The Washington times., 1934-05-28
v. v. ST|CKNEY
EDITS LEGAL
REPORTS
BY DICK BAKER

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clerk in District Supreme Court,
has Joined The Times staff.
For a number of years Bill
Stickney has been the actuating
factor in whatever branch of the
District Supreme Court to which
he was assigned and when the
motions court was created, Bill
was the man for the job.
When The Times began pub
fishing District Supreme Court
decisions a month ago, it was
sort of trial balloon to find out
if it really served the bar a use.
full purpose.
Favorable Reaction
It was a strenuous task for the
writer and required more time
and ability than he could supply.
Meanwhile, it was found that
the column Of decisions was a
natural" and reports were that
1t might eventually become q
vital factor in harmonizing the
decisions in this court with its
nine benches and without any
reporter system whatever. To
quote from President Regis Noe's
inaugural address, lawyers were
practicing law in that court "by
ear"
So, because of the favorable re-
action on the part of the bar, it
was decided to make the case re-
ports a permanent feature of the
paper and Mr.. Stickney was en-.
gagged to write them. He began
his task a week ago.
Henry P. Blair has been named
chairman of the Bar Associations
endowment committee, recently
created by F. Regis Noel, presi-
dent, to accomplish one Of the I'M
portant objects Of the administra
ton.
Col. J. Miller Kenyon is gen.
orally credited with being the ad-
vocate Of the proposal to eStab-
lish an endowment fund for the
Bar Association which will be
used to provide permanent head
quarters for the association and
for other purposes pertinent to
the aims of the legal fraternity
Of the city!
Davies, Vice Chairman
]. E. Davies is vice chairman of |
this committee and J. A. Cantrell, |
secretary. Members are: David |
H Blair, Harvey L. Cobb, j. j. Cot
ter, Walter D. Davidge, w. w.
Dodge, John Paul Earnest, and j.
j. Hamilton.
Chairman Blair will call a
meeting of his committee in the
near future to devise ways and
means to establish an endowment
fund and to perpetuate it for the
benefit Of future generations of
attorneys.
Richard L. Merrick claims he
can make more money playing
golf than he does practicing law
and it seems that at the recent
outing a number Of other law.
yers thought they could make
more money shooting dice than
they could at their chosen pro.
fesSion.
Thought 1t Fun
Mr.. Merrick's success as a gol-
fer, however, lies in his ability
to collect and the crapshooting
lawyers have found to their dis
may, that collecting a judgment
for client and collecting the fee
from the client afterward, is
nothing compared to the task of
collecting a dice bet from a
brother lawyer who, several days
after the game, cannot be made
to believe that he ever touched
. pair of dice in his life.
AT any rate, when last Satur.
day rolled around, the telephones
were still busy with serious-bent
lawyers trying to collect their
dice bets from those who thought
We were only playing for fun"
Add to the number of those de.
serving honorable mention the
names of Simon Hirshman, soft
est Of soft-ball pitchers and Dave
Pine who thought the soft.ball
was a medicine ball good for
waistline reduction; Stanton c.
Peelle and Harry A. Grant, who
averted a catastrophe when it
appeared to them that that the
ceiling near the bar was about to
cave and held it up by putting
their shoulders against the pillars,
and to william ]. Hughes, ST.,
who during the mellow hours of
the late-very evening, was
host to many a thirsty young
lawyer.
Richard A. Harman has gone
up in the world. He has moved
his offices from the second floor
Of the Evans. Building to the
fourth floor.
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