Kansas City School of Law - Pandex Yearbook (Kansas City, MO)

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Graduate W ks af NC 5 L Ofaaaccc of --wr ,L Lg-W of-free. f TT' a 'C'7IrhE, .5 l L' Y X - X . X . . N s X X s C XX x X .Dww':'iw X s , X - S ss ln li,fe's sfrenous slruggfc he always wins, lVl.o duly prepares himsev befure lie beginn ' SCHOOL HISTORY If a complete history of the Kansas City School of Law were written it would fill a volume, for the history oi' a school as the history of a country is best told by recounting the lives of those who control and influence it. During the twelve years of our existence many of the leadings members of the Kan- sas City bar have instructed in the class room and given their time and energy to our institution. Judge Black, one ol' our founders and our first president, has passed away, but his memory is still fresh with us, and we are still reaping the benefit of his infiuence. lt is just ten years since the first graduating' class, fresh with the energy of youth, entered upon their careers as members of the bar. Many of them are already taking a leading rank, not only at the bar, but also in other fields of work. Their names are found among the judiciary, as members of state legislatures, and as administrative of- Iicers of states, counties and cities. The Kansas City School of Law was organized in 1895. For some years prior thereto there were many young men in our city who were anx- ious to join the ranks of the legal profession, but who had neither the time nor the money to go to a distant law school. Therefore, it seemed propitious at that time to start in our midst a regular law school for the study of the law. Therefore, in pursuance of such a call the following members of the Kansas City har: Judge Francis M. Black, Mr. Oliver H. Dean, Mr. Sanford B. Ladd, Judge Edward L. Scarritt, Judge Edward H. Stiles. Mr. R. J. lngraham, Mr. James H. Harkless, Mr. John W. Snyder, Mr. William P. Borland, Mr. Elmer N. Powell and Mr. Edward D. Elli- son met and organized the Kansas City School of Law. The demand for such a school and the tireless energy of its founders and their suc- cessors is what has made the school a success. The enrollment for the first year was Iifty-seven, and the first graduating class of the school, which was in the second year of the schoolls existence, numbered twenty-sev- en. The school in every way has improved in every respect since that time. The course of instruction has been lengthened from two to three years. The membership of the faculty has been increased from tive to twenty-two. Last year there were fifty-six grad- uates, and there are at p1'esent one hundred and seventy-six students in attendance. The school has not only maintained a high standard, but furthermore has strictly lived up to such standard, and with good men and hard work it is the purpose of the school to he the leading law school in the West. . 13,