New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1874-06-25

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new and besterIsws for those OF the endaa
another great center Of university life, the omysrstH
nth century England the center Of law study,
the inns Of court provided societies INTO %nn
young men desiring 10 become lawyers could Ne AH
mSd and could for time obtain ,d ssens tbs
question: Why the law OF England was DO,
taught In the universities as the civil law was s
@ %ay of hfS Ss Sss4 sns %
the proper treatment Of the law OF England, or d Nv
10 s sTg J sS an at the place che
resort say wate yer may nave Ueen ss9 no inst
lions at either university common law. IN w" ,nre
try long time 1t was indepchuen. NC aor Their
new supplies private Instruction N9w ana ,aen s
eminent minister ike Dr. Dessay OF betnsnem III 5
state gathered around HIM young men VINO itures
pairing university. Tne pupils heard iestnlvss
Zen Very interesting and Instructive II III, s
worthy note that the largest law sohoo 10 ,,n%
field Conn. by Tappan Reve OF Long Island
a graduate Of Nassau Hall, and sonil,
law 6i President Burr and brotnerniaw OF Aaron
Barr Vioe-Presdent of the United States me sch23i
opehedin 1874 James Could LAWYER IN i-tcnsou.
and graduate OF YALE 1871, was an iDsiructr lhese
en hxns rei,rd nIe Could became the hend Of
Huntin gon afterward Senator of the United states ao
Judge Of supreme Court OF Copnecucu TGere nave
been graduates OF Litced from all parts ofdhe Umi9d
States, whom 173 were from tue Southern states III
Cabinet officers of States, 80 members OF
Congress, 40 Judges OF the highest Stte Courts, aud ~
Judges OF the Supreme Court OF the United states
In the latter part Of the elgheenth ana nrst
part Of the BY Charles
yer OF extensive practice. or this school Know out
little Judge Samuel Hubbard OF the Supreme Court OF
OF United States studied under Judge Chauncey.
Seth Staples YALE l79 disingusnee awyer %aS
around hun number OF young men, whose Jaw stules
he superintendent Tus school, from which the existing
law school of Yale College direct descendant must
have begun in the first decade OF TINS century one OF
ahe i Yae oIese In few Years Mr. Hiichcock
assisted Mr. Staples. In 1874 Mr. Staples removed 10
New-York, where ne became well known IN pubic ne'
and succeeded by Judge Dagget and Mr. Hitcncock
In 1924 the school had sort OF connection VIII
peared In the College catalogue In 1876 lhe connection
became CLOSER for Judge Daggett appointed PROBES
of Law. Chancellor Kent founded the
In 1913 the decree of Bachelor in Law began to be con
which placed the law faculty on eyei Win te
others Thus that 50 years ago tue scnooi
"nncsd Viii as years ago il began to DO part or
the UNIVERSITY ana 81 ago it reached It's majority
by having ITS students after proper exannatlon pro-
instruction added TO the College. -,
Considered IN relation to It's Instructors the school
has had three and is in the third The first
includes years from 1874 to ls47, when Judge Dag
gett was Its head. During these years, Isaac n
Townsend, Judge Wm L. Strong, aud Henry White,
esq were instructors. The second stage QSi7.ls69)
begins with the retirement OF Judge Ddegett aud the
curt. Gov. Bsse Continued nj 1855 From
Gov. Dutton ana Thomas b. Osborn, M c., taught. As
professional duties took away Gov Duton the school
down SO that IN 1867 there were only 10 or stu
dents, and of these many were not regular students
At this point OF greatest depTes SION Ine o.
three legal gentlemen Ill New-Hdven were secured 70
teach school, VIZ, MeSsrs. hiu
Robinson. They began with only II students In 1871,
Francis Waylaud, VINO had been Leutenant-Goverhor
o. the state, was appointed an addona nstruc1 T
The school by recovered its old reputation Inc
present year brought more students than nave ever
appeared in the catalogue with the exception OF ss.
partments has been benefit to the school ffoI ha,-
lectures on EcelesastcaI Law, Dr. Francis Bacon on
Medical jurisprudence. Judge McCurdy on Insurance,
another gentleman International Law texPresident
Woolseyj have all helped Tue situation OF the school to
the City Hall ana many law Offices and the Increasing
Wcolsey here gave sketch of the lives OF the prom
who had been connected with the school, aud
closed with the following Words Let tue SCHOOL no
longer regarded simply the place for training men
plead causes to give advice to clients but let 1t be
spect to foundations OF justice inc history OF law
the doctrine of govcrnment-to all those branches OF
kno " ledge which the most finished statesman ana
legislator ought to know First of all would have
the training essential 70 the lawyer by proes
| Let that stn be the thing and let the examna
s Ti ns
wish teachers IN studying ana political
history country Let the law OF nations the doc.
politics and morals be taught Let there be opportunity
Tor the study OF English institutions even FAR BACK INTO
the middle ages. Let the library be Increased Can
me doubted that such an institution have sketched
would be OF vast service that It's influences would reach
tain of light through whole land May the study Of
law keep with the advances made IN the practical
sciences desire all the sciences flourish side by
side the moral well material Oaly so can the best
society aud the individual man be promoted
| and a harmony be maintained In human culture
An grafton was then delivered by the Hon. Edwards
Perrepont, LII D., OF New-YOrk on The Influence Of
LAWYERS upon the Freedom Of Government aud the In
Auence OF Moral Forces upon the Prosperity Of Govern
ments" The following extracts:
GRAFTON BY THE HON. EDWARDS PIERREPONr.
In the City OF Ama1. Of which we have spoken,
Council of the Roman Catholic Church decreed that
one who was engaged In the practice of the law could
enter the Kingdom of Heaven. In the City or New
Haven Noah Webster Taught the children OF America,
by picture before they could read and by fable at their
first Ispng that the farmer honest and that the
Pope through Council and Of the teachings of the
Puritan through his spelling book, lawyers have con.
tinued honored and trusted class the friends OF
liberty and the foes of oppression Not now stopping
to debate which kngdo III .ne S'Ie h ~Gr Inc lawyer
enter legislative assemblies the halls OF Congress the
bebooves know what kind of training moral and in
| teleetua this great and ancient seat OF learning is
about give to the young lawyers Of its charge We
shall fail unless change comes the spirit Of this
people and sturdy honesty drives out imbeciity and
corruption Moral forces rs well as ply steal advan
tages be considered IN calculating the future OF
nation No Government can prosPeropsy endure which
and the higher moral sentiments OF the people. IL
ton wisely and ye, cur people make frequent
against this simple truts-,hey never employ stupid
ner to sail valuableshp but the often elect legislators
laws who know scarce anything, and about laws
| The States along the Mississippi voted large sums to
repair the evee and restrain the natural overflow of the
dixie but he disregarded the votes, and washing away.
his neglected banks, he overwhelmed In one disastrous
hood the fields rice, of Of cotton and OF
destroying alike the dwelling Of the rich and the cabin
Of poor and bringing ruin to the innocent for the
crimes dishonest rulers who had stolen the and
their work What the food left the pestience
will destroy and the despairng people have cried to the
Federal Government to protect them from starving.
long do think that liberty In States
where such ignorance and iniquty though every
living thing should vote Sunday in tine Only
virtue aud Intelligence preserve republic Whether
the government Of the States shall absorbed by
central power Will depend entirely the virtue
aud intelligence Of the States. A people advanced
| IN civilization and loving property as We do.