LEXIJUS tE 185 VISIVOX DEAN`S `IAESSAGE

VISIVOX
LEXIJUS
tE 185
f9 |'23
The Lal' School and Public Service
by Robert Huffman
DANIEL S. GUY
JOINS FACULTY
by Ted Daleiden
On January 5, Mr. Daniel GuY
joined the law
of Ohio
faculty
Northern University. Mr. GuY received his B. A. degree from Ohio
Wesleyan University in 1949.While
at Wesleyan he was a member of
the Beta Theta Pi social fraternity
and was elected to Phi Beta KaPPa
In
fraternitY.
honorary
national
1952 he received his LL.B. degree
UniversitY.
from
Ohio Northern
from Northern,
Upon graduation
Mr. Guy was admitted to the Ohio
state bar and practiced brieflY in
\Villiam
the lar,v office of Mr.
Saxbe of Mechanicsburg, Ohio. He
then spent from 1952 to 1954 with
the U. S. Army in GermanY'
Upon release from the armY, Mr
Guy began graduate work in laiv
of Michigan'
at the UniversitY
While at the university he rvas a
member of the Phi Deita Phi law
fraternity. He received his LL.M.
from the University of Michigan
in 1956 and spent the following
year in general practice with a
Canton, Ohio, law firm.
In 195? William Saxbe, Attorney
General for the State of Ohio, aPpointed Mr. Guy to the Past of
In
General.
Attorney
Assistant
that capacity he worked as a trial
lawyer
for the state in highwaY
appropriations.
teaching
Mr. Guy is currenfly
Legal Problems, which is Primarily a drafting course, to the juniors, and Practice
iors.
Winter Quarter -
Ohio Northern University College of Law
V o l . 2 , N o. 2
Court to the sen-
The Fall of 1959 rvill mark the
seventy-fifth year since legal instruction rvas first offered at what
is now Ohio Northern UniversitY.
Dr. Lehr, founder of the University's Predecessor, Ohio Normal
School, stated in the earlY catalogues that iustructions would be
given on any subject itl which trvo
or more students rvere interested.
Apparently the first time two oI'
more students vvauted to study lalv
rvas in the fall of 1884. In that year
Mr. J. Ross Lee taught the first
classes in the department of law.
in 1887,
Just trvo years later,
Ohio Normal graduated its first
three larr,yers. Sitrce that first
class a total of 7477 \av'Yers have
graduated from Northern.
During the past 75 years our larv
school has seut lawyers to nearly
every state in the Uniot-t, and certainly to every city and town of
Ohio. Almost a thousand of them
are still actively engaged iu the
legal profession, and as seems
natural many are currentlY serving as judicial officers here in
last count there were
Ohio. At
judges in Ohio rvho at'e
fifty
Northern graduates, rauging from
court of appeals judges to rrunicipal court judges. In addition to
these, trventy O. N. U. men serve
as prosecuting attorneys it-t Ohio.
The traditior, of public service
seems to have come early to O.
N. U.'s law school. Amoug offices
filled by Northern lawyers in the
past have been U. S. Senators and
Replesentatives, Governor of Ohio,
Justices of the Supreme Court and
nearly every judicial office in the
state.
In the mid-1920's four members
of the U. S. Senate were O.N.U.
graduates.
and
Setrators Witlis
Fess represented Ohio and Senators Robinson aud Robsion represented Indiana and Kentucky respectively. The Ohio legislature has
seldom convened in the last fifty
years r.vithout at least one O. N. U.
lawyer present as a member of
the houses.
Public service has always been
closely associated with the legal
profession, and the law school of
can be
Ohio Northern University
justly proud of the public service
record of her graduates.
DEAN'S
1959
'IAESSAGE
it
was
article
In a previous
pointed out that we are embarking
to encourage a
on a program
greater number of able students
to come to Ohio Northern.
We can report to You that we
are now in the process of visiting
most of the colleges in Ohio to
contact pre-law students and Prelalv advisers. UP' to the Present
time we have visited Antioch, AshGreen,
Bowling
land,
Bluffton,
John
Capital, Defiance, FindlaY,
Carroll, Kent, I{enYon, Denison,
Miami, Mount Union, Muskingum,
Ohio Wesleyan, Otterbein, DaYton,
and Wittenberg. These visits have
been made by the Dean and members of the faculty, and lve Plan
to visit the remainder: of the colleges within the next few rveeks.
We are also sending out a small
brochure to al1 pre-law students
r.vhose names we are able to secur"e from these colleges, and we
hope to create interest in Ohio
Northern this way. When a student
is interested enough to ask for aPplication
blanks, rve have also
in his home
written to alumni
thc'
visit
town asking them to
prospective law' student. It
has
been most gratifying to hear from
these alumni that they are happy
to help us in this respect.
We, again, ask all our alumni
to support this effort to encourage able students to come to Ohio
Norther:n for their legal education. There are many prospects
kno'uvn only to our alumni, and it
is only through your action that
they can be encouraged to attend
Ohio Northern.
We also are happy to report that
rve will be holding a Real Property Institute on April 9 on the
campus. This is sponsored iointly
by the Al]en, Findlay and Hardin
County
Associations,
along
Bar
with the State Bar and tJre College
of Law. We are fortunate in having as the main speaker for this
institute
Mr.
Frederick
Woodbridge, one of the outstanding
in Ohio,
Real Property
lawyers
and a former professor of law at
Ohio Northern. We hope that many
of our alumni will be able to attend this institute which begins at
1:30 on April 9.
There is an area in our library
in which it is very possible some
of our alumni can helP us. We wish
to have the Ohio Session Laws
complete and there are a few volumes which we do not have. At
the present time we lack volumes
8, 14, 15, 16, 18, 19, 20, 22-27 inclusive, 29-38 inclusive, 47-5I inclusive, 54, 56, and 72. Volumes
20-50 rvere publishecl with General Acts and Local Acts in separate volumes. We do not have anY
of the volumes of Local Acts. We
also need the following Ohio Statu t e s : C h a s e 1 7 8 8 - 1 8 3 3 ,3 v o l u m e s ;
Curwen 1833-1860, 4 volumes, and
We
Sayler 1860-1875, 4 volumes.
would appreciate it verY much if
any alumni rvho haPPen to have
these volumes in their libraries
w'ould send them to us and thus
enable us to comPlete the Ohio
Statr-rlory Co'llection.
LECTUII,E
SERIES
Despite notoriouslY bad lveather,
the law school lecture series has
had one of its best quarters' Excellent speakers and a greaflY increased attendance have combined
to heighten the eff ectiveness of
this project.
On January 7, Mr. Harold Meredith of the firm of Meredith, Mere'
dith and Tate in Lima, addressed
the law students. Mr. Meredith is
a graduate of the ONU lau' school
and his son Jim is at Present a
junior in Iaw. Mr. Meredith disprocecttssed generally pre-trial
dures, with special emPhasis on
the preparation of Pleadings.
January 2l- saw Mr. Wilber D.
Spidel of Greenville, Ohio, braving an extremely severe storm to
be present. A bar examiner, Mr.
Spidel gave everyone a great dea-l
of useful information on bar exam
procedure and theory. As might be
expected, all of the seniors were
present and were drinking
in evMr. Spiery word. Unfortunately,
del could not be persuaded to anapnounce what questions would
pear on the July bar exam.
Mr. Meredith returned again on
11 to discuss trial tacFebruary
tics and rules. Much of the information given at this lecture was
useful to the seniors in their practice court sessions.
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THE
WRIT
Winter
DICTA
THE
from
LAMPOONED
the Editor
By an amendment to the Jr. Bar
constitution,
the editor of THE
WRIT is chosen by a majority vote
of the retiring editor, the president
of the Jr. Bar Association
and
Dean Hanson. This committee has
met and chosen Robert Huffman,
a junior, as editor for the forthcoming three issues. Bob has done
a great dea lof work for the Writ
in the past, and I know the paper
will prosper under his very capable Ieadership. It's a pleasure to
pipe the neu' skipper aboard I Good
luck, Botr, with our modest .journal.
We are happy, also, to extend a
warm ll'elcome to Mr. Daniel S.
Guy, our new faculty member.
This is one of the friendliest men
we have ever met. and he is already firmly entrenched as a student favorite. We hope you lil<e us
too, Mr. Guy !
Several of our lecent graduates
awaiting
the apare nervously
proach of the March bar exam.
All oi us hope they will reverse
the old March cliche by going in
like lambs and coming out like
Iions. Good luck in the forthcoming struggle, men, from the inhabitants of the cloistered halls.
I would like at this time to echo
Dean Hanson's request for alumni
aid in sending prospective law
students to ONU. You graduates
can be of more assistance to us
than any amount of campaigning
on our part. I use a hackneyed
expression when I say that we are
more
a happy
family
than a
mere group of students, but a
phrase usually becomes hackneyed
because it is true. The benefits to
be derived from attending a smaller school are well known to vou
LAWYER,
THE
Winter
Since the profession of law began, lawyers have been receiving
more than their share of criticism.
The situation is often lamented,
but shows
likelihood
little
of
change. The great writers of the
ages have not spared the lawyers,
and literature is replete with stinging statements concerning them.
If the following quotations make
us rvince, at least they may serve
the sometimes creditable function
of preventing swollen heads among
members of the bar.
"My suit has nothing to do with
the assault or battery, or poisoning, but is about three goats,
which, I complain, have been stolen by rny neighbor. This the judge
desires to have proved to him;
but you, rvith sweiling gestures, disation of really belonging to a unit late on the Battle of Cannae, the
rather than merely existing within Mithridatic wars, and the perjur'it is an intangible value that can- i e s o f t h e i r r s e n s a t e C a r t h a g i n i a u s ,
not be measured. You will be do- the Syllae, the Maril, and the Muing a real favor for any student cii. It is time, Postumus, to say
that you can persuade to enter our something about my three goats."
larv school. Your influence is vital Martial, Epigrum,s, Bk. vi., trpig.
'lq
to us. Please share it with those
who can best benefit bv it.
" A m a n m a y a s w e l l open an
oyster with a knife, as a l a w y e r ' s
mouth
without
a fee. " Barten
y o u r s . T h i s o l d e d i t o r i s t a l k e d o u t . Holyday, Technogantic, ii, 5.
" N e c e s s i t y h a s n o l a w ; I know
SER,VICE
PLACEMENT
some attorneys
of the s a m e . "
TRUST FUND LOST
The College of Larv is develop- B e n j a m i n F r a n k l i n , P o o r Ricltctt'd,
R u m o r h a s i t t h a t w h e n t h e S i i n g a n a c t i v e p l a c e m e n t b u r e a u 1.1') i
D e k e h o u s e w a s s o l d b a c k i n 1 9 4 1 with the assistance of the Junior
"Lawyers are always more reab e c a u s e t h e b r o t h e r s w e r e g o i n g Bar Association. In this issue of dy to get a man into troubles than
off to war, one of them deposited the Writ, the brochure is enclosed o u t o I 1 . h e m . " G o l d s m i t h , T h . e
the fraternity funds in t'rust as a with pictures and life histories of Goocl-Nctttn'ecLMtnt, Act iii.
building fund.
"Next bring
this year's graduates seeking emto
some lawyers
ployment.
This brochure is the
thy bar,
This rumor
has been handed
first fruits of such activity.
By innuendo they might all stand
down by rvord of mouth from
We hope that past graduates in
there;
chancellor to chancellor. However,
the school will make use of the
There let
expiate that
them
the rumor never says how much,
service in the process of looking
guilt,
who deposited it and rvhere. Fifor employees, as well as to gain And pay for all that blood their
nally, there is no evidence that
employment. Any
alumnus
who
tongues have spilt,
the rumor is more than a rumor;
wishes to have his name in our.
These are the mountebanks of
it may just be wishful thinking on
files for nerv employment is asked
state,
our part.
to fill in the blank form, rvhich is
Who by the sleight of tongues
a part of the brochure, and send
can crimes create,
If anyone has cuty information
it to the Dean of the College of
And dress up trifles in the robes
on this fund please contact Tom
Law.
The mastiffs of a Government,
Hanes, Chancellor of Sigma Delta
For any additional information,
To r.vorry and run down the inKappa.
please write to the Dean.
nocent."
Daniel DeFoe, A Hyntn
to the
IS TFIE BAR, OVERCR,OWDED?
Pil,lory, St. 16.
Statistics from the November, 1958, issue of flre American Bar " T h i s h o u s e , w h e r e o n c e a l a w y e r
dwelt,
Association Journal:
fs now a smith's. Aias !
Total Students Total Number
X
:
Admissions
ffi-.'i*,*t:*.''+*,''''
How rapidly the iron age
Year
irr Law Schoo.ls Admitted to Bar
Population
per Miilion
Succeeds the age of brass !"
13,344
1949 56,102
150,000,000
89
William Erskine, E7t'igram.
13,641
1950 51,695
152,000,000
89
"Our wrangiing lawyers
13,141
1951 46,037
154,000,000
85
are so litigious and busy here on
11,900
1952 44,981
157,000,000
76
earth, that I think they wili
hLl
10,9?6
1953
42,458
159,000,000
plead their clients' cause hereafO. K., Bob, from
here in it's all
I I J : .
1954
1955
1956
1957
47,762
40,158
42,089
41,781
9,928
9,587
9,4540
?
161,000,000
164,000,000
167,000,000
171,000,000
62
5E
57
2
ter,
qnma
nf
them in hell."
Burton, Ano,tomy
of MeI-
-
Qua,rter
1959
WR,IT
Quarter,
1959
Editor
Frank
Staft
iRobert Huffman
JRobert Dowds
lStan Van Buren
E.
Ipng
Publbhed by the Junior Bar Asrocigtion
of the College of Law, Ohio Northern
Univeraity, Ada,Ohio.
LEGAL
PR,OBLEMS
COUR,SE
by William
Hughes
Experience is learned and is almost never formally
taught. A
classroom can, horvever, be used
to create situations so cJosely resembling reality that that which is
learned is experience. We think
this is rvhat our Leel Ploblems
course is doing.
The purpose of the "Problems"
Course is to demonstr-ale office
procedure, use of legal forms,
methods of sr.vift, thorough I'esearch and other techniques of
counseling. Because there are few
available textbooks for this type of
course, and those which are available are of questionable worth, no
textbook is used. The course is
conducted by posing fact situations. The assignments are to prepare the papers and advice which
the student thinks the client should
have. To the student rvho meets
a prob)em for the filst time, this
means a considerable amount of
library research. When the student is satisfied with his result he
presents it to the professor who
views it from both the client's and
court's point of view. Typical assignrnents at'e the drafting of a
partnership agreement, a bill of
sale, an advertising contract, or a
legal
memorandum.
Classtime,
then, is used to share ideas in order that the student may become
aware of various methods of reaching a particular result.
We are not saying that a student may call himself experienced
merely by enrolling in Legal Problems. He is, hou'ever, considerably
better prepared to apply his legal
knowledge in a practical manner
than he otherrvise would have
been.
AWAR,DS
Tom Hanes was the top man in
the Senior class for the fall quarter grades. Robert Beam led the
Junior class and John Sausser the
Freshmen.
Frank
Long and Luke Young
were nominated to be included in
Who's Who in American Colleges
and Universities.
Winter
Quarter
-
1959
THE
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WRIT
Three
JUNIOR BAR ASSOCIATION
by Lucien C. Young, Jr.
Generally when one is given an I chairman'
assignment to write an article con- | As this is the last article I will
cerning an organization such as I ne writing for the Student Bar, I
this he must concern himself with I would like to conclude by comi^L
-^:-^
| -^-Ai-a
fha
cfrrdonf
hnrlrr
fnn
ifc
are lbeing
those things which
I mending the student body for its
olanned for the future. Fortunately, however, we have had an active quarter, so a good proportion of this column may be de-
| increasing interest and enthusiasm
I wish I were
| in the organization.
in some way
| able to say tht it was
| due to the leadership, but in all
voted to things we have already I honesty full credit must be given
For
I to the students themselves'
to be
appear
things
tuture
ttre
Highlights of the season came I
Student Bar,
within a week's time whei the an- | much improved. The
slowly
moves
the
law'
like
mucfr
in
held
Ball was
nul Barristers'
I
the last
Lima on January 24, and the stu- | but surely' and during
was passed to
dent members journeyed to Co- | meeting a measure
This
a
m
o
u
n
t
t
h
e
d
o
u
b
t
e
Iumbus to observe arguments be- |
-of .d.ues'^
been a limiting factor
Court.
fore the Ohio Sup.eme
I tras always
'
I 'i n o u r a c t i v i t i e s , a n d n o w t h e o r The Barristers' -Ball, under the |
be able to act
done.
direction of Dick Z"rrr-;;J
;
sociar committee, t;;;
ir," lsu"i'utio" should
beJr- | without the burde" :f .ulY"vs
;-;.""5;.;;" |''f,":iJi;":"i:",,ijllli: richer
L i m a C l u b . D e a n a n d M r s . H a n - |I
'
were | administration.
son and Professor Vaubel
LAW SCHOOL SCUTTLEBUTT
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"scuttlebutt" is the U. S. NavY speal<er is alw'aYs the one who
NEw GRADING
Bar is greatly appreciative of the I
fades away ).
SYSTEII(
fact that they took time out from I
"You don't need to PaY anY atschool has recently
l
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a
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t
o
b
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a
schedule
I
tention 1o all these legal details
adonted a nerv grading system tor
a
large
Wednesday
The
following
I
and fine poinls. TheY're ali in the
bool<s anyhow. Just learn broad,
general principles." tExample of a
broad, general princiPle: An equity court is diffelent from a law
court ).
percenrage
or the ;;;;;-;;
r:t].:.*:11^:,.1:
;br; ttre.
I exllanation
:tiq:lt':"r::
of the nerv procedure
to move en masse ,;"d; Ofr"-ir- |
by Dean Hanson:
as
nromulgated
*ti"rt"cl
preme court ,"t"r"." *"
I "The
! the Law School
faculty
r q u u r L r vof
r's
i^.r.,-i-r
**^
l
the I
during
in session
the court
rmorning.
"vrr'rr-'
I
has adopt"d
3":"t""t:11"^,il::T
After a considerable
"Don't kid yourself I Those bar
ur
examiners know' who everY one of tneellng wrt.Il uuverlrul
rDd'rr. I cussion, it was felt by the faculty
stuus is and our complete life his- and at the same time.several
| tnut tr,i, system will be more fair
dents, presumablv neny!]ical,l'l in^" our present system because
tories. "
.
were fortunate enougn to
.talx.Yt'n I it removes the i.equity existi.g
"The secret is to look interested
Mr. Melvin Belli, a noted Califor- | ,
q
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s
t
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n
s
.
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and ask a lot of
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high' c from
rawver''
n l a trial
L I l a r rawyer
I fl:T.^,tl-"
m e n t s . H e r e a r e a f e w s a n - r P l e o i ] B a i l l i s u , i l l a l u , a y s g i v e a m a n t h e nia
to a
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trial
thi
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bus
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cn-^
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flro
nffon-hoqrd
scltttle- 1 b e n e f i l o f a d o u b t i f h e C o e s t h i s . "
often-heard
the
some
of
to a
butt currently in vogue. Horv manY (This ahvays leassures the low C
in action'
of them do you recognize, or have m e n ) .
:eshmen this Year and
During the quarter, t
a hand in perpetuating?
cceeding classes. The
"success in lalv school doesn't
be
will
rperclassmen
" P r o f e s s o r L e x i s a n i c e g u y , c o m e f r o m h a r d t l ' o r k . I t ' s a n i n - efforts of Dean Hanso
attorneys spoke to the sr
the basis of letters as
but he passes out bum law."
herent thing, a talent You're born
of the law previously.
"A\v, don't r,vorry about cutting r . r , i t h .S o m e g u y s h a v e i t a n d s o m e concerning subjects
I'
which aren't ordinarily covered in | rne new system has as its passP r o f . S m i t h ' s c l a s s , h e n e v e r t a l < e s g u y s d o n ' t ."
Mr. ine aver.age 66. For the purpose
the law school curriculum.
a t t e r r d a n c e ."
I
"The Plofs. don't really read all
James Blair of Lima gave- a ]ec- | of comparison with other schools
lan' i t h o s e b l u e b o o k s . T h e y k n o w w h a t
mttch
"It's
t-tot ltovv
ture on the trial of a negligence I and for transcript purposes, the
y o u k n o w b u l y o u r p e r s o n a l i l y t h a t I grade each man rvill get before
action. Harold Meredith, also of I average of the various number
y
o
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l
a
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.
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g
i
v
e
counts when
the exam."
Plactice
I they even
Lima, spoke on two occaslons con- g r a d e s i s a s f o l i o w s :
(This is self-justification fol a trip I "Why girre us those old English
cerning pre-tria1 and trial proce- |
91-100 A
to Lima).
c a s e s ? W e n e e d t h e O h i o l a w . dures. Then Mr. Wilbur Snide} of
g1-90 B
i
"The top guy in the class is al- That's what counts."
Greenville talked about his expe- |
OO-SO C
ways a failure on tl-re outside."
"I know what he wants but I r i e n c e s a s a b a r e x a m i n e r , w h i c h I
5A-OS D
(Note the prison life overtones in j u s t c a n ' t s e e m t o g e t i t d o w n o n
something not likely I
qg-SS F
is certainly
the use of the term "on the out- paper. "
to be covered in school.
No grade below 46 can be given.
side" ).
"Dean Hanson gave me a funny
The Student Bar must express
The average required for gradu"I'd rather get a C from Prof.
l o o k t o d a y . H e m u s t h a v e g i v e n its gratitude to these men who ation is 66, and a Person whose
Lex than an A from Prof. Juris."
m e a n F i n T o r t s . " ( I f t h e P r o f s . have given their valuable time average is below 66 will be on
(The fellow that says this usually
only realized how closely their ev- and, in some instances, braved probation.
gets a D from both of them).
ery facial expression is scrutinized storms and floods to be Present.
A cumulative average of 66 for
"Cutting classes shows your inbetween the time exams are giveach year of work will be necesgrouP
is
the
always
As
Particidividuality
and refusal to follow
en and the grades are published, pating to the hilt with the under- sary to remain in attendance, and
the crowd. I think Prof. Fetters
they would assume a death masque graduate organizations
in intra- an ovet-a1l average of 66 will be
guy
who
the
admires
secretly
countenance).
have a necessary for graduation. An exwe
as
usual,
murals
and,
cuts."
' c a n s ' t h e m - better than average chance of ception will be made in the case
"The Profs. all use
"That guy won't last three rveeks
again' of a senior who fails to make an
around here. He can't think loci- selves. That's why they don't want winning the chamPionshiP
(Continued on Page 4)
intramural
the
is
Charles Wern
cal)y." (A freshman favorite. The us to use them."
- I of grading.
In the afternoon we had a shorl | -
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THD
DELTA THETA PHI
by Charles
Vlern
This Winter Quarter has been an
resting and beneficial one for
rembers of Marshall Senate
at Ohio Northern's College of Law.
Various achievements bY the Fraternity and its members are noteworthy to mention herein'
Hughes. It is anticipated that another initiation
ceremony will be
held in the near future.
A lecture series was held prior
to the Fall Examinations
for the
benefit of our Freshmen pledges
and any other Freshmen who wish
ed to attend. An able performance
was turned
in by those upperclassmen who conducted these sesCertainly most notable was the sions, and it is felt that they were
selection of two Delta Theta Phi of a beneficial nature to the rebrothers to the annals of Wh'o's cipients.
Who itt, American Colleges. Frank
Another Delta Thet has been
L,ong, present Dean of our Senate,
elected to handle the editorship of
were
Young
Lucian
and Brother
the WRIT for the next calendar
the only students from the Law
year. Brother Robert Huffman was
School to receive this outstanding
chosen to succeed Frank Long to
honor. Among their many other
post. We would like to thank
this
past and present activities, Dean
job
and Brother Long for the excellent
I-ong is editor of the Writ
he has done in establishing this
p
r
e
s
Brother Young is this.year's
Bar p u b l i c a t i o n .
ident of the Student Junior
WRIT
Winter
SI DEKES SFEAKS
by Donald Pennewitt'
Sigma Kelta Kappa is once again
proud to announce that their high
scholastic standard was maintained in the fall quarter.
Tom Hanes, our Chanceilor, continues to be top man in the Senior Class. His grade in Wills entitled him to an award presented
by the publisher of the textbook.
Tony Farina
and F1eet Brenneman tied for high score in the
Sales
examination
and
were
awarded texts a-lso. Bill Dauterman lvas top man in Negotiable
Instruments and was awarded a
book.
Bob Beam was the leadiing man
in the Junior Class as was John
Sausser in the Freshman Class.
As a whble, the fraternity survived
grades in fine
the fall quarter
Association.
We have had some enjoyable so- s h a p e .
The fraternity celebrated St. ValOur Senate recentlY received a cial events this quarter. In addicommendation from the fraterni- tion to the initiation party at the e n t i n e ' s D a y b y h a v i n g a d a n c e
ty's National Organization for be- home of Brother Hughes, we re- at the Conservation Club, and a
ing one of the nine Senates of cently held a very pleasant and very good time was had b.y all.
Dinner - Dance in Under the able direction of Tom
D e l t a T h e t a P h i t h a t w a s u n u s u a l - entertaining
ly prompt in Paying their 1959 Na- Lima. Our agenda also includes a E r l e n b a c h , t h e p a r t y w a s k e p t
banquet this year. Whereas, in the lively by a series of games. Dean
tional Student dues.
On January 14th, initiation rites past, we have always planned this and Mrs. Hanson and Mr. James
Richard annual banquet for the Fall Quar- Munro, along with our advisor, Mr.
were held for Brothers
rthe ter, it has been decided thAt this E. Vergon Smith, were present. A
Afte
Buell.
Court and Robert
prepared
under
formal service, a get-together took event will take place sometime fine meal was
Tony Farina's direction.
place at the home of Brother during the spring quarter.
Qua,rter
-
The chapter extends a hand of
welcome to any alumni who might
wish to attend any of our meetings. In the very near future election of officers wiii take place.
This will be at our annual Spring
Banquet. We are expecting some
of the national officers to be present. If any alumni would be interested in attending, please write for
further information to Tom Hanes,
care of Omicron Chapter, Sigma
Delta Kappa.
NEW
GR,ADING
SYSTEM
(Continued from
page 3)
average of 66 in his senior work.
He will not be dismissed, but he
will be permitted to take further
work in order to bring his average for his senior work, plus the
additional work, up to 66. This
must be done within a reasonable
time."
This new system can be better
understood by an example. If a
student would score 65 in each of
three four-hour courses he would
have, under the letter
system,
three D's. If, however, he scored
an 80 (the high C) in one fourhour course, the total would average out to 71, a middle C average, instead of one C and three
D's under the letter svstem.
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WRIT
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College of Law'
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