National University - Docket Yearbook (Washington, DC)

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ENTRANCE ONE OF THE LECTURE HALLS.

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i | i - i m ni i i t i t i t ■ 1 1 i 1 ! 1 i i i • 1 1 1 1 1 1 l I i 1 1 1 1 1 • 1 • ■ ! 1 lAIAt I 1 It ' ll ' i i » . i i i .1 i i iiii ivivK i i ivivi 192 5 THE D 0 C K E T Page 15 National University ' s Birth Certificate E it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa- tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That Arthur McArthur, Richard G. Alvey, Charles C. Cole, William B. Webb, Eugene Carusi, H. O. Claughton. Thomas Wilson, Matthew G. Emery, John Goode, Chas. Lyman, John T. Winter, Howard H. Barker and William C. Whittemore, their associates and successors, are hereby constituted a tody politic and corpor- ate by the name of the National University, with power to sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded, and to have per- petual succession to ; acquire, take by devise, bequest, or otherwise hold, purchase, encumber, and convey such real and personal estate as shall be required for the purpose of its ' incorporation; to make and use a common seal, and the same to alter at pleasure. Sec. 2 That the aforesaid incorporators shall be and con- stitute a board of trustees for the said university, seven of whom shall constitute a quorum to do business, and which board shall be, and are, authorized to fill any vacancies in their number, to appoint such officers and agents as the busi- ness of the corporation shall require, and to make by-laws for the accomplishment of its purposes, for the management of its property and for the regulation of its affairs. Said corporation is hereby empowered to establish and maintain within the District of Columbia a university for the promo- tion of education. The said corporation shall have power to grant and confer diplomas and the usual college and uni- versity degrees and honorary degrees, and also such other powers as may be necessary to carry out and execute the general purposes of the said corporation as herein ap- pearing. Sec. 3 That this act may be amended or repealed at any time by the Congress at its pleasure. Approved, June, 1896. 29 Stat. L.,194.

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UE to uncertainties of life in this vale of tears, goods may disappear and riches may take flight; but that investment which reposes within the human mind can never be reached by the sheriff’s hammer nor by the robber’s threats. There- fore, whose who choose to spend certain of their years in the storing up of those enduring cultural assets which may never be taken from them, choose wisely; and there is little doubt in the writer’s mind that the substance of this thought, to- gether with the will to render great and noble service- to members of the profession and the world at large, pervaded the minds of those earnest and far-seeing men who founded National University more than a half century ago. The University, located in the City of Washington, was first incorporated by Professor Wedgewood and a num- ber of learned associates, under the general incorporation law of the District of Columbia, by a special act (29 Statutes at large, 194). The charter was granted to the Honorable Arthur McArthur and twelve others with power “to grant and confer diplomas and the usual college and university degrees.” Justice McArthur and Honorable H. C. Cole were at that time both serving upon the bench of the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia, and Mr. Justice Alvey, one time Justice of the Court of Appeals of Maryland, was the Chief Justice of the Court of Appeals of the District of Columbia. Among the other incorporators were the Honorable Eugene Carusi, at that time Dean of the law faculty, the Honorable Howard H. Barker, the Honorable John Goode, Attorney General of Virginia, and one time Solicitor General of the United States. The law school is not only among the oldest within the United States, but it is also one of the most reputable, thorough, and widely known. It enjoys an unusually high standing among members of the legal profession, here and elsewhere, due to the exceptionally high standards set for its faculty members, the carefully planned curriculum, and its mature and unusually ambitious student body. National University has never been officially connected with the Gov- ernment, notwithstanding the hope of the Father of his Country, that at some future time there might be a great official institution of learning at the Nation’s Capital, and notwithstanding the hopes of its progenitors. It had, however, during the early half of its existence, the honor of very distinguished sponsors, among the greatest of whom may be mentioned as Ex-officio Chancellors, five Presidents of the United States, Grant, Hayes, Garfield, Arthur and Cleveland. Diplomas awarded during their terms of office bear their signatures and in most instances were personally conferred upon the winners of degrees at the public graduation exercises. They are valued beyond all price by those who were so fortunate as to receive them. The four other Chancellors of the University were Mr. Justice Arthur McArthur, Mr. Associate Justice Samuel F. Miller, of the Supreme Court of the United States, Mr. Chief Justice Richard H. Alvey, of the District of Columbia Court of Appeals, and the Honorable Eugene Carusi, LL. D., | I t l XI Xt 1 ' — Ts IV ' t lX V ' tX » l v IX - ‘ i 7 sTix 1 I l ■ M ' i I ’ .I - ' 1- i i y ix ix » yix ix ' ' ' V . t ' x- ' iCis i 7(X x JN »x ' I I I , ” X ' t X M “ix ' ix r ' iN ix, s l ix iv x »x