The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-06-18

portrait, painted by Jared Flagg. Occu-
 pies the place of honor in the library
 which owes so much to his generosity.
 from struggling young attorney to
 S. 900 from a well-flled purse.
 As by far the largest part of the building fund was only to be secured by
 personal appeal, and, as a rule, in com
 paratively small sums, we did not feel justified in breaking ground until we were fairly confident of success. And
 even then we were compelled to con sider our immediate needs rather than
 our wishes. Therefore, we contented
 ourselves. for time, with the erection
 of the rear portion of the proposed building. This would give us four rec
 itation rooms, admirably lighted and ventilated; offices for the Dean and sev-
 eral members of the Faculty, fireproof
 library quarters for the Yale Law
 Journal, a room for study and loung- ing room, with lockers and a lavatory.
 Ground was broken in the spring Of 1894, and the building was completed early in 1895. In the spring of that year we moved into our new abode. At last
 we had a dignified home of our own, ar
 ranged according to our own ideas or
 what we most required. But we still felt-and the unfinished building em-
 phasized the feeling-a sense of incom- pleteness. The architects sketch of the front elevation, conspicuously displayed
 on our staircase, was an ever-presenr reminder of the goal of our ambition.
 And so the campaign for contributions
 was continued with cheering but not very rapid results. Any scruples of the
 Corporation about contracting for the building arising from doubts as to our money getting ability were set at rest by a written guarantee, signed by our governing board, pledging ourselves to
 make good any deficiency.
 Under these circumstances we began the work which was to crown our com pleted Law school. The plan contenl- plated offices for the Dean and Regis trar large recitation room on the first
 floor, a recitation room and auditorium on the second floor, the latter seating about 500 and designed for our com- mencement exercises and other public occasions. Above this was large room providing ample accommo odations for examinations and for the extension of
 our library.
 The first public use of our auditorium
 was on the occasion of the celebration
 February 4, 19O1-under the auspices of
 the Connecticut Bar Association and of Yale Law school. of John Marshall Day." when a. representative audience filled the hall to listen to addresses by
 Honorable Charles E. Perkins of Hart ford, President of the Connecticut, Bar Association; Honorable N. Shipman, ILL D., of the Circuit court of the Unit ed States, and Honorable s. E. Bald
 win, IL. D., of the Supreme Court of Errors of Connecticut, and of the Law school. His Excellency, Governor Mc- Lean, presided. A reception followed in the room above. This we considered a fitting dedication of the new building. Let me here record the latest step in the onward progress of the school. The true university idea of inter-department
 work has recently been recognized, and academic seniors are now permitted to take six hours of electives per week in the Law school. The fact that between eighty and ninety seniors are availing themselves of this opportunity shows
 that the privilege is appreciated. ... Too much praise cannot be awarded to our architects, Cady, Bergh & See, of New York city, for their share-and it was a very large one-of the work which has now reached it's completion. They had grasped the idea of what a ] Law school building should be in it's
 details as well as in it's general scope,