Evening star., 1901-06-07
DEGREESANDH0N0RS
National University Graduates in Law
Receive Their Diplomas.
ADDRESS BY TIE SOLICITOR GENERAL
Award of Prizes Announced by the
Secretary of the Treasury.
OFFICERS AND COMMITTEES

The National University's law school held
its thirty-second annual commencement at
the National Theater last night in the
presence of large audience of the friends
of the eighty-five young men who received
diplomas. The proceedings were rendered
unusually interesting by an address from
the governments advocate at the bar,
Solicitor General Richards of the Depart
ment of Justice. The theater was hand
somely decorated with the university colors
red white and blue-and the stage was
beautifully banked with flowers
Mr.. Henry E. Davis, who called the as
semblage to order and introduced the Rev.
Byron Sunderland to deliver the invocation.
presented Mr.. Richards to the audience.
At the same time he said the presence Of
the solicitor general. whose connection with
the insular cases was so well known, was
rendered more significant by the fact that
two of the graduates were residents OF
Porto Rico and citizens of the United
States,' enjoying the status established by
the Supreme Courts decision in those
cases. Mr.. Davis reference to these addi-
tions to the national family was received
with applause by the audience.
Mr.. Richards. In beginning his address,
said the young gentlemen on the stage un-
doubtedly knew a great deal Of law. They
knew more than they would know twenty
years hence. He thought twenty years ago
he knew something about the law, but the
rude assaults of the bar-backed up some-
times by the bench-had reduced his view
of law as a science to thing of shreds
and patches
He occasionally thinks he knows a little
about law, he added, when the case Is de-
cided his way, and remains of that opin-
ion until another decision follows and cuts
the ground from under his feet.
1.-The law is flexible and RATIONAL" said
Mr.. Richards Ito be aScertained by reason
and applied by common sense. Thus only
Is 1t possible to make 1t fit the changing
circumstances of the times"
Mr.. Richards paid a notable tribute to
John Marshall, the great expounder of the
Constitution. He said Marshall believed In
the Constitution, the great charter Of our
liberties and had thought to construe it
50 as to make it vital.
Great Questions Not All Settled.
Addressing himself to the young men now
entering upon their careers he said that
they might be prone to think that all of the
great questions had been settled This was
by no means the case. Never in the ma
tion's history had the times seemed bright
er for the lawyer than the present and the
future. There We're still momentous issues
to be decided, and the age of heroes was
not past. Within the realm of law quite
accomplished.
Mr. Richards quoted Websters noble
tribute TO justice, and admonlShed his
hearers to always remember that whether
at the bar on the bench, they were the
servitors of justice and sworn to it's observ-
ance. They must remember that in order
to uphold the dignity of the bench, they
must first form good bar
Mr.. Richards remarked that it was often
said this is a government of the people,
by the people and for the people. But be-
graduates, the government has been in
spired, framed and administered by Amer
lean lawyers
Diplomas md Prizes.
When the solicitor general concluded the
Secretary of the Treasury, Mr.. Lyman ].
Gage. was introduced to the audience to
present the diplomas and award the prizes.
Those who won honors were:
George F. Havell of Tennessee, university
gold medal for the best postgraduate ex-
animation.
William F. Frendenreich, Indiana, Nc
Arthur gold medal for the best senior ex-
animation.
Bernard Barrows. faculty gold medal for
the best junior examination.
Clark Mckercher, prize for best thesis
Harrison Nesbitt, prize for best work in
moot court.
William E. Richardson. prize for post
graduate making highest average in entire
course.
John E. Hubbell. prize for best senior ex-
animation on real property.
William F. Frendenrech, prize for best
senior examination on evidence.
Bernard Barows. prize for best junior ex-
animation on Blackstone.
George r. Ide, prize for best examina-
tion on administration and wills.
Howard s. Gott. Clark Mckercher and
William E. Richardson won honorable
mention in the postgraduate class exami-
nation.
Antonio F. Castro. John E Hubbell and
Robert M. Pindell, jr., won honorable men,
tion in the senior class examination.
George Curtis Shinn, John Lewis Smith
and Sydney Fuller Smith won honorable
mention in the junior class examination
Degree of Master of Laws
The following, in the postgraduate class,
received the degree Of master of laws:
William J. Chandler. John Connell, Au-
gustus H. Dawson, Harris B. Dodge Will
bur G. Dunn. Frederick A Fenning, Harley
c. Gibbs. Thomas H. Gideon. Otis C. Cos
sage. Howard S. Gott 8. Wilbur Green.
Earl P. Hamlin. D. Fulton Harris. George
+. Havell. William B. Henry, Julius Hoch-
fielder, Ellis Hughes, William S. Jackson.
Horace T. Jones. E. NJ. Kitchen, Benton n.
Kohler, Clark McKercher E. Contee Mere
dtth, Percy NJ. Meyer. Charles II. Morgan,
Claude ]. Neis. Harrison Nesbit Santiago
B. Palmer. William E. Richardson William
T. Rollins, Gus A. Schuldt, Dean Swift,
John w. Walling. Martin p. Ward and
James E. West.
Bachelor of Laws.
1neSe, III the senior class, received the
degree Of bachelor Of laws:
John c. Bird. Emory II. Bogley, Alexan-
der N. Breckenridge Lewis E. Bridgeman,
Eugene C. Brown. Oliver T. Busby, Ar
thur R. Butler, Antonio F. Castro, Clifford
V. Church. Albert r. Clark, q. Lewis Dal-
by. Victor A. Decker. Sturges 8. Dunham.
John A. F. Eslinger. Blackburn Esterline,
William F. Freudenreich, J. Stephen Gi-
| usta. John NJ. Goodwin. John D. Griffith.
Harry s: Hale. Warwick Halsey, ]. De
Puy Hasbrouch. Edward S. Hege, Edward
| w. Holmes. John E. Hubbell, John B. Hull.
George R. Ide. Hiram ]. Johnson, Harry
| A. knight, Benton N. Kohler, Vincent NC
| Shane, Robert ]. Mawhinney, Charles s.
| Miller. Thomas G. Miller, Fred W. Moore
| Paul NJ. North, Benjamin F. Oden. Robert
NJ Pindell. jr.. Frank E. Rapp, John D.
| Reed, Harry F. Riley, Elmer E. Rogers,
John II. Ruckman. Frederick A. Tenant
William ]. Turner. Clarence n. Walker
Boyd Watson and George K. Woodwork.
Officers and Committees.
The class officers and committees were
as follows: Postgraduate class-Harrison
Nesbit. Virginia, president: William 7.