Evening star., 1915-06-14
YOUNG LAWYERS URGED
TO Be FAIR TO CLIENTS
Legal Ethics Discussed by Solicitor
General Davis Before National
Law School Graduates.
Medals and Prizes Awarded and De
grees Conferred-Addresses
by Others.

| Legal ethics were discussed py 'ohi
W. Davis, solicitor general of the
United States. in address at the
commencement exercises of the Nation
al University Law School at the Ma
tional Theater last evening. He urged
the graduates to be candid and honest
in their dealings with their clients.
THE smile between the order OF
chivalry and the order Of the bar is not
far-fetched," declared the speaker
I'm days of old they hacked from the |
heels Of knights who violated the rules
| of chivalry their dearly won spurs, ana |
| SO you will lose your spurs y you
should violate the rules laid down Tor
you.
| That day when you will confront |
your first client is not far distant
Though you will have other clients ana /
other cases you'll never forget tha1
| first client. And be sure. in the case
of your first client and all who follow
to be candid.
Don't pretend that you know when
you don't. and if that first client has
no right before the law, tell MN So. !
The chances are ten TO one he'll be
angry. The chances are five to one
| he'll go to another lawyer. Inc
chances are one in five that the other
| lawyer will give him different adVice.
You will have lost client and
fee but you will have gained sense
of intellectual integrity and feel2g |
of righteousness that will be worth
far more to you.
Justice Frederick l.. Siddos Of the Su-
preme Court of the District presided. he
delivered an address OF welcome to the
many friends of the school who attended
the exercises and gave brief history OF
the institution. Rev. DIR. Lucius q. CiarN
| delivered the invocation and benedlction'
the baccalaureate sermon having been ue-
livered by Rev. DIR. Forrest j. Prettyman
Medals and Prizes Awarded.
Eugene Carusi, chancellor of the uni
versity, conferred the degrees. Medals
and prizes were awarded as follows
University gold medal for the best post
graduate examination. to Clark J. Mill
! ron of California honorable mention,
William Tetlow Jones of Pennsylvania
Macarthur gold medal for the best senior
examination, to Edward NJ Evarts OF
Massachusetts: honorable mention, Otto
Erwin Koegel of Indiana; Eugene Carusi
gold medal for best Junior examination.
to Willard Robertson of Texas: honora-
Bile MENTION William Wolff Smith of Dis
trict of Columbia Callaghan & Co. s prize
for member of the postgraduate class
passing the highest examination on the
law of corporations. to Jacob Allen Metz
ger of Ohio: honorable mention. Louis
Rattner of New York T. and j. w. John
son & Co.'S prize to member Of the moot
court bar VINO receives the highest rating,
| to William Tetlow Jones of Pennsylvania
IT, Miller Kenyon prize for the best ex-
animation on the law Of partnership, to
! William Tetlow Jones of Pennsylvania
honorable mention, Donald Springer and
| Dwight B. Calf of Maryland; F. H.
Thomas Law Book Company's prize for
| the best senior examination on the law
OF real property, to George G. Box of
New York honorable mention, Edward
NJ. Evarts of Massachusetts American
Law Book Company's prize for the best
examination on pleading. to Edward NJ
| Evarts of Massachusetts John Byrne q
| Co.'S prize for the best examination on
| bills and notes, to William Wolff Smith
| of the District of Columbia the J. Mil
Ter Kenyon prize for the best examina ton
on carriers, to Harold B. Clark of Idaho
| honorable mention, William Wolff Smith
| Degrees Are Conferred.
Degrees were conferred upon the fol-
lowing students:
| Masters of law-John C.SA1len, Am
herst, Va; L. Oscar Arner, Perth Am
boy. n. j.; Ralph T Bassett, District of
Columbia; Raymond H. Berry, District
of Columbia: Sherman 2. Bowers Lew
| iston, Md: William E. Chapman, AIluwe.
Okla: Ralph E. Day. Johnstown, Pa
Edmund Louis Finch, District of Co
| lumbia: Dwight B. Gait. District of CO.
lumbia; John B. Harrell, jr.. District of
Columbia; William Tetlow Jones. Ches-
Rock, Ark; Alfred Raymond Lowev.
New York; Charles Thomas Lupton
Mount Casant, Ohio; BENJAMIN Yancey
Martin; Martin District of Columbia Jacob
Jay Milliron, Pasadena. Cal; Moses
Gutenberg, District of Columbia; Louis
Ratner. Poughkeepsie, N. Y; Albert
Emmett Reitzel. Greensboro, N. c.:
>I,,,ir
aid Springer. Seat Pleasant, Md; Ruloff
Y. l.. Stratton. Salem, n. J.; Philip A. II.
Terrell. District of Columbia; Douglas
Byers Thompson, New York, N. Y, and
Arthur Wilsdorf, Richmond Ind
The honorable degree of master of
laws was conferred upon George Rus
sell Wales of the District Of Columbia.
Masters of patent law--Raymond H.
Berry, District of Columbia: Ralph F.
Day. JohnstoWn, Pa: William Tetlow
Jones. Chester, Pa; Benjamin Yancey
Martin, District of Columbia: Louis
@Rattner. @ Poughkeepsie, n. Y; Sheldon
Ford Roe, Elmira, n. Y.
Bachelors of Laws.
Bachelors of law-John c. Allen Am
herst. Va; William Amoroso, PhiIadel
phia. Pa: Abe Arthur BanRel. Ports
mouth, Va: James Baugh, jr, Memphis.
Tenn; barton A. Bean. jr.. cambridge,
"a; Jacob NJ Borochoff, Atlanta, Ga;
| - sc ~. boA, buHalO, n. y. Edward
s Brashears, District of Columbia;
Frank P. Callaghan, Atlanta, Ga:
1harles Keith Carlin. Alexandria. Va:
Earle }. Church. Fresno. Cal; william
j. Conlyn. La Plata, Md; Robert II
Iovington. Murrayville, ILL.,; Wade Gil
bert Dent. District of Columbia.
Thomas Allen Devor. Ridgeville, Ind;
Howard r. Eccleston, Baltimore. Md:
Edward N. Evarts. Boston, Mass:
Edward Fisher. Brooklyn. N. Y;
Dwight B. Gait. District of Co,
lumbia; George Alpha Garrett. Dis
trict of Columbia: Walter Rudd
Cough. Scranton, Pa; Charles viii
Lam Griffin. Gloucester, Mass:
nn1da 1umb1a' Arthur James Haserman,
Ioiedo. Ohio; Morris Hirsch, New
YORK; York; \. Wy; y: Walter Robinson Hol-
!o~ay; White Plains. Cal; Carl
ton Lane Houston. Marion, Ind;
Joseph NJ Johnson. District of
Columbia; William Tetlow Jones, Ches-
ter, fa.: Scott F. kittredge, Rockland.
Me; otto Erwin koegel, Boonville,
ind.: MCKINLEY Wesley kriegh, Hutch
lmson, Kan Joseph f. Lamb, Union
Church. Miss; Milo A. Lang. Denver
Col: oliver Thomas Lawman. Inde-
pendence, Kan; Hunter B. Linton.
lMartinsburg, W. Va; Charles Thomas
Lupton. Mount Casant, Ohio: Mortimer
Carlisle Lyddane. District OF Columbia
Ben1amin W Mclaughlin, New Lon
don. Conn; Ernest w. Miller. Fairfax.
Va; Clark Jay MiIliron, Pasadena
Cal Roy 7. Morrill,, SomeryilIe Mass