The Washington herald., 1907-01-20

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The law class of 1907 of the National
University gave its annual banquet last
night at Freund's The class is large
one, and it had a fine time under arrange
ments admirably made By Morris r. Bev-
ington. of Indiana, president of the class
The other officers of the class are Watson !
L. McMorrls. OF New York; John 5 /
swan, Arkansas; George b. Prindle, Iii |
uols; Frank Z. Hunt. Alabama, and |
Philip A. Terrell, Of Virginia
( The dinner was an elaborate ore the |
MENU product of the class spirit, being |
appropriately decorated with apt quota !
lions, such as, for instance after the oys- |
ter course. this from Lewis CARROTS |
Alice in Wonderland"
! Vow. if you are ready. oyster dear VIC can begin
the feed.
/ Guests Of the class were the chancellor. !
who talked on The national graduate"
Gen. George 3. Davis, L. S a, who was
down to speak on American diplomacy"
but who told. instead. three rafting good
stories William B. Kerkham, who
/ brought "A message from post gradu-
ates:" James Del. Carpenter, who spoke
on a legal education.7 Wrisley Brown.
who spoke on stuff lawyers are anade
Of" Clinton p Colvin. who responded TO
the toast, 'ValHe Of judgment" and the
dean Of the university who was heard or
The national student"
None Of the speakers on the toast stuck
very closely 10 their text Perhaps they
were discouraged by the example Of the
Il first speaker. Gen. George b. Davis. who
II ignored the subject Of American Diplo-
macy entirely. but told instead of the
Western girl whose friends all thought
she had a fine voice and whose mother.
in needy circumstances. yet succeeded in
raising enough money TO take her daugh-
ter 10 Paris 10 have her voice tried II
was tried-and found guilty; FOR the YER
dict Of the French vocal teacher was,
when he heard that the girl was in needy
circumstances: Madam. at least I can
promise You that your daughters voice
viii keep the wolf from the door
BevinEton, OF Indiana.
In introducing the speakers. Mr..
Bevington, the chairman, said that it
was a pleasure TO welcome the guests
20 this annual banquet. from the fact
that no other classes Of the National
University that have gone before have
worked so tremendously for the well
fare of the school as themselves. He
said.
The associations have been Of the
best Many friendships have sprung
! mp that viii prove lifelong. and at this
-
hoped that the ties knit during the
& past few years may be even more
8 strongly cemented-"
q In responding TO the toast our Ma
9 tional Graduate the chancellor Of the
s university thanked the class for the
! creditabIo way in which its work has
= been performed. declared that it was
= the best. q s well as one Of the largest
8 classes that the department had turned
= out. and wished the members individ-
- ualiv and as "a class the best success in
3 the work that lay before them.
4 The most eloquent speech Of the even
3 ing was that Of Wrisley Brown. Of Maine.
!. who. I'm responding % the toast. THE
i stuff lawyers are made OF, pointed out
a that if these future lawyers were 20 be
. the champions Of the distressed they
4
q urged that before lawyers studied books
q they should study men, be- able 10 read
s. character. to distinguish truth. He dwelt
u upon the nobility of the legal profession,
q and told Of the great work that had been
3 done in the past by the worlds great law
, makers. He said that the highest re-
q suits were dttaindble only by the hardest
q kind OF work and by diligent application.
"A and lie drew a stirring picture of the
u character and career Of Lincoln as a
q beacon light TO all young lawyers.
Lawyers Go West.
3 Another good speech was that of james
g Brown. a postgraduate student of tbs
g university. who urged that the new
q hedged lawyer should not be content e
g remain in Washington. where he was dis
"A franchised and where he said that Iif,
3 was stagnant but should 90 Yves
s and carve out a career for himself II
81 referring 10 Washington life he said tina
q the example Of the government employe,
q in Washington was a fatal one to young
81 men. He said. Most Of those you Sc,
g walking into the government offices ar
. dead and don't know it-life has cease,
:, for them He also warned the student
50 against the difficulties Of the bar exam
e nations in the District OF Columbia an,
= confessed that he himself had failed t.
b pass the first time he tried.
The dean of the university spoke aloni
u the same lines as his father. the chan
ID cellor praising the class for its goo
IS work and for the harmonious way il
s. which il had gone through the year II
y was glad 10 think that the National Uni
81 yersity had turned out so many lawyer
FL who were in a fair way to succeed, an
& declared that the faculty had seldom ha
q better material on which to work than III
rs class of '0I.
IS Clinton p. Coivin. a student of tn
81 class. who spoke on The value of juds
= mCnL" approved in many respects the re
q marks of Mr. Wrisley Brown. and dc
q clared that a lawyer needed most in hi
81 equipment knowledge of men and c
- human character.
After the dean had concluded. Mr.. Fred
eric /. SddonS was called on for
/ speech. but he contented himself wit
saying that he was glad to be present an
| glad to believe from the speeches he ha
heard that the lawyers were not lackin
, ! in eloouence.
Mr.. Bcvington then said: 1T has No
? been many years since Massachusett
abounded in witches. The time honore
I II uethod of RIDING the community of th
cult was by roasting them. But in cours
Of time this process became too slow, an