The sixth annual commencement exercises of the Comparative Law Schoo] of China (the Law, Department of Soochow University) were held last Friday afternoon at No. 20 Quinsan Road, the Rev. W. B. Nance, D.D., president of the Soochow University, being in the chair.
A public moo& court trial was held on the previous day, Mr. N. A. Allman (American Assessor) and Mr. Loh Zau-tsoong (Chinese Magistrate) sitting. The trial was conducted by the students of' the third year class according to the procedure of the International Mixed Court, members of the graduating class appearing in the role of counsel.
Judge C. S. Lobingier, of the United States Court for China, upon whom the honorary degree of Doctor of Jurisprudence was conferred, delivered the main address, the other speakers being Gen. T. 1, Hartigan, Mr. Chang Yi-peng a) Mr. S. Fessenden, Presidents of the Philippine, Shanghai (Chinese), and Far Eastern U. S._ Bar Associations respectively. Judge Lobingier, whose theme was "The Flowering of Roman Law" spoke of the lives, works and influence of Papinian, Ulian, Paulus and Modestinus, four early Roman jurists.
Diplomas, conferring the degree of Bachelor of Laws, were handed by Dr. A. P. Parker, chairman of the Board of Trustees of Soochow University, to Shih Kung, Kiang Yebing. Ting Tsen-kyung, Shen Yi-chen and Luther Z. Codl.
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