The Justinian Volume 1942 Article 1 Issue 2 August 1942 The uJ stinian Follow this and additional works at: https://brooklynworks.brooklaw.edu/justinian Recommended Citation (1942) "The usJ tinian," The Justinian: Vol. 1942 : Iss. 2 , Article 1. Available at: https://brooklynworks.brooklaw.edu/justinian/vol1942/iss2/1 This Article is brought to you for free and open access by the Special Collections at BrooklynWorks. It has been accepted for inclusion in The usJ tinian by an authorized editor of BrooklynWorks. et al.: The Justinian 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.: .