New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-02-16
LETTERS FROM THE PEOPLE.
THE CAMBRIDGE LAW SCHOOL AND JUDGE
LORtNG.

THE CAMBRIDGE LAW SCHOOL AND JUDGE
LORING.
70 10 E6aO, u AMY r,s.s
SIR: Ny attention has been called to an article in
your daily paper Of February l, sntitied "A 5 ave-
Catcher on bis rrial "
The conespondep, who furnished the materials for
that article bad lees kpo Wedge than be supposed re-
specrs the La~-Schoo! of Harvard College, and has
led YOU into an error which il will doubtless be your
pleasure to correct. You say:
re,outiop creating tn preesorship began With
s,ns., new Prsfssoishp Necessary In point Of f.cs
ever tie posss 20 De ssededy ess t-Ai
~ rof..or. bad been found efficient Afer the death Of
h. eminent ai. spd Pro.sof the ssosseee I'd 70, some
tine .r,.t, Prom its o~es oo,n there nsa been
Increase bat that Increase bel 1ot yet carried
the Ai.ros &c TO h sverss- Of DIS nHe 500 $3.50
pr.es<o ,e.t increase forth mskas tue ne" rfoies
sor,hip beces--r,
lis true that the attendance fell of after the de-
cease of Judge Story in li5, cnd it s also true ths
there was further reduction Of numbers on the re-
siguanon al Professor Greepleaf, in lsis. Such
result wa. perhaps, the unav6.dao consequence 81
the loss of two instructors Of such distinguished 80 j.
ity sDd large experience.
BUTT lie no, true-t is very far from the truh-ths
the subsequent increase had not yet carried the a.
tendance to the aversse of bis Judge Story 81
time" On tie contrary, the average OF hs ane
was probably not more than t~o-ihrds that OF the
year preceding the appointment Of Judge Lpriog IS
Professor In fact the attendance thai yesr wss
greater than il had been tnrtg Any academic year IN
Judge S,orys time, except the last And toe attend
ance a; The term imme diely preceding the proceed
inss Of the Oyereers respecting Judge ring pro
fessorsbip wss Rot only larger than the average 81
Any three terms in Judge Storys tine. bat was tue
srsest Of any term except oDa since the estiph'n-
m.pt of the school There was no single 'er'n IN
c.. In ht.hf he
by the catsloe ues equaled thai of the sutunn term
OF 1853. but he Stewards books show that the at
tendance a. the term IeTt prectd ding Judge sorry
death was lsreer the difference between the Z ra'
loeue and the Ste vards records being occaoOed ny
tire publication of ,he Catalogue at al early period OF
the tenn. before al the students had entered.
II NAY be acded that the average attend ince dur
ing the sst two has been th.n the aver
ace during apv similar period in bis tine, beng
l3s snd fraction each term against 80 sni r c-
ton during The tso academic years preceding Judge
Story e decease
II tie lsst three or the last five, the last seven
similar periods rext preceding the present time, the
average s in favor of the latter periods lere we're
DO three consecutive terms, while Judge Story IN
sruct,d 10 which the attendance vas So large az dur
rg the last three.
According 10 the statistics of the American Alma
mac the lumber Of Law 'hools in the United a'es
in lsf5 was u,ne. In s5j there are seventeen Ths,
tie Law School Of Harvnd College should Increase
In hunters rotp lthst4n1rS Tue loss ot enneu' pro-
{. ssors and this great Lort of similar schools, may
perhaps furnish evidence that the instructors ot
The present day if they do MT give &c ecat To the
" school, have Dot greatly neglected their GUY:
There were two professors Judge Story aad frot.
Greenleai in the school tor several years when the
average Attendance was not more than seventy, anu
while there were very few other schools Nearly nail
the schools the press time appear to have three
ipsru ,ters. The addition of third Instructor AZ u tr
ward bss e abltc the professo to double the noer
of The mock courts IS very lsborlous ana Important
mart of the exercise and to introduce addlti mai
iext books and topics for lectures: The lex 'elent
hint that the extra funds Of the sch )o b "a Dot
"ter be devoted rot TO the support OF new froies
"sorsbp but to the emplo! Dent as occas0nt Al Ice
"turers on speca subscis Of protest. gentlemen
"of distinguished reputation ard abul'y, whose con-
"neciion with il might give an ectat to the school,
hint respecting imprscticable arrangement u me
professional gentlemen Of distinguished reputation
and ability could be persuaded TINS, - give an
" fclat to the school "ss oc 'ssonal lecturers on
Especial subjects, the Law canno! be taught oy Ly-
ceUm lectures.
Whether it will be wise to reduce the corps of in
siruc,on aud go back to the old order OF things, II
is for the Corpor aton and the Overseers TO Judge
II is but iu,tice 10 the Corporation and 10 Judge
Lorpg 10 sty IN conclusion, that tbs first suggestion
OF The change Of Judge l.. from Lecture-hP to
Ptofessorship was made by the undersigned
Very respectfully JOEL PARKER.
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