Creighton University - Bluejay Yearbook (Omaha, NE)

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m itc«i TKsibi« T abT T«c T T aui» s T iS Mi ;y y« g»I»ftbI M Twenty-six years have now elapsed since the Col- lege of Law was founded, with temporary head- quarters at the Medical School, and, despite this humble beginning, constant progress has marked its endeavor until today it is housed in a magnificent and well equipped edifice and keeps pace with the best of the nation ' s law colleges. It is rated Class A by the American Bar Association and is a mem- ber in the Association of American Law Schools. Graduates of the Creighton College of Law are ad- mitted to the Nebraska bar without examination. It may be truly said that every member of the Law teaching staff is outstanding in his particular field of endeavor. Particularly does this apply to Dean TePoel, who is recognized throughout the country as an authority upon equity, constitutional law, and municipal corporations, and who has not only served the city with his legal talents but also has rendered aid to the Federal government at various times. Creighton is one of the pioneers in the development of the practical side of legal training through the introduction of courses in moot court and legal bibliography. Although best known for its Law Library, which is ranked by many as being with- out a peer in the United States, the Law College possesses an outstanding feature in its Moot Court Room. It is here that all forms are pleaded by students, with seniors as attorneys, juniors as witnesses, and freshmen as jurors. Faculty members preside as judges and it is in this way that the students are familiarized with the proper method of conducting jury trials and develop an acquaintance with the various enigmatical phrases of litigation. REV. THOMAS A. EGAN, S. J. ' Regent Lawrence C. Krell Seniors E. J. Grier Juniors James Fitzgerald Freshmen |[cj TnS T«i» aGi suTtc T iSfaT.ay :»abi. a»i«;s oT«i2 T m [23]

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H [ccii»i H i«j w i s»i« g ioy»i«g»iWy i iy T [g ' LOUIS J. TE POEL T ean The School of Law ' HE pride of the Creighton Law School is its Ubrary, which numbers some 35,000 carefully chosen volumes. It is a well- balanced collection, with the emphasis placed on the up-to-the-minute books which make accessible the law of today. The historical aspect, however, has not been overlooked, for a large part of one floor in the stack section is devoted to ancient books and documents which carry the research student back to medieval England — back to the days when the great system of Common Law was taking root. Beginning with the Yearbook of 1307 in the reign of Edward II, the books on Creighton ' s shelves trace the progress of the Common Law through the centuries down to the decisions at current terms of court in English speaking jurisdictions the world over. There are some larger law libraries than that of Creighton, but very few which offer a greater degree of usefulness to the student, for the Creighton Law library has 250 volumes for each student enrolled, a ratio which not many law school libraries exceed. The Creighton ideal of service is not limited to its student body alone. Members of the bar whose private libraries fail to yield the desired authorities on legal prob- lems are always welcome at the Creighton law library. L. J. TePoel, Dean. ltca TW»»T«cuT. i i«c i iX»T gu! .aoi.»s uT gfaT» T«iH»r m [22]

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H iLc«t»i g»i«i : ' g»i« ?»i«ig»r )» i g i»»abiw» i iSbT«c [H DR. H. VON W. SCHULTE ' T)ean The School of Medicine f }-{E outstanding event of the session of (9 1929-1930 at the Medical School is the admission of a freshman class of ninety-six students. This signalizes the initiation of a policy of expansion which when completed will nearly double the size of the school. In anticipation, nec- essary changes in the buildings were made to in- crease the capacity of the laboratories, increased equipment for the first year was provided and the supply and service divisions were reorganized and increased in efficiency. The library was moved to more commodious quarters on the third floor of the south building taking the place of the old amphitheater long disused but vacantly reminiscent of out-moded methods of mass instruction. Notable also are the improvements in the dispensary. To improve laboratory instruction and stimulate a scientific attitude the system of student assistant ships has been introduced with a view to increasing the oppor- tunity of especially well qualified students to improve their fundamental education by a year spent in the work of a scientific department before advancing to the clinical work of the third year. It is felt that Creighton can grow into a large school, strengthening and improv- ing its instruction and afi-ording increased advantages and stimulation to its students without losing the intimate contact and co-operation between faculty and students which has characterized its traditions and expressed itself in those intangible but valued attitudes and sentiments which in the past have been essential elements of the Creigh- ton spirit. H. VON W. Schulte, Dean. Pin CSOCSOCSOCSO [24]