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CONE, Be AN LID. FOR $40.
HONORS CHEAP At THE NASH.
VILE COLLEGE or Law,
And OWNS to the Interference or the
Tennessee Legislature II Can't Ii.
rense Lawyers At All--Fiattering
otter That Came to . New Yorker.


otter That Came to . New Yorker.
There il a merry little institution down
in Nashville, Tenn, which is scattering over
the country on the warm spring breezes
kindly offers to confer upon various and
sundry individuals the degree of doctor OF
laws. at the small price-perhaps 1t should
he called honorarium-of $40 degree
The institution is called the Nashville COL
lege of Law. and its head ia at pains to de-
scribe himself, on envelopes which he en-
closes already addressed to himself. IA we'll
AZ on lettcrheads, az William FAIR. Phi. D.,
LII. D., after which sometimes appears
Dean and sometimes President.
Mr.. Farr is being heard from in different
parts of the country. One gentleman in
New York who was about TO send him the
necessary SO withheld his generous hand
at the last moment. and through friends
inquired from Nashville who and what
FAIR wa, He learned that, while the Nash
vile College Of Law was incorporated, 1t
had assumed in it's literature, which it
scattered over the country, powers not
granted in the charter.
He learned flrt her that the Bar Associa-
ton of Tennessee had been compelled to
give such attention to Mr., Farr's college
operations that bill was passed by the
last Legislature depriving his college OF
the right to grant law licenses, since which
time he has been selling honorary de-
grees from his room in a boarding house."
which one letter from Nashville describes
as the present home Of the college
But. whether from the modest domicile
Of boarding house or in some fitting home
for The American National Institute of
Legal Lore "a subtitle for the college,
used on the letterhead) Dean Farr pursues
his way to the hearts and purses of degree
craving citizens, with persistence and VOL
luminous beguiling. Under date Of May I,
he wrote TO "A New York surgeon in these
words
In accordance with a time honored cus-
tom the college will confer title upon some
se @a%y eu the degree Of doctor Of aws
tom established by the Leading American
usage, your name has been suggested as
one from your state Of ability; morality and
and ne wa,.hy % ths
APPLICATION and data. the title will be con
ferred at the coming meeting OF the board OF
issuance Of the diploma,
The college diploma is suitable, to frame
and place in the home or Office and IL a testi-
monia of honor, prestige, efficiency and
worth.
Mr.. Farr incloses blank application"
for the degree, which he asks to have filed
out and he requests that its return to him
be accompanied by check for the incl
dental fee" He inclosed also, blank
post-office order application in the sum Of
$40. The surgeon was about to allow Mr..
Farr to accomplish the famous trick OF MIR.
Billings of Louisville, who touched for
ten 80 successfully. when certain ques-
tons in the application blank struck him
as a bit curious. There were, for instance,
such questions IA these:
Do you believe in the cOeducation OF the
sexes in a college OF law?
What is your political belief in national
Are you a member Of any secret society
DO you take daily exercised
And this Farrian misquotation, which
seemed stran Se in the literature of so august
a college. WAS Pope right In saying. drink
deep or taste not of the Pierian spring."
The application, closed with another
reminder Of the SO,
The surgeon also thought that he would
like to learn who it was who had suggested
his name to Mr.. Farr. 80 he wrote to inquire.
and received this reply
ws Mr seeG %r b. Gpr rdve Wps
March b or ri the arst OF April This seecton
was made by him upon the recommendation
names am unable to give at this time, as
Mr. Wright Is now In Illinois.
Mr. Farr closed, with the assurance that
he was awaiting his correspondent 3 further
pleasure His wait is likely to be an
Indefinite one.
Among the interesting literature which
the surgeon treasures as memento of his
discovery by Mr.. Farr, or by J. Wright,
is a pamphlet which contains Mr.. Farr's
portrait in three places,alons, en- oroupe,
Pin D.. LII. D., delivering his famous ad-
dress on The Study and Profession of
Law" The pamphlet tells where Mr..
Farr's -Intuitonal Treatise on the Ele
mens and Principles of American Law
may be obtained.
Mr. Farr's pamphlet, on behalf of the
alumni, earnestly appeals to all lovers
Of the law, The Mother Of our Peace and
Joy to have this song sung all over the
United States
NASHVILLE coLLEGE soSd.
tDedicaird TO William FAIR, LII. NJ
soprano and hlioJ
Down In the beautiful Southland.
stands our noble Alma Mater.
The Nashville College OF Law.
Sound its praises sing them ever.
hcln 1t onward, loud the story tell.
Welcome to thee, our Alma Mater
Welcome, all welcome farewell
Down In Sunny Tennessee,
Midst hills music: &c no and sound.
Where all In nature smiling seems.
stands the prde of an athens town.
copyrighted. 1908. BY Htnds & Nob'eJ
Among the other persons who have been
surprised lately to hear from Mr.. Farr OF
his honorary degrees is the Second Auditor
Of Virginia, Judge J. q. Dew Of Richmond,
When J. II. Lindsay, the editor Of the
Charlottesville Progress, In the home town
Of the University OF Virginia, heard Of
Judge Dew's experience, he wrote his
opinion Of the matter in a way which led
the Nashville American, in reprintins 1t.
to do so under the caption, Fairs Fame
Spreads; Virginia Editor Appears to Be Onto
Him Here is part Of what Editor
Lindsay said
The William Farr. PHI. D. LII. D.. who.
4. president Of board of trustees land dean
OF faculty.. signs and transmits thia diploma.
= the veriest humbug and harlatan who
dsgraceS the honorable profession, OF law.
We do trust that the newspapers Of the cOun-
try will expose this vile charlatanism and
'mposture.
now NAUGHTON'S BU SINESS GREW