STETSON-LETTER
VOL. 4, NO. 3
STETSON UNIVERSITY, DeLAND, FLORIDA
MARCH, 1956
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PROPOSED LIBRARY ADDITION FOR COLLEGE OF LAW AT ST. PETERSBURG
Deadline Near in Fund Drive For Law Center
Florida lawyers and businessmen have until May 31 to
raise $250,000 to match dollar-for-dollar an out-of-state
foundation's offer of that amount for a law library on the
St. Petersburg campus of the College of Law.
As the campaign went into final stages, there were indications on every hand that the amount may be short of the
goal even if all the funds promised are received in cash or
pledges.
"Only by maximum effort of every interested person can
we hope to match this generous offer," said Chief Justice E.
Harris Drew, of the Florida Supreme Court, who is honorary
state chairman of the Law Center Fund Campaign. "If we
fail, the offer will be withdrawn."
The library is the first unit of a law center designed
to be a focal point for the legal profession in Florida, where
lawyers may hold meetings, attend institutes, greet distinguished guests, take 'refresher courses' covering new developments in tax law, labor law, public and municipal law,
and in similar developing fields.
It also will be a place where they may do legal research
in cooperation with authorities, pursue literary endeavors,
and undertake other special projects related to the problems
of jurisprudence.
Honorary vice-chairmen for the Law Center Committee
include 36 distinguished members of the Florida Bar, many
of them graduates of law schools other than Stetson. Their
acceptance as committee members and their activities in behalf of the College of Law's plan to develop a law center for
all Florida lawyers indicates their keen interest in a law
center.
St. Petersburg as a location for a law center came in for
favorable comment by John G. Hervey, legal adviser to -the
Committee on Legal Education of the American Bar Association following a visit to the campus. Hervey said:
"The proposal to establish a Law Center in St. Petersburg on the campus of Florida's oldest law school is one
that should meet with enthusiastic approval from all persons interested in legal education. Such a center will fill a
long-felt need of Florida lawyers, and I can think of no more
convenient or appropriate place for its location than at the
site that is being proposed. Indeed, such a center could well
become, in time, a regional bar center servicing the entire
southeastern area of the nation."
At the new Law Center graduates of many different law
schools will share the facilities of the Stetson University
College of Law as if it were their own Alma Mater. While
it is intended in no way to diminish the loyalty which these
lawyers feel toward their own colleges, the Law Center
planned is designed to enable such lawyers to participate
personally in a program of legal activities to be carried forward for all Florida lawyers.
In the development of the Law Center, three additoinal
buildings are planned: a modern Law Library large enough
to house more than 75,000 volumes and to provide for future expansion; a thoughtfully designed Classroom Building,
which will include faculty offices, a practice court room,
private conference rooms, and headquarters facilities for
various legal groups and societies; and, a spacious Auditorium, in which will be held special lectures, convocations,
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MEMBERS OF FLORIDA BAR HELPING ON
LAW CENTER FOR ALL FLORIDA LAWYERS
