The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-07-05
WHERE COLLEGE DEGREES
MAY Be HAD FOR $40.
Courts Legislature Watching Operations of
Ii. d. Mill Naslvie-Wliam J. Farr Is President of
Institution.

ard got judgments. though there was moth
| ing TO levy execution on.
Later Farr attempted 20 found law col
| leges in Omaha and Oklahoma City. bur
I they We're short-liyed. his peculiar methc4-:
/ coming 20 light and resulting in the preiEs-
tcre death OF the enterprise
tered the National College Of Law. dedicst-
! ed to President Mckinley. Lawyers pro-
FAIRS aufacity served him temporarily.
The school was soon reduced TO an uptown
tcardinG-house and his students were few
for about a year. Then circulars began 10
! drift back To Nashville in which Farr pro
/ posed TO confer IL d. degrees for SO for
! enEravin2. etc. The degrees were to be con-
| ferred at the commencement exercises The
circulars were addressed MY Dear Friend
| and -e similar to those now sent broad
| cast over the United States
| HIS OFFICE STAFF.
f, In response 10 protests. Farr said it was
| all mistake: that his two Office boys ageG
| and II. both children Of his landlady. b.
| the way. had put these circulars in enveI-
| opes which had been addressed to contain
| other school matter Farr said ne mao onIs
| intended to send out seven or eight OF them,
| and not the entire 80 printed. He had had
| the circulars announcing the profer OF inc
! high degree printed instead Of typewTii-
! ten in proper form. for the reason that i.
Again there was a wholesale unearthins
| of Fairs record about this time. and the
/ Bar Association Of Tennessee took the mat
ter up vigorously. a bill was. filed TO re,
| strain F'arr from operating the National
College of Law and attacking his character:
! This case Is now before the Supreme Court
| of Tennessee. Farr having lost his case IN
| When the Legislature convened in Janu-
| airy the same organization prepared a Dill
| Withdrawing from law schools the authority
| to grant licenses. and ii became law. IL
| was then thought that the snake had been
| destroyed. but these recent developments
\ show that Il was only scotched.
| When ;hz National College of Law became
| entangled in the tolls of the law FAIR fell
back on his old Nashville College OF Law.
| which had been defunct for years. and II IS
| under this name that his recent operations
| haze been conducted
| Artenus Ward must have had his Nasn-
| Vile LII. D. in mind. for ne Is an amusing
| man. He claims the authorship OF learned
and solemn volumes on the law. but nothing
can dam his Niagara OF chicago Siver hu-
! NOR, glorious with poetry and mud
POETRY AND MUD.
To a newly made doctor of law. blazing
| with Nashville degrees. he writes;
| vested IN ME as president Of the Nashvlle
| College. have the honor to INFORM you
that the honorary degree OF doctor Of ia% ".
ILL d. has been conferred upon you py
| this corporation. and could your FRIENDS feeI
the transformations ecstasy which peTvades
the recesses of your heart in rejoicing N
| 1T is we'll and that the college in thus nom
| oring YOU has honored itself.
| Every human being has his ideal OF
proper sphere in life and wins out In the
| end according 10 the manner after @hlch
| his creator has intended but ms euuS ~,
tiew Ibs. structure OF MS Hfe's work after its
| completion He may raise the corner OF IN.
veil which covers it and get a glimpse o.
| is all: hence. the high place gwen 70 tnea
earthly honors when conferred 5y an ms
| tuition Of learning managed and controleu
| bv gentlemen of the highest and most COM
piete moral and mental equipment;
"Rehectiveiy: The professor, OF law IN
| nhonies of Beethoven. or Weber's overture
| 10 Der Freischutz' There seems to be the
discord, the wall. the fierce fight. the strug,,
| gle Of the spirits that come together and
blend in one terrific clash and controverss
in the life work of lawyer. Anu e. so mi
| EXQUISITE strain of melody begins mere, anu
| Hsshes out there again. and grows louder
| and louder until it seems to predonnnaa.e
over all the rush and roar OF e.her souio.is
base. while high above them. nilhg .n ,s,; a.,
| with ecstacy and joy. rises the descahtins
triumph OF our III dfie Rai, a of sorrow AMI
| trouble in the lawyers lie, rises lhs siau
song of rejoicing.
SONG OF JOY.
"Our aspirations in life. our lonsings and
| warnings and anxieties and oisappol
| ments all throng together and seem to mill
gle In one discord. but by and by our faith
in earnest professional work and gleams or;
| ultimate success take possession OF ouI
friends. neighbors and enen5s: ana ma paboys,
| these struggles and finally the very sorrowS
| and disa ppointments which We encounteleu
| in the early years of our professional NE
roll beneath our feet as only KIND OF
foundation thunder on which TO litt up QUE
songs of triumphant JOY
The sun of your life is already slanting
toward the West and the dial hnger OF.
Time is pointing toward the closing scenes:
| of YOUR professional life, and We are toIa
] that we should boast not Of earthiy titles.
Yet. my dear sir, there are Few OF US VINO
are not proud of earthly honors. sucn as
our collea CUES have conferred upon y. you iii
fba IF he Nashville college,
I'm behalf of the Board OF directors OIL
this corporation: and for myself in words
not merely formal. but with deep sincerll!
of heart let me welcome you as an aiuinhuS
of the Nashville College of Law. Which l
trust may be held by you and your posteri.y
in sweet remembrance az one or the great
est legal training Institutions OF our great
In all the coming years. ana tnat us WIN .,.
NAV ever bloom and bear fruit ike the LIZ
of the Valley and the Rose or sharon: Ian
| from anniversary to anniversary. until ~
shall have been said time shall be NO
In justification Of his course FAIR said to
Republic reporter that he was gong ~
in the fall. IF. however. local preJudlcs
breaks up my college. for the lawyers anu,
bar association are jealous of me and my
Institution. / shall confine myself to cor.
respondence school. 1 believe in education
ON a high plane. I know l have enemies
Just like George Washington, Roosevelt or
Grover Cleveland
A. Ward wrote: Hes an amoozin' little
] cuss."