Forcible Speeches at Law Smoker

The speakers at the smoker of the third year law class, held in the Dining Room of the Union yesterday evening, were Professor Williston '82, Dean Thayer '88, and the Hon, Herbert Parker '78.

Professor Williston, the first speaker, read an examination paper submitted for entrance to the Law School, and after he had finished added that he felt little communication in making public such an amusing document since the writer was not a successful applicant.

To Mr. Parker's mind the duty of a lawyer is not to his client at the expense of the courts or of justice, of which the courts are but the visible symbol; but he must at all times have in view the rights of his case, its effect on others, and the precedent which a decision inevitably establishes. The temptation of a man just entering the field of law is to accept the first opportunity presented, but he has no right to "win a position by the payment of a price which he will ever afterwards regret."

Mr. Thayer said that he realized the difficulty which he faced in attempting to fill the position of his predecessor, yet the knowledge of his inability to even approach the standard which Dean Amesset, was to him a hope and an inspiration. To accept the position of dean necessitated the relinquishment of an active and pleasant practice, but Mr. Thayer said that he felt no other course was open to him than to acquiesce in the choice of the Faculty.