Word: lawyers
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...introduced by President Eliot, and spoke first of the law profession as viewed from the side of truth and honor. Many men have believed and do believe it impossible for a man to practice law without a deviation from strict truth. Carlyle's outspoken opinions on the subject of lawyers are well known and Matthew Arnold once said that he was thankful when a friend of his escaped from the law. It is the general opinion that a lawyer will advocate a cause, be it right or wrong, and no less a man than Dr. Johnson said that no lawyer...
...speaker then discussed the question of advocating or giving up a case which a lawyer knew to be wrong. The best way for every lawyer is to undertake no case unless he is convinced of its justice. The first thing for a careful lawyer to do is thoroughly to examine his client as to the facts and circumstances connected with the case. The trouble with many clients is that they seldom tell their lawyers everything connected with the case and thus there is a weakness which may easily be seen by the lawyer of the opposite side...
...able and experienced athletes, unanimous in their opinions and actions. At the head of the committee is Professor Ames, also a member of the Athletic committee. He is well known to be thoroughly familiar with college athletics, and will be able to supervise any written document with a lawyer's clearness. Next best known, perhaps, is Mr. S. E. Winslow, captain of the famous '85 nine. No graduate can have more respect and confidence than a man who built a champion team out of a nine which had been ingloriously defeated the year before. With his generalship and experience...
...There are to be two elective courses, one of private law, the other of international law and comparative jurisprudence. In the final year, political sciences, corporation law, and may other subjects only outlined during the first two years will be thoroughly studied and lectures will be given by practical lawyers. Twenty lectures will be given on the Constitution of the United States; other lectures will discuss the national judiciary to the judiciary of the states. A special feature will be the introduction of the actual office works of a lawyer into the class room. All the ordinary work, such...