University of Florida - Tower / Seminole Yearbook (Gainesville, FL)

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 eS eminob COLLEGE OF LAW FACULTY H. K. TfcWLUt. A.M., LLB. Dean and Professor oj Late C. W. Crandall. B.S.. LLB. Professor of Law W. L Slmmi.kv A.B„ LLB.. Jur. Dr. Professor of Law H. R. TRISLER. A.M., LL.B. Twenty-two

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I eramoie THE COLLEGE OF LAW THE College of I .aw al llie University of F lorida is not conducted for the purpose of enabling a few favored young men to prepare themselves for an honorable, interesting, and sometimes somewhat profitable profession, however desirable that may be. It is not even conducted for the purpose of providing weekly salary checks for its professors. It is conducted in the interest of the people of the State of F lorida. Not a step is taken, however beneficial it might be to the individual student, unless it is beneficial also to the people of the State. No doubt the opportunity to secure a cheap and easy degree, and consequently admission to the bar would, in a sense, prove beneficial to many individuals, but it would be highly prejudicial to the state, supplied w ith cheap and Accordingly, the law school in Septem-juniors, but freshmen, is now a three year a year longer than their the same degree, but tained it they will take graduates of the best country. They will be credit to the bar of the The College of sixty-nine students. Al-work was required for twenty of the men were universities as Prince Lee, and South Caro-by the majority. Many three years of college The college occu- C. V. CRANDALL, B.S., LL.B. which is already over-easy lawyers, students who enter the her, 1917, will be not for the course in law course. They will labor predecessors to obtain when they have ob-their place among the law schools of the prepared to become a State. Law had. this year, though no collegiate entrance, more than college graduates, such ton, Washington and lina, being represented others had one. two or work. pies a modern, well- equipped building at the entrance to the campus. Its library is provided with complete sets of all the important reports, digests, and texts. Its practice court room is the equal of many of the best court rooms of the stale, and has seen, it may be said, as many hard-fought cases. Its faculty is made up of men of known standing and ability. Dean Harry R. Trusler, who conducts the work in F quity Pleading and Procedure, has had wide experience in the practice and teaching of the profession. Professor C. W. Crandall, a graduate of Michigan, is in charge of the work in Common I-aw Pleading and Procedure; and Dr. W. L. Summers, a graduate of Y'ale, of the courses in Criminal Law and Pleading. Two more professors are to l e elected for the next session. In addition law students arc allowed to elect work in other departments of the University. Special lecturers, including such men as Chief Justice Jefferson B. Brown, of the Supreme Court of Florida; Justices R. F. Taylor, R. S. Cockrell, W. 11. Ellis, Tlios. M. Shackleford, and James B. Whitfield, of that court; 3937 T wcnly-threc