National University - Docket Yearbook (Washington, DC)

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THE POCKET Arthur, one of the founders of the institution. The following distinguished men succeeded the Honorable Arthur McArthur as Chancellor, in the order named : I he Honorable Samuel F. Miller, Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court; the Honorable Richard H. Alvey, Chief Justice of the Court of Appeals of the Distri ct of Columbia; the Honorable Eugene Carusi, and the Honorable Charles Francis Carusi, himself a graduate of the Law School in 1896. I he first department of the University to be organized was the Law School, which, therefore, is one of the oldest law schools in the United States. It continued to function actively throughout this phase of the University’s existence. The Medical School was organized in 1884, and was merged with another institution in 1904. Other departments were added from time to time, but each, in turn, for one reason or another, was discontinued, leaving only the legal department. THIRD PHASE I lie Law School of National University continued to function alone until after the World War, when, in response to the growing demand for collegiate work of standard grade, which would provide preparation for those who aspire to follow a business, financial, or public career, and which would be correlated with the studies offered in the Law School, the Univerity organized the School of Business Adminis- tration and Government, then known as the College of Finance and Business Adminis- tration. The history of this school is given elsewhere in this volume. T he Law School has grown with remarkable celerity since the close of the World War. The student body now numbers nearly one thousand. The School of Business Administration and Government swells this number by more than two hundred students in its various departments. Many new courses have been added to both schools during the past year, and the indications are that the next year will see still further expansion. The University, therefore, bids fair to bring about, after more than a half-century of existence, a Greater National University, more nearly in accord with the ideals and wishes of the Father of his Country. — LOY McAFEE. 21

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THE POCKET SECOND PHASE 1 he University was reorganized in 1896, under the following Act of Congress: CHAPTER 304 AN ACT TO INCORPORATE THE NATIONAL UNIVERSITY Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives 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, Charles Lyman, John T. Winter, Howard H. Barker, and William C. Whittemore, their associates and successors, are hereby con- stituted a body politic and corporate by the name of the National University, with power to sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded, and to have perpetual 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 constitute 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 business 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 em- powered to establish and maintain within the District of Columbia a university for the promotion of education. The said corporation shall have power to grant and con- fer diplomas and the usual college and university degrees, and honorary degrees, and also such other powers as may be necessary fully to carry out and execute the general purposes of the said corporation as herein appearing. 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. The institution has continued to operate, to the present time, under the charter thus granted. Of the men whose names appear in the charter, Mr. Justice Mc- Arthur and Mr. Justice Cole were serving, at the time, on the Bench of the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia; Mr. Justice Alvey, at 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 other incorporators was the late Honorable Eugene Carusi (father of the present Chancellor), who continued to act in this capacity to the time of his death, March 28, 1924; the Honorable Howard H. Barker, Dean of the Medical Department, and the Honorable John Goode, Attorney General of Virginia, and at one time Solicitor General of the United States. After President Cleveland’s retirement from office, at the expiration of his first term, the Board of Regents and Trustees of the University abolished the office of Chancellor Ex-Officio, and elected as Chancellor the late Honorable Arthur Mc- 20

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THE POCKET HONORABLE CHARLES FRANCIS CARUSI Chancellor 22