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Th eSc hoo lof Law By HOWA RD S. DA TT AN , LL.B. De an of th e School of Law F OUR yea rs ha ve now elap sed sin ce the nig ht of Ap ril 4, 19 54 , when the Un ive rs ityof San Di eg oScho ol of Law fir st open ed its doo rs. Th ese pla ce toge the r wit h tho se hel d by th e Col­ leg e for Men on June 1 of thi s ye ar . Th is wi ll mark the ent ry int o the leg al lif e of ou r community of the fir st law yer s gra d­ uat ed from our un ive rsi ty. Fi ve memb ers of that firs t cla ss of 1954 and one memb er of our sec ond cla ss of tha t yea r are to be gra dua ted ,and I believe that eve ry one of them wil l bri ng gre at cre dit to the Un ive r­ si ty ov er the com ing ye ars . N, l il , i rsity o l ened . s d le ess, lish ent. l ful ization g , , a t r - . i ll l ity s - i rsity. ers er ted, l r-

have been year s ma rke d by con sid erable prog ress , yea rs of acc omplis hment .Ev ery vita l youth fulorgan iza tio nhas its gro win g pai ns, and we too ha ve had our sha re of thes e, but the imp ort ant thi ng abo ut suc h pai ns is tha t the y do mark the exi ste nc eof growth and dev elo pment. It is time enough to worr y whe n ev er yt hingapp ear sto ha ve been acc ompli she dan d ther e are no new problem sto con fro nt— tha t is the dan ger ous time of ma tur ity , an d for tun ate ly suc h a time appear s to be ma nyman y years hen ce. Th e ve ry ex ist en ce of thi s ma gaz ine wh ich you are now read ingmarks ano the r step forwa rd in the pro gress of the Un iver ­ sit y of San Di eg o,a ste p the editor and the ent ire un ive rsi tyma y well be proud of . A vita l cha pter in the his tor y of San Di eg o andof educati onin the Un ite dSta tes is be ing written here at Alc ala Pa rk. Al l of us who are pa rti cipati ng , fac ult y,adm in­ istr atio n and student bo dy ,have a right to be proud of the par t we are tak ing in writ­ ing it. Fou r yea rs ag o the Sch ool of Law ad­ mit ted its fir st be gi nn in gclas s. At that time sch ool fa cil iti es , while perh aps ade­ qua te, could in no wa y com par e with our pres ent spaci ousan d ai ry bu ild ing s,wh ich not on ly are be au tif ulext ern all y,but also qui et, cap aci ou sand imp res siv elyde sig ned inte rna lly. At pre sen t we in the Sch ool of Law look forw ard wit h gre at an tic ipatio nto our fir st gra dua tion cer em on ies sch edu led to take ce ent. r thina s li hed a l s r t-that ous ity, ately ears to . e ce ine i i g ther rd • o, t i rsity m . l y o and on d i g . l ticipating, lty, i - t ti , i - l - ing c l I itie , - , e iou il ings, tiful al y, , iou a ively ed l y. t l ti i ation tion onies led

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An oth erevent just as ke en ly an tic ipa ted by the Sch ool of Law is the pe nd ingcom ­ ple tion of the new librar y bu ild ing . On ce thi s bu ild ing has bee n com ple ted an d the law sch ool libr ary ha s been hous ed wi thi n its splend id facilit ies ,we can look for wa rd to ev en grea ter acc omplis hmentwi th in the ne xt fou r yea rs. l ing - ti y il ing. il i g l ted l n i ies, rd lish ent i

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