Evening star., 1940-04-07

shortly afterward was appointed lee
turer at the law department of Co.
lumbian College.
His appointment as clerk of the
Supreme Court was dated January
%, 1927, and he continued to dis
charge the duties of this Office until
his death, on July 13, 1863. OF him,
Chief Justice Taney has said:
when we are appointing a sue
cessor to Mr.. Carroll, it is but justice
to his memory to say that he was an
accomplished and faithful officer,
prompt and exact in business and
courteous in manner, and during
the whole period of his judicial life
discharged the duties of. his Office
with justice to the public and the
suitors. and to the entire satisfac-
ton Of every member of the court"
Closed for Time.
But as to the law school of
George Washington University,
through financial and other difficult
ties 1t ceased to function soon after
it came into existence. and it was
not opened up again until 1865. The
faculty at this time probably in
cluded Samuel Tyler, instructor of
the senior class; John G. Kennedy.
Instructor of the junior class. and
the Rev. DR.. George w. Samson,
lecturer on ethics and ethical his
tory. Senator Ira Harris of New
York, lecturer in the Law School
In Albany, lectured here on Amer
ican law.
George Washington University
Law School of that early period had
a two-year graduate course and its
classes met for one-hour sessions for
only three evenings of the week.
The first class graduated in 1867,
with commencement exercises in the
National Theater on June IL. Just
what happened is best told in the
words of The Star, as printed the
following day:
"The stage was occupied py the
faculty of the school, the graduating
class and others, and the orchestra
pit was occupied by the Marine Band.
The exercises were opened with
prayer by the Rev. DR.. Samson, and
j. M. Carlisle. Esq, being introduced,
addressed the graduates, giving
them good, sound advice and waltz
able hints as to the practice of their
profession.
Degrees Conferred.
"The duty of conferring the de-
grees devolved upon DR.. Samson,
president of the college, who de-
livered the diplomas to the grad
yates in the following order:
II. w. Barry, Texas; H. D. Bean,
Iowa; c. H. Buxton. New York;
Charles L. Catlin, Wis: Frederick
Chase. N. H.; A. P. Childs, D. c.;
Henry v. Cole, N. Y; J. w. Corey
N. Y; G. Eaton Creecy, D. c.; T. E
Davis, Mass; VIM. H. Day, N. Y;
William S. Dodge, ILL.,: VIM. H. Doo-
little, Pa; Benjamin Elgin, Pa; Ed
gar T. Ensign, Iowa; Reginald Fen
dali, D c.; E. E. Forsyth, N. Y: H
R. French, KY; E. M. Gibson, Ind ;
J. Mason Goszler, D. c.; George F.
Graham, D. c.; M. Edwin Hall, VT;
H. G. Harmon, N. H.; H. c. Herr
Pa; G. B. Holden, Wis; w. A. Hunt
Ohio: E. p. jacobson, Poland; j. G
Kimball, Ind; r. G. Kirkpatrick
Pa; Young Langtree, N. Y; H. K
Leaver, N. H.; j. M. Mason, D. c.;
James B. McCrellis, D. c.: M. s. Nc
Cullough, Ohio; o. G. McLeran
Kansas; j. Fred Myers, Mich; N. B
Miliken, Maine; S. A. Moulthrop, D
c.; j. L. Murphy, Tenn; J. McC
Perkins, D. c.; H. r. Pollard, Va; G
N. Richards, Mass; Charles Roller
D. c.; Thomas S. Samson, D. c.;
Will F. Scott. Iowa; Albert N. Seip
d. c.: Frank A. Spencer, Ohio; VIM
E. Spencer. Wis; Winfield S
Strawn. Iowa; A. K. Tingle, Ind;
VIM. D Todd, Pa; Edward Tomp-
kins, jr, Conn.,; M. Trimble, Ohio;
John B. Warfel. Pa; Woodbury.
Wheeler, D. c.; j. N. Whitney
Maine; H. A. Wilder, Mass: John G
Wilson, D. c.: w. l.. Wilson, West
Virginia; Joseph Woodruff, Ohio.
"Dr. Samson delivered the vale
dictory, in which he spoke feelingly
of the relation he bore to the class
as instructor and his regrets at
parting, and also gavs some parting