Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-01-19
Members of Class Received by
District Supreme Court
in General Term.
INCLUDED ALSO IN LIST
ARE 70 OF THE MALE SEX
1ntroductions Made by Attorney
William H. Dennis. Chairman Of
Examining Committee.

rive young woman graduates of the
Washington College of Law. who pass
ed the recent examination. were admit
ted to practice today before the Su-
preme Court of the District of Column
bia, at a meeting of the justices in
general term. With them also were
admitted seventy eight young men. re-
Gently graduated from the various law
schools.
Attorney William Henry Dennis.
chairman of the examining committee
of the bar. moved the admission of the
new lawyers, explaining that they had
passed the recent test and were other.
wise qualified to practice. Attorney ID
w Baker of the committee called the
roll of the neophytes and aided Mr..
Dennis in marshalinG them before the
court.
Chief Justice Covington welcomed the
new attorneys. and explained to them the
duties and responsibilities of members of
the bar With him or the bench were
Associate Justices Anderson, Gould, Stat
ford, Mccoy and Siddons.
Four of the five new Portals are en-
p,oyed in the government service, and
took up the study of the law to- use in
their employment. The fifth young wom-
lawyers.
Those Vino Qualiled.
Miss Ann A. O'Neill is a native of
Washington. and was graduated from
Metre Dame Academy. She took her law
degree in 1918, being one of the leaders
of her class. She deferred taking the
bar examination until last month. Miss
O'Neill is employed in the Department of
State. and is assisting the bureau of for
eign trade advisers during the rush Incl
dent to the European war.
Miss Annie w. Wright came from
Lexington, Miss. and took her law de-
gree in 1914. She is employed in the
general land office in a legal capacity
Miss Edna J. Sheehy, another native
OF Washlngton. was graduated from
the Washington College of Law last
June. She is not in the government
service. but has been reared in the at
mosphere of the law, being connected
officially and by relationship with the
patent firm of J. J. Sheehy & Co.
in Charlottesville. Va, but came to
Washington to take a position in the
United States patent office. She was
awarded a law degree last June
Miss Lulu Lee Eckman, another law
graduate of the class of 1915, is con-
II . u
the Department of Labor. She is a
native of Greenfield, Ohio.
Successful Candidates.
A complete list of the successful cam
didates includes: John W. Addison,
Francis d. Alexander. Ishmael Burton
Harrison NJ. Brooks. William j. Butler
Henry NJ. Babcock. J. Harry Byrne
Joseph Cohen. Richard J. Coffey, John
w. Crolly, Charles S. Quincy, Elmer J,
Davidson. John A. Dorney, Albert J.
Drury, Lulu l.. Eckman W. II. Finckel.
]r.; Ralph NJ. Farmer, William II. Frost,
Charles W. Friede. Edmund L. Finch,
Ihomas Morton Cuttings. Fred d. Gies-
Ter, Joseph Robert Gibson George Har-
Ney Grayson, John William Hunt, Will
ia m ii. Hoover, Frank c. Hall, Howard
W Hodgkins. John J. Honan. Frank
Ross Fl. Johnson, Thomas H. johnson,
RALPH John Kelley. Hunter B. Linton,
lhonas A. Lavery. Marshall Low, Will
nam [. Murphy, John P. Mullen, T..
Lester Man, F. Morris Murray. Brendan
}. Mccain, Harold S. Miner. Calvert C..
Merriken, Charles l.. McClaskey, Aria
Morgan, Stuart c. McAlister. Fred NJ.
Nestler. Lorin c. Nelson. Moses Often
berg, Anna A. ONeill. Charles T. Peck,
Jr.; Robert \. Proctor, George p Plum
mer, Lester f. Palmer, Walter c. Rath-
bone, Mark Roman, G. K. Rausch, AL
bert f. Reitzel, Lynn A. Rowell. John
B. Steven, Mary Annis Sinclair, White
mute W. Sloan. Abraham j. Schra m,
Ruiof V. L. Stratton, Donald Springer,
Lansdale q. Sasscer, Arthur F. Same
Edward Siegel, Romeyn A. Spare, Rich
ard Oulahan Sanderson, Edna j. Shee-
by. Stuart B. Tulloss. Miss E,unice w.
Wright, Edwin Harvey Walker, Ar
thur Woolley. Martin H. West, Pere A.
Wilmer. r. Edwin l.. Weber, Ernest G.
Woodward. Thomas p. Wilgus. William
Brent Young and Joseph C. Zirkle.