University of Georgia - Pandora Yearbook (Athens, GA)

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- • Bistory of the Caw Class. J v J Cato’s voice was ne’er employed To clear the guilty and to varnish crime.’’ Thus good begins in the hearts of the lawyers who, for the most part, arc fond of assuring their friends and acquaintances that witnesses lie, lawyers never. However this may be, it is not the function of the present sketch to disclose. But as the Class of Ninety-Six is different in many respects from preceding ones: the dclvcrs in old Knglish and Roman law maxims and fosterers of one of the most elevating and just professions invite more than casual attention. In consigning these differences to the dignified pages of a Class history, bombastic aspirations arc transcended, and the sincere wish that the present successes of this branch of the University are but the avant coureur of its future, and not merely the ne plus ultra of the past, is thereby humbly expressed. «« « Retrospect. « « A statue lies hid in a block of marble: and the art of statuary only clears away the superfious matter and removes the rubbish. So it is with the art of statuary, and so it is with the science of law, and to the chiseling of this fair arm of the University, which has pointed out the intricacies and cleared away the cobwebs for many of Georgia’s ablest jurists in their legal infancy, the same principle has been applied. Care and patience and the determined yet erudite touch of the sculptor’s mallet has bestowed upon it a shroud of dignity, that commands respect, secures influence and prestige all of which conscientious effort has attained and accomplishment has bequeathed to the Class of Ninety-Six. , Steady advancement and slow but indisputable conglutination of the elements of success, fettered by financial circumstances, have marked its history, while through the efficient aid of retrospection, we arc enabled to see along the line, the good qualities enduring, where the evil have been crushed out and the prognosis of the acme, the Class of Ninety-Five. 31

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William Johnson McBride -William Alfred McCoy Halcott Cadwalladcr Moreno Fred Morris ... John Thomas Norris. Jr. Robert Benton Odom James Henry Porter, Jr. Julius Napoleon Ross Linton Stephens Selman Eugene Clay Smith -Patrick Lucius Smith John Hugh Stephens Robert Douglass Stephens William Burroughs Stovall -Horace B. Van dc Velde -William Henry Whaley John Arminius Wright X. ❖., P. K., - P. K.. ❖ A0, D.. 5. N. P. K., K A, 1)., - S N. P. K., - - X ♦. P. K.. - P. K.. - - P. K„ ❖ A 0, P. K„ - P. K.. - - K A, P. K., K A, P. K., - - P. K.. - - ❖ AO. P. K.. - P. K.. - - X ❖, P. K., Atlanta. Ga. Parrish. N. C. Gainesville, Ga. - Marietta, Ga. Cartcrsvillc, Ga. Newton, Ga. Atlanta, Ga. Edom, Tex. - Powder Springs, Ga. Thomasville, Ga. - Hazclhurst, Ga. Jacksonville, Fla. Jacksonville, Fla. - - Martin, Ga. City of Mexico, Mex. - Northvillc, Ga. Atlanta. Ga. V)

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This class passed from the denture old Ivy building, carrying with them the impress of a distinct epoch that of advancement. Another summer's dust settled upon the lawyer's sanctum sanctorum to mark another year and cherish the memories of '95. Everything was joyous and resplendent, presaging the climax of '96. « « « the Present. « « Many events have transpired that might, with strict propriety, be embodied in this pseudonymous history of the Law Class, but with an ordinary appreciation of the extent of human endurance, we shall confine ourselves to the observation of a few of the radicalitics. It is worthy of note that the Empire State. inculcating the excellent motto Excelsior, has thereby lost some of her sons. One of them, amending Horace Greeley’s exhortation to read Go South, etc.,” came South-and still clinging to his native motto higher, found himself very soon thereafter at the University of Georgia, a studtHt of law. Every clime has paid its tribute and bowed before undoubted efficiency. From the niveous hills of the north and the piping plains of the southwest; from the land of the lasso, mustang and puncher, ’ and the Hats of the Peninsula State; from the home of the Montc .umas and Malinchl, of the manga and scrape, from all these our numbers have come, while to old Georgia remains the honor of swelling the ranks to that distinguished proportion, which by demonstrating the cardinal object of its existence, i. c.. success, bestows unprecedented credit on the Law Department. The corn patch and stenographer's desk are deprived of wonted patronizers. Agrestic habits and tastes stride hand in hand with the urban element, towards the common goal. Singleness of ambition and mutuality of woes and blessings cementing the tender bonds of good-will, among the gentlemen of the long robe, stamped every official act of the Class of Ninety-Six with the unmistakable badge of blandncss and unity. This admirable spirit became one absorbing passion anti being evinced on every occasion and under varying circumstances: for example, the stout and stormy career of the Moot Parliament, where having entered into the entanglement and depths of parliamentary law with a zeal worthy of more inspired fanatics, the lawyers soon found it prosaic, and during the flippant discussion of a motion to adjourn to a definite time, the fiddle and de bo gave out, the former charm fell flat, and they adjourned in a summary manner. 22