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Number 3 Volume 7 Viscount Lord High in are, clockwise from the left, Kilmuir, the new Law Buildings is set place. Participating The cornerstone of Trustees the University; Lawrence A. Kimpton, Glen A. ]D'23, Chairman of the Board of Chancellor of Great Britain; Lloyd, Justice the United Dean the Law Schoo,at and Han. Earl Warren, Chief of Chancellor of the University, Edward H. Levi, JD'35, of States. 2 The Law School Record Vol. 7, No.3 The Cornerstone Ceremonies On May 28, 1958, the cornerstone of the new Law cornerstone unread, with the understanding that the Buildings was laid by the Honorable Earl Warren, cornerstone would be opened and the statements Chief of the United Justice States, and the Right made public fifty years hence, on May 28, 2008. In Honorable Viscount Kilmuir of Creich, Lord High cluded were statements from Mr. Justice William J. Chancellor of Great Britain. Brennan, Jr., Mr. Justice Tom C. Clark, Mr. Justice William O. Mr. M. Harlan, Mr. Glen A. Lloyd, JD'23, Chairman of the Board of Douglas, Justice John Justice Charles E. Whittaker, The Honorable Learned Trustees of the University of Chicago, presided at Hand, Dean Roscoe Pound, Professor Carl J. Fried the mid-afternoon ceremony at the building site, 60th rich, Dr. Jacques Maritain, Dr. Edward Teller, Mr. Street between University and Greenwood Avenues. William Donald Maxwell, Managing Editor, The Honorable Richard J. Daley, Mayor of Chicago, Chicago Tribune, and Mr. Orvil E. Dryfoos, President, New extended the congratulations of the city at this major York Times; (2) A complete list of the Law School extension of educational facilities in Chicago. The Faculty, including research associates, lecturers and ceremonies were opened by the Invocation, delivered visiting professors, from the School's session by the Reverend Jerald Brauer, Dean of the Fed opening in 1902 to date; (3) A complete list of alumni of the erated Theological Faculties of the University of School, the Class of 1958 and students cur Chicago. Morris E. Feiwell, JD'15, President of the including rently in residence; (4) A of President Theodore University of Chicago Law School Alumni Associa copy Roosevelt's speech at the laying of the cornerstone of tion, spoke on behalf of the alumni, and placed in the current Law of the addresses the cornerstone a list of all contributors to the Build Building; (5) Copies of Mr. Chief Justice Earl Warren and Viscount Kil ings. muir, Lord Chancellor of Great Britain; and, (6) A Edward H. Dean of the Law Levi, JD'35, School, copy of the Law School Record, Volume 7, Number on behalf of the and spoke School, placed in the cor 1, which contains the story of the groundbreaking nerstone a number of items, including: (1) Statements ceremonies. a number of the leaders of our time, Also in the by commenting placed cornerstone were the items pre on the characteristic or characteristics of our age viously contained in the cornerstone of the current which should be taken into account by future histori building, including photographs of President Theo ans to understand our attempting period. These state dore Roosevelt, of the Founder of the University, of ments were received and were in the sealed, placed the Law Faculty of 1902, a copy of the minutes of the The offiCial party arrives for the cornerstone ceremony. Vol. 7, No.3 The University' of Chicago Law School 3 Before the ceremony: The Chairman of the Board, The Chief Justice, The Chancellor of the University, The Lord Chancellor. first meeting of that Faculty, the first catalogue of the reception in the Red Lacquer Room of the Palmer Law School, and a large variety of University pub House. Several photographs of the receiving line lications. appear in this issue of the Record. The dinner in observance of the of the The cornerstone ceremony was climaxed by brief laying held in the Grand Ballroom of the Pal addresses by the Honorable Earl Warren, Chief Jus cornerstone, mer was attended llOO. The tice of the United States, and the Right Honorable House, by Invocation was delivered Dean Walter of the Viscount Kilmuir, Lord High Chancellor of Great by Harrelson, Divinity School of the of His Britain. These two distinguished guests then joined University Chicago. prayer be found in this issue of the Record. in the formal, symbolic sealing of the stone. may Lawrence A. Kimpton, Chancellor of the University Following the laying of the cornerstone, there was of Chicago, presided; a list of the distinguished guests an informal reception outdoors in the courtyard of Bur at the speakers' table is set out elsewhere in this issue. ton Court, which adjoins the site of the Law Build Speakers for the evening were the Chief Justice ings immediately to the west, and which will be and the Lord Chancellor. Their respective speeches linked to them when are physically they completed. are set out in full in this issue of the Record. The ceremonies on the building site were preceded Viscount Kilmuir and Lady Kilmuir, who were by a luncheon for the of the distinguished guests guests of the Law School for the greater part of a School. The speaker at the luncheon was Mr. Eero week, began their busy schedule with a pair of Saarinen, Architectural Consultant to the University luncheons in New York. The guests at these lunch and of the Law designer Buildings. eons, which were arranged by Lowell Wadmond, Activities on the of 28 evening May began with a JD'23, and Mrs. Wadmond, were preponderantly 4 The Law School Record Vol. 7, No.3 alumni of the School and their wives, with the addi tion of some distinguished non-alumni. During the course of his stay in Chicago, Viscount Kilmuir met with members of the Faculty of the Division of the Social Sciences of the University, with graduate students in the Political Science Department, and with undergraduate students of the College. He lunched with law students in Mead House, the Law Dormitory, and spoke to the students on "The Prin ciples and Problems of Advocacy." His speech was followed by an extended and animated question pe riod. Viscount and Lady Kilmuir were guests of the British Commonwealth students in the University at a tea at International House; this affair was arranged by William Twining, a British Commonwealth Fellow at the Law School. Glen A. Chairman The Chief Justice, the Lord Chancellor and Lloyd, jD'23, of the Board of Trustees of Lady the University, presided over the cornerstone-laying ceremony. Kilmuir were guests of the Law Faculty at a dinner held at the Quadrangle Club the night before the laying of the cornerstone. The Buildings, which have been described in de tail in previous issues of the Record, are scheduled to be completed in about one year. The Law School expects to occupy them in time for the opening of the Autumn Quarter of 1959. M01Tis E. Feiwell, jD'15, President of the Law School Alumni Association, speaking on behalf of the School's alumni at the cornerstone ceremonies. The outdoor reception in Burton COU1't which followed the The Chief justice and the Lord Chancellor greet one another cornerstone laying. Being served coffee is Hon. Latham Castle, before the ceremonies begin. Attorney General of Illinois. Vol. 7, No.3 The University of Chicago Law School 5 Now, Therefore, Be It Resolved Invocatz"on In recognition of the laying of the cornerstone of the Following is the Invocation delivered by the Reverend new Law Buildings, the City Council of the City of Jerald C. Brauer, Dean of the Federated Theological the following resolu Chicago unanimously adopted Faculties the at the comer tion: of University of Chicago, stone ceremonies the new Law WHEREAS, A cornerstone of the new University laying for Buildings: of Chicago Law Building will be laid in ceremonies on Almighty everlasting God, we would invoke Thy and May 28; presence and blessing upon this enterprise. Thou im WHEREAS, The of Law School University Chicago mutable Foundation, establish Thou this stone which is one of the most eminent of law schools in the na we in the of service and devotion. tion, attracting students from each state of the Union, lay spirit and from all over the world; and o God, the source of all law and justice, may this The alumni of the of Chi WHEREAS, University building forever be dedicated to a disciplined search cago Law School have contributed greatly to the for and an understanding of justice. Without law and administration of justice in the United States and in without we cannot continue as a or as the city of Chicago as lawmakers, judges, adminis justice people trators and distinguished members of the bar; and Thy children. WHEREAS, The new University of Chicago Law May there Row forth from the doors of this build Building will form, with the American Bar Center, ing a mighty stream of creative thought and of gifted also on the Midway, a center for law unparalleled in men devoted to and to law. Thus it be a the nation; and justice may WHEREAS, Ceremonies for the laying of the cor blessing to us, to our children, and to our children's nerstone will be distinguished by the participation in children. the proceedings of the Honorable Earl Warren, Chief In His name we pray. Amen. Justice of the United States Supreme Court, the Right Honorable Viscount Kilmuir, Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain, and other dignitaries; Now, Therefore, Be It Resolved, That we, the mem bers of the Chicago City Council, in meeting as sembled this fourteenth day of May, do hereby ex press our appreciation of the great contribution made to our city by the University of Chicago Law School and congratulate the University upon this notable expansion of its facilities for teaching and training lawyers.