The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-06-12
GEORGB4OWNLA WSCH00L
Twenty ninth Annual Commence
ment at the National Theatre.
Degrees Conferred on n Large Num-
her of Graduates by President
John ID. Whitney - Address by
Wayne MncNeagh - The Prizes
Awarded by George L. Hamilton.


Awarded by George l.. Hamilton.
The twenty-ninth annual commencement
of the Law Department of Georgetown
University was held last night at the New
National Theatre The stage had been or
namented with ferns and palms, while sus-
pended above it was flower scroll bearing
the legend THE Law Department oil
Georgetown University" Flags and bunt-
ing hung about the balconies, and the ma
tional colors were draped and gathered III
festoons about the boxes.
Promptly at S o'clock the faculty of the
university, the graduating classes, and in
yited guests took their places on the stage,
greeted by the cheers of their friends in
the audience. The following was the pro-
gramme of exercises:
Selection. Martha .Flo'ow
March, ..The Man Behind the Cum ........: .sousa
Selection. Singing Girl .--.---------.H Herbert
Characteristic. The kinkies'' .Tobani
Opening address and comforting OF degrees,
Rev John ID. Whitney, S. j., President OF the
university.
Song. Evening Star Wagner
Address TO graduates.
Hon. Wayne MacNeagh, IL. d.
Waltz, Wedding of the Winds ............. Han
Echoes from vaudeville. ...-...-..-.........Be Boyer
Awarding Of prizes,
i;on. Seth Shepard, IL. d., Associate Justice,
Court of Appeals Of the District of Columbia,
Dean of the Faculty.
,srch, The Plunger' Haley
The music for the occasion was fur
ushed by Haley's orchestra
The Degrees Conferred.
Rev. John d. Whitney, S. j., President
Of the university, in his address Of well
come referred to the old proverb that
speech is silver and silence is golden"
and be announced that so far as the ex-
ercises were concerned, on this hot night
in June, they should be conducted on The
gold basis. After explaining that there
was, strictly speaking, this year no gradu-
ating class he stated that those receiving
the degree of master of law were mem
bers of the post graduate class who had
remained during the past year and pur-
sued a supplementary course After de-
scribing briefly the changes proposed for
the university during the coming year,
DR.. Whitney conferred the degree of mas
ter Of laws upon the following graduates:
Jesse c. Adkins Tennessee; William =. a DIX.
r., New YORK; Walter +. Austin, Alabama;
Francis Xavier Boden, Wisconsin; Lincoln Bonn
berger, Pennsylvania; Shipley Brashears. jr, Mary
land; Michael f. Brennan, District of Columbia;
John NJ Carr, Indiana; Frederick H. Claysoa
New York; joseph Francis Collins, Massachusett-,
Samuel Bronson Cooper, jr., Texas; Patrick
Earsfeld Cunniif, Massachusetts,; John Broughtot
Daish. District of Columbia; Theodore II. Des-e;
District of Columbia; Raymond B. rckey, Wts
Virginia; Philip j. Dougberty, Pennsyivan.a
Thomas c. Downs, Wisconsin; G. Malcolm Eeei,s
ton, Maryland, Dean Socket Edmont Penn
sylvanis; Charles Fisher, Kansas; Herbert Loui
Franc, Ohio; W. Gwyn Gardner, Maryland;
Leslie c. Garrett, virginia: Ralph Given. Di5
trict Of Columbia; Albert L. Grace. Louisiana
Healey. New York; W. Frsnci. Heron, Mari
land; James H. Higgins. Rhode Island Clair Il
Hillyer, Florida; Harry Ii. Hollander, Dis. rict
Columbia: Frank W. Hutchins, Iowa; williar
cent Kelly, Missouri; John Joseph Kirby. Msssa
clnIsetts: Frederick ". Krichelt, New York
Charles l. Lozano. District of Columbus: Ruth.r
ford B. IL Lyon. District Of Columbia caar.,
District Of Columbia; John J. Mccarthy, Georgia:
Grafton L. McGill, District of Columbia Fran
J. Mulhall. District of Columbia; Charles j.
Murphy, Maryland: James Wilmot Murphy. Dir
]. Lawrence o'Brien. Maryland: Miles N. o'Bnen
jr., New York: Wilmot Mitchell 0dell. Texas
Daniel ". oDonoshue, District Of Columbia
Herbert G. Ogden, IT,, District Of Columbia
J. Pir.le. Kansas: Louis j. Potts. District
Columbia: Joseph c. RsmsEe. District of Colum
bis: Bernhard +. Schubert, Missouri; Ciaren-
Shaw, District OF Columbia; Edgar Beverly Sh
rill, North Carolina: Henry Cay stier, il. d
trict Of Columbia; Joseph Daniel Sullivan, Distr
Of Columbia; Ersstus Dslson Telford, B. S. II.
NOS; Lloyd Tillman. Tennessee; ROYAL H. Trt'
biy, District Of ColuniSis; Gerald Van Case
District Of Columbia; John L. Warren. Phi. y
A-abama; Richard James Watkins, District
Columbia; Robert White. District of Ceisn''i'
William CREIGHTON Woodward. fis:--ot II g.
The degree Of bachelor of laws was con-
ferred upon Otto Bosshard, of Wisconsin,
and Frederick H. Clayton, of New York.
Mr. MacVeagh's Address.
Senator Louis E. McComas, in behalf OF
the faculty, presented the speaker OF the
evening, Wayne MacVeagh, Ii. D., who
spoke in part as follows:
Il congratulate the graduating class on
the first genuine pleasure of their lives,
in now being able to measure themselves
with their fellow men in a country where
the best man wins. The same measure
of duty rests upon you which the Oldest
university of the world of which We have
any record exacted of her sons In Athens
students were broadened- by serenity oil
culture never attained ELSEWHERE, at iedst
In the ancient world But In law and ethics
her youth were taught to dedicate them
selves to the public welfare, to reverence
the law, and TO see that effect was given
10 all that the sovereign people might de-
creee These are the duties required Of
you. II is much to be good man, it is
much to be good lawyer, 1t is much to
be good citizen. and you are now en-
powered to be all these.
You must not be discouraged by fall
ure You must not be impeded in your
onward march by misconstruction OF
motive and effort. You can bring to the
law the wealth of cultured mind and
generous judgment; you can bring TO it
honor and disinterestedness. Justice is
the most important concern Of men on
earth. Wherever her temple rests there
centre the best interests OF the race.
The best and wisest men of the earth are
votaries at her shrine. II is only neces-
sary to be raised to the ideal which she
sets up to be worthy of your profession.
II you reach those ideals you will be
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