The Washington times., 1902-06-04
Closing Exercises of Co
lumbar University
Last Night.
SENATOR BEVERIDGE TALKS
Indiana Statesman Makes Mastery Ad-
dress, in Which He Gives the Young
Attorneys Much Coed Advice-List
of the Graduates and Prize Winners.

at the National Thoater The house was
packed to the doors with friends of tn,
students and graduates, and If enthusi-
asm-college countless num-
bers of pretty girls and almost every
other adjunct to the success of such an
occasion prove sufficient to embark last
nights graduates on a brilliant career
then certainly the separate States Of this
great Union bid fair 10 stand sponsor 10
few coming Statesmen.
The theater was attractively decorated
with the national colors. They were
dreped around the balcony and across the
boxes. while the faculty and graduates
occupied the stage amid a perfect bower
OF palms and clusters of bright flowers.
the latter being tributes from friends Of
both professors and students of the
university.
There were eighty-scyen bachelors
Of law. fourteen masters of patent law.
twenty students who received the degree
Of master OF laws. five masters of diplo-
macy. and fifteen who were awarded
the degree OF doctor OF civil law. Among
the latter Was Mr.. Jose Celcring Abreu,
who has the degree Of \. p. from the
Annteneo Municipal College, Philippine
Islands, and who is numbered among the
most promising graduates of the insti-
tution.
Awarding the Prizes.
While everyone in the big auditorium
tr@ru La. ..,,n
ton Of diplomas the most interest was
centered in the awarding of prizes which
did not occur until after the exercises.
The prize which occasioned the most
concern was that OF 800 offered 10 the
student VITO could show the best aver
age for three years. This award went
TO Mr.. George Carroll Todd. of Virginia,
amid the tuInultuous applause of his fell
low students and that of his numerous
friends in trent. The other prizes in
cluded set OF encyclopedias icr tie
best thesis on the Federal Constitution,
which was presented to Mr. Tyler A.
Baker. Of Kentucky. George W. Burton.
OF Illinois. received the $40 prize for the
best essay on Trial by jury" Herman
TeIfel. OF pennsylvania. the $50 prize.
and corr,eop H. Trickcy, District of Co.
lumbia, TIE $50 award The David S.
Hendiick memorial prize of S25 in gold
for Tire best essay on Insurance Law
was awarded to Herbert B. Fuller. and
Mr.. James ID. Tablet, of Illinois. receiv-
ed the Edward Thompson Company's
,,ri.o n cot Of annvclpnadiac
The presentation of degrees was made
by DIR. Samuel II. Greene. president of
Columbian University. The address of
the evening was delivered by Hon. Al
bert J. Beveridge. who. unlike many
orators on similar occasions, delivered
speech that was as interesting TO the
audience as it proved to the graduates.
The speaker displayed his enviablc
knowledge of the different branches OF
law in an unassumilg but thoroughly
delightful way, and received much ar
plause through his happy treatment OF
his subject.
During the evening" several musical \
were rendered by the orchestra. |
and within two hours from the opening
number Columbian University had closed |
another year. and the country had en-
rolled Isl lawyers at It's par.
The Graduates.
Bachelor of Laws-John Henry Att
-chu. Tyler Alexander Baker. Harry
Amasa Barber, John Howard Barnes.
Fountain Fox Beattie Benjamin Wexler
Beck. Eugene Benton Berry, John
Franklin Bcthunc, John Stirling Boat
ner, jr.. Edgar Marshall Bowker, George
William Burton. Frank Graham Butts.
Il. Cartwright, John Gray Chat
lice, George Griffith Chase, Charles
Solverton Clement, Thomas c. Glen
dening, Richard Colbert, Archer Paris
Cram. Patrick Daniel Cronin, John
Homer Deis. Thomas Howard Duckett
Andrew b. Duvall, Fremont Evans
Erwin Edgar Ewell. William S. Fitz-
gerald, /. y. Fluckey Isaac Clephas
Foster. Wallace C. Franklin. Leon lie
lame French. Frederick William Frick.
Harry Summers Garner. Christie Sey-
nour Goshert. James HARDWOOD Graves
Edwin Booth Haas. De Witt T. Hartwell,
A lbert F. Heess, Barend p. Holzberg
James Edwin Hutchinson, jr. Harry
lyman. Charles Darlington Lambor. j.
Roy Lilley, Carl J. Lockwood. Charles
Augustus Macatee, tr., Claude l..
Mathewson. Charles David Mayer,
George p. McCabe. Walter Anderson Nc
Seil, Claude Frank Morris. William
LonCfellow Morris, James Francis II.
George Bliss Nelson,
George Eggorn Nelson. James Lawson
Norris. jr.. Stuart Earl Oberlin. John
llonzo Pace. Harold Jackson Pack
Perry Spencer Pearson. Stanton Garfield
,eelle. Eugene u. Pitcher. Frank g.
,adelfnger. Richard Gait Rawlings
'ohn David Rhodes. Frank Stuart Rob-
nson, Clyde Leland Rogers. Herbert r.
sands. Christian senft. Lacey Moore I
,impson. William c. Stevenson. Thomas !,
'eitegrew Stewart, Howard A. swallow :
Granville Richard Swift. Eugene Henry =
'aggart, Herman a. Tcufel Ward
-ginton Thompson. George Carroll ,
odd. Edwin Briggs Hale Tower. jr.. :
,orrldon Heath Tricky. John Theodore :
'wohey. Henry Vanderbilt Tulloch.
,eorce Oakley Vass, Burtran William
Vincent. Robert l.. Williams Sidney
,uart Wilson. Thomas Benton Wilson.
'harlos Frederick Yauch George Faust g
'ournans. {
Master of Patent Laws-Eugene c I
I-owu. George Frederick De Vein. 4
William F. Freudenreich. Joseph Will J
I'm Howell. John e. Hub5ell William t
tell Jackson. benjamin Robert John fl
IN. Edgar Morlan Ritchin. Grafton r.