Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-09-21
THIRD YEAR STARTS WELL.
OPENING OF THE KANSAS CITY
SCHOOL OF LAW.
Address to the Students by O. II. Dean
Alumni Present n Picture of
Themselves and the Faculty
"A Large Attendance.

The third annual opening of the Kansas
City School of Law took place last night in
the handsome new quarters on the second
floor of the New Ridge building. The af-
fair was entirely informal and consisted OF
the address of welcome by Oliver H. Dean,
the numerous announcements incident to
the beginning of new school year and the
presentation to the school by the Alumni
Association of a large portrait group of the
class of 1886 and the faculty. The attend
ance was very large and the room was
crowded. An hour was spent in social
greetings before the informal programme
was rendered. On the platform were Judge
graham and J. W. Snyder, in addition to
W. P. Borland. dean of the faculty.
W. P. Borland called the gathering to or
der and made few remarks by way Of well
come. Referring to the new and more ele-
CANT surroundings, he remarked that their
elegance would have no enervating effect on
the lectures, which would be as strong as
though delivered from the old soap box.
Mr.. o. H. Dean, senior vice president, de-
livered the formal address OF welcome. he "a
umni were present to extend a greeting to
the new students, and that the Junior class
the seniors Of the present year.
when this school was organized. two
years ago." said Mr.. Dean, lit was with
fear and trembling. But its success has
been most gratifying. and its success Is
our most ardent wish. But it will be a
failure unless the faculty has the hearty
and persistent cooperation Of the students.
You have chosen the noblest and most use
full profession in the world. It's emolu-
mentS may not be as great as those of
commerce. but it is profession of
which you may always be proud. 1t is a
study of the highest morality that enters
into the relations between man and man.
The law Is based upon the highest ideas
minds of men. To be a lawyer in the full
est sense, you must study the tenets at
the foundation of society. One of those
authorized to use the brain and Drawn
that he was born with. This principle is
applied in the maxim:
Sic utere tuo ut alienum non laedas.'
you are ministers in that high temple
where sit those men in Judgment on the
acts and affairs of men, exercising attrib-
utes second only to those of Divinity itself.
No man can be a true lawyer who is not
a true man. A man who is good lawyer
will make good man.
Your path will not be one of roses. You
cannot learn all there is IN the libraries.
for we don't know it to teach to you. Non
!, multa sed multum' should be your motto.
Learn not a smattering of great many
things. but learn the elements and the
fundamentals thoroughly.
Judge E. P. Gates has been added to the
faculty. He will lecture on Common Law
and Equity Pleading.
The school starts out with 100 students,
and there will be 125 before the year is
fat The rst SsnSr cass last
| year consisted of thirty-six members.
A very handsome prize, worth s1I5. has
| been offered for the highest senior stand,
| ing. The prize Is offered by the Edward
| Thompson Publishing Company. and is an
| encyclopedia of law. The second senior
prize is a set of Elliott's General Prac-
! tice,'' by the Bowen-Merrill Law Book
| Company. The Junior prize is a set of
| Beach on Contracts
The officers of the school are: President,
F. NJ, Black; vice president; Q. H: Dean;
second vice president Judge Scarritt: dean,
| W. P. Borland; secretary, Z. N. Powell
| treasurer, z. D. Ellison.