impressed with the
conviction that great regulations do not
come without corresponding work; that
your entrance into the profession is but the.
beginning: that you have only learned how
TO learn, that your course of study at the
university Is preliminary. magnificent In
its effects. if you will but use it the step
ping stone of d higher and broader intellec-
tual and moral life.
Permit me to say that your success In
life will be watched with keen pleasure by
your friends and associates and that ii
may come with full measure and speedily
is my most sincere wish"
Award of Prizes.
Selections from Martha and Strauss
waltz, 'VIolets." followed Justice Cla-
oaugh $ address after which Mr.. Wilson
awarded the prizes. He stated that cash
prize OF $40 Is annually awarded to the
author OF the best essay upon any legal
subject among the members of the senior
class. and a cash prize of $40 TO the author
OF the best essay on any legal subject
among the members Of the postgraduate
class, and that a prize is furnished by
Messrs- T. & ]. W. Johnson & Co. of Phila-
delphia Of a set of Smiths Leading
Cases. to be awarded for the best essay
IN the senior and postgraduate classes,
combined.
The essays offered in competition for
these prizes were referred TO a committee
consisting Of Messrs. Ashley VI. Gould and
Samuel Maddox, and in accordance with
their finding the prizes were awarded as
follows:
Faculty cash prize OF $40. to James E
Mcdowell OF South Dakota for the best es-
say from among the members of the senior
class: Subject: International Extradi-
ton"
Faculty cash prize OF $40 to Charles r.
Yeatman of the District of Columbia for
the best essay from among the members of
the postgraduate class. Subject: ..The
Ami nar ton. he