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CLASS GET DEGREES
Graduates Told Constitution
L. Must Reflect Spirit
w of Nation.

be or no avail, CndrleS .. RtlSS, AS-
sistant Attorney General OF the United
States, asserted at National Uni
versity'S sixty-Second convocation in
Memorial Continental Hall last night.
At the same time, Mr.. Rugg placed
responsibility for making the laws so
clearly reasonable that 1t Will cou1-
mand the respect OF the right-mind"1,
was placed directly upon the bar itself.
The exercises at which the Assistant
Attorney General spoke witnessed the
gconferring of 359 law degrees in course,
q academic degrees, doctorate de-
grees in course, and honorary degrees
of doctor of laws upon three juriStS IN
Washington benches.
Declaring that the Constitution was
The vision of the Nations toretatherS,
Mr.. Rugg said:
"Obligation On Bar"
"If It ceases to represent the spirit
of the Nation il will be OF no avail
Il should bt rewritten in letters OF
living light in the hearts OF the Ameri-
can people. The opportunity OF ful-
filling this eternal obligation rests Pc
Culiarly upon you as members OF the
bar"
In his challenge to lawyers, Mr.. Rueg,
himself a graduate of Harvard Uni
versity and Amherst College, traced the
active part which law plays in the
everyday life of the average Ameri-
can citizen. He declared. however, that
respect for law is essential if the order
which it is designed to enhance Is to
persist.
Upon the bar Of the country" he
asserted, rests the heavy responsibility
of making the law as 1t is administered
30 clearly reasonable that 1t will COM
mand the respect of the right-minded.
The most rational system of law which
can be conceived. and the most perfect
administration of its principles OF which
the wise and learned are capable. will
fail unless there is Nirility OF confidence
and strength OF belief in law on the
part OF the people. Society cannot
long endure If law Is not respected and
obeyed There can be no appeal from
the orderly processes Of the law to
violent outburStS or inSolent resistance
against its restraints without the ter
rible penalty of weakened confidence in
government and Of increase in the Sentl-
ment of force in preference to justice.
Thele is an unyielding necessity OF
obedience TO law 10 the end that free
institutions may endure"
Lauds Night Students.
At the outset OF his address, Mr. Rugg
him who earned their degrees in hours
after the regular work OF the day.
The brayeSt sight in all the world, y
he told them. is man fighting against
odds. The swimmer with his head up
stream, the climber facing a storm the
ship clcSe-hauled sailing into the teeth
of a gale Abraham Lincoln making the
cabin fire light his path TO knowledge.
These are our heroes We envy the
rrift enc at "a
the chosen OF the gods.
But our hearts 90 out TO those who
are not started at the scratch, the ones
who have handicap who know II
and IL whom reDellIOuS bitterness Is
transformed into resolution. We rejoice
with you tonight-you have triumphed-
We congratulate You've wish share
of your success, You have been de-
prived of the opportunity OF deVotlng
your undivided energy To your educa-
ton. Circumstances and events have
dared you 10 presume to develop and
discipline your intellectual and moral
faculties
Life All Examination.
In tracing the Importance OF the law
Mr.. Rugg declared that the life OF d
practicing lawyer Is Il series OF eX-
haustiye preparations by which you be-
of human knowledge than any one III
the courtroom Instead of graduating
from examinations. you are entering u
career of essentially daily examinations.
Continuing, he declared that AN
Ideal system Of Jurisprudence perfectly
administered Is the support and protec-
ton of every essential to the well-being
of society. 1t guards the weak. 1t re-
strains The strong, 1t nurtures the
fundamental virtues"
The system Of law under which we
have the good fortune to live, is, in fact,
as well as i'll name. the common law"
the Assistant Attorney General asserted.
1t recognizes no special privileges OF
rank or station or office"
Mr.. Rugg was presented TO the audi
ence OF students and their friends by
Judge Frederick l.. SiddOnS. associate
justice Of the District OF Columbia SUI
preme Court. The exercises at which
ne spoke were the actual union Of bench
and bar with lurists making awards
and receiving them.
Three Judges Get Degrees.
Three turists on Washington benches
who We're made doctors VI laws, causa
honOrlS, were Judge Jennings Bailey,
associate Justice OF the District OF CO.
lumbla Supreme Court. for general
scholarship and contributions 10 the
profession in the field OF legal educa-
ton; Judge Peyton Gordon, associate
justice of the District OF Columbia
Supreme Court FOR distinguished serv-
ices in the administration OF the cTimi-
nal law" and Judge Charles 5. Hat
field, judge Of the United States Court
of Customs and Patent Appeals. for
distinguished juridiCal services III the
field Of customs and patent law" All
three are active professors on National
UnlyerSity'S Law School faculty. These
degrees were conferred by DR. Hayden
johnson. chancellor OF the university,
who, following the delivery OF the
valediCtory by UgO J. A. Carusi. also
conferred the degrees in course.
Doctors degrees in course which were
conferred last night by National Uni
VerSity follow: Doctor OF civil law ON
Estill +. Naylor, doctor VI iurldlcal
science on James X. Armstrong, doctor
of jurldlCal science on Josiah l.. Carr,
doctor OF Jurisprudence on Clayton
Thomas SCypherS. doctor OF juridical
science on William h. Crawford doc
tor of Jurisprudence on Emerson String
ham and doctor OF Juridical science on
Garland Edison Taylor.
Prizes Awarded.
Following the comforting Of degrees
Judge Bailey made the following prize
awards: University gold medal for
highest average III postgraduate class
TO Stacy NJ. Reed. Macarthur gold
medal for highest average in senior
class to Ugo J. A. Carusi, with honor
able mention to Chester Guy and
Francis B. Lash; Hurst gold medal for
highest average in Junior class to S.
Norman Moe. with honorable mention
70 Marie E. McCathran: Eugene Carusi
gold medal for highest average in fresh
man class to Lorena II. Galbraith, with
honorable mention to Laurie Barnes
and Joseph Isaacs: Emma Deal Denton
gold medal for the best final eXamina-
ton in equity jurisprudence To Arthur
j DIXON. with honorable mention TO