Evening star., 1940-04-07
still later 1t was for q while the
METROPOLITAN Club.
Occupies Stockton Hall.

metropolitan CluD.
Occupies Stockton Hall.
When the University Building at
this corner was sold about 1910, the
Law School was given quarters on
the upper floors of the Masonic
Temple, at Thirteenth street and
New York avenue NV, and here it
remained. Subsequently. it occupied
quarters at 1435 K street NV, be-
fore going to its new location, and
more recently to it's new building,
Stockton Hall. named in honor of
the late Rear Admiral Charles
Herbert Stockton. president of the
university from 1910 to 1918. This
new structure is located at 720
Twentieth street, close to the other
university buildings.
From the fact that the present
Law School enrolment is 1877, one
can easily see how difficult it would
be to 60 back for IS years, or even
for shorter period. and select what
might be considered its outstanding
graduates. or those who have dis
tinguished themselves in law.
The bench in Washington alone,
at this time, contains the names
of six judges. AS members of the
District Court of the United States
for the District of Columbia, there
is the Chief Justice, Alfred A.
Wheat, and Justices Peyton Gordon,
James M. Proctor, and until recently,
Justice Joseph w. Cox. OF the
Municipal Court. the presiding
judge. George C. Aukam, is a
graduate. as are John P. Mcmahon,
presiding judge of the Police Court,
and Judge Fay L. Bentley Of the
Juvenile Court.
Mention of Judge Bentley's name
reminds the writer that Miss Marion
Clark. technical instructor in the
high school here for some years,
was the first woman to take a
regular full course of law at this
university and to graduate with the
degree of LII. B.. which she did in
1916. And it is also of interest to
note that Charles H. Cragin, who
received his LII. B. in 1872, is in all
probability the earliest and oldest
living graduate of the Law School,
and maybe even of the university.
Headed by President.
The faculty of the Law School is
headed by the president of the
university, DR.. Cloyd Heck Marvin,
and the dean Of the school is Dr..
William Cabell Van Week. The staff
of instructors includes, besides DR..
Van Week. Profs. John Wilmer
Latimer, Charles Sager Collier,
Hector Galloway Spaulding, Walter
Lewis Moll. Lloyd Hall Sutton,
Spencer Gordon, Conway Peyton
Coe. Levi Russell Alden, Gilbert
Lewis Hall. William Thomas Fryer,
Saul Chesterfield Oppenheim, Car
vile Dickinson Benson, James
Forester Dawson. John Albert Nc
Intire, William Randall Compton,
Chester Charles Ward, Clarence
Altha Miller, James Oliver Murdock,
James Robert Kirkland, James
Albert Pike and Justin Lincoln
Edgerton.
The moot court of appeals Is
presided over by George Francis
Williams and Paul Edgar Lesh.
The Law Dinner Committee, which
has as its chairman c. Oscar Berry,
includes David Byron, Miss Helen
M. Boyd, Miss Mary Agnes Brown,
Miss Mary M. Connolly, j. Forester
Dawson, Justin Edgerton, Lloyd
Fletcher, John B. Gunion, Joe D,
Hughes, Tracy l.. Jeffords, Frank C.
Kimball, James r. Kirkland, Howard
P. Locke, John McIntire, George
Monk, August H. Moran. Miss Helen
Newman, Frederick L. Pearce,
Dwight Taylor, John w. Townsend.
DR.. Van Week, Chester Ward, Mrs.
Dorothy r. Wilson. Frank Weitzel,
Charles Efinger Smoot, D. v.
OKeefe, Newell w. Ellison, Miss
Marguerite Rawalt, Raymond r.
Duckworth and w. Yule Fisher.