THE CARDINAL
Official Student Publication of University of Louisville
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VOL. 6 LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 1938 NO. 16
Blind Dates See
With New Device
Outstanding in recent years on
the campuses of the U. S. as a
propeller of social activity has
been the date bureau. When
many of the leading universities
sought to aid their bachelor clubs
and crocheting circles in becom-ing
better acquainted, some
brainy collegian gave birth to the
date bureau. Since that time the
idea has gained momentum un-til
it now holds an important
whip over successful campus life.
Here at Belknap the tempo of
the social life has long hit a fee-ble
beat, largely due to the ab-sence
of the professional schools.
In their removal from the Camp-us,
these students whose studies
give them an exceptionally full
week find that they are out of
contact with the Liberal Arts
College when the weekends roll
around. The L. A. division, com-paratively
carefree as it is, has
never stopped to consider the
stunted social life of their fel-low
lawyers and doctors.
One week ago The Cardinal de-cided
to take steps to relieve the
situation. By gaining the authori-
Former G-Man
Joins Law
School Staff
A. G. Russell formerly of the
Federal Bureau of Investigation,
has been appointed to the fac-ulty
of the University Law
School, Dean J. N. Lott an-nounced
Saturday. He is to lec-ture
on Criminal Law and on
Corporations and Wills.
Mr. Russell, a graduate of
Berea College and the Yale Uni-versity
Law School, was connect-ed
for five years with the F. B.
1., and has practiced law in
Frankfort the past two years. He
is a brother of the late A. J.
Russell, who until the time of his
death was also a member of the
Law School faculty.
Activities in the University
moot court will be resumed Tues-day
night at the County Court-house
when student lawyers are
to debate a will-probation case
before Judge Ben F. Ewing.
Dudley Brady and Warfield
Miller are to act as defense coun-sel.
Jack Sherman and George
Ryan are to argue for the plain-tiff.
Although there is to be no
jury, spectators from the Campus
urged to attend.
W. P. A. Aid
Seals Old Law
Building’s Fate
Contrary to previous reports,
the University did not receive an
outright Works Progress Admin-istration
grant for the construc-tion
of the Law School, only an
agreement on a joint undertaking
in the use of materials and men,
Dr. Raymond A. Kent told a
Cardinal reporter.
Climaxing a drive extending
several years, the University, in
acquiring the new Law School
building, attained one of the
greatest achievements in its his-tory.
Overshadowed only by the
creation of the campus in 1924,
it marks the first step in the
realization of the Larson Plan
for University expansion.
Construction on the $200,000
Colonial-type two-story building
began ceremoniously at 12:30 p.
m. Saturday as President Ray-mond
A. Kent shoveled the first
bit of earth on the designated
plot of ground, whcih is imme-diately
west of the Music School
building. Actual construction was
commenced Monday morning.
Construction is to take ten
months, and the building is ex-pected
to be ready for occupancy
the second semester, 1938-1939.
“It has been three years,” said
Dr. Kent, “since we made the
application for assistance in
building the Law School and this
success is most gratifying, both
for what it means to the Law
School and its signifiance to the
University.”
The new Law School building
will bring relief to officials of
the school, as the high accredited
rating it had attained was im-periled,
if the school did not
move from its present location at
312 Armory Place.
Dean J. N. Lott, Jr., expressed
his gratification at this acquistion
of a building which will accomo-date
200 students, compared with
the 75 enrolled this semester. The
new school library will house
more than 25,000 books in con-trast
to the 18,000 contained in
the present building.
Jens Fredrick Larson, Hanover,
N. H., architect and designer of
the Larson Plan, is associated in
Louisville with E. T. Hutchings,
who will be connected with
erection of the building. Pleasant
M. Brooks, district W. P. A. en-gineer,
is the W. P. A. repre-sentative.
TERRY URGES
U-L SPIRIT
IN FAREWELL
Prentiss M. Terry, for three
years treasurer of the University,
has resigned his position, effec-tive
February 14, to become exe-cutive
vice president of the
Southern States Industrial Coun-cil
with headquarters in Nash-ville,
Tenn., President Raymond
A. Kent announced.
“Mr. Terry,” said Dr. Kent,
“during the time he has been
here has acted as treasurer, and
in addition undertook a number
of special assignments. He has
been of great service to the Uni-versity
and his leaving is a real
loss.”
“May I express my apprecia-tion
to The Cardinal,” Mr. Ter-ry
stated, “for inviting me to
write a few words before leaving
the University.
“I trust that all members of
the student body realize the
privilege which is their’s of be-ing
students at the University of
Louisville. You have every rea-son
to be proud of your school.
If all of you would become genu-inely
enthusiastic about the in-stitution
and would crusade on
its behalf, it would not be long
before every citizen of Louis-ville
would know about it.
“The University is on the verge
of a sorely needed building pro-gram.
It may be slow but it will
be sure. You can help it along
materially by telling your friends
about many of its qualities and
acco mpi ish m en ts.
“I leave you, the University
and the city of Louisville with
great personal sadness, but to
those of you who remain here
may I urge that you continue to
do everything in your power to
make your institution a great
University, offering to everyone
that democracy of opportunity
which leads to the aristocracy of
achievement.”
It was understood that anew
treasurer would not be appointed,
and that Mr. Terry’s resignation
would involve a reorganization of
the personnel of the business of-fice.
STILLED
Dean B. M. Brigman
DAE HitsPeak;
2,281 Total
Campus Figure
The D. A. E. announced the
largest registration they have ever
had at a corresponding period of
time. Of the 629 thus far enrolled
in the D. A. E., 328 are students
in the sixteen courses in econ-omics
and commerce.
The total registration in all the
schools of the University to date
is 2,281, according to Ralph E.
Hill, Registrar. This figure is
likely to be raised considerably
throughout the week. As yet
there are no figures available
on the Municipal College night
school of the non-credit courses
and preparetory in the music
school.
171 Graduate School
1,247 Liberal Arts
338 Medical School
103 Dental
72 Law School
162 Speed School
67 Music School
121 Municipal College
2,281 Total
L. A. Student Council Plans Big Semester
A plan to set up a file system
indicating extra-curricular posi-tions
held by every student in
the college and to inaugurate a
point system to limit the activi-ties
of individual students is an
important feature of an extensive
program for the semester of the
Liberal Arts’ Student Council,
Buddy Panther, Council head, an-nounced
today.
Inspired by the success of the
first semester, the Council’s sec-ond
term plans are varied and
far-reaching. Every act on the
program is built on the ideal
of strengthening school spirit
and class organization.
The Council will sponsor the
annual boat ride in the spring
and a number of dances and
convocations. Also, they will bring
to the campus new and different
social activities and the publish-ing
of a large complete Activities
Chart for the use of students.
They plan to aid the Steiger
Memorial Fund through cam-paigns
and publicity.
ENTIRE CAMPUS MOURNS
PASSING OF DEAN BRIGMAN
' Speed School social activi-ties,
including the “Basket-ball”
dance Friday night,
have been suspended.
All Louisville saddened and
the Speed Scientific School re-ceived
its most painful loss in its
entire history at 9:40 p. m. Tues-day,
at the Baptist Hospital,
when Dean B. M. Brigman 56 suc-cumbed
of heart disease after an
illness of more than a month.
Having been Dean of Speed for
14 years, Dean Brigman, by con-sistent
and diligent work, had
succeeded in bringing that school
national acclaim. Through his
untiring work, the Speed Scientif-ic
School is one of the few
schools of its kind in the coun-try
to be accredited in all of its
departments.
Born in Louisville, the son of
a German emigrant and native
Louisvillian, Dean Brigman was
educated in the Louisville Pub-lic
Schools. He graduated from
duPont Manual Training High
School in 1901 and entered the
University with advanced credits
in the Junior year. He suffered a
“strained heart” from participa-tion
in athletics and was under
the care of a specialist for two
months, his second year at the
University of Kentucky.
He then entered the employ
of the Louisville and Nashville
Railroad as Mechanical Drafts-man.
In 1904 he resigned to ac-cept
a position as instructor in
the University School, a prepora-tory
school. During the same year
he married the former Alice Jes-sel.
Dean Brigman resigned from
the University School in 1907 to
accept a position at duPont
Manual, at which place he served
until 1916. During this time he
received his Bachelor of Science
degree (1908) and his Master of
Science degree (1912) at the
University of Louisville. In 1916
he was manager of the first foot-ball
team at U. of L.
At the outbreak of the World
War he organized apd conducted
a training school for telegraphers
and was in charge of the U. of L.
unit of the Student Training
Corps. He was named president
of various organizatons of citi-zens
during the war. In 1920 he
was one of a University Commit-tee
selected to find a site for a
new University Campus.
In 1923 he began plans for
the formation of an engineering
school, made possible by the
James Breckenridge Speed Foun-dation.
In 1924 he was made
Dean of the Engineering and
authorized to proceed with the
organization of the Speed Scien-ticif
school. In 1930 he organized
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