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

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Srninr Qllami Qiaturg By R. M. Randall. cars to he 2111110241 wliose tl1ree years great work ahead, being a Senior is Front the l'i1'CSlllll21ll.S yiewpniiit, lacing' a Senior app tl1e perfect f111fill111e11t of one's wishes. llut to tl1e Seniorl of preparatio11 have hrougln 111111 to a realizing se11se of the if 11e would 1X'lll Il measure of success: the lllllJOl'lZlllCC ot altogether lost 111 tl1e contemplation of tl1e 111easureless t11sk that lies before llllll. llc realizes that only tl1e fOtlllllZlf1f71l has been laid. upon which he must rear tl1e superst1'uct11re unaided and alone. 'llhe class of 'OS feels Zl just pride 111 it's record a11d acliievenients as Z1 class. XYC have no intention, however, of solociting adiniratioii by any lofty encontiunis 111 which tl1e iinagination 111ay be given free rei11 to draw froni fancy's real111 those panegyrics. wherein the historian is soinetiines wont to indulge. Suffice it to say that we have fir111 f11it11 i11 ourselves, and ere long expect to convince the world-or certain portions of it-that the 111011 who constitute the class of 'o8. are of the right girth Zlllil grain. lt was in our Frcshntan year, tl1at we first startled tl1e Faculty with those qualities of perspicacity, wl1icl1 have so distinguis11cd 115 tlirouflli the three years of o11r existence as 21 c111ss. XYe early organized, and Olll' meetings were CllLll'ZlClCl'lZCll by transient spnrts of Cl0ClLlC1lCLI,u whose resonances soon attracted tl1e attention of tl1e class of 'OU a11d they challenged Ili to debate! needless to say, they were badly worsted. 1l'e returned as .luniors soniewhat l1llllllll5llCK1 in lll1llllJCl'S. but none tl1e less ardent and entltusiastic. After diligent and assiduous application, in which we endeavored to inake a part of ourselves some of those lcgal prin- ciples wliich it is thought can be safely entrusted to bluniorsz and having struggled for a grade in Evidence, 2l.llCl having emerged froni out the tangled web of llankruptcy, we were finally allowed to take our places as Seniors. ln dehate and oratory. Zlllil general loquaciousiiess. tl1e class has lllillll- fested superior qualities. Soul nioviiig and eloquent appeals have mingled with fierce llllfl llll1l'l1'lCI'U1,lS attacks upon whatever question w11s nearest at handy evincing a daring audacity in attacking, dissecting and inutilating' s11el1 question u11til the lllC1'l1S thereof were reduced to an antorphous lllll'CCiOQ'll1Z- able 11111ss. Many questions that have perplexed statesinen were easily de- cided and disposed of at tl1e meetings of our august body. i Many features affecting' tl1e personnel of tl1e class will forin tl1e llllClC- ous around wl1icl1 our nieniories will cling XYl'ICll tl1e years have separated 11s from present experiences: when the inind is wont to dwell in l'CiI'0SlJCCllOl1 11pO11 the deeds of vanislied years, and fancy re-enacts tl1e incidents of our school-life, there will reverberate down the l1all of lllClllUl'y the Voice of lien lotld lll planttive supplication: f'l'lease ludge, may 1 11sk 11 illlCS1l1'H1?l' XYQ shall recall the tireless efforts of llell to be S0011 -and heard. XYe shall see bnnth placidly sleeping during qnizz: with a smile now and tl1e11 lxreaking 12 ,5- O 0 40-

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SENIOR CLASS BEN. EDWARD TODD, President. First Term. L. F. WHITE. Vice-Presidn-nt. F. D. GLORE, Secretary. GEORGE T. BELL. Sergezmt-at-Arn1s. '1 OFFICERS. 2-S PHIL R. TOLL. President. Second Term. F. D. GLO R E, Vice-Presidvnt. WILLIAM H. MCLAREN Secretary. BAYLIS T. GORDON, Sergeant-at-A rms.

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-3. O 0 .L- R. M. RXNDALL. 11111 shrlill c11111f111r11f his eu11111e111111ce 215 11e C1l'C2ll1lS of lllllll'6 fII'C2l.1llC5-5. XYC 5111111 l'L'L'Ill1 Twllk 11-1'x'e11c1' of s11eecl1: XX1lU5C wormls, always fl'?1llj 111 111111 1111- 1L'llL'f'. llZlYL' 111m'e1l 1111- class 1111 lllOl'C 1111111 one 11eez1s1011, The 111-11111 mf 111111111 G. 'l'l1f1111pso11 1s 111e 1111e S1111 event to he ree01'1ler1. Klr. ,l11l1Dll1lJS1Jll kept il hotel 111111 111ug'11t 340110131 10 1118111121111 his family while 5lllQ1f'lllQ law. Ile was 21 gmmrl S1L1f16ll1. Tilllliillfl' high 111 the class. His Ollt- I-lok fm' 1111- 1ll1llI'C was hrighl. 111111 11 1s to he regretecl that death should 151111111 llllll 111 the furevticle of lile. U11111111'111'e111e111 l1111ls us l-l'Z1UQ111 with e1111f11Ct111g emotions, joy 111111 1110 91111 has been reached: regret that 11 ends one of the most 1111eres'1111g pe- riurls uf 11111' 11x'es, 111111 111111 11e11cef0rt11 1l1e 171621511111 Z1SSOCl2lf10ll of three years W1111 such 111e11 IIS have ec111st1111te11 the Class of 'OS will only 11ve 111 111e111r1ry. XYQ 11r1' deeply g'l'1ll61-111 1r1111e l aeu1ty for their mzmifest iuterest 111 our class, Zlllfl lllllj' ue 111 1he ll111ll'C strive 10 p1'm'e Ourselves XY0l'11ly Of 1110 instruc- 111111 Hllll 11flx'11'e 11111011 we have received from them. x 13