Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1954-07-17

mid South to invite Negroes to at
tend. The University expects to
add the colleges of journalism and
of commerce and taxation later.
The degree of Bachelor of Laws
will be conferred at the compile
ton of the prescribed course. Three
years of college work is required
for admission for those who wish
to qualify for a degree or for tax
ing the bar examination to Obtair
license to practice law. A limitef
number of special students will be
accepted who cannot meet entrance
requirements and who wish Meth
er to practice law or to obtain
degree.
The newly elected President, Nell
Sanders Aspero, holds Bachelor
OF Arts degree from Southwestern.
Bachelor of Science from Memphis
State College, Bachelor of Laws
from the University of Memphis
and has done graduate work at Co.
lumbia University and the Univer.
sity of Tennessee. Since receiving
her license to practice law in 1888
she has been actively engaged in
the trial of cases in state and fed
eral courts and has argued before
the Court of Appeals and the Su-
preme Court of Tennessee. Mrs.
Aspero is enrolled in local and
state courts and is qualified in the
United States District Court at
Memphis, in the United States
Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit, at
Cincinnati, and in the Supreme
Court of the United States.
While Nell Sanders, Mrs. Aspero
served as first President of the
Women's Section, Bar Association
Of Tennessee, in 1942-43, and as a
Vice-President of the National AS
ISOLATION of Women Lawyers in
1944-45. In the American Bar AS
ISOLATION, she has served on the
Committee on Judicial Selection
and Tenure, was the Tennessee
representative on the Associate and
Advisory Committee on Labor, EN-
ployment and Social Security, and
was the First Secretary of it's Sec
ton on Labor Relations Law in
1916. She has also held committee
assignments in the state and local
bar associations.
A member of the American AS
ISOLATION of University Women,
Mrs. Aspero is affiliated with Del
ia Delta Delta, Daughters of the
American Revolution, with other
historical, musical, civic and social
groups, being past president of
Elizabeth Bate Williams Chapter,
United Daughters of the Confed-
eracy, and a member of the state
board of directors of Tennessee
Federation of Music Clubs, 1889
40.
The Dean of the College of Law,
Anthony Arthur Aspero, received
his legal education at Suffolk Uni
versity, Lebanon, Tennessee. He
holds the degrees, Bachelor of
Laws and Bachelor of Oratory.
Dean Aspero has practiced law
actively in state and federal courts
since he was licensed by the Su-
preme Court of Tennessee in 1884.
He has argued before the appellate
courts of Tennessee and also before
the United States Court of APP
peals, Sixth Circuit, at Cincinnati.
A pioneer in the handling of
cases under the Fair Labor Stand
ards Act or Wage and Hour Law,
Mr. Aspero is a member of the
Bar Association Of Tennessee and
of the American Bar Association,
having served for several terms on
the latter's Committee on Wage
and Hour Legislation of it's Sec
ton on Labor Relations Law.
Mr.. Aspero is a veteran of World
War II, having served with the
staff judge advocate, Ninth En-
gineers Command. He is also past
Chancellor Commander of Knights
of Pythias, Progress Lodge. He is
Royal Prince of Imperial Palace,
Dramatic Order Knights of Khoras-
san. and is Deputy Royal Vizier of
AL Hassan Temple. He is member
of the Royal Order of Moose, Wood
men of the World, is a Scottish
Rite Mason, and Shriner.
Mr.. and Mrs. Aspero are men,
bers of the Memphis law firm of
Aspero and Aspero.
The Vice-President, Mrs. Joyce
Hurt Peterson, holds the degrees
of Bachelor of Journalism from
the University of Missouri, and
Master of Arts from Vanderbilt
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