Law College Edition
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he Daily Neb r ask an
xxi.
NO. 73.
III EVERY STATE
ion From Husker Law School
Practice in Every State in
the Union.
OVER ONE THOUSAND
0 GRADS IN PRACTICE
Nebraska Institution One of Best
Known of Its Kind in the
United States.
I Replies received by the University
of Nebraska college of law to h ques
tionnaire sent out to graduates of the
college have revealed some Interest
ing and astounding facts In regard to
the graduate!.
Thirty-nine per cent cf the gn;du
a;es of the college have left the state
0r Nebraska while twenty-five pe;
tent have dropped out of the prac
the or never entered It. Of thos
remaining In Nebaska, eighty pa
cent are practicing law, while of those
who left the state but sixty -nine pe
,cnt are still In the practice.
Of those who have dropp d awaj
from the profession of law, 21 per cei.t
lime entered the field of banking; 14
per cent have entered business tlelds,
10 per cent have taken up work in in-,-iiance
companies, 9 ior oent have
become id a-. '' tors, 5 ." r cent have
entered the publishing busiuobs, 4
per cent have gone Into farming. A
lew have entered the fields of auto
mobile industry, salesmen, physicians
manufacturers, lumber dealers, arm:
officers, etc.
Eighty-two per cent of the gradu
ates have been married. Twenty-five
per cent of the married men have no
children, 30 per cent have one child,
22 per cent have two children, 14 per
cent have three children, 5 per ceut
have four children, 3 per cent have
five children, while there are two
families of six children each, one of
seven and one of eight children.
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GENERAL LECTURE
FOR LAW COLLEGE
Prominent Speakers Address Bar
risters Each Friday
Morning.
General lecture and culture or
"background" are the two ideals of
the general lecture course which is in
it's second year in the college of law.
Each Friday morning at eleen
o'clock every student in the college of
law is expectantly awaiting the speak
er that has been chosen to address the
studmt body on soma general topic
of interest to every would be barrister.
The speaker's subject, iperhaps, may
be upon such a definite subject as
"The Creation and Growth of the Col
lege of Law," presented by Chancellor
Samuel Avery, or it may be upon some
'particularly phase of a lawyers work,
such as "The Expert Witness" by Dr
J. Mayhew.
There are several reasons why this
course was inauguarateu, first, to give
the cultural training that such a. ser
ies of lecture offers" secondly, to raise
the ideas and ideals of the future law
makes of Nebraska, and third, to at
leant once a week get every man and
'oman in the college of law together
so that a unity of spirit would result.
Students in the college agree that
the plan is most successful.
VOIi
A GRADUATES
John Peterson Is To Laws What
Jack Best Is To Husker Athletes
The University of Nebraski college
of law has a Jack Best all by itself.
While Jack Best is the idol of all
Cornhusker students and especially
the athletes, John Peterson, foi eigh
teen years janitor for the lawyers,
holds a place in the hearts of law
students similar to that of Jack Beit
Coming to the university as a jan
itor in 1901, John Pelerson bas served
the university ever since. When the
school was moved to the th'rJ
floor of U hall, John became the of
ficial Janitor for the colleg- That
as in 1903.
Then five years rolled around with
John ever serving the laws to the
test of his ability and it came mov
ing day for the attorneys again. They
ere going into a new build lug, th
0e which they now occupy. But
there
could be no moving of the law
college without taking John with It
8. accordingly, John moved Into the
Ifcw building too. And there he con
Untied to serve the lawyers.
LAWS AND PHARMACISTS
IN JINAL BATTLE TODAY
The laws and pharmacists meet to
day in the finals of the intra ?murai
championship cage tournament. The
game will be played at the armoiy at
4:30 p. m. A small admiselo: fee ol
ten cents will be charged, in order to
buy : suitable trophy for the winning
team.
The clash between the laws and
pharmacists promises to be the inos.
uxciiing giime played in t!iO intra
mural tournament. The laws, oacl ed
by John Pickett, have a speedy five
and are out to win the championship.
Wright and Preston, football stars,
play on the law quintet. Tlu phar
macists showed their class by trim
ming the Bizads, and can be counted
on to give the laws a fight for the
intramural championship.
Twelve Members Selected Each
Year to Carry on Activities
Of Senior Class.
The Squires, senior law society, was
organized with the help of Dean War
ren A. Seavey, in May, 1921. The or
ganization is representative of the
activities of the senior class and its
officers are: Doane F. Kiechel, chief
justice; N. Story Harding, counsel;
William Dudley, clerk. Twelve mem
bers are chosen each year from the
junior c'.ass to active membership in
their senior year. They are expected
to carry on the work of the senior
class, always looking toward the bet
terment of the school as a whole.
Members of the Squires for the cur
rent year are: Honorary W. G. Hast
ings, of Omaha, former dean of the
Nebraska law college; Warren A. Sea
vey, present dean of the college of
law. Active Doane F. Kiechel, N.
Story Harding, Emerson J. McCarthy.
Emil Luckey, William Dudley, Lloyd
Rolfe, Harry Hubbard, Fred Peters,
Eugene Doronbaugh, Fred Walrath,
Flcyd E. Wright and John Williams.
Members for next year will be se
lected from tha crowd of laws who
are on the field celebrating the tra
ditional Barbecue day. The Squires
pin is a high barristers' hat, of pur
p'e and gold enamel, with the word
'Squires' written thereon.
Barbecue Day To Be
fXttr'ino Alumni Week
At Graduation Time
Barbecue day to a law stirlent 's
like pay day to a soldier, or an all
night leave to a "gob" just in from ?
three months' cruise. It is a spring
time saturnalia; celebrated alike, and
arm in arm by freshman, seuici and
dean. No one is barred if his chosen
profession is law; no one cou1;1 watch
the merriment and not wish to be a
wearer of the fez.
Eons of time ago stone ase '-.wyer.
started the custom. They met 'n some
wide plateau, or in a shady valley .to
roast a mastadon and roll their gran
ite dice. The practice descended thru
time, the gala event each year for
lawyers and those who sought to learn
the law. Kingdoms waxed and ancci,
but the feast day of the laws survived
and grew fostering the -pirit unlo.i
and friendship which is forever evi
dent in the college of law.
Last year at the state fair grounu
the biggest barbecue since the Incep
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Students Award Gift.
wh th nlrit of Christmas com-
t inhihe itself into the hearts
UlCUtCU
of University of Nebraska students
just before the closing of school for
the holidays, some student aeuru
,., th law students should show
in a i- v- v
John that they appreciated all that he
did for them, so ne starve i .:u
ing the nickels and dimes of the law
vnrg and a sum of $25 was raised for
the ever-willing-to-serve Janitor. So
it was that John had a very muc
.tof r.hrlstmaa than he might
uai"v
otherwise have had for he knew the
lawyers liked him as he liked them.
Upon the presentation or iu uu.
to John, the eld Janitor was much
more deeply fixed into the hearts of
the lawyers than ever before vhen
he said "I would rather be Janitor of
the law school than be king of Eng
land." And so John thanked the stu
dents and again he thanks then Sn
this special law edition of The Daily
Nebraska n.
SQUIRES
LINCOLN, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, JANUARY 12, 1922
Future Policy Of
By Dean Warren A. Sea?y.
The law school cf the futuie will
bo comparatively small, admitting
only those who have demonstrated
their capacity to think and work and
rigorously weeding out those who
have not the mental and mora! stam
ina essential. This will create a hom
ogeneous group with similar ideaU
each member of which will be an as
set to the state. To take care of
the men whose ambition outruns their
pocketbooks and who have given high
promise of becoming good 'uwyer",
loan funds and scnolarships will be
provided. This will prevent to a large
extent, the dispersion of activities
which now handicaps st manv of the.
students. To create a still better
esprit de corps and to bring into
close association an intellectual com
munication the future leaders of the
Nebraska bar, there will be a doimi-
tory in which all the students will
PROFESSIONAL FRATS
BOOST SCHOLARSHIP
Phi Delta Phi and Phi Alpha
Delta Are National Law Or
ganization Here.
Two national professional law fra
nernities exist at Nebraska today. A
friendly rivalry exists between tha
two organizations and this acts as an
incentive between the groups. Phi
Alpha Delta, the younger of the two
organizations, has its own house,
which is located near 14th and IR,
while Phi Delta Phi, its rival oolds its
meetings at convenient places about,
the campus.
A short history of two organiza
tions written for the Daily Nebraska!,
follows:
Phi Alpha Delta.
Phi Alpha Delta is an honorary
professional fraternity for law stu
dents. Membership is by invitation
Scholarship is one of the first quali
fications, although integrity and per
Hnnalitv are essentials. Selections
are made chiefly from men who ex
pect to finish the law cours and er
ter the profession.
Phi Alpha Delta is a young orpan
ization having been founded in 1S97.
Partly for this reason however it has
been aggressive, and has become one
of the leading legal fraternities.
Reese chapter was installed at Ne
braska in 1915. Since that time it lvs
been active in college affairs, ano
has been a leader In scholarship. A
house is maintained for the ir.embers.
A short time ago the entire fresh
man law class was entertained at a
smoker given by the Phi Alfiia Delta
at their home on North Foa.teent;.
street. Justice Deau or the Nebras
ka supreme court and a member ot
the fraternity pleased those present
in a short talk involving several "take
offs" on the law professors who were
present.
Phi Delta Phi.
Phi Delta Phi, the oldest honorary
professional fraternity, was o-gauized
at the University of Michigan law
school in 1869. Since that time U
has installed 46 chapters in the lead
ing law schools of the United States
onri Canada with the result that
amone its 15,000 living membtis are
numbered flhe oremost leaders of
the American bar ot toaay.
Lincoln Inn was established at tr.
University of Nebraska In 1895. It.,
growth was rapid and there are no
over 450 men who are alirmn;t of the
local chapter. The Inn since Its found
ing has maintained a high scholar
ship requirement and now requires
that in order to be eligible foi mem
bership a student must have com
pleted all of the hours he is carry
ing in the law college with an aver
age grade of 70.
Phi Delta Phi's activities cn the
campus this year hte been numer-
ous. During me nnauie ui wiuuci
it held a smoker at the K. of C. hall
for the freshmen laws at which the
Hon. H. H. Wilson of the Lincoln bar
and a Phi Delta Phi alumnus wrs
the principal speaker.
The first week in November the
fall initiation was held at which time
ten men were admitted to member
ship bringing tha total membership
up to 32. The Inn then turned its
nnnrev to the publication of a di
rectory of the alumni of the Inn, th.s
being completed Just before tbe Xmas
vacation. At the State Bar associa
tion meeting held at Omahp , during
the holidays a luncheon wai feiven.
sponsored by the Lincoln Inn, for the
members who were then In that, clt;.
Robert Van Pelt is counsel this year.
The Law College
live together, concentrating all tne'.r
energies, during their brief opportu
nity for comprhensive study, prepa-
Ing directly for those tremendous
problems which lawyers of the future
must solve and upon the solution of
which the nation's safety depends.
Finally, the school will have a fac
ulty large enough so that it may give
more personal assistance to the stu
dents than is now possible vnd may
also assist directly in the solution
of legal problems through the pub
lication of constructive critic ni upon
our statutes and decisions. The
school will then be one of a group
of strong professional schools, sur
rounding a well balanced college of
arts and sciences, each acting wit.'t
generous rivalry to advr.nco Uie in
terests of the state through tlie bet.
terment of the profession which u
directly serves.
F
FROM MANY STATES
Instructors Receives Degress
From the Leading Law
Colleges.
The faculty of the Nebraska college
of law has been recruited from all
parts of the United States and the
members have received their educa
tion from the. leading law colleges of
the country. Following is a short sum
mary of their careers as students and
professors :
Warren A. Seavey, Dean.
Warren A. Seavey is a graduate ot
Harvard college and the law school
and practiced law in Boston until
called to China to reorganize the Pei
Yang University law school, which
trained Chinese to become diplomats
and judges. At the end of live years,
Mr. Seavey returned to the United
States where he lectured in pleading
at the Harvard law school for a year
followed by two at Oklahoma at Tu
lane university, where after a year he
was made the de facto head of the
school where he organized and edited
the Southern Law Quarterly. At the
beginning or the world war he attend
ed the first officer's training camp
at. Fort Benj. Harrison. Leaving here
with the rank of captain of infantry
he was assigned to Camp Taylor and
remained in the United States until
ordered to France in command of a
batallion in August 1918. His division
was used for replacements and he did
not arrive at the front until after
the armistice. At the opening of the
A. E. F. university at Beaune, he was
made director of the school of law.
He spent a year at Indiana university
before coming to Nebraska.
Dean Seavey is the editor of caso
books in Equity and Agency- He is al
so the author of articles published in
the various law journals particularly
concerning the subject of Agency in
which he is considered a national au
thority, being chairman of the commit
tee on Agency in the American Asso
ciation of Law Schools.
George N. Foster.
George Nimmons Fofter, profess jr
of Pleading and Practice in the Uni
versity of Nebraska law school, grad
uated from the Nebraska law school
in 1911; followed by work in the Uni
versity of Chicago. He received the
degree of Ph. B. in 1912 and the' de
cree of J. D. in 1914. In the summer
of 1912 he was appointed by the board
of regents assistant professor of law
at Nebraska which position ne iniea
until July, 191S, when he resigned to
go to Officers Training Camp at Fort
Sheridan. He was commissioned Sec
ond Lieutenant September 14, 1918
In July 1921. he was appointed pro
fessor of law at Nebraska law school
on full time work, having previously
devoted a -considerable amount of time
to active practice of law. Professor
Foster is the author of two books on
legal bibliography, "Exhaustive Legal
Search," West Pub. Co. (1917) and
"Lawyer's Legal Search," (1919); al
so he has had published locally, in
pamphlet form for, "Pleading in Par
ticular Actions at Common Law."
Charles A. Robbing.
Professor Charles A. Robbins at
tended Heddlng college in Illinois and
received the degree of Ph. B. and Th.
M. In 1882 Mr. Robbins entered the
law school of Northwestern Universi
ty. In 1885 Mr. KoDDins graduated
with honors from the law school, win
ning grand prizes in scholarship, the
sis and debate. In 1893 he became an
instructor In the University college of
law and save for an absence of four
years (from 1905 to 1909) has been
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CLUB ROOM PROVES
POPULAR WITH MEN
One spot which makes the !uw col
lege feel more like home, and which
draws the students into close: bonds
of friendship is room number 211.
This is the club room of the barristers
Not much can be said for the lurn.-
ture or decorations of the place; there
are no easy Morris etiatrs or daven
ports, no lace curtains or tapestries,
no oil paintings, but if the wooden
table and straight backed chalro jUi '
talk; what a story they would tell of
good fellowship witnessed end enjoyed
of the sessions that future judges
will look back on with longing, tlia
airing of ideals, and the plans ot con
quest of the world with a reward o.'
fame which are current in th? ureasis
of youth.
That Is the law club room.
101 HITMEN IN
E
Nebraska Law School Has Pro
duced Many Well Known
Prominent Characters.
Among the long list of graduates ol
the University of Nebraska college of
aw, there appears many names of men
who have become famous since Ieav
ing the Cornhusker institution.
Foremost in this long list is the
name of John J. Pershing, commander-in-chief
of the United States army
and one of the most prominent men in
the world today. Pershing was com
mandant at the University of Nebras
ka in the '90's and received a law de
gree in 1893.
The next most famous man in the
list probably is Roscoe Pound, former
dean at the Nebraska college in 1902
07, now dean , of the Harvard college
of law. Pound is one of the foremost
jurists in the country.
Colonel William H. Hay ward now
of New York City won nation wide
fame through his commanding of the
colored regiment during the late world
war.
George P. Costigan, dean of the Ne
braska law college from 190" to 1909
is now a law professor at Northwest
em university. He is the author of
many books.
Charles S. Lobinger, a professor at
Nebraska in 1900-03, is now judge ci'
the United States court for China.
Walter W. Cook, instructor at Ne
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Lawyers Are Famed
For Their College
Spirit And Support
In all their activities the laws show
a stick together spirit, and a joy in
their oneness. This spirit is engend
ered by working toward a common
soal, it is made possible by the fact
that all the laws are together in one
building and that there are not too
many of them to allow each other to
know all the others. The happy, care
f, ee unity of action is almost a tradi
tion. During the football season the fut
ure barristers meet at their college
before each game; they practice var
sity and law college ye'.ls, then march
to the field in a body to follow the
came together, and to help with th
cheering as much as possible.
In the class room scarcely a day
goes by without a song. Never has a
general lecture period failed to start
with singing, and no speaker who has
faced the law assembly can say that
he didn't receive a unanimous, rous
ing welcome. Recluses or grouches
are persona non grata in the law college.
Nebraska Law Library Stacks Up
Well WithThose In Other Schools
Bearing out the reputation of tbe
University of Nebraska college of law
as one of the best in the country,
the university has equipped it with
a law library which is equal to the
best in the country. More than 5,000
law books are contained in the lib
rary and throughout the day frcm the
opening of the library at 8 o'clock
in the morning to the closing or it at
10 o'clock in the evening, students
are busy working among these books.
Besides the 5,000 volumes adorning
the shelves of the library, the study
hall is equipped with a current mag-
axlne table which bears all of tie
leadine legal periodicals In the coun
try. These are also much lead by
students of the college.
Valuable Books Donated.
Former dean of the college W. C.
Hastings, donated to the law libra; j.
TRICE FIVE CENTS
E
SCHEDULES OUT
Registrar Makes Public List' of
. Final Test Periods Begin
ning Saturday.
EXAMINATIONS TO RUN
FOR ENTIRE WEEK
Friday Night Declared Closed in
Preparation for the First
Day Schedules.
The schedule of examinntv-ns ior
the first semester of 1921-22 was an
nounced Wednesday afternoon by the
office of the egistrar. The programs
are to be distributed to the students
from that office.
Examinations will start r.evt Sat
urday and continue through the fol
lowing Friday. This Friday night
has been declared a closed nif,ht in
order to allow students to hold stud?
schedules in preparation for tests to
come Saturday morning.
Four examination periods vsill bo
held on each day excepting Satur
day when there will be but three pe
riods. The first :period each day
runs from 8 to 10 o'clock, the second
from 10:15 to 12:15, the third from
1:15 to 3:15 and the fourth from 3:30
to 5:30.
Each class will meet for examina
tion where it egularly recites except
that examinations in English I, all
sections, moden language I (French)
and 51 (Spanish), all sections will
be held on Saturday at the time in
dicated. The complete schedule follows:
Saturday, January 14.
8:00 a. m. to 10:00 a. m. French
I. All sections. Place of examina
tion to be announced in class by the
instructor.
10:15 a. m. to 12:15 p. m. Spanish
61. All sections. Place of examina
tion to be announced in class by the
instructor.
1:15 p. m. to 3:15 p. m. English I.
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NEWS LETTER SENT
TO F
Graduates Receive Invitation to
Visit Nebraska Law
College.
The college of law is one of the few
colleges at Nebraska that prints and
distributes a news letter to graduates
and former members of the college.
The last copy of this publication was
distributed early last year.
The news letter resembles, in form,
an individual college catalogue and
contains forty-eight pages of news con
cerning the students of yesterday and
today.
The introduction to this year's vol
ume is a cordial invitation to all old
Nebraska men to make the law college
their headquarters when they are in
Lincoln, and puts at their disposal the
library and other equipment of the
school.
One of the purposes of the volume
is to bring about a closer relationship
between the men in the profession and
the students in the university, with
the ultimate hope that summer work
and' permanent locations may be ob-
ained for Nebraska law students more
easily.
This volume has done much to int
erest the lawyers of the ptate in the
Nebraska college of Law.
a set of books, "Blackstone's Com
mentaries on the Law of England."
He also donated a book, "Theory ot
Law," by Korkunow, trans! ated by
himself from the Russian language.
Dean W. A. Seavey, present head
of the college, has given the library
a number of articles and books on
law of torts and agency, several of
which he himself was author.
While Harvard and Ann Arbor,
rated as two of the best schools ot
law in the country, have larger libra
ries than Nebraska, the Cornhusk
ers' legal room is more than adequate
for present needs. Students use the
library from morning until night and
are always able to find information
about any technical legal questions
which they may wish to Investigate.
Miss Hedlund has charge of the lib
rary and Is assisted by S. A. Lewis.
SEMESTER
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