Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-04-30

opportunity. He saw the laws delays
and he sought for methods OF solving tho
which he saw everywhere pre-
senting itself TO the modern court These
thoughts found expression in review ar
ticles subsequently written. since first
entering the practice OF law, the need OF
proccdural reform has been evident TO
this student Of the law, and he was active
in finding solutions. This fact is well
known to those who knew MIR. Pound
when he was in active practice in Ne
braska and when on the bench and In the
class room. lie has written extensively
on the subject. Last year a book was
written on reformed procedure under the
title Of "Prozess-reform' by Judge Pound
and two other famous legal authorities.
The need of reformed procedure in the
French law taken up by a. Tissieri
the situation in Italy and the Latin
countries was discussed by G. Chiovcnda.
covering the civil law in part. The main
needs Of this reform on the continent was
taken up by A. Mendelssohn Bartholdy, an
eminent, German writer Hans Rcichel
commenting in the Juristiches Litoratur-
blatt OF Berlin, Germany. compliments DR..
Pound very highly, referring to him as
der bekannte Amerikanischc Jurist und
ANttulSl lllOHORn mus NIt IlAlhNlNt VA
his new thought along these lines Is
spreading far beyond the shores OF our
own land. In this respect the election Of
Professor Pound to a chair in the Har-
ward law school is OF particular import
ance. Today the men who are going to
influence later legal methods are students
in the law school 1t is probably true
that more influential lawyers are made at
Harvard thnn In
any other one law school in the United
States. 1t is the Ideas of these men which
DR.. Pound win help mould, and in this
way his pronounced ideas on procedural
reform will find a wide expression.
on coming to Harvard Law school. DR..
Pound was elected to the Story Professor
ship, which chair had been occupied by
John Chapman Gray, now Royal professor;
William A. Keener, later Justice New York
court of appeals. and dean of Columbia
Law school, and who is now pracuoing law
in New York. The chair was made va
cant by the resignation OF Judge jeremiah
Smith, who was formerly member of the
supreme court of New Hampshire. He re-
tired as professor emeritus, last year.
AS story professor, Judge Pound will lee
ture on Equity l, and Equity IL, quasi
aus anu INOllldn law Olt lUllk uu-
usual about the election of Judge Pound
to this chair is the fact that he has
never taken degree from any law school.
He says this is not a good precedent to
follow, however, as he has been more or
less handicapped by not having remained
longer in law school. lie has never taken
a degree from any department of Harvard
university. All the other professors have
at least been graduates of the law school.
While he has all that scholarly manner
which characterizes the Harvard professor,
and that ability to carefully aDalyze the
decisions which has been the very life of
the case system, he has, besides, the
benefit Of actual experience as a struggling
young lawyer, which makes his lectures
particularly valuable to men who expect
to go directly into independent practice.
All that has been said makes it apparent
without further comment that among the
alumni of the University OF Nebraska
Judge Pound stands pre-eminent for broad
scholarship and versatile ability.
Mr., and Mrs. Pound make their home at
400 Pleasant street, Belmont, Mass, where
they have a four-acre farm. Here Mrs.
Pound intends TO have her garden and
flowers. Mrs. Pound was Miss Grace
Gerard. member of the class of 1895 of the
University of Nebraska. They were mar
ried in 1893.