Evening star., 1914-04-05
Threatened Legislation

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Threatened Legislation.
He alluded to the legislation. some
measures having gone to the Senate and
others still pending in the House which
threatened the destruction of the half
| and-half' arrangement. and therefore
of the physical and moral progress OF
the capital. He appealed to the students,
many of whom, he said. came from all
over the Union. and would be men OF
leading in their respective communities
to master the facts of the relation be-
tween the United States and its capital
city. to lay them before senators and
representatives and before their friends
in the states.
argument against any change in the pres
ent ARRANGEMENT. Let well enough alone.
He said he thought George Washing
ton graduates, of all men, ought to stand
most firmly for George Washington s
ideas The national university was one
of them. and national capital was
dearer even to George Washington than
national university. 1t was to the
founding of the capital that George
Washington gave the last years of his
life In the only two homes of George
Washington containing any maps or
plans it was the map of the city Of
Washington which he conspicuously dis
played This was typical of his great
interest.
Every patriotic American" Mr. Mac
farland said, desires the plans of
George Washington for the National
Capital to be fully executed and also
the other plans for its physical and
moral progress. made since in accord
ance with the original plans.
Our fellow coyntrymen take the
greatest pride in Washington and will
not suffer it to be set back if they
know the facts. Moreover, the great
majority of senators and representatives
will act in the same way if they know
sorbed in other things. but if we get
the facts to them they will do what
is right"
Progressive Record of School.
The progress made by the George
Washington Law School was dwelt upon
at some length by H. Craig Jones of
the faculty, who soon is to sever his
connections with that institution to be-
come dean of the faculty of the law
school of the University of West Vir-
ginia. He said that next year will be the
fiftieth anniversary of the law school
and declared that no law school has so
many prominent men numbered among
its faculty. The record of this school,
he said. has been one of progress. When
the American Association of Law Schools
was formed. he said, the standards set
by that association had been far ex-
ceeded by George Washington.
He said that George Washington Law
School has turned away hundreds of
students who could not come up to its
standards. and it has never lowered its
standards. He pointed to the fact that
the half-century mark was being ap-
preached without a building, but with a
high name. 1t is one of fifteen per cent
of the law schools which do not own their
buildings.
Putting in a word for the future, Prof
Jones said that the existence of the school
was assured, but that the question is
continued progress; whether it is going
to continue to keep up its record Of lead
ership of all law schools. He pointed to
the fact that George Washington has an
alumni and a student body second to
none.
Washington. he continued, is the ideal
place for the establishment of a great
ter. he said. There is great oppor-
tunity here for some one to establish a
memorial by endowing a law school
That opportunity" he said. ought to
third person. There is an opportunity
to show appreciation to the faculty of
sacrifices they have made. 1 believe
that if given the opportunity at a mass
pledge 5000 for a building of s125, 900,
the rest to come from the alumni
think that the alumnus does not exist
who thinks that his duty has ended as
soon as the last tuition fee is paid
Value of Law Training.
Senator Lee of Maryland also called
attention to the fact that Washington
was the ideal place for the location of
a law school. lie declared that both
hi sthree years training on foot ball
team. and his law studies had been valu-
able to him in his political work. He
pointed to the value of law school
training for detecting errors. and he
took occasion to praise the methods oi
amending laws in Maryland, and declared
that ii was the most conservative method
that he know of.
Bennett c. Clark speaking for the
student body, thanked the faculty for all
it had done. He praised the faculty, de-
clared the student body were satisfied
and expressed the hope that the students
would be able to so conduct themselves
at the final examinations that the faculty
would not be disappointed
Those at the Banquet.
The guest list follows: II. X Acker
j. W. Addison, W. K. Alexander, w. NJ
Alexander. +. \. Allen. S. v Anderson
Paul Anderson. K. L. Babcock G. $
Baker. j. L. Beadle. Arthur c. Baker
George Beneman. w. F.. Burlington. J. !.
Barr. E. l.. Brown. II. \. Branch. T.. =
Brandenburg. of the faculty; G. G. Bax
ter, III. w. Bardwell. S. NJ. Barrett l.. +,
Bratton, f. b. BaldHdge. d. c. Barthol
ornew, l.. A. Bisson. w. L. Burchfied
f. F. Baumgartner. l.. y. Baker. Henry
T. Blair. John s. Briggs, T. X Burrows
]. ]. Buck. a. q. Burhman of the faculty
]. w. Byler, John Calvert, Rev. William
/. Campbell, W. Clayton Carpenter, Mel
willie Church OF the faculty, Ben
nett G. Clark. Champ Clark Speak
er of the House of Representa-
tives: NJ. +. Clark, Alan o. Cfc
phane. w. c. Clephane of the faculty, ID
V. Cornwell, W. c. Coryell j. D. Cox
&. T.. Crews. +. H. Cumpston, G. w
DalZell. treasurer Columbian-Georgt
Washington Law School Association; Il
Howard Duckett, G.. w. Drew, W. j. Dow