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

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SANFORD B. LADD

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A C t' Sk t li fI'l bl 0l'ver H. B?5.?iiZ.? Hsnfnracble 523234 E. Lslda , fBy Elmer N. Powell.D It was a gracious thought of the Editors to make dedication of The Pandex, 1921, to Honorable Oliver H. Dean and Honorable Sanford B. Ladd, jointly. This is a recognition first, of the enduring, wonderful friendship of these distinguished members of our Faculty, inter sese, both of them fore- most in the original little group of founders of the schoolg second, this joint dedication gives opportunity for timely expressions of our profound admiration and affection for these learned expounders of the law, third, it affords an opportunity, which we welcome, to emphasize our deep ap- preciation of these scholarly gentlemen of great hearts and of great minds. I am requested to write a comparative sketch of Mr. Dean and Mr. Ladd herein, a privilege and an honor that I appreciate. What an inspiration they have been and are to us all! Their un- selfish devotion to the Kansas City School of Law, their keen interest in the student body, have been the subject of comment throughout all these years of the School's history. Their names have become inseparably as- sociated with our Law School. The manners of born gentlemen set naturally upon them 5 their kindness of heart, the hallmark of true gentle- men, has surrounded them with such friendships as grapple us to them by hooks of steel. The privilege given us to enjoy the scholarship and the influences of Mr. Dean and Mr. Ladd in school relations and personally, serve as daily reminders of the sublime truth that there is nothing so kingly as kindness , their close friendship and keen interest in us, in each other and the common affection and admiration we have for them as our legal guides and friends, cause us to feel that you and I belong to that great Invisible Order of Friends. Oliver H. Dean and Sanford B. Ladd both received their degrees from the University of Michigan, about five years apart, and both emigrated to Kansas City within three years of each other-Mr. Ladd having ar- rived in this great metropolis in the year 1867 and Mr. Dean in 1870. It was here their real acquaintance and friendship begang a friendship that has remained unmarred throughout these many years. We note much, in common, in the abilities, personal characteristics and life of these noted lawyers of our Bar. While most of -us have had intimate knowledge of their earlier his- tory in- sketches, given in previous Pandexes and elsewhere, permit me here, f'1n the spirit of review, to refresh your memory in this brief, com- parative sketch. We shall then, I believe, easily understand some of the reasons why these gentlemen of similar tastes, abilities, training, student habits, natural gifts as advocates would be drawn to each other-both in private and professional life. They settled in Kansas City amongst the pioneers in the law, they came at a time when conditions were primitive indeed: at a time when Page 8