Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-05-28

Ian Brock of the District of Columbia re-
'ceived the prize for excellence in schol-
arship. Miss Hester f. McNelley was
given honorary mention and Miss Kathryn
e. Swartz of Pennsylvania was given a
prize for the best work in the moot court.
The invocation was offered by Rev. DON
aid c. Macleod, pastor of the First Presby
terrain Church, at the beginning of the exer-
cses. Seated on the stage were members of
the graduating class, students of the college
in cap and gown, members of the faculty
and board of trustees Mr.. r. c. Foster,
professor of common law, law Of contracts
and equity pleading, introduced the presd
ing officer of the evening, Mr.. Chaplin
Brown, Il member of the board OF trustees.
On behalf of the Washington College of
Law, Mr.. Brown said he pleased to
welcome many of its friends, who had
come to witness the fruition OF hopes and
labors in which both teacher and pupil had
been engaged He said the support and
sympathy of ones friends and the public
generally is almost as necessary a factor in
the accomplishment of great work as are
the actors and principals themselves.
Louis A. Pradt. assistant United tSates
Attorney general was then introduced. and
spoke to the students upon the subject of
Practice" Mr.. Pradt injected few hui
morous remarks and then proceeded to
more serious discussion of his topic He
said only a man of superior quality would
ask to be admitted to class composed OF
women. this happy alusion being apparently
directed to Samuel j. Smith. the only mas
culine member of the class of seven. Speak
ing of the ACCESSIBILITY of woman choosing
the law as a profession. he said this could
best be determined by woman herself. He
intlmated that the only way to manage
woman to let her have her own way.
Referring to the selection of class speaker
he told of various and sundry promises he
had made before leaving home to deliver his
address. OF these promises the most i'm
portant was that he would take no part IN
that number Of the program which fol-
lowed Immediately the comforting of de-
grees When the audience caught sight of
Love and Kisses a selection by the or
chestra, the speakers witty reference was
heartily applauded
The Profession in Practice.
Mr.. Pradt dwelt at length upon the pro-
fessional demeanor of members of the pro-
fession in practice. He emphasized the i'm
portance of doing little things well and de-
clared that brillianey was merely embroi-
derry The profession, he asserted, demand
ed that the practitioner not only be honest
but honorable. He said that trial in
certain respect is drama in which success
largely depends upon the rehearsal. He
plained that he did not mean by that
the training of witnesses a certain law
yer.did once upon time. who made the as
serton that business was SO dull in ST. Paul
he intended taking his witnesses and NOV
ing to Duluth. Success rather depended
upon careful preparation Of the case and
an orderly presentation Of the different
points.
Following the addresses, Mrs. Mussey.
dean Of the college. presented the prizes
to the winners and conferred the degrees
upon members Of the class Mrs. Mussey
called attention to the advance in ideals,
saying that few years ago the Evangeltne