University of Georgia - Pandora Yearbook (Athens, GA)

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History of Law Class 15 HISTORY OF THE LAW CLASS.. For thirty-two years the Law department has been a branch of the University of Georgia, and the fruits of its production have year after year added new laurels to the profession both in our own state and elsewhere. Under the guidance of this team of professors the student of this department has been led carefully through the mazes of the elements of the law and thoroughly instructed in those principles which form the basis of this exhaustless study, and when at the end of the year he goes forth into the battle before him he realizes how much better equipped is he than is his brother, who has entered the fight without having partaken of the benefits of our Law school. But my task is not to praise our department in general however worthy it may be; but to write a brief history of the present class. The class of ’92 is small in numbers having only thirteen members, but it rivals all its predecessors in other points as. is well evinced by its record. To the people of Athens it is needless for me to say that our class is brimming over with eloquence and as orators have never been equalled. Mr. T. J. Shackelford having been chosen as anni-versarian of the Demosthenian society showed on that memorable occasion his remarkable talent in this line; while Henry Crossland and Stallings have on numerous occasions held many of the students spell-bound as they poured forth in eloquent language the feelings of an over-jubilant heart. Their literary talent has been recognized by the students by awarding to one of our members the place of editor-in-chief of the college Magazine, a place which he most ably.' filled.

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i6 The Pandora. In athletics too it has achieved a record to be proud of. One of our members holding a place on the University foot ball team, while several of them have distinguished themselves by their many good plays at base ball. Our musical talent also has been observed, for a lawyer’s voice added much to the sweetness of our Glee Club songs. And finally in the class room ’92 has achieved a wonderful record, every member of the class making a grade of one hundred per cent, in one examination, with an almost ■equally high average in all the others. Judging from these records all who know us have predicted a bright and prosperous future, and say that when in June these thirteen enter the brotherhood of the Bar the profession will receive a valuable addition; and if in the •court house and at the office they succeed as they have done this year, the class of '92 will add new renown and :glory to the old University and its Law Department.