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Show FILIPIXO TOOK PRIZES. "Yet they tell us the rights and freedom of citizenship citi-zenship are not to be extended to that country,' . said Associate Justice Seth Sheprrd of the district court of appeals, and of the eGorgetown.Law school faculty, as he presented two prizes to Roman Jose Lacson y de Paula, a Filipino, at the commencement commence-ment of the graduating class of the school last week. The honored Filipino, who had distanced his American Amer-ican fellow students, is from the island of Nearros. lie took the honors gracefully, and judging by the greeting extended by the student body as he advanced ad-vanced to receive the prizes, his victory was a popular pop-ular one. The occasion was the thirty-third annual commencement com-mencement of the school, and for the (irsc lime in its history the exercises were held on the college campus just after twilight. If hearty enthusiasm manifested itself whon the brilliant Filipino captured the prizes in the essay composition, sadness visited the scenes a ?'ew moments mo-ments later. It was when Justice Shcpard announced an-nounced that the"winner of the $75 prize o.'Tered to the student of the third year class maintaining the best average in recitations and evaminatons during the year had died only last Thursday. He was Charles Everett Shipley of Washington. The entire class rose with uncovered heads as the announcement an-nouncement was made. He had stood at the head of his class through the course, taking first prize for scholarship during the first and second years, as well as for the third. i |