Evening star., 1917-06-05
DIPLOMAS ARE AWARDED
TO CLASS OF BARRlSTERS
! Washington College of Law Grad
yates Nineteen Women and
Eighteen Men.

| Nineteen women and eighteen men wert
! graduated from the Washington College
of Law at the nineteenth annual commence.
ment OF the institution last night. the axer.
cises being held in the auditorium of Me.
mortal Continental Hall. The principal ad.
dress was by Judge Robert Orr Harris OF
Boston. whose daughter. Miss Eliza beth
Cahoone Harris, was a member of the
graduating class. Judge Harris spoke on
Our Profession; Its Opportunities; Its
Obligations" The invocation opening the
pastor of Foundry M. E. Church.
Marching in the procession with the
graduates were Mrs. Ellen Spencer Mus
sey, founder of the college and its honor
| and Miss Helen E. Jamison. recently
elected associate DEAN Diplomas were
presented by Dean Gillett
bI f0r uds M;ahas ete
first and second prizes, gold medals, going
to Chester E. Stiles and Emily Dashiell
| their averages for the collegiate course
being 97.31 and 95.2, respectively Ar
thur NJ. Ferguson. with. an average OF
! 1856, received honorable mention
The highest record for scholarship in
the senior year was made by Mr.. Stiles
who received complete set Of "Cyc' ~
with annual notations to date, the second
| prize, a years scholarship for graduate
work. being awarded to Mr.. Ferguson, and
| honorable mention to Miss Elizabeth
| Clahoone Harris.
| Following were the other prize winners
| Highest average in second ,year-"Cy-
| clopedic Law Dictionary" awarded to
George H. Foster. average, 1864; honora-
| BILE mention, Kate L. Campbell, average,
| 90. g.
! Highest average in first year (gold
| piece), awarded Ito w. T. Hammack,
average, 97.37; honorable mention, Her
| bert w. Archer, average, 97.07
Best oral argument (member first-year
class) at annual public debate. First and
second prizes (gold pieces), awarded to:
| First, w. T. Hammack: second, Anna L.
| Cooke; honorable mention, r. j. Ratteree
! and John J.. Deviny.
| Best work y root court (by members
% scr-:o- c,ass), ''CC,,,,..ott's Genera. 2-ac-
Lice." u two volumes, awarded TO Marie
= L.astl-S---t.,; --o..o-1b-e mention, E-.z-
aber:. C-:.oo::e E-.--ss, -2-t..u- Z. WYE
a:.6 Chester E. Stiles.
I" be .;rl-etei 10y tn. fa.uIty. "M"l-r,
| American Law in fifteen volumes
awarded to thesis On t"The Enfrancnise-
s:7eat of.tne Indians OF the United States
o. v NJ; Wooster: honorable mention
thesis on The Power Of the Federal Jl-
diciar%- to Declare Statutes Tnconstitt,-
| tia77If' ~ Ff.-o1d S. Minor
| Degrees Were conferred on the fol.
loving:
E1c..e.o- o. laws-c.aar.es Eu-toa -.
Bessie Colen, RAYMOND Fowler Crisr
Emily DashieH. Roscoe Rlaine David
son, Na4.ie A.se:l lsstab5-~ii.nith, a thu:
G-cdc-;ci, Cicssn-eaae- Mark aa--is
Grccawaid. Lillian Hansen. Eliza beth
| Canoone Harris, Olive Maude Jack
| Elizabeth Marye Smith Keith. Arthur
Kettler. Cora Elsie korn, Mary Eliza
| beth Laird, Ruth Levey. John Murphy
Birdie ". Nucac, S. Christine Q.;cls
..l!ea Lucas Reese, David Z. Rowe
| Burt Lee Smoker. Chester En!ott
Stephen Weis-Corwin, Leslie Boudinot
Wright. Arthur Raymond Wylie.
Master of laws-Lulu Lee Ecktnan
Harold Sheldon Miner. Lorin G. Nelson
Alice Bertha Preuss, Walter NJ. Woos-
! ter.