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

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llesides those already named there are now or have been as 1'C'Tl1l2l1' lec- i e, 7 turers. llon. li. El. lngraham, Hon. XVm. I. Borland, Hon. S. Iiotsford, .lumlge William l'. llall. Mr. -Iohn XY. Snyder, Mr. M. A. Fylce. Senator A. L Cooper. klurlge john C. Park, judge E. L. Scarritt. Mr. John B. Pew, Mr lu. XX. Neel, Mr. bl. ll. Harltless, Mr. Elmer N. Powell, Mr. C. O. Tichenor -Iudge Iohn F. Phillips. llon. ul. V. C. Karnes Mr. Frank'N. Morrill, Dri , A IJ. lr. Holmes, Judge lf,. Il. Stiles, Mr. R. E. Ball, Mr. Henry XVollman, Mr Frank Hagerman, hir. L. C. Boyle, Judge Shepard Barclay and Mr. E. D. Ifllison. We point with pride to this list of lecturers and instructors, and we feel that it is no wonder that the Kansas City School of Law has flourished with such an array of talent. Mr. XYm. P. Borland was chosen dean of the school at its inception and remained in this position until his drties as congressman called him to XVash- ington. It was with the regret of all, and of none more than the writer. that he had to give up his official position with the school. Mr. Borland will, how- ever. continue to be one of the regular lecturers. .-Xt the time of Mr. llorland's resignation, the writer was elected to succeed him as dean. Mr. john XY. Snyder, who was with us from the start, and who has delivered more lectures than any one else in the school was elected secretary. and Mr. Elmer Powell, who was one of the original organizers, was elected treasurer. Mr. Ben E. Todd, who graduated in the class of IQOS, has been selected to act as registrar. I wish that I had the space and time to write a full account of the graduates of the school. Four hundred and ninety-one have received our diplomas and have gone forth to battle with the world. and many of them have already become famous. We find the n'ost of tl'em engaged in the prace tice of their chosen professions, some of them have already held judicial posi- tions, others are members of Congress. or State legislatures, or municipal bodies, while otliers have taken up some position in the business world. I know of none of them that has made a failure. E. D. ELLISON. 17-

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School History .i ,--, . ' l l ' t ' f . atio is written in the Afgxwkfa T has bee11 said- that tie llS o1y o 1 ll .11 . 'I 71 . h no Q . F., lllOgl'Z-lplly of 1ts great men. and a school 15 a piox mce vi nc lyk? has its 1ne11 upon XVllO1U hangs its fate and turns in the bal- W M ance its success or failure. A h 7 - f F5 I l1ave always considered It one ot tl1e most fortunate ' '30, 4 edt-' , M +A- circumstances for the Kansas City School of Law that judge Francis M. Black was associated with us so long and so inti- mately. After a long service upon the Supreme bench of Missouri. he returned to his private practice only a short time before we organized the law school. and it was but natural to turn to him to serve as our president. judge Black's fame as a lawyer a11d jurist did us a vast amount of good, but better even than this was his association with the faculty and the boys in the class room. He fairly hammered the law into his students, and never let up until they thoroughly understood the subject under discussion. There are many interesting diversions which break the monotony of the regular work, and I remember of the judge relating an experience soon after we started the school. VVhile lecturing upon the subject of Sales, the judge asked a student. What is a chose li1'L action? The lawyer in embryo looked somewhat dazed, so the judge said: Suppose that a passenger was standing O11 the plat- form of a car. and the conductor pushed him off-what would that be? The studentls face lighted up, but still somewhat dubious, he inquired, A'XVas the car standing still or moving P The judge. always giving encouragement. said: 'Let us suppose that the car was movingfy XYell, then, said tl1e stu- dent entirely satisfied, if the car was in motion. then he would have a clznxv in action. I judge Black was one of tl1e original organizers of the school in 1895. and was from that time president, and a regular lecturer until the time of his death in 1902. Hon. O. H. Dean was the successor of judge Black, he being elected in june, 1902, which position he still holds. and a 111ore worthv successor to judge Black could 11ot be found. V Mr. Sanford B. Ladd joined the school shortly after its organization. and his splendid work has done much to build up the school. V Many of our most prominent jurists and lawyers have lectured in and been 1dent1f1ed w1tl1 the school. -5-

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