Evening star., 1934-04-24
ALUMNI IN TRIBUTE
TO DEAN HAMILTON
Former Pupils at George
town Law School Give
Testimonial Dinner.

Sincere tributes of affection, loyalt!
and friendship lasting through th'
associations of 48 years as a teache
of law were accorded Dean George E
Hamilton of the Georgetown Law
School at a testimonial dinner givel
by alumni last night at the Mayflowe
Hotel in celebrating the sixtiett
anniversary of his graduation from
Georgetown.
Leaders of the bench and bar O
the District of Columbia were among
the 900 or more former pupils of th'
venerable dean who assembled t.
honor him, not only as the oldeS
living alumnus of the school, but a!
one to whom they had looked fol
guidance and moral support in th'
years of their early struggle to sue
cess. Justices of the United State
Supreme Court, officials of the Depart
ment of Justice and representative
o. the various bar associations wer'
among the special guests.
Chief Justice Pays Tribute.
From Chief Justice Charles E
Hughes of the Supreme Court cam'
a gracious tribute to the law dean il
the form of a message. Regrettint
his inability to attend the dinner, tht
Chief Justice wrote: Il desire, how.
ever to be associated with this de.
served tribute to this Nestor of thu
bar whose eminent service in his pro.
fession and in the cause of legal edu.
cation has given him distinctive anc
ioh i,, l,ie
>munity. 1 join in extending to him
warmest congratulations and in the
expression of the hope that he may
have many years of continued vigol
and usefulness"
As a special mark of their esteem
the alumni unanimously elected Dear
Hamilton temporary president of 6
new Georgetown Law School Alumni
Club of Washington.
1t was at the age of II years thai
Mr.. Hamilton first attended George.
town. For 60 years he has engaged
in distinguished law practice hert
and for some 20 years of his con.
nection with the law school he has
served as its dean.
Knew Guests as Youths.
AS Dean Hamilton gazed about tht
crowded hall he looked into the face:
OF men he had known as youths II
the 48 classes that have passed under
his guidance and instruction since
1885, the year he joined the George.
town faculty.
Among them were Frank j. Hogan
'02, chairman of the Banquet Com.
mittee. and Leo A. Rover, TO- former
United States attorney, the toastmas.
ter, who were among his brightest anc
best-liked pupils. There was Martin
Conboy, '98, now United States at
torney for the Southern District o.
New York, who made the address or
behalf of 5000 of Mr. Hamilton:
pupils scattered over the country, who
joined in spirit the festivities of the
evening.
George McNeir, class of 1881, o.
New York, distinguished regent OF
the university, also was present. Sen.
ator John H. Bankhead of Alabama
class of '93, and the younger Sena-
tor Joseph c. O'Mahoney of Wyom.
ing, class of 1920, were among hall
a dozen of his pupils in the Seventy.
third Congress to welcome the veteran
dean.
Proud of Graduates.
With emotion, the veteran dear
said it was a matter of pride to hin
that graduates of the law school have
gone forth annually to enrich .tht
citizenship of our country by theil
standing and influence, and by theil
records as lawyers, lawmakers anc
judges"
I'VE were taught then, and student.
now are taught" he said, that tht
law is a profession and not trade
that the administration of justice de.
pends upon the ability, preparedness.
and moral strength of the lawyer, anc
that integrity is the soul of lega
counsel, act and service"
For the good that the law schoo
has done, Mr.. Hamilton took n
credit upon himself, but accorded i
fully to the presidents of Georgetown
under whom he had served, to Presi
dent Coleman Nevis, Assistant Dear
Hugh j. Fegan and the faculty. HI
recalled also great names that ranked
high among the teachers of forme
years at Georgetown, including sucf
men as Justices Miller and Brown o
the United States Supreme Court
Justice Martin F. Morris, William M
and Richard T Merrick, the latte
his first law partner; Joseph j
Darlington, r. Ross Perry, Justic
Ashley NJ Gould and others.
George H. O'Connor, '16, and Mat
Horne, '13. led in singing a specia
song they had dedicated to Mr. Ham
ilton as the grand old man o
Georgetown" and the Georgetown
Glee Club also joined in the singing
OF college songs of long ago.
Alumni Present Gift.
The presentation of a gift from th'
alumni fell to President Nevils 1t wa
large hammered silver humidor filleC
with the deans favorite cigars. Thel
DR.. Nevils presented him with reli
from the college archives, a photo
graph taken of the class of 1872 a
the Law School, in which the deal
had graduated. The school was thel
two years old.
The United States Supreme Cour
was represented by Justice Willis Va
Devanter and Justice Pierce Butler
James Crawford Biggs, the Solicito
General, and George c. Sweeney, AS
sistant Attorney General, represente
the Department of Justice.
From the Court of Appeals Of tn
District were Justices Charles H. Robt
Josiah A. Van Orsdel, William Hit
class of '98, and D. Lawrence Gronel
The District Supreme Court sent Chic
Justice Alfred A. Wheat, Justices Jen
nings Bailey, Peyton Gordon. Jess
c. Adkins, class of '99; Oscar
Luhring, Joseph w. Cox, James N
Proctor, F. Dickinson Let's, Daniel "
ODonoghue. class of so; Chief Jus
tice j. Harry Covington, retired, an