New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-01-21
LAWYERSTOAST EACHOTHER
AN ALUMNI ASSOCIATION FORMED.
ANNUAL DINNER OF THE LAW DEPARTNF ut OF
THE CITY UNIVERSITY ADDRESSES BY
CHANCELLOR M'CHNCKEN AND oruI

Vt the Holman House list night the associated
classes OF the law department Of the Univ r,ty Of the
City Of Ncwl York net for their eighth annual reunion
and dinner. Preceding the dinner there was bu,
ness meeting at which The alumni association was
rcorganizcd and permanent officers elected. They
were: John Henry Mccarthy. president John +.
Mcintyre, vice president William \. Purrngton sec
Rotary; John -. Lindsay. treasurer: dinner com
mittcc, William +. Clare, Maximan Toch benjamin
Franklin and Charles l.. Hubbsll.
The menu was tasefully arranged with the seal Of
the university the cover The following was the
roast list The University Alma Mater the Chan
cellOr, the Rev. Henry MacCrackcn; " The Judge,
Judge Willard Bartlett The Bar Elihu Root; The
Faculty. Professor I-aac +. Russell; lie lupll,
the Rev. William Lloyd; The Physician Dr. George
Henry Fox: The Writers the Law Professor
Christopher &. 1ledcman.
Among those pres Mt were Professor Russell, Colonel
David F.. Austen. Elim Root, William Lloyd Assistant
DstrictA Attorneys Mcintyre Lynn, simm' and Lind
say, ex-Judgc ETncst Hall, Justice NJ l.. Towns
Charles A. Hess j. Edgar Bull, William bradford,
X. II. BOche, Clifford Boese. f. Chambcrhn. william
+. Clare, J. F. Ii. Collins John II. COyne, victor D.
Bowling. Walter c. Foster, Edgar p Foster, Richard
L. II, Finch. A. f.. Henschl, Thomas ;. Henry, f. W.
Keller Moses Herman samuel d. Levy, Leon LEVIN
n T. NJ Mess, Peter Masterson. Marshall Marden,
Maurice Meyer David G. Meyers James ID. McCl'land,
James 4. O'Gorman Hamilton Pomcroy, Charles ~
Reed. samuel d. Stewards Rufus l.. scott, Charles
stecker, Louis Steckler samuel stisi,sherser James
stokes MAMMALIAN Toch. +. Il. Thompson. George
Williams and DR.. George II nry FoX. Judge Mccarthy
acted as POSTMASTER. Chancellor MacCrackcn spoke
for the university. AS follows:
An ENGLISH writes in recent review among
other things American lawyers: 9Th" squif'"oN o
America the legal profession 1t rules the country
from end end with an unseen hand IL comprises "'
most educated and the trained htelccs Of the conn
Try"
He means bv a squirearchy Iulc over inca a. fread'
their business and political relations ~" statement "'
pot deny that there j. a higher Kind a hHdrfsh'l-We
,cado,.hip O; thought and daily conduct The lawyers
admit are our squIcarchy. The business directory
Of New.York city gives fortytwo solid Page 81 names I'll
LAWYERS, comprising 1900. This l. h"'" l"'
every eighty households. David ,ct captain over
o,c,v hundred To-day there Is lawyer over every
one hundred families in New York Ci:y A. an educator
am thinking future = our great pf">'' '' ""''
j, the legal profession doing fot IT. CIV" run n
,acd with the Theological and medc" professions ','
thin, IL &. donq-t is admitting men Within IT. bounds
with :hc utmost lboIality. -
vn., I came Z, Nrw-Nork there wcra not over 900
student, in the law schools Of this ciN. l"'' W.
m g,,duatng over 200 bachelors Of lir each year 10
49,, a., ,,,tcr ~ student. IN our city Law schools j.
doubled TO supply ranks II the pro'- i'i no, "','
200 recruits are needed every year. M'' u'" '0
that number will knock ne>t summer
door. Of the profession. aud a. iF -
- ,ev will h,yc uo Gac,ltr 100 r'uihi H.
The profe jon 1. indifferent. The Other great p''
have found the solution of the question DO" " "
their calling and at the eomr tn' u "''P w
Within limits. IL f. this: raie the stndlIa 81 inc pro-
-, .,oots 1, order {, rs-o standard u'h"
those school. financially independent IN' h'"'' ~ nv
obtained fr theological schools I'D NV 'o'" -
les. than three million, Of dollar "th'" lhe lF'""'
er,,o, The physicians have obtained Tor m'u'''' '"'
,' x.n.york City within the last tn year, cndo"
mont II no; leo than t2oOouoo.
vr,,f h,,. the lawyers done to elevate thor pro-
fc..loneI schools to mSc them hnan''h'' jos"
so, twentieth Of what la, been don" by the F'''
. o,,,.,,r. The New.York Unworthy ha- haa no SUI"
rect NOR, at heart la.t FEW year, than inc '4'N
~ legal training Five var, ago the I''''''' VIZ
70 all tho student, In . body. TO-DAY we nv a.
,gaul,.d cla..c. each receiving separate l,''.'
INV, ,ed,-l a graduate year q study "hi'h "N'' =
,uc pursued by fof-y studont'. But ~" ar not '''
To-day We need library rooms We "''' ''- >,
tett.r lecture. rooms. need a pfi'a" i''" '''
an, fotr ntofe-.or. We need endowment l'I -'''t '
10, The nlon in my mind In connection WIN t''
r.,,,,a o. our undergraduate college "pt""" j. W.
yoton Of one II two cntife hoofS OF t"' ~ ''"' -
49,, on v..h,nc,on square n the University Ia" S'h'"'
.utr,, , l.vycr, oil the wills 81 N'"-io on anu
~ ,,. ,,.t c,tr,ordinary phenomenon j. mat no h"H'I
IA. oyer secured bcqucst FOR legal "''""t
,,, =, f.. due 70 IN, mistaken notion 81 both lawyer
m lion, ina, tho result. II such legacy would BE- 10 ih
c,a.e unduly the iank~ Of Nwyers- There mover WIS
.,o. ,,l.t,tr A. m. standard ~ our medical Hhu
dl,niiy schools Il advanced, the numb'r F'n''"N .
then, f. decreased ia lnVcr-e r-to. ''l'' "N' '"'' "
endowment equal 10 the quirf'r 'i u't "' "', 80,
l ~, divinity school In Nrvt York CITY ana "'' nun
| ,,e,rent n the quality Of our Ia" graduate Z" not
A
L. {, an 30 per cent. and guarantee that th'i' 'h' " u"
,,.o.o hv u. Of the numbers. lAlp""''I
,,o ,,ortlet OF the supreme Court. wa f"'e'N'u
viii, enthusiasm. lie spoke OF inc h''"'" -" 80
g., lo,v and said that there could not De great H''
,,itlout Great t.nchrr~ who should t." % U'' ANY
80 ,h. adviser OF the court no less tan an advocate
. l., mac, orinlou he said. 1T Is grave Hlsi'he ""i
there IS II growing tendency I" ''N "'''' "'
nm tbe written q printed hIl'l'
49,, t,s, gtnn read letters ~ regret from Professor
,, ,yho VA, Al the head Of the university law
Amendment for twenty years; from Professor NuS'ln
nhot, who remarked upon the phenomenal grown
- u Io. clas.-over 30 per cent ana RON y, ~,
polmnr 81 Palmer Theatre. wh" hhn bern "h0 f,io
r.snnnd 10 me toast. "Our Alumni hcN""u "'o az
u T t Root said 1t just twenty I'VE y"niS ago
tina. graduated from the uhN'IalNi '@ G,, iunlor
,s VIII" passed all OF his examination. Tor anIn'S,"H
70 the senior class. was pre- eiI'l,en, ,at omiy
- for uas the only student, Hnd there "d' "ni
o ,rofessor John Norton Pomeroy. iAppaus';l ~
g. not true that the lawyer Is prccm'h"nlIt g., ,b
he ncccts his own bnsinc,s ana ,hrr propie out
OF the trouble that they nave got mo ~ taIc
their business in the same way. nP'pIor that they
m"t ,hnse The confidence repOscd In ih'ln bN VIC
weak and aged In attempting TO direct thr D' "r W.
NJ The wills they draw up to any Pdr'lcInr W" nyor
VI t Wy ~ the recent changes that are come Over
he profe.sio there Is the one thar mMN'i o. c
longer be a follower Of precedent. but must Oh '''
Th@ ueech Of Professor Russell was BRIEF ana WEI
received The Rev William Lloyd spoke III nn nm ~,
49, itirrlv humorous vein and was frequently ~
uIandad Dr. Fox and Professor Il'dem"h , aloo
rcenond,d TO tOaots IN the regular h'': ~, ' a.
n ,Ia General enthusiasm and interest displayed "''
commented upon a. indicHuN" Oi 'ic ~" 70 ~ Gam
new alumni association, formed m'' h'V"' u" ~"
basis.
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