University of Oregon - Oregana Yearbook (Eugene, OR)

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5.03 TH E 0 RE GINA- E3 NINETEEN HUNDRED THIRTY THREL' GUNTHIZR BURROWS DASHNEY YIERKOVICH Student Offices of the Law School Preston W. Gunther, president of the law school student body, summarizes the work of that organization as follows: The student body of the Oregon law school may proudly look back upon the last year and realize that it has been filled with unprecedented activity and success. Unity and a whole- hearted spirit of cooperation and friendliness among the .students and faculty have been coupled with the desire to serve society as members thoroughly trained in law and its ethics. The achievements gained by the association this year have been built upon the above factorsf, Gunther has been aided in administering the numerous activities of the law school organ- ization during the past year by Ernest Burrows, secretaryg William Dashney, treasurer, -john Yerkovich, sergeant-at-arms, and Robert Hunter, first year representative. The student body's program opened fall term with a smoker at the Craftsman club to which all law students and faculty members were invited. The annual Barristers Ball was given at the Campa Shoppe during the winter term and a similar dance is given in the spring. The organization, in conjunction with the faculty and Phi Delta Phi, was host at sev- eral interesting banquets during the school year at which time prominent members of the bench and bar presented some practical phase of the law profession. Among those speaking were Harry H. Belt, associate judge of the Oregon Supreme Courtg G. F. Skipworth, circuit judgeg and C. T. Haas, lawyer of international law. Otto Frohnmayer served as student editor-in-chief of the Oregon Law Review, official organ of the State Bar Association, and his work combined with the fine editing of Profes- sor Charles -G. Howard, made possible a publication equalling the standards of past years. The campus again showed interest in the moot court trials given by Professor Orlando J. Hollis' class in trial procedure. Witli court officials appointed from the class personnel, actual court cases were tried. The law school student body has encouraged the development of the pre-legal student association which was established last spring. The prospective barristers held several lec- ture meetings during the school year. Tom Tongue is president of the organizationg Al McKelligon, vice-presidentg and Otto Vonderheit, secretary. The Hilton prize contest is open to all law students who wish to write on the topic spec- ilied in the contest rules. Roy Herndon was the winner of the fifty dollar cash award last year. The' law student body is completing its eleventh year as a sponsor of the student honor system. The school is the only division of the University employing this code, and the project is handled entirely by the students without faculty supervision. 26

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R03 THE oiui GA NA as NINETEEN HUNDRED THIRTY THREE The School of Law The University of Oregon school of law enjoys a high national standing as evidenced by the fact that its standards are approved by the American Bar Association and by the Association of American Law Schools. The school is recog- nized as possessing a faculty of exceptionally strong teachers and scholars. Undoubtedly one of the strongest features of the school is the close contact maintained between the stu- dents and the faculty. In support of this policy Wayne L. Morse, dean of the law school, has written: The place to weed out undesirable lawyers is in our law schools, not in disbarment proceedings after dam- age has been done the public. There are few unethical and socially undesirable lawyers who were not also weak in these respects during their student days. The Oregon law school fac- ulty realizes this fact and definitely assumes its duty of inculcating in the students high standards of scholarship and of ethics and character. Whenever a student fails to respond to such standards the faculty does not hesitate to eliminate him from the school. DEAN MORSE During the past two years the law school's research program has met with wide atten- tion and favor. Two volumes, A National Survey of the Grand jury System, written by Dean Morse, and A Survey of the Administration of Criminal Justice in Oregon, prepared by Dean Morse and Mr. Ronald H. Beattie, have been received as significant contributions to criminal law literature. Professor Howard's writings in the field of Oregon contract law are a distinct service to the lawyers of the state. The Oregon Law Review, published by the students and faculty of the law school, is the official organ of the State Bar Association and is an effective instrumentality for advancing the aims and the ideals of the legal profession. With the completion of the spring term, Wayne L. Morse will have completed his second year as dean of the Oregon law school. He is the youngest law school dean in the United States. Included in the academic record of Dean Morse are a Ph.B. degree from the University of Wisconsin in 1923, an M. A. degree from the same school in 1924, an LL.B. from the University of Minnesota in 1928, and a Doctor of Law from Colum- bia University in 1932. He is director of the survey of Oregon penal institutions and a member of the nation- al committee on criminal law and criminology of the Asso- ciation of American Law Schools. The law school was founded in Portland in 1884 and was brought to Eugene in 1915 and is the only one in the state holding mem- bership in the Association of American Law Schools. l 25

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li- y Q03 I - - - THE OREGANA E3 NINETEEN HUNDRED THIRTY THREE George L. Anderson Otto M. Bowman . Ernest Burrows . . Thomas W. Chatburn Francis Cheney . . Otto Frohnmayer Horace G. Geer . . Edwin Graham . . Preston W. Gunther Robert Hammond . . Francis Hill. . . Bowman Cheney, Frolmmayer, Geer Gunther R. Hainmond, Hill, Layman, Leedy. Moe Overhulse Page Proctor, Richl, Yerkovich - 1 , Law Seniors of 1933 . . . LaGrande . Portland . . Portland . . . . .Eugene . .. . . Portland . . . Portland . . Tacoma, Wn. . . Forest Grove . . . Portland . . Medford . . . . Portland john Yerkovich . . Harold Kinzell George Layman . Robert Leedy . Donald K. Moe jack Murphy . Hubert McNoble Boyd R. Overhulse Urlin Page . . . Vawter Parker . . Kenneth Proctor . Edward Riehl . . . . . .Portland m.!il1IJX,0 . . Portland . . Eugene . . Portland . . Portland . . Portland Stockton, Cal. . . Weston . . . Salem . . Heppner . . Sandy . . Portland