University of Texas School of Law - Peregrinus Yearbook (Austin, TX)

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1 tVEKPVKIl PM,t. KEETON th'im aml Prxtjriwr of Imc A.B ) JT. B . i«M Univnrwiy of Tnxoa; SJ.D.. fW T, lUrv »nl l.'m wrlxly. I'luf or of l,.m flneo Assistant Down, I Jiiiui Toxa . 104(M2 Oti U .iv « !f(42 40 « Chief CnipwH. IVlmlmim Brandi, I. iCyunM |» f'uijl Division un«l Pflti £k« ciilivik IVlt ol« nn Hi .inch Of Ot A. WaiJlIngtoUj D C. 1 II. Ifnivcnli hf OklHhnm ! 1,jhv Srjioo), 1940 AO. Dfdd, I nmtiMtv •»! I'exnv l. i Sdiool %ut r iMtt Member. Tex . iViii'iWn, Oklnlionui H r ' •m mlinm m.I lu lv. ml f.mmdf of Okhlwmt.i (.o-wiitoi of +h K o»mii. him) ThurMWI. C-mrc.4 f»n Toriki eilitnr. f'luipN on Pr »i» Mivhiku, PubllkJtnl article in weral Imv review . $uhjc :( I THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AUSTIN 12 May, 1955 Letter to the Law Students: The most important single fact about the Law School which requires attention is its current rate of growth. I am certain that you have already observed this. At the beginning of the 1952-53 school year, the last year that the Law School operated from the old law building, the enrollment was 600. At the beginning of the current school year it was approximately 800. Thus, within a two-year span the enrollment increased 33-1 3 percent. A decision has been made to alter the admission requirements by requiring a C-plus average of all applicants with the proviso, however, that students who have as much as a C average but not as much as a C-plus will be permitted to enter, upon the taking and making of a satisfactory grade on a Law School Admission Test now being used by many of the best law schools. This is not expected, however, to alter materially the size of the second- and third-year classes but rather to reject some fifteen percent of those applicants who would otherwise be dropped for unsatisfactory work at the end of the first year. Furthermore. this will not, except for perhaps a year or two, prevent a continuing increase in enrollments. Fortunately, we are located well for expansion, and I foresee a necessity therefor. In the meantime, four very promising young men have been added to next year’s faculty, and I wish to assure you that the Law School administration is making every effort to provide a high level performance of instruction. Sincerely, Page Keeton Dean PAGE 2