The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1888-07-26
FACULTY REPORT.
Report of the Law Department
of the University.
The Proctor on Mess Clubs and
Other Matters of Interest.

In the University faculty report appears
the report of Law Professors Roberts and
Gould, and it is given in full below:
"The law department of the University
has had, during the present session,
seventy one students, of whom thirty one
were in the senior class, and forty IN the
junior class. Seven of those students
having left the institution during the ses-
sion, there were sixty-four in attendance
upOn the final examinations. As will ap-
pear by our class reports, some of the
students attended and were examined in
both classes, which makes the number
examined appear greater than sixty-four.
Twenty-eight of those who were ex-
amined in the senior class are recon-
mended for graduation, eleven of whom
obtained grade emitting them to dis
tinction.
THE proficiency acquired in each of the
classes will compare favorably with that
which has heretofore been attained in
former classes.
The principal drawback, now, as hereto
fore, has been from students entering the
law class when too young III some in
stances, and IN other cases from want OF
proper mental training by course OF
education. 1t has uniformly occurred
that our very best students have been
grown men, with mental training acquired
either by attending good schools or by
having taught schools themselves. On
the other hand, it has rarely happened
that very young or unframed students
have attained to any considerable dis
tinction in their classes.
We are, therefore, induced to recon-
mend that as soon as practicable the
qualifications for entering the law class
of the University, as q condition for
degree, be changed so rs to require, in
addition to the examination now required,
the applicant to be eighteen years of age.
THE MESS CLUB.
Proctor Clark in his report says:
"The wisdom of the regents in inst-
tuting a mess club has been vindicated
again during the present session. The
club house was occupied to its utmost
capacity, with now and then a vacancy
which was readily filled, and the expenses
were about the same as last year, to-wit:
Between $12 and $13 per month for board,
lodging, lights, fuel and washing"
THE CAMPUS.
Speaking of the campus Proctor Clrak
says:
With the small appropriation-$25O-
which the regents were able to make for
the current year, the grounds have been
kept In good condition, the trees have
been pruned, some new ones set out, etc.
l have small nursery of English walnut
and pecan trees grown from the seed in
boxes, to be transplanted next fall on the
campus. Now that the town COW no longer
asserts and reduces to practice the doc
trine of free grass on the University
grounds, there is good hope that in a
few years the evergreens will form a
charming ornament of the campus. This
happy immunity from that most ruthless
of raiders, the town cow aforesaid, is due
to an original aud ingenious suggestion
made by the chairman of the faculty. But
the TIRE ss on the campus-mesquites and
liveoaks excepted-will never flourish as
they should until the University is able to
afford them an abundant supply of water.
Some day, doubtless IAN artesian we'll will
be good investment at cost of even
some thousands of dollars.