Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-06-09
THEBLUE AND THE GRAY
Commencement Of George
towns Law Department.
SEVENTY GRADUATES
ADDRESSED BY INTERNAL REV
ENUE COMMISSIONERS YERKEs.
Winners of Prizes - Banquet of the
Glass in Honor Of the
Faculty.
SEVENTY GRADUATES

Faculty.
The blue and the gray, synonymous with
victory on the athletic field and in debate,
again indicated success last evening when
seventy young men, comprising the grad
uating classes Of the law department of
Georgetown University, were handed diplo-
mas tied with those colors The thirty
second annual commencement of George
towns law department, held at the New
National Theater, was a highly interesting
and important occasion, and will long be
remembered by those who participated
therein Rev. Jerome Daugherty, ST.,
president of the university, presided and
conferred the degrees on the graduates;
Mr.. John w. Yerkes, commissioner OF In
ternal revenue delivered an address, and
Justice Seth Shepard of the faculty made
announcement of the award of prizes. The
numbers of the program cited were In
terspersed with mus ical selections rendered
by Haley'S orchestra.
Immedia tely after the commencement ex-
ercises closed the graduates and a number
Of invited guests repaired to the New VIII
lard Hotel, where elaborate banquet
was served in honor of the faculty, tia
graduates being the hosts of the occasion.
ne wee small hours ndO arrived, III lIulII,
when the gathering dispersed after devo:ing
proper attention to feast not alone OF
solids and liquids. but of eloquence as we'll
The auditorium and the stage of the
theater were beautifully and artistically
decorated for the commencement exercises,
the picture being exceptionally pleasing to
the eye. The blue and the gray were very
much in evidence, used in conjunction with
the national colorS. Cut flowers and potted
plants in profusion were used with excel.
lent effect. Suspended from the proscenium
was a floral scales of justice" and
scroll, in the making Of which small mean
descent electric lights were used almost
without limit. The scroll bore the words.
Georgetown Law Department, 1903.
Members of the Faculty.
In addition to the graduates and the
speakers mentioned those occupying chairs
on the platform were the following mem
bers of the faculty: Mr.. George e. Ham
ilton, the dean; Chief Justice Harry M.
Clabaugh of the Supreme Court of the Dis
trict of Columbia, Justice Ashley M. Gould
of the District Supreme Court, Prof. d. w.
Baker, Prof. ]. Nota McGill, Mr.. r. Ross
Perry, jr.; Mr.. Saumel M. Yeatman, secre-
tary and treasurer of the law department;
Mr.. Henry NJ. Hodges, assistant secretary;
Justice Martin F. Morris of the District
Court of Appeals and Prof. Charles c. Cole
and Messrs. L. M. Saunders, VIM. H. Dennis,
F. w. Hackett E. S. McCalmont, r. ].
Tracewell. T. c. Taylor, A. Leftwich SIN
clair, r. Golden Donaldson, Hugh T. Tag
CART, w. Mosby Williams. R. V. Belt, Rev.
Father Quill and Samuel c. Mills.
The audience was seated under the direc-
ton of a reception committee consisting of
Edgar A. Nicely, chairman; Raymond j. A.
Abbaticchio, John G. Alice, Richard I. An
derson. Edward H. Backes, Joseph A. Bo-
gan. Joseph ]. Curran, Clarence Dodge,
Walter f. Donaldson, Clarence E. Frey,
Samuel McC. Hawken, Herbert P. Holli-
day Theodore NJ. Judd, Thomas Kirby, il.
Patrick r. Lyden, Joseph T. Mcguire, Ed
ward T. Quigley, John r. r. Reeves, T.
Blair Shoemaker. George TIL. Thomaides,
Frank Van SAINT, Julius H. Vierbuchen,
Joseph A. Williamson.
During the seating of the audience the
orchestra rendered several selections, in
Guiding the Defender Jasmine and
Salute of the Flag"
The Degrees Conferred.
The opening address made by Presi-
dent Daugherty. he explained that it Is
the intention of the university to extend
and widen the courses of the law depart
ment. He remarked that the postgraduate
course had not been appreciated. But
merely because of that fact, the president
added, the university does not intend to
abolish the advanced course, for he de-
clared, it must and will be successful.
President Daugherty then conferred de-
grees on the following, each graduate be-
ing greeted with enthusiastic applause as
he advanced to the front of the platform:
Master of laws-Roscoe j. G. Dorsey, LII.
B., Pennsylvania; Everett Dufour LII. B.,
District of Columbia; Richard Lee Ed
wards, LII. B., Texas; Lewis~P. Litzinger,
MA. LIB, Pennsylvania; Daniel Stephen
MaSterson, LIB, Pennsylvania; Harry r.
Schuyler, LIB, Ohio; Hugh Fairgreave
Taggart, LIB, District of Columbia. and
Joseph Twichell Watson, Ii. NJ, Vermont.
Bachelor of laws-Walter F. Albertsen,
49,, Di.,tr; of
of Columbia; William p Barnhart, In
diana; Albert E. Berry, District of Column
bia; William Edward Birgfeld, Maryland;
George Moore Brady, AM, Maryland;
w. Brashears, jr., District of Columbia;
Edward E. Breitenbucher, California;
Francis Joseph Bresnahan, District of Co
lUmbia: Edmund Cooper Bullock, B.A,
Tennessee; Francis Hunter Burke, ABB.
Kansas; Joseph Henry Campbell. South
Carolina; Leon A. Clark, New York; James
F. Costello, Massachusetts,; William Joseph
Dawley. A B., New York; Albert r. Denu
BIZ, Wisconsin,; Otis Branch Drake, Nir-
ginia; Lewis L. Drill, Minnesota Arthur F.
Duffey, Massachusetts,; Roy Chelwynd
Flanagan. North Carolina; Edwin Henry
Flueck, Wisconsin; Bernard Joseph Ford,
A M, Phi. D., Colorado; William J. A. Gal
len, Pennsylvania; Emil ]. Geringer Hi
nois; Philip Augustus Grau, AM, Wis
consin; Harry William Hahn, District of
Columbia; Hugh H. Hanger, District of Co
lumbia: Harry L. Hart, New Jersey; Dan
lei Joseph Hartnett, Illinois, Harry A. b.
Heaton. District of Columbia; Edmund
Archus Hutchinson, Texas; William Wash
ington Hyams, North Carolina; Henry It
tig. Nebraska; John w. Jennings. Phar.D.,
District of Columbia; Charles Jenkins,
Kentucky; Elwyn Thornton Jones. B.A,
Mississippi; Richard ]. Jones, Pennsylva-
mia; John Joseph Heating New York;
joseph Sheridan Knight. District of Column
hia; Albert James Lee, Illinois; Patrick w.
LOBBY, New York; John ]. Mahoney, I'LL
nois; w r. Proctor Mallory, ABB. New
York; Michael Francis Mangan, District
of Columbia; Francis L. Neubeck District
of Columbia: Antonio M. Opisso de Icaza,
ABB, Philippines; Harry S. Osborn, Wis
consin; Charles w. S. Rague. BA. New
York; Edward Thomas Randle, Texas;
Francis c. Reagan, ABB. AM. Massa
chusetts; James A. Richmond, E.E., Dis
trict of Columbia; Carl B. Rix. Wisconsin;
Glen r. Sawyer. Michigan: Martin Joseph
Shenners. Wisconsin; George Curtis Shinn.
LIB, West Virginia; William O. Short,
Delaware; Michael William Sullivan, New
York; John Joseph Welsh, New York; John
Albert Whelan, District Of Columbia;
Frank E. Williamson. Illinois, and William
WOODBURY.. jr. Nevada.