The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-05-13
MILLIONS FOR A
LAWYERS CLUB
Unnamed Giver Believes
That Glass Of People Is
Hope of Republic

ANN HARBoR. Mich. May IA
r,. t,,iversity OF Michigan was one
=, ,ba most important legal educa-
.,.n.l centers in the country Is the
,.,s,on OF the university officials fol-
,ani,g recent announcement that
=. unnamed alumnus had made q
sin running into the millions for
Construction Of an imposing lawyers
,lub building and for promoting In
o,her ways the standing OF the pro-
tesslon at Michigan:
The glft to Michigan Is the most
,.,nnrtant in the history of the
nhooi II provides for organiza-
,,n, os n lawyers club into which
vi graduate lawyers of the univer-
ai,y and seniors OF the law depart
r,s,t ms well as other lawyers inter-
nsted In research work. will be in
yitsd 10 enter. Thousands of law
yers I'm all parts OF the world VIII
receive these invitations.
The idea back of the gift, IT Is
declared, is to develop here a school
for the graduate study or law and TO
nroylde means for research work in
bcth American and foreign law, In
his letter announcing the gift the
donor expresses the opinion that
LAWYERS are needed at this time more
than at any other period In the
country's history and that the only
wav in which better lawyers can be
developed is in provision of better
law schools.
lie also stated he believed lawyers
A.. - pIaga that ran hOld the
republlc together.
Added interest Is being shown In
n glft because the donor is making
the contribution with the provision
his name be not revealed and that
the exact amount of the donation be
kent secret. It is known tSiat he is
a ',ichigan alumnus. Estimates as
10 the value OF the contribution
range between s5.000,000 and $751;
100000.
New Note in Architecture.
The gift provides for erection OF
a lawyers club building, and stip-
uates the rules under which it Is to
be operated. Plans for a structure
of gothic type that will cover two
blockg on the campus in the corner
OF South University avenue and
State street. The construction will
be either stone or brick. The build
ins, for which plans already have
been drawn, will conform to the
Michigan and Union and Martha
Cook dormitory nearby.
The plan Is said to strike a new
note in American college architect
ure. Students are to take their
meals and live in the same building
in which they study, the idea being
to keep them in legal environ
ment as much as possible. The
structure will provide living quar-
ters for $50 senior students, in addi-
ton to suites for lawyers doing re-
search work. A dining room to seat
400 persons Is a part of the plan.
Actual construction is to start as
soon as possible. In the hope the
building will be ready for occupancy
In the fall OF 1924. Any profits ac-
crung from operation OF the club
will he expended in legal research.
Only senior students in the law
school or In the graduate school will
be eligible for residence in the build
ing
The lawyers club and its pro-
posed building is but one phase of
the development. The club is to be
Of such design as to make It pos
sible to erect a new law building
behind the club structure, making
an architectural unit.