Stetson Weekly Collegiate

SKTSSHW STUDENTS' PUBLICATION iit$ ■°A/ aumrn OF STETSON UNIVERSITY Vol, XIX. DeLand, Fla., Wednesday, April 24, 1907. No 23 LAW SENIORS PLEAD CASES Men of'07 Wield Sword of: Justice. One of the most interesting and instructive features of the law course is the practice court work that is required of all the students in the Law Department before graduation. During the winter term each student argues several civil cases. In the spring term the criminal cases on the docket are taken up. With some member of the State bar on the bench the students find themselves face to face with the actual conditions of a court room with which they will no doubt be confronted during the first year of their practice. The first case to be taken up this year was the State of Florida , vs Pattishall, charged with murder in the first degree. After the arraignment of the prisoner, the jury was finally se- Jected. State Attorney K. S. Geiger then read the indictment. This was truly a masterpiece. As it was absolutely unintelligible, to most of those in the court room it is presumed that it was gotten up in due form. The State Attorney was assisted by A. D. McNeil. The State, through its witnesses, Hamlin and Pelot, brought out a strong line of circumstantial evidence against the defendant. Messrs. Carl Noble and George Leitner for the defence made a strong plea for their client. The jury, after being in the jury room only a few minutes, brought in a verdict of guilty. On Friday afternoon the case of < The State of Florida vs. Carl No-! ble, indicted for robbery. The1 indictment set out that the defendant had robbed the express1 car on the Atlantic Ouast Line near DeLand Junction. The Stafp was represented by State Attorney G. W. Geiger, assisted by Attorneys McGeachy and Single- terry. Campbell and Pattishall; represented the defence. The evidence was purely circumstan-; t al and a verdict of acquittal was; rendered. The next case on the docket, which will be heard some time' this week, is The State of Florida vs. Carl Noble, indicted for grand larceny. Messrs. Hamlin and Pelot for the State; Messrs. Kirby and G. W. Geiger for the defence. Crucible Club. An apparatus for the measurement of osmotic pressure has just; been received for the Chemical Laboratory from Eimer and Amend of New York. The demand for these pieces has been so great that although the order was placed almost a year ago, it has only now been filled. Mr. L. Hendricks has been working for several weeks on the preparation of a semi-permeable cell which is now complete. This cell will be attached to the new manometer and the whole piece exhibited before the Crucible Club Thursday evening. The club extend a cordial invitation to all those interested to be present. SPRING TERM TENNIS STARTS Sixteen Enter Singles, and Doubles Follow. Thursday evening Miss Martien and i.liss Grace Cramer were the guests of Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Smith. Last week, sccording to announcement, the preliminaries of the Tennis Tournment in singles were played. Through the kindness of Messrs. Hamlin and Selden, the use of extra courts was obtained, making it possible to play off in one afternoon all the contests in each round of preliminaries. This was quite an advantage, as it prevented that lag' ging of interest and enthusiasm which always results from a long drawn out series of preliminaries. A goodly number of players—- 1(3 in all—of all classes and degrees of excellence entered the lists on this occasion. These were all shaken up indiscriminately in a hat—that is, their names were—and opponents chosen bv lot. As a result the following contests were pulled off at different times Wednes lay afternoon, with the results indicated : WINNER W. Chris+y vs. Pierce — Fierce; 6 1, 6-1 Tilden vs. Walk- r Walker, 4-6. 6 4, 6-3 Hamlin vs. P. Selden Selden, default Taylor v*. J ones Jones, 6-0, 6-4 Moffatt vs. Woodward.. Woodward, 6-3, 6-3 G. Seiden vs. Turnquist.. Turnquist, 6-4, 6-1 Blocker vs. Cotton Blocker, 6-2, 6 3 L. Christy vs. Shay Shay, 6-2, 6-1 On the next afternoon the winners met each other as follows : WINNER Pierce vs. Walker Pierce, 6-1, 7-9, 6-J P. Selden vs. Jones Jones, 6-3, 6-2 Woodward vs. Turnquist. Woodward, 6-1, 6 2 Blocker vs. Shay S-hay, 6-3, 6-2 The process of elimination left only four men in the game. They played Friday afternoon. WINNER Pierce vs. Jones ... Pierce, 6-0, 6-1 Woodward vs. Shay Shay, 6-4, 6-2 As a result of Saturday's rain the finals were postponed until