Suffolk University Law School - Lex Yearbook (Boston, MA)

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Joe Casey tstanding at left! is deliber- ating on the advisability of purchasing a book which he is in the process of examin- ing. Nick Vergados, at his right, is plac- ing his personal imprimatur on the poten- tial sale. We later learned that Joe made the purchase of this hook, the title of which was, A Clarifica- tion of the Differences Between the Medieval Doctrine of Dis- seisin and the Present Day Doc- trine of Adverse Possession authored by Larry Heminway. The University Library occupies the major portion of the third floor of the University Building. The main reading room is beautifully lighted and has elec- trically operated ventilators. There is a total stack capacity of forty-five thousand volumes. Each depart- ment is receiving regularly im- portant accessions of the latest works in its field. The Law Section of the Li- brary has been greatly enlarged and augmented during the past year. The stacks contain state reports for the forty-eight states, in addition to all the leading standard text and reference books, and a well selected collec- tion of law reviews and period- icals from the leading' legal in- stitutions of America. Thus, the Law School is able to offer one of the most modern and complete Law Libraries in this section of the country, coupled with an atmosphere con- ducive to concent1'ated study. The Book Store -It's hard to tell ju what is occurring or has occurred. In any event, Harold Sullivan is beaming and John Ciol and Joe Casey are looking on with approval. Nick Vergados and Wes Archer and fellow students are on the other side of the counter in read- iness to confer with spokesman Sullivan.

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ust decided what the law ought to merry group of restatementeers EASIER! fLeft .to rightj Dan Y Dan Donovan, Jim Bakker, Art John Doyle, Jr., Class President Bill Pidgeon, and C. J. Rust, Jr., with a brief case full of sealed instruments and ancient Writs. ten-minute-break between Evi- and ConHict of Laws classes finds y Lato making a passionate plea colleagues that there ought to be exceptions to the 'thearsay rule. Paying him plenty of mind are: fLeft to rightj Dave Kidder, Tom Menton, Pete Ditommaso, Johnny Canino, Monty Montouri, Ross Rossi, and Nick Crossen. cameraman caught Phil Keefe of N. H., in his shirtsleeves without d of his fellow countryman, Steve t of Laconia, trying to explain to McKeil the court's rationale in the celebrated New Hampshire Muskrat case. Looking on, but not taking notes are: fLeft to rightj Bob Laird, Phil and Mac, Steve Keefe and Medford's own A1dap D'Apuzzo. with meticulous Cale for three ht yeals morning noon and night. ut promise of immunity or reward, Coffey has examined this Bulletin X . . A , 7 las finally confessed-, The wife said, 'get a job in the legal field, Honey, you'l1 catch pneumonia on that ice wagon'.

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.fd gmc! gnu giancfer af fire ,200 eaaom By Avmnyrrzous Before I actually begin this expose I should like to impress upon the readers, especially the professors, the fact that the following paragraphs have been developed entirely from the imagination and any resemblance to a living professor fassuming that life does exist in those bodies! has been the result of deliberate premeditation with an abundance of malice aforethought. Naturally, I have my reasons for conveying the idea that this article was written in fun. In the first place, my conscience would be wounded if any professor slgoulld be offended 3 and most important, to me at least, I have a gnawing desire to graduate is une. The professors fall into many distinct classes only a few of which will be mentioned here-namely: The Acrobatsf' Student's Delight, Word Worms, and the Story Tellers ! Needless to say, the title Story Tellers is self explanatory. Of course, it is very inter- esting to learn how Professor Gluck won his first case, but then again we are not examined on the facts of Gluck's first case. I may say in behalf of those professors that they all seem to have some sort of a moral attached to their stories-of course you may have to think about the story several months before arriving at the moral: but nevertheless, sooner or later you can think of something to justify the time wasted in class. Possibly, it is a result of what we might call a Big Night the night before the lecture, and after all, who wants to strain his mentality over legal problems with a size eight head, when he only wears a size seven hat. However, many students also find themselves in a half-baked condition in the morning and even if the professor did talk about law he would just be interrupting the student's rest period. Nevertheless, we do feel that story telling is for the nursery. 'Nuff said, I'm already flunking in half my subjects. The Student's Delight is a very popular fellow. He is the professor that starts a lecture by saying: This law is very easy. I could explain it to you in ten minutes, but then, it would be so easy that you wouldn't retain it. Therefore, I shall make it as difficult as possible and we'll spend at least two lectures on this point! This delights the student no end. He immediately makes a notation to send the professor a box of candy the next day- arsenic included. Of course, by the time we finish covering that particular legal point we really do know it-that I must admit. The mere fact that we took two hours instead of ten minutes is immaterial-or is it? Word Worms are very similar to book worms. These gentlemen have one purpose in life-to impress upon you the fact that they have assimilated the complete works written by Mrs. Webster's little boy Noah. The first lecture by these verbose gentlemen is certainly very impressive. In fact most students are so impressed that they dash right out and purchase a brand new dictionary. I think we owe a vote of thanks to these professors for inspiring us to acquire such a useful book. I understand that many of these books are handy in propping up beds when one of the legs break. The professors of course, feel that they are doing us a service by exposing us to the finer things in the dictionary. This is true, but must it be so much like a burnt steak-overdone that is. The Acrobats are an intensely interesting group, and time passes very quickly in their classes. This group is divided into the chair tilters and the edge walkers. The chair tilters have a knack of tilting their chair over backwards with their knees just hooked under the table. After assuming this position the usual procedure is to lock their hands behind their head, give forth with a few luxurious yawns and proceed to lecture. Some of them have developed this trick so well that they can rock back and forth just as if they were in a rocking chair. Needless to say an extra long tilt backward creates a great deal of speculation among the students, or possibly I should say wishful thinking. The edge walkers have also learned the art of keeping the student's attention. They will look up in the air and walk right along the edge of the stage-and they talk at the same time. This is really interesting. All we need is just one wrong step and we'd certainly have a time for ourselves. Of course, if a moment arises when the professor doesn't have everyone's com- plete attention all he has to do is take a particularly daring step over. the edge of the plat- form and an expectant hush comes over the class. It certainly is a dirty trick-two years and not one miss. It appears that one of my fondest desires will not come true before graduation. '