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

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'fWhiskers Clubi' was soon despoiled of its idol. This seemed to break the spirit of the club, their bleards drooped despondently and one morning they were once more recognized by the class as human beings. The Class of '96 has seen some play and much hard work. Its members as a whole have been an industrious, practical, common- sense lot of fellows who realizing the serious duties devolving upon the practicing lawyer of to-day, have tried to make the best of their time. In all their efforts they have been most ably seconded by the entire faculty, between whom and theclass the utmost harmony and good feeling has, with rare exceptions, prevailed. The class itself has been almost entirely free from internecine brawls. There are practically no factions and each one works for the common good. Not the least part of our education has been in the good- fellowshipengendered, and in healthy social intercourse. Narrow minds have been broadened thereby and prejudices born of ignor- ance swept, away. Al spirit of true democracy has prevailed and in after years when struggling for bread or fame, we will now and then in the intervals of strife, look fondly back to the good old days we spent at Michigan with the Classof, '95. J. L. L.

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junior F lass Bistorv SIUPIWQW T ISIMEET that we should chroniclethe events T? Q i Of OL11' COllCge life. Being a small class, our his- Wq tory will be short, being less learned, than the I H ' tr- Trvsv - ' ,A ' , i . W 13 px Ir! ' K of 'Li 157' fail! ' Y ra ,JA 6 ,aw bg., 'AY .. Q5 rig? U' 7' Yr ' s ff 117 5,324 Li! I4 Y I ' . . xT ,, 1: . V fly' ei ,guts v Seniors, we will. couch it in plain and simple 0 il language, and being more sedate and thoughtful than our Freshmen brothers, ' we will 'avoid p frivolity andihiiamy, W We were born in the second year of our life, sandwiched as it were, between the Seniors and the Freshmen, and are the anomal- ous outgrowth of the varied and salutary changes which took place in the curriculum of the Law Department lat the beginning 'of the present year.i At first the Seniors thought us Freshmen and the Freshmen thought us. Seniors, which was very perplexing 'and humiliating to those of us who considered the class of such importance that any one except a library fossil would recognize a Second Year man by his confident smile and courteous manner. Inhthe course of time the subject of politics began to demand our attention. ' We saw the Senior politician marshal his forces, and bring togetherhis influential advisers preparatory to class election. We had attended the turbulent meetings of the Freshmen class called for the purpose of electing class ofhcers, and had listened to their quarrels, queer speeches, and mock elections, until in our minds al class election 'was one of the richest and rarest events in college life. So a Junior election was called. We met and elected our officers with as much decorum and parliamen- tary order as would perhaps characterize a modern stockholders' meeting. we then went among our friends and gently broke the news that we had held an election. The sensation was not so great as we had anticipated, but finally it came out in the Dazbf and we were much delighted to see ourselves in print. 7