The Washington times., 1916-01-19
S3 NEW LAWYERS.
ADMITTED TO BAR.
Five Women Included Among
Them, and 20 Claim Dis
triCt as Their Home.

Eiehty-three graduates OF District law
schools and institutions of other states,
including Ave young women. ali honor
students of the washington College or
Law, were admitted to practice law In
the District today, in Equity Court lp
i. where CHIEF Justice Covington al
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 +. O'Neill, OF the Dis
trlct, honor member of the class OF
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 office
in the State Department. Miss Eunice
Wright, of the class of 1914. is from
Lexington. Miss. She is employed I'm
the and office in one of the divisions
of law. The presidency of the class
of lS'i was conferred UPON Miss Edna.
]. 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 Eekman Is
an Ohioan. who graduated with the 1915
class, with honors. Miss Eckman Is
employed as compiler of state laws af-
fecting child labor in the Children's
Bureau of the Department of Labor
Miss Mary Annis Sinclair. the third
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 n.
Alexander. District OF Columbia; Ish-
mael Burton. West Virginia: Harrison
M Brooks. District of Columbia; Will
liam ]. Butler. illinois,: Henry NJ. Bah
cock, District OF Columbia; j. Harry
Byrne, Massachusetts; Joseph Cohen.
New York; Richard ]. CoffeY, New
York; John w. Crolly. Pennsylvania;
Charles 8. Quincy. Illinois; Elmer J. Da-
wilson. Ohio; John A. DOrney Wiscon-
sin: Albert !. .Drury., District of Column
bia: w. II. FincKel ir., District of CO.
lumbia: Ralph NJ. Farmer Nebraska:
William r; Frost Virginia: Charles w
Friede, Missouri; Edmund L. Finch. Dis
trict of Columbia; Thomas Morton Git
tinSs. District of Columbia: Fred II.
Giesler. District of Columbia: Joseph
Robert Gibson. Kentucky: George IIar-
Ney Grayson, North Carolina: John Will
liam Hunt. Massachusetts,: William n.
Hoover. District of Columbia: Frank c.
Hall. District of Columbia: Howard W.
HodRkins. District OF Columbia: John j.
Honan. Massachusetts; Frank d. Jones.
'trict Of Columbia; Ross II. Johnson, Dis
trict of Columbia: Thomas H. Johnston.
Virginia; Ralph john Kelley. New York:
Hunter B. Linton. West Virginia;
Thomas A. Lavery. New York.
Marshall Low. District of Columbia
William c. Murphy District OF Colum-
bia: John p. Mullen. District of Column
bia; e. Lester Man. Pennsylvania; f.
Morris Murray, District of Columbia
Brendan ]. McCann. District of CO.
Calvert c. Merriken. Maryland. Charles
J.. McClaskey, kentucky: Aria Morgan.
Pennsylvania: Stuart G. McAlister.
Maryland: Fred M. Nestler. District of
kota; Moses Gutenberg. District of Co
lumbia: Charles T. Peck. ir.. District
OF Columbia: Robert A. Proctor. Dis
trict of Columbia: George p. Plummer.
Idaho: Walter c. Rathbone. District OF
Columbia: Mark Roman. Maryland G.
y. Rausch. Virginia: Albert E. ReitzeI.
North Carolina: Lynn A Rowell. New
York: John B. Steven. Wisconsin
wintemute w. Sloan. New York: Abra
ham J. Schram. Michigan; Ruloff
V. L Stratton. Maryland: Donald
Springer. Maryland Lansdale G.
Hasscer. Maryland: Arthur f. Same,
Illinois: Edward SieFel. New York
Ron1eyp A. Spare. Massachusetts;
Richard OulahAn Sanderson, District OF
Columbia; Stuart B. Tulloss. Virginia
Edwin Harvey Walker, Texas; Arthur
Woolley, Utah; Martin r. West. Dis
trict of Columbia; Pere A. Wilmer.
Maryland: r Edwin i. Weber, District
of Columbia; Ernest G. Woodward,
Georgia; Thomas p. Wilgus. Washing
ton; William Brent Young, District of
Columbia; Joseph c. Zirkle. Virginia.