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¥ JhcUloU i\ * History of tne Senior La " w Class Alexis Dumestre N a bright September morning in 1925, thirty young men and ladies presented themselves in Marquette Hall for enrollment in the first Day Law Class of Loyola University. After attending the introductory lectures, the class elected officers. Maurice Lottinger was honored with the office of President, Marshall Brown, Vice-President, and Plauche Villere, Secretary-Treasurer. Later, Charles Gotten was elected our repre- sentative on the Student Council. During the early part of the school year, two of our members withdrew. One o f these, Henry Neubig, being awakened to the fact that he could best serve mankind from the altar than the bar, deserted us for the portals of a seminary. The other, Marshall Brown, succumbed to the lure of Dan Cupid and with this added responsibility had to give up his studies. The final examinations in May struck us with the fury of a September storm, taking as its toll seven of our fellow students. Our Freshman year ended with a banquet at Turci ' s. September, 1926, found us back in the fold again, firmly convinced we had a good foundation for the study of law, especially after completing the reading of Blackstone ' s Commentaries assigned for summer reading. Four members of the night school transferred to our class at the beginning of this term, bringing the enrollment of the First Junior Day Law Class to thirty members. At the first meeting of the class, Alexis C. Dumestre was elected President, Anthony Schiro, Vice-President, and Plauche Villere was re-elected Secretary and Treasurer. Under the guidance of the above officers, the Junior Class had a very successful year, and, like the Senior Class of 1927 that compiled all the important acts of the Louisiana Legislature, which was very helpful to them in taking the Louisiana Bar Examination, our class, through the suggestion of our president and with the untiring efforts of our professor, Hon. William H. Byrnes, compiled all the questions and answers of the important articles in the civil code, which has proven very popular with the Law Students of the two other Universities of this state, the achievement of which our class can feel proud. The May examinations found us better prepared and as a result, only three of our members were lost. Again, in 1927, we returned to the stately portals of Loyola in the hope of departing with the coveted LL.B. During the Summer, we had kept busy reading decisions and opinions rendered in celebrated cases, upon which we were required to pass an examination before entering the Senior Class. Alexis C. Dumestre, President, Lubin Laurent, Vice-President, Theodore Bergeron, Secretary, and William McDermott, Treasurer, were the officers elected to pilot our Senior year. A new policy was adopted this year in the form of mid-term examinations. The results of the exams have placed a few of us in precarious positions, but there is no doubt the difficulty will be overcome in the final examinations. In Athletics, our class was ably represented, especially on the undefeated Maroon Cyclone of 1926, by Red Gremillon, alternate-captain, and " Tony " Schiro, plunging fullback. We also had the distinction of having Alexis Dumestre selected as manager of the Varsity Football Team of 1927. Our class was also well represented on the Maroon, Law Journal, and l. ' niversity Band. This is meant to be a history of our class, but in reality it is merely a preface to the history that will be made by the members thereof. In passing, we take advantage of this opportunity to thank the members of the faculty for their efforts and patience in making this history pos- sible. It is our hope that we shall be able to follow the example and professional ideals of these men exhibited both in the classroom and at the bar. 5* i«4»urMw (fm*nrcn«u n— iM|j nn L Miiwi i» ni«r» *w

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