National University - Docket Yearbook (Washington, DC)

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THE POCKET Jfarrword ITH the most sincere desire that it may prove to be a veritable storehouse of pleasant memories of the days of hard work, and of many lasting friendships formed, while pursuing the study of “that codeless myriad of precedent” at the National University, “The Docket” is presented to the members of the Class of 1926. The Editor .

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THE POCKET Looking Backward — and Forward HE thrilling exploit of collecting data for year book of National University for 1926 is ended. Looking backward over the months that have elapsed since the class elected its “Year Book Committee,” we find certain figures standing out conspicuously in the midst of the many who have played an active part in making a success of the adventure. To these, and to the class as a whole, we express our sincere appreciation of their assistance and cooperation. Towering above everything else in the editorial landscape stands Mr. Verdi, Personnel Editor, and Chairman of two vital committees, the Personnel Committee and the Subscription Committee. In fact without Mr. Verdi how could we have produced “The Docket?” His able cohorts on both committees — Mrs. Avery, Miss Martin, Mr. Millard, Mr. Seitz, in fact, all of them — have been so faithful to the trusts imposed upon them that the entire class, indeed the University as a whole, is indebted to them for whatever success this year’s class book may have attained. Mr. Gray, our level-headed young Treasurer, stands side by side with the group of valiant workers. Not only has he guarded our financial treasures, but he has assumed entire charge of the most important matter of “railroading” the officers of the different classes, the individual members of our own class, and the organization groups, into and out of the photographer’s studio. So skillfully has he managed this difficult engineering feat that relatively few faces will be missed, and those through no fault of his. M iss Helen L. Moore, Assistant Editor-in-Chief, has rendered assistance without which the Editor-in-Chief would have been in danger of falling by the wayside. Mr. Gothner and other members of the “Art Colony” worked faithfully to produce graphic records in a lighter vein, and the fact that they are not tangibly represented in the pages which follow is traceable to the decision, reached, after consultation with members of the Advisory Committee and other members of the class, to bring forth a “strictly tailored” book, “professional” — in keeping with the dignity we are about to assume as members of the most dignified and learned profession. M iss Nita S. Hinman has rendered assistance in many ways, for which we express appreciation. We are due debts of gratitude, not compensable in a financial way, to Mr. Lettau, our official photographer, to the Jahn Ollier Engraving Company of Chicago, and to Kuehn Brothers Company, Inc., of Baltimore and Washington, printers, all of whom have been patient, considerate, and in every way cooperative. As we have turned the pages of year books which have preceded us, we have been impressed by the lack of uniformity in name and general make-up. “National,” “Stare Decisis,” “Ye Shingle,” “The Docket,” are some of the names which have been used, and if we had a complete set we would doubtless find a variety of additions to this list. 5