The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1896-06-08


end of the chapel" Four regular col
lege pastors served in the old chapel
Fitch, Fisher Clarke and Daggett-
under a system which has since given
way to outside supply of the college
pulpit Since its discontinuance as a
chapel the structure has been used for
recitation rooms, six bedrooms for stu
dents, q meeting room, and quarters for
the Classical club"
NEW HAVEN IICNORED.
The New York Times says in its re-
port of the commencement exercises of
the New York University Law school,
just held at Carnegie hall: "Appro-
pirate references We're made by Chan
cellor Henry NJ. MacCracken and Judge
William *. Townsend of the United
States district court to the recent death
of DR.. Austin Abbott dean of the law
faculty.
There was a large attendance of the
friends of the university, and for the
first time, the evening department, for
merly the Metropolis Law school, united
with the University Law school in cosl-
mencement exercises. OF the 40 stu
dent taking the degree of bachelor Of
laws, the afternoon class furnished 1O6
and the evening class "a.
Among the nine graduates as Master
of Laws We're Justice George f. Roesch
Of the district court, and Miss Hether-
ington Haggerty, recently appointed o
lecturer TO the university law class for
women, Six women We're graduated as
Bachelors of Laws, including Miss Flor
ence Lauterbach, daughter of Edward
Lauterbach, and Miss MarcelIa Malone,
niece of Father Sylvester Malone of
Brooklyn. Julien Nj. Isaacs, the prize
winner, is son of ex-Judge Myer S.
Isaacs of the city court.
On the platform were the following
members and eX-members of the coun-
ell of the university; Chancellor Mac
Cracker, Charles Butler, William Allen
Butler, John E. Parsons, j. w. C. Lev
eridge, William A. Wheelock, the Rev.
DR.. John Hall, William Loring An
drews, Lemuel Skidmore, the Rev. DR..
Roderick Terry, William S. Opdyke,
Samuel Sloan, David Banks, Robert
Schell, the Rev. DR.. George Alexander,
William L. Skidmore, the Rev DR.. John
Reid, Frederick Baker, Israel c. Pier
son, William +. Havemeyer, Joseph S.
Auerbach, Charles 7. Barney, Charles
r. Flint, DR.. John P. Mum, Augustus
D. Juilliard, Charles r. Otis, John Olaf
lin and oliver H. Payne.
There We're present also the following
members of the faculty: Professors
Clarence D. Ashley, Isaac Franklin
Russell, Christopher G. Tiedeman,
Frank A Erwin, Charles F. Bostwick,
George A. Miller Thaddeus D. Kenne-
son, Arthur C. Rounds, Everett V. Alb
bot, Ralph S. Rounds, and Frank H.
Sommer
After the procession of students and
faculty and some music by Ernest Ney-
er's orchestra, Judge Townsend deliver
ed an address on Recent Attacks on
the Judge and Jury System The
theme of his paper was suggested by
certain bills now pending in congress
restraining judges from expressing
opinions to the jury in trials in the fed
eral courts, and requiring that the
charges shall conform to the state prac-
tice in the respective states, and limit
ing the power of federal courts to pun
ishment for contempt; also by the re-
cent decision of the supreme court of
California that the judge who presided
over the Durrant trial had no jurisdic-
ton to restrain manager of theater
from producing during the trial play
purporting to represent the facts of
Durrant's alleged crime, as established
at the preliminary hearing. He also re-
ferred to recent attacks In some news
papers in this city upon the judiciary
for having failed to coerce a jury into a,
verdict and for having enforced certain
rules of evidence,
1.-THE significance of these and other
like agitations, he said 'is not to be
overlooked Thus, to deprive the judi
ciary of dignit, authority or individual
ity not merely obliterates the judge as
a factor, it strikes a blow at the foun-
dations of the administration of JUS
tice.''
Finally, Judge Townsend discussed
the objections to legislative interference
with the judge and jury system, and
the question was raised as to the power
of the Legislature to interfere with the
common law powers of the judge in
jury trials. He urged that the jury
system, as it is administered in the
state of New York and in the federal
the proper administration of justice and
that it is the duty of lawyers and citi-
zens to use every possible means to
preserve this system and to protect it
against legislative or other encroach-
ments.
He concluded with brief address to
the graduating class.
The degree of Bachelor of Laws was
then conferred upon the candidates
ANNUAL CLASS BOOK OF LAW
SCHOOL
The annual class book of the Yale
Law school seniors has just been pub
lished by the class Of '96. 1t is edited
by William j. Tilson of Clear Branch,
Tenn
According to the statistics, " of the
class of 70 have paid their way through
the school, u are Congregationalists, 10
Catholics and Episcopalians; 80 are
republicans, 90 democrats, rs favor pro-
lection, 10 free trade, and the class vot-
ed unanimously endorsing President
Cleveland's war message.
For president 16 are for Mckinley, II
for Reed, 5 for Allison, for Whitney
and the rest are scattering.
Winthrop Z. Dwight, son of Presi-
dent Timothy Dwight of Yale, is voted
the most versatile man in the class.
OTHER YALE NOTES.
Captain ]. S. Petit professor of mil