The Washington times., 1916-01-19
50 NEW LAWYERS
ADMITTED TO BAR
Five Women Included Among
Them, and 29 Claim Dis
trict as Their Home.

Eighty-three graduates of District law
schools and institutions of other states.
including five young women, all hohor
students of the Washington College or
Law. were admitted to practice law In
the District today. in Equity Court iNg.
/. where Chief Justice Covinston an
the associate justices of the District
Supreme Court met in general term
The admission of the young lawyers
was, moved by William Henry Dennis,
chairman of the examining committee
of the District Bar Association. before
which the successful applicants recently
passed examinations.
Takes First HonOrs.
The five Young women admitted IN
cluded Miss Ann r.. O'Neill, OF the DIS
trct, honor member of the class or
1913, of which she was secretary. Her
academic work was taken at Notre
Dame Academy, and she is now employ
ed in the foreign trade advisers offlce
in the State Department. Miss Eunce
Wright, of the class of 1914. is from
Lexington. Miss. She is employed in
the and office in one Of the divisions
of law. The presidency of the class
of 1s'T was conferred uoon Miss Edna.
j. Sheehy, who also is graduate of
the New England Conservatory of Mu-
sic at Boston and of the Academy Of
the Visitation, here. She now is a mem-
ber of James A. Sheehy Company. pat
ent attorneys. Miss Lulu Lee ECkman is
an Ohioan. who graduated with the 1913
class, with honors. Miss J2ckman Is
employed as compiler Of state laws af-
fecting child labor in the Children's $
Bureau of the Department Of Labor
Lott, ., ,t,l
member of the class of 1915. took her
academic work in the Albemarle fe-
male Institute in Charlottesville. her
home. and also graduated from the
Southern Business College before en-
tering the Washington college of Law
She is employed in the Patent OFFICE.
The other applicants admitted today
included:
John w. Addison. Virginia: Francis y.
Alexander. District Of Columbia; l$h-
N. Brooks. District of Columbia; Will
liam J. Butler. Illinois: Henry NJ. Bah
cock. District Of Columbia; j. Harry
Byrne. Massachusetts; Joseph Cohen.
New York: Richard j. Coffcy. New
York: John w. Croly. Pennsylvania:
Charles s. Quincy. Illinois; Finer !. la
wilson. Ohio; John \. DOrney. Wiscon-
sin; Albert j. .DrurN. District of Column
lumbia: Ralph NJ Farmer. Nebra ska:
William r: Frost. Virginia: Charles W.
Friede, Missouri; Edmund L. Finch. Dis
trict of Columbia: Thomas Morton Git
tln2s. District of Columbia: Fred II.
iiesler. District of Columbia: Joseph
Robert Gibson. Kentucky: Georee Ilar-
rey Grayson, North Carolina; John Will
liam Hunt Massachusetts: William y.
Hoover. District of Columbia; Frank G.
Hall. District OF Columbia: Howard W.
Hodgkins. District OF Columbia John j.
Honan Massachusetts: Frank D. Jones
Wisconsin: William TetlOw Jones. Dis
'trict Of Columbia; Ross II. johnson. Dis
trict Of Columbia: Thomas H Johnston.
Virginia: Ralph John Kelley. New York:
Hunter p. Linton. West Virginia;
Thomas A. Lavery. New York
Marshall Low: District Of Columbia
bia: John p Mullen. District OF Colum-
bia; E. Lester Man. Pennsylvania; F.
Morris Murray. District of Columbia
Brendan J. McCann. District of CO.
lumbia: Harold S. Miner. Massachusetts:
J.. McClaskey. Kentucky: Aria Morgan.
Pennsylvania: Stuart G. McAlister.
MARYLAND: Fred M. Nestler. District Of
Columbia: Lorin c. Nelson. North Da-
lumbia: Charles T. Peck. ir.. District
OF Columbia: Robert A. Proctor Dis
t1ct of Columbia: George p. Plummer.
District of Columbia: Lester e Palmer
Columbia: Mark Roman. MARYLAND: G.
i. Rausch. Virginia: Albert f. Reitzel
North Carolina: Lynn A. Rowell. New
York: John B. Steven. Wisconsin
Wintemute w. Sloan. New York: Abra
ham J. Schram. Michigan: Ruloff
V. Z. Stratton. Maryland: Donald
Springer. Maryland: Lansdale C.
Sasscer. Maryland: Arthur +. Same,
Illinois; Edward siesel; New York;
Richard Oulahan Sanderson. District OF
Columbia: Stuart B. Tulloss. Virginia ;
Edwin Harvey Walker. Texas: Arthur
Woolley. Utah; Martin X. West Dis
trict of Columbia; Pere A. Wilmer,
Maryland: r. Edwin J.. Weber District
Of Columbia; Ernest G. Woodward,
Georgia: Thomas P. Wilgus. Washing
ton; William Brent Young, District of
Columbia: Joseph c. Zirkle. Virginia.