SCHOOL OF LAW / TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY
VOL.
II,
N UM BER 3
APR Il
1971
Faculty Expands
To Twenty Profs
By NATHAN HOFFMAN
Editor-in-Chief
With some later selections to be announced, total law school faculty strength
is expected to swell to twenty for the
fall term, a net gain of three, with four
professors leaving after this spring.
Associate Dean Justin Smith and Professor George Neff Stevens are moving
to Hastings College of Law, Professor
Anthony N . Palizzi will resume law practice in Michigan, and Professor John C.
Paulus, who joined the faculty this year
as a "visitor" will return to Willamette
University for the 1971-72 school year.
Professor Walter Ray Phillips will become the new Associate Dean, it was
announced recently.
New Professors
Included among the new professors
are Rodric Schoen, former Associate
Professor at Indiana University Indianapolis Law School; Frank F. Skillern,
a former practicing attorney and Assistant Professor at Ohio Northern University College of Law ; Associate Professor John Krahmer, University of South
Carolina. Other selections are pending.
Courses Will Have New Profs
According to current plans, Associate
Professor Schoen will be teaching Constitutional Law, Criminal Procedure, and
Legal Writing. Assistant Professor Skillern, a former acquaintance of Professor
Richard Hemingway while at Michigan,
will head the law review program as an
advisor while teaching sections in Constitutional Law, Water Law, and Wills
and Trusts. Associate Professor Krahmer
is presently scheduled to teach Commercial Law, Trade Regulations, and Legal
Writing.
Squyres And Baker
Head Law Review
LEGAL SURGEON-Dr. Art Howard, member of the second-year class at the
Texas Tech School of law, ponders the question of whether to approach his law
studies with his eyes or his ears. With stethoscope in hand, Dr. Howard gave up a
busy medical practice in Kermit, Tex., in 1969 to enroll in law school.
B. Newal Squyres Jr., a second-year
student from Denver City, has been
named the new editor-in-chief of the
Texas Tech Law Review, effective in
May. He replaces graduating senior Tom
Womble of Morse, who has guided the
staff during the current spring semester.
Moving into the office of managing
editor will be Robert W. (Bob) Baker, a
West Texas Doctor Trades Stethoscope
For 3 Years OJ Daily Law School Grind
By BOB BAKER
Dictum Staff
Scattered through the ranks of the
Texas Tech Law School's student body
are a number of fascinating individuals.
Some of these students can be set apart
from the "rank and file" principally on
the basis of how they spent their time
before entering law school.
One such individual is Dr. Art R.
Howard, 37, who practiced family medicine in Kermit, Tex., for seven years
prior to launching his law school career
here in the fall of 1969.
What motivates a successful West
Texas doctor to "pull up stakes" and
the sea of faces which comprise a
law school student body?
Stimulus needed
"The need for academic stimuli," says
Dr. Howard.
"The possibility of becoming mediocre
is a doctor's worst enemy. After about
five years of the same daily routine,
the small town doctor reaches a professional plateau which can easily degenerate into mediocrity. The demands
placed on a small town practitioner often have the effect of locking him into
a situation where it is virtually impossible to participate in any meaningful
academic exercise," he says.
JOIn
Law School Applications
Up 1000/0 Over Last Year
ByR.B. POOL
Dictum Staff
The office of Admissions has noted a
marked difference between new applications this year and the record number
received last year. Dean Richard B.
Amandes reports that prior to March 15
his office had received over 600 applications for the 160 positions that will
be open next fall for first year students
- a new record.
Applicants Up
Applications to date have already surpassed the total of 583 received for last
fall's entering class, and are running 100
per cent ahead of those received at the
same time a year ago. Out of state inquiries are up 300 per cent, local (Lubbock) requests jumped 80 per cent, and
inquiries from elsewhere in Texas were
ahead of last year's by some 135 per
cent. Although there is no actual application deadline for those interested in
entering next fall, it is strongly hinted
that those submitting credentials after
May I, 1971, will be at a definite disadvantage.
New FacuIty
The faculty will be increased by three
this fall to compensate for the expected
"population explosion" which will increase the number of law students at
Tech by over 100. Projecting even further, the Dean disclosed that this rapid
increase in applicants has altered plans
for the future.
The expansion of the first year class
from two to three sections was originally
proposed for the fall of 1973, but because
of the application boom this proposal
could become a reality by the fall of
1972.
To evade this "degenerative situation,"
Dr. Howard chose law school. Why law
school-and not advanced studies in
medicine?
"When I reached the 'five-year plateau,' it was quite apparent to me that
there was an ever-expanding gap between the medical and legal professions."
This was due to an alarming increase
in the number of medical malpractice
suits and a growing trend toward questionable personal injury claims, says
Dr. Howard.
Native Texan
The son of native Texans, Dr. Howard
was born in Borger and reared in the
Fort Worth area. He attended public
schools in Bryson, Tex., and was graduated from high school in Weatherford.
A 1939 oilfield accident near Bryson
claimed the life of his father when Dr.
Howard was six years old.
In 1950, he enrolled at Texas Tech
as an engineering student and later transferred to Texas Christian University
where he received a BA degree in biolo(Continued on Page 5)
second-year student from Fort Stockton.
The retiring managing editor, Duane
Neill of Christoval, is also a member
of the May graduating class.
Other new officers of Law Review are
Benny Lowe of Bryson, business manager; Ty M. Sparks of Los Angeles,
leading articles editor; Phii Wylie of
Floydada, topics editor; and Jim Shackelford of Fort Worth, citations editor.
Fourth Issue Scheduled
The fourth issue of the Law Review,
which has been on the drawing board
since before Christmas, is scheduled for
distribution in late June. Members of the
staff are currently putting the "finishing
touches" on the spring edition.
Lead articles slated to appear in the
upcoming edition were written by Professors Maurice B. Kirk and John C.
Paulus of the Texas Tech School of Law
faculty . Also appearing in the book will
be comments written by Professor Ruth
Kirby of the Texas Tech law faculty,
Bob D. Burnett, a prospective May
graduate, and Marwin B. Brakebill, a
1970 graduate ofthe Tech Law School.
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NEWAl SQUYRES
THANKS TO DONORS
The editors of DICTUM wish
to publicly express sincere gratitude
to members of the Texas Bar and
other interested friends who have
generously given their financial support to the newspaper during the
1970-71 school year.
Donations received during the
past few months have enabled the
DICTUM statT to make definite plans
for the purchase of needed photographic equipment and to defray the
costs of a rapidly-expanding mailing
list.
BOB BAKER
PAGE TWO
DICTUM-APRil 1971
An Editorial Feature
Tech Copyright Policy
Deserves Second Look
By MILTON WALKER
Dictum Staff
On September 25, 1970, the Board of Regents of Texas Tech University adopted a
copyright policy concerning publishable works written by faculty, staff and other
personnel of the University.
Essentially, the policy states that all copyrightable materials which are developed
within the author's scope of employment, or at university expense, shall be the property of the university.
The new policy states further that even though the university owns such interest,
there does not arise any university duty to publish the materials or bear any expenses
of publication.
Encourage Copyrighted Works
The avowed purpose of the new policy is to encourage the publication of copyrighted works. There appears to be a significant gap between the intent behind the
policy and the result it may create. It is difficult to rationalize a policy which places
copyright ownership in the University for the purpose of adding impetus to scholarly publication. It is also quite apparent that the current policy will either encourage top-flight professors to leave Texas Tech or to discourage them from coming
to Lubbock in the first place.
University Should Be Compensated
Apparently the Board of Regents feel that the University should be compensated
for its substantial investment in buildings, books, lab equipment and other facilities.
When a publishable work results from the use of such facilities, this motive is entirely
consistent with sound fiscal administration in any area of endeavor. However, a distinction must be drawn between "inventions," and "writings," which are subject to
copyright.
Local Delts Observe
70 Yrs. of Existence
By JACK EDWARDS
Dictum Staff
Delta Theta Phi is celebrating its 70th
anniversary this year, and in conjunction
with this celebration the national chancellor, the Honorable Edward F. Meyers, was scheduled to visit the Lindsey
Senate on April 18.
The visit to the Tech chapter was the
start of a tour that will take the chancellor to seven Texas cities to met with
the various Texas Senate and alumni
chapters.
On March 16, 1971 , the Delts elected
new officers. They are: Dean Richie
Crews, Vice Dean Paul Smith, Secretary
John Mann, Treasruer Sam Chase, Tribune Mike Thomas and Bailiff Frank
Sullivan.
Tribune Will Travel
Tribune Thomas will travel in July to
Miami Beach for the Delta Theta Phi
Biennial Convention, where one of the
considerations will be the possibility of
admission of women to the fraternity.
The D .C . Bar Association has ruled
that nonprofit law firms may advertise
for clients in newspapers and on radio
and television.
The decision was hailed by Monroe
Freedman, Director of the Stern Community Law Firm in Washington, as
having "far-reaching effects on the ability
of public interest law firms to advise the
public of legal rights and to offer legal
assistance." Public Interest Press Service.
STANFORD STARTS NEW COURSE
Stanford U. has begun a special
program, "An Attack on Urban Pollution", in which students may earn
credit over the summer by studying
specific environmental problems in their
community. The students will help their
communities by compiling data, presenting it to the proper agencies or to the
mass media, and by organizing local
groups who will then follow through
with additional research and problem
solving. Stanford Daily.
The Delts are planning to initiate their
new pledges in April.
A great deal of work is still being done
on the new Delt lodge. A fully-carpeted
room has been finished, and all that remains to be added is the furnishings.
Next priority will be work on a game
room that will include a pool table, bar,
card tables, and hopefully a color television set. The game room should be
finished before finals begin.
Delts Rush
The Delts started the semester with an
enthusiastic rush program, including a
party at the Holiday Inn and a smoker
at the new lodge, which resulted in their
taking 27 new pledges. The pledges are:
Johnny Wayne Actkinson, Hardy
Fleming Burke II, Dennis Ray Burrows,
William Pope Gibson, Melvin Lee Griffin, Travis M iller Hartgraves, Danny
Edward Hill, Dan Fedrick Hoopes,
Richard Lloyd Howell, Arthur Benjamin
Lara, Jr., Charles Lowell Lasley, Craig
Lee Leslie, Norman Dale Lubke, Richard
David Moek, John Burns Noble, Tom
Roy Sawyer, Charles W. Seltzer, Kevin
E. Shannon, Charles Calvin Snuggs,
Frank Walter Sullivan III, Joseph Emitt
Thigpen, William L. Thomason, Thomas
Earl Tollett, Carlos Villa, Jack Collier
Wilemon, Donald Ray Windle and Bill
Mark Wischkaemper.
DICTUM is published periodically by
the Texas Tech School of Law in cooperation with the school's Student Bar
Association. Views expressed by the editor,
staff or guest columnists do not necessarily
reflect the opinion of either the university
or law school administration or the Stu·
dent Bar Association. Composition for this
publication is by Tech Press, Texas Tech
University. Photos courtesy of Texas Tech
Information Office.
Editor- in-Chief .
Nathan Hoffman
Associate Editor ......... Kerry Armstrong
Advisory Editors. Bob Baker, Bruce Magness
Sports Editor
Jerry Kolander
Artist
Real Musgrave
Staff.
Randy Livingston, Jack Edwards,
Tom Naler, Art Lara, Frank Sullivan,
R. B. Pool, Milton Walker, John
Hutchison, Jack Herrington, Richard
Palmer, Rick Graham, Bob Love.
Faculty Advisor
W. Reed Quilliam
Let us suppose that a researcher is employed to use lab equipment, books, and
other facilities to find a means for controlling insects in cotton. In the process of this
undertaking, he writes a manual on the same subject. Under such circumstances, the
manual would quite logically be the rightful property of the university because the
researcher is fully compensated by salary. Further, this would be a reasonable interpretation of the intent of the parties when they entered into the employment contract.
Fringe Benefits
On the other hand, compare the situation where a professor, hired for the purpose of instructing students in his particular area of competence, becomes highly
interested in his subject, reads further from the books at his disposal, and finally writes
a book for copyright and publication. He has used a University building, University
books, a University-paid secretary, and possibly other University facilities. The question
then arises as to whether this is a fringe benefit or an unwarranted use of University
facilities.
Obviously, if the work is copyrighted, published, and circulated, the author has
bettered himself by enhancing his reputation. It also seems fairly obvious that the University has benefited in added prestige for having had the name of its professor added
to the academic publication community. The troublesome aspect of this process then
becomes one of deciding where the economic benefit should be placed. If the University owns the copyright, it will obviously receive the compensation.
Alternative Suggested
Scrutiny of the money issue can be easily overemphasized when considered in
light of amounts normally received by authors of scholarly works. It is not known how
much royalty actually results from the publication of Tech professors works, but
according to a reliable source, it would not be a substantial amount; however, if the
Regents feel that it is sizable enough to justify their concern, there is clearly another
way to arrive at the goal of conserving state royalty income: assess the prof on an hourly
pay-as-you-go basis for the building, secretary, and books he uses directly in the publication of his book. Through such a procedure, the professor's freedom to publish is
not inhibited and yet the university has achieved its goal of conserving state funds.
In the law school context, it is a well-settled practice that major publishers of law
books will not publish without a copyright. Further, the royalties are very small due to
the limited circulation of law books. Both of these realities would be given full recognition under the proposed policy.
Present Policy Ominous
The present copyright policy is unfortunate in that it looms ominously over the
heads of the members of the academic community as a potential scepter of censorship.
There is nothing in the policy to insure that failure of the University to exercise its
copyright will not be based on some future infraction of political etiquette. A statefunded university is in reality a political subdivision of the state, and, as such, it is
subject to all the pressures which the public can bring to bear upon any unpopular
conduct of faculty members. It is regrettable that this element of the copyright policy
was not considered and dealt with by the Regents.
Encourage Personal Gain
In the final analysis, the basic economic philosophy of the copyright concept must
be considered to be frustrated by the University's policy. In Mazer V. Stein, a 1953
landmark decision of the United States Supreme Court, Mr. Justice Reed, in delivering
the opinion of the court, stated:
"The economic philosophy behind the clause (U.S. Constitution, Art. I, Sect. 8,
Clause 8) empowering Congress to grant patents and copyrights is the conviction that
encouragement of individual effort by personal gain is the best way to advance public
welfare through the talents of authors and inventors in 'science and useful arts.' Sacrificial days devoted to such creative activities deserve rewards commensurate with the
services rendered."
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DICTUM-APRIL 1971
Future Tech Law Scholars Divested
Of Justin Slllith's Philosophies, Wit
Mutt and Jeff
Adntinistrative
Teal1l No More
By BRUCE MAGNESS
Dictum Staff
I had heard rumors about the "Mutt
and Jeff' combination they had running
the new law school-six foot four Dean
Amandes and five foot nine Associate
Dean Smith. But the first time I met
Justin Carey Smith, associate dean of
the Texas Tech School of Law, I was
hoping to find some books on English
law for an undergraduate research paper.
I was headed for the brand new law
library, housed with the ,rest of the infant law school in some old barracks on
the north side of the campus. Justin
Smith met me at the door, escorted me to
the library, introduced me to the librarian, brought me back to his office
and showed me living color slides of
the corpse of Mrs. Sam Shepard.
About a year later, I was among the
members of the second class to enter the
law school. Associate Dean and Professor
of Torts Smith was one of six professors
at the school then, and since there were
only about 55 first-year students, in only
one section for all classes, we soon
grew to know him well.
A Wild Year
The only word to describe that year
is "wild."
"Gentlemen, there is much doubt in
our minds as to whether any of you will
ever become attorneys--many are called
but few are chosen," he said at orientation. "But there should be no doubt in
your minds as to what we expect.
There was always doubt as to what
Professor Smith expected.
He came into class, opened up what
appeared to be a tailor-made, six-inchesthick notebook of canned briefs and
then dramatically told us that anyone
caught using cans would be banished
from the school forever.
"Look like Lawyers"
One day he walked into class wearing a
ridiculous, tall, white Tex Ritter cowboy
hat (which fully increased his height by
one-third) combat boots, and a trench
coat, and announced that he was going
"West Texas". Underneath the trench
coat was a conservative suit of clothes.
He then stipulated that we must all wear
coats and ties to class so "at least you'll
look like lawyers."
On another occasion he announced
that an optional class meeting would be
held in the afternoon for those who
wanted to attend. He showed us two
autopsy films, one in living color. Wentworth dropped to the floor with a thud.
WORKING AND PLAYING HARD-Associate Dean Justin C. Smith has been photographed in a great variety of poses since
he began work with Dean Richard B. Amandes more than four years ago. He has been photographed (left to right) in his white
stetson at the Annual Goat Roast, "going Western," in his office in a serious mood, and at the doorway of the law school
with Dean Amandes. Smith will take a position with Hastings College of Law in San Francisco after the close of the spring
semester.
"Shot One"
After classes had been underway for
about a month, I went up to his podium
to ask him to look over what my classmates and I considered our elaboratelydrawn and meticulously-researched diagram of the different classes of persons
who might happen onto a landowner's
property (invitees, trespassers, guests,
etc.) and the duty owing to each. He
stared at it for two seconds, marked a
"C-" on it and patted me on the shoulder.
"You're coming along, you're coming
along," he said.
About half the class got their practice
exams back with a grade and only one
comment on each paper: "Shot One."
When Reggie Reeves came to class in
a brand new pair of mod slacks and
buckle shoes, Professor Smith wanted to
know if he played in the band.
And finally, about a month deep into
the semester, Professor Smith explained
his teaching technique: "My method is
sarcasm," he said, "and I don't want to
leave the impression that it is necessarily the best way to instruct students in
the law. It is merely my best way."
Fringes of Tort Law
Professor Smith's "best way" also included a deceptively large amount of
theoretical goading of the outskirts of
tort law. He seldom wanted to discuss
Prof. Justin Smith
Takes Hastings Job
Associate Dean Justin Smith will move
to The University of California Hastings
College of Law at the end of the spring
semester, it was announced recently.
Smith, along with Professors Glen
Shell haas, Maurice Kirk, Martin Frey,
U. V. Jones and Dean Richard B. Amandes, transformed what was once merely
a legislative grant into Texas Tech's
steadily growing and expanding School
of Law.
The six of them began classes in September of 1967 in the discarded Army
barracks set aside for temporary law
school quarters on the north side of the
campus.
First Courses
Smith and Amandes taught torts and
criminal law, respectively, while carrying out the detailed administrative procedures and demanding public relations
duties demanded of deans of a new law
school.
J ones began the task of building an
entire law library before classes began
in 1967, and his steady guidance has
brought the library early recognition for
its growth and diversity.
Frey taught property law and has
served as faculty adviser to the Law Review since the school opened its doors.
He was promoted to full professor at the
February Board of Regents meeting, effective September I, 1971.
Kirk Comes From Drake
Kirk, who was dean of the Drake
School of Law before joining the new
Tech faculty, taught contracts, while
serving as an experienced administrative
aide to the Tech law school deans. Shellhas taught remedies and civil procedure
and twice was named "Outstanding First
Year Professor of the Year" for his
highly-respected teaching ability.
All but Smith will be back for the fall
term.
coating that even 10 straight months of
grinding work could not penetrate.
"Gentlemen, the law is a difficult
profession," he once said," but I see no
reason why it can't be fun".
I remember him chewing us out after
the first party we had with the faculty.
"You people don't play hard enough,"
he said, "and that means to me that
you're not going to be good workers.
You'd better learn how to play and play
hard when the time presents itselfbecause you'll certainly learn how to
work hard."
what could be found in the horn books,
instead preferring to pinch and gouge the
fringe areas to see what bases the law of
today was standing on, and which of
those bases would fall tomorrow.
During the four years he has spent
at the law school, Smith has been a
relentless fighter for the legal profession
and for the law school-a promoter, a
builder, an instructor. And, I suppose,
most of all he has been a blessed relief
from the dreary tension of day-in and
day-out class preparation. His humor
salved our stomachs with a protective
Seventeen members of the law school student body were among several hundred Texas Tech students honored March 14 at the 25th annual University Recognition
Service held in Municipal Auditorium.
In addition to current student awards, five recent graduates of the law school were
selected for University Awards Board Recognition for having ranked as the top five
graduates on the June, 1970, state bar examination. Named for the honor were Mrs.
Ruth Kirby, Marwin B. Brakebill, Mrs. Leota H. Alexander, David Segrest and William
Shaw.
Other honorees included:
ACADEMIC HONORS-Robert W. Baker, Bob D. Burnett Jr., Jack P. Driskill,
Jess H. Hall Jr., Joseph W. Hayes, Benny H. Lowe, Alfred D. Neill, Ernest R. Reeves,
Mrs. Suzan E. Riddle, Newal Squyres Jr., Jim R. Wright, and Phil A. Wylie, all of
whom ranked in the top 10 percent of their respective classes.
LEADERSHIP-Jeff Baynham Jr., Jess H. Hall Jr., John E. Skogland Jr. and
Don E. Williams, for moot court achievement; Jack P. Driskill and W. Tom Womble,
Law Review editors-in-chief; and E. Jeffrey Wentworth, Student Bar president.
UNIVERSITY AWARDS BOARD RECOGNITION-E. Jeffrey Wentworth, for
various leadership achievements and as second vice-president of the Law Student
Division, American Bar Association.
WHO'S WHO AMONG STUDENTS-Driskill, Hall and Wentworth.
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Lubbock members of the State Junior Bar of Texas pressented a four-hour LAW
STUDENT EDUCATION SEMINAR to Texas Tech law students Saturday, March 13.
Coordinated by Assistant Dean Tom Reese, the program was an attempt to acquaint
law students with the day-to-day activities that they may expect to face as beginning
lawyers. Lubbock committee members participating in the program included attorneys
Johnny Roy Phillips, Bob Odom, Tony Wright, and Bill Russel. A second program was
scheduled for April 10.
No final determination had been reached after April 1 concerning the apportionment of ENCLOSED STUDY CARRELS next fall. Although Dean Richard Amandes
stated that the carrels will probably be assigned on a priority basis, the details of such
a system remain to be worked out. The consensus is that Law Review, Moot Court, and
students with seniority showed range high in consideration, according to the dean.
PRESIDENT GROVER MURRAY spoke to a gathering of law students and professors at the Law School February lOon the problems of environmental pollution.
Sponsored by the Sam Rayburn chapter of Phi Alpha Delta, the remarks by President
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DICTUM-APRil 1971
New Law Hornbook Aid
To Oil & Gas Scholars
By TOMNALER
Dictum Staff
After four years of preparation, a onevolume oil and gas law hornbook authored by Professor Richard W. Hemin~­
way will be available for use by students
and lawyers this spring.
Professor Hemingway's hornbook, the
only one-volume text in print on the
subject, was begun in November of 1966
while he was a Southern Methodist
University faculty member and was
finalized this spring. Professor Hemingway joined the faculty of Texas Tech
School of Law in 1968.
PROF. RICHARD HEMINGWAY
Features Pocket Parts
West Publishing Company is publisher of the hornbook, which will sport a
new feature found in all West publications---pocket parts---published every
two years to keep the hornbook current.
This feature, plus the fact that Professor
Hemingway's book is a national textbook
with no specific geographical emphasis,
accentuates the book's purpose as an aid
to both law students and those members
of the practicing bar who have not had
extensive training in oil and gas law.
Hemingway, who received his LL. B.
in 1955 from Southern Methodist University, and his LL. M. in 1969 from the
University of Michigan, is a prolific
writer. He was author of a text entitled
Cases and Materials on Texas Land
Titles in 1966; he has been a member of the board of editors of the Oil and
Gas Reporter since 1966; and he has
written numerous law review articles
on selected topics in the oil and gas area.
While with the Houston firm of Fulbright, Crooker, Freeman, Bates and
Jaworski from 1955 to 1960, he dealt
principally with oil and gas cases.
Acknowledges Assistance
"Students in my Oil and Gas class
this semester should attach receipts from
the local bookstore to their respective
exams to assure themselves of a passing
grade," Hemingway laughingly remarked.
He also wished this article to acknowledge the research assistance of David
Casey, a graduating student at the Tech
Law School.
PAD's Host Dist. Meet;
31 New Members Added
BY RANDY LIVINGSTON
Dictum Staff
On March 5 and 6 the Rayburn Chapter was host for the annual Phi Alpha
Delta District VII conclave, which drew
delegates from The University of Texas,
University of Houston, South Texas
School of Law, Texas Southern, St.
Mary's, Tulane, Louisiana State, and
Texas Tech. The delegates engaged in a
series of workshops geared toward the
successful operation of a law fraternity.
Conclave activities officially began
Friday evening when Professor Ray
Phillips hosted a cocktail party for all
delegates, dignitaries and members and
associates of the Rayburn Chapter. David
Casey, acting conclave justice, presided
over Saturday's activities, which included
addresses by John Nichols, District Justice, and Judge Alex A. Hotchkiss, Supreme Justice of the fraternity.
Delegates were treated to a Saturday
luncheon followed by an address by
Judge James Ellis of the Court of Civil
Appeals, Amarillo. Activities were concluded that night with all delegates and
local chapter members attending a dinner
and play at the Hayloft Dinner Theatre.
New Members Initiated
Saturday, March 13, marked the initiation of 32 associates into the Rayburn
Dictum To Compete
Each year the Law Student Division of
the American Bar Association conducts
and sponsors student bar association
competitions. These competitions are in
three categories: The Most Outstanding
Student Bar Association Competition;
The Most Oustanding Student Bar Association Project Competition; and The
Most Outstanding Student Bar Association
Newspaper
Competition.
The
Dictum will enter the aforementioned
competition for the first time this June,
due to announced changes in the competition.
One concerns the class of entries. In
years past all entries regardless of the
size of enrollment of their law school,
competed with each other in these competitions. This year there are established
classes of entries which are based upon
the student enrollment of the participating schools. No longer will a school of
150 enrollment be competing for the
same prize with a school of 750 or 1,000
enrollment.
Class A competitions cover schools
with enrollments from 1-500; Class B
schools with enrollment from 500-1000;
and Class C includes 1,000 or more.
Chapter, including: Steve Anderton,
Pete Andres, Kerry Armstrong, Anita
Ashton, Tom Bacus, Steve Bunch, Sharon
Cannon, Arliss Champlin, Jim Dorsett,
Vernon Dyer, Janie Edmiston, Billy
Elder, Larry Glazner, Rick Graham,
Mark Hall, Maurice Healy, Harley Huff,
Karen Johnson, Ed Kliewer, Bruce Monning, John Morris, Dan Peck, R. B. Pool,
Mrs. Suzan Riddle, Eddie Smith, Mike
Smith, Mike South, John Terrill, Bruce
Turner, Burgess Wade, and Mickey
Walthall.
Woman Allowed For First Time
March 13 marked the first time women
have been initiated into the local chapter
since passage of a national resolution
in September, 1970, allowing women to
become members on a local-option basis.
Some 10 per cent of all new pledges are
expected to be women, according to
national fraternity estimates.
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Murray stressed the importance of mass communications and the "changing of our
attitudes" toward environment.
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The JUDICIAL COUNCIL recently delivered decisions in which (1) the SBA was
found to have the constitutional right to impose sanctions on non-dues paying members,
but was barred by estoppel from denying the plaintiffs in the action the right to play
intramural basketball; and (2) election ballots cast by Eric Augesen and Tom Hill were
declared void by reason of their failure to pay SBA dues. A third suit, demanding an
accounting of funds from SBA President Jeff Wentworth, was withdrawn by the plaintiffs.
The Student Bar Association, in conjunction with the Law School administration,
has announced plans for a NEW PUBLIC RELATIONS PROGRAM which would
feature student-faculty talks and sl ide presentations about the Tech School of Law to
civic and professional groups in and around Lubbock.
Second-year student Bob Love of Lovington, N. M., conceived the idea and is currently seeking student participation in the project.
"The purpose of a such a program would be two-fold," says Love. "We would be
attempting to spread the name and reputation of Texas Tech School of Law and secondly to involve students in valuable training for future public service roles following
graduation." He said the programs would be presented by pan-els composed of both
students and faculty members.
Anyone interested in participating in the program is asked to contact Love.
Fifteen members of the LAW BACHELORS CLUB and their dates attended an
informal keg party at the home of Don E. Williams Friday, March 12. Mid-April has
been selected as the date for the organization's next social function.
The second annual Texas Tech LAW SCHOOL AWARDS AND HONORS BANQUET will be held Saturday, May 15, at Koko Inn. Tickets will be $5 per person and
will cover a cocktail hour and dinner. Awards will be presented for scholastic achievement, and honors will be presented for outstanding contributions to the school and its
activities ..
On March 31, 1971, PAD Rayburn Chapter elected RANDY LIVINGSTON the
new justice, replacing former justice Alan Johnson, who will graduate in May. Other
officers newly installed include, MILTON WALKER, vice justice; JOHN HUTCHISON, treasurer; KIP BOYD, marshall; KENT SIMS, clerk.
Law students recently chose a design for the official symbol of the Law School. Soon
to become a DECAL for placement on cars and other objects, the design portrays the
familiar scales of justice. The symbol was selected from among 13 submitted by students in a senior design class, pursuant to a class project assigned by art professor Donald Durland.
Law Review(Continued From Page 1)
Case notes were written by Kent Sims
of Wheeler, Paul Smith of Plainview,
Jane L. Edmiston of Weatherford, Mrs.
Suzan Riddle of Lubbock, Hollis Webb
of Big Spring, Milton Walker of Panhandle, Mike Riddle of Lubbock, Ralph
Belter, a 1970 graduate, Sparks, Lowe,
Wylie, Squyres, Shackelford and Baker.
Fall Edition Under Way
Serving as technical assistants to editor
Tom Womble during the spring semester
have been Mrs. Riddle and M iss Edmiston.
Work on the fall edition of Law Review has already begun and will move
into high gear following final examinations in late May. Invitations for Law
Review candidacy will be extended fol-
lowing exams to the top 20 students in
the current first-year class. The bulk of
their work will be accomplished during
the summer months in order to meet
August deadlines for the fall book.
Slated to replace Professor Martin A.
Frey as Law Review faculty advisor is
Professor Frank F. Skillern, currently a
faculty member at Ohio Northern University Law School. Professor Skillern
will be one of several new faces on the
faculty here next fall. Professor Frey has
served as advisor to the Review since its
inception in 1969.
He will remain on the Tech faculty
but plans to devote his time to other
extra-curricular activities and additional
teaching duties.
Constitutional Revision Group
Nears End of Task; Vote Slated
KERRY ARMSTRONG
Associate Editor
Query: How long did it take to write
the Constitution of the United States?
Last summer it became apparent that
the present constitution of the Student
Bar Association of the Texas Tech School
of Law was about to expire in the
fall of 1970. After three revisions, the
present Constitutional Revision Committee is about to present a revised SBA
Constitution to the law school student
body for ratification.
The committe, selected by popular
vote with three members from each class,
is chaired by second-year law student
John Stewart. First-year members are
Ron Addison, Kevin Shannon, and Rick
Teter. Second-year members, along with
Stewart, are Bob Love and Richard Palmer, while Craig Brummett, Buford
Cates, and Tom Edwards, from the
third-year class, round out the committee.
Soon to be Finalized
Charged with the duty of "plugging
up the loop-holes and ironing out the
CQllflicts" the committee reportedly is
nearing completion of its work on the
proposed constitution. Stewart stated he
"expects some resistance to it, but on a
whole this should be very small and the
Constitution should be approved by the
students"
Stewart also remarked that he expects
that the committee will have the Constitution out to be voted on before the
spring elections so that such elections
can be held under the new Constitution.
M~or Changes Noted
The new document will be about the
same length as the old but contains a
number of major changes. The most
obvious change will be the elimination
of the executive board and the House
of Delegates. In their place will be substituted a Board of Governors, consisting of the president and vice-president
from each class and other representatives
based on the number of students in each
of the classes. The Constitution also provides for two levels of membership. Each
student of the law school will continue
to be a member of the SBA, but only
those that pay membership dues each
semester will enjoy the benefits of a
number of special functions of the SBA.
Other Provisions Included
Two other major provisions have
either already been written into the new
Constitution or are under present con-
sideration by the committee. First, it is
proposed that the new Board of Governors will meet twice a month and that
before each meeting public notice will
be given of the agenda. Following the
~eeting there will be a financial statement posted by the Board, in which eXpress powers of fiscal authority are vested.
The second provision would deal with
establishing definite rules of procedltfe
for the judicial council, including the
possibility of requiring a $5.00 filing fee
for any complaint lodged with the court.
This fee would to be returnable if the
court found that the case was meritorious.
LEGAL DRAFTSMEN NEEDED
Under the auspices of the Texas Tech
Student Association, the Tech Senate
recently voted to set up a commission to
study the apartment situation in Lubbock
and publish a booklet informing students
of their rights in dealing with apartments
and their managers and owners. Present
plans call for utilizing interested law
students and laymen to more fully realize
their legal rights and obligations as a
renter of housing in Lubbock.
DICTUM-APRIL 1971
PAGE FIVE
Prof Named
By Seniors
Senior law students and accelerators
will be voting for the first time for an
"Outstanding Professor" on the same day
they will vote for their student Bar
Association officers in April. The award
will be presented to the faculty member
who receives the most votes at the Annual Awards and Honors Banquet in May.
The award is being sponsored by the
Sam Rayburn Chapter of Phi Alpha
Delta, and will be awarded annually.
Although original plans called for each
student at the school to have one vote,
Project Chairman Bruce Magness announced a change to a senior-only voting
system late in March. "This way, all
members of the faculty will be best
assured of an equal chance each year,"
he said.
"After much consideration and consultation with my committee members
Hollis Webb, John Skogland, Dennis
Cadra, Tom Womble and Milton Walker,
we recommended to the PAD Executive
Committee that the most equitable manner of selection would be to have only
seniors vote," Magness said.
The ballots handed out to senior law
students for use in the selection included
the following statement:
"Since it is the opinion of the Executive Committee of Phi Alpha Delta
Law Fraternity, sponsor for this award,
that seniors (and accelerating second
year students) have had maximum exposure to the professors of this law
school, and since it is also their opinion
that your experience will make your
judgment the most valuable, we are asking that you make the selection.
"Your selection should be the professor, who, during your years at this
law school, has been 'The Outstanding
Law Professor.'
31 Candidates
Slated For JD
Degree In May
Some 31 prospective degree candidates
filed applications by the March 15 deadline and expect to graduate in May
from Texas Tech University School of
Law. They follow a class of 15 third-year
students who completed requirements for
the Doctor of Jurisprudence degree
during December of this year.
Expectant degree candidates for May
include: Phil Louis Adams of Gainesville, Elmer Norman Arnett of Rule,
J ames Craig Brummet of Lubbock, Bobby Driver Burnett of Knox City, David
Robert Casey of Wichita Falls, Buford
A. Cates, Jr. of Dallas, Natalyn Adell
Collins of Rockford, Illinois, Donald
Conley of Amarillo, Dan Val Dent of
Lubbock, Jess H. Hall, Jr. of Lubbock,
Claude Williams Harland of Texarkana,
Alan O. Johnson of Ft. Smith, Arkansas,
Jerry Kolander, J r. of Amarillo, Phillip
Norman Lam of Wichita Falls. Also,
Charles E. Lance of Lubbock, W. Reed
Lockhoof of Childress, William Bruce
Magness of Lubbock, Marvin Ferrell
Marshall of Plainview, Alan C. Nasits of
EI Paso, Alfred Duane Neill of Crane,
Ernest Reginald Reeves III of Canyon,
Macon Dee Strother of Cisco, Hedrick
Randolph Thomas of Weatherford, Don
A. Tucker of Lubbock, William Z.
Weems of Dallas, Jerry Lynn Williams of
Lubbock, and William Thomas Womble
of Morse.
MOOT COURT BOARD-A relatively new organization, the board's primary responsibilities include fielding a team to
represent the school in state and national competition, and managing freshman moot court competition. Sitting (1 to r) are
Mike DeGeurin, Secretary; Jess Hall, Chairman; Donald Williams, Vice-Chairman; and Richard Crews, Publicity Chairman.
Standing (l to r) are Steve Scott, John Rapier, Robert Love, Mike Irish, Jeff Baynham, Charles Knott, and Eric Augesen. Members of the National Order of Barristers, the board will send Baynham, Williams, and Rapier to state competition in Dallas
this summer. New requirements for membership require that one: (1) be a senior, (2) maintain an 80 average in all appellate
advocacy courses, (3) satisfactorily complete freshman moot court, and (4) be invited by the Moot Court Board.
West Texas Doctor Studies Law(Continued From Page 1)
gy and chemistry, with a minor in psychology, in 1957.
During
his
undergraduate
and
medical school days, Dr. Howard held
summer and parttime jobs as an oilfield
roustabout and roughneck, trucker, insurance investigator, mechanic, aircraft
machinist, blood bank technician, title
company auditor, hospital orderly, paperboy, infirmary attendant, and bakery
employee.
Gets Two Degrees
In 1961, at the age of 27, he was graduated from The University of Texas
Medical Branch with not only an M. D.
degree but also a master's degree in anatomy.
After two years of internship Dr. Howard and his family settled in Kermit
where he made his mark as a busy family
doctor and civic leader. In 1969 the
family moved to Lubbock, where Dr.
Howard began his new challenge--Iaw
school.
Last summer, following his first year
of law school, Dr. Howard was named
assistant to the dean of the new Tech
Medical School-becoming the first
full-time employee of the new staff. In
addition to preparing for daily law classes, he has held down the medical school
position, worked parttime as an emergency room resident at local hospitals,
and recently opened his own medical
office in Lubbock.
Dr. Howard's wife, Nancy, is a native
of Weatherford. They began dating as
seniors at Weatherford High School and
were married two years later in 1951.
They are the parents of five children.
Law School Foreign
"Law school was just as foreign to me
as to all other first-year students," says
Dr. Howard.
"My biggest surprise about the study
of law was in the area professional ethics.
I was under the mistaken impression before coming to law school that the lawyer's ethical code was much less stringent
than that of the medical profession. I was
pleasantly surprised to learn that the
basic ethical standards of the two professions are almost identical."
ACLU Questions Conspiracy Law Concept
Lawrence Speiser, ACLU (American
Civil Liberties Union) Washington, D.C.
Director for the past eleven years on a
whirlwind tour of Texas, "rapped" with
law students January 14 during a brief
question-and-answer session at the Law
School.
Speiser voiced specific concern with
the conspiracy concept in criminal law,
which he labeled "dangerous." Because of
the minimal overt act required for conviction selective enforcement often results, whereby "some are indicted but
not others." Too, he pointed out, where
prosecution should take place there are
usually more tenable grounds for conviction which could be made the basis
of the prosecution.
When asked about the organization's
image problem, the ACLU Director
commented that this varies geographically due to treatment by the media and
attitudes of the people. "The ACLU does
not screen its members, but believes the
advantages of this far outweigh the disadvantages," he said.
"The daily routine of law school is
probably more difficult than that of medical school-not because of the hours
involved but rather because of the preparatory background demanded by law
school. Converting from a doctor's habit
of listing items on a piece of paper to
composition of essay test answers has
been a difficult transition."
Two Differences Cited
Dr. Howard cites two basic differences
between the study of law and medicine-the basic approach to the subject matter
and faculty contact.
"Medical schools place considerably
more emphasis on the practical aspects
of day-to-day practice and much less
time on straight academic learning. Law
school seems almost totally academic.
Secondly, the medical student spends
considerably more time in contact with
the faculty than does a law student. You
practically live with the faculty in medical school, rather than spending three or
four hours in the law school classroom
and then the remainder of the day between the pages of a casebook."
Another clear-cut difference in the
two academic communities is the teaching approach to professional ethics.
"Ethical considerations are part and
parcel of every teaching day in medical
school, whereas in law school it is taught
in one concentrated dosage in the form
of a single course. An ethical breach is
also a much more serious matter in medical school because it can mean automatic dismissal. In law school the inability or unwillingness to grasp ethical
principles simply means the failure of
one course."
Images Similar
Dr. Howard is of the opinion, however,
that the ethical image of doctors and lawyers is quite comparable.
It's only human nature that the man
on the street will be more grateful to
the doctor who saves his life than to the
attorney who recovers a dollar judgment
or settlement."
He also points out that lawyers are
working under an added disadvantage-in terms of public image--because they
often know more about the client's business than does the client himself.
"This is a situation which often leads
to resentment and suspicion," he says.
Dr. Howard expresses deep concern in
the area of personal injury litigation.
"There is a small number of practitioners in both professions who make a
living with questionable tort suits. The
only way this can be stopped is to instill
in both our young doctors and attorneys
the fundamental ethical consideration
of both professions: to return the client
(patient) to the same status he enjoyed
before his legal (medical) problem arose."
Suits Cause Ulcers
He points out that a "trumped up"
personal injury suit frequently leaves the
successful client (patient) with a healthy
case of ulcers and serious psychological
overlays which result from the strain of
having been the central figure in questionable litigation.
"Not only has the defendant been
done a serious injustice, the plaintiff, and
the entire medical-legal community
are also the victims," Dr. Howard points
out.
How can unethical personal injury
litigation and malpractice suits be avoided? One step in the right direction,
according to Dr. Howard, is the use of
combined grievance committees at the
local level, comprised of members from
both professions.
"Such committees would eliminate
the possibility of one profession becoming a watchdog over the other and hopefully would lead to a uniform outlook
toward the ethical considerations of both
professions. "
For such a plan to work effectively,
however, Dr. Howard points out that
both professions will have to eliminate
their past reluctance toward taking positive disciplinary action when the need
arises.
Nathan Hoffman,
Armstrong New
Dictum Editors
By FRANK SULLIVAN
Dictum Staff
Nathan Hoffman, a first-year student
from Goliad, Texas, was named Editorin-Chief of the law school's student newspaper, Dictum, by the Dictum Advisory
Board and the SBA. He succeeds Robert
W. (Bob) Baker, who resigned to devote
his efforts to the position of Managing
Editor of the Texas Tech Law Review.
Hoffman, a veteran of eight years'
experience in journalism, was formerly
Public Information Officer for the Texas
Department of Agriculture's Marketing
Division. He is the fourth person to hold
the position of Editor-in-Chief.
Kerry Armstrong, a first-year student
from Lubbock, was named Associate
Editor. Armstrong has been Assistant
Sports Information Director at McMurry
College and Sports Editor for the McMurry newspaper and annual. He has
some ten years experience in journalism
and photography and is a graduate of
Texas Tech.
A graduate of the University of Texas
at Austin, Hoffman said his primary
goal was "to serve law students while
informing the legal community and the
public about Texas Tech University
School of Law."
DICTUM-APRIL 1971
PAGE SIX
Pool Racked
By D. Posey
In Contest
Straight Pool was the name of the
game as 11 student pool sharks and one
professor competed in the First Law
School Pool Tournament at the Cactus
Inn on March 6.
David Posey took top honors as he
bested R. B. Pool in the final round of
bracketed play. The game was played
with all 15 balls on the table and the
shotmaker called his shot until he missed. The first round was to 50, the
intermediate round to 75 and the championship round to 100. Each ball called
and knocked in counted one point.
LAW HAWKS-With a 6-0 season record going into the spring vacation, the Law Hawks appeared to be headed for
the law school's first intramural basketball Grad-Faculty League championship. Team members, from left, are Ed Kliewer,
Don Tucker, Roland Saul, Dan Dent, Tom Womble, Jerry Hennigan, Johnny Actkinson, Player-Coach Bruce Magness, Rick
Pajot and Randy Thomas. Not shown are Macon Strother, Alan Johnson and Randy Sherrod.
Legal Roundballer Teams Still
In Running For No.1 Position
By JERRY KOLANDER, JR.
Sports Editor
By spring break, the Graduate-Faculty
Basketball League, action had reached
the midway point with all seven of the
Law School entries in the running for
top spots in the final standings.
The League is divided into two divisions, Championship and Fun. One
team from the Law School, the Law
Hawks, maintain an unblemished record in Championship playas they took
home a 6-0 mark over the spring vacation.
Rookie coach Bruce Magness led his
charges to a strong showing during the
first half of the season as they aim for
the first intramural basketball championship for the Law School. The Math Club
has established a UCLA-type domination
over Championship League play, winning
21 straight games and consecutive championships over the past two years.
In three years, the Hawks are 17-4.
April 5 was the scheduled date for the
meeting between the Hawks and Math.
The Hawks are averaging 71.5 points
per contest, and opponents are averaging
40 points.
Math, Ducks Also in Race
Not far behind Math and Law Hawks
are the Law Ducks, whose only loss in
compiling a 5-1 record was a three point
Law Tests See
Wives Retreat
By ART LARA
Dictum Staff
What's the best thing a law wife can
do to help pull her haggard hubby
through that last gruelling week of studies
and final examinations?
"Leave home," suggests Jackie Harland, president of the Law Wives of
Texas Tech and wife of third-year law
student Pete Harland.
Mrs. Harland and the Law Wives are
planning to abandon their abodes for
the Saturday morning and Sunday afternoon preceding the last week of finals,
as their last activities of the year. Saturday morning, May 8, at 6:30 a.m.,
as husbands are gulping coffee, the wives
will be enjoying an early breakfast at
Furr's Cafeteria and installing their officers for the ensuing year. Sunday
afternoon, May 9, the wives plan to flee
from nervous husbands to swim, play
bridge, and relax from 2-5 p.m. at one
of Lubbock's motels.
At their last formal meeting on April
12, Law Wives nominated and elected
their new officers for the following year.
Also planned for the meeting in the
Pioneer Natural Gas Flame Room, was
a food demonstration by a Pioneer employee. As part of their extra-activities
program April 29 the wives plan to converge on a local golf course to play golf
and miniature golf.
thriller at the hands of Hawks in the
season lidlifter. Mac Smith is the mentor
for the Ducks, who have averaged 81
points a game with a season high of 105
points.
Under the tutelage of John Morris,
the Legal Eagles have compiled a 3-3
record prior to the spring break. They
lost a squeaker to Math 57-46, after
trailing by only three at the end of the
third period. With the difficult part of
the schedule behind them the Legal Eagles are looking forward to a high finish.
Fun Division Play
In the Fun Division, the Law Falcons
have the top Law School record at 4-1.
Under the guidance of coach Phil Lam,
who at Spring break was within two
games of becoming the winningest coach
in Law School history, the Falcons boast
the best defense of all Law School entries,
giving up a mere 35.6 points per fracas.
Coach Lam has a lifetime coaching record of 8-2, placing him second only
to Coach Rod Byrd who mounted a 9-1
mark during his coaching stay in the
1969 season.
Two teams made up entirely of second
year students, the Law Thunderbirds,
under the dual leadership of Joe Hayes
and N ewal Squyres, and the Law Buzzards, under head mentor Richie Crews,
follow the Falcons closely in the Fun
League standings. The Buzzards stood
3-2 and the Thunderbirds' record was 3-3.
The Buzzards' two losses have been by
a total of 5 points. The Thunderbirds
have the third best offensive punch in the
Law School, averaging 48.2 points per
contest followed closely by the Buzzards'
46.6 point per game average. The Thunderbirds also own the second best defense in the Law School, giving up a
mere 38 points per game.
The Law Roadrunners, with Vernon
Dyer at the helm, have had a rough going
during the first half of the season, managing a 2-4 ledger. The team is averaging
a respectable 43.5 points per game but
defense has been a problem.
The four Fun League teams are
chasing the undefeated Management
Finance Department which has run up
a string of five consecutive wins. Only
the Law Buzzards have faced the Finance
five, losing 46-44 on a field goal at the
final buzzer.
Against outside competition, excluding
games between teams from the Law
School, the School has run up an overall
21-9 mark, with the Championship division teams chalking up an impressive
12-2 record.
The team rosters are:
Champion Division
Hawks--Magness, Coach; Strother, W omble, Hennigan, Actkinson, Pajot, Sherrod, Randy Thomas, Saul, Johnson, Tucker, Dent, Kliewer.
Ducks--Mac Smith, Coach; Graham, Rake,
Crocker, Anderton, Mayfield, Sparling, Elder,
Hines, Snuggs, Salomon, James.
Legal Eagles--Morris, Coach; Floyd, Harwood, Hawthorne, Hurd, Inabnett, Jacobs,
Leslie, Owens, Sawyer, Seltzer, Thigpen.
Fun Division
Roadrunners--Dyer, Coach; Akins, Armstrong, Glazner, Hill, Turner, Mike Smith,
Walthall, Howell, Noble, Keithley, Hartgraves,
Griffin, G. Smith.
Buzzards--Crews, Coach; McWilliams, Tom
Hill, Sims, Chase, Mark Thomas, Branum,
Palmer, Laney, Wright, Hutchison.
Thunderbirds--Hayes,
Squyres,
Coaches;
Shackleford, Naler, Dallas, Taber, Irish, DeGuerin, Sparks, Baynham.
Falcons--Lam, Coach; Burnett, Casey, Adams, McNery, Nasits, Weems, Skogland, Malone, Brummett, Palizzi.
Standings as of April 1
CHAMPIONSHIP LEAGUE
6
LAW HAWKS
6
Math
LAW DUCKS
5
Ind.
Eng.
5
3
LEGAL EAGLES
Civ.
Eng.
3
3
PE
Bunz
3
Elect.
Eng.
3
English
1
La
Raza
Hist.
Red
o
Physics
o
FUN LEAGUE
Mgmt. Finance
LAW FALCONS
Education
Bombers
LAW BUZZARDS
LAW T-BIRDS
Myers Reds
Govt. Red
LAW ROADRUNNERS
Govt. Black
Hist. Blue
o
o
1
1
3
3
3
4
4
6
6
6
5
4
4
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4
2
2
3
3
3
3
3
2
2
2
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1
1
4
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SBA Elections
Due This Month
The Student Bar Association has
scheduled elections in April for a new
slate of officers to serve for the school
year 1971-72.
Offices to be filled include SBA president, vice president, secretary, treasurer,
and chief justice of the judicial council.
Officers who will step down after the
elections are President Jeff Wentworth,
Vice President Pete Harland, Secretary
Jerry Kolander, Treasurer Tom Schueller
and Chief Justice Macon Strother.
The new officers will take their positions under a newly-ratified and updated
Student Bar Association Constitution.
The new constitution was ratified in a
special election in early April after an
active campaign by a constitutional revision committee chaired by second-year
law student John Stewart.
Alumni
January Bar Exam results netted an
excellent return with 16 out of 17 from
Tech receiving a passing mark, according
to Dean Amandes. Jack Driskill led the
group with a high grade of 86.
Thanks to Charles W. Adams, president of the Texas Tech University School
of Law Alumni Association, for passing
along this information concerning recent
graduates.
Professor Tony Palizzi fell in the first
round, and in the finals it was Pool facing Posey. Pool mounted a 93-85 margin before missing, and Posey then ran
15 straight to take first place honors.
The entry fee was two dollars per
contestant with the winner taking threefourths and the bridesmaid the remainder. Posey took home $18 and Pool
banked $6. Plans are in process for a
second tournament later in the Spring
Semester.
Appellate Court
Hears 3 Cases
The 7th Court of Civil Appeals, which
usually sits in Amarillo, used the Texas
Tech University Law School courtroom
for the second time April 6, hearing
arguments in three cases which originated in the Lubbock area of the appellate district.
The three-justice court met outside of
Amarillo for the first time last fall when
the Law School courtroom was used to
hear other cases from the Lubbock area.
Arguments were presented April 6 in:
Paul Cannon versus W. C. Arnold, a case
originating in Hale County; Ollie
Wright versus D. K. Kiser and Wayne
Smith, executors of the estate of George
H. Jones, deceased, a case originating
in Lubbock County; and M. H. Wagner
versus Goodpasture, Inc., on appeal
from Terry County.
Members of the court are Chief Justice
James A. Ellis, formerly judge of the
137th District Court in Lubbock, and
Associate Justices James A. Joy and
Charles L. Reynolds.
Serving the 7th Court of Civil Appeals
next year as briefing clerk will be Bruce
Magness, candidate for graduation from
the law school in May. Magness and his
wife Janice, who has taught in the Lubbock schools the past two years, will
move to Amarillo in July.
LAW STUDENTS ANGERED
BY UNLISTED CHEMICALS
A group of law students have petitioned the government to stop food makers
from omitting potentially dangerous ingredients from product labels. The
petitioners pointed to caffeine in colas
and monosodium glutamate in some
mayonnaise as examples of ingredients
which are excluded from labels.
The FDA regards these two ingredients as "optional", which means they may
be. added if the food maker desires, yet
they do not have to be placed on the
label. There are presently 225 optional
additives which are not required to be
listed on the product's label. Oregon
Daily Emerald.
JVotcs!
Rod Byrd is now associated with Ungerman, Hill, & Anguist, a law firm in
Fort Worth. James Eaton reports that he
is associated with Webb & Stokes, Continenntal Building, San Antonio, Texas.
William Shaw is a member of the firm of
Scoggins & Shaw, 4120 Rio Grande, EI
Paso. Alan L. Murray has a new address
with Passman, Jones, Stewart, & Andrews, at 2525 One Main Place, Dallas,
Texas.-JACK HERRINGTON