John Marshall Law School - Abstract Yearbook (Chicago, IL)

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THE ABSTRACT— 1937 DEDICATION A big game hunter in describing a certain species dropped the phrase, They arc as rare as a truly modest man . To those words nothing can be added; for see as you will among men, the successful individual who remains his own unaltered self is the classic exception to the law of human nature. To ask. whether such a man is successful because he is modest or modest because he is successful is to revert to a much abused enigma. But this we do solemnly pronounce: the man whom we honor has much within ' which passeth show. We believe that the dean in an age of mercenary, coercive standards in high places has come through beauti- fully unscathed — wtih his ideals and convictions intact. One see}{s in vam today for mellowness and understand ' ing, for that indly, albeit Quick, sense of humor in our more prominent men. They may possess one or two of the qualities we enjoy, but rarely an abundance of them. What herculean struggles he has faced in order to retain those qualities ivhich we admire in him! What personal gains he must spurn in the present maelstrom of political pressure! Salute — A truh modest man!

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THE JOHN MARSHALL LAW SCHOOL EDWARD T. LEE, Dean

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I in iUrmoriam 1 Elmer DcWitt Brothers, a member of the faculty continuously since 1904 and exceeded in length of continuous service to The John Marshall Law School only by Albert E. Wil- son and Dean Edward T. Lee, died suddenly of heart failure on April 6, 1937 while engaged m swimming, of which he was a devotee, at the Hamilton Club. Wlule on the faculty Mr. Brothers had taught the subjects of Agency, Real Property, Partnership and Medical and Dental Jurispru- dence, although since the war he had confined his lecturing to the last named subject. He had practiced law in Chicago since 1892 after receiving the degree of LL.B. from the Univer- sity of Michigan in that year. Early in his practice he devoted special attention to per- sonal injury and malpractice cases and was the author of a number of articles and short trea- tises in the field of Medical Jurisprudence. For many years he lectured on the subject to the medical students of the University of Illinois, College of Medicine. Born in Decatur, Indiana, Mr. Brothers had moved to Kansas where he became Superin- tendent of Schools at Council Grove prior to taking up the study of law. After he settled in Chicago, he became interested in Valparaiso University at Valparaiso, Indiana, becoming president of its Board of Trustees and main- taining his connection with that institution un- til the time of the war He w-as active in the Masonic Order and had become a 35rd degree Mason. He is survived by his wife, whom many former students will recall as his constant and friendly companion at all functions of the School. While Mr. Brothers had not enjoyed the best of health during the past winter, he had nevertheless given his usual series of lectures to the second year students of the School during the month of January because, as he himself said, he en- joyed the periodic association with students too much to feel like missing it just because of win- ter colds Page Eight