Harvard Law School - Yearbook (Cambridge, MA)

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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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J-fzzrmrd few Behav! Qmzm The dean of American political leaders, Norman Thomas, was the featured speaker when the Law School Forum opened its sixth year of discussions with a program on The Future of the American Liberal. Professor Mark DeWolfe Howe, faculty adviser to the organization, was the moderator on that occasion. Successive forums brought an array of distinguished writers, statesmen, scientists, attorneys and educators to the rostrum to present their views on current issues before enthusiastic audiences. Following the program on liberalism, other Forum programs included discussions on The Moral Responsibility of the Scientist, Psychiatry in Ncurotic America, The American Novel,', Crime in the United States, and the vital problem of The Struggle in Asia.', Notable personalities who participated in the Forums were: Owen Latti- more, Karen Horney, Norbert Wiener, James T. Farrell, Louis B. Nichols, Budd Schulberg, Gordon Allport, Irving H. Saypol, and Pitirim Sorokin. The Forum is entirely student-run, and its success depends upon the amount of time and enthusiasm students are willing to de- vote to it. A 25-member Board of Directors and staff of twenty carry on the many func- tions necessary to bring a topic from the idea stage to the rostrum. A coordinator is assigned to handle all the arrangements for each Forum. The duties of these men include securing the speakers, obtaining reservations, checking on publicity, arranging receptions, and countless other details. Under the leader- ship of Allen Klein as president the Fall pro- grams were coordinated by Bill Cousins, John Monroe, Dick Gold, Louis Del Duca, Donald Osmond, and Howard Dorris. Dick Myren was often too busy super- vising his preparations staff, who took tick- ets, arranged microphones, and seated the Left in Rigbl, Firxf Row: R. Oppenheimer, R. P. DeMember, A. Klein, W. Cousins, T. D. Taubeneckg Second Row: R. Gold C. Retherford, H. Rosenberg, L. Del Duca, S. Rosoff, D. C. Osmond, R. Doane, Tbirff Row: M. Foner, M. Hertz, H. Dorris, F. Levy H. Krieger, KI. Berger, I o1u'lf1 Rout F. Grill, C. Fernandez, R. Myren, KI. Ryder, Fiflb Row: S. Goodman, H. Glaser, R. Crotty W. Healey, U71fJil'fllV't'tI,, Brmrfl Members: V. Hughes, McDowell, J. Monroe, D. Sklar, D. Silvers, D. Spiller, G. Vardamis Urlpirlzzrmf, Siaff Mrml1c'r's: R. Brenneman, W. Curran, A. Fcker, A. Goldstein, M. Greenblatt, Guttentag, D. Harnack R. Marshall, R. Nester, W. Welcli Page one hzmclrecl seventy-six

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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