Alpha and Omega of Law
Set your sights high early in life.
Set your sights high early in life.
This was a mini book written by Mr. White around 1997. Although he did not have a lot of time, he got up earlier than usual everyday for about two months to put this together. The original was bound at our local Kinkos Copier in Long Beach, California. Since the original was under 10 pages we decided to make web site mimicking the pages. As our website’s name is the same of the Book. The Alpha and Omega for Aspiring Attorney’s.
Read More…you'll be a Man, my son!
If you can keep your head when all about you
Are losing theirs and blaming it on you;
If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you,
But make allowance for their doubting too;
If you can wait and not be tired by waiting,
Or, being lied about, don't deal in lies,
Or, being hated, don't give way to hating,
And yet don't look too good, nor talk too wise;
If you can dream--and not make dreams your master;
If you can think--and not make thoughts your aim;
If you can meet with triumph and disaster
And treat those two impostors just the same;
If you can bear to hear the truth you've spoken
Twisted by knaves to make a trap for fools,
Or watch the things you gave your life to broken,
And stoop and build 'em up with worn-out tools;
If you can make one heap of all your winnings
And risk it on one turn of pitch-and-toss,
And lose, and start again at your beginnings
And never breathe a word about your loss;
If you can force your heart and nerve and sinew
To serve your turn long after they are gone,
And so hold on when there is nothing in you
Except the Will which says to them: "Hold on!"
If you can talk with crowds and keep your virtue,
Or walk with kings--nor lose the common touch;
If neither foes nor loving friends can hurt you;
If all men count with you, but none too much;
If you can fill the unforgiving minute
With sixty seconds' worth of distance run--
Yours is the Earth and everything that's in it,
And--which is more--
MALTSIE DAVENPORT
BABCOCK
Be strong!
We are not here to play, to dream, to drift;
We have hard word to do, and loads to lift;
Shun not the struggle-face it; 'tis God's gift.
Be strong!
Say not, "The days are evil. Who's to blame?"
And fold the hands and acquiesce-oh shame!
Stand up, speak out, and bravely, in God's name.
Be strong!
It matters not how deep intrenched the wrong.
How hard the battle goes, the day how long;
Faint not fight on! Tomorrow comes the song.
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2. Set your sights high early in life.
3. Study biographies of all successful people.
4. You should detect a common thread.
5. Don't expect affirmative action to help with your
success.
6.You must be equal to or excel on every test.
7. You must speak English correctly.
8. You must write English correctly.
9. You must know your history.
10.Know your roots.
11.Know that the sky is the limit to your success.
12.Your height of success depends on you.
13.Strive to be the best in whatever you do.
14.Be neat as a pin and always stay alert to opportunities to
learn more about the law.
15.Know that the law covers every field of endeavor.
16.Prepare therefore to be in a position to apply the law to
all of those fields.
17.Remember always to be willing to help the unfortunate of the
community who have not the time, money or the energy to tackle an
existing problem; always get the facts and reason it out to a
satisfactory conclusion.
18.Help the poor and the elderly with their problems.
19.Don't allow money to dictate your life.
20. Take care of your health so that all of the wealth of
knowledge gained over the years will not be lost by an early
death.
21.Strive to live to a ripe old age.
22.Remember that God's grace has no limits.
23.Remember that God loves you before, and during and after
each test.
24.Remember that each case that you take is a test.
25. Therefore, always strive to do your best.
26.If you fail to plan, you are planning to fail.
27.Make a commitment to excellence.
Interment(Final
Resting Place)
Forest Lawn-Long
Beach
1500 E. San
Antonio Drive
Long Beach, CA
Location: Erica
187 sp F
Long Beach Press Telegram Dec.13 Saturday
edition
Popular L.B. lawyer dies
William White was in black Army battalion, backed civil rights.
Wendy Thomas Russell
Staff writer
Friday, December 12, 2003 - Prominent Long Beach attorney William L.
"Bill' White, who fought in an all-black Army battalion during World War
II and then dedicated his early career to helping blacks gain equality,
has died.
The longtime Long Beach fixture succumbed to organ failure while
convalescing from a head injury sustained during a fall at his home
three months ago, said his son, William White Jr. He was 80.
Known for wearing double- breasted pinstripe suits with cowboy boots to
reflect his Oklahoma roots, Bill was a kind, caring attorney with bright
eyes and an infectious laugh. He was an avid reader, and a passionate
supporter of the civil-rights movement.
But Bill always said his greatest legacy was his son. And on Friday, his
son said his father was his greatest gift.
" I'm proud that he was my father,' said William, an English teacher and
documentary filmmaker. "He was always there for me.'
William, who was living in Japan when he discovered his father had been
hospitalized, spent the past three months by his father's side.
" Of course, he wanted me to follow in his footsteps and become an
attorney,' William said Friday, as he choked back tears. "But when I
told him I wasn't into it, he never pushed me. He wasn't angry. He
supported everything I wanted to do.'
Bill was born July 27, 1923, in Boley, Okla., and lost both of his
parents after the Great Depression left the family destitute. After his
parents' deaths, he and his sisters went to live with relatives.
Bill ended up in Long Beach, and he never left.
He attended Poly High School and graduated with honors the first black
student to do so. Then he fought in World War II, and used the GI Bill
to go to college. He graduated from USC and started applying to law
schools almost immediately.
In an interview with the Press- Telegram three years ago, Bill recalled
how tough it was to get accepted to a law school because of his race.
" I suppose I wrote to every law school in the country,' Bill said, his
sense of humor taking over. "I wrote to Harvard. Sent them a picture;
didn't ever hear from them.'
He also recalled how, during his early years in practice, he was made to
wait for his cases to be heard until every other lawyer was finished.
His graciousness, patience and persistence, however, won him a stellar
reputation in the local legal community through the years.
" He's one of those people who is a credit to the (state) Bar,' said
Long Beach Superior Court Judge Arthur Jean, who knew Bill for 30 years.
'He is
what lawyering is all about.'
Bill's hospitality was widely known and probably dated back to those
days in Oklahoma.
" Our mother always told us to treat everyone right because you never
know who will have to pick you up out of the street,' Bill's younger
sister, Pauline Hudson, said Friday. "So he did that. He treated
everyone kindly, and we'll miss him.'
In addition to his son and younger sister, White is survived by his
wife, Barbara, and his older sister, Noneta Barnes of Oklahoma City. He
was preceded in death by a third sister, Vivian Adair, of Los Angeles.
Services will be at the Long Beach Colonial Mortuary, 638 Atlantic Ave.,
in Long Beach. Those interested in attending may call the mortuary next
week at (562) 436-1601 for the funeral's date and time.
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