Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-06-03
NATIONAL UNIVERSITY
Diplomas pr0ssfed to eradu-
ates ia Law.
EXERCISES LAST NIGHT
PORTO RICAN STUDENT CAP
TURES MANY PRIZES.
Address to Glass by Robert B. Arm
strong, Assistant Secretary
of the Treasury.

The thirty-f1fth ANIMAL commencement of
the National University Law School, held
last evening in the New National Theater.
was made notable by the fact that mem
Der OF the graduating class from Porto Rico
carried off five of the ten medals and prizes
awarded for excellency in various branches
Of study. The accomplished young man
from Americas new island possession was
Eugenio Benitez (Castano), and he received
an ovation as he was called forth time and
time again to receive the awards bestowed
upon him. There was one other Porto Ri
can in the class Of seventy-two which was
graduated.
Friends of the institution and the gradu-
ates filled the theater. A section of the
Marine Band furnished music for the occa-
sion, violin solo by Lucien G. Cohen being
feature of the program Seated upon the
stage were members OF the faculty, tnclud-
ing Gen. George B. Davis Judge advocate
general, U. s. A; Hilary A. Herbert former
Secretary of the Navy; Frank L. Campbell,
assistant attorney general for the Interior
Department; Charles j. Keigwin, assistant
district attorney; Charles Lyman, Eugene
Carusi, dean of the faculty. =
Addressed Graduating Glass.
Mr.. Robert B. Armstrong assistant Sec
rotary of the Treas Try, addressed the grad
yates. This" he said, rs the only time
that l know OF in the life layman when
he has the opportunity to advise lawyer
1t is worth willie having lived IL one can
advise one lawyer at least once and there
FORE 1t Is worth much more II one can have
a number of lawyers where they cannot get
away and where they must listen willy
nilly, to the advice of one who is not a dis
ciple of Blackstone.
Perhaps you gentlemen do not know 1t,
but 1t is true that you are going out into
the world to become a household necessity
and to Justify your existence much more
than the average mortal can ever hope to
do. A famous jurist has said that doctor
needs to know his medicine. merchant his
merchandise, MANUFACTURER his products,
farmer his lands and his crops, but a
lawyer must known everything, because
every event In the life of an ordinary hui
man being may by accident become the SUD-
ject of litigation.
1.-THE world Is to be congratulated that
all men admitted to the bar do not devote
themselves to the profession. For their
that they are not all going to practice law.
Some of them would never make lawyers
were they to live a thousand years. They
might succeed in being attorneys at law,
but lawyers never. Add to an attorney at
law the ingredients OF great common sense.
abundant knowledge of human nature, ca
pacity for doing great things, and breadth
of view that extends to all the activities
and industries of human life, and you have
the ingredients which make up lawyer.
"If I can impress. upon you young men
tonight but one thing. letsit be this: Keep
your horizon broad. The tendency of the
law is oftentimes technical 1t Is a poor
education that makes man narrow. for
the ideal of all education Is to broaden. If
devotion to a single line of thought or
single line of your profession makes you
see the world through squinted eyes. take
a years vacation and begin over.
BE an affirmative man. mot a negative
one. Be for things, not against them. Be
constructive, not destructive. Learn how
10 40 1n- %t1y, oil
how to tell other people how to do things
they want to do and do not know how to
do. Don't be a rapid-flre .32-ealiber ma
chine gun Be the biggest in the arsenal,
and sweep the whole horizon
The Diplomas Conferred.
Mr.. Eugene Carusi, dean Of the faculty,
then conferred the diplomas, as follows:
Masters of law-Charles w Atkinson,
Edgar Hamilton, Bon Durant, Charles Fox
Brookes. Frank Anderson Burger Hugh
Milton Caldwell, George v. Chandler, Wal
ter E. Crawford, James Henley Croxdale,
Beverly Arnold Davis. Henry w. Draper,
Frank E. Elder, Elwyn Greene, Joseph Gee
Hedrick, Nicholas w. Hill, Edward L. Hill
yer, James B. Hoge. James s. Mcclellan
Paul Franklin Mackey, ]. Earle Parker,
Ernest 0. Patterson, William Walter Scott
James T. Speer, Edwin Evert Vrooman H.
Winshp Y heatley, Fred Brown Whitney
Wilson Shepherd Wiley and Benjamin
Williams.
Bachelors Of law-Benjamin F. Alexan-
der, Harry H. Allen, Franklin Clyde Bag
carly, George Kaspar Baier Eugenio BENZ
tez (Castano), James Philip Briggs, Noah
]. Brumbaugh, Moncure Burke, William M
Cady. David D. Caldwell Milton D. Camp
bell. John Henry Carnes. George Richard
son Chamberlin. James w. Cliff, Edward
Collins, John Wesley Crawford, Joseph A.
Dial, Albert Edgar Dietrich, Robert NJ
Faulkner, Karl Herbert fleming, James d.
Finch. Jesse e. Hollinger, Thomas Howe,
Carlisle L. Hubbard Rollo Stone Jackson.
Gus w Kramer. Arthur Henry Lahke, Ed
ward 0. Leech, Ralph c. Lewis, John Will
liam Mcmillan, Charles A. Mansuy Carl e.
Mayer. John W. Peters, John F. Refill, Pc
dro A. Rivera, Charles R. Rowdybush, Will
liam A. Rutherford, William Walter Scott.
Francis j. Seabolt, Lynden G. Stonebraker,
Robert White Stump, Adelbert D. Summer,
W. Hastings Swenarton, Bernard Reid Toll
tngton Walter Anderson williams and Will
liam /. Wymans
Award of Prizes.
Next came the award Of prizes, as fol-
lows:
The faculty gold medal for the most sat
isfactory junior examination. to William
Spencer Heath
The Macarthur gold medal for the most
satisfactory senior examination, to Euge-
MO Benitez (Castano).S
hC uiifC Oily SOiU IucUdl lOT Tic IHOSI
satisfactory postgraduate examination, to
Ernest o. Patterson
The Edward Thompson Company prize
for the best thesis on the subject State
Laws as Rules of Decision in, the United
States Courts, to Ernest o. Patterson.
The T. & ]. w. johnson Company's prize
| for the best work in the moot court, to Ell
| wynn Greene. ssi5S ieIsW .-iIae
| The prize awarded to the student of the
| postgraduate class, making the highest
average on the entire course, to Charles F.
| Brookes. q dtg
The F. H. Thomas Law-Book Company
| prize for the best senior examination In
| real property, to Eugenio Benitez (Cas-
| tano). Erf5-a T.
| best senior examination on evidence, to Eu-
genio Benitez (Castano).
The Reese, WEIGH & Ea.'s prize for the
best junior examination on Blackstone, to
Eugenio Benitez (Castano).
The James Schouler prize for the best ex-
animation on criminal law. to Eugenio
Benitez (Castano)
j. w. Crawford, president Of the senior
class, made a brief speech expressing the
high esteem In which the graduates held
Mr. Carusi, dean of the faculty. He con-
cluded by presenting to the latter hand
some cut glass and silver wine service.
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