Imperial Valley press., 1914-10-20
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BAR ASSOCIATION
CONVENTION OPENS

American Bar Association convened
here today in their annual meeting.
With Memorial Continental hall
packed almost to capacity, President
Wilson opened the convention by de-
livering the address of welcome to
! the lawyers from all over the United
/ States.
Following President Wilson's adj
dress, which was warmly applauded,
William Howard Taft, former presi-
dent of the United States and presi-
dent Of the association, delivered his
annual address. He covered in a
general way the work of the associ-
alton in the past year and told of
the problems now confronting the
Eody.
Routine business occupied the re-
mainder of the opening session of
the association. The nomination and
election of members was scheduled
to come first, after which the gen
eral council for next year was to be
elected. The secretary, treasurer and
executive committee were then to
make their reports.
The convention will last for three
days, coming to a close on Thursday
evening, October %, with the annual
dinner of the association, which will
be held at the New Willard hotel.
Senator Elihu Root of New York
will address the convention tonight on
''The Layman's Criticism of the Law
YER Following this address the
convention will adjourn to attend
reception rendered to members, their
wives and friends at the Hall of the
Americas, in the Pan-American Union
building. This reception will be held
at 9:30 o'clock.
The various committees will not
make their reports to the associa-
tion until tomorrow. Besides the fif-
teen standing committees from whom
are expected some critical reports on
present law methods and suggestions
for reforms, ten special committees
appointed last year to investigate
certain laws and suggest possible
remedies will deliver their reports to-
morrow.
A fight is expected in the conven-
tion when the resolution of Moorfield
Storey of Massachusetts,, resembling
former resolution which aimed blow
at negroes joining comes up, which
will be on Thursday, the last day of
the meeting. Storey's resolution is
as follows:
Resolved, That the preamble and
resolution adopted by this association
at the thirty-fifth annual meeting
(1912), which were as follows:
Whereas, three persons of the
colored race were elected to mem
bership in this association without
knowledge upon the part of those
electing them that they were of that
race, and are now members of this
association;
"'Resolved That, as it has never
been contemplated that members of
the colored race should become mem
bers of this association, the several
local councils are directed that if at
any time any of them shall recon-
mend a person of the colored race
for membership, they shall accom-
pany the recommendation with
statement of the fact that he is of
such race
The resolution referred to by Sto-
Irey is the one which provoked such
o fight in the convention two years
ago, at which time William II. Lew
is, the negro appointed by former
President Taft as one of the assistant
attorneys general, was taken into the
association. The fight almost dis
rupted the body and second clash
is feal ed over Storey's resolution.
Vote California Dry
HIGH SCHOOL NOTES.
Principal Kerr has made definite ar
rangements with the San Diego State
Normal School whereby post graduate
work here in subjects which corre-
spond to those given in the Normal
School will be accredited there.
A student, by selecting the proper
subjects for post graduate work here,
may receive diploma by attending
the Normal year, or, at most, a
year and summer term. Of course
it should be understood that only those
students whose undergraduate work
meri5ed University recommendation
are eligible for this post graduate
work, and, furthermore, that they
must maintain the same grade in their
post graduate studies.
This will be of great interest to
prospective teachers, especially 20
those who think of attending the San
Diego Normal for their professional