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South
^ANNOTATIONS
1303 San Jacinto
Houston, Texas 77002
Vol V Issue 3
September, 1976
School's History Varied, Growth Oriented
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By Tommy Adkisson
Perhaps one of the most in-
teresting but least considered
topics a student should acquaint
himself with before attaining
that J.D. we are all looking for
is the history of South Texas
College of Law. A quick survey
of literature that might contain
such information reveals few
comprehensive sources on the
history of our College of Law.
A casual glance at the
Houston scene though, will
reveal ample evidence of the
influence South Texas Collegé
of Law, its students, faculty,
and alumni have had on the
local as well as the national
community.
No small part of this impact is
derived from the fact that South
Texas has been in operation
since September 24, 1923 some
fifty-three years ago. At its
inception thirty-four freshmen
students were enrolled, five of
which were women.
Judge John C. Townes was
principal speaker at the opening
ceremonies. He was Dean of the
University of Texas Law School
for many years and the father of
E. E. Townes, Sr. who was one
of the founders and third Dean
of the College of Law.
E. E. Townes, Jr. currently
serves on the Board of Trustees
and has done so since 1956.
Purpose Stated
The first Dean of the College
of Law (1923-1931) and later
Judge on the United States Fifth
Circuit Court of Appeals, J. C.
Hutcheson, Jr. stated the
purpose of South Texas College
of Law as follows:
"It will be the purpose of the
Board of Governors of this
institution to estabish a
curriculum . . . and by the
careful selection and in-
struction of its students, to
maintain for this institution a
standard which in the course of
time will entitle it to rank as a
school of the first class . . .
"It will be our purpose then to
seek out for students only
sincere men — only earnest
men, who have enlisted not for a
battle only, but for a war, and
upon whose persevering in-
terest we may securely count.
"Given such students, it will
be our hope and purpose to turn
them out not practitioners
merely, not craftsmen in tort or
contract, criminal law or ad-
miralty, but lawyers, capable of
reasoning broadly and ab-
stractly, and of testing by the
same general touchstone
'conformity to right and
justice,' every question no
matter in what particular
branch of the law it may arise
"We will promise nothing now
as to what we will fulfill, for we
believe that we can do much
more than we can now
promise."
Many of us have heard of the
"YMCA days" of South Texas
College of Law. Actually the
Damages Featured in January
Special Issues Planned by Law Journal
The South Texas Law Journal
has announced that it will
publish a symposium issue on
"Damages in Personal Injury
Cases." The issue will be the
first of four trial-related issues
which will include workmen's
compensation, criminal law and
domestic relations.
The purpose of the sym-
posium issues is to make the
Law Journal more useful to the
practicing bench and bar
through articles of broad in-
terest written from a practical
as well as an academic
viewpoint by judges and
practicing attorneys.
The symposium approach
also allows the law school to
play a very important role in
the continuing legal education
process of the bench and bar.
The damages issue will
consist of fourteen articles to be
authored by specialists in the
field of personal injury
litigation. The articles which
are currently in preparation for
publication in January, 1977 are
as follows:
Judge William Blanton,
Nature of Damages in Personal
Injury Suits
John O'Quinn, Common-Law
Elements of Damages
Howard Nations, Recent
Statutory Developments:
Comparative Negligence, Guest
Statute, No Fault Insurance &
Uninsured Motorist Act
Joseph D. Jamail, Use of
Medical Testimony to Prove
Damages
Wayne Fisher, Use of
Economic Expert to Prove
Damages
Jim Sales, Defending the
Personal Injury Suit
Jim Kronzer, Protecting the
Record for Appeal
Doug Matthews, Products
Liability
Bill Payne, Medical
Malpractice
Jack McConn, Excess
Liability: The Stower's Doc-
trine
The symposium issue will be
priced at $7.50 (plus tax).
However, this issue will be
included with a subscription to
Volume 18.
The "Damages in Personal
Injury Cases" will be followed
by a second special issue on
"Workmen's Compensation"
with articles by equally
renowned authorities in this
field. The anticipated
publication date is the Summer,
1977.
The Law Journal has also
announced that an innovative
section, "Synopsis of the Law,"
will become a regular feature
beginning with the Fall Edition.
The Law Journal has added
this section to fulfill its role in
the legal community of keeping
attorneys informed of new
developments and trends in the
law.
Few attorneys have the time
to labor through advance sheets
to find the new lew and make
detailed analyses of the legal
trends. Some law journals
provide this service through
"Annual Surveys of the Law."
The Synopsis section, however,
will be a concise analysis of the
most current law and new
trends in each major area of the
law presented on an issue by
issue basis.
The section will also focus on
changes in Texas statutory law
and amendments to the various
Codes. The emphasis will be on
explanations for, potential
significance and possible
judicial interpretations of the
statutory changes and amend-
ments.
Other articles of interest to
practicing attorneys in coming
issues include:
Donn Fullenweider, Domestic
Relations Judgments in Texas:
Draftmanship and Enfor-
ceability
William Payne, Vicarious
Liability for the Operating
Room Surgeon
Susan Pearlman, Texas' New
Rape Statute
Fred Greguras, LEXIS:
Computer-Assisted Legal
Research
To subscribe, send $15.75
(sales tax included) to: South
Texas Law Journal, 1303 San
Jacinto, Houston, Texas 77002.
College of Law began as a part
of what was then a national
effort by the YMCA in the field
of education. There were twenty
law schools operating on this
basis around the country at
about the same time South
Texas College of Law was
founded. Some of these law
schools were Detroit College of
Law, Northeastern University
Law School, New York Law
School, and Youngstown School
of Law.
At this time South Texas had
its first location on the third
floor of the old Houston YMCA
then located at the corner of
Fannin and McKinney Streets.
In 1941 South Texas moved to
1600 Louisiana Street, the
present home of the YMCA.
Opening Reception
The third and final location of
the College of Law was the 1964
move to its present location in
what was known at the time as
the J. Robert Neal Building at
1220 Polk Avenue. South Texas
now owns the entire city block
except the northwest corner
which is currently used for
commercial parking.
Sunday, March 28, 1976,
faculty, alumni, students, and
their families along with
honored guests from the state
and federal judiciary -joined in
the opening reception for the
Jesse H. Jones Law Building,
thus turning another important
page in South Texas history.
Opening of the new Law
Building was the culmination of
the vision and efforts of the
Board of Trustees and Dean
Garland R. Walker.
Also in attendance at the
reception were members of
both the Texas Supreme Court
and Court of Criminal Appeals,
all of whom had attended the
South Texas College of Law
Annual Spring Banquet the
night before at the Hyatt
Regency Hotel along with
Robert Clavert, former Chief
Justice of the Texas Supreme
Court and John M. Lawrence
III, President of the State Bar of
Texas.
Receptions were held on each
floor in an effort to ac-
commodate the crowd of 4,000 in
attendance and acquaint them
with the new facility. In keeping
with the change, South Texas
College of Law would hereafter
list its address as 1303 San
Jacinto.
Significance of the Jesse H.
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Alumni Column
Editor's Note: The following
is the beginning of a new feature
of Annotations-an Alumni
Column. This month the paper
is being sent to all alumni of
STCL in the hopes that they will
take an interest in the activities
of the Alumni Association.
There will be a report each
month from the alumni officers.
If you would like to continue
to receive Annotations and the
Alumni Column, please send $5
for a one year subscription. If
you would like to become more
involved with the Association,
contact Mabel Welch at STCL.
Champagne and poor boys
provided lunch for the Alumni
meeting September 1 in the Joe
M. Green Advocacy Center.
After the meeting, those at-
tending took a self-guided tour
of the new building, to see the
changes made since they were
students here.
Charles Cate, Alumni
president, spoke briefly with the
alumni, explaining upcoming
events for the fall, including the
Professional Orientation Day
and the dinner-dance planned
for September 25. (see related
story).
A special honored guest was
Joe M. Green Jr., major
benefactor of the Advocacy
Center, for whom it is named.
President's Report
We had an enthusiastic turn-
out September 1 for our Cham-
Po luncheon. In excess of 90
persons attended. This is the
kickoff of what we hope will be
the most significant year your
association has had.
Item 1 on your agenda should
be to plan on attending the
social at the Meyerland Club
September 25. An excellent
menu and a good dance band
are in the offing. You will
receive separate notices;
please make your reservations
early.
In the immediate future are
plans for Founders' Day and
Professional Orientation Day,
which we anticipate being a real
bridge between the gap of
student and practicing at-
torney.
This is a broken record. Your
organization will be only as
meaningful as you want it to be.
Your present officers have
every hope and indication that
we are on the threshold of the
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