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£91 8 SG ' 2. TFII1 raw recruit to ihc ranks of the disciple) of Mackslone is, ordinarily. itfL-sh from the Academic Department, ■alu-ti- he may -.tv may not hive been :l Gownsman. When the vflilom Junior luifsts Ihc bonds of his thraldom the icene enacted is roost aped uvular. When the Gownsman mm Law Student the transition i nrrt hi? slafl- linn- lit either ease, however, ht L h accorded ee.rt.ain privileges and i mm nidi h x.. which, in his former state, hn ■ » not WOit nn ' iiiiiy. Should he form one of ihejvast number who kn«w m t h I i cre liwn. lit- leds il iacumhi-m ii|mn him to revel i» hit newly-fcund liberty. Ik Boar » tar nbove his sordid, ponderous, leather-bannd books, thai hi- easily deceives himself into believing that they c?m. wiih. impunity, be ignored. Hi finrc nf£ auddeuly acquires so ros m- .1 hue that k.. ' can stare credit hi? vision, He sl ' l-h new heawies in every leaf and flower 1 hU joy is 11 ncunfuied : and liLV becomes one }£lncl round of pleasure, All it, indeed, delightful £or our eitbryc jurist- until he is very fordbly reminded thai thing are not always whal tbey Seem by Ihc rudely intervening h.-iiitl id the Dean— the IX-an. w ™ itmi with lofjic absolute, concocted stories of excuse confute. The typical Law Student i ;» versatile genius, though hi venalUHy i hampered, to a considerable extent, by -in amaEuig self consciousness which never entirely deserts him. He c u play brilliantly n (he fnin lI .lII tram. h;id jjermms similarly, make love wiih s tne success, and learnedly discuss abstruse points of law— all wiih equal ease. His ambition, thorn: h. is. run » b known ,i ,l student. i in I, of ji very nuiural consequence, the aforesaid 1 1 discus- sions in: sedulously r, brines! ;lm 10 lime and place, His nature Is coo thoroughly that of ihc- accomplished poseur -1
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1 1 permit any action not well l-;i | cli IjHh 1 -: I 1i produce ihe riyhl iniprensirm on die mind nf the: HusCt-ptiblc funioi, an-d experience ha taught him ihm thi-- ElaiTnianite venerate neither Study nor JludlousaeiL Much n-i his apparently unlimited leisure is. spent al l r, Richardson ' s, where hn partake) of the, seductive coca-coli — not wisely, hut too well -and discussev with languid interest, ihf topics uf lIu ' day. l-nir iht- ,iff:iirs oE llii- great world, outside his mountain haven, he cares not at all, TV- betrayal of amtv than p:issiii£ inLcrcsi, ■.-■veil in matters which concern him deeply, he regards ns an evidence f :uliile-cei»i imnL.iiurily in In- avukk-d .Ls ihw would » pestilence. Athletic affair . of course, always havi- precedence hir di ciixsdun here, ;ls wrll .is ciL-ry where »:1sl-, in Scwance. The mere mention of Anything pertaining to itt hie tic :n;tkrx ihf whoUj Sewanee world bin ; and preeaiU, as nothing else can, against the profound indifTereni.-i- ;md xetf-con L-icju%ne»s nl thr: lawyer. So attractive .iitcl engrossing i the subject that he Carpet (hit the nmmpnr. (hi he hhi-e. When frmimni ' traction nr-i- m L-ntioncd he; .affects the cynical, apathetic air of superiority, 5n occasi™ lu ' cm Ik ' ohhc (-jcevnlingly loquacious .ind diseoursA- eolubly,. apropos of anything or nnlhinjr, lie uses the mo t exaggerated. iUmbny.mr. dier.ion ; weaving high-sounding fabrics of grandiloquent word! for the advancement of utterly ridiculuu theories. Lest ihis latter conduct In- thought extremely silly and futile, it may l»e well to explain that he is not devoid ed huiIc, and ih.ii there is methirfl in his madness, He accomplishes the dotibk ' end. of arousing his hi ;tn rs, uid nil displaying his , consummate skill, in the use n| grotesque language. Tin- i-n.iii ' i- law -student has been greatly maligned alas, for the rarity of ! hri .ci ;lii charity. CuukL his tra- ducerssee him in his study, where the midnight oil receives no mercy, their opinion if him wuuld undoubtedly be nore Aattcring. Keally, he is a strenuous student, and accomplishes much; hut he [k-L-m-t secrecy nt great importance, .md exerts the u tmost cunning in concealing his operation . The Law School is the youngest and, numerically, ihe smallest «f the departments of the University. It tins, how- ever, numbered among its members many who have been prominent in every phase nf Scwanee lite-, hi literary work, in athletics, in the frateraitiea, and in society h the Law sludenl lias made himself ad important element The depart- ment is mnfcing great strLde-s, and il cannot he doubted that, when it has added ;t few- tn iis yean, it will Im.- able to boast amcinjj its suns, li-.idt-fs.it the bar of every Sta.tc in the Southland, - =
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