University of Michigan Law School - Quad Yearbook (Ann Arbor, MI)

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HORACE L. WILGUS

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Clie new woman H toast Given at the Webster Society Banquet, january io isea OU ASK me to drink to the New WVoman's health, A tribute to pay to her womanly wealth Of intellect, sympathy, true heart and mind The heritage given to fair woman kind. I drink not to eyes that are limpid and blue, Nor lips that are carmined with delicate hue, I drink not to hands that are shapely and small, But I drink to the heart that is nobler than all. I drink to her intellect,-equal of man's, A mind that devises, and studies, and plans. I drink not to empress nor princess remote, But I drink to the woman who some day will vote The world has moved on and we do not neednow, The woman all smiles with the ball-room bow, Though some may prefer the old ' clinging ' kind, With heart' well developed-but minus the mind. Wfe need not the Dora's of Dickens' page, But Agnes, the type of a far better age, ' Not an insolent queen on her canopied. throne, But a Portia, pleading for justice alone. If our forefathers fought for their rights, years ago Can you blame t-he New Woman for now doing so P Is she wrong in opposing, with head lirm and brave, The common-law doctrine of master and slave? We voters forget, when the caresof state vex, A That a soul is a soul-regardless of sex, And that liberties dear to the masculine heart Should form of a woman's existence a part. I honor the woman whose mind can explore The wonderful depths of professional lore, Who struggles this nation of ours to improve, And shoves the world on in the way it should move I drink to the woman who fights her own way, And I trust the ff New M Wfoman is with us to stay HENRY ED Noir-roMP

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Ediwridl g-Sm? M X p E . . ' XJ lllu new three-year course may already be said to be S a pronounced success, although some slight friction XQELE get has been inevitable in the adjustment' of the two 'T conflicting schedules. The addition of the third year to the curriculum comes none too soon. The graduates of Michigan must compete with those who are trained in the Eastern schools, and to do so successfully they must be properly equipped. While some advance has been made this year in entrance require- ments, there is room for further improvement in this particular, and it must come. A liberal education should be demanded of every candidate for entrance to a law school, and the nearer it approximates a college education, the better. The general Hstif- feningi' ofthe work has had a wholesome effect. The Faculty may rely upon the hearty support of the students in all such reforms. X bk X V A Now that the three-year course is in successful operation, it would seem that arrangements should be made by which Seniors in the Literary Department desiring to study law may elect their senior work in the Law Department. This plan is adopted in many universities,-notably Columbia, Cornell and Northwestern, -and the privilege of electing professionalwork is extended in OUT own institution to literary students who intend to pursue the study of medicine or pharmacy. VVhenthe law course was but two years in length there was little need of such an arrangement, but We believe it would encourage many who now take but two Years, Work in college to continue another year and receive both degrees. It should be reco nized that the study of law is liberal in its nature, s , , . and might well have H P1306 in the Cufrlculum of every College which can afford it. ,gf ac wk , . WE shall look forward with pleasure to an early consolidatiin e . . . f t of the three annual Publications issued bY the Students O