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Diplomas for Graduates of
Georgetown Law School.
NINETY IN THE TWO CLASSES
Justice Wendell P. Stafford Delivers
the Address.
NAMES OF THE PRIZE WINNERS
Capacity of Gaston Hall Taxed?
Third and Fourth Year Classes
Hold Banquets.
An audience of more than a thousand per
sons gathered last evening In Gaston Hall,
Georgetown University, and witnessed the
closing exorcises of the thirty-fifth scholas
tic year of the School of I^aw. Georgetown
University. The assemblage taxed the ca
pacity of the spacious hall. The doors were
optned at 7:13. and by 8 o'clock, when the
overture was played by the orchestra, the
wudltorium and galleries were crowded.
Ninety men, representing nearly every
state and territory in the Union, received
degrees In law. The graduating class. In
cap and gown, occupied seats on the plat
form with the members of the faculty, as
did Mr Justice White of the Supreme Court
of the United States. Rev. David Hlll
liouse Buel, S. J . president of the univer
sity. delivered the opening address to the
graduates and conferred the degrees. In his
brief remarks he referred to the difficult
course of studies which the clasj had pur
Justice Wendell Phillips Stafford.
(Copyright. 1 904 hy J. E. Pnnly. Boston.)
sued successfully, and said that the sheep
skins bestowed were far more than empty
IiOnors. They signified, he declared, that
each man had given the faculty satisfac
tory evidence of his ability to pass the Dis
trict and state bar examinations, and to up
hold the high standard set by graduates of
the wbool In practice before the courts.
Introduced by Chief Justice Clabaugh.
After music by the orchestra Chief Jus
tice Harry M. Clabaugh of the Supreme
Court of the District of Columbia and dean
of the i ulty. Introduced Justice Wendell
Phillips St afford of the District Supreme
Court, who spoke on the "Lawyer."
The justice said that it was not his Inten
tion to .speak of lawyers in general or or
my lawyer In particular, but about "the"
l.iwyi r, the Ideal of the profession. Such a
one must be adequately endowed by nature,
the i>e ik. r pointed out, well Informed by
study i>pen-eyed to opportunity and loyal
to the trust reposed in him.
"Then are lawyers by nature," Justice
Stafford remarked, "as there are poets by
nature, endowed with two gifts, one to per
ceive the true relations of things and the
other the disposition to see Justice done."
Tin M . aker enlarged on the training and
discipline necessary to the ideal lawyer and
to mment'd on his peculiar opportunity to
Serv'. th. world In matters of law reforr.i
und In the solving of social questions.
In conclusion Justice Stafford said:
' Vou will say I have Idealised the pro
fession I confess It I could not labor in
1t unless I did. Whatever one's profession
may be. let him idealize It. If I had but
*>ne word of counsel to give it would be
Vernon E. West.
^"1 ,ner of prise for highest nivng*. first-year clam,
that. Clothe It with the ricnej; imagery;
surround It with the noblest names, the
proudest associations If you were an ar
tist, you would think of III'.(leas anu
Raphael and Michael Angela. If you were
a preacher you would think of Savanaro;a
und Whltefieid and Hossuet and Brooks. If
you are a lawyer, think of Mxrsball. end
Webster and Krskine and Coke of Selden,
Ulpian and Demosthenes. These, not the
hucksters and shysters of ihe day, stand
for your art Lift It to the level of your
lilghest thought: dignify It by your noblest
effort: then If you fall to fulfill your Ideal
your very failure might be success for one
who strove less nobly.
Short-Lived Fame.
"The lawyer leaves a short-lived fame.
His cases, which taxed his strepfftn and
drained his very blood, are mostly of pass
ing Interest and soon forgotten. Th?re was
Dexter, of whom Webster said: 'His very
statement was argument, his Inference
seemed demonstration.' He hardly lives be
yond that single sentence of Webster'-? eu
loglum. There was Jeremiah Mason, the
giant of Webster's day. to whose rivalry
Webster himself attributed his own devel
opment, a rivalry that held the god like
I'anlel and his utmost effort, and made
him often say. "The laurels of Mlitlades will
not let me sleep." It was Mason, you may
remember, who argued the Dartmouth Col
lege case in the state court of Ne-v Hamp
shire, and so argued It that wh?n Webster
presented It again to the Supreme Court
of the United States In that wor'd-famous
speech, he could only plough through again,
and did, the same furrow that Mason's
share had run In. This was tubman whom
old lawyers still speak of as tne greatest
New England ever had.
"I doubt If many of you ever thought of
him before. And yet. he did a man's work
and fills a man's place in the world's for
gotten history. Choate himself has left lit
tle .more than an actor's tradition.
"The race of fame is not always to the
swift nor its battle to the strong. How pa
thetic the thought of that innumerable
nameless multitude, who have done the
world's rough work! Other men labored
and we have entered Into their labors. We
cannot even thank them for It. That may
be our lot and doubtless will. It Is only a'
question of time at beBt when we shall be
Charles H. English,
Winner of prize for best essay, fourth-year class.
(Photo hy Harris-Swing.)
forgotten. You go out perhaps under a
starry night. Above you ride the heavenly
host. You see the bright majestic stars,
the splendid constellations. You call them
by their names?Jupiter. Saturn. Orion and
Pleiades You think they shed the light
upon your path, and so they do, but not
the whole. Astronomers will tell you that
one-fourth of all that blended radiance
falls from stars too small for you to see.
They seem to have no place in heaven;
they have no name on earth; and yet they
light you on your way. Not one of us may
ever become a bright particular star in the
heaven of fame; but we may all join the
Invisible host that shed their kindly light
upon the paths of men."
Awards of Prizes.
Other selections were rendered by the
orchestra, after which the awards of prizes
were announced by Chief Justice Seth
Shnpard of the District Court of Appeals.
The faculty cash prize of $40 for the best
essay from among the members of the
fourth-year class was awarded to Charles
H. English of Pennsylvania, the subject or
whose essay was "The Constitutionality of
Statutes Providing a Remedy for Wrong
ful Death as Applied to Railroad Corpora
tions."
A special prize of "Smith's Leading
Cases," for the best essay from among the
members of the third and fourth years
combined was awarded to Robert J. Ken
nedy of Pennsylvania, who also received
the Edward Thompson prize to the mem
ber of the third-year class for the best
thesis on some legal subject assigned by
the faculty. ,
The subject selected was "How Far a
Common Carrier May, by Contract. Ex
empt Itself from Its Common Law Lia
bility for Loss or Damage to Freight
Occasioned by Its Own Negligence." The
essays were passed upon by a committee
Robert J. Kennedy,
Winner of Thornp*on prize.
(Photo by Harrls-Ewlng.)
consisting of Messrs. Jesse Adkins and
Frank J. Hogan.
Best Graduation Thesis.
The prize donated by the American Law
Book Company to the member of the
fourth-year class for the best graduation
thesis on a legal subject assigned by tho
faculty was won by Charles H. English of
Pennsylvania. The subject selected was
"The Jurisdiction of Equity to Award
Injunction Remedy Where Such Injunc
tion Involves the Restraint of the Com
mission of Crime." The essays offered in
competition had been referred to a com
mittee consisting of Messrs. Charles J.
Murphy and Henry R. Gower.
The gold medals furnished by the faculty
for the best Individual debater in each of
the public debates held during the scho
lastic year were awarded to Charles M.
Mattingiy of Maryland and E. M'Henry
Gallaher of the District of Columbia.
The following class prizes were awarded:
A cash prize of $00 to the member of the
first-year class maintaining the best aver
age in recitations and examinations during
the year: awarded to Vernon E. West of
the District of Columbia: average, A
cash prize of $2"> to the member of the flrst
year class maintaining the second best av
erage in recitations and examin itlons during
the year: awarded to Henry C. McKenna of
Massachusetts; average, 95.99. A cash prize
of $50 to the member of the second-year
class maintaining the best average in reci
tations and examinations during the year;
awarded to George A. Finch of the District
Charles X. Mattingiy,
Winner of public debate t*<lal.
of Columbia: average. H6.&1. A cash prize
of $25 to the member of the second-yeai
class maintaining the second best average
In recitations and examinations during the
year; awarded to Charles 8. Hlllyer of Flor
ida; average. 93.98. A ca*ih prise of $75 tc
the member of the third-year class maintain
ing the best average In recitations and ex
aminations during the yaai; awarded to Ru
dolph H. Testman of the District of Colum
bia, average. 88 43. A cash prize of HO to
the member of the third-year elasa main
taining the second best average in recita
tions and examinations during the year;
awarded to Daniel J. Wilson of Texas; aver
age, ?7.39.
Bachelor of Law.
The degree of bachelor of law was con
ferred upon the following: James Henry
Babcook, Jr.. District of Columbia; Edward
H. Backes, New Jersey; Walter 8. Blniey,
Massachusetts; James B. Bocock, District
of Columbia; Clarence M. Booth, Indiana;
Paul Carter, Florida; Francis J. P. Cleary,
Illinois; William Frances Condon, A. M.,
Iowa; George Bowdoin CraigrhiU. B. A.,
District of Columbia; Samuel D. Crandall.
Ph. D., New York; Robert E Crowley, Mas
sachusetts; Frederick I*. Devereux. A.
District of Columbia; Moratlnos Ignaclo De
Ycaza. Y.. Manila, P. I.: Joseph A. Dial,
LL B.. Texas; W. Thomas Doar. Wiscon
sin; John Duggan, jr., Pennsylvania; John
K. M. Ewing, New York; Hugh Conniff
Fisher, Louisiana; John J. Flanagan, Dis
trict of Columbia; William F. X. Geoghan,
A. M., Pennsylvania: Isaac 3. George, A.
M.. Maryland; Alexander C. Gibbs,
nesaee; Werner Gibson, Texas; Harrj' U.
Graham. B. S.. Illinois. Virgil R. Greene.
Indiana; Stephen Sylvester Grogan. A.M.,
Wisconsin; Louis Laval Hamby, South Car
olina; James H. Hamill, M. Accts, District
of Columbia; Bernard J. Heffernan,
Rhode Island; John F. Hennessey, Mas
sachusetts; Joseph G. Hilman, Ala
bama; Edward N. Hopewell. Virginia; j
Charles J. Kane. Pennsylvania; Rob
ert Joseph Kennedy. A.B.. Pennsylvania;
Michael J. Leahy, District of Columbia;
William D. Lenahan. Pennsylvania; Paul
E. Lesh. District of Columbia; John G.
Loos, Nebraska; James Bernard Mtilone.
A B.. Ohio; Robert A. Maurer, B. L., Wis
consin; Fairfax Shield McCandllsh. A. B.,
Virginia; Charles A. McCarthy, A. B.. Dis
trict of Columbia; Charles E. McCullough,
Tennessee; Charles Colden Miller, A. B.,
District of Columbia; John Molloy. Porto
Rico; John A. Murphy. Rhode Island; Les
ter T. Murphy. Rhode Island; Lawrence F.
Nolen Rhode Island; Michael C. O'Brien,
Pennsylvania; Albert H. Osterman. Dis
trict of Columbia; George Paschal. District
of Columbia; Thomas Handford PattPrson.
Virginia; Bert Russell. New York; William
J. Scholz. Michigan; Philip Aloyslus Slat
tery A. B Missouri; Andrew T. Smith.
North Carolina; Jacob Pendleton Stirowalt.
Virginia; Shepard S rong. Vermont; Richard
Taggart District of Columbia; Adolph A.
Thomas. M. P. L.. Ohio; Raymond H. Van
Nest, District of Columbia; John Douglas
E. McHenry Gallaher.
WlnDer of public debate medal.
Wade. E. E., Maryland; Harry F. Wal
ters. Illinois; Thomas Capel Willis, Vir
ginia: Daniel John Wilson. A H.. Texas;
Arthur Wright. A. B-. District of Colum
bia; Frederick S. Wvnn. Virginia; Rudolph
H. Yeatman. District of Columbia; John H.
zible. Illinois, and M. Eugene Ziegler, A.
B., South Carolina.
Master of law.
The degree of master of law was con
ferred upon J. Barrett Carter, LL. B., Vir
ginia; Arthur L. Connolly, LL. B.. Massa
chusetts; Henry B. Davenport. LL 13., New
Jersey: James E. Dlllard. LL. iJ.. Tennes
see; Glenn R. Donaldson, LL. B.. Missouri;
Charles H. English. LL. B., Pennsylvania;
Thomas Salisbury Huff, LL. B., New York;
I John M. Loughran, LL. B.. Dist-ict of Co
I lumbia: Chas. F. Maguire, jr.. LL. B., New
I York; Williams Matthews, LL. B., Indiana;
I James E. McDonald, LL. B.. Nebraska;
Francis Xavier McDonough, LL. B., Ver
mont; James A. McLaughlin, LL. B., LL.
M., District of Columbia; Robe-t Emmet
McNamara. LL. B.. North Carolina;
rence' A. E. O'Keefe, A. B., LL. B.. Ari
zona: George E. Oiler, LL. B., Illinois;
Charles J. Seitz, LL. B., New York: Mark
Streaman. LL. B.. Maryland; Fre b rick S.
Tyler, LL. B., District of Columbia, and
Joseph A. Williamson, LL. B., Illinois.
Graduates at Banquets.
Soon after the close of the exercises class
banquets-were held. Fifty members of the
graduate class proceeded to the Raleigh
Hotel, where they enjoyed a season of
feasting and speech-making. William F. X.
Rudolf H. Yeatman,
Winner of prixe for best average, fhlrd-year class.
Geoghegan acted as toastmaster, and the
following responded to toasts: Fairfax
Shield McCandllsh, Michael Leahy, Ru
dolph H. Yeatman, Robert J. Kennedy,
Isaac A. George. Joseph A. Dial. Robert
Maurer, Francis J P. Cleary. Robert E.
Crowley, Virgil R. Green and Edward N.
Hopewell. The following attended;
Rev David H. Buel, S. J., president of
the university; Chief Justice Harry N. Cla
baugh. Chief Justice Seth Shepard. Justices
Ashley M. Gould. D. T. Wright and Wendell
Phillips Stafford, Michael Colbert. D. _.W.
Baker, James Henry Babcock, Jr., Paul
Carter, Samuel B. Crandall, Frederick L.
Devereux. Moratlnos Ignacio de Ycaza Y.,
John Doggan, Jr.. Hugh Connlff Fisher,
John J. Flanagan. William F. X. Geoghe
gan, Alexander C.' Gibbs, Werner Gibson,
Stephen Sylvester Grogan, Louis Laval
Hamby, James H. Hamill, Bernard J. Hef
fernan. John F. Hennessey, Joseph G. Hil
man, Charles J. Kane, William D. Lena
han Paul E. Lesh. John G. Loo*. James
Bernard Malone. Charles A. McCarthy,
Charles E. McCullough. Charles Colden
Miller John Molloy, John A. Murphy,
Lawrence F. Nolea. Albert H. Osternian,
George Paschal, Philip Aloyslus Slattery,
Jacob Pendleton Stlrewalt, Richard J.
Taggart, Raymond H. V an Nest, John
Douglas Wade, Harry F. Walters and John
H- Zable.
The post-graduates dined at the Shoreham
Hotel Most of the members of the class
( responded to the call of the toastmaster. J.
? Barrett Carter, for speeches. The following
t attended:
i Justice L. B. McComas, Chief Justice Seth
Shepard. Aldis B. Browne, George*:. Haro
i ilton, Frank E. Cunningham, David H.
Buel, president of the university; U. Barrett
Carter, Arthur Connolty, Henry Davenport,
? James E. Dlllard. Glenn R. Donaldson.
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