Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-12-16
NATIONAL UNIVERSITY
GREAT SUCCESS OF THE LAW
SCHOOL.
Prominent Jurists on It's Faculty
Advocated by Washington
Teaches Science Of Government

The National University, consisting at
present of three graduate schools viz, the
| School Of Law the School Of Medicine ana
the School Of Dentistry, Is the outcome OF |.
| a recommendation to Congress by Presldens
| Washington and several succeeding Presi"
| dents, that the federal government estap-
| lish at Washington O. national university,
| having for one Of its primary objects tine
| instruction Of our youth In the science OF
government"
| During the presidency Of General Grant a
serious attempt was made to have Congress
act upon the recomm ,ndations, and the Va
| tional University was Incorporated under
| the general Incorporation law ana ITS nrst
| department, or school. the School OF Law
| was launched.
| chancellor Of the university. He was fol-
| lowed in the CHARACTERISTIC by Presidents
Hayes, Garfield. Arthur and Cleveland
After President Cleveland's retirement from
office the board of regents and trustees, de-
string to honor the late Justice Arthur
Macarthur, one of the original founders OF
the university, abolished the office of cham
cellor ex-officio and elected him chancellor,
| and upon his retirement he was succeeded
| by the late Mr.. Justice Samuel F. Miller of
| the United States Supreme Court, who was
| at that time professor of constitutional law
| In the law school, The present chancellor
| of the university is the president OF its
| board of trustees. the Hon. Richard II. AL
| vey, chief justice of the Court OF Appeals
| for the District of Columbia.
| In 1879 the trustees extended to Eugene
| Carusi, the present dean of the law school,
| an invitation to reorganize the law faculty
| and two years later a further effort to have
| Congress utilize the National University, as
| then constituted, as the nucleus Of a gov
| eminent university was made, and to that
| end Senators Frye of Maine, Blair of New
| Hampshire, Morgan of Alabama and Hill OF
Colorado were elected to the board of trus-
| tees, and served until it was found that the
-
der government control was insurmount-
| able. In the meantime the law school had
| established itself SO successful that the Ma
| tional University continued its work.
| Since the reorganization of the law school
| by Prof. Carusi in 1879 there have been
| graduated from this department alone
| more than 200 men from all parts Of the
| United States and many foreign countries.
| In June, 1902 there were graduated from
the law school 143 men, representing every
| state and territory, Spain, Porto Rico and
| the Hawaiian Islands.
The present faculty are: Eugene Carusi,
| LII. D., dean, professor of elementary and
| advanced real property law and contracts;
| Hon. Henry q. Davis, LII D. (ex-United
| States attorney for the District Of Column
| bla), professor Of the law Of evidence and
| pleading; George A. King, LII. D. (of the
| Washington BARI, lecturer Court Of Claims
| practice and prosecution Of claims against
the United States; Brig. Gen. Geo. B.
| Davis. U. 8. A. Judge advocate general,
| SldleS army, lecturer upon military
| law and courts-marIial; James Schouler,
| LII. D. (of Boston, Mass.), professor OF
bailments and carriers, domestic relations.
| wills and administrations; Hon. Frank L.
| Campbell, III. NJ. assistant secretary Of
| the United States Department Of Interior),
| lecturer upon jurisdiction Department Of
| Interior with reference to land and mining
| laws; jackson H. Ralston. LII. M. COT the
| Washington BARI, professor OF the law Of
| corporations and judge Of the equity side
| of the Moot Court; Hon. Milton q. Allies,
LII. M. assistant secretary, United States
treasury, lecturer upon Jurisdiction and
and Hon. Samuel V. Proudfit, LII. NJ. (f1rst
assistant attorney, United States Depart
ment of the Interior). lecturer upon land
and mining laws Of the United States and
practice before the United States land
office; Frederick L. Siddons. LII. M. COT the
| Washington BARI, professor OF negotiable
instruments, torts and constitutional law;
Charles Cowles Tucker, LII. M. Official re-
porter of the Court Of Appeals, District Of
Columbia), professor Of admiralty law and
associate professor Of practice and Judge of
the Moot Court; Hon. David X. Watson
(ex-attorney general Of Ohio, lecturer upon
equity jurisprudence; Henry Haywood Glas-
sic. Ii. NJ. assistant United States attor-
ney for the District OF Columbia), associate
professor Of the law Of wills and adminis-
trations' ana lecturer upon the Jurisdiction
OF the federal courts; Charles Francis
Carusi. LII. NJ. COT the New York and
Washington BARI. associate professor of
| mercantile law and the law OF crimes; L
Cabell Williamson, Ii. NJ. cot the Wash.
ington bar). chief justice Of the Moot Court
| Of Appeals; Edward H. Thomas, LII. M.
| assistant solicitor for the District Of Co.
| lumbia). associate Justice Of the Moot
| Court Of Appeals: Charles H. Robb, Ii.
M COT the Department Of Justice), associate
Justice Of the Moot Court Of Appeals:
Charles A. Keigwin, LII. M. COT the Wash
ington bar), instructor in common law
practice; Alexander Wolf, LII. M. Cot the
Washington BARI, instructor In the law of
bills and notes; Conrad II. Syme, Ii. M.
(of the Washington BARI, Instructor in
equity pleading and practice; e. Richard
Shipp. LII. M, quiz master to second and
| third-year classes; Eugene D. Carusi. m.
NJ. (of the Washington BARI, Chairman OF
examining committee and treasurer Of law
department. and John L. Cassin, LII. NJ (of
the Washington barr, librarian and assist
ant secretary.
In 1896 the Congress Of the United States
granted new and full charter to the Ma
tional University. which, although neither
dependent upon nor sustained by the gov.
eminent, Is yet truly national In the char
acter OF its student body and alumni In
the scope OF its work. and in that It is not
under sectional, sectarian or political con-
troll or influence. The national character of
the universitys work is especially apparent
In the law school, wherein In addition TO
the usual studies pursued in the larger law
schools OF the country generally, fnstruc-
ton Is given upon the science Of govern
ment in the courses upon federal admins
trative law, which embrace the 1urisdiction
and practice Of the United States Court of
Claims and the several executive depart
ments OF the government and upon the
judicial system OF the United States and
the Jurisdiction and practice Of the United
States courts.