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

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SO Tllli YAl.l'I SIIINGIJC. The climax was 1'eached when Moore, called again to the lloor, began with emphatic :f'left-hand gesture, Friends, Romans, Country-men ..... No pen can even passably describe that burning Hood of eloquence. Suffice it to say that it was just at this point of time that Demosthenes experienced his closest shave. Having restored, by a long but very gradual peroration,our hearts to normal condition, he was about to take his seat, when to the delight of all, Bowers moved an extension of his time. Gouraud having magnaniniously declared he hadn't the slightest objection to a continuance, believing it would make no particle of diH'erenec in the vote, we were again treated to California's brightest fancies. Of the many astounding statements made in the debate one that will live longest and hence deserves special men- tion, is the following: We had a Lord out VVestg he worked on our farm, and really that man was so disgustingly low he would smoke a cigrrette after mc. The vote upon the merits of the debate was very close and Moore in the generosity of his heart land the extent of the generosity maybe inferred from the fact that he offered to pawn his overcoat to lend a friend live dollarsj made every effort to give the vic- tory to the opposition. Boys, do not take it ill if your names do notappear in this short article and Boys, don't take it ill if your names do appear. i For a last time to recall to your minds the Kent Club, upon which I cannot place to high a value and to which I wish all success. -Y-mT .Nole.mvwE1oi'e is pxzolmbly lel't-handed.

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Tllli YAl,l'I SIIINGIJC. 79 motions, appeals, questions of privilege, etc., ard izyf, and any extended review of the same is conducive to a recurrence of the general intellectual mania or raging incohercnce produced by the experience. The third division of our subject will be merely a consideration of The Moore-Gouraud Debate alias California fav. London. Probably no controversy in our entire history has occasioned so much discussion before and after, and this is onfered as the reason for its extended notice in this place. There seemed to hover about those names a magnetism, which attracted men who never before had displayed the slightest interest in the Kent Club and the many remarks preceding the eventful night promised a full force. Expectations were not left unfulfilled and the large crowd settled into quiet anticipation. The secretary having read the question of the evening, Resolved, that the abolishment of the House of Lords would be bencheial to Great Britain, Moore was called to the floor to lead the afhrmative. Without the least exaggeration may it be stated that,could those English Lords see themselves as painted in Room 13, Yale Law School, they would without delay beg leave of absence to enter the New Haven Night Schools. So much for the intellectual side of their characters, for their morals, no remedy but suicide. Gouraud, in the excitement of his response, forgot his London dialect and bravely supported his brothers.

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THE YALE SHINGLE. 81 Gentlemen, I thank you for your very kind atten- tion. M. A. REvNor.Ds. We cannot omit the opinions of the class at large in regard to the Kent Club. Some think that it serves a very useful purpose-one even declaring it to be a grand success, and another unhesitatingly pronouncing it to be the best debating club in the Law School. For the experience and training to be gained, quite a number recommend it. One says it is the cradle of orators, while another calls it a howling failure. Afarce, No good, A step in the right direction, but only one step, Footless, Very useful, Excellent, H Idea is good, Strong opinion reserved, are instances of the conflicting criticisms passed. Levy thinks it is not a success. Society allegiance is the cause of its ruin, according to another. Paueity of ideas is mentioned as its chief attribute. About thirty men confess that they are members, while five others say, significantly, that they once were. One man had never heard of it, while another didn't have the price. Not worth Sz, Ruled out for proficiency in speaking, Advice and observa- tion, Want of time and money, are given as reasons for not joining. The club was too exclusive for one who hated to 'fwaste his sweetness on the desert air. Suggestions of remedies for the present defects range from the most visionary schemes to total aboli- tion. Re-organization is demanded by several. A wider range of exercises and greater interest and