Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1919-12-31
TRIBUTE PAID LATE
JUDGE CHURCHMAN
Traits Pointed Out by Judge Wool
ley When Bar Association
Adopts Resolutions.

Tribute was paid the late judge Philip
q. Churchman by the Bar Association. at
a meeting yesterday afternoon. Resolu-
tions, expressing the feelings Of the asso-
citation, were adopted and the striking
characteristics of the deceased were
pointed out by Judge Victor b. Woo'ley OF
the United States Courts IN an address be-
fore the association.
The meeting was presided over 10y
Christopher l.. Ward. The resolutions.
which were adopted. were proposed by
the following committee: Judg Victor B
Woollev, chairman: Chancellor Charles
Nj. Curtis, exc congressman l.. Irving
Handy, Deputy City Judge Aaron Fin
err, Juvenile Court Judge William ).
Prickett, Julian G. Walker and Henry II.
Isaacs, secretary.
TRIBUTE ny JucGT wooLLEr.
In proposing the adoption Of the rcsolu-
tions Judge Woolley said
MIR. President: The cycs of CON
temporarics sometimes open slowly TO
each others worth We arc prone to take
man and bis work for granted We sell
dom stop To appraise one or the other
until some occurrence, some capital event
Of life such as it's ending causes MS 10
pause. and in the changed light, To regard
The man as he was and TO discern the
things of value which we're III him. And so
IL IL with us who came TO The har and
moved forward into the world with Philip
q. Churchman.
"Nfy association with Ch,rchman-a -as
| like 10 call him began IN our student
davs. II began when we mingled or
study OF blackstone and Kent with rough
play NJ football; when We pushed and
iugged and struggled together IN both
work and play. 1t may not now he gen
erally known that Judge Churchnan was,
in his day, one Of the best football cent"p
in the country. lle WAS strong quick,
clear sighted. untirinG He never admitted
a hurt; he never hrookcd defeat. he
Qualities which characterized his play
dominated his Study Of the law. With head
down and his flll force IN his work, lie
pushed forward. brushing obstacles to tho
right and left, never stopping until he had
overcome and mastered the thing before
him
"Rcing wen prepared for the study Of
the law, hc was on hrs admission "a the
tar especially we'll prepared for its nraC-
tioc Aside from his mental equipments
which was Of the first rate, he VIA blessed
by nature with capacity and wiling
ness 10 work lie had the faculty Of dis
ps,nSing business; Of getting things done
In hs we'll ordered mind there was trait
that inclined to ANALYSIS and NICE dis
tinCtions This led 10 tho habit Of meticu-
lo,r. care hut Of orderly arrangement and
precise expression IN all his work. Ha
legal papers were models. lie soon he-
came expert in pleading and was early
recognized as one Of the hest vcrscd in
practice among thc lawyers at the junior
bar In personal contact, he had brls-
qucness which was natural in part and III
yart assumed to hido anything like scnti-
mcnt or emotion, to the display of which
he was sonsitivcly averse. As ls frequently
thc case With men Of such exterior, he bad
within him rs ! discovered once on get
ting under his covcrstrong sentiments of
friendship and gentle sympathlcs easily
moved These qualities later developed
into the foundation Of happy msrrt d
life Though he carefully concealed thon,