The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-06-08
now READY FOR CLIENTS
Law Students of the National Uni
vcrsity Graduate.
A Large Audience I'm AttendInce-An
Address by Representative James
Z. WatsOn-Degrees Conferred by
Conmissioner Observation-Disclosures
ing of Medals and Primes.


OF the National University Law School
was held last night in the National The
atre After a -honored custom in the
institution, the exercises were in charge
of the students and were arranged by the
following joint executive committee CT the
post graduate and senior classes: Clark
Nckercher, Chairman, James E. West,
". q. Richardson, r. d. Chase, Wilfred
Jessup. Harry Coope, John Schrivener, G.
T. May. William NJ Hailam. George A.
Townsend. jr., E. c. Roots, +. A. Fenning,
O. F. Havell, c. H. Brush, T F. Morgan,
A H. Dawson. Dean Swift, E. C. Meredith
q. F. Holbrook, Lawrence Hufty, Robert
a. Heth
A few minutes after s o'clock the Ma
rine Band, which furnished the music,
played several selections while the thea
tire was being packed by the friends of
the graduates.
At $50 o'clock the members of the fac
uity. the members of the two graduating
classes, and invited guests took their
places on the stage. Henry E. Davis, a
professor in the institution, presided.
In an address to the graduates Repre-
sentative James e. Watson OF Indiana,
said in part:
What nobler theme can engage the
thought OF man than that Of the law-the
civil law which you young men have
studied7 I invite your attention tonight
to that mysterious power, like the air,
which is all about U.S. and without which
1t is impossible for intelligent freemen
to exist. Before our eyes open to the
light 1t is our guard. Fer We are aware
of its existence 1t panoplies US with its
power. 1t places no burdens upon us which
We are unable to bear. and 1t lays its
hand OF restraint upon US so gently that
We do not feel its touch. 1t is with us
from the cradle to the grave. 1t sustains
rs in peril; it upholds the right and
brushes wrong; it seeks ever to equaliZe
the conditions Of all men. 1t strikes down
the barriers set up by tyranny in the past
and places in the hand of each the golden
eceptre Of the free
Law. young gentlemen, lies at the
foundation Of our Government. II Is the
6urest safeguard OF freedom. It guaran-
tees to every man absolute equality be-
fore the law. In our country It vouch-
safes the blood-bought rights Of life, lib
erty. and the pursuit Of happiness.
At this point In his address Mr.. Wat
90 sketched in rapid lines the growth
stnce the time that the birth OF Jesus
0hFast brought q new idea into human
history. This idea, he claimed, was worked
cut slowly until it appeared in the Amer
ecan revolution. It was seen again at
Antistam, Gettysburg. and Appomattox.
It inspired Dewey at Manila Bay and
pointed the guns that Numbered at San
tiAGo. In conclusion he said:
'Yours. young gentlemen. is the mission
It peace. and you enter an overcrowded
profession, with room only at the top. but
you have this thought to cheer you on.
that in this country, where ignorance Is
crime and knowledge the wings on which
We ny to heaven. it is necessary for many
% know the law. I congratulate you on
the excellence you have attained in the
noblest Of studies"
It had been expected that President Nc
Kinley would be present to confer the de-
grees upon the graduating classes, but at
the last moment it became necessary for
him to decline the invitation, and in q
speech OF explanation Mr.. Davis announced
that the duty would be performed by the
President Of the Board of Commissioners
Of the District Of Columbia, Henry B. F.
Mcfarland.
In the award of medals the university
gold medal for the best graduate ex-
animation fell to the lot of William Meade
Hallam: the Macarthur metal for the bes:
senior examination was awarded to Harri-
son Nesbit, and the faculty medal to John
E. Hubbe1 Of the Junior class.
In the award of prizes Robert II. Harris
horn received the Edward Thompson Con-
pany prize, William Meade Hallam the G.
and J. ". johnson & Co. prize. Grin ].
Field the n. Murphy prize. George F. Ha-
veA the F. II. Thomas prize, S. Wilbur
Green the Rees, weich G. Co. senior prize,
and Harry F. Reilly the Rees, WeIch & Co.
Junior prize.
The following members of the post-grad-
uate class received the degree of master
Of law:
Robert Starr Allyn. IL. D.: Chester H. Brush.
Ii. b.; Charles Baltimore Calvert, jr., Ii. b.
Harry Coope, L. B.; Faust +: Champion. L. B.
Frank A. Everts, L. b.. Grin Judson Field, IL.
b.; Bertram G. Foster. L. b.; John L. Gard-
ncr, L. B.: Byron L. Graham, Ia. B.: william
IL. b.: Robert NJ. Heth. IL. B.; Ernest Franklin
Holbrook. Ii. B.: lawrence Hufty, IL. b.;
George I. May. IL. B.; Joseph Hercus Nilans,
IL. B.: Thomas Franklin Morgan, L. B.; ciar
Harry s. schiiling, John scrycner, L. b.;
Charles l. Smrns LII. B.; George Alfred Town
eend, jr., IL. b.; Robert E. Tyner, Ii. b.;
The following members of the senior
class received the degree OF Bachelor OF
Law:
William Livingston Browning, William James
Chandler, k1ydcn Durfee Chase, John Cornell,
Augustus Homer Dawson. George r. Dewein, "
E. Chauncy II. Dewey, Harris B. Dodge Osgood
y. Dowell, Phi. b., Cornelius Dalzell Ehret. f. f..
Frederick A. fleming. Otis G. CsNsage Howard
Seymour Gctt, Samuel Wilbur Green. A. b.,
Charles T. crout. ID. Fulton Harris, A. b., George
F. Hayell. William Steel jackson, +. f., Wilfrcd
Jessup. Horace Tillard Jones, Arthur H. Neon
willie, Clark McKercher. Edward Contee Meredith
Charles Howard Morgan. T.. f., Harrison Nesbit.
B. s.. William Edgar Richardson, Daniel Ritter
busch. George ID. Rodgers, b. A, William 7. Roll
Inns. Edward Charles Roots. Gus A. sciuld;,
Dean Swift, Thomas Maurice Talbot, b. s.. John
W. Walline. Martin p. Ward. James Edward
West, and William II. Wheeler, D. L.