YMCA Night Law School - Triangle Yearbook (Cincinnati, OH)

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f:::1.-..5fb1,,? A Q' O L Ss.,-se N . ,.. .. .,.. . . ., a --f Q- 1929 All Law School Banquet The 1929 All Law banquet held in the main dining room of the Chamber of Commerce building, Marcli 27, was one of the most successful, a decided success. It reflected credit to the student council committee of three, E. P. Carrier, J. Garvey Davis and Lawrence A. Knoll- man, who arranged it. A temptingly delicious menu, followed by a program of peppy speeches was the combination which found favor. Our Dean, Gilbert Bettman, now Attorney General of the State of Ohio, honored with his presence. He has been a teacher at the Y M C A Night Law School for 14 years and dean for ten years. 'There is no validity to the argument that the night law schools should be abolishedv he said. We are not giving a second-line legal education but a second chance to men and women to get a real legal education. We achieve a standard fairly comparable to the day law schools. The quality of the student body sets the standard of the schoolf, His announce- ment that he expected to be free Friday nights next year to resume his teaching of Sales was received with enthusiasm. Mr. Cecil H. Gamble, president of the Y M C A Board of Directors, Mr. Sanford H. Headley, chairman of the Law School Administration Committee, both brought felicitations. They show great zeal for accomplishment, hir. Gamble said, referring to night law school students, adding the most successfully trained college men are those who have worked for their educa- tion. They know where they are goingf' 'cBase your accomplishment on characterv was his urge. Mr. Headley paid tribute to the students. You have no cheer leaders, no football teamsw he said. '4You bring the 'will' to attain. hir. Russell VVilson, associate editor of the Cincinnati Times Star, delighted with his talk The Plea of an Ex-Lawyer, telling that the legal profession deserted him two years after he entered it and referring to his delayed career in journalism. 'SI was born several decades too soonn he said. VVhen I went to law school the class was composed of mere men. God help the judges of the next generationf' Vile laughed at his narrative of defending Foley the Goati' and sobered at his admonition: I adjure you to hang on to your ideals. Never sacrifice them for immediate benefits which are more ideal than real. Donit compromise your idealsf, hir. Henry Bentley, attorney, spoke on The Legal Profession and Public Service telling of business in the law with remarkable clarity and bringing a forceful message. hir. James G. Stewart, of the faculty presided. That alone assured the success of the program. Booming out stories, each illustrating a point, he was master of the ceremonies as only he can be. Among the guests introduced were Irwin hiarx, of the Law School Administration Com- mitteeg J. J. hIcKin1, General Secretary of the Y BI C Ag Dean hlerton L. Ferson, of Cincinnati Law School: Dean Edward Wiilliam Ney, of St. Xavier Law School and Leon G. Nichols, Direc- tor of the Y M C A schools. During the program the six new members of the Order of the Curia, honorary legal fra- ternity of the school, were presented with their keys. FRANK Wnssism.. 77

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.. ,X Z' 'fs SUV 'V as-er 3-,H ,x .. ..,..gf ':1'5ft.'1. E113 - 725511 The Student Council The Student Council is in its fourth year of functioning as a committee in charge of the administrative, social and the financial disposition of the funds set aside for the student activi- ties. This body has a further duty to perform, that is to assist in the solution of any problems affecting either the individual student or the student body and to bring these problems to the attention of the Faculty. T There is little to say about the activities of this year. The council was limited in the amount of funds it had at its disposal and from necessity could not allow the class banquet, as the coun- cil was of the opinion that it was of greater importance to have the All Law School Dinner and have the Annual published. WVe feel that the council is really a four year old infant and as yet can only function as an infant. It is possible for the council to do big things for the students and the school as a whole, therefore the various classes of the Law School cannot be too careful in the selection of representa- tion in the council. The prayer of this council is that the coming classes may see a vision of the possibilities of the Student Council to build a spirit of cooperative fraternity and enthusiasm in the Y lVI C A Night Law School that shall make it the outstanding Law School in the country. JoHN G. DAVIS, Pre.s'icZent of the Student Council. '76

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A 1 g .gear .' -, V , mu, . as -. The Federated Student Council Early in October, by a vote of all of the students of the Y M C A Schools, the Federated Student Council came into existence. Less than a month later this body was organized and functioning as a body with the following oH'icers: President, Charles Lindeman, of the School of Commerce, V ice-President, Thomas Logan, of the Law School, Secretary, Nlarie Schoolfield, of the Night Business School, and Treasurer, Wlilliam Schwemlein, of the Y M C A High School. Having as its object the securing of high standards of scholarship, the pro- motion of good fellowship, the encouraging of physical development, and the instilling of a civic consciousness among the members of the various schools, the Federated Student Council planned and supervised the Open House program on New Year's Day. The many varied contributions by the Y NI C A Schools showed the perfect co-operation upon which the Council had relied. The result was that all who were present readily appreciated the value of the Y lVI C A as an educational institution. Late in lVIarch the Council began to realize that a dinner for all ,of the Y lVI C A Schools would prove an immense help in promoting good fellow- ship and instilling civic consciousness among the scholars. Thus, on April 13, the All Y NI C A Schools Banquet was celebrated by a. large number, all of whom considered the dinner a most successful affair. By these efforts the Federated Student Council has endeavored to bring about a binding of the various schools of the Y DI C A into a single body of Y NI C A students. IELXVYN C. HOFFMAN. '78