Yale University Law School - Yale Law Reporter Yearbook (New Haven, CT)

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74 TIIIC Y.-Xl.l'I SHINGLE. with him. One or two do not intend to practice. About a half dozen are going to start for themselves, while as many more are undecided as to what they will do. Bonsall says that in the breezes of western plainlets, will Hap this signboard: 'Bonsall, Lawyer, Cave t'!Z7ZL'7ll gm' hir 'zwz1'!. ' He knows what he means. Corporation law is the iield in which ten men will display their prowess. The mercenary exclaim that they will take anything that comes their way, and whatever is best paying will he most satisfactory. Three will go into Probate practice, and as many will undertake the difficulties of Patent Law. Some pre- fer Criminal Law, others will practice generallyg still others will single out those branches for which they have the greatest aptitude or inclination, as Equity, Constitutional and Divorce Laws. Carey will make a specialty of Evidence and Pleading, while another will devote his attention to Forensic Oratory and Moot Courts. Not prepared, says Hayden, from force of long habit. In short, if we do not take whatever falls our share or is most lucrative, we will select those subjects in which we take the most inter- est, or hope to achieve the greatest success. Our aims in life range from the most material and worldly to the loftiest and most ideal. When they reveal the ambitions which stimulate action, they are very interesting, but some of the devices adopted may prove deceptive, like the scriptural mottocs on thc walls of boarding houses, where they seem almost irreverent in view of the scenes they witness. Nearly any one of us would take the office of Presi-

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llllx XAl.l', Slllkl.l.l'.. 73 ences. Several exclaim against the personal nature of this question, as if they could a tale unfold, if they chose. One says, This is too much -dolzzs fair! fu ,gz'1zw'fz!z'bzzs. Under the head of narrow escapes, which we understood to mean escapes from arrest, all kinds of providential deliverences from accident and casualty as well as from the clutches of the law are narrated. Two men say they escaped manacles or a ride in the patrol wagon, one on the strength of a pull, the other out of sheer good fortune. One man stood by a friend, and suffered for it, while another received a bullet wound while trying to bag a- there a word of frequent use in the avigvf of medical students is usedj for Forensic Medicine. Other instances of narrow escapes, barring small-pox. drowning and falling from trees and windows are: Asked a girl if she would marry me, and she said she didn't know, Got caught stealing a pickle, Asked a young lady her age g one man's life was jeopardized by a tramp who wanted a nickel, and another man says he didn't escape. The narrowest escape recorded is that of one who was present at Koster and Bial's last Thanksgiving evening, and did not suffer for it. Seven men, of whom two are a little doubtful, intend to return next year for an M. L. course. Two more intend to take a course in the New York Law School. About thirty-live of us intend to go into the ofhces of older lawyers. Two say they are going in with their fathers, while another says, I am going to take Pa in with me. Hawkes may take an older lawyer in

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'l'lll'1 YAl.li SlllNGl,l'I. 75 dent, if urged strongly enough. Fuller, who is not fastidious, would be satished with being Chief Justice of the United States or even Senator, while Whyte's ambition is to become the former. The aims of those of us whose aspirations are not political but strictly towards advancement in our profession, are exemplified in the following: To pass the bar exams. lMarvinl, To be a successful lawyer QHaskellj, To be a successful, respectable lawyer Qljowersj, To be a good man. an honest and suc- cessful lawyer Qflareyj, To make a name as a lawyer fRedingtonj, To know a few fGravesl, To be successful in my chosen profession QLevyl, To become a good lawyer QCousej, To be a leading and well-to-do member of the New London County Bar QR. P. Freemanj. The more ideal state their aims thus: To win the good will of my fellow men fAverilll, To always be a true gentleman, to know what honor is, and live up to it tGouraudl, f'To reach the top round of the ladder of fame twrightj, Not law fReynoldsl, To find as fully as I can the reason for my existence, and do my part in carrying out the purpose for which I was created fMont- gomeryl, To be prepared for death when it comes Q0'Connorj, The stars QHawkesl, To do good QDonovanj, To be good QMoorel. To be good and do good QDurantj. Samples of the aspirations of the sordid and worldly are: To accumulate the long green fBoltwoodl, Success fTellerj, To make enough to retire Uacquesj, Great wealth and good health QDowdl, S and sense QI-Iaydenj, f'To marry Hawaiian Lil QBaumj, To be Mayor of