Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-08-22
GRADUATES ARE MANY
National University Follows
Washington's Idea.
is GOVERNED BY TRUSTEES
Students Enrolled From Every State
and From Foreign Countries.
NEW CHARTER OBTAINED IN '96
Not Under Sectarian, Sectional or
Political Control-Its Law
Department Work.
NEW CHARTER OBTAINED IN SO

1t is claimed, of a recommendation to Con-
gress by President Washington and sew
eral succeeding Presidents that the fed
eral government establish at Washing
ton national university, having for one
Of Its primary objects 1.-THE instruction of
our youth in the science Of government"
During the presidency OF Gen. Grant a
serious attempt was made to have Con-
gress act upon the recommendations and
the National University was incorporated
under the general incorporation law. its
first department or school, the school of
law, being launched.
President Grant was the first ex-officio
chancellor of the university. He was fol-
lowed In the CHARACTERISTIC by Presi-
dents Hayes, Garfield, Arthur and Cleve-
land. Following Pres dent Cleveland's re-
tirement from the office the board OF re-
gents and trustees, desiring to honor the
late Justice Arthur Macarthur, one of the
original founders Of the university, abol
ished the Office of chancellor ex-officio and
elected him chancellor, and upon his re-
tirement he was succeeded by the late Mr..
Justice Samuel F.. Miller of the United
States Supreme Court, who was at that
time professor of constitutional law in the
law school. The present chancellor of
the university is the president of its boai
f trustees, Eugene Carusi of the bar of
the D .strict of Columbia.
In 1870 the tru tees extended to Eugene
Carusi, the present chancellor of the law
school, an invitation to reorganize the
law faculty, and two years later further
effort to have Congress to utilize thu Ma
tional University, as then constituted, as
a nucleus of a government university was
made, and to that end Senators Frye of
Maine, Blair of New Hampshire. Morgan
of Alabama and Hill of Colorado were
elected to the board of trustees, and
served until it was found that the senti-
~Ia,s
government control was insurmountable.
In the meantime the law school had es-
tabli he'd itself So successfully that the
National University continued It's. work.
More Than 1900 Graduates.
Since the reorganizat on of the law
school by Prof. Carusi in 1879 there have
been graduated from this department
alone, it is stated, more than 1,50O men
from all parts of the United States and
many foreign countries. In June, 1908.
there were graduated from the law school
lit men, represent ng every state and
territory, Spain, Porto Rico and the Ea-
waiian Islands.
The present faculty consists of Eugene
Carusi. Ii. D., chancellor, professor of
elementary real property law; Brig. Gen.
George E. DAVIS, L. S. "A. Gudge advo-
cate general, u. s. Al, lecturer upon in
ternat onal law and military law and
courts-martial; Hannis Taylor, LIZ d.
formerly minister to SPAIN, lecturer
upon the history of common law; James
Schouler, LII. D., of Bos on, Mass. pro-
fessor Of bailments and carriers, domes-
tic relations, wills, adm. nistrations;
George A. King, LII. D.. lecturer upon
Court of Claims practice and prosecution
of claims against the United States; Jack
son H. Ralston, LII. NJ. of the Washing
ton bar, lee .urer upon the law OF inter-
national arbitratons: Frederick l.. Sid
dons, Ii. NJ. of the Washington bar,
nfocS Of a i'm CT l.
dence and const tutional law; Charles
Cowles Tucker. LII. NJ. Official reporter
of the Court of Appeals, District of Co
lumbia). professor of the law Of sales,
admiralty law and lecturer upon legal
photography; Charles F. Carusi, Ii. NJ,
of the New York and Washington bars
and dean of the law faculty, professor
of the law of advanced real property,
contracts and corporations; Charles A.
keigwin, LII. NJ, of the Washington bar
instructor in common law practice, COM
mon law pleading, tor and judge of the
moot court; Samuel v. Proudfit, LII. NJ.
assistant commiSS oner, general land Of
flee, Interior Department.. lecturer upon
land and mining laws of the United States
and practice before the United States
land office; L. Cabell Williamson, LII. NJ.
of the Washington bar, associate justice
of the moot court of appeals; Justice
Charles II. Robb associate justice Court
of Appeals, District of Columbia), chief
justice moot court Of appeals; William
l.. Lord Ill. NJ, of the Washington bar,
associate justice Of the moot court of
appeals; Henry Haywood Classic LII NJ
formerly assistant United States attor-
ney for the District of Columba). lee
turer upon extraordinary remedies and
lecturer upon Jurisdiction of the federal
courts. and judge of the moot probate
court: Milton e. Allies, LII. NJ. for
merly assistant secretary of the Treas
ury Department., lecturer upon juriSdic-
ton and practice before the bureaus of
the Treasury: Eugene A. Jones, Ii. NJ.
Of the Washington bar. professor of
EQUITY pleading and judge of equity moot
;ourt; J. Miller Kenyon. LII. NJ. of the
Washington bar. professor of the law
of carriers; John G. Capers commits
sioner of internal revenue), professor of
equity Jurisprudence; Conrad II. Syme of
the Washington bar professor of the
law of partnership; Charles H. Turner,
LII. M. assistant United States attorney
for the District of Columbia), professor
of criminal law and criminal procedure;
Fred c. O'Connell assistant clerk, Su-
preme Court of District of Columba),
clerk Of moot courts; Eugene d. Carusi,
LII. NJ, chairman of examining commit
tee and secretary of the law depart
ment: John l.. Cassin Of the Washington
bar, treasurer.
New Charter in 1895.
In 1896 the Congress of the United
States granted new and full charter
to the National University, which, al
though neither dependent upon nor sus-
tanned by the government, is yet truly
national in the character Of its student
body and alumni in the scope of it's
work, and in that 1t is not under sec
tionai, sectarian or political control or
influence, The national character of the
university's work is especially apparent
in the law school. wherein, in addition
to the usual studies pursued in the
larger law schools of the country gen
orally. instruction is given upon the SCI
ence of government in the courses upon
federal administrative law, which en-
braces the jurisdiction of the United
States Court of Claims and the several
executive departments of the govern
ment instruction upon the judicial sys-
tenn of the United States and the iuris-
diction and practice of the United States
courts is also given.