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

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76 Tllli YALE SIIINGLIC. New York City and down Tammany QH. B. Free- manj, To be a member of Tammany QBaldwinj, The following are unclassified for apparent reasons: To attain I'I01'k1CC'S amfcam 11zaa'z'0c1'z'!aZcm lBonsallj, Duo acazfcn' zbz'-to be translated literally fDen- niston-no note of explanation from the seholiaslj, 'f To avoid the sheriff and keep out of the poor- house QBrownj, To live and let live QGoodmany, H To learn how to live fSmithl. Adams hopes to he a second John Adams, in every ability and office of his. 'lliI'l'i' , ' ' x lm, A X ,.i, i 'ii.-ff.--2'1 .y i it 1, 'kb ff, , L.-Wf . 'f' if-6:2129---N' 'lf-s s . I ' 'xr y ew if Vx-e1 ,.4'- : - Ni 1 ' I v igil-Ifeff

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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

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THE KENT CLUB. To remove all possible misapprehension, let us acknowledge that the glory of Cicero and Demos- thenes is not likely to be diminished by any efforts of ours. If, in any sense of the words, we may Hatter ourselves with the title of oratorical meteors, it must be in the suddenness of the collapse after a lofty liight. Yet to follow the well-patronizcd road of mediocrity is no disgrace. Much of our talent, how- ever, has successfully concealed itself from the unpitying, yes, almost insolent, stare of the Kent Club, as is evidenced by such outbursts of eloqucuce as were displayed in Moot Court by Hawkes, whose simple question, Who's he? and adjuration of the court to hasten the Holy Alliance of Divine with Human Law,were, in familiar phraseology, complete oratorical arts. Our styles of oratory are numerous and widely different: Carey, Conlon, Tyner, Montgomery, Red- ington, each is an orator Sll1.g'67ZU7'l1S':l: and no one is likely to infringe. The objects of the Kent Club are three: tal To awaken interest in the important questions of the day. Qbj To acquire knowledge of Parliamentary Law. fel To gain practice in Debate. Our work under division one may be explained by a reference to the answer of a certain Junior, who, on being asked in what line of business he was Nom, llo not confound with .vu1'j1rr11r.