Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-07-05
FUTURE LAWYERS
FACE EXAMINERS
Fifty-four Applicants Take
Tests for Enrolment
as Students
NUMBER ENCOURAGING
Law School Authorities See
Favorable Outlook for At
tendance at Fall Term
NUMBER ENCOURAGING

Law schools here can look forward to
successful season IL the number of
youths desiring to be entered as law
| school students next fall is an indication.
Fifty-one young men, six of them in
! the uniform Of the United States fighting
FORCES. and three women took the exami-
nation of the State Board of Law Ex-
! aminers Tuesday and Wednesday.
This number is the largest in three
years. Forty-one young men took their
hnal examinations at the same time.
The examination this year was held
on the eighth floor of City Hall. The
| number Of students turning out for their
preliminary law examinations was graft
Tying to the authorities. who saw in
this increased number an answer to re-
peated statements that law schools might
be obliged to close down for lack of
students.
1t is probable the examinations this
| year have been made less severe, as
present conditions give the would-be law
| yer less time to devote to study. In
Pennsylvania it is necessary to pass
| preliminary examinations at least three
| years before presentation for the final
| tests.
English Literature Tests
In literature the students were asked
| TO write an essay of not less than three
nor more than five pages on either THE
! Growth of Democracy" or THE Man at
the Front and the Man at Home: Each
May Serve His Country
! Other requirements were: Give the
name of the work and the author in
! which any three of the following charac-
| ters are found. together with brief de-
scription of the character: John Alden.
| Enoch Arden, Mrs. Caudle, wilkins Mi
| cawber, Sir John Falstaff, Orlando and
| Faithful. Write a short sketch of the
| life of Sir Walter Scott, naming some of
| his principal works. Write brief de-
| scription of one of Shakespeare's plays,
/ giving the theme and principal charac-
| ters
In geography the students were asked
Bound the following States and give
some account of the natural resources
and important industries of each of
them: Texas, Michigan. Kansas. Name
five principal countries of Africa and
briefly describe the location and distin-
gushing features of any two of them.
What is meant by the Balkan Peninsula
and what countries comprise it?
In universal history some of the ques-
tions asked were: Who were the Phoe-
nicians? When and to what extent were
they prominent in world affairs and
about when and why did their promi-
nenCn
of the Punic Wars and state the notable
effects thereof on subsequent history
Explain the theory of the divine right of
kings" and show how it conflicts with
the principles of government in the
United States.
The students were also given ten ques.
tions in English history. Among them
were the following: Give the date, the
names of the opposing forces and lead
ers, and some of the results of the Nor
man Conquest of England: When. by
whom and for what purpose was the ex-
pedition known as THE Invincible Ar
mada" undertaken? Who were the SOW
erigns of the opposing countries at the
time? What led to the Revolution in
1858 in England, and what attempts
were made by James the Second to re-
gain the English throne?
In algebra the students were asked to
find two numbers whose product is forty
two, such that if the larger be divided
by the less, the quotient is four and tie
remainder Is two: The length of a GER
tain rectangle Is twice its width and it
has the same area as another, one and
one-third times as wide, and shorter by
four and one-half feet Find its length.
They were also required to solve the fol-
lowing: Two farmers, A and B, have
together thirty sheep, which they sell
for 1886, A receiving as many dollars
for each of his as B had sheep: If they
had each sold his sheep for as many
dollars apiece as the other received for
each of his they would have received only
1924 How many sheep had A and at
what price did he sell them.
The students were also quizzed in
Latin, geometry arithmetic, American
history.
Tho hoard of law examiners ic cor,-
posed this year of Thomas Patterson,
chairman: Edward J. Fox, Richard Il.
Cochran. Hampton L. Carson and James
S. Moorehead. Charles l.. McKeehan
recently commissioned in the United
States army, was the secretary and
treasurer His place is being filled this
year by Mrs. Harriet V. Noble.