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

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S2 Tllli YAl,l'I SlllNGl.l'I. enthusiasm, closer lilial relations, among its mem- bers, more time for speakers, silence and thought, a sergeant-at-arms, more encouragement to the debaters, fewer meetings, disbandment and utter annihilation are the irreconcilable plans for improvement pro- posed. One man suggests turning it into a thinking club, while another thinks it could be successfully changed into a Vaudeville Club, with Carey to do serpentine dancesf' Levy's invincible point and 'l'yner's arguments are mentioned as strong points of the Kent Club. The practice and skill to be derived from debating are considered real advantages by several, while others praise the debates themselves and the general management. Levy's retirement from the club caused many to become suspicious as to its real value. The greatest defects arise from the marked lack of interest in the proceedings and ignorance of parlia- mentary usage. One laments the lack of Democrats and consequent Republican plurality when the Club becomes a Congress. Another thinks the members should be compelled to attend, for an orator can do very little before an audience of undemonstrative benches. Un the whole, although a few praise the Kent Club, and all commend the efforts of its offi- cers to increase its usefulness, there is still a feeling that some changes should be made which will render it more efhcient in its results, and more in eonsonanee with our ideas of such an organization.

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THE YALE LAVV JOURNAL. The history of the organization of the Yah' Law fonrmzl and its subsequent career until the end of the second volume was briefly sketched in the Jqlfc' .Shfzzgle for 1893. The board of editors who had so ably and devotedly directed its course during the sec- ond year of its existence thought best to re-elect one of their number that the experience gained with so much difhculty by them might be at the service of their successors. Harry G. Day was the recipient of the honor. The other members of the succeeding board were Percy Finlay, Andrew J. Balliet, Law- rence M. Byers, Howard A. Couse, Thomas F. Farrell, L. P. Waldo Marvin, and William B. Bosley. They organized by electing Mr. Finlay chairman, and Mr. Bosley secretary and treasurer. The retiring editors gave us the needed admonition and encour- agement as they surrendered into our hands the active management of the fomfmzl. Messrs. Balliet and Byers afterwards resigned and were succeeded by Harrison B. Freeman and Charles Weiser. VVe all thought we were honored, we now know that the price of the honor is serious and conscien- tious effort for which experience gained is the only compensation. For however strange it may appear, the Law fourfzal is the only publication at Yale which is not intended to confer pecuniary benefits upon its editors. It is hoped that this instance of unselfish devotion to the interests of the profession