Northwestern College of Law - Norwester Yearbook (Portland, OR)

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Members of the Sophomore Class Asher, Adolf Banks, Rodney W. Betz, Kenneth W. Brown, Irving D. Calder, Robert C. Carr, Alfred John Carver, Roy T. Chinnock, Neill S. Dean, Jas. H. Eisenhauer, Emilie Ermler, Peter James Epton, Ferd Finke, Julius Edward Gamelgaard, Irwin William Goss, James Keefe Greenberg, David H. Grow, Bernice Harr, Victor C. Hawkins, Joseph Clarence Henderson, John B. Hitchcock, W. William Hopper, Edward Ingeldew Tweniy-four Johnston, D. Lloyd Jones, Harvey H. Kneeland, Harding H. Kupper, F. Young Laughlin, Donald H. Lewis, Edwin H. McCutchan, Everett B. McCarty, R. Glen McDonnell, Aleen Mosier, Edwin Potter, John Henry Ruble, J. P. Sax, Sam Stangel, Neil E. Veazie, Alfred C. Walker, Marie L. Walker, Ward H. Ward, Russell Davidson Weller, Joseph B. Wolf, Morris Wm. Yarnell, Fred

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