Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-06-01
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Graduates in Law, Jurispru-
denceand Diplomacy.
GLASS NUMBERS ll8
COLUMBIAN UNIVERSITIES DE-
GREEs AND PRIZES.
Address by Mr.. Alexander P. Hum
phrey Of Louisville, Ky.-The
Prize Winners.
CLASS ,. NUMBERS liz


enty-two received the degree of bachelor
Of laws, twenty received the degree OF
master of patent laws, eighteen the degree
of master of laws, seven the degree Of
master Of diplomacy and one was awarded
the degree of doctor Of civil law
The address to the graduates was deliv-
| cred by Alexander P. Humphrey, a promi-
nent barristeF of Louisville, KY, who spoke
| on the subject, 1.-THE Civil War and the
| Supreme Court" The diplomas were de-
| livered to the graduates by President Need
ham Of the university.
| Banked about the front Of the stage was
| an elegant display of cut flowers and palms
| and potted plants, while the colors of the
institution were displayed over the stage
| and about the auditorium of the theater
The Marine Band Orchestra furnished the
music for the occasion.
Preceding the exercises the members of
! the graduating classes in their caps and
| gowns marched slowly upon the stage and
| took seats on the right of the platform
Then followed the members of the faculty
| of the law department of the university
garbed in their scholastic robes. The APP
! pearance of the graduates and the MEM
bers of the faculty was the signal for pro-
longed applause from the audience
Mr.. Humphreys Address.
At the close of a musical prelude by the
orchestra, Rev. Harry w. Pratt pastor
of the Second Presbyterian Church. offered
! prayer. Mr.. Humphrey, the orator of the
evening. was then introduced. Mr.. Hum
phrey. in the beginning Of his address,
mentioned that less than one-tenth of the
period since our Constitution was adopted
has been years of war, and more than
nine-tenths of that time have been years
of peace. The speaker mentioned the cases
incidental to and growing out Of the war
between the states commenting upon the
legal points involved in each.
Mr.. Humphrey said that If the Supreme
Court had nothing to do with bringing on
the civil war Its decisions had great inf1u
ence In preparing the people for the crisis
when it arrived.
The speaker told Of the men who COM
posed the Supreme Court of the United
States during the civil war, and gave
brief biography of each member, including
their opinions in the principal cases de-
cided by them In concluding the speaker
said
THE good old ship Constitution had sail
ed a troubled sea, with angry skies and
beating waves. but the pilot was always at
the helm, watchful, cautious and bold.
When the day dawned and the storm pass
ed it was no wreck, drifting helpless and
buffeted by the sea- Here it had escaped
the rock and there the whirlpool. In fine,
and dropping all figures, the American peo-
pie passed through a great civil war and
hold now in greater security than ever life,
liberty and property. And this is the con-
war
The Degrees Conferred.
After a selection by the orchestra the
candidates for degrees in the various
classes were presented by Dean Tucker,
and President Needham delivered diplomas
to the graduates.
The following received the degree of
bachelor of laws
Sidney De Witt Adams, Genus Francis
ID, Doh Panp
Benson, George Augustus Berry. Alexander
Bruce Bielaski, Harry Wallace Blair, Sam
uel Martin Brosius, Evans Browne, John
Schaaf Cadet Oliver Clinton Carpenter,
Aionzo Bradley Chatfeld jr., Hilbert Perry
Copeland, Charles Maurice Cram, John
Washington Davidge, Charles William Da-
WIS., Leslie Ammerton Davis, Orville Ray
Ely, Henry Charles Finkestein, Richard
Wilson Flournoy Blake Franklin, William
John Fritsche Paul Delavan Frost, Leslie
Garfield Fuller, Bond Parker Geddes. Frs
kline Gordon, Rutherford Hunter Graham.
William Russell Graham, Henry Gulliksen,
Nathaniel Harris, Carl Hau, Bynum Ernest
Hinton, Benjamin Irving. Royal Granville
jerks, Oliver Perry Jones, William Wilbur
Keblinger, Samuel Thomas Klawans, Dan
iel Albert Knapp, Fred Henry Kruse, Car
ney Milton Layne. Boynton Mcconnell
Leach Leon Brooks Leavitt, John Jerome
Lightfoot, Lewis Forest Lindal. Edward
John Lindberg, Charles Summer Loud, Ell
bert Hilles Lloyd. Ray Mann, Harold Hud
son Martin, Mahlon Curtis Masterson. Leon
ard Atkins Merritt, James Raymond Moore,
Robert S. Person, Frank w. Peterson. Jas.
Mcpherson Proctor, James Roy Raley, Carl
Mclean Rogers, Henry Sherburne Roome,
William H. Russell, Thomas Allen Scott,
James Thomas Sherier, Joseph Tyler Sher-
Ter, James George SHIRLEY. Hubert Marcy
Snow, James Garfield Stanley James Or
lando Trip. Meyer Clyde Wagner. Amasa
James Ward Lee Frost Warner Israel EN-
erson Wiley. Jesse Henry Wilson, jr,
Thomas Lee Woolwine.
Those receiving the degree of master of
patent laws We're:
Benjamin Franklin Adams. Edward Rem
lex Alexander. Edward Dunning Anderson,
Robert Mann Barr, Arthur Harrison Brown,
Edgar James Wallace Clarkson Arthur
Woodruff Cowles. Frederick Lincoln Ed
mands Karl Herbert Fenning, Alan NJ
Johnson. Hartwel Cragin McCarteney.
Richard Elliott Marine, Calvin Harrington
Milans, Aston Brintnan Moulton, Albert
Franklin Nathan, jr., Michael ODonoghue
Gilbert Powers Ritter, John Franklin Robb,
Sidney Fuller Smith and Fred Brown Whit
ney.
Those receiving the degree of master of
laws were:
Oscar Glenn Cowhick, Isaac Cephas Fos-
ter, Bernard Arthur Cow Edmund Archlls
Hutchison, Royal Granville jerks Paul
Victor Keyser. William Leonard Larasch,
William Henry Linkns Thomas Price
Littlepage. Robert j. F. McElroy, Andrew
Pack. Edwin Miburn Sabin, Howard Sax
ton, Albert Lorenzo Thompson, Henry
Green Thomas and Harry Lee Watson.
Those receiving the degree of master of
diplomacy were:
Frederick Carlos, Bryan. Fred Morris
bearing, James Hervey Dorman, jr. John
William Farley, Albert Cornelius Cav,
Samuel Herrick and Luther Mason Walter
Patrick Henry Loughran of New York
was the only graduate to receive the de-
gree of doctor, of civil law, the highest,
save the honorary degrees conferred by
the university He was called to the front
of the stage and knelt to be invested with
the hood of purple. blue and yellow, de-
noting his new honor.
Prizes to Graduates.
One of the most Interesting features of
the exercises was the awarding of prizes
to the graduates. The names of the win
ners had been kept secret until they we're
publicly announced by Dean Tucker on the
stage last night and the successful stu
dents expressed pleasant surprise when
their names were called by the dean. The
winners of prizes were as follows:
The prize offered by the Edward Thomp-
son Company, of a set of the Encycloued a
of Law, first or second edition. or set of
the Encyclopedias OF Pleading and practices
awarded each year to the law student who
shall write the best thesis on some legal
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