University of Nebraska Omaha - Tomahawk / Gateway Yearbook (Omaha, NE)

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JUDGE A. C. TROT ' P A RETROSPECT SURPASSING all other years in the number of students enrolled in its classes, the Law School of the University of Omaha opened the 1920- 1921. season with 42 students. The total enrollment at the close of the year was officially given at 65. The second semester of the school year be- gan with an additional enrollment of 30 students, many of whom were ex- service men, electing the study of law as provided by the Federal Board of Vocational Training. Mai ' ked progress was made during the school year in student activi- ties and organizations, and the spirit, manifested at the meetings of both the upper and lower classes, indicated a growth which portended perman- ence and a more serious tone of scholastic achievement. The debating so- ciety of the upper classes elected Gordon A. Nicholson, President; R. E. Musgrave, Vice-President; Steven Wirtz, Secretary. Those elected offi- cers of the lower class were, — Wade Reeves, President; Robert P. Kim- ball, Vice-President; Emily R. Allen, Secretary and Treasurer. This class entertained in February at a dancing party given at the Strehlow Terrace Apartments and in May a dance was given at the Happy Hollow Club by Mr. and Mrs. William M. Burton. The moot court, with its usual interesting experiences, incident to its character, was enjoyed and proclaimed highly beneficial by all who attend- ed this class. The subject was taught by J. C. Travis.

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FACULTY HEADS DANIEL E. JENKINS, M. A.. Ph. D., D. D. President and Professor of Logic and Philosophy. V. GILBtERT JAMES, M. A., Ph. D. Dean and Professor of English Literature and Oral Expression. FLORA BUCK, M. A. Professor of English and Histor.v. NELL WARD, M. A. Professor of Chemistry, Cuthbert and Lola Vincent Foundation. AfGUST KNIGHT, B. A. Professor of Fine Arts. GLENN REEVES, B. S. Professor of Physics and Mathematics. MARY B- FOX, B. A. Professor In Kindergarten and Primary Methods. T. H. RIDGLEY. Ph. D. Adjunct Professor of Biblical Literature. F. K. KREUGEPv, Ph. D. Professor of the Political and Social Sciences, Joselyn Foundation. ELLEN GAVIN, B. A. Professor in Home Economics. DOLORES ZOZAYA, B. A. Professor in French and Spanish. LUCILLE F. KENDALL. B. A. Registrar and Instructor in Accounting. MRS. T. B. PROTZMAN, MUS. B. Instructor in Music and Director of the Department of Music. WALTER JUDD, B. A. Instructor in Biolog.v. MRS. H. D. JOLLEY. B. A. Instructor in Journalism. FRANKIE B. WALTERS, B. A. Professor of Psychology and Pedagogy. BLANCHE EVANS, Instructor in Shorthand and Typewriting. MADELEINE COHN, B. A. Instructor in Psychology. MRS. M. C. THOMPSON, Instructor in Millinery. MR. S. W. FOWLER, Instructor in Telegraphy. O. SALISBURY, Instructor in Salesmanship. ERNEST A. ADAMS, Director of Men ' s Athletics. IZMA TUCKER, Director of Girls ' Athletics. SPECIAL LECTURERS ESTHER JOHNSON Juvenile Court. .JAMES A. LEAVITT. D. D. Treatment of Prisoners. MISS FLORA BUCK, Secretary of the Faculty. MISS LUCILE KENDALL Registrar. Lorin Thompson, Chemistry Clyde Bennett, Biology Charles Shramek, Physics Myrtle Sorenson, Art ASSISTANTS Helen McDonald, Civics Madeline Gross. English Esther Janssen. Mathematics Dorothy Edwards, French Helen Gwin. English Francis Edwards. French Mrs. Widol, Spanish MISS FLORA BUCK, Secretary of Faculty MISS LUCILE KENDALL, Registrar r -L.:i .l i. , . Page 25.

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S. E. Turner of the West Publishing Company of MinneapoUs spoke before the students and faculty members, and is quoted in the daily press as expressing- astonishment at the rapid progress made by the law school, which in his opinion surpassed any he had visited. R. L. Daly, also of The West Publishing Company, and well known to the University students, conducted a three-day course of lectures on the practical working side of the lawyers ' profession. Mr. Daly ' s talk on The Working Tools of a Law- yer was greatly appreciated and commented upon in the daily press. Con- cluding this talk, Mr. Daly recited several of his well known poems which depicted his genuine pathos and deep insight into human nature. Those composing- the faculty for the past year were: Judge A. C. Troup, Dean, Ethics ; Charles W. Haller, Wills and Chattel Mortgages ; Cal- vin Taylor, Contracts; William M. Burton, Torts and Damages; Judge James Fitzg-erald, Criminal Law and Criminal Procedure; Thomas B. Dy- sart. Elementary Law; Howard Saxton, Federal Procedure and Sales; Dr. D. E. Jenkins, President of University of Omaha, Logic; Amos Thomas, Constitutional Law; Ralph Van Orsdel, Bills and Notes; John A. Dill, Ele- mentary Law and Contracts.