The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-06-24

Baldwin, acting as toastmaster in place
 of Dean Wayland and Acting Dean Woolsey, made few introductory re- marks. He announced several changes | that are to be made in text books and the addition of several subjects to the 1 courses, especially in the postgraduate l department. One of these changes Is that Clark on Contracts will be taught
 instead of Parsons on Contracts There
 will also be a course of lectures on the ! Imperial Code of Germany" Judge f Baldwin said that the life of the pro- | fessional schools was more and more tending to become the leading social life f of the university, and that there was more fellowship and friendly commun- ! ion in that the men come together for three years and attend precisely the same recitations day after day, and the spirit of friendship cannot help but eroW He also spoke of the fact that the course in the academic department of Harvard particularly, and in many of the smaller colleges. was being re- duced from four to three years, and that this would soon be so at Yale. He i said that it was now possible for man to take the work in the Harvard aca- demic department in three years in- stead of four, as has been necessary in years past. The general trend is in1the direction of reducing the numberAof years in all schools but the professioI- al The Law school of Yale is really the university part of it, so also ara-tft Medical and Divinity departmental
 The first speaker was James H. Webb the well known instructor of the'law school on criminal law, and who is one of the legal lights of the New Haven county bar. He was introduced as one of the men who attended the recent constitutional convention and did 6 good share of the talking Mir. Webb made a few remarks concerning the convention, and then said that as he was assisting in the celebration of the tWenty-fifth anniversary of graduation from the school 1t was fitting to speak something of the work of the school when he was a student. The school then held it's sessions in the top floor of the court house and was at that time tol- erated by the other departments of the university, and was merely considered an appendage. He said that to-day 1t | was different and that the school was considered very potent factor in the university life and that it was setting l the pace in scholarship and thorough | work.
 Christopher l., Avery, of the class of 95, who is located in New York, spoke | of the course of instruction as being | right in theory and happy of applica- tion He paid glowing tribute to the | members of the faculty, all of whom he | considered most painstaking and care full, mparting their information cheer | fully and splenddly. He made especial | mention of the late Hon. +. J. Phelps. | He also spoke of Dean Wayland as | being to a great degree the father" of ! the law school. who has inaugurated many splendid things in connection with the school which has tended to lift | i, to the high plane which it now occu- pies,
 Judge Perry of Southport made a very felcitous address. He said in consideration of the fact that he had put his knee under the hospitable board and made the bill of fare his table of contents it was necessary in response to the request from the toastmaster, to add his quota to the atmospheric dis tbi bsttlIGe VI Aiit lipuls Ilt SdNc llidHy words of advice to the members of the graduating class, saying that q sheep skin nor a sign do not make a lawyer and that there was nothing which would bring them success but the strict est application to the mastery of the details of the profession which they had chosen. Graduation from the school was merely the completion of the foun- daton on which the superstructure had to be reared He urged them to stick close to the path of lawyers proper and not be tempted by side issues which might be inviting and seem to be means of earning a compe tence.
 James NJ O'Sullivan of the graduat- ing class, Stiles Judson of the class of 's4 and Professor Reynolds of the same class and others also made remarks.