University of Kansas School of Law - Shingle Yearbook (Lawrence, KS)

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Faculty and Lecturers. JAMES WOOD GREEN, of the Law School, and idol of all the Law boys, was born April 4, 1842, at Cambridge, N. Y. After town, he left to enter Phillips Academy at Andover. Dean attending the district schools of his native After graduating here, he entered Williams College in 1862. He graduated in the Class of 1866 at Wil- liams with the degree of A.B. Later he received the degree of A.M. from that institution. HowiMr. Green took charge, in 1878, of the then struggling Law School, and built it up to its present high standing, is told in our history of the Law School, and need not be repeated here. While not a rigid disciplinarian, the Dean has a. control over his large class of young men which is proverbial, and the friendship and esteem which these classes hold for him can not be over-estimated. 5' 5' 3' WILLIAM E. HIGGINS. Born in Indiana, educated in Ohio, received his professional training in Kansas, and a practicing at- torney in Missouri, such is the ground plan of the life of William E. Higgins, A.B., LL.B., Associate In- structor of Law in the University of Kansas. Prof. Higgins received his early training in the rudi- ments of education in the common schools of Cleve- land, Ohio. Yearning for the health-giving zephyrs and sun-kissed hills of Kansas, he pulled out for the West, to grow up with the country. After two years in the Lawrence High School, he entered the Preparatory Class of the University in 1882, then one of the prominent departments of the Uni- versity. After an absence in 1883, he again en- tered the University in '84, this time in the Freshman Class, graduating from the fthenl Col- legiate Department with the Class of 1888, be- ing chosen by the Faculty as one of the five Com- mencement speakers. I1Vhile in the University he Won many honors, among which were the winning of the Crew Prize Essay in 1883, the Botis and Field Oratorical prize 1885, editor Unizrcrsit-y Rc-Ificw '87, Phi Beta Kappa '88. Mr. Higgins, after completing his University work, took up the teaching profes- sion, holding down a position in Lawrence the fol- lowing year, and was Principal of the Grant School, Topeka, from 1889 to 1892. In the fall of '92 he en- tered the Law Department, graduating therefrom two years later, and was chosen the class orator. In 1892 he was offered a position in the State Agri- cultural School of Oregon, which offer was refused, and again, after the completion of his Law work,the offer was renewed. Upon his obtaining his Law de- gree, he located in Kansas City, Mo., hung out his shingle, and began the career of a practicing attor- ney, building up a good and increasing practice.- From this he was called at the beginning of the present school year to bec-ome a member of the Faculty of the School of Law. In this position he has put himself in personal contact with the stu- dents, aiding and assisting them in all ways possi- ble. To his training is due largely the victory in debate over Missouri this year. 993' JUDGE CHARLES LEE DOBSON, One of our Lecturers, is a noted man. 'His res- idence is Kansas City, and he is one 'of the most prominent figures of the bar of that city. Born in Virginia, he later came to Missouri, and was edu- cated in the common schools and University of our sister State. Judge Dobson was admitted to the bar in 1870, and has been in active practice ever since, with the exception of the time spent on the bench. He was appointed Circuit Judge of the Sixteenth Judical Circuit in 1894, and was elected tothat oflice the following fall. In 1897 he refused re-nomination, and resumed practice 'with his for- mer partner, Henry L. McCune. Judge Dobson is an authority on the Law of Corporations, and is a Lecturer on this specialty in the University Law School. ' . .9-

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PROF. W. E. HIGGINS, AB., LL.B. WM. L. BURDICK, P1-LD., LL.B

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JUDGE DAVID MARTIN. J. W. GLEED