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FALL FALL 1 SEMESTER SEMESTER ISSUE ISSUE Brooklyn Law School . St. Lawrence University

VOL. :XII. NO. 1. Brooklyn, N. Y. Wed., Aug. 26, 1942 By Subscription Brooklyn Law School Opens 42 nd Year

Justice Theodore Stitt SUMMER Stitt, '12, Named COMMENCEMENT Fall Semester EXERCISES Starts Sept. 28; Jurist, Domestic will be held September 10, Relations Court at 8:30 P. M. Plans Announced Brooklyn Attorney Designated in the Accelerated Courses Available by Mayor to Seat A UDITO RI UM Under Court of Appeals on Bench Brooklyn Law School New R ules of TERM RUNS TO 1944 St. Lawrence University DEAN NOTES CHANGES Designee to Important Judicial Post Speaker Had Long Career in J ustice Edward Lannsky Tells of Curriculum Readjustments Public Service Presi ding Justice. Appellate to Meet N eede of Present· Division, Second Department Day Students Theodore Stitt, '12, Brooklyn attorney, was sworn in by Mayor A cordial invitation to attend The Brooklyn Law Scbool of LaGuardia as a justice of the is extended to all alumni and other friends of the School St. Lawrence University will Domestic Relations Court, to fill open its forty-second school year out the unex'pired term of Jus­ on Monday, September 28. The tice John Warren Hill, which curriculum, it has been an­ ends on Oct. 31, 1944. nounced by Dean William Pay­ The Mayor informed the new Pre -Induction son Richardson, has been newly appointee that the Domestic Re­ adjusted to meet conditions cre­ lations Court was one of the ated by the emergencies of the city's most important judicial Enlistment Plan present day. bodies, and said: "Particular thought has been "It's hard work, plenty of It. given," Deau lUcbardson said, It requires a great deal of com­ Is Made Public "to the problems of students de­ mon sense and understanding of sirous of completing their edu­ the problems of the most im­ War D epartment Programme cation for a professional career portant citizens of our country, with the least possible delay. our children." Provides 8 Semesters for Advanced Studies Tbe Court of Appeals has Mr. Stitt was born in New amended its rules, under the York City, June 5th, 1887. He AFFECTS LAW SCHOOLS authority of which we have ar­ was educated In pubUc elemen­ ranged ' our programme so that the course which formerly took tary and high schools, Brooklyn Enrollment is Limited to Day Law School of St. Lawrence Accelerated Courses Students Who Have No three years, can n ow be com­ University, and the Columbia Degree as Yet pleted in two years, and the University School of Account­ four year evening course may ing. An Aid to Education The War Department has an- be completed in three years. Before admissIon to the Bar nounced a program of pre-In­ These shortened or 'accelerated' In 1913, he spent twelve years duction enlistment In the En­ courses are available to all who In response to. a request from the Brooklyn Daily Eagie, Dean William wish to take advantage of them. in journalism as City Hall re­ Payson Richardson issued the following statement on the subject, "Signifi­ listed Reserve Corps of the porter and various assignments Tbe work is identical with that cant Effects of the present World War on Legal Education in the United United States Army, designed to for New York Morning Sun and afford day students at selected given in the courses whose com- _ States." The statement is pubJished in The Eagle's annual educational pletion covers a longer elapsed Brooklyn Standard Union. La­ number, August, 1942. universities the opportunity to ter he served as assistant at­ complete a maximum of eight period. The sole sacrifice the torney for the Legal Aid Socie­ semesters of collegiate or pro- student makes on an acceler­ ty, and as secretary to Fire In common with other American InstitUtions, higher education fessional school work before be­ ated course Is of part of his Commissioner Robert Adamson has been profoundly allected by the war. Hundreds of thousands ing called into active military long summer vacation perlod. under Mayor John Purroy Mit­ of young men have been called into armed service without having service. By recent ruling of the Important New Laws chel. had opportunity of finishing their courses in colleges and profes- Adjutant General, the plan is "That, however, is but one of Private In First World War sional schools. To alleviate this condltl.m as much as circumstances (Continued all Page 7) permit, the period between ma------______the changes provided by our re­ Mr. StUt enlisted as a private trlculation and the awarding of adjusted curriculum. Every In­ In the first World War, served telligent person recognizes that overseas and was discharged as degrees has been materially shortened. Justice CuH Relates the world is undergoing pro­ Ordnance Sergeant. found changes. In our own Immediately after the war, he This is a step that should country stresses and strains was elected to and served two bave been taken long ago. Tale of a lectern have fallen upon our govern­ terms as member of Assembly America's advanced education adapted to reading memoranda ment In many of its function­ from the 18th District, Brook­ has for years consumed an un­ J ustice Thomas :T. Cuff, '11, on a table several feet away. Ings. To meet the needs of the lyn. reasonable amount of time. provides an anecdote that goes Later, Chief Judge Irving Leh­ present day. there has been a He was unanimously elected Originally designed to give scho­ to show that even In these seri­ man replied that there was no widespread adoption of new Commander-In-Chlef of Veter­ lastic background to a profes­ ous days, leading members of lectern because economy had statutes. ans of Foreign Wars at E l Paso, the bencb and bar are not unac­ struck the State administra­ "No longer is the conduct of Texas in 1926. sional or business career, higher education had become so ex­ Q.ualnted with the lighter as­ tion. "The Governor," he ex­ business alTairs left largely to While In private l'ractice he tended-as to keep young'people pects of life. The anecdote con­ plained, "whom I once knew the devices of Individuals, as it devoted much time to rendering from partiCipation in the af­ cerns a lectern or r eading table. fairly well, struck out the item was In the not distant past. Be­ free legal service to the estates It started in January, 1940, -it was $15-from the budget." cause of the complexities of of incompetent veterans. He fairs of life until middle age had been r eached. This condi­ when John W. Davis addressed It was all humorously pre­ present-day conditions, Congress was a member of the Board of the Judicial Section of the sented and wholesomely enjoy­ and the State Legislatures have Legal Consultants, U. S. Veter­ tion has been neither reasonable nor wholesome. New York Bar Association at ed. Lawyers, however, who passed malty laws providing for ans' Bureau acting as chairman Its annual luncheon. Mr. Dav­ argued cases before the Court governmental supervision, gov­ of the Committee on Field Or­ No Sacrifice Of Scholarship is' topic was "My Grievances." of Appeals agreed that there ernmental direction and govern­ ganization. The education that has been Among Mr. Davis' complaints was merit as well as humor In mental assistance. The demand For the past twenty years he given over a long-drawn-out was that the Court of Appeals Mr. Davis' observation. Now, for greater social security has has held judicial office as one of series of years could just as well provided no lectern upon which Justice Cuff carried a lectern led to the adoption of laws by the bankruptcy referees of the have been given in less time, counsel, arguing a case, might with him for the convenience of which payments are made to United States District Court for without sacrificing one iota of place their notes. This, be ex­ lawyers appearing before him. unfortunates unable to provide the Eastern District of New the high standards of scholar- plained, was a great inconveni­ It suddenly disappeared, how- adeQ.uately for themselves. York, Brooklyn. (Continued on Page 5) ence to lawyers with eyes not (Continued (}II Page 8) (Colltinued on Page 2) Published by BrooklynWorks, 1942 1 The Justinian, Vol. 1942 [1942], Iss. 2, Art. 1 Page 2 THE JUSTINIAN, BROOKLYN LAW SCHOOL OF ST. LAWRENCE UNIVERSITY Wednesday, August 26,1942 c, Degrees Conferred at Fortieth Commencement Exercises

Seymour R. Thaler, B.A.., cum laude; Nathan Burkan Memor­ Justice Pecora Awarded Honorary Degree Dean Designates ial Competition Prize, given by the American Society of Com­ posers, Authors and Publishers Says Just Peace Honor Students; to the memher of the graduat­ ing class who submits the best paper on the subject, "COpy­ Must Be Assured Confers Awards right Law." Mr. Thaler was also selected to deliver the student address at the com- Addresses Graduates and Norma Hack Wins Cady men cement exercises. Friends at Ceremonies Award for Scholarship in Auditorium Achievement George Schweyer, Jr., B .A.: .. Class of 1911 Scholarship, awarded annually to a student DEAN AWARDS HONORS POLLACK NEXT HIGHEST ' of the Junior Class, chosen be­ cause of proficiency in the study Degrees Are Conferred by President Matheson Memorial Prize Goes to Jencks of the St. Lawrence of the law, outstanding person­ Curtis; 1911 Scholarship . ality and traits of character Univer ity to Schweyer which warrant the belief that the student will bring honor One hundred forty-one de­ Awards for meritorious grees were conferred at the for­ and credit to the legal profes­ achievements were announced sion. tieth Commencement Exercises by Dean William Payson Rich­ of the Brooklyn Law School of ardson at the June Commence­ Harold L. LuxembUl'g, B.A.: St. Lawrence University, held ment exercises as follows: Philonomic Council Scholarship, on the evening of June 11 in given annually to a member of the Auditorium of the Law Norma Ha.ck, summa cum the Junior Class who has School Building, at 375 Pearl laude; Brooklyn Law School achieved the highest average in Street, Brooklyn. Prize, awarded to the member scholarship for his past work The principal address was de­ Ferdinand Pecora of the graduating class who has in the Law School. livered by Justice Ferdinand maintained the highest general Pecora of the Supreme Court, Justice of the Supreme Court of the State of New York; average in undergraduate schol­ Edith H. Burns: Faculty upon whom the honorary de­ distinguished jurist; learned at,thor; notable proponent of public arship. Also, Edwin Welling Scholarship, awarded annually gree of Doctor of Laws was con­ causes; preeminent as a criminal prosecutor; distinguished in Cady Memorial Award, estab­ to the memher of the Freshman ferred. Other d.egrees included the service of our nation as counsel to the Senate Committee on lished by Iota Theta Fraternity, Class whose scholarship and six doctorates of juridical sci­ and conferred annually upon conduct give evidence of leader­ Security Practices; wise and just administrator of the Securities ship and promise in the law. ence, two masters of law and and Exchange Act; assiduous scholar of the law; eminent the member of the graduating class who has attained the high­ 132 bachelors of law. The de­ humanitarian,' faithful conservator of public trusts. The degree of Bachelor of grees were conferred by Presi­ est general average in senior Laws, cum laude, was awarded dent Millard Henry Jencks of examinations. The award, a to Bertram Bakerman, Charles the St. Lawrence University, legal affairs of government of­ gold key, is in memory of the P. Bennett, B.A., Lillian S. and Dean William Payson Rich­ fices. Trained men and women, late Professor Cady. Cohen, B.A., Ralph V. Curtis, B.A., Harold L. Friedman, ardson announced the winners Fall Sem·ester too, are demanded by individu­ Irving l\I. Pollack, B .A" mag­ of honors and awarded the als and by corporations whose na cum laude; Brooklyn Law B.B.A., Earl Geldon, B.A., Je­ prizes. interests are involved in orders School Prize awarded to the rome B. Golden, Abraham Good­ man, M.A., Ciaire Ruth Mintz, Justice Pecora's Message Starts Sept. 28; that are issued by government member of the graduating class agencies on a wide variety of who has maintained the second B.A., Seymour R. Thaler, B.A., Justice Pecora warned that Miriam Wernick, B.A., Herman serious problems will remain to subjects such as taxation, labor highest average of undergradu­ Plans Announced relations, financial operatic,lOs a te scholarship. The honor was Zelikow, B.C.S. --. he solved after we have won the The degree of Doctor of Ju­ present war. and management generally. conferred in absentia, inasmuch as on graduation day, Mr. Pol­ ridical SCience, cum lawle, was "When democracy's leaders (Colltill1ted from Page 1) "The Brooklyn Law School of awarded to Edward R. Dobson, St. Lawrence University has lack was serving in the armed sit in the victor's chairs around "A host of new agencies and B.A., LL.B., and John Albert the peace table," he said, "let long acted upon the belief that forces of the United States. departments of government have Stobbe, B.S. in E.E., LL.B. them remember that in this all­ in addition to the more formal Ralph V. Curtis, B.A" come into being. New laws are cum out global war the greatest sac­ type of edu cation provided by laude; Donald W. Matheson rifices were made by the people being carried into effect by class-room lecture and recita-' Memorial Prize, awarded annu­ Northeastern Alumni -the common people. Theirs them. The modern law school tion work, practical experience ally to that member of the will have been the victory in must give recognition to the in the actual handling of legal graduating class who, in char­ Name Graham President the war. Theirs should be the fact that comprehensive train­ cases is invaluable to the stu­ acter, scholarship and attain­ lasting victory in the peace. dent. ing in the basic subjects upon ments evinces the highest de­ The Northeastern New York And theirs it will be if that which our law is grounded, "For a number of years, the gree of legal capacity. State Alumni Association of the peace is written in terms that while still of primary import­ school has conducted a Practice Brooklyn Law School of Saint will effectuate the aspirations Morris Galitzer, B .S. in Educ" ance, is no longer sufficient. It Court. The Practice Court pro­ Lawrence University held its of men and women everywhere vides within the walls of our LL.B., summa cum laude, J.s.D., is essential also to give educa­ for highest general average in annual election meeting on June for a freer and economically . school all the setting and for­ tion in the newer aspects of the post graduate course. 20 at the Hotel Wellington, Al­ sufficient life. mality of an actual court of bany. Richard S. Graham, Jr., "And when that peace shall law. law. This rounds out the curric­ Samuel H. Hellenbl'and, '34, was elected President for "There is imperative need for have been formulated, America ulum in such a way as to give LL.B., magna cum laude, LL.M., the forthcoming year. Other must not repudiate any portion the services of properly trained students complete preparation for second highest general aver­ new officers are: Leonard Co­ men and women to conduct the of her full share of the respon­ for their professional careers." age in the post graduate course. hen, '30, first Vice President; sibility for its enforcement. Der­ Mrs. Grace Newell, second Vice eliction on our part in that re­ President; Gerald Mayer, '33, spect would amount to a wan­ BROOKLYN LAW SCHOOL PRACTICE COURT third ·Vice President; William ton betrayal of those who gave Bullis, Jr., '19, Treasurer; and up their lives in the struggle to Abram Berlin, '29, Secretary. win that peace." The Northeastern New York Terms Of Peace State Alumni Association was In formulating the terms' of founded and sponsored by the peace, that democracy must be late Professor Edwin Welling maintained whose essence is Cady. equality, Justice Pecora con­ tinued. "True democracy to­ Iota Theta day means something more than political freedom. It implies in­ Despite th fact that many of dustrial fr edom as well. In the undergraduate and graduate the modern industrial condition members of Iota Theta Law of SOCiety, with all the economic Fraternity have gone into mil­ complexities which have arisen itary service, the fraternity is from technological development, planning a schedule of activities political democracy would lan­ for the coming Fall semester. guish unless it were accompa­ Smokers and pledgee meetings nied by industrial democracy. will be conducted as usual, wi-th Men can no longer be politi­ invitations being extended to cally free and industrially members of the undergraduate shackled at the same time." body. "Bitter racial and religions It was decided at the last hatreds will have to be dissi­ meeting of the fraternity to con­ pated. International jealousies tinue the present undergraduate of long standing will have to be and graduate officers for the composed. The many economic coming school year. They will and political dislocations caused be aided in administration of by the war will have to be re- Tlli photograph taken during the 1941.1942- sion of the Brooklyn Law School Practice Court, show student fraternity affairs by a group of paired." arguing a case. On the bench is Judge Samuel Liebowitz of the Kings County Court. recent graduates. https://brooklynworks.brooklaw.edu/justinian/vol1942/iss2/1 2 et al.: The Justinian Wednesday, August 26, 1942 THE JUSTINIAN, BROOKLYN LAW SCHOOL OF ST. LAWRENCE 11.NIVERSITY Page 3

Honor Students in t he Post Graduate Course

Slt1l1ma Cn!ll Laude Magna Cum LG1lde Cum Laude ' .ml Laude Morris Galitzer, B.S. Samuel Henry Hellenbrand, Edward Ramsden Dobson, John Albert Stobbe, B.S. in Educ., LL.B. LL.B. B.A., LL.B. in E.E., LL.B.

MASTER OF LAWS Recipients of Magna cum Laude HONORS FOR RECIPIENTS OF LL. B. DEGREES Samuel Henry Hellenbrand, Degrees LL.B. James Francis Mahanna, LL.B. Honorary Degree BACHELOR OF LAWS DOCTOR OF LAWS Ferdinand Pecora Summa cum Laude Norma H ack

DOCTOR OF Magna cum Laude JURIDICAL SCIENCE Irving Meyer Pollack, B .A. Summa cum Laude Morris Galitzer, B.S. in Educ., Cum Laude LL.B. Bertram Bakerman Charles P. Bennett, B.A. Cum Laude Lillian S. Cohen, B.A. Edward Ramsden Dobson, B.A., Ralph Van Olinda Curtis, B.A. LL.B. Harold L. Friedman, B.B.A. John Albert Stobbe, B.S. in Earl Geldon, B.A. E.E., LL.B. Jerome Benjamin Golden Abraham Goodman, M.A. Louis James Harris, B.A., LL.B. Claire Ruth Mintz, B.A. Summa Cum Laude Magna Cum Laude William W. Serra, B.S., LL.B. Seymour R. Thaler, B.A. Norma Hack Irving Meyer Pollack, B.A. Isidore Starr, M.A., LL.B. (Continued 011 Page 4)

Clltn Laude Cum Laude Cum Laude Cum Laude ClIm Lallde Cft1ll Laude Bertram Bakerman Charles P. Bennett, B.A. Lillian S. Cohen, B.A. Ralph V. Curtis, B.A. Harold L. Friedman, B.A. Earl Geldon, B.A.

Cum Laude Clltn Laude ClIm Lall.de Cum Laude Cum Laude Cum Laude Jerome Benjamin Golden Abraham Goodman, M.A. Claire Ruth Mintz, B.A. Seymour R. Thaler, B.A. Miriam Wemick, B.A. Herman Zelikow, B.C.S. Published by BrooklynWorks, 1942 3 The Justinian, Vol. 1942 [1942], Iss. 2, Art. 1

Page 4 THE JUSTINIAN, li;ROOKLYN LAW SCHOOL OF ST. LAWRENCE UNIVERSITY Wednesday, August 26, 1942 Brooklyn Law School Alumni Celebrate Fortieth Reunion

Thomas G. Grace IALUMNI PRESIDENT I Gubernatorial Nominee Greets Dean Chosen President For Current Year Dean Richardson Discusses Problems of Legal .. Education Today FUNCTION A SUCCESS Justice Cull Credits Committee of 25 With Achievement; James Wick Speaks The ' fortieth annual alumni reunion of the Brooklyn Law School was celebrated at an in­ formal luncheon held at the Towers Hotel, Clark Street, Brooklyn, on the afternoon of May 9. The following were elected officers for the year 1942-1943: Thomas G. Grace, '24 President, Thomas G. Grace, Attorney General John J. Bennett, '26, designated as guber. '24; first vice president, Daniel that bring many problems in natorial nominee by the Democratic party last Thursday, is L. McNamara, '11; second vice their train. As you weH know, here shown greeting Dean Richardson at a recent meeting of president, Jacob Aronson, '06; in the administration of educa­ Philonomic, the Brooklyn Law School honor society. With third vice president, Magistrate tional institutions, there are al­ them is Jacob Aronson, '06, Vice·Pre"Sident and General Coun· Abner C. Surpless, '08; secre­ ways problems to solve. But sel of the New York Central Railroad. Attorney General ' tary, Louis C. Wl11s, '05; trea­ never have they been as serious surer, Sheriff John J . McClos­ as the problems that confront Bennett is a fonner member of the law school faculty. The key; Advisory Board: Joseph colleges and universities at the honorary degree of LL.D. was conferred upon him in 1932. Katz, '21, chairman, Miss Gene­ present time. That is due to vieve E . Finn, '35, and James the fact that our Government is Dean'sH onor List Jacob Painter Howard, B.S. E. Finegan, '35. taking into armed service so FRESHMAN CLASS: Flor­ Justice Thomas J. Cuff, chair­ many hundreds of thousands of ence Belsky, 1694 Clay Ave., Recipients of Degrees Robert Rees Hume, B.B.A. man of the luncheon committee, the young men who otherwise Bronx; Max P. Benjamin, 37 Aaron Jack J affe, B.B.A. presided, and welcomed the 500 would be continuing their edu­ Brompton Rd., Great Neck, N. (Conti-tlued from Page 3) Howard Edgar Jones alUmni and guests present. cation. This natural shrinkage Y.; Edith H. Burns, 909 Sterl­ Miriam Wernick, B.A. Emanuel Lawrence Kaminsky "This Inspiring luncheon," he in attendance has fallen with ing PI., Brooklyn; Eugene Ep­ Herman ZeUkow, B.C.S. Kevis Kapner, B.A. said, "Is the handiwork of a particular force upon the law stein, 1669 59th St., Brooklyn; Philip J erome Kassel committee of twenty-five, who schools, since it is the young Bernard Feiner, 1475 Longfel­ Edward C. Alfano, B.A. Harold Kaufman had determined to hold a re­ men of the law-school age group low Ave., Bronx; Samuel H. Edward Victor Alfieri, B.A. Samuel Kirschenbaum union despite the unfavorable from which the largest propor- . Gottlieb, 1333 Brook Ave., Milton Amgott, B.A. Arthur Kraft, B.A. conditions created by the war. tion of service men are being Bronx; Robert G. Haile, 40 Robert John Andrews Abraham Kulakofsky, B.A. United For Victory taken. Monroe St., New York; Harold Carson DeWitt Baker, B.S. Samuel Kushner "The committee felt that, God·Speed To Those In Service D. Hopke, 67 Camornia Ave., Richard Anthony Battaglini Frank Levitsky Robert Gorse Lind, B .A. while every ounce of our effort "Our good wishes and our Freeport, N. Y.; Bernice Kradi­ Irving Berkowitz Irving Aaron Logue and every bit of our devotion bleSSings go with our graduates tor, 183 Girard St., Brooklyn; Clara H. Baumgarten Bernstein John Alexander Lowery must be directed toward vic­ and undergraduates wherever Sam Ladenheim, 39 Argyle Rd., Minna Bernstein, B.A. Nathan Meltzer, B.A. tory, that did not mean that we they may be in combat or in Brooklyn; Marcus Levy; 572 Herbert Birnbaum Patrick Regia Mulene, B.A. should completely abandon the preparation for combat to help Greene Ave., Brooklyn; Frank Mary Mazzoni Bleecker, B.S. in Samuel Muraskin normal relationships of life. It rid the world of the force that W. Neumann, 9148 84th St., Educ. Naomi Yvette Kane Nash, B.A. was therefore decided to hold threatens to overcome the free­ Woodhaven, N. Y.; Bernard Arthur Edward Blume Robert Clinton Norton, B.A. some sort of function, not an dom we as lawyers have learned Sommer, 1202 Ocean Parkway, Stanley Blumenfeld Maynard Morris Novie elaborate banquet such as we to cherish. We bid them God­ Brooklyn; Abraham M. Stanger, Carl Oscar Bondorf Raymond Louis Nowve have held in past years, but speed and a happy return as 635 East .sth St., New York; Arnold Milton Book something, as Informal as pos­ Robert O. Swenson, 1615 Ma­ Adolph Joseph Brink Ethel Redmond Oden, M.A. speedily as victory may be won. Irving Passick sible and at as little cost as Their first duty is to carryon han Ave., Bronx; Seymour J. James Sidney Brock, B.S. Henry Peppercorn, B .S. in S.S. possible. for their country. And no less Ugelow, 1014 Eastern Parkway, Leonard Browde, B.A. "We thought that if perhaps Thomas Howard Picken, B.S., must we at home shoulder our Brooklyn; Jacob M. Usadi, 767 Robert Pershing Brown, B.S. in M.A. a hundred persons couid be burdens and carryon, so that Eastern Parkway, Brooklyn; S.S. Richard Ebel Rahn, B.A. gathered in these critical days the institutions upon which our Mary Louise Vercesi, 1'/4 E. 63d William S. ClI.palbo Emil Bartholomew Rapp our objective would be achieved. democracy is based may be kept St., New York; Joseph M. Thomas Joseph Patrick Cawley, For the committee determined Edward Lownes Rea, B.S. secure. Walsh, 837 E. 22d St., Brook­ Jr. Frederick B. Reilly, B.A. to eliminate the heavy cost of "During the World War of lyn, N. Y.; Erwin Wietepsky, Joseph Henry Cohn Leonard I!.eiss mall solicitation of the 8,000 25 years ago, we were con­ 251 W. 75th St.',New York. Powell Cooper, B.S. in S.S. Abrabam D. Rosen, B.S. men and women on our alumni fronted by problems similar to SOPHOMORE CLASS: Bern­ Frank Joseph Crisona roster. It was decided that Daniel Rosenberg those of today. We faced them ard B. Axelrad, 703 E. 5th St., Hyman Dansis word should be spread instead Irving Isadore Rosenmertz then, and we solved them then New York; Jesse Corsover, 751 Mildred Wolf Davis by individual contact. That so Samuel Rosenstock, M.S. just as we are faCing them and Walton Ave., Bronx; Mary A. Mildred Taylor Denisch many of you have gathered is a George Rubinstein, B.A. will solve them in these even McCrimlisk, li83 E. 12th St., Aaron Martin Diamond Ethel Samuels. B.A. tribute to the work of our com­ Brooklyn; Eva E. Newman, 142 Leo Diamond, B.A. more critical days. We are Benjamin Schacbat mittee and to the love we bear proud of the fact that never in No. Fulton Ave., Mt. Vernon; Carl Michael DoJlak, B.A. James Milton Donnelly Martin Schechter, B.S. in S.S. to our school and particularly Its entire career has the Brook­ Rudolf Newman, 142 No. Ful­ Lillian Pelner Schiffman, B.A. to the one who is the personal lyn Law School ever been in ton Ave., Mt. Vernon, N. Y.; Robert E. Doolittle, B.S. Walter Leonard Schltl'man friend of each one of us--Dean debt. We have always met our Leonard Prose, 2140 Cruger Samuel Dwoskin It Carl Middleton English, B.C.S. Herbert Schwartz Richardson. occurs to me expenses without calling upon Ave., Bronx; Sylvia B. Weitz­ that every alumnus who heard Herman Fagen Milton Sherbowsky, B.S. in S.S. the alumni. man, 187 Central Ave., Baldwin. ~f this function must be here Jewel Rhoda Feldman, B.A. Phlllp Victor Sherman, B.S., today. We express our regrets Reduction In Attendance JUNIOR OLASS: Ralph W. Alfred Feuereisen M.A. to those who would have liked "It is to be noted that the Bohonnon, 264 State St., Guil­ Sidney M. Firestone, B.A. Ralph Sherman to attend, but who did not, per­ war has drastically cut into the ford, Conn.; Edward E. Haeuss­ Bernard Fischer Sol Shuchman, B.A. haps, get word In time." . revenues from tuition fees paid ler, 125 Penn St., Brooklyn; Franklin Gersh, B.S. Morton Newton Sllvergllt After the singing of the Star to American law schools. There J eanne Kasten, 541 Montgom­ Jack Goldsmith Lea 'Schwartz Singer, B.A. Spangled Banner, Justice Cuff was a decrease in attendance of ery St., Brooklyn; David Maus­ Emanuel Goldstein, B.B.A. Iziaslav Vladimir Slepak, C.L.B. Introduced Dean Richardson, 9,000 stUdents in the United kopf, 471 Empire Blvd., Brook­ Emanuel Gorland Arthur Glin Sullivan who addressed the alumni as States in the year 1940·1941 as lyn; Henry Mayer, 511 W. 232d John CoUn Gray, Jr., B.A. Stanley Henry Swerdlow tollows: compared to the year before. St., New York; George Schwa­ Melvin William Greenberg, B.A. Paul Herbert Tannenbaum, B.S. Dean Richardson's Talk Since last November to March yer, Jr., 34 Livingston St., Maurice Whitman Grey Paul Tantleff, B.A. "The memory of years gone of the present year there has Brooklyn; Bernard Graber, 1543 Aaron Jack Gross Irving Tuttelman by are with me today, as I look been a further decrease of West 1st St., Brooklyn; Eli Joseph Louis Grossman Richard Peter vom Lehn, III. into your faces so familIar to 3,437. Lazarus, 645 Ocean Ave., Brook­ Meyer Irving Grossman, B.S. in B.A. me. Through the years you "ThIs condition has assumed lyn; Harold L. Luxemberg, 40 S.S. Harold Weil have been very close to me. grave proportions to many of Monroe St., New York; Frank Seymour Howard Halperin Joseph Weiner My heart is filled with gratitude the smaller schools. There are R. Nuendel, 35-63 1i9th St., Herbert Hanft Paul Stanley Weingarten that I have been blessed with at present 109 law schools in Flushing, N. Y.; Maurice L. Pi­ Vee Hansen, B.A. Harold Weiss the great friendship that you the nation approved by the nel, 168 Hicks St., Brooklyn; Bernard Milton Herman Albert Westreich have given to me. American Bar Association. Two Sol Rosenbluth, 2958 W. First PhilIp Hershaft Harry Winter "These war days are days of them today have fewer than St., Brooklyn. James George Hickey Giles Macord Wright, B.A. https://brooklynworks.brooklaw.edu/justinian/vol1942/iss2/1 4 et al.: The Justinian Wednesday, August 26, 1942 THE J USTINIAN, BROOKLYN LAW SCHOOL OF ST. LAWRENCE UNIVERSITY Page 5 IDqe 3Juntiuian ilrnnklyn J.jam t;rl}onl DEAN WILLIAM PAYSON RICHARDSON of ,,1. fljlwrrnrt lltniurr.stly

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WAR AND LAW

An Editorial: by Prof. Martin H. Weyrauch

Here is a recent intimate photograph of Dean Richardson, taken at his desk in the Brooklyn Law School Building. N this time of grave emergency, there comes to every I American a desire to know just what part he can play quenched. Though it is possible to persecute men and to help bring about victory. women and to kill them in savage disregard of the sanctity John J. Callahan, '26, To those called into service the path of duty is made of human life, it is impossible to destroy the truth in the quite clear. These hundreds of thousands of young men human minds of those who survive. are trained in the arts and crafts of combat. They are asked Thus it is that as long as human beings exist on this Named Court Clerk to go wherever they may be called, perhaps to the very ends earth, the knowledge will live that the way to human happi­ of the earth, to fight for the preservation of the ideals for ness and progress lies through the open gateway of the law. By resolution of the Justices which America stands-freedom and hope, and happiness of the Appellate Division, Sec­ This, then, is the unceasing duty then of every American: ond Judicial Department, John and opportunity. To know the law and to safeguard the law. J. Callahan, '26, has been desig­ Those called to arms are, however, but a fractional part "-, * nated as clerk of the court, in of the population of our nation. More than three million Knowledge of the law was never more imperative than it place of the late H. Drummond are in the army and navy. Approximately forty times that Brown. Mr. Callahan, who r e­ is today. It is imperative because only through knowledge number remain in civilian life. How each might serve the sides in Brooklyn, was admitted can the law be protected when it is assailed by its enemies. to the Ba,' in 1927. cause of victory is not always an easy problem for the indi­ Only by knowledge of the law can there be built a happier viduals in this stay-at-hume fraction to solve. Those en­ His public service began as a World of Tomorrow. Yes, America is going to need men clerk in the office of the Com­ gaged in the produ~tion of goods for combat owe the duty and women educated in "the law, to help in the reconstruction of preventing any halt in the supply of the vital materials missioners of National Educa­ in the days that lie ahead. Perhaps too, the world outside tion, Dublin, Ireland, from Jan­ that they manufacture. But munitions workers, in common of our own boundaries will ask that we teach them the prac­ uary to December, 1910. He en­ with those engaged in other pursuits, have another duty tical application of the law which has built the American tered the service of the City of not connected solely with the labor they perform. That democracy. New York at the age of eigh­ duty is so to act as to strengthen the principles for which teen, in January, 1914, as a our democracy stands. Perhaps it may be the proud destiny of America to help clerk in the Bureau of Attend­ lead the world away from the recurrent tragedies of war. ance of the Board of Education, * * * There is one way, and only one way, by which such an objec­ Two little three-letter words provide a key to the mean- and remained In that depart­ tive might be achieved. That way is the way of the Law. ment until May, 1920, when he ing of the present struggle and a guide to patriotic conduct. was appointed a stenographer The one word is WAR. The other word is LAW. These on the staff of Borough Presi­ simple three-letter words sound somewhat alike, but be· those who keep at it steadily with adequate, but not unduly dent Riegelmann. He was ap­ tween them there is an unbridgeable gulf of difference. Accelerated Cours'es protracted, rest periods, can ac­ pointed secretary to Supreme The present war is a war against law. The dictators complish the same r esults in a Court Justice Edward Riege1- have plainly announced their purpose of imposing their sys­ much shorter l ength of time. mann on Jannary I, 1925, re­ An Aid to Education signing on February I, 1939, to tem of force upon everyone the world over. They declare as It was to meet the needs of be appointed deputy clerk of their aim the uprooting of democratic freedoms. They assert (Continued from Page 1) the war situation that the so­ the Appellate Division, Second that they intend to substitute compulsion for law. If they ship that should be of primary call ed "accelerated" courses Judicial Department. win, there will be no individual rights; nothing but an alter­ importance in an y educational have been introduced by col­ programme. It has remained leges and protessional schools. Mr. Callahan served on the native of death or subservience to someone who by trick, de­ M exican Border with the 22d vice, or accident is in a position of power. for the war to bring a bout a Law schools have adopted short­ shortened curriculum. ened schedules in conformity (New York) Regiment of Engi­ On the other hand, the United Nations have proclaimed neers during the 1916 cam­ One of the reasons for the with new requirements adopted the right of all peoples to freedom. This means freedom of by the New York Court of Ap­ paign. He enlisted in the Naval unhealthy length of educational Reserve in May, 1917, as a sea­ spoken o~ printed thoughts, freedom of government, freedom courses has been the develop- peals. The summer vacation of worshlp and even freedom from want. To achieve such period has been cut down, so man, second-class, and was hon­ . ment of an over-long summer orably discharged in 1919, with results is not a programme of force, but one dependent upon vacation period. For no reason that .students who wish to take the rank of lieutenant (j. g. ) . thoughtful cooperation. It demands for its success world­ based either upon the phYSical the accelerated course may com­ wide understanding, tolerance, faith, hope, and confidence. or mental welfare of the aver­ "Iete law studies that formerly consumed three years, in an In brief, it is a programme that depends upon law for its age young man or young wo­ r esponsibilities of active life. man, several months of in rtia elapsed period of only two years. establishment and for its accomplishment, for law is of the We need the services of our have b ecome accepted as part Those who formerly were on a young people in peace as ur­ essence of the vital human freedoms. of the study year. Sight seemed four year, or part time, schedule gently as we do in war. They * * * completely lost of the fact that are now able, if they desire to Dictatorships cannot exist in the bright sunshine of law. work can be done in June, July, do so, to finish their course in should not be compelled to waste valuable years in class­ August and September as it is three years. They flourish, like noxious weeds of the night, only in places rooms. Opportunity to partici­ done in other months. T he fact where the light of law has been extinguished and human be­ Same Course Of Study Given pate in life's affairs at as early that other activities are not sus­ ings grope blindly in the darkness of bigotry, intolerance an age as is possible should al­ pended during the summer has In all this, there has been no and oppression. ways be opeD . If war has opened not b een considered a alid rea­ sacrifice of subject matter. The the eyes of the American people To be victorious in the present conflict, the dictators son for continuing edUcation same number of classroom and to the truth of this, it will prove would have to do much more than to overcome the free without interruption. study hours as before are still peoples of the world by the metallic force of their mech­ required. The I! Ie effect ot the to be a great victory for the War Brings Change In SystelU change is to make professional bUilding of a stronger democ­ anized might. They would need in addition to crush memory racy. Other than the defeat of from human minds. They would need to extinguish the Now the war has brought education available in an appre­ abou t the change, and there is ciably shorter time. This is a the enemies of nur democratic spark of human spirit. They would need to obliterate every general acknowledgment of the step that should work out ad­ system, I can imagine no social concept or recollection of law, and of the blessings for which fact that education, like other vantageously to a student who change that would be more law stands. human activities, is the better is desirous" of completing his wholesome or more invigorating But the spirit of humanity is a flame which cannot be for continuity of effort; that education and undertaklng the to our form of life. Published by BrooklynWorks, 1942 5 The Justinian, Vol. 1942 [1942], Iss. 2, Art. 1 Page 6 THE JUSTINIAN, lJROOKLYN LAW SCHOOL OF T. LAWRENCE UNIVERSITY Wednesday, August 26, 1942 Graduates a~d Undergraduates in the Nation's A rmedForces

The Justinian publishes herewith a roster of the graduates Pvt. Harry Gluck, (3d), Co. A, Pvt. Samuel Katz, '37, 2d Provo Pvt. David Malsman, '30, Co. F, and undergraduates of Brooklyn Law School in the armed ser­ 3d Bn. T334, Camp Lee, Vir­ Co., Atlanta Q. M. Motor Base 12th Q. Tr. Reg., Camp Lee, vices of the United States. Those whose names are omitted ginia. Atlanta, Georgia. Virginia. have not notified the school of their induction. It is requested, Pvt. Jerome Gold, ( 4 th), 9 th Pvt. Leon Katzen, '41, Battery Lieut. Col. David Marcus, '27, so that the records may be kept complete and up-to-date, that Co. Tr. Group, Armored Force E, 32d Bn., 8th Reg., F. A. R. Judge-Advocate General, 27th service men and the relatives of service men forward such infor­ School, Fort Knox, Kentucky. T. C., Fort Sill, Oklahoma. Div., Overseas. . Pvt. Max M. Goldberg, '39, Master Sgt. Raymond Kaufman, mation as may be permissible under the war regulations. In the Pvt. George J. May, '41, 561st 304th Int., 76th Div., Co. I, '39, 26th General Hospital, Tech. School Squadron, Bar­ following list, the year of graduation follows the name vf those Fort Meade, Maryland. Fort Sill, Oklahoma. who have graduated. Undergraduates are designated by the racks 153, Scott Field, Illi­ Pvt. Jack Goldsmith, '42, Camp Pvt. Leonard Kaye, '41, 9th nois. year of their attendance. Thus ~lst) means the student was a Upton, N. Y. Corps Area Reception Center, first year student; (2d) a second year student, etc. Isaac Goodfriend, '41, A. B. Sea­ C. A. S. A ., Unit 1959, Fort Lieut. Comm. John T. McDer­ man, U. S. Navy. MacArthur, California. mott, '33, U. S. Navy, Spring­ Corp. Alvin Alexander, (1st), field, Massachusetts. • Co. M., 6th Q. M. T. R., Camp Ensign Irwin M. Goodglass, '41, Pvt. Richard C. Keyser, (3d), Lee, Virginia. U . S. Navy. 2d Student Tr. Reg., Fort En,sign Howard X. McGowan, Pvt. Milton Amgott, '42, B-6-2 Pvt. Harry W. Goodman, '41, Benning, Georgia. 37, U. S. Navy. 4th Sec., F. A. R., Fort Bragg, Battery C, 7th Bn., F. A. R. Pvt. David R. Kirshner, (3d) Pvt. WlIIiam A. McGowan '41 North Carolina. C., Fort Bragg, North Caro­ Signal Corps General Dev. Quartermaster Div., Cam; Pvt. Benjamin C. Aron, '39, lina. Laboratory, Fort Monmouth, Lee, Virginia. New Jersey. Weather Base, Luke Field, Pvt. Gerald Gould, A. C., '41, Dr. Mary E. McMenamy, '33, Phoenix, Arizona. Hq. Flight, 567th Tech. Sch. PFC. Andrew Klein, (2d), Hq. Post Hospital, Picatinny Ar­ Lt. Col. Bernard S. Barron, '16, Squadron, Jefferson Barracks, & Hq. Co., 3d Student Tr. senal, Dover, N. J. Marine Corps Schools, Quan­ Missouri. Reg. 1 SSC, Fort Benning, Corp. Yale Merkin, (2d), 29th tico, Virginia. Pvt. Murry Greenbaum, '40, Georgia. Sig. Plat. A. B. Att, McChord Pvt. Nelson F. Becker, (3d), 209th Coast Artillery, Hq. 2d Lieut. Irving N. Klein, ' 27, Field, Washington, D. C. Flight D, 308th School Squad­ Bn., Camp Stewart, Georgia. United States Navy. ron, Keesler Field, Miss. Pvt. Arthur R. Greenberg, '37, Richard G. Kopf, (3d), U. S. Pvt. Walter MerWin,' '41, Camp Corp. Allen Beldock, (2d). 3d Co. A, 109th Int., A. P. O. 28, Naval Air Station Ground McClellan, Alabama. Bn., 96th C. A. (A.A.), A. P. Camp Livingston, Louisiana. School, Jacksonville, Florida. Corp. Norman Miles, '41, Offi­ O. No. 961, c/ o Postmaster, Pvt. Melvin W. Greenberg, '42, Pvt. Samuel Korb, '34, 584 cers Candidate Course 27 San FranCiSCO, California. 580 th Technical School Tech. Sch. Squadron, T. S. Fort Sill, Oklahoma. ' Pvt. Harry Z. Berger, '36, Tech­ Squadron (SP.)' Training No. 715, A. A. F. T. T. C., Re­ nical School Sq. 617 Spec., Pvt. Bertram Miller, '34, Fort Squadron No. 88, Miami placement Trg. Center, Miami Dix, New Jersey. Barrack 911, Madison, Wis­ Beach, Florida. Max Weinstein, '39, won rank Beach, Florida. Pvt. Marshall A. Miller, '40, Co. consin. 1st Sgt. Alex Korn, '31, 37th Corp. Milton Berger, '40, '41, as an honor man in the clas Herbert Greif, U. S. N. R. V-7, L, 14th Sig. Ser. Regt., Fort (3d), Lyons Ha1l, Rm. 317, Ordnance Co. (M. M.), 4th Hq. Co., A. F. R. T. C., Ft. recently graduated from the Monmouth, New Jersey. University of Notre Dame, Motor Div., Fort Benning, Knox, Ky. Pvt. Grover M. Moscowitz, Jr., Hospital Corps School at the Notre Dame, Indiana. Georgia. Pvt. Irving Berkowitz, '42, 14th (3d), Provost Marshall Dept., U. S. Naval Hospital at Great Pvt. Joseph Gross, '37, 370th Lieut. Jules Krell, '37, Army General Hospital, Camp Liv­ Lakes, Ill. He won rating as Air Field, Presque Isle, Maine Second Corps Area, Fort Jay, ingston, La. Technical School Squadron, New York. hospital apprentice, second Pvt. Jerrold Kushner, (3d), Pvt. Milton Berzin, '38, Batt. L, Barracks 108, Scott Field, Il­ class. linois. 305th School Squadron, Flight Pvt. Patrick R. Mulene, '42, Co. 98th C. A., A. P. O. 957, c/ o A, 6th Tr. Bn., Camp Wheel­ Postmaster, San Francisco, Pvt. Edward W. Haas (3d), 1st A, Barracks 2, Keesler Field, Mississippi. er, Georgia. California. Pvt. Mark A. Costantino, (2d), Eng. Tr. Bn., Fort BelVOir, Virginia. Pvt. Sam Kushner, ' 42, 413 Test PFC. Bernard Nadel, '34, Hq. Pvt. Julius Blaushield, (2 d) , Co. A, 39 Building 376, Camp Battery, 2d Bn., 72d F. A., Pvt. Seymour H. Halperin, '42, School Sq., Keesler Field, Quartermasters Sect., Station Croft, South Carolina. Fort Sill, Oklahoma. Complement, Mitchel Field, Pvt John A. DiBlasi, (2d), Co. Co. C, 21st Bn., 7th Reg., B. Miss. Corp. Emanuel Neustadter, '33, N. Y. 6, 36th Armored Regt., A. P. I. R. T. C., Fort McClellan, Pvt. Daniel Lebowitz, (2d), Co. Alabama. F, 2d Sig. Tr. Bn., Fort Mon­ Co. A, 63d Q. M. Bn., Camp Ensign Seon P. Bonan, (4th), O. No. 258, Fort Knox, Ken­ Edwards, Mass. Amphibious Forces, Atlantic tucky. Pyt. Louis J. Harris, '39, '42, mouth, New Jersey. Fleet, U. S. Navy, Hotel 'Mon­ Pvt. Nelson T. Dickinson, '40, Co. A, 382d Quartermasters Lieut. Comm. Jerome A. Leder­ Pvt. Harold Newton, '40, Co. C, ticello, Norfolk, Virginia. 1200th S. U., Governors Is­ Bn., Fort Dix, N. J. man, 'II, Navy Dept., Wash­ 9th Med. Tr. Bn., Camp Pick­ ett, Vi'J:glnia. Pvt. Arnold Bostwick, '36, Co. land, N. Y. Pvt. Sidney A. Harris, '39, ington, D. C. G, 10th Q. M. T. R., Camp Pvt. Hyman Doros, '39, Battery 3 &8th T. S. S., Scott Field, Pvt. George Leftoff, (3d), 1231 Pvt. Raymond Nowve, '42, Co. Lee, Virginia. C, 7th Coast ArtllIery, Fort Illinois. . Station Comp., Q. M. d., Fort A, 7th Med. Trg. Bn., Camp Pickett, Va. Pvt. George Bower, (3d), Co. Hancock, New Jersey. . 2d Lieut. Benjamin Hauptman. DuPont, Delaware. . B, 15th Service Bn., Fort Lieut. Elwood W. Doyle, '39, (4th), 79th Inf. Dlv., Camp Pvt. Robert Leibowitz, (1st), Pvt. John H. Olding, '30, '31, Monmouth, New Jersey. 1014 Drexel Ave., San Anto­ Pickett, Virginia. Fort Jay, New York. Co. L, 6th Regt., Q. M. Rep}. Milton Braunstein, '39, SK2c, nio, Texas. PFC. Samuel Leidman, '38, 9th Tr. Center, Camp Lee, Vir­ Lieut. Comm. William P. Hep· ginia. U. S. N., U. S. Naval Air Sta­ Capt. John C. Doyle, '26, '35, burn, '37, U. S. N., Bureau 0 Div., 39th Inf., Co. K, Fort tion, Anacostia, D. C. Overseas. Navigation, Washington, D.C. Bragg, North Carolina. Pvt. Harold Olian, '34, Co. I, 10th Q. 111. Tr. Ct. Reg., 1st Pvt. George Braver, '37. Lieut. Bernard W. Dunlop, '36, Pvt. Bernard M. Herman, '42, Pvt. Edward T. Le Vanda, '40, PI., Camp Lee, Virginia. 1st Lieut. E. John Burns, '39, V. P. 22, Naval Air Station, 213th C. A. (A. A.), Battery c/ o "This Is The Army," Hol­ Army Air Force, Florida. Pearl Harbor, T. H. B, c/o Postmaster, Staten Is­ lywood Theatre, New York, Pvt. Gerald Oster, (3d), Co. B, Pvt. Wm. S. Capalbo, '42, U. S. Pvt. Samuel Dwoskin, Co. D, land, N. Y. N. Y. 2d Batt., Eng. Repl. Tr. Cen­ Army, not yet assigned. 11th Bn., 3rd Regt., B. I. R. ter, Fort Belvoir, Virginia. Pvt. James G. Hickey, '42, Hq. Pvt. Leonard Levine, (2d), Med. 1st Lieut. James A. Castner, '31, T. C., Fort McClellan, Ala. & Hq. Squadron, 56th Flight Tech. Sch., A. & N. G. H ., Pvt. Joel Padawer, '41, ' Officers A. A. C., ,Harrisburg, Pa. Pvt. Leonard Eisenberg, '36, Squadron, Teaneck Armory, Hot Springs, Ark. Candidate Course 27, Fort Pvt. Thomas J. P. Cawley, Jr., 1231 Station Comp., Fort Du­ Sill, Oklahoma. N. J. Pvt. Philip Licari, '37, '38 '42, 78th Air Base Squadron, Pont, Delaware. Pvt. David Pa11ister, (3d), Moddy Field, Georgia. Michael Feiring, '26, Officers Pvt. Martin Hirsch, (4th), U. S. Corp. Lester Lichter, '41, Hq. Army Induction Station, N . Co., 1st Stu. Trg. Regt., Ft. Squadron F, Group 5, Max­ Pvt. Patrick J. Cea, (2d), Co. Candidate School, U. S. Army. well Field, Alabama. A, 34th Inf. Tr. Bn., 1st PI., T/ Sgt. Julius Feuer, '40, Hq., Y. State Medical Armory, Benning, Ga. Lark & Elk Sts., Albany, N.Y. PFC. Robert G. Lind, '42, Hq. Major David G. Paston '26 Camp Croft, South Carolina. 737th M. P. Bn., Fort Thomas, Quartermaster Corps, 'Office: Corp. Edwin M. Charles, '38, '40 Kentucky. Col. Thomas L. Holland, '06, Det., D. E. M. L., Camp Mur­ Atlanta General Depot, Con­ phy, Hobe Sound, Fla. Quartermaster General Pvt. Saul Charles, '40, H. Q. & Pvt. Isaac Figowitz, '33, Co. I, Washington, D. C. ' ley Depot, Atlanta, Georgia. Pvt. Isidore Linder, '41, Battery M. P. Co., 9th Inl. Div., Fort 10th Q. M. T. R., 4th PI., Corp. Raymond M. Patt, '39, Bragg, North Carolinll. Camp Lee, Virginia. Lieut. Comm. Peter F. Hunt, E, 95th C. A. (A. A.), Fort '36, In Charge of War Plans, Hase, T. H. O. C. C., No. 33, Fort Sill, Michael V. Chasanoff, '39 Pvt. Selden Fisher, (2d), U. S. Oklahoma. Major Angelo J. Cincotta, '16, Coast Guard Rec. Station, El­ Navy Dept., Washington, D.C. Pvt. Harold S. Littman, '38, A. Lieut. Seymour Pearlman, '41',. Marine Corps, Washington, lis Island, N. Y. Lieut. Comm. Solomon S. Is­ S. Service Schools, sec. 2R8W, 240th Field Artillery Bat-. D. C. 2d Lieut. David Fox, '37, Asst. quith, '33, U. S. S. Utah, c/o Barracks 6, Naval Air Sta­ talion, Camp White, Oregon .. Lleut. Frederick R. Clark, '40, Adj. Gen., Hampton Roads Postmaster, San Francisco, Hon, Jacksonvllle, Florida. Overseas. Port of Embarkation, New­ California. John Livingston, (3d), Naval Y. 3c. Sol Perlow, '31, New' Pvt. Albert J. Cohen, '39, Flight port News, Virginia. Corp. Milton Jacobs, '33, A. P :­ Air Corps Reserve. London Coast Guard Base ~ . A, 567 School Squadron, Air Pvt. Boris J . Friedkiss, '31, Co. O. 77, Co. I, 305th Inf., Fort Pvt. Walter Lober, (3d), Troop c/ o "Beta", Fort Trumbull N ew London, Connecticut. ,. Corps, Jefferson Barracks, D, 12th Tr. Bn., Camp Wheel­ .Jackson, South Carolina. E, 5th Cavalry Reg., Fort Missouri. er, Georgia. Ensign Milton James, '34, U . S. Bliss, Texas. Lieut. Finton J. Phelan, Jr., ' 33',. Pvt. Saul Cohen, '41, Co. A, Pvt. Irving 1. Friedman, (2d)' Naval Air Statton, Brooklyn, Lleut. Morton L . London, ' 39, United States Army Air' 301 Eng. Bn., Fort Meade, Co. C, 5th Bn., A. F. R. T. C. , N.Y. Fort Sill, Oklahoma. Corps, Bangor Air Base, Ban­ Maryland. Fort Knox, Kentucky. Pvt. WilHam Jayne, (2d), Capt. Louis Lostfogel, '37, Med­ gor, Maine. Pvt. Sidney L. Cohn, (3d). 733d Pvt. Louis A. Friedman, (3d), Flight 249, Barracks 2, 586 ical Corps, U. S. Army. Pvt. Jerome P . Phillips, (3d) .. School Squadron, c/ o 24th Co. C, 1st Finance Tr. Bn., School Squadron, Keesler Pvt. Seymour Ludwig, '41, 79th Mil. Squadron, Gardner School Squadron, Fort Logan, 1st PI., Camp Upton, N. Y. Field, MississippI. 425th Signal Corps, Aviation, Field, Taft, California. Colorado. 1st Lleut. Lyman A. Garber, '31, Miss Josephine Jerum, (3d), W . 4th Air Force, San Francisco, Corp. Paul A. Phillips, (2d}, Pvt. John R. Collins, '32, '34, U. S. Marines. A. A. C., (awaiting orders). California. Station Hospital, Fort Slo­ Co. A, 6th Regt., 18th Tr. Bn., Lieut. Theodore Geffner, (2d), Pvt. Philip J . Kassel, '42, A. C. Lieut. Richard Lynch, (2d), cum, ew Rochelle, New Fort McClellan, Alabama. 32d Inr. Td. Bn., Camp Croft, Casuals, A. P. O. 2147, c/o 246th Coast Artillery, Fort York. Lieut. John Joseph Connolly, South Carolina. Postmaster, San FranCisco, Story, Virginia. Capt. Alex Pisciotta, '22, U. S. (1st) Pvt. Julius Gerver, (3d), A. F. California. Ensign Jay E. Mahoney, (2d). Army. Lt. Edward W. Connors, (2d), R. T. C., Personnel Sect., 3d Pvt. IrvingN. Katz, (2d), 1202d Armed Guards Center, U. S. Cortlandt Poey, '34, U. S. S. Co. C, 59th Med . Trg. Bn., Armored Replacement Group, C. A. S. U. , Fort Jay, New Receiving Station, New Or­ Stratford, Norfolk Navy Yard, Camp Barkeley, Texas. Fort Knox, Kentucky. York. leans, Louisiana. Portsmouth, Virghna. https://brooklynworks.brooklaw.edu/justinian/vol1942/iss2/1 6 et al.: The Justinian Wednesday, August 26, 1942 THE JUSTINIAN, BROOKLYN LAW SCHOOL OF ST. LAWRENCE UNIVERSITY Page 7

ters of collegiate and profes­ sional education. ALetter From Abroad Pre-Induction Procedure to Follow The procedure is as follows: if The following letter is one of Iltmdreds which have bee II re­ ceived by D eo.Il Richardson, members of the Faculty aud stude/Its, Enlistment Plan a day student desires to enlist from law school students serving their country. at home alld abroad. under the plan, first he must Regretful that lack of space makes it impo.ssible to print al/ of apply to the law school office. them, we presellt Private Sprucll's as typical. It is dated April Is Made Public · His record will be then evalu­ 16,1942. ated, and if his qualifications (Continued from Page 1) are indicative of potential offi­ Dear Brooklyn Law School : now available to qualified col­ cer material, his name will be I cannot attend class tonight, for I am over ten thousand miles lege students who enter, or have recommended to the War De­ away. It was easy enough to continue studies while I was stationed entered, the Brooklyn Law partment. On approval by the at Fort Jay, Governors Island, but getting to the school, in time War Department, the student is for roll call from this distance is a problem too deep for me to School of St. Lawrence Univer­ solve. I regret that I had to leave just a month before bar examin­ sity on the basis of less than a authorized to enlist immediate­ ations, but nothing is half as important just now as winning t~is baccalaureate degree, and who ly in the Enlisted Reserve Corps war. I hope those of my fellow seniors who had not yet been In­ are pursuing a full programme on an inactive status without ducted, passed the exams and will graduate next month. of day-time classes. choice of service, except that he The ocean trip was one to be remembered. It was interesting, The objective of the program may ask to serve in the Air and it was completed in perfect safety. Now I am stationed in a Lt. Elwood W. Doyle, '39, is is "to insure for the Army a Corps, flying or non-flying. He pretty park "Somewhere in Australia," and liking it fine. I would stationed at Kelly Field, San future source of qualified officer must pass a physical examina­ like to hear from you. My mailing address is Pvt. Seymour Antonio, Texas, where he is cand-idates from college grad­ tion at this time, equivalent to Spruch, 20lst Signal Depot Co., A. P . O. 1117, Po tmaster, San instructor in navigation. uates, and, to the extent neces­ that given applicants for Offi­ Francisco, Cal. sary to accomplish this purpose" cers Candidate Schools. Eye­ (Signed) Seymour pruc·h. to encourage students to enroll sight requirements are mod­ Pvt. Robert Traum (2d), Mili­ and continue in college." erate. Pvt. Irving Meyer Pollack, '42, Pvt. Eugene Schoenblum, (2d), tary Police Det., Fort Brady, Applies to Law School n he passes, he is enlisted, Hq. Co., 85th Inf. Div., A. P. overseas. Michigan. Regularly matriculated law withdra", from the jurisdiction O. 85, Camp Shelby, Missis­ Pvt. Eugene Schubert, (3d) , Pvt. Julius S. Trieb, '37, 1st Bn., students now attending the of his local draft board, and is sippI. Hq. 8th Int. Com., Charles­ Hq. Det., 104th Inf., Carolina Brooklyn Law School of St. given an identification card in­ PFC. Arthur Pomerantz, '38, ton, South Carolina. Beach, North Carolina. Lawrence University, and col­ dicating his status. At the end of his deferment period (or on 9th Div., 29th Inf., Fort Ensign Lester Schukar, '36, Pvt. Generoso TrOiano, '40, Co. lege undergraduates who enter withdrawal or dismissal from Bragg, North Carolina. U. S. S. Alcor, c/ o Postmas­ A, 3d Med. Tr. Bn. T332, the law school this fall or there­ school prior thereto) he is at Pft. H. Milton Ringel, '41, H. Q. ter, New York, New York. Camp Lee, Virginia. after may apply for enlistment once called into active service 584, Tech. Sc. Sq., A. A. F. T. under the plan designed origi­ Pvt. Bertram L. Schulman, '37, Pvt. Irving Trow (4th), Hq . Co., on an enlisted status at the T. C., Replacement Tr. Cen­ nally for colleges. A recent rul­ '38, PI. 204, Recruit Depot, S. C. R T. C., Fort Monmouth, nearest Replacement Center of ter, Miami Beach, Florida. ing from the Adjutant General U. S. Marine Corps (Marine New Jersey. the Arm or Service of the Army 2d Lieut. James G. Richardson, Barracks), Parris Island, states: "Initial enrollment in Capt. Stanley B. Tunick, '28, Enlisted Reserve Corps is limit­ for which he is best qualified. '37, 824th Tank Destroyer South Carolina. Transportation Service, Port He may state his preference for Bn., Camp Gruber, Oklahoma. Pvt. Godfrey Schutzer, (2d). ed to llndergraduate students of Embarkation, San Francis­ who are pursuing a course of a particular branch of service at Lieut. Herbert D. Roistacher, Hq. Tr. Det., Army Air Force co, California. this time. Upon sllccessful com­ '39, Signal Corps, U. S. Army. Tech. Tr., Casey Jones School study leading to their first de­ Pvt. Jack Turetsky (2d), Bat­ g r ee. Law stud nts not holding pletion of the normal course of Pvt. Theodore Rosalinsky, (3d), of Aeronaut. Command, New­ tery D, 1st Bn., 1st Tr. Regt., a baccalaureate degree may be training, and if otherwise quali­ Co. D, 33d A. R, Camp Polk, ark, New J ersey. F . A. R C., Fort Bragg, North enlisted initially within the fied or selected, he will be or­ Louisiana. Pvt. Harold M. Schwartz, '33 Carolina. quota allotted to a selected col­ dered to the proper Officer Can­ Pvt. Hilliard Rosenberg, (3d), Lieut. William W. Serra, J.S.D., Ensign LeRoy Van Nostrand lege (i.e. law school) provided didate School. Hq. Co., 1st Army & E. D. C., '42, Co. C, 4th Bn., 2d Regt., (3 d), U. S. Coast Guard. that their college attendance, lA Students Eligible Fort Jay, New York. Camp Wheeler, Georgia. both as undergraduates and law Pvt. Thomas G. Weaver (2d) , Students are eligible even if Pvt. Samuel Rosenstock, '42 , Calmin S. Sharfstein, (3d), students, does not exceed a to­ Hq. 93d Eng., A. P. O. 933, already classified as 1A in the T358, Co. A, 2d Med. Tr. Bn., Coast Guard Tr. Station, Co. tal which is the equivalent of Seattle, Washington. draft so long as they have not Camp Lee, Va. D, Pay Office, Manhattan eight semesters of college study 1st Lieut. Max Weiner, '39, Tow received a notice of induction. ~ Alfred H. Rosenweig, '36, Beach, New York. under a normal college pro­ Target Squadron, Savannah Those whose induction is im­ Co. C, 6th Q. M. Tr. Reg., Pvt. Sol Shuchman, '42, 11th g ram , at time of their enlist­ Army Air Base, Savannah, minent may still enlist in the Camp Lee, Virginia. General Hospital, Camp Liv­ ment. It should be pointed out Georgia. Corps. No release is required Pvt. Abraham Ross, (2d), Co. ingston, Louisiana. that no deferment from active Pvt. Paul Weingarten, '42. Co. from the local draft board. G, 1229 R. C., Fort Dix, New Pvt. Walter Siben, '39, Plotting service will be granted beyond B, 3d PI., 29th Inf., Camp Jersey. Co., 502d S. A. W. Regt., Or­ Plans are now being formu­ Croft, South Carolina. a total of eight semesters of a Aviation Cadet Joseph Rotundo, lando Air Base, Orlando, normal coll ege~co urs e." lated for a comprehensive joint (3d), Squadron B, Barrack Florida. Max Weinstein, '39, Co. 272, Law students who have com­ recruiting plan for the Army, U. S. N. T. S., Great Lakes, Il­ 805, Rm. 7, Maxwell Field, pleted eight semesters of col­ Navy, Coast Guard, Marines and Pvt. Douglas L . Siegel, '37, '39, linois. Alabama. Camp Upton, New York. legiate education, such as hold­ Air Forces, which will provide Pvt. Seymour S. Weiss (2d). a revised and unified system of Capt. Leonard Rovins, '37, over- . Corp. H erbert Siegel, (2d), Hq. e rs of baccalaureate degrees, Co. G, 8th Q. M. T . R., Camp stuaent deferments. Details may seas. Det., T445, 7th Q. M. Tr. are not eligible to enroll under Lee. Virginia. be announced shortly. Pvt. Milton Rubin, (2d), Flight Regt., Camp Lee, Virginia. the plan. However, those who Pvt. John A. Wesenberg, '40, 35, 354th Tech. Sch. Sq. Pvt. David Sllverman, (3d). are regularly entered on law All schools participating in (Sp.), J efferson Barracks, 3d Div. Tank Destroyer Bn., student qualifying certificates the Enlisted Reserve Corps plan Battery A, 306th Coast ArtH­ Camp Shelby, Mississippi. Missouri. lerr, Barrage Balloon Bn., granted on the basis of four have been given limited max­ Lt -Comm. George C. Wilder­ Pvt. Albert Rudick, (2nd), Hq. Camp Tyson, Tennessee. semesters of college study are imum quotas beyond which stu­ muth, '15, U. S. Navy. dents may not be recommended & Hq. Sq. A. A. F. 1st T. T. Pvt. Stanley Singer, (3d), Army eligible for a deferment of four Pvt. Arthur M. Willet (3d), Co. for enlistment. Therefore, it is C. 0., Sedgefield Inn, Rm. Air Forces Adv. Flying Sc., semesters of law study. Those 226, Greensboro, N. C. L, 14th Sig. Service Regt., who have had five, six, or seven urged that all interested stu­ Turner Field, Georgia. Fort Monmouth, New J ersey. dents who believe themselves Pvt. Philip Ruffo, 426th Avia­ collegiate semesters may be de­ Corp. Stanley E. Smith, Jr., 2d Lieut. Albert E. Wool, '33, eligible and qualified, should tion Ord., Dairs Monthan ferred for three, two, or one (2d), Hq. 4th Sig. Tr. Bn., communicate at once with the Field, Tucson, Ariz. Public Relations Officer, Quar­ semesters of law study, respec­ Fort Monmouth, New Jersey. termasters Corps, Craig Field, tively. Accordingly, third and law school office, or Prof. Milton Michael Ruggiero, '35, U. S. Aviation Cadet Martin Speiser, Army. Alabama. fourth year law students are not G. Gershenson. who has been (1st) . designated as Liaison Agent at Pvt. Samuel Rutenberg, '31, Co. Pvt. Harold D . Ziman, '39, Det. eligible und.er the present Sys­ Pvt. Serafino J. Spennato (4th), the law school for the Enlisted C, 6th Q. M. T. R., Camp Lee, Q. M. C., Brooklyn Army Base, tem, since they have already Hq. Co., Plotting Bn., 502d Brooklyn, N. Y. completed at least eight semes- Reserve Corps. Virginia. Regt. A. M. Camp Dix, N. J. Raymond Sacks, (3d), Instruc­ Pvt. Carmine Spina (2d) Regt. tor, Army Air Corps, 16 S. Hq. Battery, 302d F. A ., Camp Church St., Belleville, Illi­ Shelby, MississippI. LAW REVIEW EDITORIAL BOARD nois. Pvt. Seymour Spruch ( 4 th), Lieut. Marvin Schacher, '40, E 201st Signal Depot Co., A . P . 27, F. M. S. M. B., New River, O. 1117, c/ o Postmaster, San North Carolina. FranCiSCO, California. PFC. Donald Schatz, '40, Bat­ Capt. David H. Stoll, ' 31. tery F, 70th C. A. (A. A.J. Pvt. Anthony Sugameli, '41, Co. Overseas. F, 4th Bn., S. C. R. T. C., Fort Lieut. Lawrence Scheftel, (3d), Monmouth, ew Jersey. Co. M, 114th Inf., 44th Div., Pvt. Charles J. Sussman, '39, A. P. O. 44, Fort Bragg, 12 02d C. A. S. U., Det., D. E. North Carolina. M . L ., Fort Jay, ew York. Pvt. Herbert J. Scheinberg, Sgt. Nathan Swartz (3d), Co. B, (4th) , SS 368, Barracks 245, 817th Bn., Eng. Avn., A. P. O. Scott Field, Illinois. 887, New York. Pvt. Henry Scheier, '41, Co. C, Pvt. Benjamin Tenzer, ' 30, Co. 7th Bn., B. 1, R. T. C., Ft. I, 2d Pl'., 8th Q. M. Tr. Regt., McClellan, Ala. Camp Lee, Virginia. Pvt. Walter Schifter, (2d), Co. Adam J. Teufel, ' 41 , U. S. ayy L, 47th Inf., Fort Bragg, Midshipman School. North Carolina. Peter W. Thornton, '41, Ensign, Corp. Walter Schimenty, '40, U. S. Navy. Second General Hospital, A. Corp. Abe S. Toberoff (3d), N. P. O. 1099, c/ o Postmaster, C. O. School, Co. D, 40th Bn., New York, New York. George Schweyer, Editor Jeanne Kasten, Book Editor Edward E. Hoeu sIer, Camp Croft, South Carolina. As ociate Editor Published by BrooklynWorks, 1942 7 - The Justinian, Vol. 1942 [1942], Iss. 2, Art. 1 Page 8 THE JUSTINIAN, BROOKLYN LAW SCHOOL OF ST. LAWRENCE UNIVERSITY Wednesday, August 26,1942

Reading Stand." It deserves to JusticeThomasJ.Cuff be embalmed along with Swift's Wm.V.Hagendorn, \William V. Hagendorn I Tale of Lectern \ I "Tale of the Tub," or the poem of the "Grandfather's Clock." Anyhow, I am glad to· see in 3 Chapters that my casual remarks at the Former Vice Dean Bar dinner have aroused an (Continued from Page 1) echo. As far as I know, this is ever, when in a burst of enthu­ the only speech I ever made at Dies at His Home siasm, the Appellate Division a lunch or dinner that accom­ justices appropriated it to sup­ Graduated from Brooklyn Law plished any result whatever. ply the missing want for the I enclose for your delectation School, 1916; Had Court of Appeals. N otahle Career The fol1owing exchange of a copy of a letter from Judge Lehman, which I have no doubt FACULTY AT OBSEQUIES letters took place: is but another chapter in your Justice Cuff to John W. Davis epic. Instructor or Law Since 1917, After Dear Mr. Davis: Yours, as ever, Start as Public School I greatly enjoyed your hum­ (Signed) JOHN W. DAVIS Teacher orous and enlightening remarks Prof. William V. Hagendorn, at the Judicial Section luncheon. Judge Lehman to John W. Davis former vice dean of the Brook­ Besides, you made me happy by Dear Mr. Davis: lyn Law School of St. Lawrence referring to the difficulties en­ A most convenient and up-to­ University died Sunday, July 26 countered by lawyers because date reading desk was in place at his home, 83-93 115th Street, of the absence of reading tables at the opening of this session Kew Gardens. Dean William for counsel. My petitions to of the court on Monday. It is Payson Richardson and a dele­ last month after an illness of win that reform for all court that little table in my court­ the property of the Appellate gation of Faculty members at­ ice. At the time of her death she rooms have fallen upon the deaf rooms these past few mon ths Division, Second Department, tended the obsequies. was engaged in administrative ears of those who were able, and I have noticed the mental but that court has two reading Mr. Hagendorn was born in work at the Greenpoint Hospi­ as you will learn, to hear what nourishment that they derive desks and kindly sent one to Brooklyn in 1890. He attended tal, where she had been em­ you said. from its association as they are the Court of Appeals with a Newtown High School and ployed for the past fifteen years. One day I ventured into the inspired to ask "Did you ever memorandum: Maxwell Training School for new building wherein the talk to your lawyer about this "To be returned to the Ap­ case?" That little refugee Teachers and after his gradua­ James F. Milde, '27 Brooklyn Appellate Division pellate Division, Second tion from the latter school in was to dissect, ignore, annul from that atmosphere of print­ Department, whenever the James F. Milde, '27, died ed recor'ds, lengthy briefs and 1900 was for six years a teacher August 18 of a heart attack at and disregard from time to Legislature appropriates in the elementary schools. While time, my modest judicial ef­ reversing reasoning seemed fifteen dollars." the Columbus Club, while he contented and happy while thus engaged he attended Brook­ was participating in the cere­ forts. As discomfort was gain­ I can now assure you that lyn Law School, receiving a law ing on me, my eyes fell upon with me where, if it accom­ you will, in the future, be able monies as senior warden of plished nothing more, it fur­ degree in 1916 and being admit­ zone commanders of the Bergen two reading tables of walnut, to stand boldly upright when ted to the Bar the following and I was glad to have reason nished a leaning post for weary you appeal to this court "in the Street Precinct. interrogators. year. Mr. Milde, a prominent to leave. I recalled that the name of God and the constitu­ He became a lecturer in the reading tables provided in the It is all ended! Your words tion," and there will be no need Brooklyn attorney, was a vet­ of grievance plus Judge Leh­ school shortly after his gradua­ eran of the First World War in old Appellate Division court­ of a contribution from you out tion and, resuming his work on room were mahogany. man's plea of financial dilem­ of the fee which Professor Ro­ which he served as a lieuten­ ma prompted our Appellate Divi- the faculty after serving in the ant in the Army. He had made dell has informed the world you army during the first World Reading Table Abandoned sion to seek out those reading receive "inCidentally" for mak­ application for service in the Without notice to anyone I tables which they had hereto­ War, was later appointed a pro­ present hostilities, and was ing such an appeal. fessor of law and in 1933 was strayed back to Borough Hall. fore wilfully deserted. I have The bar again owes you a awaiting word from Washing­ Radical noisy remodelling of always believed that mine appointed vice-dean. ton at the time of his death. debt of gratitude. In January, 1941, he resign­ the old courtroom was in prog- served as the "Defendant's Ta­ Cordially, He was past commander of the ress. In a corner, scratched ble" in Borough Hall. It bore ed from the faculty of the Brooklyn Post of the American (Signed» IRVING LEHMAN school in order to devote all his and dusty, reposed one of the few signs of wear. The other, Legion, and in 1938 was ap­ reading tables upon which the the plaintiff's, carried scars of Chief Judge, Court of Appeals. attention to practice, particu­ pointed chairman of the Boy larly i trial and appellate learned had at one time looked mistreatment of a permanent Scout Committee of the Kings down and obtained legal and character. It was reduced to work. He received the degree County American Legion. Prior of A.B. from New York Uni­ literary sustenance for quick hopeless wreckage in that old Student Lounge Opened to matriculation in Brooklyn versity in 1936 and in the same use while arguing appeals. It Appel1ate Division .I'ourtroom. Law School, he was educated year the degree of J.S.D. from had abandolJ,ed its uprightness And in this, all plaintiffs' law­ A newly redecorated and re­ at St. Francis Preparatory and neutrality; it was now en- yers concur. furnished StUdent Lounge has Brooklyn Law School. School and St. Francis College. Mr. Hagendorn was a mem­ tirely on one· side. Perhaps you know which been opened for the men stUd­ For seventeen years he was as­ ber of the American Bar ·As­ Timidly I applied to the member of the Brooklyn Appel­ ents of the law school on the soclated with the law firm of sociation, the New York State Building Superintendent for its late Division is a -carpenter. ground fioor of the Law School Smith and Reiher, 44 Court St. Bar ASSOCiation, the Brooklyn release and restoration to for- Whoever it is that wields a s·aw building on the south side of mer dignity and service in the and hammer in his unreserved the entrance hall. The new Bar Association, the Queens James G. Patterson, '37 County Bar Association, the courtrooms to which I would moments restored the table to lounge replaces the old second Blackstone Lawyers Club, the James G. Patterson, '37, of be assigned. Copious were the its shape and mended its fioor lounge. Jamaica Lawyers Club, the Law­ 17 Clarkson Avenue, Brooldyn, notes he took. Voluminous wounds. Someone told them yers Club of Brooklyn, Schiller formerly office manager of the files lacked the data that would that I was using its mate in my Western Union Territory of the make possible. a ruling in my _ courtrooms and in true Appel­ Lodge, No. 304, F. & A. M., and I-Alumni Notes I Queens Borough Lodge, No. 878, American Cyanamid Company, favor. Long telephonic talks late Division style, in my ab­ died on August 10 after a long with "Ed" and "Jim" and "Mr. sence in Nassau they lifted it. B. P. O. E., and was for many Benjamin Rihman, 'os, has years a member of the Crescent i11ness. Mr. Patterson was born So and So" and even "The I recall a maxim' of my boyhood in Brooklyn, won scholastic Chief" about "what da ya call equitable jurisprudence "Sec­ formed a law partnership with Athletic Club of Brooklyn. At Ralph Jonas at 115 Broadway the time of his death he was honors at Erasmus Hall and it?" with my appropriate ond thief best owner." New York Univerrsity, from prompting "reading table," I have' made no protest al- succeeding the firm of Jonas the government appeal agent and Neuburger. of Local Dratt Board 276. which he graduated with the were equally unfruitful. though I feel that the table Surviving are Mr. Hagen­ degree of B.S. in Com. in 1926. I left the Building Depart- would like me to have done so Goorge O. WUdermuth, '15, dorn's widow, a son and two ment to return to the old because now it Is on its way to has been reelected to the Board brothers. Thomas H. Towers, '39 courtroom, the scene of the re- the Court of Appeals to try to of Directors of the Brooklyn Thomas H. Towers, lawyer, of modeling, hammering and dis- render services in that tribunal Bar Association, along with 10 Rockefeller Plaza, died Aug. turbed plaster. As I quietly famed because its mistakes are Dean William Payson Richard- 6, at the Columbia-Presbyterian and even nonchalantly took so lasting. As it rounds out its ®bHuarp Medical Center, 620 West 168th possession of the abandoned noble career, I refer to the ta­ Street, of complications result­ reading table, a workman ble that briefly came under my Harold J. Drescher, '22, for twenty years a specialist in bus Otto Scheill~e. '08 ing from an operation last June. asked "Where are you going influence, it wi11 always rem em­ Otto Schellke, '08, died sud­ He was twenty-seven years old. with that stool?" It seems that ber that for a short spell it en­ transportation law, has been ap­ denly on July 3. He had main­ Mr. Towers was the son of an itinerant Borough Hall joyed the clear air of the trial pointed executive assistant to taIned law offices at 185 Mon­ Justice Thomas J. Towers, '06, bootblack had claimed it. I court. Basking in those memo­ John R. Turney, Director of the tague Street, Brooklyn, and at of the City Court in Queens. He made no reply. The workman rles it may be able to withstand Division of Transport Conserva­ 1017 Surf Avenue, Coney Is­ was graduated from Dartmouth looked closer and said "It's the new environs wherein so tion of the Office ot Defense land, for a number.of years. He College in 1936 and from the you, al1 right." Evidently he much good is undone. Transportation. Mr. Drescher was prominent in Masonic Cir­ Brooklyn Law School In 1939. realized that he had not recog- Again complimenting you up­ served as director of the Cayuga cles. He was co-tounder, coun­ nized the bootblack when be on your fine talk at the dinner Omnibu!l Corporation, and as sel and director of the Periodi­ Frank A. Mende first spoke. but personally and in behalf of general coun,sel and secretary of Exposition GreYhound, Inc. cal Publishing Company and a Frank A. Mende of the third My recol1ection is that the the table regretting the imme­ director ot the Bay Ridge Sav­ year evening class, died June Building Superintendent, who diate and overpowering effects John P. McGrath, LL.M., '28, ings and Loan Association. 11, at the Peck Memorial Hos­ reserved decision, assured me thereof, I am has been reelected Secretary of pital in Brooklyn, from the after when I left him that he would Sincerely, the Brooklyn Bar Association. Louis Jakob on, '14 effects of a minor operation un­ consult with the Board of Esti- (Signed) THOMAS J . C FF, Louis Jakobson, '14, promi­ mate, Commissioner of Ac- Justice, Supreme Court. l\frs. Helen H. Prince, '33, dertaken to correct a slight de­ wife of Prof. Jerome Prince, is nen t as an attorney and as a counts and the American Youth Mr. Davis to Justice Ou.ft' fect which had barred admis­ vice-chairman of the Brooklyn real estate developer, died sev­ sion to the Navy. Mr. Mende, Congress on whether or not Davis Polk Wardwell Gardiner eral weeks ago. Until shortly this Appellate table could be & Reed Chapter of the American Wom­ aged 36, had been educated at en's Voluntary Services, in before his death lie had been a the Eastern District High partner in the law firm of Tol­ :~;~~~e~/ni:>una net;~!ati~!le~ 15 ~~~a~~:~eet charge of the programming and School, Brooklyn Polytechnic preparation of war work courses. Ins and Jakobson, 291 Broad­ Institute and Brooklyn College. new reciprocal trade treaty. I Hon. Thomas J. Cuff way, Manhattan. He held a position as an engi­ await the determination for fll- Mineola, New York Arthnr E. Hauser, '39, is now neer in the oMce of the Borough ing purposes only. Dear Judge: associated with the law omce of May Cuyler, '17 President of the Borough of Leaning Place For Lawyers I have just read with intense Elijah W. Mills, Jr., at Floral Miss May Cuyler, '17, died Queens. Lawyers have leaned upon enjoyment "The Saga of the Park, L. I.

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