Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-06-13
RUGG ADDRESSES
LAW GRADUATES
Responsibility of Making
Statutes Clearly Reason
able Is Cited.

"Upon the bar of the country rests
the heavy responsibility of making the
law as it is administered so clearly
reasonable that it will command the
respect of the right-minded."
Thus did Charles B. Rugg, Assistant
Attorney General of the United States,
speaking before the graduating class
of the washington College OF Law IN
Memorial Continental Hall last night,
charge the entrants to the field OF the
practice of law with the responsibility
of upholding the high traditions OF
Jurisprudence in this country.
THE most rational system OF law
which can be conceived" Mr.. Rugg
continued, land the most perfect adj
ministration of its principles of which
the wise and learned are capable will
fail unless there is virility and strength
of belief in law. on the part OF the
people"
Declaring that society cannot long
endure if law is not respected and
obeyed, Mr.. Rugg said: There can, be
no appeal from the orderly processes
of the law to violent outburstS or inSo-
lent resistance against its restraints
without the terrible penalty of weak
ened confidence in government and Of
increase in the sentiment Of force in
preference to justice. There is an I'M
yielding necessity of obedience to law
to the end that free institutions may
endure"
Sixty-five law degrees were awarded
at the exercises, which were the thirty
second annual commencement Of the
college. Dean Grace Hays Riley pre-
sided.
The invocation was delivered by Rev.
Charles T. Warner of st. Adams
Protestant Episcopal Church. Follow
ing Mr.. Riggs address, Prof. Oliver E.
Sweet, A. B., LII. B., of the college
faculty, presented prizes and scholar
ships for exceptional records, as follows:
Gold Medals Awarded.
Gold medals for the highest and sec
ond highest standard of scholarship
during entire three-year course awarded
to Harold T. Stowell and Lewis T.
Matlack.
Honorable mention for attaining a
general average of 90 per cent or more
in the examinations covering the entire
three-year course of study was awarded
to Harold T. Stowell, Lewis T. Matlack
Warren E. Magee, Katherine E. Wood
Joseph A. Kurz, Edwin c. Woodhouse,
Joseph A. Honsick, Blanche Wyatt
Knight and Maude Rollins Pryse.
American Law Book Co. prize of
Corpus Juris-Cyc for the best work
in legal research, awarded to Charles
r. Riddiough
Graduate scholarship prize for high
est average of credits in senior work
awarded to Harold T. Stowell.
Bobbs-Merrill Co. prize of Jones
Legal Forms" for best work in practice
court, awarded to Lewis T. Matlack.
Epsilon Chapter, Kappa Beta Pi Legal
Sorority, scholarship key" awarded to
member for highest average of credits
during the three-year course, awarded
to Maude r. PrySe.
Sigma NJ Phi Fraternity scholar
ship key" offered by executive council
to member for highest average of credits
during senior year, awarded to Harold
T. Stowell.
Prize Won by Stevens.
Oliver Wendell Holmes Chapter,
Sigma NJ Phi Fraternity, prize of
''Bouvier's Law Dictionary" for highest
average of credits first and second
years, awarded to Ralph L. Stevens.
Beta Chapter, Phi Delta Delta
Women's Legal Fraternity, prize for
highest average in first and second
years, awarded to Gladys A. Kefauver.
Callaghan & Co. prize of "Cyclopedic
Law Dictionary for highest record in
second year, awarded to- Abram Blum.
College prize of SIS in gold for highest
average in first year, awarded to Mary
L. Chadwick
Sarah T. Andrew prize of SIS in gold
for honors at annual freshman public
debate, awarded to John E. Chadwick
Special prize for second honors in
debate awarded to Rose M. Williamson
Dean Riley presented the diplomas to
the candidates for the degrees of