Evening star., 1926-04-18
FLOUT|NG OF LAWS
DEPLORED BY FESS
Senator Addresses G. w. u.
Law Groups at Annual
Dinner at City Club.

Addressing the annual banquet OF
School am Columbian George Wash.
iugton Law School Association last
night at the City Club, Senator Fess
of Ohio declared the true greatness of
a nation consisted not in its materia!
greatness, but in the character OF
men and women the country can pro.
duce.'
Senator Fess called upon the stu.
dents TO prepare for not only a civ
ing but life" and said that il was
he legal profession as one of the
principal factors. If not indeed the
principal factor, to which the Nation
could look for building up a greater
allegiance and loyalty to government,
Explaining that he did not claim the
present form of administering ma
tlonal affairs was perfect. Senator
Fess charged there was too much
houttng of the laws of our country
and of those things which we regard
as the foundation of the Nation"
Thinks Attacks Wrong.
II can see evils. too he said. that
ought to be corrected. | know there
are wrongs that should not be But
do not think there is ground for the
attacks that are coming from various
sources against the system OF gov
ernment under which we live"
Discussing the tendency toward
Capitalization Of Federal Government
here, Senator F'eSs said this was a
natural tendency in the growth of
national life and was to be seen
equally as much in industrial life.
where it had been considered in many
respects the basis of efficiency and
economy.
In the present interdependent inter
estS of various parts of the Nation.
the speaker said, each is interested
in all. and all are interested in each"
The better way. Senator FeSS thought,
was not so much to forbid" the tend
ency toward Capitalization as to exer.
else proper control of il.
The public was coming 10 demand
the highest type of character in the
legal profession, the speaker en-
phasized.
Praises Van F1eck.
President William Mather Lewis of
the university pointed out that the
law school had raised its requirements
of admission. and was recognized now
as a class A institution. William c.
Van F!eck, dean of the law school. and
chairman of the evening, was praised
by President Lewis for his work in
forwarding the school and uplifting
its standards. In his remarks, Dean
Van Fleck stated that the school was
now the largest in the District of Co
lumbia, with S56 students.
Short speeches were made by preSi-
dents of the three classes: Lynn Nc
Cormick, Marlin Casey and George ID.
Bonebrake. Prof. Hector Spaulding led
in singing parodieS on popular melo-
dies. The George Washington Cniver-
Sity Quartet. consisting of II. G. Som
tag, J. l.. Ewin, r. II. Harmon and
w. l. Cleveland. proved popular in a
number of selections. Dancing fol-
lowed the program of the evening.
At the speakers table were the fol
lowing, including trustees of the uni
versity and members of the faculty:
Theodore w. Noyes. Dean Howard l..
Hodgkins. Mr.. and Mrs. Stephen
Kramer, William Bruce King, Dean
and Mrs. Van Week. President Lewis, !
Senator Fess, Justice Wendell P. Stat |
ford, Col. Archibald Hopkins.
Committee Personnel.
The committee in charge consisted |
of Prof. Earl c. Arnold. Miss Helen |
Newman. secretary of the law school, !
Vernon Brewster. alumni secretary:
George d. Bonebrake, Marlin Casey. |
Lynn Mccormick, Virginia Metz,
Mildred Thrasher, Terese Haley. l..
). Hull. Lewis H. Barnes. John Birks,
Wallace G. Mcbride. Moses Byington.
Gertrude Nordstrom, Howard Gordon,
John Ketcham, Faye Woodward.
Morgan Conlyn, Ted Moore.
At a business meeting of the Col
umbian- George Washington Law
school Alumni Association prior to
the banquet the following officers
were elected: President, Edward Staf
ford; first vice president, Peyton
Gordon: second vice president. Frank
stephens; third vice president. w. l..
Symonds; secretary Vernon II.
Brewster; treasurer George Dalzell !
executive committee. Miss Olive |
Geiger, W. ". Ross, and Moultrie !
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