Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 27 January 1939 — Page 8
FURTHER STUDY WILL BE MADE
~ OFBAREXAMS|
Groups Checking Present Methods Plan Hearing Again Thursday.
Two groups studying present ‘methods of admitting law graduates to the bar are to hold their second public hearings next Thursday, it was announced today. A special committee appointed
by the Supreme Court to investi-|
. gate the system used by the State Board of Law Examiners held its first hearing yesterday while the House Judiciary “A” Committee was considering a bill to admit graduates to the bar without examipation. , The latter group appointed a subcommittee to study the situation before Thursday's hearing. : At yesterday’s hearing of the Supreme Court special committee, students charged they took examinations and “were not allowed to see the grades.” Chief Examiner Testfies
Walter Rothermel, chief examiner of the local U. S. Treasury office, testified he had taken the bar examination three times and had “not been allowed to know what + grades I made.” He was notified by letter, he said, that he had not passed. fe than a score of law students spoke at the six-hour session, most of them complaining of the difficult questions, their inability to know their marks and about the $15 fee they were required to pay foreach examination. William Stewart of Lebanon explained that each time a student failed and had to retake the examination he again had to pay the $15 fee. : He identified himself as the City Clerk and Treasurer of Lebanon, stated he had a bachelor of laws . degree from Wabash College and had been unable to pass the examination in three attempts. He also charged that students had only an average of 19 minutes on questions of high technical nature. 8 Edward Hamilton of Terre Haute said that if a student failed in one subject he had to take the whole examination over. Almost every student who. testified objected to this requirement. : Miss. Josephine Barton of Indianapolis, an employee of the Supreme Court Library, charged that the board was “not impartial and did not have enough time to study the answers before grading them.” In his testimony, Senator ‘Walter R. Arnold (D. South Bend), who also has introduced a bill to amend admission procedure, called the present method of examination “extremely archaic” and urged the substitution of objective for subjective questions. : “We don’t want to see’ admission without examination,” he said, “but I have very severe criticism of the methods now in vogue. All institutions of higher learning have condemned subjective questions mainly because examiners cannot possibly all evaluate the answers the same. “Irrespective of how, when or where you received your general ed-
ucation, you should be allowed an.
equal opportunity with your f{ellows. The only question that should be asked is—has the applicant got the necessary education? “The question to be determined from the examination is . whether the student possesses the fundamental knowledge to practice law, not whether he can achieve a grade of 300 on a series of subjective questions. The present method is too unscientific.” : Members of the House Judiciary “A” subcommittee, who are to study the question of constitutionality of the House bill to exempt law school
graduates from taking the State Bar|
examination, are Reps. S. Hugh Dillin (D. Petersburg), Gideon W. Blain (D. Indianapolis), Homer E. Beasley (R. Washington), Winfield K. Denton (D. Evansville) - and Glenn A. Markland (R. Zionsville).
Charge Exams Unfair
The question of the. constitutionality of this bill was raised in a public hearing before the entire committee yesterday by Henry M. Dowling, Indianapolis, a practicing attorney and a law teacher. : Proponents of the measure, many of whom had failed to pass the bar examinations, charged that these examinations were not fair, ade- . quate time was not given and the fees required to be paid were too high. A person who has graduated from
an accredited law school should be
admitted to the bar without having to go through an examination by a State Board, they said. In opposition, Mr. Dowling declared: > : “If this bill is passed it would be a backward step. The trend ‘has been to strengthen requirements - for those seeking qualifications for professions instead of weakening them. Why should Indiana lag behind New York, Massachusetts and other states? The public and the press are. demanding that the standards of the bar—intellectually and morally—be improved. ~ “Courts of other states have held that Legislatures have a right to place a minimum requirement for admission to the bar but have no right to set a maximum requirement.” Floyd Burns and John Hughes, practicing attorneys who have passed the State examination, said they thought the questions were fair and that the tests raised the dignity of the profession. . In defense of the bill, Edward H. . Carpenter, Indianapelis, said he had . three college degrees but had been bls to psss the “tricky” bar He “said that stu-
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SENATE GROUP SCANS RESERVE
$100,000 Accumulated in Past Few Years, Trester Says ‘at Inquiry.
The Senate Education Committee today studied testimony of Arthur L. Trester, commissioner of the Indiana High School Athletic Association, regarding -a $100,000 reserve fund which the organization has accumulated during the last several years. The Committee called Mr. Trester to explain the : association’s setup yesterday afternoon when it. considered the bill. of Senator John Bright Webb (D. Indianapolis) which would abolish I. H. S. A. A. control over. basketball and set up a five-man. athletic board to be headed by the state superintendent of public instruction. Mr. Trester explained that after all tournament expenses are paid, the association receives 1 per cent of the baiance. The remainder is then divided among the high schools which participated in the ‘tournaments. “The money belongs to the 805 high schools in the State who are members of our association and
Arthur L. Trester, Indiana High School Athletic Association Commissioner, told the Indiana House of Representatives Educational Committee that the association has had a $100,000 reserve fund since 1932. The committee is considering a bill to abolish the I. H. 8. A. A.
- | Bend) asked if the high school prin-
|to do financially with single games.
nament and provide athletic schol-
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they can get it any time they want it,” he said. The association has distributed all the surplus over this amount to
member schools every three years, |
Mr. Trester pointed out. Senator Walter Arnold (D. South
cipals who received the money for the schools had to account to their school board. to do so by law,” Mr. Trester answered. : : Several members of the committee suggested that legislation requiring this money to go toward the bonded indebtedness of the school gity after all legitimate athletic expenses were paid might benefit the schools. Mr. Trester explained that the association receives money only from state tournaments and has nothing
Defending his bill, Senator Webb has charged that gymnasiums. were built. throughout Indiana and the cost put on the townships causing them: to be in debt, while their rightfu! money went to a private firm. Another bill, which would return the 16-team .state basketball . tour-
arships for outstanding players, is pending in the House.
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Winners in the Indianapolis Federation of Community Civic Clubs’ essay contest will receive awards at 8 o'clock tonight at the Hotel Washington, s Paul C. Wetter, president announced that iirs¢ prize, in Group A, including 4th, 5th and 6th grade pupils, was won by Sherman Nelson, 6A pupil at School 12. Norma Gib-
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RULE OF DEMOCRATS
“IS LAUDED BY BAYS!
VINCENNES, Jan. 27.—A vigorous campaign of education on the “truly great achievements of the State and Federal Democratic administrations” was urged by Fred F. Bays, Indiana Public Service Commissioner, at a Jackson Day banquet here last night. Mr. Bays said that “we sometimes allow.complaints of chronic whiners to divert our attention,” and that “the mud-slinging of our opponents makes us forget the great progress that has been and is being made by the Democratic administrations.”
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