Evening star., 1934-06-14


was known as the father OF the
Constitution" actually vetoed pro-
DC sed measure which would appro-
, pirate funds for road building and
river deepening. He cited Jefferson's
purchase of the Louisiana tract when
that President, through study of the
Constitution, found 1t possible to
make that purchase under the laws
treaty-making powers.
And today" Senator Barkley con-
tinued, I'VE are In many activities
within the law and, I believe. within
the Constitution, which our FORE
fathers undoubtedly would have de-
cried as improper We have regu-
latory activities. We regulate rail-
road rates; we regulate the stock
markets; we regulate commerce.
Flexible Profession.
IT say to you who are about to
enter the profession that law is as
flexible. lends itself as readily to
scholarly exploration as any profess
sion. Lawyers today are not the type
who used to follow Lincoln; they are
economists, business men, and ex-
perts in government. They are pre-
pared to explore new fields not only
in law but in government as we'll"
When Senator Barkley completed
the address to the graduates. DIR
Hayden johnson, chancellor of the
university and president of the Dis
trict of Columbia Board of Education,
conferred upon him the honorary
degree of doctor of laws and cited
the former county prosecutor and
county judge of Kentucky "for dis
tinguished services in the life of
State and Nation"
Immediately afterward, Dr. John
son conferred the same degree upon
former Secretary of War Hurley, cit
ing the Hoover cabinet officer "for
distinguished services as soldier and
statesman"
Fourteen doctorates in course also
were conferred upon graduate stu
dents who completed their required
work at National. These were
awarded as follows: Doctor of
juridical science to Confer G. Bailey,
Emmett Robert Carroll. Jerome st.
Julien Ducrest, Estill E. EZell, Jus
tinus Gould, Edwin Holt Stevens and
william Henry White, jr: and doc
tor Of Jurisprudence to Eugene Carusi
Locke r. Humbert, George J. Schulz
Louis Charles Smith and Margaret
ST. Clair Valgren.
In comforting the degrees DR..
Johnson was assisted by DR.. Charles
Pergler. director of graduate studies
at National. and John r. Cassin. sec
retary of the university. On the stage
during the graduation exercises were
members of the faculties of both the
Law School and the School of Eco
nomics and Government. Among
them we're Associate Justices Oscar
r. Luhring. F. Dickinson Let's. Jen-
nings Bailey and Peyton Gordon of
the D. C. Supreme Court. and Justice
Charles S. Hatfield of the U. S. Court
of Customs Appeals.
valedictory and Degrees.
Brewster Marshall delivered the
valedictory after which the remain
ing degrees were conferred, as follows:
Master Of laws-Margaret Derby Con-
ner, Lloyd Hydorn Dopp, William Rus
sell German, Ralph P. Harris, Thomas
Francis Hughes, Milton Kaplan. Eu-
gene Richards Langley, George Robert
Morris, jr.: Mark Patterson, Walde-
mar Bruce Phillips, Paul Alexander
Profe, Jim D. Reynolds, Gegvasio G.
Sese. Leon Smallwood and Chayuer
Wong.
Master of patent law-Emmett
Robert Carroll, Conrad Christel, Peter
Vincent Dabbieri, Estill Edwin Ezen,
William Russell German. Ralph P.
Harris, Locke Rayner Humbert, Patrick
Henry Hume, Eunice Marguerite
Johnson, Barnie Patrick Jones, Milton
Kaplan, Eugene Richards Langley.
Moore, George Robert Morris. jr.;
Mark Patterson, Jim D. Reynolds, Leon
Smailwood and Louis Charles Smith.
Bachelor of Law Degrees.
Bachelor of laws-Georgia L. Alex
ander, Leda Carter Amidon, John F.
Anderson, Richard Theodore Andree.
Harriet Mckinley Baden, Kenfeld
Bailey, Selden Stewart Baker. Charles
Ross Bell, Roland Newton Benning-
hoven, Chester L. Benson, Louis
Charles Berman, Alexander Browne
Blair, Sophie Bookoff, Franklin Bou-
shee. John Douglas Bradshaw. Harry
E. Brady, Robert Driskill Bransford,
Robert r. Brooks, Samuel B. Brown.
William Charles Buell., Leita Virginia
Burke, Thomas j. Burke, Robert Lee
Buttrey, Charles G. Caffrey, David
Primrose Cannon, Charles E. Carney,
Joseph w. Cawley. Estelle Louise
Chandler, Raymond Swayne Chisholm
Conrad Christel, John Joseph Clancy,
Hobart C. Clough, Walter Cohen, Ar
thur David Condor, Glenn B. Conrad,
Terrill Coons, Jack Benson Country
man, James Alexander Crooks, R.
Benjamin Cabrera Cruz, Leo William
Cunningham, Peter Vincent Dabbieri,
Everett Nordlie Dahl, Sondre N. Dahl,
Catherine r. Daley, Kelso DAILY, Frank
Lawson Davis, John Ryan Devereux,
jr.; Zelda Dove, Horace Duffey. H.
Marguerite Edwards, George Emerson,
Albert Alquin Evans, Richard Will
liam Finkel, Arthur William Finkel-
stein. George Daniel Fischer, Charles
Mead F1stere, James Wilson Flaherty,
Oris o. Fleming, George r. CARRIER,
Reid W. Gattis, Wilfred w. Gau, Ray
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