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THE WITAN
October, 1978
Witan
Editorials
I remember sitting with some friends in Professor Scott's office one afternoon last
Spring. During the course of our conversation he spoke of class spirit — esprit de corps,
. essentially saying that for the several years before our class (we are now in our third
year) he was unable to detect any but that our class had a bit and that it should be
cultivated and preserved in memory. Let me say, though not vainly, that he was
correct, for I saw and felt it also. There are numerous cliques, if you will, interspersed
among the homogenousness of our class but with no easily discernable hostility or even
snobbishness to be seen. We have a particularly outstanding selection of class
characters; Mad Dog (happily entitled), Wolfman, Crayfish, the Obscenity, etc. Truly a
most improbable and unforgettable cast. There is a feeling of general good will as is
befitting of a group who've gone through an enlightening and decimating intellectual
transmogrification. In fact, I suppose no one really dislikes anyone else, which is an
evangel of esprit.
It's so easy to get caught up in one's own affairs that I must confess relative ignorance
to the degree of class spirit in the second year class as a group, although from what I've
seen of many individuals it is flourishing. But I mostly address myself to the first year
class — you will be here the longest though it will doubtless turn out to be the shortest
time of your lives. Tempus fugit. Don't steer too narrow a course lest you fail to see
those around you. There are probably those among you as weird as any upper classmen.
Get involved in as many school activities as you possibly can — there is no dearth of
them. The society of your fellows will aid you to acquire the 'legal temper' so necessary
to succeed in what is, after all, still a jungle.
THE RED MASS
Dr. Harold Gill Reuschlein, on behalf of
the School of Law, cordially invites all
students, their families and friends to
attend the twenty-sixth annual Red Mass
on Thursday, 26 October 1978 at 5:30 p.m.
in the historic San Fernando Cathedral,
downtown. The Most Reverend Francis J.
Furey, Metropolitan of San Antonio will
be the prinicipal celebrant. The Mass will
be set in the appropriate religious and
patriotic pageantry. Music is provided by
the Liturgical Choir of Incarnate Word
College and a brass choir.'Following the
Mass, a cocktail reception will be held at
the Plaza Club honouring the Supreme
Court of Texas, the Court of Criminal
Appeals of Texas, and the judges of Bexar
County. There will be a cash bar.
What is the origin of the Red Mass?
Since the reign of Edward I in the early
fourteenth century, a solemn votive Mass,
with priests in red vestments and the Law
Lords in scarlet and ermine, has been held
in England, on a date near Michaelmas, to
celebrate the autumn sitting of the courts
and the opening of Parliament.
Michaelmas is the feast of the Archangel
Michael, 29 September, the first day of
Michaelmas Tide and one of the four
quarter days of English reckoning.
Twenty-six years ago. the tradition was
begun in San Antonio by the St. Mary'
University School of Law and the CattooLc
Lawyer's Guild of San Antonio, to
consecrate the study and practice of Law
and her fairer sister Equity.
Come and attend a eommon law and St.
Mary's tradition.
NOTES
ON THE
CHILYIMIAD
Chili, like barbeque, is one of those
culinary curiosities originally developed to
make meat of dubious quality palatable,
Yet, in the strange manner (as Wilde
noted) of the poor delighting in
extravagance and the rich in economy,
chili, like barbeque has lost its original
purpose and become a delicacy in its own
right. As a direct and proximate result o(
chili's aforementioned evolution, the sixth
annual Republic of Texas Chilympiad was
held in San Marcos 16-17 September, witl
two-hundred forty-five teams competing
for the blue ribbon. The St. Mary's Law
School Chili Team entered the lists and
made a serious race for the prize, although
we found the chili wanting—too little lean,
too much fat. Also the absence of Robert
Aldrich's fine hand was apparent
However the sunshine, beer, and raucous
fellowship more than compensated for the
chili and we took much of each on board
for a memorable time.
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