Harvard Law School - Yearbook (Cambridge, MA)

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Harvard Law Salma! ltacara Every Wedliesday morning during the school year, with time off for exam periods, the Law School Rcfcorzl, the oldest law school newspaper in the country, makes its appear- ance on the tables in Langdell and Austin, and on several local newstands. This has been going on since 1946, when a group of vet- erans enrolled in the Law School decided that the School needed a newspaper. The Record serves a dual function, in serving the law student and Law School Alumni. Each week 5000 copies go out to students and alumni, the Recora' reaching all forty-eight states and eight foreign countries. To the students, the Record supplies news of what is happening around the School and more important, serves as a medium through which the students may voice their com- plaints and problems. Very often, the fac- ulty, too, uses the Letters to the Editor column for raising policy questions and ex- pressing their opinions. An example of this during the past year was the post-election wrangle between Professor Amory and the Law School Democratic Club. A volunteer staff gathers the news of the week and assembles in the oflices high on the third floor of Austin to put it together' in readable form. The major part of the labor takes place on Friday, Monday and Tuesday, when the oflice is alive with pre-publications activity. On Tuesday, the Editorial Manager and his assistants repair to the print shop in Kendall Square, and there the final processes of composition take place. At that time the position of each story and feature in the paper is finally determined. In addition to carrying the most important news stories, page one carries articles of timely importance by various distinguished alumni, judges and people in other fields who have something of interest to say to law students and lawyers in general. In the past year, the Record has included an article on The Sorio-Economic Approach af Yale Law Sclrool by Jess Dukeminier ex-'49, a Lefl lo Right, First Row: S. Lyons, H. Caron, J. Rirholz, A. Smith fPresidentj, J. Indick, L. Rachlin, H. Traehtenbergg Second Row: M. Foner, N. Paven, R. Ehrenbard, J. Thalhofer, NV. Hack, J. Reiss, N. Siegel, J. Fischg Third Row: C. Barrett, W. Scheurich, E. Feldman, H. Scharf, M. Barr, W. Kennedy, lfourib Row: D. Vernon, I. Markowitz, S. Hack, S. Golden, D. Sklar Page one hundred seventy-eight

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unusually large audiences, to sit down and enjoy the programs. Another aspect of Forum activity was the presentation of Legal Programs as a special service to law students. Offering persons from law and fields related to the curriculum, this enterprise brought Miriam Van Waters, Adolf A. Berle, Jr., Jerry Giesler, and others to Langdell Courtroom to lecture. These programs were under the direction of Herb Glaser. In December the Forum moved from Gannett House, its original home, to new, enlarged offices in Walter Hastings Hall. In its new location, wires hummed and the mails sagged when, amidst the perpetual beehive of enthusiastic activity, the students con- tinued to plan for a well-rounded year of Forum programs. BOARD OF DIRECTORS William Cousins, jr., Lou Del Duca, Ray DeMember, Robert Doane, Howard Dorris, Charles Fernandez, Herb Glaser, Richard Gold, Sheldon Goodman, Fred Grill, Vester Hughes, Allen Klein, James McDowell, John Monroe, Dick Myren, Bob Oppenheimer, Donald Osmond, Charles Retherford, Harry Rosenberg, Sid Rosoff, Dan Sklar, Dave Silvers, Dave Spiller, Ted Taubeneck, George Vardamis. OFFICERS FALL, 1950 Allen Klein .,..,.........,..,....,.....,.. .. President Raymond P. DeMember .... .Vice-President Robert Oppenheimer..Second Vice-President William Cousins, Jr-.. .,...,.,.., ,,,,,. S ecretary Theodore D. Taubeneck ,............... Treasurer SPRING, 1951 William Cousins, Jr... ,..,, .... ,..,... . P resident Robert Oppenheimer ...First Vice-President Richard A. Myren ...... Second Vice-President Louis Del Duca. ...... ....................... S ecretary Sidney D. Rosoff ..... . ...... .Treasurer Page one lzzmdred seventy-seven

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timely article on L:1a'ir's in fbv Law by the Honorable Burnita Shelton Matthews, Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia, an article on the field of corporation law by the general counsel for the Ford Motor Company, Donald Kehl, LL.B. '34, S.J.D., '40, and a series of articles criticizing the loyalty-oath proposal of the American Bar Association by Professor Zechariah Chafee. Feature articles by the members of the staff are also placed on the first page. These have been written in either a serious or jocular vein and have often been cited in national magazines. Page two is probably the one which en- genders the greatest interest among the read- ers. On that page are to be found the Edi- torials, Letters to the Editor, and the features known as Sub Judice, Gallery, and Off the Record. S1111 Indice is perhaps the most eagerly awaited feature among the alumni. In this column are found recent cases provoking laughter rather than serious thought. The Gallery is a profile of well-known members of the legal profession, usually a Law School Alumnus, professor or a judge. This year's subjects have included the Hon- orable William H. Hastie, recently appointed to the United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit, Kenneth D. Johnson, LL.B. ,24, Dean of the New York School of Social Work at Columbia University, Claude B. Cross, LL.B. '20, renowned trial lawyer, and new Law School Faculty members, Professors Morris, Sutherland, Surrey, and Hardee. To the alumni the Record' serves the func- tion of integrating the individual alumnus with the activities of the School. In con- junction with the dedication of the new dormitories this fall, the Record issued a commemorative issue with pictures and stories of the new Graduate Center. In this and similar ways, the Record becomes the medium for binding together the student and the alumni. The paper is the organiza- tion which expresses the views of the student body and reports on the activities of the School. Also the Rvcorcl reports on the chang- ing fortunes ofthe alumni and provides news and opinion on legal and Law School affairs. Page one lzzuzdrecl seventy-nine