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At its first annual meeting, held last evening, the Harvard Legal Aid Bureau decided to maintain offices at 763 Massachusetts Avenue near Central Square to supplement its usual quarters at Gannett House. H. B. Ely 3L was elected president of the bureau for the coming year, it was further announced last night.
The new office near Central Square will be used both in morning and afternoon work and in addition morning hours as well as the customary afternoon hours will be held in Gannett House. It was explained that the purpose of the Legal Aid Bureau is to offer gratuitous legal advice and service to those who can not afford to retain counsel. While the individual members of the bureau are not barristers the society is given the legal right of attorney.
Maguire Speaks
During the course of the meeting Professor J. M. Maguire of the Law School spoke on the benefits of legal aid work to the community as well as to the law students.
Other executive officers for the bureau for this year will be A. I. Schmalholtz 3L, vice-president; H. B. Johnson 3L, secretary; Harold Lynton 3L, treasurer; and J. DeB. Kops, Jr. 3L; R. W. Barrett 2L, and I. J. Galpeer 2L, directors. The membership of the society for this year, excluding those already mentioned, is as follows: H. L. Brinsmade, B. D. Brooker, H. I. Cammer, T. McP. Davis, R. E. Ela, J. J. Fine, C. Gottesman, V. Q. Harmon, R. E. Kopp, I. I. Krug, S. J. Liftin, G. D. Martin, J. B. Mossitte, E. F. Morris, R. E. Mumford, Phillip Nichols, J. F. Rich, A. J. Rockwell, J. Rosenberg, R. H. Ryan, D. C. Sachs, J. D. Shoaff, W. M. Simon, E. P. Simpkins, Jr., J. B. Tittman, and J. C. Weir. These men are in the second and third year classes at the Law School.
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