Evening star., 1943-06-07
6. u. Graduates II
With Law Degrees,
Honors Dr.. Maurer
Subservience of Nations
To Good Of Race Coming
To Fore, Gloss Is Told

Degrees were awarded to 81 law
seniors of Georgetown University at
the final spring graduation exercises
yesterday afternoon. when COM
mencement honors were bestowed
on Dr.. Robert Adam Maurer. vet
eran law professor and vice presi-
dent of the Board of Education.
Exercises were held in CASTOR
Hall and the Rev Francis E. Lucey.
S. j.. regent of the law school and
professor of Jurisprudence delivered
the address Today the law school
begins its annual summer sessions.
The Very Rev. Lawrence c. Cor
man. S. j., conferred an honorary
degree of doctor of laws on DR..
Maurer, who is also an alumnus of
the law school.
Addressing the graduates, Father
Lucey stressed the changes brought
about bv the social revolution pre-
ceding the law in our Interpretation
of the Constitution. and the expan-
sion of Federal legal powers.
So, also, he declared. the war lis
beginning to sound the death knell
of the divine right of nations. = =
People are dimly beginning to real
ize that national existence must be
subservient to the good of the hu-
man race
Must Broaden Viewpoint.
These changing conceptions of the
law and of nationalism, Father
Lucey said, require that the lawyer
of tomorrow must not only be
trained in broader field for prac-
tice, but also must have an inter-
national viewpoint.
The older lawyers are not
trained or prepared to meet the
new developments, he said. They
feel lost as a stranger caught in
the labyrinthlne passageways of the
Pentagon Building"
Honor students were presented for
prize awards by Dr. Hugh J. Fegan,
assistant dean, in the absence of
Dean George E. Hamilton. He also
presented candidates for grad
uate degrees and % from the under
graduate school
Prizes in the graduate school
were awarded as follows, The
ChetWood Medal for excellence in
study in masters course. to Edward
Pierpont Morgan of Gauatin. Mo:
honorable mention, Ephriam Jacobs
Of Arlington. Va.
Prize for excellence in course on
honorable mention, Ephraim Jacobs
Undergraduate School Prizes.
Undergraduate school prizes: The
Lucey Medal for highest general
average in entire law course, to
John Paul Causey of Lester Manor.
Va; honorable mention, Gilbert
Ramirez of New York City.
Hamilton prize of $50 for best
paper on legal ethics, to Jessco Cow
ley Nixon of Provo, Utah secono
prize of S25. John James Treman
and Frank Smith, both of District
of Columbia.
Faculty prizes of $40 and $40
for highest averages in senior wear.
morning sessions. respectively, Dom
aid Peter McHugh of Wilkes Barre.
Pa. and john Albert Koite of
Miami Beach, Fla, Same for after
noon sessions. Woodrow Stevens
Wilson of Provo, Utah. and Gilbert
Ramirez of New York.
The graduates:
Master Of Laws.
JACOBS, Ephraim Morgan, Edward p
Leecralt. Donald s. Watkins, Harmon L.
McDonough. F. K
Bachelor Of Laws
Afmheld, g. McC. McGunneSs. j. j.
Sausey: John p. McHamara, J. F.
Souehln. John j, NeShit, Arthur P
Oad1an, Arthur H. Nixon. Jessco c.
Doherty. Jerome j. Ramirez Gilbert
Donovan. w. H. jr Scha AFTER Arthur n
SloEahetu, Sllvlo V. Simpson. Richard NJ
helty, JoSeph B. Smith. Frank
faVelie; ROBERT F. Sullivan, James R.
N1Ia: Leo e., Wilson, Woodrow s.