Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1935-06-12
n. j. GRADS TOLD
/ BAS|CLAW VIEWS
Moore Says Constitution Is
Subject to Amendment to
Meet Conditions.

Contending that the Constitution is
not sacred and Interchangeable" AS
eistant Secretary of State r. Walton
Moore last night, urged the graduating
class Of National University to con-
tider whether and how American fun
6amental law might be amended to
meet modern conditions.
Mr.. Moore's advice was contained
IN the commencement address at Ma
tional, which graduated 225 students
In its Sixty-sixth annual convocation.
Following his address, Mr.. Moore, who,
before his public service, was an out
standing figure in the Virginia bar,
was awarded the honorary degree of
doctor Of laws.
His address did not specifically
mention the Supreme Courts N. r. A.
decision, but it did embrace many OF
decision. MIR. Moore emphasized that
he made no recommendations as to
what, if any, constitutional nlodifica-
tons should be made.
Change Held Anticipated.
The Assistant Secretary of State
said that Washington, Jefferson, Madi-
son and even Chief Justice Marshall,
by whose decision in the famous case
of Marbury VS.. Madison, the Supreme
Court became the final interpreter of
the Constitution, all recognized that
the Constitution might have to be
changed to insure forward progress in
the art of government and prevent
stagnation and decay.
Young lawyers, Mr.. Moore said.
must consider practical exigencies
brought about by vast changes that
have occurred in the political, eco
nomic and social field"
1t is not practical, Mr.. Moore as
serted, ito maintain for all time any
provision of q Constitution that may
disable representative democratic gov
eminent from functioning so as to
take care of new and growing popular
needs and demands"
Mr.. Moore was introduced by DR..
Hayden johnson, chancellor of Ma
tional University. dean of its Law
School and retiring president of the
Board Of Education.
Judge Moulton Presented.
The commencement exercises were
opened with the invocation by Rev.
william s. Abernethy, pastor of the
Calvary Baptist Church. Following
the opening prayer, DR.. johnson pre-
scented Judge Hosea B. Moulton, SO,
who was a member of the 66-year-old
Law Schools first graduating class and
who, DR.. johnson explained, received
his degree from the hands of Presi-
dent Grant, ex offlcio chancellor.
Following Mr.. Moore's address, Cor
don Rule delivered the valedictory
Candidates for law degrees were pre-
scented by Prof. Walter M. Bastian
and candidates for the degrees in the
School of Economics and Government
were presented by Dean Charles
Pergler.
Following the comforting of de-
grees by Chancellor johnson, Asso-
ciate Justice Jennings Bailey Of the
District of Columbia Supreme Court
and q member of Nationals law fac
ulty, presented prizes and awards as
follows:
University Gold Medal for highest
average in postgraduate class to
Mollie Weingarten, Macarthur Gold
Medal for highest average In senior
class to William Randolph Belfeld,
Hurst Gold Medal for highest average
in the Junior class to Robert Herman
Kashower, Eugene Carusi Gold Medal
for highest average in freshman class
to Marion Z. Poole.
John Byrne Prize for best examina-
ton In "bills and notes" to John z.
Dougherty, National Law Book Prize
for best examination in common law
pleading to Arthur L. Willcher, SID
dons Gold Medal for best final examl-
nation in constitutional law to Helen
Goodner, Callagnan Prize for best ex-
animation in corporation" to Henry
s. Goodman.
Chancellor Gold Medal, for best final
examination in equity jurispru-
dence," to Charles N. Brooks; National
Law Book Prize, for best examination
in real property" to Robert Kash-
over; Faculty Prize, for best de-
batter" to Robert H. Johnson; Thomas
e. Rhodes Prize, for best speaker" to
Talmage Wilcher; National Executive
Council of Sigma M Phi Fraternity
Gold Scholarship Key, to Joseph II.
Choate; Chapter member having the
highest scholarship standing, to Bow
man Macarthur; Beta Chapter, Phi
Beta Gamma Fraternity, Gold Schol-
arship Key, to member receiving the
degree cum laude," with highest
standing In three-year course, to Oden
v. Klovstad; Omicron Chapter, Kappa
Beta ri Legal Sorority, Gold Scholar
ship Key, to member receiving the
bachelor Of laws degree, with the
highest standing for three-year course,
to Helen Goodner, and Mu Chap
ter, Sigma Delta Kappa Fraternity,
award for highest average, to Travis
Houston Edwards, and Charles r. Ca
rusi Prize for scholarship, to candi-
date who attained highest scholarship
standing during the past year In the
School of Economics and Government,
to Leon Diaz Frigillana.
List Of Degrees Awarded.
Degrees were awarded as follows:
Doctor Of 1aws-R. Walton Moore.
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