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

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THE LAW SCHOOL FACULTY ALEXANDER C. TROUP, A. B., LL. B. Judge of District Court, Fourth District, Nebraska, Dean of Law Faculty. ARTHUR C. THOMSEN, LL. B. Secretary of Law College. Judge W. W. Slabaugh Laurence I. Shaw Charles Haller Robert Neely Harry Shackleford Amos Thomas Thomas Dysart Leonard Hames H. L. Mossman Ralph A. Van Orsdel Judge W. G. Hastings Judge A. C. Troup Howard Saxton Judge A. L. Sutton James Sturtevant

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SCHOOL OF BUSINESS account, in this commercial age and in the commercial city of Omaha, for the rapid growth of the Department. The world today needs art as much as it needs science. Enrollment in this Department is so airanged as to permit people of all ages, sex, and previous conditions of education to take advantage of the opportunities offered. The high school graduate may enter the De- partment and, while pursuing the commercial branches, secure University credit, leading to a degree in Commercial Science. He is also enabled by this method not only to secure his degree but, also, to prepare himself for immediate sei vice and a position in the business world. The non-high school graduate may enroll as a non-credit student and, while not being qualified to receive University credit, may prepare himself for active business under the splendid supervision and with the substan- tial backing of a strong, well-established, and well-known University. The University graduate may enroll in this Department and, by the proper selection of subjects, become equipped both for service in the busi- ness world and for the teaching of commercial subjects in the public schools of the country, and at the same time earn the proper University credits to be applied on a degree in Science. In addition to the manual commercial arts, are added courses in analy- tical salesmanship, advertising, business organization, and above all, daily information in law, including statutory, parliamentary, and common law. These subjects are taught in a practical way and widen the mental horizon and develop power of expression, self confidence, and all of those traits which militate for the success of an individual in the field of business. Social, athletic, and literary activities are handled by a student or- ganization, patterned much after the Commercial Clubs of the countiy, in which the student will find an outlet for self expression later in life. ll1lll[llTIT[lTmlflll]]lll[i]UIllIl|]lllRJM ((t3y [231

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THE NIGHT LAW SCHOOL EVEN though the Law School of the University of Omaha is still a night school, it is growing very rapidly. The University of Omaha acquired a new permanent location at 1307 Farnam, in which the law classes are held. This building is very convenient and adds greatly to the progress of Omaha University. The Law School now boasts of 25 instruc- tors, who are chosen from among the best lawyers of the city. While there were seven students when the school was first founded, there are now over 90 students attending classes. The school requires a four-year course for graduation, and offers such subjects as Logic, Argumentation, Public Speaking, Psychology of Evidence, Brief Making, and the Use of Law Book, all of which are compulsory. The classes are held every night, except Sunday. The mute court, which is the only class held out at Joslyn Hall, is held in the libary, every other Saturday night at 8 o ' clock. The neighbors are very interested in the court and attend regularly in goodly numbers. The jury for the court is selected from this group of outsiders, which makes it necessary for the students to bring up their case much more clearly than if they were per- suading some of their fellow students, who in most law schools serve as the jury. The school has again issued a number of bulletins, in which various legal subjects are discussed, and have sent them out to all the lawyers of Nebraska. The Law school is making good headway, and will soon be recognized as the equal of any law school in America. [25]