The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1903-06-30
The Law Departments Of tho
South Carolina College.

the professors Of 'iAw' 81 the South Car
olina College, the trustees and faculty
are pleased to be ahts y aaaeHnee ~
series Of lectures to Ees Contributed By
some Of the leading members''ef the
Bench and Bar Of RnNth GsrSiina.
deliver one or more lectaresI to the law
classes Of the College Are: Hon Charles
II. Simonton. U. s. Circuit Judge; Hon.
william H. Brawley, u g. : District
Judge: Hon. Y. J. Pope. Chief Justice
OF South Carolina; Hon. G. A. Woods.
Gary. Assorinte Justice: Hon. Edward
McCrady. Hon. J. c. Sheppard. Hon.
q. Duncan Bellingcr, Hon. 8. ]. Simp-
son. Hon. ]. p. Carey, and Hon. Andrew
The trustees and faculty Reel that in
tinguished judges and lawyers they
have accomplished something that will
prove Of the greatest benefit to those
taking the law course In the South
enrolled in the law department during
the last two years has been the largest
In the history OF the college, and the
hope IL entertained that the prospect
IF theas additional lectures may still
urthcr increase the growing number
ut 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 lawyers
office has practically passed. Everyone
familinr with the working OF q law
school must have been impressed with
the in reascd interest and zeal th"t 70"
suit from the mere association of young
men who hrve come together for the
L common purpose OF studying law. The
daily discussions OF questions OF law
not only with the professors. but also
with each other brIet All enthusiasm
or the law Which po*";b bly,. In some In
4 Stan,rs could never have been acquired
the, wise.
/ The advantage OF attending Il profes.
sonal school in the State In which 4
man Is to practice his profession IL 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 friendships that ne forms
at such IL school add very materially to
his future usefulness as Il citizen. The
career of lawyers as class liz more apt
I" he OF Il public nature than that of
those engaged in any other profession
oI business. Not only are all OF the
iud 'cS of the State drawn from the bar.
'nli the occupants Of the Legislative and
L executive offices are also drawn very
largely from the same source. AS so
many of the members OF ths legal pro-
fC sion are naturally destined to public
'airrls, II is OF no little impoI tance
that the young men who have decided
to become lawyers should come into
lose touch with other young men of
ih'ir own state who have hosen the
III" itfc-work.
she most lasting friends sips are no,
IN r,uu, ntly formed durin,. the part of
inrn's life that Is usually devoted to
,. .rn"!ntion for the bar: und it is un-
uttunate II this period ..rould be spent
III 4 state other thu that In which he
is to live. Several years spent at a pro-
ftSsion school In another state some
times find the student SO completely out
Of touch with the young men Of his
own state that when he returns to
prart'r t. his profession ne finds hi:l self
lab ing under Il serious disadvantage,
which in some instances is never over
y law 81 hool. however. should be
p"trcnizcd not alone by thos" intending
10 practice law. There is hardly Il call
Ing In life for. wills h one would not be
better prepared by having taken a
course in law. Almost everyone who
has made an c.trne I study OF the law
will agree with Burke that 1t is a
'science which dNes more to quicken
and inriSoratc the understanding than
"ll ether kinds or human learning put
t";,"ther." The hope is mdulged. there
fore. that the attendance upon the law
school OF the South Carolina College
may include SCme who have not de-
ternined 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 or the State Circuit
Courts. and Of the Federal Courts, give
him frequent opportunity to hear arsu-
mrnts 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 wiN
also find that having access to the law
library Of the Supreme Court, as we'll
as to the College library. Win be Of tfaa
greatest value to him.