St Xavier College - Xaverian Yearbook (Cincinnati, OH)

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The Jurists OFNCERS CABLE CORBETT MURRAY Page One Hundred Twenty-nine

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The Jurists HE Jurists, a society open to all the students of the Law College, was organized in November, 1919, and has come down to us thrhugh the ensuing years with an ever widening scope in its purpose and activities. Originally designed as a debating society to foster interest in legal topics and also to promote forensic talent, it now includes in its program for the year a series of moot trials and entertainment of a social nature The moot trials have been of inestimable value in acquainting the members with the practice and procedure in court, and have always been replete with humor and fun usually arising from the earnestness and overvzealousness of the counsel and the mock-seriousness 0f the presiding judge. It might be said here that the Jurists have been greatly aided in their work by the best library facilities in the United States. Through the courtesy of Mr. Gholson, Librarian, they had access to the Hamilton County Law Li- brary, containing all the State and Federal Reports and Digests and more English Reports than have been collected in any four English libraries. Judge Marx 0f the Superior Court of Cincinnati has generously given of his time to instruct the students in the use of the various reports and digests, thereby instituting a course in legal bibliography only afforded by a few of the lead- ing law schools of the country. The members of the society have also gained much by attendance at trials in the State and Federal Courts Eocated in Cin- cinnati. To relieve the strain of constant application to study the Jurists have sponsored several dances at opportune times of the year. That held at the Claremont in May served as an exhaust for all pent-up gaiety held in reserve since the advent of Spring. Thus amid scenes of unconfined joy the Jurists marked the close of the Scholastic year. Page One Hundred Twenty-eikhl

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Elet Hall Club HEN the bell rang for the opening of the scholastic year of 1924-1925, a drastic change was made in the policy of St. Xavier College when Elet Hall, a modern dormitory was thrown open as a residence hall for out of-town students. The hall was named in honor of the Reverend John Anthony Elet, S.J., the first president of the college. Almost the first step the college authorities took was the appointment of the Reverend Alphonse L. Fisher, S.J., as director, and resident chaplain. Father Fisher, an alumnus, class of 1909, immediately made himself unusually popular, and by his wholeehearted co-operation and good-fellowship earned himself a place in the heart of each student in the hall. The residents of the hall are drawn from the three states. of Ohio, Ken- tucky, and Indiana. Notwithstanding the diverging directions from which they hailed, the Elet Hall gang immediately became the very backbone of the splendid old spirit of St. Xavier. PERSONAL GLIMPSES OF THE HBOYS AL HESS, Freshman, the original possessor of that tired feeling . Sings a fine 5010 of the ttBluesW New Albany, Ind. BERN COUGHLIN, the Cincinnati jurist, Final authority or: all legal matters. Speaks with finality. New president of the Philopedians. Maysville, Kyt. Junior. BOB SMITH, Sophomore, small and mighty. Listens to the Sport'sy' nightly tale of woe. Hails from Circleville, O. BOB KING, Sophomore, the basket ball tosser from VVhitestown, Ind. It is whispered he has aspirations to be a sleuth. Football, endt Baseball. Pan:- Om- Hundrml Thirty