The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-06-07
LAWCOMMENCENENT
HELD ON CAMPUS
Degrees Conferred on Grad
yates of Georgetown.
A FILIPINO IS THE HONOR MAN
Two Prizes for de Scholarship
Prize Won by Student Who
Is Dead.
FILIPINO IS THE HONOR MAN

Back to customs Of early days harked
the faculty and students of the George
town University Law school for their
commencement exercises last night
Had they held exercises I'm any hall,
however commodious and well venti-
lated, the temperature would have
caused discomfort; as it was. they were
held ON the campus, I'm the twilight, and
everyone was comfortable.
Auditing on the steps of the building
a platform had been built. The gradu-
ating class marched across the campus
and took seats on this platform, and
when they were seated the faculty and
the speaker of the evening Corpora ton
Counsel John J. Delaney. of New York
city. came down the steps from the
building to the platform
Filipino Takes Honor
Another striking feature OF the occa-
sion was the award of two prizes. the
honor work of the class. to Roman Jose
Lacson y de Paula, "A Filipino AS As
sociate Justice Seth Shepard. Of the
District supreme Court, presented tho
prizes. he commented on the success of
the Filipino student. and implied that
such work gave evidence OF the right to
citizenship. Paula has been popular
with the student body. and his triumph
was greeted with sincere applause.
one patheticincident was the announce
ment that tie $40 thicd year prize for
scholarship had been won By Charles
E.kefett Shipley the Washington boy
VINO died on Thursday. YOUNG Shipley
had lea MS class from the time of EN-
terms the school AS his name was
tta9- me entire class rose with barred
Class Grafton.
Mr. Delaney was the commencement
orator. He declared that he spurnsd
the advice recently given to a law class
not 10 practice law. he said that such
advice came only from those who had
suffered bad fortune in practicing the
profession -or who were overscrupulous.
He declared the university would lot
support a school which would qualify
its students for profession which was
not right He told the graduates that
they must strive hard
The road 10 the stars is n rough one.
he said. Parents may lavish wealth
on you, opportunity may be opened TO
you by favoritism, but you will never
stand AT the top OF your profession IN
less YOU work arduously."
Then he prompted them 10 be loval
Remember. no man worthy the name
exists IN which the spirit OF loyalty has
no place. loyalty TO the profession YOU
practice. to the college which gives Won
the degree. and TO the professors whose
learning viii soon be lying with them
IN the grave"
Degrees Conferred.
The Gev. jerome Daugnerty. presi
dent Of the university. after a brief
address 10 the class, conferred degrees
as follows:
bachelor Of laws-James Willoughbv
Anderson. B. 5. and +. NJ: J. Newton
Baker. George Edwin Randel Cheevors
Moran Barry. A. b.: John A. Bennewitz
a. - Edmund Brady. a b; John Peter
Brennan. A. n; Bartholomew Aloysius
Brickley. William Witthaft bride
Frank WILDER Bryant, John Francis
Byrne. Edward j. CantweU Francis j
Carmody, Garfield Charles. Roland Eu-
gene 9,-!i, CIark:: A. NJ. Halbert Benton Cole.
imam H. comedy, Ferdinand Cash
Cooksey. lgnatius j J. Costigan. A. II.
charles Robert Cox. Richard AlOvsiue
curtin, James Edwin billiard. IT.. Pat
rex vincent Bowling. Joseph TarbeI
oyer, IT., August Leonard ERICKSON
Howard Montgomery Etchison. Abner
HahOurton Ferguson, Walter NJ. Fuller.
N >. Charles Joseph Gates b.
Joseph w. Gavau. William r. Gilmore.
Asa Greed GTaVie. A NJ John Thomas
Hardisty. A. B.: John Francis Hefrer-
nan. James Bernard Horigan, A NJ:
John Lewis Johnson. Cyrus Sinclair
Julien. Milton A. Kettler. John a.
hratz, IT., Roman Jose Lacson Y de
Paula. A. NJ, Phi. D.; Charles Louis
Latham, Francis =. Leary, Arthur
Rhodes Mackley. Francis StiIson Ma
guire. Frederick Francis Mcclellan.
John J9seph McMahon, NJ. A. 10
seph McAlanus- William T. McNa-
mara, a. b; Wilbur G. Miller Dan
lei a Millcrick. Herbert Francis Nit
chel. A. B.; John Francis Murphy. A
J. Arthur J. Nadeau, A B.; John J.
Charles Joseph Parks, Henry Fletcher
Pierce. George Bassett Pitts, Henry I.
Quinn Roscoe J. Raney. Walter /.
Rcdrow, b. S; J. Allen Riordan, Alex
Roth, John Henry Ryan. A b; Ed
muno Schrciner. Charles Everett Ship
ley, Joseph G. Stack Charles Daniel
StOckley, A. b.; Samuel English Stone
Eraker, Garfield 4. Street Harry j.
Sweeney, Joseph l.. Topper. John Ray
mond Weyrich. William Downing
Wheeler D. s; Richard Peyton Whit
ley; A. =. a. Roy Williams. Nelson
Y iison. John J.. Wolfe. A. NJ, and
Otto Emanuel Woerner.
Master Of laws-Charles Woodbury.
]. Albert F. Berry, Ii. b; John w.
Brashears. jr.. LII B.; Francis Joseph
BTesnahan. IL. b. Edmund Cooper
Bullock. y. A. LII B.; James +. Dune,
Ii. B.. Edwin Henry Flucck, Ii. B.;
Philip Augustus Grau. 4. NJ. LII B.;
Henry Ittig IL. T.; John ". Jennings.
Phar. d. IL. B.: William r. p Ma
loney a p. III. D.; Antonio NJ. Opisso
y de Ycaza. A NJ. LII B.. FRANKLIN
Phrman. I'll. b; Carl y. Xix. IL. b.;
John Albert Whclah. IL. T.. and Fran
els T. Williamson, IL. =.
Award Of Prizes.
Honors were awarded as follows:
Faculty cash prize Of $40. 20 Roman
Jose I4acsOn De Paula. OF Isla dc