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

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SPORTS Longhorn against longhorn, law student against taw student. Between the Valley Girls, Legal Eagles. Toxic Torts. Cert Denied, Cherry's Cherries. The Force. The Playboys, Albrecht’s Animals, and other teams, the law school was well represented on intramural fields and courts. TrM $piadtog Occasionally, two law school teams would compete against one another, as when 1981 summer freshlaws battled the 1980 summer group (Toxic Torts versos The Playboys). In that match, the tortfeasors fell to defeat in overtime. Other teams have become nearinstitutions: the Legal Eagles, with Coach Charles Alan Wright and coach-receiver Tom McGarity, were undefeated this year as they went into their latest of several playoffs. On a more informal basis, TQ sections organized teams to compete among themselves. 16 — Sports M 0«ch«n »

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The'©turn ol the Peregrinus Almost four years after Gillespie Stacy and Harris Brush captured the law school mascot on June 13. 1921. the Peregrinus was returned to Dean Hildebrand at a public meeting in the engineering building, on March 22. 1925. Engineering and law students raided one another's buildings during the 1920's, seeking the Peregrinus or. at the engineering end. a scale model oil derrick. The original two professors ol the law school pose with the entire faculty of the University of Texas Former TexasSupreme Court Chef Justice Robert Simonton Gould, seated at far left, and former Governor Oran Milo Roberts, seated second from the right, were hired by the Board ol Regents as the second and l st professors, respectively. Col W. S. S nkm. CSA In 1904. prohibitionist Carrie Nation came to ihe university. Two students misinformed Mrs. Nation, telling her that D. A. Frank of the law school gave poor grades to any student who refused to drink and gamble with him on a regular basis. Frank protested his innocence and challenged Nation to inspect his room. The students, a step ahead, had already planted poker chips and cards all over the room. Nation later descended on Col. Simkins after students tipped her that he. too. was a drunken gambler. Simkins nonchalantly puffed on a cigar, ignoring that she was even there, while she screeched and preached in the manner that made her famous. AN ANECDOTAL HISTORY OF THE LAW SCHOOL 8 — Anecdotal History