Evening journal., 1919-12-31
JURISTEULOGIzES
DECESED JUDGE
Victor B,@oolley Pays High
Tribte to Philip Q.
Churchman
HAD RECONSTRUCTED
lUNICIPAL COURT

Tribes In the highest terms were
paid lilip Q. Churchman, late judge
OF th Municipal Court, in eulpgies
volcoat the meeting OF the New Cas-
the ounty Bar Association, In Court
Roo No. 1, Of the Court House yester-
day
fact that has not been generally
kINn was brought out In the oncom-
hl OF United States Court Judge Vic
q B. WoOlley-Judge Churchman's
dnillcent Contributions TO charity.
ihich he during his lifetime, was al
fays careful to conceal
Judge Wo0lley's eulogy follows.
Mr.. President: The eyes OF contem-
/poraries som times open slowly 10 each
others worth. We are prone TO take a
man and his work for granted. We sell
dom stop to appraise one or the other
until some occurrence. some capital
ev MT Of fe-such as rs ending-cau sss
us to pause. and IN the changed light.
TO regard the man as he was and 10 dis
Germ the things OF value which we've IN
him. And so lt is with us who came
TO The bar and moved forward into the
world with Philip q Churchman.
My association with Churchman's
! Ike 10. call h'm-hegan IN our stu
Mt davs. II began when we mingled
our study OF Blackstone and Kent with
rOU~h NAV ai f0nthqll: WHOM we pusieJ
and tugged and struggled together
both work and play. 70 may not now
be generally known that JUDGE Church
man was In his day one OF the best foot
ball centers In the country. lie was
s.9nnS quick. clear sighted. untlrinc
He never admitted a hurt; ne never
brooked defeat. The qualities which
characterized his play dominated his
sijoly Of the law. With head down and
his back in his work. he pdsheC for
ward. brushing obstacles 10 tlle right
and left. never stopping until he had
overcome and master d the lhins be-
fore him.
Being we'll prepared for the study OF
law. he was on his admission n the
bar especially we'll prepared for its
practice. Aside from his mental equip
ment. which was Of the first rate. ne
was blessed by nature with q capacity
ard a WILLINGNESS 10 work He had the
faculty OF dispensing business: Of get
tlnc thlnGs done.
"In his well ordered mind thrre was
nice DISTINCTIONS. This led 10 the habit
not Of mdiculous care but of orderly
ar-ancemTt and precise expression In
all his wbrk. His legal papers were
mod Is ae soon became expert In
pleading ind was early recognized as
one Of The best versed in practice
among ne lawyers at the .j1n'or bar.
IN pes0nal contact. h. had a hrus-
duenesS mich was natural in part ana
in part issumcd TO hide anything like
s,ntimcrt or emotion. TO the display OF
which fe was sensitively ayerse. As is
fre0ueuly the case with men Of such
exteriol he had within him--as ] dis
covered once on getting under his cover
Lsiroig s-ntiments Of friendship and
penildsympathies easily moved. These
rrol Us later developed into the foun-
daf'oi Of a happy married life.
"vIough he carefully c0nne)lef them.
b,s Hts 10 charity wa"e frequent ana
s,bAantial. as I can testify nov: yet
We he living could not do so without
oending him.
sBut in recent years We have come to
tnk Of Churchmqn principally as
hdce. and il is as a judge that ! snail
peak Of him.
F"The value OF man in public life Is
determined not by his station but by
.he appreciation which the public has /
of his service.
"Philip o. Churchman presided over +.
court. which. like most courts. is in
ferior or superior precisely as It reflects
The qualities Of. its judge. The causes /
within the Jurisdiction Of the Municipal /
Court are by comparison with causes in !
some other courts Of minor import /
ance. Vt. because Of their very human /
character and the fact that they concern
mems liberties, which is all some peo-