The Saint Paul globe., 1904-06-18
CHILDS POINTS WAY
TO YOUNG LAWYERS
Graduates of St. Paul College
of Law Receive Their Dr.
pIomas

Twenty-eight- graduates of the st.
Paul College OF Law received their di-
plomas, emitting them to practice In
the court, last evening at the Park
congregational church., corner, Mac
kubin street and Holly avenue.
The scene of the formal graduation
was impressive. The graduates occu-
pied chairs in a double row, while to
the front of the platform Judge Bum,
as dean of the school, occupied the po-
sition Of presiding officer -
Judge Bum cautioned the young
menand young women who were about
TO become attorneys-at-law if they
really desired to be successful they
must bear in mind the necessity Of
treating honestly their clients, the court
and the officers of the court No other
course would bring ultimate success, as
misrepresentation and all other dis
honest practices would ultimately meet
with their deserved rebuke.
henry w. Childs, a member of the
FACULTY of the school, delivered the
principal address of the evening, taking
Tor his subject, The Lawyer and His
work, treating the subject exhaust
4Vely, and being warmly applauded at
the conclusion A few of the many
points that he made were:
Absolute integrity is essential to real
success at the bar
Inc honestf treatment of the clients
after they have been secured is a neces-
SHY Ihat mustsn be overlooked.
Shysters Do Not Last
Shysters wiH now and then be sought
py clients, and at times the ends of jus
tlee are defeated by this class of men,
whose ambition seems to be to impose
upon all with whom they come in con-
tact Such success as is achieved by
lnls claSS OF attorneys is not of lasting
quallty, Tor 1t IS not possible to continue
Young attorneys entering the profes-
sion without a clientele should spend the
nisI IeW Years, known to attorneys gen.
eraHy as the starvation PERIOD in honest,
conscientious study, preparing for the
business when it arrives. No man can
become master of all branches Of the
law An object is well ACCOMPLISHED
when one branch has been fully mas
tered. The study should be careful and
accurate and always done with pur-
pose looking to the future practice of the
line that his been taken up. While the
time IS not auspicioas for mediocre men
entering the profession, it remains as
true now as in the past that men of not
more than ordinary ability in studies
often outstrip in the real battle Of life
their more apt associates
A young lawyer should not be discour-
aged by an adverse decision from a court
remembering always. that the greatest
Jur1sts of the country disagree upon ques-
tlons that are brought before them-not
only disagree but apparently sound rea-
Sonlng for such disagreement can be
given by both sides Only the weak and
those doomed to failure will allow an
adverse decision to cast them down. The
poSltTons taken may be upheld by another
court. Such disagreements have not been
uncommQh in the supreme court of the
United States, which is held by ali Amer
leans and some foreigners to be the great
est court IN the world.
Gateway to Public Life
The legal profession is one that gives
an opportunity fer introduction to pub
lic life. End wodld advise that rational
EFFORTS be used to accomplish this pur-
pose, at all times being determined to
render the most honest and. the best pos
slble service to the public once the object
is accomplished.
BY this it is not meant that the young
man should aspire to an office inlme-
dlately after his graduation. Such
course would be unjust to the aspirant
ana an attempted imposition on the pub
lie, but modest desire to serve in
public capacity Is not to be condemned.
rake an interest in the discussion of pub
llc questions master the subject and
when the opportunity arrives speak out
thus getting an introduction to public
life that may lead to public station.
There is no higher or more elevating con-
SIfdn L0dI 1GlJ after having
oeen called to high station to leave it
and realize that during the tenure no
word of blame or scandal attached ito
the office over which you presided
lesson that must be learned early by
the lawyer is that no matter what the
case-Whether it be servant girl suing
for wages or case involving the rights
and privileges of great corporations
there should be thorough and accurate
preparation. BE thorough in what YOU
do, and make the trial of every case that
you undertake a test of your desire to
deserve as Wen as to win success. Take
and public life, such as was Abraham
Lincoln, and use your best efforts to
live up to the standard that he set.
we must, OF course condemn the. de-
plora bic methods that have been intro
dueed into campaigns, in which mud
singing has developed into high art
the object being to by this means cause
the defeat of the candidate attacked Is
means? Not unless it is justi1able to
live by theft
The Graduating Glass
The members of the graduating
class:
Miss Elizabeth Mildred Baker. John
Arthur Burns, Charles, Edward Collett
Ernest Ambrose Countryman Peter Rob-
ert Curran, Timothy James Doyle, George
Kelser Fargo, Herbert Angler Folsom,
William Trevanne Francis, Judge Her.
bert Sheldon Clifford Harry James Haas,
George Robertson Taylor Hart Charles
Thomas HoTrigan, Charles August Lund,
Timothy Alfred McGrath Francis Me-
Herman, Frederick William Medbery. Ar
thur Garfield Moritz, Edwin Magnus Nell
son, Charles N. Orr, Edward Peterson,
John Lemuel Sammon's. Thomas d.
Schall, Miss Shar1ie Margery Soule John
William Souter, Paul Martin Theodore
thompson. Jason Edison Wait, Harry
Selwyn Whipple.