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Robert Driegert, 70, Dan Hedges, 74, and his wife The Honorable Adele Hedges visit at the Sunday evening gal Law Alumni from the class of 1953 remi- nisce at the UT Club at Darrell K. Royal- Texas Memorial Stadium during Alumni Weekend. Law Alumni ynfeekend Law alumnus and reunion co-chair Harvin Moore, ' 63, and Dean William Powers dis- cuss the activities planned for Alumni Weekend. The oldest law alumnus, Brad Pickett, ' 36, shares a moment with his granddaughter. Student host Veronica Carjabal, 2L, chats with Nancy Sutton, ' 41, and her husband UT law professor and former dean, John Sutton, ' 41 , at the gala. Dean Powers gives a tour of the UT Club before the Reunion Celebration. Law Alumni Weekei
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How a UT law tradition started with a simple error of omission ir yc ■ott etioie ' V Because cultivated sunflowers from florists have thick stems and don ' t lie flat when pinned to a lapel, Assistant Dean Susana Aleman prefers wild sunflowers for the graduates. She gathers them herself when they are in bloom. I ' ve had this fear that one of these days I ' m going to get arrested for picking sunflow- ers, she told the Caau% yearbook in 2000, If I ever get arrest- ed, I hope some of OLir lawyers will come to my defensel Graduates of the university did not wear caps and gowns for graduation ceremonies until the turn of the 20th century when a salesperson offered to rent seniors caps and gowns. At that time, the School ot Law was in the basement of the Main Bmldmg, and no one thought to send a message downstairs and invite the law seniors to the meeting. A committee of faculty and seniors met and decided that graduates would look sharp in caps and gowns, and it was ordered that all sen- iors were to wear caps and gowns for the com- mencement. Annoyed because they had not been invited to the original meeting, the law seniors refused to wear caps and gowns. They argued that caps and gowns at such a time were tradi- tional to and representative of the academic school and not the professional school. Even though judges had worn the wig and gown for centuries, it was worn for a purpose entirely dis- tinct from the purpose ot the commencement ceremony. The law faculty met with the president of the University, and it was decided that the law students must either conform to the wishes of the senior class or wear a significant insignia at the exercises instead. It was not in a spirit of conciliation or in appreciation of the c ignity of the occasion that the sunflower was chosen as the distinctive insignia. It was agreed, howev- er, that the senior law students would wear white suits. After the flower was chosen, stu- ilcnts generated reasons to justify its use. The sunflower, genus Helianthus, belongs to a family with worldwide distribution. So, also do lawyers. As the sunflower always keeps its face turned to the sun, the lawyer turns to the light of justice. The Sunflower Ceremony used to be held once during the year, on Commencement Day. As the School of Law student population grew, it was decided to have two exercises during the year, cine in November for the December gradu- ates and another one in May for the May and August graduates. Originally, a sunflower was pinned on each senior by his or her best friend. This cus- tom changed, however, and an Associate Dean or Assistant Dean of the School of Law assumed the responsibility. Sunflower Story
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