Kansas City School of Law - Pandex Yearbook (Kansas City, MO)

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ARMXVELI. Locicwooo Cooifiziz. Lcdzzrcz' 011 01111111011 Law Plfatlzhzgs. Mr. Armwell Lockwood Cooper, lecturer on Code and Common Law Pleading in the Kansas City School of Law for the past four years, was born at Willow Grove. Delaware, November 15, 1870. In early boyhood, Mr. Cooper attended the country school of Willow Grove. Later he was a pupil in the public schools of Dover, and subsequently went to the Wil- mington Conference Academy. In 1889 he came to Kansas City, where he read law with Judge VValter A. Pow- ell as preceptor until his admission to the bar in 1895. He began practice alone, but soon be- came a member of the firm of Wellman, Solomon K: Cooper, which relation was continued until 1905, when he resumed the practice of law alone. Mr. Cooper is well known as a demo- cratic leader in Kansas City. He has al ways taken an active part in politics, and has frequently addressed the public from Democratic platforms. In the fall of 1907 he was elected to represent the Seventh district in the state senate. Therefore, he is now one of the lawmakers of the state of Missouri. In law and in politics he has attained notable distinction. XVhile undoubtedly' he is not without that honorable ambition which is so powerful and useful as an incentive to activity in public affairs, he regards the pursuits of private life as be- ing in themselves abundantly worthy of his best efforts. To the student body of the school his work has been an inspiration. His ple ing manner in conducting his class, his clear statement of the important subject of pleading cannot fail to leave its im- press upon the minds of the students who have been so fortunate as to take this ZS- branch of legal science under Mr. Coop' er's direction. 18

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Iziiisox ,X. Xlzlgl.. Lectzzfm' 011 Dounxvtn' Rvlritzmz. Mr. Neel was horn in Shelbyville, Ky., on October G, 1876. ln 1888 he came with his parents to Kansas City. ln Kentucky young Neel's early educa- tion was in the hands of a talented Fing- lish woman, an old friend of the family, who lived in the Neel household. The pleasant relations thus brought about be- tween teacher and pupil served to foster a love for study, which in later years proved advantageous to one embarking in the study of the law. In Kansas City he attended the ward schools, and before he had reached the age to he admitted to high school, he at' tended a, private school, for the purpose of more quickly preparing himself to en- ter college. During the years the subject of this sketch attended Westminster College, at Fulton, Missouri, and there took a great interest in oratory and debate. in which he creditably acquitted himself, both in his own college and in the intercollegiate contests. Graduating from XVestminster, he ree turned to Kansas City and entered the office of Mr. Frank Hagerman and Hugh CK XYard to study law, attending the Kan- sas City School of Law in the evenings during the year 1R98 and '99. After graduating from that institution a partnership was formed under the firm name of Neel and Moore, with Herbert C. Moore, a member of the class of '99. Subsequently Mr. Moore withdrew and the present firm of XVard, Hadley and Neel was formed. In November, 1905. Mr. Neel was mar- ried to Miss Serena Smith. A capacity for hard work and painstak- ing care has won for Mr, Neel an enviable place at the bar of Missouri.