Evening star., 1909-06-07

of this office-seeking mania the lawyer will
cease and the man will get the reputa-
tion of political hack.
Il advise every young lawyer to get
will have him. The sooner a member OF
the bar settles down as the head OF a
family the better for him.
The degrees were awarded by Eugene
Carusi. the venerable chancellor of the
university. Medals and prizes were pre-
sented by Lewis w. Tolman of the class
of 16
Prize and Medal Honors.
The prize and medal winners were:
The university gold medal for the most
satisfactory postgraduate examination.
awarded to George Percy Barse
The Macarthur gold medal for the most
satisfactory senior examination, awarded
to William Wetherall Ammen.
The Eugene Carusi gold medal for the
most satisfactory junior examination,
awarded to j. Clemson Mcfarland.
The Edward Thompson prize to any
member Of the entire school who writes
the best thesis on the subject, The Pres
ident's Power to Pardon Persons Ad-
Judged to Be in Contempt of the Federal
Courts. Its Extent and LiimtationS,
awarded to George Patterson Boyle.
The T. and j. ". Johnson & co. prize
10 tile member of the moot court receiv-
inS the highest rating awarded to Will
liam S Gluck.
The Cal!aghan & Co. prize to the
member Of the postgraduate class max
ing the highest percentage on the law
of corporations awarded TO Matthew A.
Cram.
The J. Miller Kenyon prize to the mem
her OF the postgraduate class making the
highest percentage on the law of carriers,
awarded to Benjamin II. Gibbs.
The American Law Book Company prize
to the member of the senior class maxim
the highest percentage in common law
pleading awarded to Horace Holly Smith.
The +. II. Thomas Law Book Company
prize 10 the member of the senior class
making the highest percentage on the law
of real property, awarded TO Joel l.. Bar
rett.
The Rees Welch & Co prize to the
member of the junior class making the
highest percentage in Blackstone, award
ed to Horace L. Rockwell.
The James Schouler prize TO the mem
ber of the junior class making the high
est percentage on the law of criminals
awarded to Joseph NJ. Young.
Recipients of Degrees.
The degree of master of laws was con-
ferred upon the following: George Percy
Barse, District of Columbia; Henry Ho-
bart Benjamin. District Of Columbia:
William Chester Black, Pennsylvania
George Patterson Boyle. Mobile. Ala.
Chattin BradwaS, Schenectady, n. Y:
Matthew A. Cram, WILLIAMSON, KY;
Stanley WELLINGTON Finch. Ellenville. y.
Y; Gath p. Freeman. Richmond. Ind
Herman Trafton Gammons. Sansers,
Mass: Benjamin Hugh Gibbs, Tuxedo.
Md: Henry c. Gibbs Brooklyn, n. y.
Oscar Cleveland Gibbs, Tuxedo. Md.
William S. Gluck. New York. \. Y: Eu-
gene Grissom, Raleigh. \. c.; Delos Ed
gar Hammer. High Point, n. c.; Victor
p Hammer, High Point. \. G.; E. W.
Hawkins, Philadelphia. Pa: Arthur L.
Hicks. Ashland, Ky. Charles Popham
Hidden. New York. \. Y: Melville En-
ory Jones, jr.. District of Columbia; Nah
Jacob 8. Leon, Philadelphia. Pa. Charles
Carroll Nixon. Philadelphia. Pa: Claude
|. Parker, New Orleans La: Frank l..
Peckham, Philadelphia, Pa; Conrad w.
Pfrimmer, kentland Ind; Fred D.
Schlotfeldt, Grand Island. Neb.; Harold
Stratton. Watertown. n. Y: Hero Louis
Taylor, Mount Holly. Va, John Walsh,
South Dakota: Walter T. Wimsatt,
Springfield. Mo-: David Wolf. District of
Columbia. and Robert Humphrey Wood,
Cincinnati, Ohio.
The degree of bachelor of laws upon
the following: Frank Diman Ames.
Williamsport. Pa: William Wetheral
Ammen, Baltimore. Nd; Frederick
Bachmann. Baltimore, Md. Joel l.. Bar
rett. Woburn. Mass: Clarence A. Bate
man. Rochester. n. Y; Charles w. Ber-
ry. Muskogee, Okla; William Bohleber.
Carmi. H.: Robert +. Belt, Pleasant
vile, Ohio; j. Darby Bowman, Rock
vile, Nd: Samuel T. Browne. Illinois;
Ralph Hoyt Case, Yankton. S. D.: Will
liam f. Cartwright, District of Coium-
bia; James F. Craven. District of CO.
Md; Augustus S. Dennison, Schenecta-