Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-05-02
CALLED TO GREAT
NATIONAL SERVICE
Tribute Paid to G. w. U. Law
School by Solicitor
General Davis.
HIS ADDRESS AT DINNER
GIVEN BY THE ALUMNI
Admiral Stockton and Others Also
Speak at Semi Centennial
Anniversary.


Anniversary
iha' fhe 6eorse Washington Iii
ve. silly Law School has a call 70, a
srra- national service which il h,s
4 unioi,e opnor,,,;. . ,, -
,.. ~ "'s
iiciror general OF the United states. at
".''.t''', ''i'nei OF 'He %
80 -" 'e'ioo. aha 'he
80,
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Students ~ tho
49,, .r. -. s,noo' we're pes
ihe hS' OF speakers included. in
'ouiiioh 10 inc solicitor general. Pear
Admiral Charles h Stockton. president
OF the UNIVERSITY W'it1ia, rr..o ri
presiden; Of ~. I,,v S,,o,., ,e..:
h'oi -.sSocla-
.ion 'h'iie! fehfose Jones. represent
ing the student body. and others. Dean
Everett Fraser was ;oastm;ster Chief
Justice Waiter Clark of xor,,, t,,o,i,,..
Of rho ,.,,ss 80 1S-o "a
- 'o'o. was 10 nave oeen
present because of business
me sohcltor general. i'll his address.
tin,ism regardin,r Nv ~ ~, pait,euiaf IA. op-
school of Geor.e W,ohtro,o % ,'e ,aN az
clared that If there is 10 he such
thing as the perpetuity OF popular
n;. inii'ent must. IN tue last
,,ndersts ,iin f epUn ~ comprehensive
DUTY of tho Tavya,
"It is the duty of ever,- ,,vvar rhe,
an opoortrnitr ,res.,.s ;t.o1t 80,
20 >. Vi even
~ 81 10 tue opportunity, to eXpound
the constitutional doctrines upon which
this government is based" he said. To
tho ,., ,;,a ,o 20
-, ' ueu man! u
these doctrines. untess they have been
eafeiuli! explained by those with a
lnofoush knowledge of the law. are
frequently abstract propositions-"jus
so many words
1T is by no mere accident that the
legislative bodies OF this country are
SO filled with lawyers, he declared
1t is the duty OF the lawyer to be
a practitioner of the law in his daily
life" the speaker said at another
point. He must live honestly, wrong
no man and give to every man his
just due.
Admiral Stocktonss Address.
VISION OF washington as fore
by Admiral Stockton. ..rbis CITY i.
hound To ha or.,+- l.. a.o,.a
ne oeeiaFea'
en.ner D! sooo grace or no grace at
all. Nothing is needed to introduce
ticket II is bound to- be- one of the
9rsat intarch.na "u' naSns a
countries"
He alluded to the need of building
10. Lne law oepartment. saying: we
dowmento nor ara CO oy S,,na ma . e.
with gifts. Incidentally. we must sheI-
ter the nIant and the studants pn+
we believe in the effictency or the
teaching staff above all other things
We have an earnest student body.
What more is necessary to produce men
worthy of this country and the capital
of the nation?"
washington as tho tr,a cen+er of
legal education for the Tinted state.
was emphasized by Mr.. King. There
are many reasons which point TO a great
law school here In the future Wash.
ington is free from proyinciaiism. and
lieve in many cities the residents do
not look beyond their own bounda ries.
In Washington we not only learn the
foibles Of the citizens Of other cities.
but we learn to admire the good in
every city The student in Washington
his fellow men and knowledge means
anection. He gains a confidence and
love of the flag that waves over us
from one end of, the country to the
other.
othef speakers and themes.
co, ~
COL Archibald Hopkins, another OF
the speakers, dwelt briefly on the diff
hculties through which the university
had passed a few ve.rs 400 ~ no,v
80.
'ae i'eafe peiore IL OF "hich we
nave never dreamed. he asserted in
conclusion
Nj Jones urged both graduates and
students to carry praise for the school
wherever they went. we should feel
pride in the achievements and tradi-
tions of the university-best of all be-
cause it teaches law in scholarly
and thorough manner he said.
Justice Frederick L. Siddons spoke
owed the university for all it had
Dean Fraser outlined the history of
the school briefly, placing particular
emphasis upon its recent growth.
George washington University mas Al
.n mays u,,,', pa saa"an., ~ oaS ..i
the har eva aminationa from az to b5 nor
cent of those who take them fall The
percentage of George Washington
graduates who fail to pass is less than
!; per cent. In the last examination. Of
animation. fifty-one failed; of the
twenty George Washington men who