University of Virginia Law School - Barrister Yearbook (Charlottesville, VA)

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AVERILL HARRIMAN ARCHIBALD COX JUSTICE TOM C. CLARK HENRY J. TAYLOR 109

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$tudmt illegal glfnmm The Organization was f orm ed in 1947 to provide a nonpartisan forum to which distinguished men in public life might come to discuss topicsofcurrent interest and importance before Law School and University audiencies. The Forum, by presenting prominent persons from the fields of law, labor, business, politics and the arts, First row: Oppenheimer, Patrick, Patterson, Shoemaker. Second row: Moore, Z. Smith, Hunt, Williams, Kelly, Ide, Fentress. Third row: Hollister, P. Smith, Hixon, Hugth Patterson...uuuonoooconuoo-once...PreSiden-t James M. Shoemaker .................Vice-President Cu ScottSykes....o....................oo Secretary JoeL. Oppenheimer.......................Treasurer Thomas M. Pauick.............. Publicity Chairman attempts to promote and impetus for independent think- ing through debates, panel discussions and addresses. The forum is limited to twenty-five members of the second and third year classes who attend dinner and share in informal discussions with the guest speakers. Watson, Johnson, Williams, Hess. Fourth row: Williams, Taft, Smother, Abernathy, Clement, Clinger, Eaton, Kemper, Caputo, Barnett. J. William Barnett, Charles B. Clement, Jr. , R. William Ide, III, Charles S. Johnson, Edward J. Kelly, Jr., Talfourd H. Kemper, Elizabeth E. Neely, John L. Warden, Richard L. Williams, III, Thomas E. Abernathy, Anthony M. Caputo, John M. Eaton, A. Lee Fentress, Dudley S. Taft, Hugh P. Williams, Fielding L.Williams, Jr.

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lain 335ti For eleven years, since its organization in 1953, the Law Wives Club has sought to promote friendship among students' wives and to serve the Law School community. In the fa11,new wives were introduced to the Club at acoffee followed bya reception at the Holiday Inn. Soon thereafter the Club was operating in high gear. The monthly meetings featured guest speakers as well as dis- plays of artistic talent by several Club members. During the height of the political campaign, the Club, in con- junction with the Medical House Staff Wives sponsored a First row: Judy Rachels, Betty Hollister, Judy Simmons, Peggy Hastings, Helen Moore, Jean Guyton. Second row: Barbara Sanders, Rose Marie Young, Nancy Reed, Barara Russell, Jann Faught, Helen Wood, Connie DeSelm. debate between Professor Nutter of the Economics de- partment and Professor Prie st of the Law School. Two philanthropic projects, ,a bridge benefit and a Christmas bazaar, aided needy Charlottesville families. In addition, the spring fashion show,the most ambitious of the Wives' annual undertakings, supports a Law School loan fund. Social functions included the ever popular Law School dances, sponsored in conjunction with the Student Advisory C ouncil, a winter cocktail party and a steak fry at McIntire Park. HO