University of North Carolina Chapel Hill - Yackety Yack Yearbook (Chapel Hill, NC)

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In M emonam James Alvis Walker, ' 53 Alfred Moore Waddell, ' 53 John Douglass Taylor, ' 53 Richard Henry Battle, ' 5H George H. Gregory, ' 58 M. L. Eure, ' 59 A. K. Edmondson, ' 61 W. H. S. Burgwyn, ' 68 James Randlet Monroe, ' 85 Hal F. Boarwright, ' 09 H. E. Riggs, ' 12 I. W. Rand, ' 16 TOTKE SOItS s ' THE UNIVERSITY WHO ENTERED [THE WAR V I86I-65 WHOSE HEROISM TAUGHT THE LElS ONyTHBRJ GREATCDMMANDERTHAT DUTY 15 THE 3UBLIMESTWORDINTHE ENGLISH LAMGUA6E f

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before the public as an advocate and as a leader of the bar to which his powers and acquirements would have surely entitled him. His capacious intellect, his acute powers of analysis and mastery of legal principles, together with his happy and lucid method of exposition, make in many particulars the ideal equipment of a great lawyer. Some of the readers of the YACKETY Yack who heard his admirable address as alumni speaker two years ago will remember his rich, flexible, and impressive voice, and his winning manner of speaking. As Mr. Parker has had few occasions to appear in the courts of his native State in recent years, the impression which he made upon one of our most distinguished judges, in the trial of a long and intricate case two years ago, will be of interest. Judge Connor, of the Federal District Court, in a letter to the writer speaks of having been impressed when he was on the Superior Bench in the early days of Mr. Parker ' s career with his remarkable clearness of mind, his grasp and comprehension of legal principles, and his power of expression, and of having his impressions confirmed when he recently appeared before him as leading counsel in the case mentioned. After referring in detail to Mr. Parker ' s masterly conduct of the case, both in regard to its facts and the principles of law involved, his courtesy and tact, his strong and clear statements, his frankness and fairness on the trial, he adds: Upon the whole, as a lawyer and a man, I have met, during a somewhat extended experience on the bench, but few who have impressed me more strongly and favorably. The only feeling of regret which I experienced in my associa- tion with Mr. Parker was that he had gone from his native State, and was not a member of the North Carolina Bar. Mr. W. W. Fuller, whose experience has thrown him in intimate associat ' on with many of the greatest leaders of the American bar, declares of Mr. Parker that Considering his knowledge of the law, and his wisdom in applying it; his love of justice, and ability to distinguish it; his fairness, his courage, and his candor, Junius Parker is the best lawyer that I know — or have known. To this laus a laudalis viris there is nothing to add as to Mr. Parker ' s professional ability. The writer ' s thoughts turn rather to an old and tried friend, a delightful com- panion of wide sympathies and keen intellectual interests, to hours of pleasant intercourse, lit up by the play of his genial, quiet humor. — L. P. M.

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