New-York daily tribune., 1856-07-22

ip1Stn Gu ReCos fhs So i,ty was by the neo On
xdaSick ef Rochester, well ks3sn Sns IrlI OF
conntrv as Classical scholar. III ri,h great entbu-
bpmor and pa,hos, and was rece'''N
''" The following is full c.slGsT Fs,ays: 2. ,Uo
for the pr,tent yeaT lo irs authority AMI otiu-
SENIOR CId'sI ,,lafions of li'ep-W Wiham D. E'u
ence in the soo'i Akxmicr H,m''ton - i, sn-
stutioos Sale Pastoral Poetry: its Sphere ana t'
Junior CiassM Ciisassa;.u, M. Robin,oo, Hoslet Plice:
MateIs-mta'r,seo Of Orbelo and fago sn9lyzed and
The ChsIs's ChsME'sr bur T. Person, Nsw-fork ciy
compare :. IIgs.-" Sl,ve Life. az dcecr,oe1 ~
SdphoTgT,ss. Ts.dr1c u Seward, Yonkars "rhe Re
Homer # 1Tht ISopsht and styio'-smith Curtis, S1er-
bnroe. Tr,,non Cla.s-"Piaptsse OF XeooPiou,s
Ctoce of He,cule'," Milton II. Nort'rup, .e,grogto'
Te ne a Raes in Elocltion," Charlie 4. hawley'
Ssof. Tpsops Depart ncrt. Clark Pdze N Ofaory,
rrs kin ii Head Paris Hll
DR. Aycry's ID, partm-n;.-f1cst UnGerwood fnZe
IN chen i.irv. Ambrose r. kelsey, S.nquot. s'cond,
Charles y. S;ebbis, Walerlao.
PIof. North Drpartqen.-Fust Kellogg Prze IN
Ancient Classics, Benjamin ID. Giber', Covpers.o"n'
Second Arthur S. per'on. New; YORK Cuy. p. :,
Prof Roots Departmcn'.-Frs: Bacon frse ~
MsLemsthics. Eli c. johnson, Cb1unont. Second,
Dodge r. Blackstone, WasaiDgton Milf;
Tie names OF the prize speakers are given above.
CLINTON, Oneida Co., n Y, July 10, 1886.
On Wednesday morning, al 10 O'Clock, 40 address
WAS delivered before tho Graduates OF our Law
Department, by YIN Curtis NOyes, Esq, OF New
York.
II has been provided by the Corp o-ation tha. tie
Profe ssor of the Maynard Department. lProissscE
Dwight shall take charge o. class Of graduates anl
o,htrs who may desire 10 te prepared ior adnlis
zion to the Bar The degree OF Bachelor OF Laws Is
conferred upon ali gra"uates who soai af1er pufs aing
legal studies for year, pass satisfactory exan'aa
ton; ano upon Others not undergraduates who shall,
upc or like conditions, pursue the study OF law for ou:
collegiate terms. After studying Bac1stone's and
Kent Commentaries, the class pEsnes the study OF
the Las of Conracs of Real Escste, os Evidence, OF
Pleading &c. in the most approved trea'isea. /. is
intended to combLe In the course Of iosfu lo1, iec-
lures and citations and 70 eiye tho student pfese
and accurate knowledge OF legal principles. by
Tecent act of the Leg laue, dents who ivc he
degree OF Bachelor Of Laws entitled 70 admission TO
the Bar without further examnlhon. inefe Hd here
after be public exhibition in this department, IN
connection with the commencement Exercises.
As evtry s;udent in Hamilton strides Constlt1:0nG
and Municipal Law durrg his entire senior year, ne
enter the Law School he in efle,t studies two fall
years under the tc1ching Of Professor Dwight, and
probably learns as nuch OF the great lesoing prnc
pies OF aw rs he could do by ia lying Al an office ior
four Yeas
Mr.. NorEs commenced BIS address by an interesting
biographical skrtch of William ii. Maynard, the
founder OF the PiOfessorehip OF L,y, s'o;y, Civil
Polty, and Political Economy in X ,mi.on, waich
be ans bis name. He said tha nearly half centucy
ago Mr. Maynard left his home IN Massachusetts, aud
made his way, poor ard unprotected, to one Of the
pleasant viiges nearest this ancient seat of lsapsg.
Placing himself der the guidance Of one whose name
Is historical IN the bar of Oneida Coluty, be devoted
himself to the study OF law with uDtiring sssidlity.
He was obliged to wrestle hard with poverty, and
ada ed tho labors of ourn lis. TO tnoso OF student
10 support bimse Hi, eDergy ONe!1ans al dticnl-
ties. Having made q successful business connection,
and removed TO Ctica, clients crowded bis doors. lie
suIrenJercd hmse entirely 70 b.s work: surrounding
himself with of the luxuries. s1d few Of tue cor
forts of owit Of thesweet influences of "a niy
and bome, and uaiding BIZ n2oleia.e acclm1lasio6s
with honest care aid pruoeA. pains. P0li.ica! die
tnctioIs opened before HIM; they sought aui at
tanned. lie became Senator aud Judge of the Court
Of last rostut For Dearly f0Cr years ne discharged
the 6utes of this exalted station with devotion aod
ability rarely surpassed. His speeches were sound
and able His opinions as Judge are NO icls of jl-
dicia discussion. As specimen, bis opinion in the
great usury OF Crane dg4nt Hendrl Ike 4 Weud,
635), which prevailed over tina, of the learned Chan
ceIOr, may be read with equal pleasure and adv4n'
tage With one or two exceptions this vas the last
opinion he was permitted 10 deliver. While his pros
peets for future distinction and usefulness were most
brilliant fearessy aud against many rrmonsrat ces TO
which BIZ senso OF GUY for ade him TO listen, be
aaenoeJ asession OF the COut iVY TIE corsctiJu OF
.nors in our commercial metropolis snd in one short
week was swept to the grave by that unreenting
scOuTge which, having in maccb desolate1 Asia and
Europe bao invaded our shores and carried death an1
destruction in its path.
Then the secret OF his life Was dssclOs3d. He de
voted most Of the accumulatous OF bis long years Of
labor TO founding u sul:on College the Proiessorsaipe
which bears bis pamc Here, free from the d'strac-
tons and cares OF city c and amid the let retreats
which College Hill afiofds,hg intended that the pa'ien'
student in the science af lstce whose throne is the
bosom Of God might nit huns of for career OF
honor and usefulness HIS name gill descend 70 pos
teIty, associated with those Of yiser and Royal and
Dane.
Mr.. Moves continued with an a,u.e analysis OF
Judge MaynaId's character, and concluded with some
appropriate and instructive words - the gra1uatcs Of
the Law Department iOunJCd by him.
TIE lug el many books, ssit he, Is not cssena'
small and Wcl-selccled lbrasy is better for young
man than q large one. He beC9mes familiar With ts
voomes aid loves them as be loves his early friends.
Especially must he not. bay books on credit. The
debt will hang dead woigat upon Il, and its anxiety
will distract Bis thoughts from his profession. This
distraction would bc MS ruin yyer. Otholo
not more jealous of DEED emona than the Law IL
Of her vOiarlcs. She must have thcf whole hearts,
OF they will have small place in her affections.
In study each subject should nc examined by Itself,
until the learning and reason connected with j, be
hsusted. In & word, the young lawyer ehoald study
m0n0iogc0Lly. The elementary tr.atises, ia coonec
ton with the titles in the Iatest dse3ts relating to the
subject and the leading shica have enuuei4ted
the rolts COVE rnpg it, shoul be carefully studied rst
Reports should be taken no in tueT inscrss order, be
ginning with The late st. for the most receLt ca; - rs
queLty conn eutary upon tie whole BODY Of cases
on The subject which have preceded It, and may
oyeuule or qualify them.
In lieu OF the ancient yea hooks and plowden and
Dyer, the msdem student may read the selections Of
leadn cases in equity by White sad r0dor; those Of
Mr. Smith with the vglna1c ntes of Judge Hare and
Nh Wallace; Holcombc's lC adics cs-e. in commercial
law aid especially TIE Amt rica leading cases. Par
E"ua' care should be bes, wed upon the Law OF real
property. IL IS now too much neglected. though Il is
ful OF inter- st, and intimately ineryoven with our
lnn'prudcnce; and the study Of book ike L:tetons
Teprres end Cokes Comnen.ar.es and X, ports i, as
good mental discipline as the study Of mathematics.