National University - Docket Yearbook (Washington, DC)

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NATIONAL UNIVERSITY CHARLES S. HATFIELD Chancellor

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THE 1937 DOCKET Chancellor’s Message S uccess depends not only upon an adequate knowledge of the basic principles of a chosen occupation or profession, but also upon loyalty to those principles and intelligence and energy in their practical application. There is no short cut to real success. This admonition is given as you are about to leave your Alma Mater. Although the goal may seem inaccessible at times, be patient and unafraid, and, with the will to struggle ever onward and upward, you will reach that measure of success which you de- serve. “Would any man be strong, let him work; or wise, let him observe and think; or happy, let him help; or influential, let him sacrifice and serve.” On behalf of the Trustees, Officers, and Fac- ulty of the University, I bid you farewell. I do so with the hope that, through the years to come, we may all have pleasant mem- ories of our work together. Charles S. Hatfield

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THE 1937 DOCKET The Dean’s Message T he class of 1937 is about to enter the ranks of the legal profession at a time when the mission and the functions of lawyers are very much discus- sed and the very profession is subjected to much questioning. This is noth- ing new in its history, and it is a phenomenon which merely indicates that today more than ever lawyers have exceptional opportunities of leadership by the very nature of their activities before the courts and in legislative bodies. When so much is being questioned, and when old values are being revalued, a lawyer, to be at his best, must understand the trend of the times ; he must know something, indeed much, of present-day economic and social needs. A lawyer may know all the statutes and all the decisions of courts, but if he looks upon them and uses them merely as rules of a game he is still a poor lawyer. Decisions have value and are of real importance only in so far as they apply living principles. Law is and must be a stabilizing factor in society; but law, if we are to avoid disaster, must not make for pertification. Of all classes graduating from the National University I have been associated with, for obvious reasons the class of 1937 will always stand out in my memory. May all of its members be successful in their chosen walk of life, and may they rise to the opportunities beckoning to them. Charles Pergler