St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-06-04
LAST BUT ONE.
University Alumni and Fellows
Meet---Senator Davis on 1.-The
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University Alumni and Fellows
Meet---Senator Davis on THE
Lawyer"
Yesterday was surrendered by the
university students to the alumni. The
Alumni association met In the ladies'
parIor in the morning and elected the
following officers:
President. Judge Stephen Mahoney,
III; vice president. j. w. Perkins, III;
secretary, Kendrick G. Babcock, 'S9;
treasurer, A. Nj. Welles, III; historian,
Miss Craft, go; POSTMASTER, w. l.. Bas-
sett, '7S.
At the close of the election, President
Northrop briefly addressed the alumni.
Business concerning the association was
transacted. The Fellowship associa-
ton met directly after the alumni fin
ished. The committee on applications
reported favorably on c. P. Lommen
cepted. The directors will confer the
Scholarships. The following officers
were elected:
President, G. }. lockwood; vice pres
ident, A. Nj. Welles; secretary, Max
West: treasurer, Frank Healy; board
of directors, ". E. Leonard, A. H.
Hall, K. G. Babcock, w. NJ. West, Frank
Healy.
In the afternoon Senator c. K. Davis
addressed the law students on 'The
Lawyer" He was listened to by more
than the law students alone, the chapel
being we'll filled. Many prominent law
yers attended.
Senator Davis spoke of the lawyer
from the practical standpoint. The
jurist was not considered, because he
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ney was dismissed with word, because
nest words he spoke of the high posi-
ton and great influence of the lawyer.
Said he:
more law is decl ared and enforced
in the law offices than in all the courts
in the Union. 1t is the glory of the
profession that trust is seldom betrayed
There is less defalcation by the men,
bers of the bar than by the appointed
and elected functionaries of the govern
ment."
He advised the students that all men
cannot win equal fame, but that all can
win honor. The practice of law is a
diurnal affair of regularity, precision
and monotony. Bitter were the words
he used when speaking of the shyster.
He said:
the shyster. The profession is already
verminous with him. He infests the
law. If eminent, he is deadly. If OBJ
scure, he IS a crawling, loathsome,
scratching horror. He is, in his lowest
form, sort of invisible ligamentous
band which unites the criminal to the
policeman, and his nature is a COM
pound of both. He is something of a
detective, and he smells of the Jail. He
is the toady of every susceptible Judge.
He is AFFECT to his betters. Iscariot
to his friends and knavish
toward everybody. AS "a doc
for he would be quack; as an editor a
purchasable utensil; as a clergyman he
would be an apostate from his faith; as
a soldier he would be coward, deserter
and spy; If woman bawd; as a man
he is all these in one cOmpendiouS in
carnation of reptilian propensities. In
life he is the chartered robber of our
times; and he will die, if possible, liz
some act of crime, like jonathan Wild,
who, while the rope was being adjusted
to his neck, picked the pocket of the
clergyman who was praying for the
salvation of his Internal SOUL"
Advice on the practice of law fol-
| lowed. More cases are won by prepare
ton in the Office than in the court
room. Work is the only road to sue.
cess. All men are not born gifted
orators; but all lawyers can become
good takers if they work and study
There was also much technical advice
about the trying of cases, etc.
Last evening the seniors and alumni
were given reception at President
Northrops.
To-day occur the commencement ex
ercises proper. They will begin at {
this morning and last nearly the whole
day.