Again they came, literally from all over, to attend the annual alumni reunion at the School, held this year April 11 and 12. On Friday afternoon, the first arrivals registered, sat in on classes and met students. In the late afternoon, a reception was given by the gentlemen of Crothers Law Residence in the Barristers Pub.

On Friday evening, the Alumni Banquet was held at the Palo Alto Hills Golf and Country Club. Main speaker at the banquet was Stanford University’s new President, Kenneth S. Pitzer.

On Saturday morning, after coffee and refreshments in the Lang Room, the alumni gathered to hear a report on the Law School by Dean Manning, faculty members, students and members of the administrative staff. At the same time, alumni wives were attending a symposium sponsored by the Law Students Wives Association. Guest speaker was Stanford University Assistant Dean of Students Robert Rosch, LL.B. ’68, who talked on “The Student at Stanford Today.”

One of the high points of the weekend were the two luncheons on Saturday. At the Faculty Club were the Honored Alumni, those who have been away from the School for fifty years or more. They were joined by Associate Dean and Mrs. J. Keith Mann. Across the courtyard, at Bowman Alumni House, the alumni and honored guests, the School’s emeritus professors, lunched. After luncheon, Dean Bayless Manning introduced Perry Moerdyke ’39, chairman of the School’s HistoricalCommittee. Mr. Moerdyke commented on the portrait paintings about to be presented. Then the Dean unveiled the handsome pictures of emeritus professors and Stanford neighbors, Joseph W. Bingham, William B. Owens, Harry Rathbun, Harold Shepherd and Lowell Turrentine. Professor George Osborne, whose portrait was presented last year, was present. Of the School’s emeriti, only Marion Rice Kirkwood was not present. Dean Kirkwood’s portrait was presented to the School in 1966.

In the afternoon, Professor John Kaplan spoke in the Lang Room on “The Law and Drug Abuse.” Later, a reception for all returning alumni was held at the Manning home. As with other reunion events, a large number of students was invited to attend and alumni particularly enjoyed meeting them.

After the Mannings’ reception, alumni who graduated in the classes of 1924, 1929, 1934, 1939, 1949 and 1954 departed for their class dinners, which were held at various Peninsula restaurants. If the accompanying pictures are any indication, everyone had a fine time.

Remaining alumni and members of the Moot Court Board adjourned to Rickey’s Hyatt House for the Moot Court Banquet. At the head table with the Mannings were the Competition’s judges: Justice Tom Clark, United States Supreme Court (Ret.); Dr. Max Rafferty, Superintendent of Public Instruction and Director of Education, State of California; Judge J. Skelly Wright, Circuit Court of Appeals, Washington, D.C.

The case before the court was Van Comer v. Williams, considering whether a school board can replace white probationary teachers with equally qualified black

teachers solely on the basis of an imbalance in enrollment, with black students making up a heavy majority of the student body and black teachers a marked minority.

Contestants, all from the Class of 1970, were: Roger Kirst, Edward Keech, Richard Morningstar and Lawrence Title. All four contestants were awarded cash prizes. In a unanimous opinion, the judges awarded first and second place honors to Roger Kirst and Edward Keech.

The Moot Court Board sponsored an informal reception after the Competition for judges, contestants and members of the audience.

The Competition was the last of the organized reunion events, though some alumni indicated that they would stay for another day to see the campus and, wherever possible, talk with law students. As one alumnus expressed it: nthis weekend has been as informative as it has been fun.”