The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1903-06-27
The Law Department OF the
South Carolina College.

In addition to the regular lectures by
the professors of law of the South Car
olina College, the trustees and faculty
are pleased to be able to announce for
the coming session very attractive
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 to
deliver one or more lectures to the law
classes of the College are: Hon. Charles
III. Simonton, u. :. Circuit Judge: Hon.
William ii. Brawley, ". s. District
Judge; Hon. Y. j. Pope Chief Justice
of South Carolina: Hon. G. A. Woods,
Associate Justice; Hon. Eugene b.
Gary. Associate Justice: Hon. Edward
McCrady, Hon. j. c. Sheppard, Hon.
G. Duncan Bellinger, Hon. S. j. Sinp-
son, Hon. ]. Il. Carey, and Hon. Andrew
Crawford.
The trustees and faculty feel that in
securing the assistance of these dis
tinguished judges and lawyers they
have accomplished something that will
prove of the greatest benefit to those
taking the law course in the South
Carolina College. The number of those
enrolled in the law department during
the last two years has been the largest
in The history of the college, and the
hope is entertained that the prospect
of these additional lectures may still
further increase the growing number
of law students.
The great value of the training af-
forded by schools of law has been too
thoroughly demonstrated to render
necessary any arguments in their sup
port. The day of preparation for the
bar by solitary study in a lawyers
office 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, beget an enthusiasm
for the law which possibly. in some in
stances. could never have been acquired
otherwise.
The advantage of attending a profess
sional school in the State in which a
man is to practice his profession is in
no case more obvious than in that of a
lawyer. Besides the familiarity gained
with the decisions and statute law of
the State. the fl iendshipS that he forms
at such a school add very materially to
MS future usefulness as a citizen. The
career of lawyers as class is more apt
to be of n public nature than that of
those engaged in any other profession
or business. Not only are all of the
judges of the State drawn from the bar
but the occupants of the Legislative and
executive offices are also drawn very
largely from the same source. AS so
many of the members of the legal pro-
fession are naturally destined to public
careers, it is of no little importance
that the young men who have decided
TO become lawyers should come into
close touch with other young men of
their own State who have chosen the
same life-work
The most lasting friendships arc not
infrequently formed during the part Of
a mans life that is usually devoted to
preparation for the bar: and il is un-
fortunate if this period should be spent
In a State other than that i'm which he
rs to live. Several years spent at a pro-
fession school in another State some
times find the student so completely out
or touch with the young men of his
own state that when he returns to
practice his profession he finds himself
laboring under a serious disadvantage,
which in some instances is never over
come
A law school, however, should be
patronized not alone by those intending
TO practice law. There is hardly a call
ing in life for which one would not be
better prepared by having taken a
course in law. Almost everyone who
has made an earnest study OF the law
will agree with Burke that it is a
science which does more to quicken
and invigorate the understa nding than
Oil other kinds of human learning put
together" The hope is indulged, 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 areu-
ments by the leading lawyers of the
state. and to witness the practical ad-
ministration Of the principles of the
law. In prosecuting his studies he viii
A1so ind that having access to the law
kbrary. of the Supreme Court, as well
ns to the College siihrary, will be Of the
greatest value to him.