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

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THE ABSTRACT— 1937 UNDERGRADUATES B9Wf ' i

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THE JOHN MARSHALL LAW SCH(X)L Our Law, like all others, consists of two parts, vis., of body and soul. The letter of the Law is the body of the Law, and the sense and reason of it is the soul, ' Quia Ratio Legis Est Anima Legis. ' And the Law may be resembled to a nut, which has a shell, and a kernel within; the letter of the Law represents the shell, and the sense of it the kernel. So you will receive no benefit by the Law if you rely only upon the letter. — Serjeant Plowden, 1574.

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THE BIRTH OF GENIUS To every new-horn life God gives a soul To guide it Avhile it exists Among Its fellow beings; And in that soul perhaps A genius lies buried. To be awakened by some Mortal strife — A love for art, music and The worldlier things Does oft display itself As life grows older: Yet, while young, there is Evidence of power beneath, Which marks itself upon The facial features; Thus it is that every man Who makes his mark. Is also marked by nature As his teacher. The life wh:ch writes These lines Has often wondered Where one ' s power lies Who writes a verse of music Or of rhyme. Or paints a picture — So real and vivid, It looks as life itself. And after thoughtful Meditation, he concludes: That life which lives Within one ' s life Speaks! And the whole World listens and wonders At its marvels. James Ballowe. Feb., 1939. Pa Re Fifty