The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1903-11-05
The Law Department OF the!
,Sotah Carolina College.

the professors or law or the Soutn ~
olina College, the trustees and facutty
are pleased to be able to announce sof
the coming session very astracuxe "
some Of the leading members OF the
Bench and Bar Of South Carotfna.
Among those who have consented to
deliver one or more lectures to the law
Glasses of the College are: Hon. Charles
n. Simonton. u. s. Circuit Judge; Hon.
William II. Brawley. u. s. District
Judge: Hon. 7. j. Pope, Chief Justice
of South Carolina; Hon. c. A. WOODS.
Associate Justice; Hon. Eugene q;
Gary, Associate Justice: Hon. Edward
Mc0rady, Hon. J. G. Sheppard, Hon.
q. Duncan Bellinger. Hon. 8. }. Simp-
son, Hon. ]. p. 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 VIII
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
furtner Increase tHc STo~iuS hoSi
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
mort. The day Of preparation Tor the
bar by solitary study In lawyer
Office has practically passed. Everyone
familiar with the working OF law
school must have been impressed with
the increased interest and zeal that re-
s,,lt 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 enthusiast SIN
for the law which possibly. In some m
stances, could never have been acquired
otherwise.
The advantage OF attending profess
s5onaf school In the State in which a
man Is to practice his profession Is In
no case more obvious than In that OF
lawyer. Besides the familiarity gained
with the decisions and statute law OF
the State, the friendships that he forms
at such q, school add very materially to
: mis- future usefulness as a citizen. The
career Of lawyers as a class Is more apt
10 be OF q public nature than that OF
those engaged in any other profession
or business. Not only are all or 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, IL Is Of no little Importance
that the young men who have decided
10 become lawyers should come Into
close touch with other young men OF
their own State who have chosen the
came life-work.
The most lasting friendshipe are not
tnfreQuently formed during the part OF
mans life that Is usually devoted to
preparafion for the bar; and II Is .un-
fortunate IL this period should be spent
ira q State other than that in which he
b to live Several years spent at pro-
fession school in another state some
Eines ind the student so completely out
,,of touch with the young men Of his
own State that when he returns to
practice his profession he finds himself
k1oring under, serious disadvantage,
which In some instances Is never over
come.
Al law school, however, should be
patronized not alone by those intending
to pfectice law. There Is hardly call
sng Ia life for which one would not De
better prepared by having taken a
course In law. Almost everyone who
has made an earnest study Of the law
VIII agree with Burke that 1t is a
-science which does more to quicken
and inyigcrate the understanding than
all other kinds Of human Learning pat
( together.n The hope Is induiged. there
tore, that the attendance upon the law
school Of the Eouth Carolina College
may include some who have not de-
1 termined to make law their profession.
Coaumbia as the capital of the State
!, presents many advantages for the law
I student. The sessions Of the Supreme
p60f& q. the State, Of the State Circuit
Currin and Of the Federal Courts, give
him fTsQpent opportunity to hear argu-
mertS by the leading lawyers Of the
State, sd to witness the practical ad-
smiDiEtratteAs Of the principles Of the
: law. In presenting his studies he will
also md thAk having access to the law
library of the Supreme Court. as vel!
- % the Csllege library, will be Of the
sreG1est value 70 him.,