University of the South - Cap and Gown Yearbook (Sewanee, TN)

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Law Department IN many u-avs, the I .aw School IS the most ili tio iivt; depfkftmeni in the University. J; i- LhfM,iiiallcst — in numbers — thu irmxi COOgpkiJi tun ill athletics, is aliont thu avar- :i|rc in scholastic attainments, and far »m-- po-sHCs all others in department tfririt. No father dvpartm !ill him a club such as l]lC [.aw Club. vibiir.li is at mira- LbrtUKtrJiiic And comprehensive. Ir would br. manifestly iiiijujxsiblc Cor another branch of the University to ha e such an organization; for if Theological it wouhj be ?i praycr-meetiug : Sf Medical somen™- would g il |jnis. Ottd ; if Academic, it wrrnld resolve itself either into a dc baling society or a farce. Some person with mora originialhy tins mental attainment has called us driftwood. 1-iiT the benefit of some reader wb» may not see the application of this obflOXiol term, I will explain that ihe ognuitu.ii suggests, thai the members f tli I -aw Gaaa haw drifted from oll er defiajitiietits because they sought an easier incLluid to obtain a de- gree, Wait, you Aeadenn. tKt Theolog. or cmbry onic physician. Wait until you get into trouble. Sometime in ihr. dim ami distant futme when you lu e rtttkfl a hiinco Of axxa.uhed a Hishop. you will conu- ttfOUOd to OUT nlliee and beg us. on bended knee to gel you off, Then will sweet revenge he ours. You lave heard, of a retaining- reef Ik-fore we open our ■rmutht to pour firiib wisdom we will transfer alt your ready t.inti to our professional pockets. We will make jnjii mortgage your borne and pay us for drawing up the mortgage : and before you have- done with us you will be sucked as dry as a moth when it b cast from a, slider ' s web. You must come to us, The whole world mitxt come to us because the world is full of trtmble and trouble is 1 1 NT specially. W, a s hamsters, will do all iir ran t, ■ aLlriialr trouble (foi a suitable fiTj, hilt until puoplt! becciinc ij]m.tI initi.nl our Hcn-iecH will be in demand. You, kind roadef, will il, , well in memofixe the Law iJejianment roll, and if, at anytime, you are sued or wish to bring an action against your neighbor, or your neighbor ' s, wife, or man-servant, or maid servant, etc., etc.,. why h call on us {and bring vi-mr check bookV [ii]

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