The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1914-12-15
WELL VERSED IN
LEGAL AFFAIRS
lavyd CarutI Makes Fine
Record In tho West
HELD IN HIGHEST ESTEEM.

Former Brooklyn Man of Broad Learn.
Ing and Persistent Effort Wins His
laursls In New Field - Active
churohman and Member Of. Several
Prominent Fratsrnai Organizations.
By CHARLES EsALBxANDER s~~
Los Angeles.-There 10 no class Of
men In our history who are burdened
with greater responsibilities or enjoy
larger opportunities for service than
the well educated professional colored
people Of the United States. But re-
Gently this class emerged from the dan
gers and enthralling vicissitudes OF the
wilderness Of ignorance into the beauty
Of intellectual light. The chief work Of
this class is to establish confidence, dis.
arm arrogance and conceit wherever
found and prove to the world that wis.
dom h not to be monopolized by any
one class or race of people. -.~>
Out here on the Pacific coast white.
brown and black men are engaged In
the feverish stress of competition. The
supreme test is here made. and fitness
- measured by success. The business
man has his trials, but the perplexities
Of the professional man are numerous.
On account Of the traditional relation
Of the black race to the white race it
was for long time the cant of fatu.
ous philosophy that the Negro could
never occupy other than an isolated
and always dependent status in the
body polite. but In this new and won
-AoRenA eouatFys the Negro is working
out bis destiny In such fashion as to
disprove the old system Of thought.
While there are many examples Of
professional men forging to the front
and winning and holding conspicuous
places In the law and other learned
pursuits. there Is not in this section
q single man who has accomplished
more In his chosen field under the cir,
cumstances than Attorney e. Burton
Ceruh of this city. He Is admirably
equipped by thorough training in the
law, having broad sympathies. great
tolerance of spirit and a remarkably
flne personality. He has won an en-
viable place before the Los Angeles
bar.
Mr.. Ceruti Is generally regarded as
q man of generous impulses. and his
host Of friends everywhere admire
him. Without brag or ostentation he
has been able to win 80 per cent of
the cases intrusted to him since he
has been practicing in this city. His
methods conform to the highest stand.
ard Of legal ethics and the approved
methods Of attorneys who entertain
IN exalted appreciation Of the dignity
Of the profession. ....>
Attorney Cerut came here from
Brooklyn and was admitted to the Los
Angeles bar on Jan. IL, 1912 His sue.
cess has been wonderful. His train.
ing began in the public schools of
Jacksonville, Fla. and in the grammar
schools Of Nassau. In the Bahamas.
Later he studied in the st. Augustine
Normal and Industrial institute In
Raleigh and at Shaw university These
institutions furnished him with the
elementary knowledge of things, but
for his fuller preparation for the prac-
ice Of the law he studied in Howard
university. the Brooklyn Law school
and st. Lawrence university at Can.
ton. N. 2. From the latter institution
he was graduated with the degree of
bachelor Of law.
Mr.. Ceruti Ia man Of high sense OF
honor and is lay reader In the Epis
copal church. His training and fitness
for that high and important position
are the result Of careful study Of the
moral law. His sermons are convinc
ing and are marked BY sincere be
lief and true eloquence He is con
nected With a number of the leading
fraternal organizations Of the state
He b q member of Holland lodge. 3.
and A. NJ: exalted ruler of Golden
West lodge. No. SO. I. r. r. o. q W.:
grand representative Of Damon lodge.
No G. K. Of p. and chief scribe OF the
Faben Phi fraternity. ..