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6 Brief Case 1 (1931-1932)

handle is hein.journals/briecas6 and id is 1 raw text is: SE VOL. VI DETROIT, MICH., NOVEMBER, 1931 No. 1 It often has been said that, excluding ihe clergy as sui generis, the law is th noblest of the professions. Without ex- planation, the statement must seem to a layman to be a boast. Properly under- stood. perhaps there is a modicum of truth in it. In any event, it has some value to the lawyer. The assertion includes no reflection upon the other professions nor minimiz- ing of their contributions to the welfare of mankind. On the contrary, it permils full weight to be acco ded the invaluable services of the physician in cleansing plague spots of the earth, in the partial but growing conquest of contagion and infection, an.1 :tin preseto .-:on of healt and pro'ongation of life: of the engineer in the development of means of communica- tion and transportation; of the scientist in the discovery and application of the secrets of nature and the conversion of waste products into economic assets; of the teacher in reducing the culture, wis- dom and experience of the ages to pres- ent dav use; and of the others in their various ways. But, after all, the force which makes the achievements of all professions and trades possible and valuable is the law, because it controls society and directs the activities of persons. If, then, we visualize the law as the profession which takes the attainments of others and, splendid as they are, uses them as raw materials for the construction of a social order in which humanity shall find free- dom and happiness, the assertion that the law is the noblest of the professions at least may be taken as an ideal worth ac- ceptance by its practitioners. As an ideal, and like other ideals, its full attainment is beyond realization. But its mere pos- session has the me:it of inspiring in the individual the cultivation of those qualities which necessarily make for personal suc- cess and, in the profession, the perform- ance of a part of its duty to society. Because gove.inment is the molding and shaping element of society, the respon- sibility of our profession. for public wel- fare can neither be gainsaid nor escaped. Through their background of education and experience, lawyers, theoretically, are fitted to carry the burden and are charged with the responsibility of working out governmental inspiration to sound social growth, and of establishing and preserv- ;ng rules of human conduct which will protect the individual from wrong and accord him freedom to work out his as- pirations. Practically, their influence is unmeasured. In the legislative branches of the government, they direct the making of iaws. As chief executives of the state and nation, or members of their official families, they direct the enforcement of HON. Louis H. FEAD the law. And to the lawyer alone is corn- mitted the third co-ordinate. branch of the government, the judiciary, which con- strues and applies the law. In fine, i. is not an exaggeration to say that few acts. of nation or state are done without the direct impress of of a lawyer's hand. It is not, however, of the responsibility of the lawyer as a public official that I wish to speak at this time, but of the lawyer as a member of a profession, itself charged with a public duty. It is the mark of a profession that its members shall devote their special knowledge and talents to the advancement of civilization rather than to purely personal gain. Nor shall we attempt to scale the nebulous higher rampants of the ideal, but will try to consider it from a practical view- point, in connection with the relation to the court and pub!ic of the lawyer as a builder of social order. (CoutinueC4 on Pol@ 3) Rev. C. C. Hung Discusses Chinia-Japan Situation Rev. Ching Chong Hung spoke Friday, November 13, to the Cosmopolitan Club on Present Day China. He just recently returned from a three months' visit to his home ci:y of Canton, China. My. Hung stated that China recognizes that Japan has economic interests in Manchuria, but will not admit that the Japanese have any ight to po itical domination there. The most significant change that has taken place since his last visit ten years ago is the fact that now even the un- schooled masses are conscious of events of national intcrest. Interwoven throughout this conciousness is the tise of modern democracy. Formerly a man regarded himself as a Cantonese or a Pekinese. Their oyalty was to the family and to the province, not to the nation. But today they are awakening to the fact that they are citizens of the Republic of China. Form- erly rulers could act as they pleased. Not so today. They realize that they cannot disregard public opinion. The Cosmopolitan Club of Detroit In- stitute of Technology and Detroit College of Law was fo:med last spring, but not until this fall did it become active enough to have its effect felt throughout the school. The nucleus around which the Club has developed is composed of the twenty-four foreign students who are attending Law and Tech on the non-quota immigrant basis. Each of these students was ad- mitted to the United States for the sole purpose of attending college, and he is required to return to his native country on the completion of his course. Membership in the Club is open to all students of the Detroit College of Law and the Detroit Institute of Technology. Plans are already under way which wi.1 eventually lead the Club into membership in the International Association of Cos- mopolitan Clubs. Those responsib!e for the progress being made this year are: President, John Gombos of Hungary; vice-president, Mankwan Wong of China; secretary, Remingio Martinez of Mexico; and treasurer, Andrew Klein of Hungary. El arnbri Gltangitgiing Orerting I Duties. of the Lawyer to the Community By LOUIS H. FEAD. Justice of the Michigan Supreme Court.

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