The Washington times., 1905-05-31
VASA|NGTONIANS
WIN LAW PRIZES
Solicitor General Hoyt Adj
dresses G. w. q. Graduates.
COMMENCEMENT EXERCISES
Il. B. Talley Accepts Degree of Doctor
of Civil Laws He Refused
Last Year.
COMMENCEMENT EXERCISES

ADDRESS DSiOfe the graduates OF the law
and Jurisprudence departments of the
George Washington University last
night at Memorial Continental Hall. IN
his address the Solicitor General en-
phasized the great Importance to q.
young lawyer to realize the public duty
of his profession. and to strive for the
advancement of right and the suprem-
acy OF justice,
This address was delivered before
over 100 graduates OF the departments
OF law. Jurisprudence and diplomacy.
-Four men received the degree OF doctor
OF diplomacy.
Washingtonians Win Prizes.
The graduating class this year is
noted for the large number OF young
men who live in the District CT Column
hia. and more than one Washingtonian
was among the list OF prize winners.
The Hendrick Insurance prize of $50
went to l.. r. Alden, of the District OF
Columbia. and Joseph c. Stack. also
Washington boy. won the Ellsworth
prize of S25-
The degree of doctor of civil laws
was conferred upon several students,
among them being H. B. Talley, who
won the degree last year but refused to
accept il because the faculty also con-
Bailey, who was member of his class.
Mrs. Bailey is the only woman who ever
took this degree at the university.
Highest Averages.
James ". Beller, of West Virginia,
was awarded the Parker cash prize of
800 for attaining the highest average
during the three years. Close behind
him We're Julius L. Baldwin. Paul NJ.
Clark. and Edward @. Moses.
The other prizes awarded were: Prof
Arthur Peter awarded the Edward
Thompson Company prize TO l. H. Lin
ton, District of Columbia. after which
Prof Lorenzen awarded three cash
prizes, as follows: First, $40. to
Guy E Kelly. OF South Dakota:
second. $50, TO Charles H Shaffer, OF
Maryland. and third, $40, TO Paul NJ
Clark. Of Colorado. The David H Hen
driek Insurance prize OF S25 was award
ed by Prof. Clephane to L. r. Allen.
OF the District of Columbia, and Prof,
Church awarded the Ellsworth prize of
So to Joseph c. Stack, Of the District
OF Columbia
Names of Graduates.
The following is list OF the grad
uates
Bachelor of laws-George Price Alder
son, West Virginia. julius Lyman, Bald
win, New York; Jesse William Barrett.
Missouri: James William BeIler. West
Virginia: Leonie Bone, Illinois: Charles
Hamilton Bradley, District OF CoIun-
bla; Thomas Chiles Bradley, South Car
DINA. Philip Buettner, Wisconsin,; John
ii. Barkett, Indiana; Enoch Aquilia
Chase, Kansas Paul Maltby Clark, Col
ofado; Charles Orlando Cole, Oklahoma;
JuGsoR Thomas Gull, District Of Column
biai SilaS Henry Cutting, Michigan; Ar
thur L: Dahf. Kansas; Leonard Day,
Massachusetts, Samuel Edelstein, Wis
see: Ohio Leonard Ferris Iowa; Carlton
Fox New Jersey James r. GasktIl. 1r..
North Carolina; Otis Haskell Gates,
Florida; Mark Goode, Illinois,: Richard
Magnus Graham, Oregon; j. Morriss
Graves, Missouri: john William Gregg,
virginia; John A. Grlesbauer. jr.. DIS
Han, Maryland; Harvey Eariton Hanes,
Virginia; Alvin Dolph Hathaway, Ken
lucky; Carl John Hellerstedt.. Tennes-
see; Herbert c. Hengstler, Ohio; Fred
eriek r. Hertford, District of Columbia;
BIrdette P. Hickox. Michigan; Ralph
Warren Hills, Ohio: Philip Rea Hind
man, pennsylvania; Michael Joseph Hol-
land, massachusetts,; Thomas Salisbury
Hun, New York; Walter Clarence Hurd
Utah George A Hutchinson, Maryland;
Robert Whitney Imbrie, District of Co
Iumbia; Charles Grant James. Ohio;
. Walter slicef Johnson, Washington; Al
beTi deart heller, iowa; Gilbert Walker
tNSiig, DistficL OF CoiumDla; Guy Ed
ward Kelly, South Dakota; John w
heener. Tennessee: John wellington
knowlton, Massac sachusetts; John Angus
Ius Lee, Washington. Irwin Henenstein
Linton, District of coium bia; Clarence
l. Marine, Nebraska; A George Maui
Ohio; Alexander II. Mccormick tr
Virginia, John Patrick Mcmahon. Dis
Irict or coiumbiai Howard Moore Morse,
Massachusetts,, B. s., Harvard rniYer-
sity; Thomas Cebern Musgrave, Texas;
Clarence Raymond Naff, Kansas: HoT1
Edwin jonathan Newmyer. Missouri;
l5utifer Berfram Nye. District of Co
lumbia5 Irwin St. Clare Pepper. Iewa:
Joseph II. Peterson. Idaho; Robert Bax-
ter Pharr. North Carolina; Richard
Granville Poyey, Connecticut; William
AeEfs Quinter, District of Columbia;
nett Rhodes, Maryland; Joseph Sag
neister, Ohio; George Bigelow Schley,
Ohio; Edwin Francis Samuels. Massa-
eausettsi William Daniel Searle. New
York; Charles Henry Shaffer, Maryland; ;
arthur Veeder Shell, New York; William
john SPerl. Massachusetts: Edgar
ier. West Virginia. William Pressley
webb, Virginia. George Langdon Whit
1ord, New hampshire; Orin Hazen
Woods, Wyoming; Herbert Alpheus
trict Of Columbia; Eugene Leake Cad
dess. Virginia, Langdon Moore, New
l,; ora; 1ntas Arthur Teller. Vermont;
Hugh Williams. 5r;, New York.
Master OF patent laws-Robert w. Bur
roughs, New York; Leonard Day, Mas
sachusetts; owen Henry Fowler. Dis
trict of Columbia: Jesse E. Holiinger.
Indiana; BENJAMIN Irving. Oregon;
Charles MeClair Kansas; Iangdon
Moore, New York; George Bassett
Pitts, District OF Columbia; Joseph
etaaarfney Stack District of Columbia
Naitstia II. swenarton. New Jersey.
Master Of iawS-Fred Hodges Benson.
Rew York G-L b., Columbian Univer-
sity); Samuel Martin Brosius. District
OF Columbia Ill B., Columbian Univer-
sttyl; Walter G. English, District OF Co
lrmbia I'LL. b, Columbian University:
Richard ". Fiournoy, Maryland d.f4.
B., Columbian University; Harriet
freebey. Michigan Oil b, University
os Mich!gan); Paul Deievan Frost. Iowa
I'll. p, Columbian Uniyersity); ANDREW
Jordan Green, virginia (LL. b., Ma
tionai University; Ii. B.. LII NJ
Georgetown University); Henry Guillk-
sen, North Dakota Ill r., Columbian
GIiyersity3; w. Bennett Henderson.
Kentucky q. B.. Princeton Collegiate
Institute; LII. b, Cumberland Unfyer-
sity Lebanon, Tenn.); Charles Bryce
Logan, Missouri q4L. B.. Kansas City
School of Law: Leonard Atkins Mer-
Iitt, Minnesota ILL. B., Columbian Uni