National University - Docket Yearbook (Washington, DC)

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The History of the School V oltaire said that history is little else than a picture of human crimes and mis- fortunes. When considered generally that is true, but some parts of it give radiance to a world of achievement, advancement and progress. No doubt many chapters are darkened by the shadow of those who would keep us in the cesspools of ignorance, yet, though slowly, our present is being pierced by the beacon light of a greater tomorrow when enlightenment and learning shall rule alone. The history of our Alma Mater shows its eagerness to give Ambition a chance to soar to what heights it might aspire. As we turn back the cobwebbed pages of Time we find its origin in the grim and gloomy days of Reconstruction, a day when injustice ran rampant and the law was hanged in effigy. Courts were corrupt with partisanism and human rights were ravished by ruthless rascals seeking spoils. Here was a time when our country was in dire need of men familiar with the law and possessed with an anxiety to apply it justly. No better moment could have been chosen or a more appro- priate time to begin. National University was first organized in 1869 under a charter issued by the District of Columbia. In 1896, by a Special Act of Congress, the present charter was granted. By virtue of this charter the incorporation of their successors were empowered to establish and maintain an institution of learning of such a wide scope that the now existing departments are but an example of what is possible of creation should the full advantage ever be taken of the powers available. Five Presidents of the United States have served in the capacity of Chancellors ex-officio. Men of prominence and preeminence, jurists of both Bench and Bar, have served as lecturers, professors and instructors. Each year adds a greater list of students to its roster. The School is proud of its record, having been able to acquire the reputation of preparing a larger percentage of successful candidates for the Bar than any other school in Washington. And what shall we say of the future, except that those who seek to wear the mantle of Knowledge our University offers, will become more famed in their respective fields than those of the past? With the wide latitude of development yet unborn, we can but hope our school will become as broad and far-reaching as her name. The Class of 1929 has taken advantage of the opportunity presented to those who must use the day to earn their way and the night to seek their future and feel their worth to the world in which they are now about to enter. Our debt to National Uni- versity can be paid by an honest and upright practice of those various branches of the law which we have chosen for our livelihood.

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