The Washington herald., 1915-10-01
george Washington
Law SCHOOL Opens
Prizes Awarded for Work Last Year.
Changes in Faculty
Announced.

With an enrolment that bids fair to
surpass that of any other season In its
history. the George Washington Univer-
sity Law School has opened it's doors for
the beginning of its fifty-first year.
Opening exercises were held Wednesday
night in the law school auditorium. New
Masonic Temple, Rear Admiral Charles
Herbert Stockton. U. S. N. retired. pres
ident of the university, presiding. Ad-
| dresses mere delivered by Justice Wen
! dell p. Stafford of the District Supreme
Court. member of the faculty; William
| b. King. member of the board of trus-
tees: NJ. Manning Marcus. of the senior
| class. and Watson Davis, one of the
| editors of the University Hatchet, stu
| dent publication.
Announcement has been made by Prof
Everett Fraser. dean of the law school.
| OF the award of various prizes and
honors for work accomplished last sea-
| son. The Phi Delta Phi prize. awasied
to that member of the frst-year class
| taking the regular course who attains
the highest average grade in the work
OF the year. has been won by c. o.
Marshall.
The Ordronaux prize. awarded to that
member of the second-year class attain
ing the highest average grade. was
awarded to w. r. Gregg. X. S. Neal
was announced to have won the John
Dsi hS N SO- prize, d"diut " thc Stu-
dent attaining the highest grade in real
property II.
The following students were announced
by Dean Fraser to have attained an
average of A in the work of last year:
Third-year class, G. NJ. Marechal second
year class. R. L. Deal. w. r. Gregg. l..
o. Hutchinson. X. G. Pringhe. Fl. Fl.
Semmes. S. G. Thornton. o. r. Vaughn
and H. F. Wiesand; flrst-year class. A.
]. Banks. D. H. Cannon. o. A. Johanne-
sen, S. V. Mckinney. C. o. Marshall and
]. A. Osoinach.
With two exceptions the law school
faculty is the same as last year. Prof. !
Merton L. Ferson. who was granted a
years leave Of absence at the close of
the last season. has accepted an appoint
ment to the faculty Of the State Univer- |
sity Of Iowa College for Law for the |
year.
The vacancy created by Prof. Persons !
temporary absence has heen filled by the
appointment to the faculty of Dr. Jud- |
son A. Crane. DR.. Crane is a graduate
Of Brown University in arts, class of %. |
Four years later he took his LII B. de-
gree at the Harvard University Law
School. Since his graduation in law DR.. !
Crane has had two years experience in ;
the practice of law in association with ,
one of the leading law firms of Boston, |
and has spent three years in teaching ,
law. Last year he took postgraduate ,
work in the Harvard Law School with I
special reference to teaching law. and at
the last June commencement was award
ed the degree of Doctor of Law, the high
est degree granted by Harvard Univer-
sity.
The other change in the faculty Is due
to the resignation OF Prof. Melville
Church. professor of the law of patents.
Prof. Church's successor is George Will 4
lam Ramsey who. like Prof Church. is
an alumnus of the school. Mr.. Ramsey 4
graduated in the class OF '0S with high
honors He was formerly an examiner
in the United States Patent Office. and
has for a number of years been engaged
in the active practice of patent law. Mr..
Ramsey's selection was made on the rec
of Prof. Church. II