THE BRIEF
1926
Edited and Published
By
The Junior Class
of
The Chicago Law School,
Chicago
STUDENTS

Bernard K. Offenberg
Medill College of Commerce.
Title of Thesis: Doctrine of the Balance of Convenience in Equity
"Success through Perseverance"
Albert Pines
Sigma Tau. Chicago Seminary of Science.
Title of Thesis: License in Real Property
"Kindness is the Golden Chain by which society is bound together."
Leo E. Poynton
St. Cyril HIgh School.
Title of Thesis: English History
"Man's hope lies not in his perfection, but in his perfectibility."
Leslie E. Rees
Phi Alpha Delta. Mount Morris Academy, Mount Morris, ILL. Mount Morris College A.B.
Title of Thesis: The Law of Common Carriers. Assistant Editor 1925 "Brief"
"The Harder the Conflict, the more Glorious the Triumph"
Paul P. Rees
Phi Alpha Delta. Mount Morris Academy, Mount Morris, ILL.
Title of Thesis: The Law of Commercial Paper
"Aggressive fighting for the right is the noblest sport the world affords."
J.C. Schmidt
University of Nebraska, B.S.
Title of Thesis: Legal Relationship between Husband and Wife
"He who determines a matter without having heard both sides of the question, even though he has decided correctly,
has done an injustice."
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William H. Seed American High School. Municipal Day School, Accvington, England. Ruskin College, Oxfor; Meadville Theological School, Meadville, Pa. Benjamin Harrison Law School, Indianapolis, LLB "Fellowship is Life; Lack of Fellowship is Death." |
| Samuel L. Seltzer Sigma Tau. Crane Technical High School Title of Thesis: Damages for Mental Suffering. "Unto thine own self be true, and it shall follow, as night the day, that thou canst not be false to any man." |
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| Robert A. Sigmann CPA St. Philips High School; Walton School of Commerce. Title of Thesis: Industrial and Financial Investigations. Member, Illinois Society of Certified Public Accounts. Member, National Association of Cost Accountants. "This is an age of specialization" |
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| Jos. S. Sosnicki Phi Alpha Delta. St. Procopius Academy, Lisle, Ill. De Paul University. Orator '26 Title of Thesis: Mortgages "Everything Comes to Him Who Waits" |
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| Burton I. Stolarsky Sigma Tau. Lane Technical High School Title of Thesis: The Law of Easements and Nature of Rights. U. of C. "Greater is He Who Conquers Himself Than He Who Conquers a Thousand." |
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| Charles O. Swartz Maplewood High School, Camp Point, Ill. Gem City Business College, Quincy, Ill. John Marshall Law School Title of Thesis: Federal Transportation Act "By cooperating with our fellow classmates we build the foundation, the structure is easy." |
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George S. Sando Phi Alpha Delta. Wingate High, Indiana. Wabash A.B. "Industry, economy, honesty and kindness form a quartette of virtues difficult to improve upon." |
| James J. Teborek Phi Alpha Delta. Harrison Technical High School. Central Evening Preparatory School Title of Thesis: Law of Bailments. President, Senior Class, 1926. Treasurer, Junior Class, 1925. Treasurer, Freshman Class, 1924. Associate Editor, "The Brief" 1925 and 1926 "Law is not Law, if it violates the principles of eternal justice" |
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| C.V. Thompson (no picture) Phi Alpha Delta. Maupville High School, Maupville, Kansas. Macalester College, U. of I. Title of Thesis: Indictments "Oh, would some power the giftie gie us, to see ourselves as others see us." |
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| M.W. Unseth (no picture) Phi Alpha Delta. Carl Schurz High School. Luther College, Decorah, Iowa, A.B. "Know Thyself" |
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| Lymus Wallace Kortrechb, Memphis, Tenn. Fisk University, Nashville, Tenn. Title of Thesis: Implied Contracts. "The courageous man regards obstacles merely as stepping stones to achievement." |
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| Meyer H. Weinstein Crane Technical High School. University of Illinois "There is a higher law than the constitution." |
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| Sidney A. Wilson Englewood High School. Chicago Kent College of Law. Title of Thesis: Manslaughter "A School is Judged by its Alumnae, So I trust I may become an honor to Chicago Law School. |
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| Meyer S. Wolfson Sigma Tau. Wendell Phillips High School. John Marshall Law School Title of Thesis: Law of Dower. "On with the Dance, Let joy be unconfined" |