National Republican., 1880-06-17


do not intend studying for degree or for the
purpose of practicing Law are admitted upon
| preliminary examination, to such class as they
may be qualified to enter. The graduates Of
other law schools are admitted to tho post
graduate without examination upon tho pro-
duction of diploma.
The third year of instruction is tho post
graduate class, which is open to graduates of
all law schools, or to any one who has received
certificate OF having successfully completed
tho prescribed course of studies. Any one may
be considered candidate for the degree of
master of laws who will pass the annual ex.
animation at the end OF the third year. This
degree will represent the full amount of pro-
tessional study of the degree of bachelor of
laws and the skill and attanmonts resulting
from the legal training Of another year 1t
therefore becomes prize worthy of the anu
bitiou aud diligence of the student.
"The studies that can be pursued occupy
three years, and those who complete the course
receive from the university the degrees al
ready mentioned, the diplomas having the
signature Of the president of the United States,
who is eT ogicio the chancellor of the corpora
tion.
Each class ia provided with professor, who
dovotes himself exclusively to its instruction.
The gentlemen who have been selected to fill
these positions have given gratifying evidence
of their skill aud ability to discharge their
responsible duties, and that thcy have brought
n large share Of solid professional aud intelcc-
tual work into the school is the universal opin-
ion of the students, MS it is of the board of
regents.
"a brief reference will indicate our method
Of instruction. We believe il embraces ad-
| vantages which insure TO the students Il rare
union of practical and theoretical knowledge.
Besides a regular course of reading and a con-
slant system OF oral examinations III the text
books on pleading practice and the general
principles Of Jurisprudence, we have also n
course of lectures on every branch of legal
science. They are delivered weekly during
the whole term by gentlemen of emnenco, on
the bench and at the bar. The members of
all the classes are freely admitted TO these lee
turcs aud we cannot but cherish the belief that
thcy have proved TO be not only an agreeable,
but powerful auxiliary in advancing the i'm
provement ofall those attending. Much valu-
| able Information which students have not the
time or opportunity of acquiring may be inn
parted through the medium Of lectures. 1t af-
fords an easy way Of tracing legal principles, of
stating exceptions and notifications, and of
comparing Rdjudications that have been con-
tirmed or repudiated. 1t has become apparent
that when combined with rccitations aud
classroom exposition this system of lecturing
imparts degree of excellence which
strongly shows the propricty of having adopt
cd ii. In order TO secure dilgent attention TO
the textbooks, every member of q class Is spo-
cially iuterrOgated ON some portion of the les
son during every recitation.
Each week a moot court is held for tho ar.
gument of questions of law and the trial of
fictitious suits. The proceedings arc the same
rs in regular tribunal. The practical work of
the lawyer Is dispatched. Calendars are pre-
pared cases called in their order The rules
Of evidence, and those Of practice aud good
pleading, peculiar to the nature of the diverse
forms Of action, and the principles and author
tiles bearing upon the same, are explained by
iuduct ion and pNpCrirncut Tins ron farming tn
the idea Of object teaching in rudimental cdu-
cation. Reviews and examinations occur
twice during each term, and the lust is made
test ior a degree.
The studies pursued under Professor Carusi
in the junior class embrace the commentaries
the law of real and personal prop
erty, the law Of contract and that of com.
mercial paper, aud during the past term lie
has delivered about eghty.fve lectures Pro-
fessor Webb on pleadings, evidence, contracts
and equity pleading and practice has deliv-
cred about mineiy-Gvc lectures to tho senior
class, aud Professor CIaughton has delivered
about seventytwo on equity Jurisprudence
practice ut common law and on evidence us
applied to tho different forms of actions to
the post graduates The weekly lectures re-
lated 10 constitutional law, international law,
, commercial law, including contracts and part
nership, criminal law and procedure the law
Of corporations and a variety Of other topics of
great interest to the students.
81 cannot close without referring to the
, marked improvement OF the SC chool during the
present year. The division of labor in the
work Of teaching by assigning n professor to
, each class, and the introduction of the weekly
, lectures have greatly multiplied the means of
{ instruction, and not only stimulated the iu-
tcrest of the pupils, but elected their best
, efforts in the work before them A sympathy
has grown up between teachers and pupils
s which characterizes and unifes the whole
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admirable diligence and harmony which por-
{ wade all the classes and the activity and
| chctrfu!ness with which the allotted tasks are
e performed.
? The number OF students for the year was
! eighty. Seventeen belonging to the senior
' class have been admitted to the degree of
/. bachelor of laws, and ten OF the post gradu.
o ates who have passed satisfactory examina-
= ton have been admitted to the degree OF
master of laws and both will receive their
r diplomas this evening. The moot court has
. been presided over 10y Professor Carusi, greatly
] to the advantage of the disputants, and it is
= the design of the board Of regents to continue
o it hereafter and to add il possible 10 its inter.
V est and usefulness.
4 "In conclusion, 1 congratulate the law
I faculty upon the excellent wori. of their de
c partment, and the character and success it ha!
A attained under their guidance and instruc
!; ton"
. THE ADDRESS TO THE GRADUATES.
G Hon. jeremiah NJ Wilson was then iutro
r, duccd, aud delivered the address to tho gradu
: atiug classes Referring TO the profession Q
= the law he said that it was pre.cmnent in tia,
S vocations of life because ii deals with tn,
l. rights Of man in all his relations to his fel
lowman. 1t has relations to all the occupa
If tions Of mankind from the lowest 10 the high
= esi, from the simplest t0 the most complex
Ii The speaker sketched rapidly and in Il pleas
= ing manner the intimate relation which th,
V law bears to every profession aud every voca
&c tion in arranging the business of life. It ha
l. relation, he said, to government, tho duties 0
state to citizen, of citizen to stute, Of ma
Is tion to nation; all trade, all commerce
II all intellectual aud social lite--ull human con
a duct. This profession bus relation to mans du
o. ties and obligations as to them all over al
10 pyosides the law with ovonly.poised scales t,
. weigh every act and circumstance, to enforc
d every duty and protect against every wrong
Is The object Of tue law is comprohended in
c single word-justice. But the means by
L which to reach the end, viz, exact justice il
$ every case, is full Of ntricacies aud difficulties
n Sound reason is the very life Of the law or, u
Y it has been expressed, the Flaw /
/ the perfection of reason" To maste
II aud properly apply tho rules and prin