Newlyweds Eat Steak, Teacher Pays

Friday the thirteenth was a godsend rather than an ill omen for William L. Prosser '18, professor of Law, and William K. Poindexter 2L. Professor Prosser got a real bona fide lawsuit, and Poindexter is still gloating over the chance to "scalp" a law professor.

Newly appointed to the Law School, Professor Prosser started his second lecture on that morning with an illustrative example of "negotiable" securities. "Has anybody got a $5 bill?" he questioned his audience.

"And I, being slow-witted, reached in my pocket and handed him one," said Poindexter. Prosser then pocketed the bill, "sat back, looked smug, and smiled," and the whole class burst into laughter.

"I realized I'd been tricked," remarked Poindexter, "but I must admit I wasn't used to encountering larceny in such high circles."

Lunch with his flancee and a trip to the local court provided Poindexter with the necessary weapons for his next sortie into Law School territory. He appeared in class the following morning armed with a constable and a summons.

Professor Prosser seemed to sense that he "was going to be served with a summons," said Poindexter, "and he knew about my coming marriage. So he called me up to the podium and gave me $5 'for a wedding gift'," and the constable gave Prosser the snmmons.

Poindexter was married Sunday and both he and his wife are looking forward to a Durgin-Park steak dinner with Professor Prosser's gift, but Poindexter still wants his original $5 back and plans to file a declaration of his injury next Saturday in the Cambridge courthouse.

Mrs. Poindexter plans to drop a "thank-you" note in the mail for Professor Prosser, "who was a very thoughtful man to make us a wedding gift," and Mr. Poindexter has decided to spread his time between thinking up an appropriate image of Prosser to garnish his mantelpiece and deciding just what to do with another fiver that came his way last night.

It seems that CRIMSON photographer Lou Baker forgot to retrieve the bill he lent to Poindexter for picture purposes