Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-06-21

II lutlc > "A lolc III your todLss
1 rede ye tent ST.
a chiefs amang ye takin' notes.
And. faith he'll prcnt a."
Verify. I know OF no young men who
havo better prospects than the lads OF
fhe Richmond College law department,
who have just received their graduating
diplomas. In fact. they have nothing but
prospects Henceforth they will be al
aowed 10 view tie surrounding country
without the slightest interruption. Take
~. A. Lewis (alias Battle AxeD FOR in
stance. When he hangs up his modest
Ehingle in the hummng metropolis OF
Lawrenceville he will be allowed the
gun sweep OF the country which encircles
him. I. too. have good prospects. on
the south side OF my domicile have only
20 stick my nose 20 the window, and /
behold my old friend. the state peni-
tentiary. What rush Of thoughts IL
brings 20 my mind j think OK the victims
my legal learning will send 10 the insti-
tuition, and / chuckle IN delight Insert
ing my olfactory organ through the
orilce in the northern portion Of my
house. sun the Hotel Jefferson cuisine.
and the famous hash OF that now cele-
brated tavern. Every way we turn we
see prospects for the future. And It is
meet and proper that we should, for
every school chrome we behold bears the
Inscription "Palmam qui meruit," and.
surely, We merit the success that we are
going to win some forty years hence.
Who but the Richmond College law class
IL
night for nine weary months, striving to
"spot" the questions our professors were
going 10 ask? Who but the class Of
1886 have gone forth daily with knowledge
by the ton and cubic foot in their
cfaniums? Who but these same instiga-
tors Of litigation have eaten tobacco by
the hogsheadful and ruminated on the
thoughts Of future hardships But IL is
all over now. The great sheepskin,
signed and sealed, has been rolled up
like scroll and the legal swallows are
Fitting homeward 20 the prospects
which await them.
IL was something OF an anomaly for
me to re-enter college. after had re2a-
cd maturity, and settled down. forever.
ns l thought, in the bosom Of an interest
ing family, which has fourteen legs and
ms many msin other words, ia
family OF seven. Everything was changed.
Most of my former schOolmates had
long since been gathered TO their fathers,
wives, and mothers-in-law. and even the
senior professor was many years my
5urior. l had known him when, as
ttrong-limbed boy he TOamed the green
fields Of King William with q pea-shooltr
or fshed with the Pamunky Indians who
frequent his section. Now he is a ma
ture gentleman, whose profound know
ledge, courtesy, and sympathy have
ripened with his increasing years. until
he stands forth a noble type Of Virginia
manhood. And. So TOO. it was with the
clever little gentleman who was our
Junior instructor. He Is the son Of q .-an
whose memory Is reyered and nonored
throughout the South. lie inherits all the
knowledge OF his sire Wen 1 remember
the first time i saw him. one day while
visiting Cha rlOttesville / bcheld q vast
horde of law students around b. by
carriage. at IS wonderful-mavvelousi
I heard them say, and, being always
anxious 20 take in all the wonders, etpe-
cially when there is no price Of idmis-
sion, entered the throng. The ntant in
question, though scarcely more than 8.
was reciting the 'Rule i'm Shello9's Case"
with nuency that would have cone
credit 70 a phonoTaph. To-day he is
equally as precOciOus but, like all Truly
modest men, he is totally unpretentous,
and frankly admits that he doesn't know
I II ala confession 10 would be hard
20 evoke from the average man after he
had been studying law two months,
These, then, were the gentlemen / had for
my teachers-th0 two most estimable
hydraulic rams whose duty It WIS to
hammer into our heads the knowledge
which we have perspred so much 20 &C
quire. They have exhibited a degree OF
patience and perseverance which have
oft.imes caused a blush TO mantel the
cheeks Of the late Job in his heavenly
abode and as a reward they have the
unstinted respect and admiration Of their
pupils.
But II Is OF the children mo, young
men. should say, even though they are
my 1uniors) who were my coilege-mates,
that l wish to speak. All OF them VIII
occupy the bench at some future time.
for lawyers are hard Up nowadays. and
tn their economy they are dispensing
with chairs. And even II any Of them
Khould fail TO reach the bench, they Will
at least sit upon eoap-boXes. a clever,
genial set are these lads, even though
they 40 study on Sundays. and sometimes
sneak in irreverent terms of Blackstone
They are not afraid OF work, either. ]
have known several Of them 10 split "a
weather was cold, and they had no money
20 spare for day-labor And not only dc
they split wood. Many OF them have
sgxept stin and sawed wood at vXamina'
ton times. The little band was closely
allied, and they gloried in the name OF
= 'Jacksons. This appellation was given
them in honor % that eminent colorec
1urist Giles Jack GA. Some say II was
mauclously conf reJ by the ministerial
students who are called "Jaspers." II
memory OF the Rev. JOHN Jasper (colored)
of "Sun-Do-Movc" stultitude. But Jack
sons or not, our class was wont ia say
as did "Alr. Bonaparte of Corsica" nous
eommes 10 pcuple" which, being in
terpreted. means 1--WE are the people
In less than six months we were on TO The
curves OF Greenleaf. while in four shor
weeks we found the delivery OF Chief-Jus
tice Miller, and pounded him out the box
we batted Equity Jurisprudence all owe
the campus and had the ielders gallopini
after our hits in Chancery Practice. TheI
we slugged Minors Institutes, and pro
ceeded 10 do ditto with the Baptist Fe
male Institute
Tho rule In Shelley's case got 90 b'
s pie 20 US and we had Il set TO music
Scire faci8ses. ficri faciases. and venir
faciases walked IN brotherly love viii
us while we fonded absque hoes end in
dobitatuS assumpsits as n they hoo beer
lap-dOgs. There was but one thing thu
stumped US We never could exactly un
derstand why judges sat IN bank.
"Battlo-Axe" Lewis said Il was becaus
lawyers always cabbaged all the none.
they could get their hands on. and tina
Judges. on account Of their high preroga
tives. selected banks as the places wher
they could perform this function with N
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