LEGAL AID BUREAU MAKES ITS ANNUAL ELECTIONS

With the election of the following officers and members for the coming year and the completion of its new offices in Austin Hall today, the Legal Aid Bureau will begin this afternoon its third year of work in giving gratuitous legal aid to the public: Third-year class--P. V. McNutt, president; F. L. Daily, vice-president; R. W. Baker, J. P. Begley, W. F. Cahill, T. W. Doan, S. Hale, W. W. Hodson, F. S. Moulton, J. H. Philbin, D. C. Pitcher, W. F. Rogers, H. A. Scragg, E. B. Shea, E. O. Tabor, R. B. Wigglesworth. The members from the second-year class are as follows: O. G. Saxon, secretary, G. B. Barrett, A. E. Case, L. Clayton, B. D. Edwards, R. C. Foster, G. V. Head, M. M. Manning, E. B. Pierce, A. L. Rabb, and M. Rushton.

Function of Organization.

The Legal Aid Bureau is an informal organization of students in the Law School which has for its purpose the rendering of legal advice and assistance to those who are financially unable to meet the expense of hiring counsel. It began its real work in the fall of 1913 and in the two years of its existence has handled 344 cases, covering every department of the law. It has lost only one of these, and has recovered over $3,000 of actual cash.

The new offices of the Bureau are on the top floor of Austin Hall. The expenses of administration are borne together with the Law School Society of Phillips Brooks House, by a common treasury which is maintained entirely by voluntary student contributions. The two organizations are kept intimately related by an interlocking of officers. The board is composed of 25 men, 15 from the third-year and 10 from the second-year class, who are chosen on the basis of scholarship and general adaptability for the work.