The San Francisco call., 1896-03-13

County Law Association has come to the
aid of her sister in experience, Miss Susie
K. Eubanks. who has just been refused
admission to the Associated Law Students.
In an interview to-day she handles the
gloves. She said:
'To know how to live we should under
stand the law, because law is the rule of
action and to know how to live means to
know how to live justly. When these
youngsters are unjust it is because of their
want of the knowledge of law and Justice
because of their ignorance-and therefore
they deserve pity rather than rebuke.
'But. to be frank, I really think that
this association, under the fictitious name
of Law Association, is shame and dis
grace to the legal profession. Men are
known by their admitted principles and
say what l do knowing that every honora-
bic member of my profession will sustain
me; and 1 say, furthermore. that if it
were not for their ignorance they should
be considered by every honorable citizen
of this municipality as men of dishonora-
BILE and contemplate composition.
"When the science of law is viewed
through the classification of Justinian IN
tuOSc luluiIdDlt pItCepiS, Live honestly,
injure nobody and render to every one
their just dues we see that the lawyer
drilled in the principles OF ideal citizenship
and in the principles of state is the one
most competent of holding public trust
and of guiding our National helm through
the never-ceasing tide of the incessant wave
sweeping the deck OF our ship of state.
That's what think of my profession. And
as one who is interested in all those who are
CIR For L. y,n rloJr hos =,
tering upon the investigation of the sci
ence of Jurisprudence, those who are pre-
pairing for the great and glorious profes-
sion of law, TO those beginners, and
especially to the members of the Law
Association of the city of Oakland,
l say that you can't make a true law
yer out OF narrow-minded man any more
statue out of log The true lawyer has
broad view of truth and has ever before
him the integrity of his character, and so
you see before we can be lawyers we must
be men and women: but the chief objec-
ton to the admitrance of Miss Eubanks to
the Law Association seems to be the fact
that she is woman.
Now, for my part, would rather be
Frances Lane than the greatest man in
the country, and | would rather be a
lawyer than queen OF an empire. The
fact that Miss Eubanks is woman is a
fact to be proud OF, and the fact that a
woman should desire admittance to their
association should be considered as COM
pliment by members of the Law Associa-
ton.
Am l in sympathy with the idea of
Miss Eubanks in organizing an association
for the study of law? Well see no rea-
son why an organization could not be
formed in this city, as an evening law
school for the benefit of those students in
Oakland whose lew duties occupy them
during the day, and whose evenings could
we'll be devoted to the acquiring of legal
education, which could eventually become
the law college Of California, where it
would be possible for any to obtain a thor
ough and comprehensiv knowledge OF the
science of law. / think that would be the
greatest benefit that could be conferred
upon the State of California-an ideal law
college, with proper method, where stu
dents could not only learn what the law
is, but how to apply it: in fact, case
school. 1t is a necessity, and see no
reason why lady with the high ability,
courage and wisdom possessed by Miss
Eubanks, why she should not, with the
sympathy Of the legal element, enter
upon and successfully carry out an enter
prise which would he benefit to the com
munity, and especially to the profession" :"