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Annotations - August, 1970
Page 8
DELTA THETA PHI (Cont'd from previous page)
Reporter Gaylen Nix
Treasurer Lovett Boggess
Secretary Richard Wells
Senior Senator James Culpepper
L.S.D. Representative Wes Hocker
Mid-Law Representative Sam Adamo
Freshman Senator Keith Jenkins
GOOD SPEED!
BOOK REVIEW
Points of Rebellion by Mr. Justice William O. Douglas.
"We must realize that today's establishment is the new
George III. Whether it will continue to adhere to his tactics,
we do not know. If it does, the redress, honored in tradition, is
also revolution" and so the tenor of Mr. Justice Douglas's
latest book(let) Points of Rebellion is set. A tenor which the
Establishment has reacted decisively to — possible impeach-
ment proceedings! Regardless of ones persuasion, this is an
important book for law students. The author writes of two
forces which have conditioned older people not to be receptive
to youth's protest against the Establishment: "First is the
growing subservience of man to the machine. Man has come to
realize that if he is to have material "success", he must honor
the folklore of the corporation state, respect its desires, and
walk to the measure of its thinking The older generation
has in the main become mindless when it comes to criticism of
the system". The second force he writes of is due to the water-
ing down of First Amendment Rights. "A person may be
convicted for making a speech or for pamphleteering if a judge
rules ex post facto that a speaker or publisher created a 'clear
and present danger' that his forbidden or revolutionary thesis
would be accepted by at least some of the audience". The
author is critical of our society and our welfare state. He says
that our welfare state is upside down; that it helps the rich
get richer and the poor, poorer; that it's welfare for the rich
but free enterprise for the poor. But, yet, he says the coming
revolution against King George III need not be a repeat of
1776. "It could be a revolution in the nature of an explosive
political regeneration". Vintage Book, V-603, $1.95.
POINTS TO PONDER
by Larry Perry
Last Friday prior to class, I was engaged in a discussion
with several other students concerning law school and our
student body. Several questions were raised and several points
made concerning activities at South Texas College of Law;
points and questions that should interest all students attending
class here. I would like to present these issues to you (Atten-
tion: Student Bar Association) for consideration.
QUESTIONS:
1) Wouldn't it be nice to have a big clock in the student
lounge, preferably one that worked?
2) What ever happened to the good old fashioned fraternity
used book sales?
3) Who, other than the Student Bar Association Rep-
resentatives, knows what happened at the last SBA meet-
ing?
4) Who represents you at these meetings?
5) Why have student elections become such a low key
affair?
6) What ever happened to the SBA committee of a few
years back that was to design and have made window
decals for our automobile windows signifying that the
driver was a South Texas Law Student?
7) Why haven't we had more controversial speakers? Why
haven't we had more speakers?
8) Wouldn't it be nice to have an old sofa and some lounge
chairs in the lounge in addition to the straight back
chairs already there?
9) When was the last "open house" held at South Texas
College of Law?
10) What can be done to inject school spirit into the life line
of the student body?
POINTS
1) I wish more Instructors would make practical experience
assignments similar to Mr. Blood's will writing, Mr.
Brown's office memo, Mr. Weigel's field trips to the
morgue, and Mr. Moses' field trips to the Harris County
jail. After all, what experience does the average law
student have upon graduation? The ABA Law Student
Division last summer at Dallas pointed out this deficien-
cy in our education. It would be nice to have an intern-
ship, similar to a medical student, but I'm afraid that is
still a long way off.
2) A "wives night" at Law School would go a long way in
explaining why law students are so dedicated to their
studies. I often wonder how many wives have actually
been in the building, much less in an actual class? Why
couldn't one night a year be set aside as ' wives night"
where they could attend class and tour the school?
3) The only chance the students are able to visit with the
Instructors out of class are (a) at the Spring Banquet,
and (b) at the winter "tea". It looks like the Student Bar
Association could sponsor such events as a student-
faculty softball game or basketball game, or a student-
faculty Bar-B-Q in the summer months. Not only would
this allow a closer student-facutly relationship but would
build the espirit de corps of the school tremendously.
4) The Moot Court teams work very hard each semester
vying for a chance to represent South Texas in the state,
regional and national contests. My question is this, how
many of these Moot Court teams have you seen in
action? Wouldn't it mean more to all concerned if the
student body turned out in mass to witness these teams
in action? Maybe we could choose the winners. Many
schools begin training their teams during their freshman
year in law school and by the time they are seniors, they
have become experienced in oral advocacy and Moot
Court competition. We can only compete effectively
against these teams by showing ours that we back them
100%.
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