Duke University School of Law - Prolocutor Yearbook (Durham, NC)

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Ofhcers of the three legal fraternities gather on the Law School steps. Left to right: Bob Clif-ford, President, Bill Winders, Treasurer, Phi Dclm Phi: Larry Hutchins, Secretary, Louis Allen, President, Phi Alpha Delmf and Cliff St. Clair, President, Wade Vannoy, Secretary, Delia Them Phi. The Defendants Fraternize . ITH a duality of purpose rivaling that of Ianus or the average coed, Duke's three legal fraternities purvey the campus scene-one side looking to the professional, the other, to the social. Here the student body is indeed fortunate in having chapters of the top three national legal fraternities to aid in combining and accenting these two Well-recognized phases of Law School student life. Long recognized in this country for superiority in numbers and importance are Phi Delta Phi, Phi Alpha Delta, and Delta Theta Phi. These three fraternities number the nation's foremost lawyers, judges and government officials among their members. As a result, the profes- sional element of contact with older lawyers con- stitutes an important advantage of membership in a legal fraternity. In purpose and in operation, a legal fraternity affords little basis for comparison with an under- graduate social fraternity. There are, of course, no such things as fraternity houses or sections among the legal brethren, or, fortunately enough, those long weekly meetings that so many of us endured in an undergraduate social fraternity. Legal fraternity life centers primarily around luncheons, a happy balancing of the social and the professional. Duke fraternities have for years presented an impressive series of luncheon speak- ers, who, as a rule, speak and then answer ques- tions of general interest concerning some field or problem of law. Strictly on the social side, the fraternities have long supplemented the admirable efforts of the Duke Bar Association with functions of their own. The fraternity calendar includes a goodly sprinkling of both formal and informal affairs. On the formal side are such things as joint initia- tions and joint banquets with the corresponding Carolina and Wake Forest chapters. Less formal are the fraternity smokers held during rushing. Completely informal fand howlj are the cabin parties. The fraternities have gotten together on such things as rushing rules and hands off D.B.A. elections in the past, and even closer co-operation is in prospect. PAGE I7

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At Publication's Council Meeting, student publication problems are solved, and policies adopted. Left to right, Charlie Hol- loman, Chairman, Cliff Benson, I. A. West, Carlton Fleming, Dick Douglas, and john Coleman. Office through which some law students were very successfully placed. Continued co-operation with this office is contemplated. It is hoped that a separate Law School placement service can be established next year. Sid Smith served as chairman of the Section on Law School Affairs. Members of the section were Silas Williams, Al Page, and Tom Poteat. Their responsibility of promoting professional activities among law students and the faculty was aptly discharged. In addition to coordinating affairs with students and the administration, two very outstanding speakers were brought to Duke University. These speakers were Frank Holman, President of the American Bar'Association, and Harrison Tweed, President of the American Law Institute. A moot court program for third-year students was fostered by the Section on Moot Courts of which Cliff St. Clair was chairman. He and the members of the section, Wally Osborne, Dave Hanlon, Iohn Herrick, E. C. Berg, and George Orr, sponsored Copperhead 11. Cojmmonwealth, which was well attended and which received PAGE 16 much publicity. In this moot court Art Eddy, Duncan Daugherty, Al Page, and Sid Smith argued the constitutionality of the City of Dur- ham Snake Handling Ordinance. Douglas B. Maggs, Professor of Law at Duke, Francis I. Paschal, Research Director of the N. C. Commis- sion for the Improvement of the Administration of Justice, and I. Beverly Lake, Professor of Law at Wake Forest College, were the justices. The Section on Social Affairs was composed of Bill Winders, chairman, lim Wolfe, lim Gregg, and Tom Lawton, members. Informal dances were held after every home football game and at other appropriate times. Except for the Hallo- ween Dance held at the Washington Duke Hotel. all dances were at the Shrine Club. The climax of a good year socially was the Spring Formal on April 25, in honor of Dean Harold Shepherd, at which he was presented with a going away gift from the Duke Bar Association. With the election of Bob Potter, President, Bob Stokes, Vice-President, and Bob Page, Treas- urer, as the new omcers of the D.B.A., we can undoubtedly look forward to another big year.

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First row, left to right: Holloman, Adams, W., West, Winders, Wolfe, Clifford, Lloyd, Lim, Learning, McClean, Philipp. Belknian. Secolm' row: Clodfelter2 Hadlow, Boone, E., Moppert, Routh, Claycomb, Parker, Logan, Pearce, Geofiroy, Stearns, Coleman. Third row: Dozier, Cochran, DeYoe, Merritt, Bivins, Cole, Lee, Boone, W., Lawton. Fourrlz row: Eddy, Hiaasen, Browning, Page, Borstg Chappell, Knudseng Bauer, Mervine, Cate, Williams, D. Fifth row: Stephen, Holt, Smith, Martin, Gilman, Douglas, Nichols, Frazer, Hart, Maynard, Williams, S. Sixth row: Potter, Beaman, Pavey, McKinnon, Surratt, Dodge, Bittlc, Loeser, Whitehead, Williamson, Benson. Seuenlh row: Potent, Ely, Gwyn, Olsen, Gregg, Iones, Baumgzirtner, Foss. UGHES INN of Phi Delta Phi was founded in 1931, contemporaneous with the founding of the Duke Bar Association, which makes it the oldest legal fraternity on this cam- pus. It is also the oldest legal fraternity nation- ally, having been founded in 1869. To the mellowness of age can be added the power of size. The local inn has seventy-nine active members while the national has approxi- mately 4o,ooo. Hughes Inn has continued this year with its program of collateral legal education through speakers who address the bi-weekly luncheons. Professors have spoken on the more practical as- pects of some of the things we learn in classes. A toxicologist constructively criticized the way lawyers handle expert witnesses and suggested ways in which the medical and legal professions can help each other. Young lawyers have told of the trials and tribulations fprecious few trials and far too many tribulationsj of starting out in private practices. Older lawyers have stated the PAGE 18 joys and satisfactions of being established in the profession. A clerk of the court outlined nu- merous ways in which he could help a young or old lawyer along. The social side has not been neglected. The joint initiations with the Carolina and Wake Forest inns are fast becoming traditional, and with good reason. Each initiation is held in the Capitol Building in Raleigh with justices of the North Carolina Supreme Court presiding, after which there is an informal party and then a formal banquet. There are less formal affairs too, like the cabin party at Baileyls and the rush- ing smokers. Oflicers for the fall term were Al Page, Magis- ter, Fred Maynard, Exchequer, Silas Williams. Clerkg and Tom Poteat, Historian. Those for this spring and next fall are Bob Clifford, Bill Winders, Bob Potter, and I. A. West, respectively. Iohn Coleman will represent Hughes Inn at the National Convention which will be held at the Chateau Laurier in Ottawa, Canada, in August.