Valparaiso University - Beacon / Record Yearbook (Valparaiso, IN)

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CDean 0f Studen rs H. H. KUMNICK Commencement exercises will soon ring down the curtain on another school year. For most students college means not only preparation for life, but life itself. Like others they have felt, in some form or other, the depression of the past year; they have experienced disappointment and pleasure, failure and success, and last but not least, the abounding grace of our merciful Father in heaven. Student life is not a sheltered life, as the man off the campus loves to call it. Senior and junior, sophomore and freshman must go forth each day to face the stem realities and perplexities which life has in store for him. Life is life, and religion is religion, on or off the campus. Absolute fidelity to truth in all its forms, especially divine truth; loyalty to the highest and best that is Within; devotion to the principles and ideals of Christ; absolute freedom from those things Which would weaken mind and body; and the personal com- mitment of all that one has, are the final goals of achievement Which the earnest-minded student at Valparaiso has. It is gratifying to know that out of the diversities of college life the past year has come a growing responsibility of student participation in the affairs of Alma Mater, an a more earnest interest in her welfare. Along With this consciousness, I sincerely hope, Will develop a more consecrated spirit of student fellowship, and a more earnest attempt to face college life in the spirit of Jesus. University Auditorium Page Twenlv-two

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School of Law J . W. MORLAND Dean The primary purpose of the School of Law is to direct its students in preparation for the active practice of the law. The aim is not solely to give information nor is it solely to supply mental training. Discipline in the methods of legal reasoning and analysis are considered of great im- portance; but this is supplemented by much practical information, and by training in the operative functions. The student is acquainted With the ideals and traditions peculiar to the profession. He is given training and practice in drawing legal papers. Courses are offered in pleading and trial practice. A practice court is maintained wherein the student must take all the steps required in the trial of a case. The aid throughout is to train students in habits of legal reasoning and to assist the student in the acquisition of knowledge of a substantial part of the law which he is to practice. The instruction is not local in scope, but is designed to prepare students for the practice of law in any state. Thus a sane and practical balance between the- ory and practice are sought and legislative enact- ments and societal influences are not neglected. Yet the judicial process through Which law takes its final form must necessarily remain the central problem of the School of Law. WW Arts-Law Building Page Twmty-mze

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