New-York tribune., 1905-06-16
LAW SCHOOL, GR4DUATES.
Borough President LittLeton ON
Carnegie and Rockefeller.

The commencement exercises of the New-York
Law School were held last night in Carnegie Hall
Professor George Chase. dean of the school. pre-
sided. The degree Of LII B. conferred on 175
graduates Borough President Ldttleton of Brook
lyn addressed the class He said in part:
Not long ago little man sat down amid the hills
of Alleghany and built a fire that burned for days
fire went out he raked the ashes and found $780,
footsteps fell upon a continent of iron. his cunning
brought a conquering army Of brawn and grit, and
ment did most to make him king. 1t gave him
tering hand against the world and thus allied with
he took his toll Of evsrything that thTift could
tend or toll Fl Prnoe en- Bur all the g granite m in the
mountain. and all the books born of hate and love-
half as much as the calm confession coming from
this little man that his gain was wrongly got and
The system. stands and by, its devious ways
Ynerce of the age He, too. found natures boarded
treasure in deep rich lakes Of liquid wealth, and
protecfion goveTnment guaranteed he put plant
together wRGss nae all all the the fisou s 9s
rerve Of a nation. It owns by conquest, actual or
potential every petroleum pool on earth.
It dominates by design or dread every field be; be;
meath the 1t went outside the we'll and drill
dragged every kindred power to it's secret side and
g F1ssd f sits the m ees CAMPS Of on m hr6e
struts In courts kneels in church leads in process
sions and battles at the polls; 1t makes the ticker
1t makes the tape reveal the gamblers gain,
dents Message means not half much as this
things temperature battle in the Corean Straits.
where a nations entire navy sinks upon the sand.
does not so much disturb the market place as does
the secret of this concern
At the top of this commonwealth of gain is a
lonely surrendering to the silent impact of
the years. Looking down the widening way up
which he trod to fortune and to fame, he sees the
wrecks OF rivals. the ruin Of his fellows and pros
trate States polluted by his power Mistaking the
trivial stipend the church paltry contribution
10 the schools and IN return he expects the pulpit
and the chair to apologize to God and all the
world for the system by which II came. Better
than colleges Growing campus grounds. better
than churches impliedy pledged to put the case in
coloress discourse. better than all these would be
was got against the laws of God and man.
There two stand tptoe on the top OF what the
world is pleased to call success; but at the base
Wherever corporate concern touched public life:
wherever audecious enterprise required official
sanction, wherever vested interests built pub
lio grant found need for legislative aid. In all
these places the tireless thrift Of wrong has or
ganized its evil power. and daily tugs away TO
service into shameless use. The government OF
the State is kept in favored hands by paying out
rural people OF the State and making up the
prise in New-York City. The farmers exemption
means the city mans conhscadon The blind pur-
ute on tho industry in this city, which they have
no right to take.
The prize of $50 in gold for the most proficient
student in the day school awarded TO Reuben
g lind and 500 in gold for the most proficient stu
dent of the night school TO Ambrose Clarke Moore.
The, tltorship prize was by Corwin Howell.
of Newark This is junior professorship in the
school for three years The graduating class OF
'o5 is the largest that ever left the institution