Word: lawful
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...motives because of the blind folly of the Senate in failing to ratify the Peace Treaty, any show of force on our part would turn their suspicion into hatred and fear. Moreover, the imprisonment of the United States consular agent, Jenkins, raises a nice question of international law and of the power of the Mexican executive to free Jenkins from the jurisdiction of the Puebla state court. The whole affair gives great opportunity for subtle argument, at which the Mexicans are so adept, and their note of refusal to our government is full of hair splitting legal distinctions...
This evening the semi-final round of the Ames competition at the Law School will be held in the centre lecture hall in Langdell Hall at 7 o'clock. All members of the University and the public are invited to attend these meetings which are between the third-year men in the Law School and mark a closing chapter in the competition for the Ames Prize which is given annually to the club winning a majority of the cases it tries during the time of the competition...
...important for university men, however, would be the reorganization of the junior service which becomes the educational preparation for a diplomatic career. The young applicant who enlists for a period of years, under the proposed changes, would be required to pass a severe examination in the essentials of international law, history, economics, and politics. He would have to have a command of English, French, and at least one other language. In determining his qualications, his health, energy, personality, and character would all be considered...
...tuition fee will apply only to students entering after September 1, 1920. Those who are now attending the Law School will continue to pay the present rate as long as they remain...
Thus far this year the library has loaned 450 text-books for undergraduate courses and 76 law books; 132 men have availed themselves of this privilege by taking out these books. E. L. Pierson '21, in charge of the library, has computed that these loans represent an average saving of $4.75 for those who have made use of the opportunity...