Evening star., 1940-04-07

ant Attorney General, who with
we'll beloved Judge Walter Cox was
also instructor in the law school.
The degrees we're conferred by the
president of the university, DR..
James c. yelling, as follows: On the
post graduates, degree of LII. M
John Arthur. E. Bryant. Henry CAL
yer, w. H. Chapman, c. E. Conant,
William Fennimore Cooper, Charles
w. Dorsey, Seward A. Hazeltine, T.
j. Johnston, William A. Johnston,
John E. Latimer, w. A. Leetch, H.
N. Low, w. B. Matthews, E. j. Mof-
fat, Oscar Nauck, M. K. Page, M.
H. Parks, Amasa c. Paul, j. A. Perry
Eugene Rosis, S. D. Trimble, Charles
j. Tryon. Charles c. Tyler, A. D.
Wilcox, H. K. Willard and E. r
Williams.
Those who received the degree OF
bachelor of laws were: Gist Blair
Maryland; Francis E. Camp, Yer.
mont; Bruce .Cavitt, Tennessee; C
E. Conant, Maine; John j. Craw-
ford, Ohio; H. Bradley Davidson
Maryland; Charles r. Dean, Illinois;
w. Riley Deeble, District OF Co.
lumbia; Harvey S. Durmall, Penn.
sylvania; Matthew G. Emery, jr.
District of Columbia; La Fayette
Fitzhugh, Texas; Albert c. Fowler
Missouri; Miles Fuller, District OF
Columbia; c. c. Gilbert, Kentucky
Cary H. Harrison, Virginia; Seward
A. Hazeltine, Missouri; Travers B
Hedgman, Virginia; B. Frank Kel-
Ter, Pennsylvania; Blair Lee and w
Edgar Linn, Maryland; Karl S
Loomis, Wisconsin,; Louis w. Max
son, Connecticut; j. S. Morrill,, Ver-
mont; Theodore w. Noyes and C.
Clarence Poole, District of Colum.
bia; H. E. Randall, Minnesota: S
G. L. Roberts, Maryland: Thomas
E. Rothfort. Connecticut: L. Warren
Seely, Pennsylvania; w. Herbert
Smith, District of Columbia; H. w
Spofford, Ohio: L. Patterson Sprigg
Virginia: William N. Strong, Dis.
trict of Columbia: j. Foshay Walker
New York; George w. Weber, Vir-
ginia; Maurice p White, Massachu-
sets, and A. D. Wilcox, Tennessee
THE three prizes for essays, oper
to the graduating class" says The
Star, were then awarded by At
torney General Brewster. The first
prize, $40, was awarded to Theo.
dore w. Noyes, subject, Newspaper
Libels';; the second prize, $50, to c
Clarence Poole, subject, Trade.
marks and the third prize, $50, tt
w. Herbert Smith, subject, Ths
Grand Jury The prizes were al
taken by District graduates
Many of those who graduated this
year subsequently received the de.
gree of IL. M.
Housed in New Building.
From the Fifth street church
building the law school moved tc
the university's new building al
Fifteenth and H streets in 1884
This site, before referred to, is OF
more than passing interest. In one
way, it might be said to have been
associated with the university even
before it was occupied by this in
stitution, since upon the southeast
corner Of this intersection there long
stood residence in which for some
years during the Civil War period
resided Senator Ira Harris, before
mentioned as lecturer in the law
school.
Senator Harris, 1t may be recalled
resided here at the time Of the as
sassination of Abraham Lincoln, and
it was at his home that the Presi-
dent and Mrs. Lincoln stopped or
the fateful evening of April IA, 1865
to pick up the Senator's daughter
Miss Clara H. Harris, and her nance
Maj. Henry r. Rathbone, who &C.
companied the President and Mrs
Lincoln to Ford's Theater, where
the Chief Executive received his
fatal wound and Maj. Rathbone wa.
wounded.
The old mansion. which was re.
moved in the early eos, to make
way for the university building, Is
said to have been Of brick painted
brown, and prior to the coming here
Of Senator Harris, was occupied by
the Grahams and the Buells. Later
occupants were M. Berthenly, the
French Minister, ana Don Manuel
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