University of Missouri at Kansas City - Kangaroo Yearbook (Kansas City, MO)

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Cleftj Class of 1928 receiving recognition at alumni luncheon. fRightJ Van Valkenburg addressing alumni from the speakers' table. The Alumni Association of the University of Kansas Ctiy School of Law, formerly the Kansas City School of Law, held a luncheon October l at the Hotel Continental in Kansas City, Missouri. Approximately SOO members, representing 47 different classes, attended, with the class of 1928 receiving special recognition. The luncheon was held in connection with the Missouri Bar Associa- tion, which was meeting in Kansas City at the time. Mr. Roscoe C. Van Valkenburg, president of the Alumni Association, introduced Dr. Clarence Decker and Dean Rudolph Heitz, as speakers. Analyzing a statistical survey of present and past enrollments in law schools throughout the country, Dean Heitz discounted any likelihood of an overcrowded legal profession in the future, emphasizing rather that there is a strong possi- bility of having a shortage of lawyers. Dr. Decker spoke about the new S500,000.00 law building, now under construction. Among students working on the luncheon ar- rangements and ticket sale were Harvey Shackel- ford, Jr., Herschel Bryant, Robert Knapp, James Broaddus, and George Berry. That evening the law school held a dance in the E. F. Swinney gymnasium for law students, faculty, and alumni, with music furnished by Ernie lzzard and his orchestra. lleftj Intermission at the Law School Dance. CRightJ Students .lim Broaddus, Harvey Shackelford, Jr., and Bob Knapp selling tickets to alumni luncheon. in Page 26 The Kangaroo G

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fa QQ wi I . 1 ! , s l NEW LAW BUILDING UNDER WAY Over a half century ago forward looking mem- bers of the Kansas City legal profession saw the need for a school to train potential lawyers of this area, From that beginning when a few met at night to devote their energies to training others has grown the largest law school in the state of Missouri. These practical founders knew that justice in this community could be no better than the training secured in law. ,Their successors have carried on the tradition of a once new and struggling school. The result over these past 53 years has been reflected in the places of responsibility which graduates of this school have attained. Not resting on past laurels, the guiding forces of the Law School have been watchful to see that the caliber of instruction available has been equal to the demands of this expanding community. To carry out this goal, the University is now erecting a new building on the campus devoted exclusively to the study of law. The ground has already been broken for this much-needed legal center of the community. This structure, which will cost approximately S500,000.00, will con- tain seven classrooms, individual faculty offices, a moot courtroom, lounge locker room. The library, an important adjunct to any well equipped law school, will have stack space for 50,000 volumes. This new structure will nearly double the present inadequate facilities and will continue The Kangaroo to provide the Midwest with outstanding citizens and leaders in business and industry. The building is to be located on the corner of Fifty-First and Rockhill Road directly across the street from the Liberal Arts building. lt will not only serve as a law school but will be a meet- ing place for lawyers, community leaders, and scholars to discuss civic problems that pertain to this city. A fund-raising campaign is going on right now to raise additional funds for the build- ing. Alumni, numbering three thousand, are be- ing asked in particular. The law school, since it has been affiliated with the Universtiy, has known five different locations and according to Dean Rudolph Heitz they are happy to be settled at last. The enroll- ment this year in the school of law is 457, which is the largest class the school has ever had. ln lieu of this fact it is imperative that the law school have a buildingof its own. The new edifice will conform to the general architectural pattern of the rest of the buildings on the campus. lt is to be the first building, besides President Decker's home, on this lot. The Kansas City School of Law was founded in l895 and has always turned out responsible citizens and leaders. Mentioning only one of the men that today lead our country from the Kan- sas City Law School is the President of the United States, Harry S. Truman. Page 25

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