Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1903-08-19
The Law Department Of the
South Carolina College. !

In addition to tho regular lectures By
tbs professors OF law OF eie South Cars
oliHsf COLLEGE, the trustees and faculty
ans pleased to be ablelto announce for
series OF lectures to be contributed by
= some of the leading members OF the
Bench and Bar OF South Carolina.
Among those who have consented 10
deliver one or more lectures to the law
classes of the College are: Hon. Charles
William III. Brawley. II. s. District
Judge; Hon; Y. J. Pope, Chief Justice
or south Carolina; Hon. G. A. Woods.
associate Justice; Hon. Eugene Is.
Gary, Associate Justice. Hon. Edward
McCrady. Hon: j. @. Sheppard. Hon.
q. Duncan Beliinger. Hon. s. J. Simp-
son, Hon: ]. r. Carey, and Hon Andrew
Crawford. 3
The trustees and faculty feel that In
securing the assistance OF these dis
unguished judges and lawyers they
have accomplished something that win
prove Of the greatest beneft to those
taking the law course I'm the South
Carolina College, The number OF those
enrolled In the law department during
the last two years has been the largest
I'm the history OF the college, and the
hope IL entertained that the prospect
Gf these additional lectures may stiu
Farther increase the growing nus1beR
OF Law students.
The great value OF the training AZ
forded by schools OF law he's been too
Thoroughly demonstrated TO render
necessary any arguments In their sup
port. The day Of preparation Tor the
ONCE has practically passed Everyone
familiar With the working of a Law
school must have been impressed with
the increased interest and zeal that re-
suit from the mere association OF young
men who have come together for the
common purpose OF studying law. The
daily discussions OF questions of law.
not only with the professors, but also
with each other. beBet an enthusiasm
for the law which possibly, in some in
stances. could never have been acquired
otherwise
The advantage OF tending a profes-
stonal school In the State in which a
man Is to practice his profession 10 in
no case more obvious than In that OF a
lawyer. Besides tho familiarity gained
with the decisions and statute law OF
tho State. the friendships that he forms
at such school add very materially to
his future usefulness al a citizen. The
career Of lawyers az a class in more apt
TO be Of public nature than that OF
those engaged In any other profession
or ;businses. Not only are ali OF the
judges OF the Stete drawn from the bar.
but the occupants OF the legislative and
executive ofiices are also drawn very
largely from the same source Az so
many OF the members Of the legal pro-
fession are naturally destined to public
careers. it 10 OF no little Importance
ehat the young men who have decided
20 become lawyers should come into
close touch with other young men of
their own state who have chosen the
same HSe-work.
fnfreqnentiy formed during the part OF
mans life that 10 usually devoted to
preparation for the bar; and Il fs un-
fortunate IL this period should be spent
In State other than that In which he
b to live, Several years spent Mt a pro-
fesston school in another State some
times mad the student 80 completely out
OF touch with the young men OF his
own State that when he returns to
practice his profession he finds himself
laboring under serious disadvantage.
which In some instances is never over
come.
law school. however. should be
patronixsd not alone by those intending
TO practice law. There Ia hardly q CALI
Ing In life for which one would not be
better prepared by having taken a
course In law. Almost everyone who
mas made an earnest study OF the law
Will agree with Burke that It Is a
"science which does more to quicken
and invigorate the understanding than
all other kinds of human learning pet
together" The hope is indulsed. there
fore, that the attendance upon the law
school OF the South Carolina College
may include some who have not de-
termined TO make law their profession.
Columbia as the capital Of the State
presents many advantages for the law
student. The sessions OF the Supreme
Court OF the State, OF the State Circuit
Courts. and OF the Federal Courts, give
him frequent opportunity to hear aryu-
msnts by the leading lawyers OF the
state. and to witness the practical ad-
nfniStration OF the principles OF the
law. In prosecuting hts studies he win
also find that having access to the law
Hbsary OF the Supreme Court, as yeli
as 10 the College library win be Of the
RreataSt valoe to hisn. =