The daily sentinel., 1910-10-27
SCHOOL NOTES

"Wednesday morning Attorney S. G.
McMullin addressed the high school
students in assembly. He gave
most interesting and instructive talk,
taking Law" for his subject He de-
fined law as rule of action estab-
lished by legislature or by custom.
He gave an interesting account of
| trial by jury in early times, when the
juries were composed of the witness
es and were people who knew the
facts in the case. He stated that in
early days in England all pleading
| In the courts was carried on in Nor
man Latina corrupt form of the
pure Latin which is studied in the
public schools. He spoke OF the diff
| ference between written law and
common law, and of the importance
of established precedents in pleading
cases and in the decisions rendered.
He said that the hardest thing in law
practice is to make the jury believe
that you and your client are right
I He referred to the superior system in
England where judges are appointed
1 for life and devote their whole atten-
/ tion to their work, and for this rea-
son become very efficient. He said
our jury system at best is crude
I
was established four or five hundred
years ago, and has not been improved
IL would be a great movement If three
competent judges, with a life tenure
| of office, could decide cases, doing
away with the present unsatisfactory
jury trial.
Mr.. McMullin held up high stand
ard and showed clearly that lawyers
as class are equal to any other class
of professional men in integrity and
in their desire to serve the public
good. He said that every lawyer has
to take an oath to support the consti-
tuition of the United States and the
constitution OF the state in which he
practices. He said most lawyers have
self respect and take a pride in do
ing what is right, and that the tricky
lawyer soon loses his self respect and
deteriorates in his profession.
Attorney McMullin said:
Before you leave high school ev-
[ eryone of you should have a definite
ambition. Judge Gabbert once said
| to me, when ! was a young man be-
ginning the practice of law: Re
member one thing: it is the man who
works hard that makes a good law
| YER
Mr. McMullin stated that. in law
as in everything else. hard, persist
| ent work wins. He cited an instance
| of a noted lawyer who refused all
other practice for Is months so that
he might devote his attention to one
case. In three hours he presented be-
fore the supreme court of the United
/ States his argument which had taken
him Is months to prepare. He won
his case and a fee of 100000.
The entire trend of Attorney Nc
| Mullins remarks was that each high
school student should have definite
high ideal which should be an in
spiration in his daily work
| The general teachers meeting last
Tuesday evening was one of unusual
interest. The following teachers.
who have recently had visiting days..
made-excellent reports: Miss DAN
lell, Miss Peck, Miss Greenfield, Miss
Mcconnell, Miss VanBuren, Miss Gig
AK, Miss Allen, Miss Palmer, Miss
Strock, Miss Farnhar, Miss Sankey
and Miss Turner. They expressed
themselves as benefited by their Wis
iting days. having seen many excel
lent methods of instruction and many
points of school management which
| they can put into practical use in
their own school-roons.
Fred NJ. Bacon, supervisor of pen
manship, read strong paper, show
ing careful study and a thorough
knowledge of his subject. The title
of his paper was Good Writing in
the Public School and Its Commercial
Value" Mr.. Bacon and the entire
corps OF grade teachers who are CO.
operating with him are to be oongrat-
ulated upon the progress of our boys
and girls in penmanship.