Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-03-19
TO SUCCEED DABNEY.
CANDIDATES FcR VACANCY N THE
UNIVERSITY LAW SCHOOL.
hR. BURKS And JUDGE LAMB.
These Two Names Mentioned In Adj
dition To Those Previously spoken
Of-WashinEton and Lee May Give
I'D Professor Graves.
Up Professor Graves.

Martin =. Burks, Esq, reporter for the
Supreme Court of Appeals, is candidate
10 succeed the late Professor Walter y.
Dabney as head Of the Law Department
of the University of Virginia.
Mr.. Burks is the son OF the late Judge
Z. C.. Burks. for years ON the Virginia
supreme bench, and in many respects
one of the abiest lawyers of the many
brilliant iurists who have declared ihe Jaw
from that tribunal. indeed, in some di-
rections judge Burks. in the opinion of
many lawyers. was the ablcst judge WHO
has ever been on the Virginia bench.
4 DISTINGUISHED lawyer stated ysster-
dav that he believed the son to be The
eaual of the father in intellectual strength
and scholarly attainments. Mr. Burks
~ present practices law 1T Bsdlor1 City.
He has written a legal textbook, Property
Rights of Married Women tha, is used
at the University of Virginia, Washing
ton and Lee, and Richmond College. and
elsewhere Mr.. Burks is a distinguished
,s,.r,,l-,.,,..-ofr,F- t7-ivvrstty'- -Uf VitgTssa.
SEVERAL OTHER CANDIDATES.
There are several names mentioned In
connection with the position made vacant
By the death of Professor Dabney, among
them those of Judge James G.. Lamb OF
the Chancery Court. and Roosevelt Page,
Esq. Judge Lambs attitude i'm the mat
ter is not known, but his friends urge i-dt
hc has many of the most necessary quail
ncations for the position lie IS emf
ncntly a learned lawyer, ana MS career
as Judge of the Chanccry Court has dem
onstrated that he has the faculty Tor
onalvsis and explanation that Is rare, Jut
necessary TO the teacher.
The abilities and att3inmenis OF Mr..
Page are fully recognized 10y his friends
and his claims will be urged upon Inc
Board Of Visitors. Mr.. HARRISON oil ihe
DariyiIie Bar, has also been spoken ~ 4,r
the position, and his name VIII couDi4eas
he considered by the D9a:i. lie Is 9he
of the ablest lawyers OF Virginia.
PROFESSOR c. 4. GRAVES.
The alumni OF Washington and Lee
University i'm this city are somewhat un-
eosv lost the board of the University
,loct Professor Charles y. Graves. dean
of the law school at the former instltu-
tfon to The position made vacant by Pro-
fe.sor Dabgev's death. When Professor
Iobn II. Minor died several years ago,
Professor Graves came near BENG electeu
10 succeed him as the hedd ol uit -"
Department Of the University ana II Is
understood that he was not chosen Tor
t,e reason that lac had signiiied that he
could not accept. ,4
Professor Graves is one oil the best
known law teachers i'm this country. lie
has for many years been teaching common
and statute law at Washington ana Lee
university. and his reputation eNtends al
aver The country. The Northwestern
University. al Chicago, several years "so
made a determined effort To capture IIo-
fessor Graves. but the faculty anu ''u7
toes of Washington and Lee Wouia hot
aive him up. Several times diheIelIt
nortbern schools have tried to induce nm
~ talke charge of their law departments
but he has refused . ,,,.,,.,e
If is not believed that Professor HI@|VS
would accept the position as head oil 'ilc
university Law Department, put WASH
troton and Lee men are ieariui lest tne
60 he made SO attractive ne cannot
resist. This seems hardly probaDie' nov
over as Professor Graves seems Weuueu
- washington and Lee, and as muc'i as
any other man. has given its law schoO'
a national reputation.