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This Book is brought to you for free and open access by the Amicus Curiae, 1960s at Scholarly Commons. It has been accepted for inclusion in Amicus Curiae, 1965 by an authorized administrator of Scholarly Commons. For more information, please contact [email protected]. penl'oJ & Ogget vJ. a.u.: & Ctal't Van Vleck Finals 1\miru!i Tomorrow Night The final round of the Van Vleck Case Club arguments will be held tomorrow night, December 17, at 8 :00 p.m, in Tile Law .School, The case to be argued is William Shelton Winslow v. City of Van Vleck. The appellant-defendant will be represented by the team of Richard Blackburn and Robert Clark. Qtufiur The government will be represented by the team of James Penrod and Steve Ogge!. Both teams were un- defeated in the preliminary rounds. 'I'here will be a reception in Bacon Hall following the argument. All guests are invited to attend. The Case Club is honored to have as judges for this occasion three distinguished judges from the United pat{s![qnd States 'Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. by the United States Court of Appeals Circut Judge Harold Levanthal John Skinner sections. If it is necessary to will register on the third floor by President Roosevelt. Judge was born in New York City on Laura Smith limit enrollment in a particular apart from other students. Edgerton served as chief judge January 5, 1915. He received an Margery Smith course, students will be selected In terms of aligning The Law from May 30, 1955 to October A.B. from Columbia in 1934 and on the number of completed hours School and university procedures, an LL:B. in 1936. He served as ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Aof law study and cumulative the student body has been divided 20, 1958 and after a distinguished ~ SEASON'S iGREETINGS i career on the bench he retired a law secretary to Justice Harlan averages. Notices of projected into two groups: Only students F. Stone and Justice Stanley 'Jf, and ~ from active service in April, 1963. registration will be posted. whose last names begin with the Reed. Between 1938-39 he was I BEST WISHES I letters "L" to "Z" may register Although a student will be with the Office of the Solicitor !Ie for a il\i on Thursday, January 27th. Only permitted to deviate from the General and after WorId War J PROSPEROUS I students whose last names begin choice of courses he indicates on II he served on the staff of ~ NEW YEAR with the letters "A" to "K" may I the pre-registration q u es t ion - Justice Jackson for the Nurem- register on Friday, January 28th. Your Student Bar I naire, changes will be granted berg Trials. While engaging in I Any student may register on on a space available basis, which private practice in Washington, ~ Association I in turn will be determined by D.C., he was a member of the M~~~~)}~~)}~~~~)}~~~~~~~ (Continued on Page .3) Hoover Commission and served as Executive Officer of the com- International Law Society Hears mission's Task Force on Inde- pendent Regulatory Commissions. Judge Leventhal has also served General Maxwell D. Taylor as a visiting lecturer at Yale Law School. President Johnson ap- Last Friday, December 10th, pointed him to the Court of Ap- the International Law Society and peals in April of this year. its guests had the honor and rare dent Projects will distribute food, opportunity of dining with Gen- clothing, and gifts to the Junior eral Maxwell D. Taylor. The Village and to other reputable much-decorated General, who has charities and institutions. Judge Bastian devoted his life to service to Prompted by Georgetown Uni- his country in the military and Senior Circuit Judge Walter M. versity Law School's success in ' most recently as Ambassador to Bastian was born in Washington, raising $1,350 in just two days South Viet Nam, is presently D.C. on November 16, 1891. He before Thanksgiving holiday, the a special consultant to the Presi- received an LL.B. from George- SBA Committee is hopeful that dent and a member of the Presi- town University in 1913, an LL.B. law students will realize their dent's Foreign Intelligence Ad- from National University in 1952 responsibility and give generously visory Board. SBA Sponsors to their school's drive. Contributions may be made at General Taylor spoke on, "Viet Fund Drive For the desk in the first floor lobby of Nam, Off the Record." He set The Law School or in the main out the reasons for American Needy Children office. (Make checks payable to involvement there and the cause Law students, committed to the the GWU Student Bar Associa- of the increased activity, for ex- activist approach to a law school's tion.) Contributions may also be ample, the bombings of the North responsibility to its community, given to the members of the and additional commitments of General Taylor explains U.S. committment in South Vietnam. Seat- have begun a drive to make this Special Committee. The members American troops. He also ex- ed are, Dean KirkPatrick on his left, and Bob Visser, President of the year's holiday less of a burden of this committee are: Randy Ish- plained the importance of a free International Law Society on his right. and more of a joy to some of mal, Honorary Chairman; Steve South Viet Nam to the safety Washington's needy and homeless Hurwitz, Chairman; Don Wil- of other Southeast Asian nations, not been the target of American thanks to the excellent talk by children. liams, Bob Rhodes, Tom Far- the reason for erroneous bomb- air power. General Taylor, the Society's Depending on how much each quhar, Barry Maloney, Stan Gil- ings of friendly villages and the The event was an extremely guests went away with a clearer student gives, the Bar Association denhorn, Chip Chapman, Dick reason why the strategic Port successful one for members of the understanding of the war in that and its Special Committee on Stu- Gilroy, and Stephany Joy. of Hai Phong in the North has International Law Society and far-off country. Page 2 AMICUS CURIAE December 16, 1965 ------Amicus murine Hearsay by Larry Elgin Published under the auspices of the Student Bar Association by the Not too long ago, a small sign leave? Which student? (Perhaps librarian for ejectment (histori- students of The George Washington University Law School, Washing- appeared on the library table a non-student librarian could act cally a mixed action)? ton 6, D. C. Telephone number: FE 8-0250, Ext. 482. nearest Professor GREEN's office. as an impartial umpire and make If an implied contract in fact Editor-in-Chief Gary M. Breneman the factual determination of what was formed, would it have been FACULTY Managing Editor Fred H. Daly order the students sat down or, fraudulent for a student, sitting HAS Associate Editors George Charles Bruno and Laurence A. Elgin in any case, who was the last down, to push the sign to the PRIORITY Copy Editor Jack Goldstein student to sit down.) Less im- next table or would this have AT News Editor Claire Marcuccio portant is the question of whe- been a reasonable expedient, all THIS Editor Emeritus - Nancy Lilly ther or not the professor should things considered? (As we go to DESK ALSA Exchange Editor William G. Becker use a menacing tone. It is ques- press, I am informed the sign Several things about this sign Patent Editor Alan Potter tions like this that plague the is now over near Professor PARK's are worth noticing-first, its Staff Photographer George Whitcomb legal scholar. office.) style: avant garde poetry is all STAFF The law in this area seems to too rare here at law school. On the other hand, perhaps James Boylan Arthur C. Elgin William Tabac be in a process of evolution and Professor DAVID B. WEAVER they should all leave, but is this C. Madison Brewer Bob Fitzpatrick Sidney Williams though it intrudes every day has contributed to these very a practical solution? Wouldn't Thomas Cooper Steve Hurwitz David Wilson more and more into our daily pages the only example we have the consequent disturbance of Bernard A. Donahue Roger Long David Zoll lives, few members of the faculty seen of it so far this year. (See others caused by this exodus Barry Maloney seem aware of it. There is almost our Centennial Issue.) When we be a price which society, albeit no published writing on the sub- look at the instant poem, we in the form of the law school, ject and I know of no course notice immediately the subtle is unwilling to pay? that covers the subject, but as rhythm, the alternating line Suppose all the students refuse SPOTLIGHT the dim outline of the legal doc- lengths ending in a verbal di- to budge? What then? Have the trine emerges and crystallizes The second in a series 01 articles introducing this year's new p1"0- minuendo of three short lines, students violated an implied con- from the inchoate leg-al solution lessors. symbolizing the fading feeling tract they entered into when sit- (much the same as ice freezes many law students feel in the ting down in the presence of the in your refrigerator) and the library after a while. signs? Would the reasonable lay doctrine is tested in actual, fact- student have noticed the sign? But, ignoring the "message" ual situations (perhaps during the Again, what remedy? Should the per se, let us examine the legal seasonal, early January, seat professor take the law into his import of this sign. A close own hands (so to speak) and at- shortage) we can gradually be- analysis of its significance will gin to see the law in this area, tempt to dislodge the student he reveal that while its meaning is like a coral reef, layer after judges to be the latest comer. In clear, it may still leave us with- crusty layer, begin to take shape this case how can he, (a) be out an effective remedy, (ED for the law (we now know) is not sure his judgement is sound in CURRY concurs in this opinion). handed down from on high but this instance and, (in any case) That is to say, it is obvious to is an on-going, ever living, or- (b) there is again the remedy to the legal analyst that the average ganic growth from below, con- consider if he should err. library table holds six people al- tinually contributing to and tak- If the professor attempts to though this does not allow for ing shape from life, (Oh, the dislodge the student, must he brief cases, attache cases, sample nebulous wonder of it all) much first warn the student or can he cases, books, and clothes. Thus, as a coral reef becomes an is- just, say, shove the student's in practice, the situation hardly land, far from land. books off the table? The stu- ever arises when all six places dents' brief, attache or sample are occupied at the same time. case? Clothes? The student off SBA Announces But should all six places be oc- his chair? There would be the cupied by members of the stu- further question, can he shove Barristers' dent body (White notes that with considerable firmness or Strunk preferred the term stu- Ball Plans must he delicately apply only dentry) and a professor should The SBA Board of Governors that force absolutely necessary happen along, desiring seating, unanimously approved the Bar- (The reasonable amount of force what then, indeed, would be his risters' Ball Committee's chosen in the case of actually shoving remedy? date of February 19, 1966, as the the student would appear to vary date for this year's ball. The It is obvious that until this with the bulk, solidity, tempera- event this year wiII be held at the point is reached, no professorial ment, physical prowess of the Cotillion Room of the Sheraton rights have been infringed. At student and other factors sur- Park Hotel and two bands have this point, must the professor re- rounding the individual cases)? been hired to provide continous quest that one of the students Can the professor apply to the music from 8:30 until 12:30. Professor Barron Among his Iprofessional memberships are the .Massachusetts and The SBA, which is sponsoring Professor Jerome A. Barron, who "spotlights" this month's issue Washington, 'D. iC. Bar Associations. Although a scholarly lawyer, the ball, will subsidize the price of Amicus Curiae, has already gained a reputation for "making Civil Professor Barron prefers teaching in the classroom to practic- of each ticket with funds from Procedure interesting." His dynamic teaching techniques keep every ing in the field. His goal in teaching is "an evidence of interaction the student activities fee. Tickets student in 'his large classes alert and actively 'participating; his between student and teacher" in the learning process. The teaching wiII cost five dollars per couple. explanations are clear and concise, his examples, forceful and demand- method depends on the instructor and Professor Barron feels in ac- A cash bar wiII be available. ing. Professor Barron has only been teaching three years and yet complishing this, "anything that succeeds" is a good criteria. He likes The Cotillion Room, itself a he lectures with an air of experience. In addition to Civil Procedure, the initiative in students. "The student's class discussions are good. picture of elegance, can comfort- his current teaching assignment includes Business Associations. Next Some tend to stick to the four corners of the casebook or tend to ably accomodate the expected spring, students can look forward to a course in Constitutional Law partially perform. 'I'his is terribly wasteful. Overall we have a turnout of 250 to 300 couples. good student body and an interested one." (his specialty) in the day school as well as an evening course in All tables will be reserved on a Federal Jurisdiction. Other things Professor 'Barron likes about The George Washington basis of five couples per table. Professor Barron exhibits his enthusiasm for the area of Constitu- Law 'School are the tremendous variety of people that attend and Table "hosts", who wiII reserve a tional Law by writing articles for various legal journals. His most teach at the school and the large selection of courses offered. "The table for at least four couples recent publication entitled "Sunday in North America," printed in the large classes offer a special challenge, but learning identity is a prob- wiII be able to choose any table November 1965 issue of the Harvard: Law Review, is a comparative lem in the beginning." not already reserved. A reserva- constitutional study of Sunday closing laws in Canada and the United Professor Barron's comments on the worth of a legal education tions desk will be set up during States. illustrate his general attitude toward the law. "Every student gets Spring registration on January Born in Massachusetts in 1933. Professor Barron spent most of a durable thing in a legal education, but its immediate consequences 27-29. his life in Rhode Island until he returned to his native state to attend are not always discerned. You don't realize the kind of education Tickets will be on sale im- Tufts College. He graduated Magna Cum Laude in 1955 with a you've got until a long time after graduation. You are enriched mediately after the Christmas re- Bachelor of Arts degree in English and was also elected to Phi Beta by comments and discussions which have stuck in your mind." cess and may be purchased from Kappa. As guidance for choosing courses,Professor Barron says to sacrifice any SBA Officer. After exams, He entered Yale Law School where, in his last year, the faculty a course because it is not on the bar examination is unjustifiable. He an expanded ticket sales commit- appointed him a legal research instructor. Besides being a student believes in taking a "life-view rather than a bar-view" when choosing tee wiII also sell them. teacher, Professor Barron .had the honor of winning the Thurman- a curriculum. (Continued on Page 8) Arnold Moot Court Compet.ition. He went on to represent his school at the Yale-Virginia Moot Court Competition at the University of Virginia. After receiving his LL.B. degree from Yale, he spent six months in the army. Later he became a teaching fellow here at George Wash- MARROCCO~S ington Law School, and in 1960, he received his LL.M. During 1961, Professor Barron worked as a law clerk for the Honorable Marvin Jones, Chief Judge of the United States Court of Restaurant and Lounge Claims, and taught Legal Methods to GWU evening students. He then entered practice with the Washington, D. C. firm of 'Crass, Murphy, and Smith. Leaving the firm in the fall, ,he "traveled west" to become an Assistant Professor of Law at North Dakota University where he remained for two years. Last year, he taught at the University of NewMexico Law School. BySeptember 1965, he was back in the Washington area accompanied Pizza Cocktails Steaks by .his wife, Myra, and their three-year-old son, Jonathan. Professor Barron enjoys frequenting the local zoo with his young son, during his free moments. He and his family presently reside in Falls Church, 1911-13 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W. Virginia. December 16, 1965 A M I CD S Page 3

..An !Jnterview uu: Law Wives Hold Profs. Freedman and Le Bane Carry the Day Courtney Justice, The Laui School's Pot Luck Dinner General Hershey iIII, Cancels' Ambassador From the Right Tonight gditor's Note: Appearance At Student Rally This month, in place of the standard student profile, Amicus Curiae has Tonight the Law Wives Club inter vi ewed Mr. CourtneY Justice, easily one of the most controversial will hold a "Pot Luck Dinner" by Robert Fitzpatrick :,;tudentsin The Law Schoo\. The views expressed in the interview arc for husbands and wives in Bacon An overflow crowd in the Super dorm cafeteria attracted by a twin entirely those of Mr. JustIce and although pointed and controversial, Hall Lounge at 8:00 p.m. the Editor believes that thr-ough them, you will see a rarity in our age, bill of University professors Monroe Freedman and Hugh Le Blanc a student with biting, yet reasoned views, who is unfraid to espouse On December 8th, the Law and Lieutenant General Lewis B. Hershey, Director of Selective Service, them. Wives heard Mrs. Kathy Madsen was sorely disappointed on Tuesday night, December 7 when General A third-year day student, Courtney is a native of Logansport, who spoke on the topic, "How Hershey cancelled his appeearance due to illness. The students, never- Indiana, and attended Wabash College in that state. He is a member to Live with a Lawyer." Mrs. theless, benefited from a series of speeches protesting the recent re- of Phi Delta Phi Legal Fraternity. Madsen is the wife of Ronald E. classification, from 2-S to I-A, of foul' University of Michigan stu- Q: Mr. Justice, would you des- Madsen, a practicing attorney dents in reprisal for a sit-in demonstration at the office of the Ann cribe yourself as a conserva- in Maryland, and a graduate of Arbor local board. tive? and former professor at GWU. Professors Le Blanc, of the GWU Political .Science Department, and A: Whatever name may be given A luncheon date has been set Freedman of The Law School, addressed an estimated gathering of my attitude, I am convinced for January 15, 1966, at Trader approximately 600 students on the issues involved in this reprisal that the freedom to realize Vic's Resturant at 12:30 p.m. The action. Skip Gnehm, President of the Student Body, also spoke. one's potentialties apart from price of $3.50 includes a full Facts of the Michigan Case lation of the Selective Service coercion by his government or course dinner. The luncheon Mr. Freedman, also National Act (Sec. 455), the regulation of his fellows ought to be the speaker will be Mrs. Margaret Capitol Area Chairman of the the Selective Service System, and optimum aim of every reason- Pierce-an attorney who works American Civil Liberties Union, the First Amendment of the U.S. ed person. for the U.S. Court of Claims. (ACLU), delineated the facts and Constitution. The professor was Q: In light of the fact that pro- Reservations must be received not legal issues involved in this parti- alluding to that section of the fessors, as a class, are notori- later than January 7, 1966. All cular case: statute which states that selec- ously liberal, do you find that law wives interested in attend- On October 15, 1965, thirty-one tions shall be made on an im- professors here at the Law ing please contact Geneva Brene- students sat-in at the Ann Arbor partial basis, regardless of the School are embarassed by your man, 534-8725, Joyce Carpenter, board's office. They were sum- registrants political views. It political views? 836-3103~ or Maria Lawrence, marily ejected, arrested, jailed for further provides that no classifi- A: I should think they are rather Courtney Justice 481-7982. ten days, and each fined fifty cation shall be made on the annoyed at times. A Supreme Court Tour is dollars. Professor Freedman stat- 400,000 tax dollars to LeRoi basis, of activity in any labor, Q: Are you embarrassed by the scheduled for the latter part of ed the 'Position of the ACLU, at Jones for production of his political, religious, or other ...or- political views of some of our January. The tour will be con- that juncture was that no civil play which portrays Cauca- ganization. professors? ducted in the morning. Watch for liberties issue was involved, this sians as homosexual "Whit- A: I think some of them consti- further information in the next being an act of civil disobedience Professor Le Blanc, a suppor- eys" and Negros as virile su- tute a real menace. news letter and also in the next subject to prosecution. The ACLU ter of the administration policy permen can be calculated to Q: Mr. Justice, would you des- issue of Amicus Curiae. was only concerned that due in, and a recent visitor to South better the lot of Negroes or cribe yourself as "prejudiced" process was accorded the defen- Viet Nam, also voiced protest their relations with whites. and how would you describe dants. a g a ins t the re-classification, Q: Has life here at the Law a "prejudiced man"? SPLA Hears Later the local board re-classi- though it was his opinion that School lived up to your ex- A: Anyone who denies that he fied four of these demonstrators it was an isolated case. He felt pectations? is possessed of prejudice is I-A as a punishment for their that a spontaneous national out- A: Washington has a nice cli- Borg Wal·ner neither candid nor realistic. A activities. Col. Arthur Holmes, cry against the government ac- mate. prejudiced man is one whose Director of the Michigan Selec- tion had the effect of containing Q: Have you found the instruc- feelings are not capable of Counsel Today tive Services, maintained that the the incident. Basing his argu- tion here educational in the proof or based on reason. Donald Banner, Chief Patent student sit-in was "an interfer- ment on the right of an indi- true meaning of the word? Q: How do you feel about civil Counsel of Borg Warner Cor- ence with orderly draft board vidual in a democratic society to A: There are some genuinely rights? poration, addressed a me e t- procedures." This, however, was espouse unorthodox views, he call- splendid professors here, teach- A: I feel that it's unfortunate ing of the G.W. Student Patent a point in dispute. Meanwhile, ed the government's action a fool- ers in the best tradition, that a cause so genuinely Law Association, which was held General Hershey was quoted as lish and unwise decision which but regretably there are also noble has been so distorted by at the Black Gun Restaurant saying that he was an "old fa- could discredit the system. those who might better be those whose aims are not the today. shioned father who never let pity A petition, sponsored by the replaced by a phonograph, equality of man. By that I Renowned as a leading cor- interfere wth a spanking." GWU Student Council, protest- which would at least be audi- mean those i n t ern a t ion al porate patent practitioner, Mr. Professors Irked ing the Michigan board's actions, ble. I think that it would have groups that insist on getting Banner spoke on the topic, "Pa- Professor Freedman maintained is available for signature to all a salutary effect upon the Law out of Saigon and into Selma. tents as an Incentive to Invest- that this action constituted a vio- interested students. School, and especially upon the Q: Do you feel that the Ameri- ment." Headquartered in Chica- student body if professors, can Negros, as a class, are go, Mr. Banner came to Wash- instead of being granted ten- achieving equality through cur- ington specifically to attend this ure-a euphemism for easy- A Lool~ At The rent organizations directed by meeting, according to Dave Ro- street-would be held to the and for them, such as HAR- berts, S.P.L.A. President. same standards of competence YOU - ACT and CORE? as practicing attorneys. A: No, I think the selfish mo- Ball Plans First Year Class by Bill Tabac tives of the leaders deprive Registration (Continued from Page 2) Three hundred and twenty-nine first year students from over one the deserving of the benefits (Continued from Page 1) Reservations Chairman, Bob which such organizations might Saturday. The registration hours Singewald states that tables will hundred and seventy colleges and universities throughout the country (and Canada) registered for classes in September. Out of this total, be able to obtain. For in- are noon to 8 p.m. on Thursday be reserved only if a table host over two-thirds (two hundred and eighty-one) have foresaken Wash- stance, it is difficult to under- and Friday and 10 a.m. to 1 p.m, has foul' or more couples who ington's job market and traffic jams to pursue their studies on a stand how the payment of on Saturday. have purchased tickets. full-time basis, thereby joining 'weary upperclass colleagues for the morning crush hours in Stockton Hall. Only one hundred and ten -a-n-tJ-'-f-e-m-m-e--ba-r-r-i-e-rs--to-t-h-e-l-e-g-al JOIN AND SUPPORT YOUR freshmen signed up to fill the profession, an act that might ranks of the sagging night di- make George Washington turn vision , once the backbone of the over in his grave. Law School. Put in the difficult Students come from McGill Uni- G. W. Campus Club position of serving two mistresses versity of Canada and the Uni- (school and job), and, in many versity of Hawaii. However, the cases, a spouse, these students large groups came from the Po- 1912 G STREET, N.W. hold down a variety of jobs in tomac basin, especially fro m government, education, and other GWU's undergraduate school and areas. Their places of employ- the University of Maryland. Twen- Established for the Purpose of Promoting ment include: the University ty-nine students from GWU and President's Office, the Patent twenty-one from Maryland, the A More Enjoyable Campus Life Office, the Office of Emergency two largest contributors out- Planning, the United States Sen- distanced a New York City flood ate, Equitable Life Insurance of over twenty-seven students VISIT THE NEW Company, Union Trust Company, from such schools as Brooklyn the Audubon Society, the Depart- College (9), City College of New ment of Labor, various Law firms, York (7), New York University Bar and Cocl{tail Lounge for the the Census Bureau, IBM, Re- (6), and Queens College (5). tail Credit, the Waiter's Union, Brigham Young University, a Over 21 'Group the District of Columbia School long-time supplier of Law School System, the GWU Food Service, students, was represented by six Gonzaga High School (D.C.), and students at registration. It was Complete Facilities For Warner's Diary of Pennsylvania. the East and Midwest, however, There have been some drop- which took the curtain calls Private Parties and Meetings outs, however, which the law through the efforts of Pennsyl- School office attributes to a vari- vania State University (11), ety of reasons, including the Georgetown University (10), the draft. Over thirty women have University of Virginia (9), and For Reservations Call 393-3595 registered this year as LL.B. Michigan State University (7). candidates. Thus the Law School Seven students arrived from the is helping to break down the (Continued on Page 4) Page 4 AMICUS CURIAE December 16, 1965

Professor Miller Writer, s.u: & 0lf;cer- (Continued) To implement his views on le- gal education, Professor Miller Give Prof. Arthur S. Miller recommends that law students here be allowed and encouraged to take a certain number of hours in three related areas-public ad- to the ministration, economics, and inter- national affairs. Professor Miller notes that many students will probably be SBA Fund Drive startled to learn that he is a Colonel in the U.S. Air Force Reserve. If you know him, this for does not seem paradoxical, for he is by turns, probingly skepti- cal, calmly stoic, and capable of inspiring a great enthusiasm for Needy Children inquiry and a reasoned accep- tance of the need for positive ac- tion as in his theory of the Your Student Bar Association necessary "aggrandizement of the executive." Much of what he says seems so offhand and casual that it at first sounds truistic. Yet, to give him most favorable con- Ford, Thomas Gallegher, Robert you find that what he often says sideration. As the Christmas sea- Hargest, Denis Hynes Allan is that seemingly obvious thought, son draws near, the brothers ex- Neece, Robert Sims, Adam Stein, which as Frankfurter noted, most tend best wishes for an enjoyable Robert Stewart, Donald Tingley, needs to be uttered. A man is Christmas holiday and a pro- and Neal Zimmers. sperous New Year. most a teacher when he can give Rufus Edminsten was elected students not truisms, but stark, Phi Alpha Delta Magister for the coming term and uncluttered thought. Fred Bennett heads Phi Alpha Carl Modecki was elected Ex- Delta Legal Fraternity as its chequer. Jim McBryde retained Professor Miller Frl.ternity new Justice for the Spring Semes- his position as Historian as did Notes ter. The new officers were elect- Jed Malbius as Phi Delta Phi's "Now, Mr. Jones, do you really believe that?" ed on December 6th at a meeting Clerk. Whatever your name is, if you have taken part in Professor Miller's of the fraternity. Also new on the Constitutional Law class or one of his seminars, you have heard that Delta Theta Phi Last semester's programs of roster are Gary Glasgow, Vice question. For the "Mills" as the students have somewhat indecorously Wilson Senate terminated its Phi Delta Phi featured such dis- Justice; William Lenard, Trea- tagged him, is a man who really cares about what students believe fall program of professional tinguished guests as Senator Sam surer; William Schramm, Clerk; and who, because .he cares, reaches the student. speakers and social events with Ervin, Judge Alexander Holtzoff and Jack Geraghty, Marshal. Professor Miller, who is a member of the Graduate School of Public a gala Christmas Cocktail and and Mr. Victor Karpov, Counselor PAD climaxed its fall semis- Law faculty as well as The Law Dance on December 11. Limited of the Soviet Embassy. Mr. Kar- a wide background. Born in tel' program with a dinner-dance School faculty, is a man who to Brothers and pledges, the af- pov spoke on the fundamentals Woodburn, Oregan, just outside on December 11th at the Royal reads constantly and widely and fair was held jointly with White of Soviet justice. An equally suc- Salem, he was raised in Watson- Arms in Prince George's County. who is famed among the Law Senate of Georgetown University cessful semester is anticipated for ville, California. Returning to Jay Chapter combined with Taft Review staff and others who are Law Center at Darnall Hall at Phi Delta Phi this Spring. Oregon for college, he graduated Chapter of Georgetown University interested in professional output Georgetown. A large turnout of from Willamette (accent on the for this event. for his prolific talent. A devotee Delta Theta Phi brothers, pledges, First Year Class "lam") and then in 1941, entered The new members who were of writing, he admits that it is dates and wives danced to ro- the Air Force as a private. He initiated at the dinner dance in- (Continued from Page 3) not only a necessity but an ad- mantic tunes and breath-remov- saw five years of combat as a cluded: John Foster Bruce, Ber- service academies; the Co a s t diction. He is fond of saying, "a ing rock-and-roll selections of the navigator-bombardier in B-29's nard Donahue, David R. Gold- Guard, Naval, and Military Aca- lawyer's only tool is his ability seven-piece Dave Wilson Band. and as Group Radar Operations field, Abraham J. Greenstein, demies were represented by two to handle words," and he recom- A successful pledging ceremony Officer, flying out of Saipan in the Douglas L. Hatch, Jr., William students and one student from mends practice in legal writing preceded the party and dance. Marianas on runs over Japan. He Evert Jackson, Michael J. Mc- the Air Force Academy. for students. Yet Professor Miller Special thanks go to Bob Singe- left the service as a Captain. Greal, Julian L. Ridlen and Mi- is not a pedantic man; he follows wald, Social Chairman, who was For Ivy League watchers, the chael Rudolph. tally was: the University of Penn- your contentions and yet brings Returning stateside, he picked responsible for the events plan- Phi Alpha Delta is looking for- sylvania (6), Yale (5) and Dart- his view home. He does not up his LL.B. at Stanford and ning and execution. ward to an active spring semes- mouth (5), Princeton (4), Har- however, condescend to the stu- went on to a J.S.D. at Yale be- As the present semester ends ter. In February PAD will host vard (3), Cornell (2), Brown and dent mind, or browbeat you with fore coming to GWU in 1950 as and a new one commences, Delta the Annual Judicial Reception Columbia (1). For just watchers, his erudition. a young assistant professor. In Theta Phi cordially invites all where members of the local Ju- some of the girls came from 1951 he was recalled to active law students who were unable In line with this approach to- diciary and PAD members of Con- Wellesley (4), Radcliffe (1), Mt. duty and two and one half years to attend functions of the present ward teaching, Professor Miller gress will be entertained on Capi- Holyoke (1), Vassar (1), the at that five-sided building across semester, to attend those of the asserts: "It is a fallacy to think tal Hill. Jay Chapter will also Mary Washington College of the the river, as a Major in the spring semester. Wilson Senate is that legal problems can be stud- send a delegation to Richmond University of Virginia (1), and Procurement Division of the Air an active fraternity and, as such, ied in a vacuum without refer- to its District Conclave and where Chatham College (1). Force. seeks out those who are interested ence to their social, economic, Senator Walter Mondale of Min- in being active in law school and Other schools represented by and political aspects." He notes In 1953 he again became a nesota is scheduled to speak. fraternity activities. Academic three or more first year students further, "The lawyer's job today civilian and went to Emory Uni- excellence is also a principal cri- Phi Delta Phi inc Iud e: The Universities of must encompass, as Holmes noted versity in Atlanta (the school terion to which brothers look Phi Delta Phi Legal Fraternity Maine, North Carolina, Michigan, in 1897, knowledge of these other that Coca-Cola built), where he in deciding whether an interested ended fall semester activities with factors. The 'black letter' lawyer remained until 1961. While at Colorado, Tulane, Ohio, North- law student should receive a bid its Initiation Banquet and Cere- western, Notre Dame, Johns Hop- will simply not be able to serve Emory he was Faculty Editor of of membership. But before one mony on December 4th, at which kins, American, Duke, and Rut- his client as a practitioner or in the Emory Journal of Public Law. can receive a bid of membership the Honorable Silvio O. Conte, any other capacity." He took two trips to Europe dur- gel'S; and Washington & Lee, the to join Wilson Senate, he must Congressman from Massachusetts College of William & Mary, Utah "Law schools," he adds, "are ing those years to study public have demonstrated his interest was the Honorary Initiate and State University of Agriculture prisoners of the bar exams, and law there, via a Guggenheim fel- in the fraternity by attending Guest Speaker. Mr. Conte and and Applied 'Science, Washington students, as well as their men- lowship in '57-'58 and a Ford its functions. This is the only the following members were initi- & Jefferson College, Hamilton Col- tors are too occupied with ful- Foundation fellowship in '60-61. way brothers are able to learn ated: 'Phomas Alworth, David lege, and the Drexel Institute of filling the requirements of bar ex- He spent most of his time in Ge- enough about a prospective pledge Angelone, Craig Distelhorst, Paul Pennsylvania. aminers. The student needs de- neva. During this time he also pu- velopment in skills other than blished a book entitled, Racial those developed by case analy- Discrimination in Private Educa- sis of appellate opinions." The tion (University of North Caroli- students themselves, he empha- na Press) which enjoyed "very REPRINTS--- sizes, should be more demanding good" reviews and "moderate" and should not accept spoon sales. We Specialize III Publication Reprints feeding. He is presently under con- He proposes, as noted, more tract with the Free Press of emphasis on legal draftmanship Glencoe, now a McMillan subsi- Quick Service-Low Costs to You Phone for Estimates (a greatly enlarged legal writing diary, for a book on The Supreme program and at least two required Court and American Capitalism, York Sampson, Manager seminars where papers must be which will be one of a series on done) , and on the arts of ne- the Supreme Court. He is also gotiation ( a seminar on negotiat- working on another book, Change ing techniques). He also points and the Constitution, which will EX-SPEED-ITE SEIIVICE~ In~. out that a committee has been be an expansion of his article of established at GWU to look at the same title which appeared 820 20th St.~ N.\V. possible applications of new tea- in the GWU Law Review. He ching devices, such as teaching is also a lecturer in advanced Phone 333-4400 for Pickup and Delivery machines and information storage. studies at the Brookings Insti- Professor Miller is a man with tute.