Evening star., 1900-06-08
MASTERS AND BACHELORS
DEGREES CONFERRED UPON Ma
TIONAL UNIVERSITY STUDENTS.
Address by Representative James e.
Watson Profession of Law His
Theme-Prizes Awarded.

The graduating exercises anent the thirty
first commencement of the law school OF
the National University were held last
evening at the National Theater, which
was filled with an interested audience. The
classes were exceptionally large and the
standard the last years work unusually
high. Mr.. Henry B. F. Mcfarland, presi-
dent of the board of District Commission
ers. conferred the degrees. twenty five
young men being honored with a master
ship in law and thirty-seven with the de-
gree of bachelor of law. Mr.. Henry E.
Davis of the National University faculty
presided. The program was opened with
selections by the United States Marine
Band. under the direction of Mr.. William
H. Santelmann. Rev. Donald c. Macleod
offered the invocation.
The address to the graduates was made
by Representative James E. Watson of In
diana. who declared that no nobler theme
than law could engage the thought OF man.
Like the air, he said 1t is a mysterious
power about one.
Before our eyes are OPEN said Mr..
Watson sit shields us with its majesty.
1t stands guard at our cradles. and even
before we are aware of its existence II
penetrates us with it's might. 1t lays upon
us no burden that cannot be borne: no duty
that We cannot discharge. 1t Is the high
est emblem of liberty, guaranteeing 10
every man absolute equality and that bat
tle-won and blood-bought right to life, lib
erty and pursuit of happiness.
1T has been said that in times of peace
we should prepare for war, but l believe it
is no less true that in times of war we
srould prepare for peace. War is a deplcr-
able thing. but there are conditions more
deplorable than war. More deplorabe than
war itself would be the shirking of respon-
sibilities that war has put upon US. Our
fathers in the early days could have abol-
ished slavery with little trouble. but they
eh hirE fIa r,-i1 Nd Scnli
to a coming generation, and in the civil
war we paid the awful price for their fail
ure to meet their responsibilities Ma
tional sin is always punished by national
calamity. And SO l bid you go forth and
take up your burdens and bear them as
men,.
Masters and Bachelors.
The degree of master of laws was then
conferred upon the following members OF
the postgraduate class: Robert Starr AL
lyn, LII. B., Come ~ticut; Chester H. Brush,
LII. B., Connecticut; Charles Baltimore
Coope. LII B.. District of Columbia;
Faust F. Champion. LII B., Michigan:
Frank A. Everts, LII. B.. Indiana: Orin
Judson Field. LII. B., Kansas; Bertram G.
ner. Ii. B.. Wisconsin; Byron U. Graham,
LII. B., District of Columbia; William
Meade Hallam, Ii. B., Kentucky; Robert
II. Hartshorn. Ii. b., Ohio: Robert NJ.
Holbrook. LII. B., Vermont; Lawrence
Hufty. LII. B.. Virginia; George T May,
LII. B.. District of Columbia; Joseph Her
Gus Milans. LII. B.. District of Columbia;
Thomas Franklin Morgan. IL. B., Vir-
ginia, Clarence G. Northup. Ii. B., Colo
rado: Joseph p. Rudy. LII. B., Pennsyl-
yania; Harry S: schilling. Indiana: John
Charles !. simms. LII. B.. Virginia; George
Alfred Townsend. jr.. LII. B.. Maryland;
Robert E. Tyner. LII B., Illinois.
The following were made bachelors Of
law: William Livingston Browning. Mary
land: William James Chandler, Virginia:
Royden Durfee Chase and John Connell,
Pennsylvania: Augustus Homer DAWSON
and Chauncy H. Dewey New York: Har-
ris B. Dodge, Virginia: Osgood H. Dowel
Ph. B., Maryland: Cornelius Dalzell Ehret.
f. F.. Pennsylvania; Frederick A. Fenning
ginia: Howard Seymour Gott, Michigan:
Samuel Wilbur Green, ABB, Virginia.
Charles T. GrOut. Vermont: d. Fulton Har-
ris. A. B., Maryland: George F. Havell
Tennessee: William Steele Jackson, EE
Pennsylvania; Wilfred Jessup, Indiana
Horace Tillard Jones. Maryland; Arthur H.
McConvllle. Ohio: Clark McKercher. WASH
ington: Edward Contee Meredith. Virginia.
Charles Howard Morgan, EE, Pennsylva-
ma; Harrison Nesbit, BIS. Virginia: Will
liam Edgar Richardson and Daniel Ritter
busch. Maryland; George D. Rodgers. 3.
A, Kansas: William T. Rollins, District of
Columbia: Edward Charles Roots, Indiana;
Gus A Schuldt. District of Columbia: Dean
Swift Virginia; Thomas Maurice Talbot,
BIS, Maryland: John w. Waling District
of Columbia: Martin p. Ward California:
James Edward West, District of Columbia;
William H. Wheeler, b. L., Nebraska
The Award of Prizes.
Announcement was made that the follow
Ing awards of prizes had been made:
University gold medal for the best post
gua-duate examin atioa-WilIiam Meade
Hallam; honorable mention, Charles Bal
timore Calvert; Byron U. Graham and
George T. May
Macarthur gold medal for the best senior
examinauon-Harrisol B. S. Nesbitt: hon
orable mention, Samuel Wilbur Green
William Edgar Richardson, Clark Nc
kercher and William Steele Jackson
Faculty gold medal for the best Junior
examinaton-John f. Hubbell; honorable
me ntion, Harry F. Riley, Robert NJ. Pin
dell. jr., and ]. B. Hull.
The prize for the best thcsis-Robert H.
Hartshorn.
The prize for the best work in moot
court-Wiliam Meade Hallam
The prize TO the student of the post
graduate class making the highest average
on the entire course-Orin Judson Field
The prize for the best senior examina-
ton on real prOperty-Gcorge F. Havell
The prize for the best senior examina-
ton on evidcnce-Samuel Wilbur Green.
The prize for the best Junior examina-
ton on Blackstone-Harry F. Riley.
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