Annotations of the South Texas College of Law (Houston, Tex.), February, 1969 Page: 6 of 8
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Sprecher Appointed
Supreme Court Clerk
South Texas College of Law is ex-
tremely proud to be able to announce
that Averum J. Sprecher, senior law
student from East Haddam, Connecti-
cut, has recently been appointed as
briefing clerk for the year beginning
August 1, 1969, for the Honorable
Sears McGee, Associate Justice of the
Supreme Court of Texas. The twenty-
seven year old senior will graduate
near the top of his class this coming
June and is, of course, extremely ea-
ger to undertake the duties of this
new position, which by custom is lim-
ited to only the finest law students
from the state of Texas.
Jay has recently been appointed
Editor-in-Chief of the South Texas Law
Journal and has been a member of the
Law Review since the fall of 1967.
His most notable writing achievement
appeared in the last issue of our Law
Journal, Volume 10, Number 3, page
222-268 and was entitled "Continuing
Echos of Giddeon's Trumpet-The Indi-
gent defendant and the Misdemeanor;
A New Crisis Involving the Assistance
of Counsel in a Criminal Trial." This
article alone shows Jay's excellent
ability as both a researcher and a
talented legal writer.
All students at South Texas can
well remember that Jay Sprecher was a
member of last year's moot court which
represented South Texas College of Law
in its initial appearance in National
Moot Court competition. The South
Texas moot court team placed first in
the briefing competition in the re-
gional round, no doubt largely due to
the excellent research and writing of
Mr. Sprecher. In addition to the a-
bove mentioned honors, Jay is also a
member of Lytae, our school's honorary
scholastic society.
South Texas is extremely proud to
have one of its fine students ap-
pointed to such a distinguished posi-
tion and wishes Jay the best of luck
in his new endeavor. The appointment
has not only benefited one individual,
but has in itself benefited the school
and all of its students, by bringing
to light the fact that South Texas
does, in fact, produce excellent pros-
pective attorneys.
DEFERRED FINALS
CHANGE ANNOUNCED
At a Faculty meeting on February
11, 1969, it was decided that the
postponed final examination situation
had gotten to the point where it is
necessary to make some rules governing
this situation.
The Faculty decided that commencing
with the final examinations for this
Spring Semester, 1969, that a letter
from a doctor or a letter from an em-
ployer would be necessary to support a
request for a postponed examination
for medical or employment reasons. In
cases where a postponed examination is
granted, a different examination from
the one that is offered the rest of
the class will be given or the student
may be required to take the final
examination the next time the course
is offered without registering for the
course.
In a case where the final examina-
tion is postponed and a different
examination given from the one given
to the rest of the class, the student
will not receive any benefit from any
curve that is given because the exam-
ination which he takes will be differ-
ent from the one taken by the rest of
the class.
The Faculty feels that this ruling
should be given publicity well in ad-
vance of the examination period so
that all students would be apprised of
it.
DELTA THETA PHI
Delta Theta Phi, national law fra-
ternity, established the E. E. Townes
Senate at South Texas College of Law
in 1956. It is the oldest and largest
fraternity at South Texas.
The Delt's new year began with a
typically exuberating New Year's Eve
party held at the Delt house located
at 2502 South MacGregor. More than one
hundred and twenty persons gave a
rousing welcome to a year, which for
some marked the end and for others the
mere beginning of a career as a stu-
dent of the law.
Once again, during registration,
the Delts offered their services to
the students of South Texas via the
Delt Book Sale, which proved to be
even more successful this semester
than in the past. For those new stu-
dents, this service is offered at the
beginning of each semester and pro-
vides a vehicle for students to sell
their used books to other students who
desire to escape a portion of the mon-
etary catastrophe which lingers over
the heads of most of us at registra-
tion time. With this thought in mind,
there is no charge to either seller or
purchaser at the Delt Book Sale.
Delta Theta Phi installed its new
officers at its New Year's Eve party.
The officers include Ronald N. Hayes,
Dean; John C. Cangelosi, Jr., Vice-
Dean; Lawrence T. Newman, Tribune; Jim
Walton, Exchequer; Ron Haddox, Master
of the Ritual; Anthony R. Boyle, Jr.,
Master of the Rolls; John A. Maxwell,
Bailiff; and Jim Guiberteau, Parlia-
mentarian.
Twenty-one new members were initia-
ted recently. They are George H. Cool-
ey, Byron David, Louis Dimicil, Brent
Dobbs, William D. Dupree, Michael W.
Eheman, Gene W. Frohbieter, Stuart
Henry, Robert B. Johnston, Jr., W.
Joseph Kent, William L. Malone, and
Sam Moreau, Jr. Also • Gaylin Nix,
George L. Preston, Gordon K. Rouze,
Alonzo 0. C. Sargenti, Gary Scott,
James R. Smith, Joseph M. Stevens,
Jr., Luther B. Van Cleve, II, and Jan
0. Van Slate.
Our new pledges include Sam Adamo,
Gerald A. Cornick, Paul T. Cravey,
Tony De Paul, Robert C. Dunn, F.
Bennett Harvie, Kenneth H. McMullen,
Romeo Rodriquez, and Richard A. Wells.
Delta Theta Phi legal fraternity
welcomes inquiries at any time from
all students. If you are looking for
congenial friends, encouragement and
help in attaining high scholastic
standards, and, most of all, profes-
sionalism, then there is a place for
you in Delta Theta Phi.
TRY
L.S.D
YOU GET A LOT OUT OF IT ...
WHEN YOU'RE IN IT!
LAW STUDENT DIVISION,
AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATION
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