New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-04-05
AND DEFENDED
The ! ate Dean Ames, Of Harvard Law School,
and Other Leading Authorities Quoted
as Considering Evening Law School
aSupport Of the Professions
Hig hest AIMS.

made for them, ana t1"' -
uocessarv 10 furnish the same e'aoo
a,,nstr,ctors and lecturers as III t'e
dsv school, then, Of course the "o'"
10 Inferior and must tend 10 hu'' '"o
entire institution. But we nave NV,
,t,,od anything " the Kno'
SAYS Dean Ashley. ~
"Tbe records OF our gradua'es w
nho last fourteen years show that t'ie
evening men have maintained pc'-
for average grade than those TAXING
the day course. Some having ''o
least time for study accomplish 'he
host ,vork. There Us no indication Oh
any lowering Of educational Stah'-
ards nv us. Men come here from the
hest law schools elsewhere, brihgihs
certificates showing good recor"
obtained: some enter the day division
and others the evening. They in
variabIy take the same average rank
as our own students. Some 90 wen
and others poorly, but there ii no IN
dication that tho previous standards
have been higher than our own.
POOR BOYS WHO ATTAINED
EMiNENcE.
Dean Ashley tells OF cases that
have come under his notice OF poor
bows who. because Of evening law
schools were bled to get an edu-
cation and afterward became emil
nent in their profession. He believes
this is true OF thousands, and that
evening law schools can be special
servitors OF the people.
"Over twenty years ago" says Dean
Ashley, "in the old Metropolis, ! was
on the point OF advising student 70
give up law study because ] believed
that ne would waste his time and
money. He was a machinist In the
Brooklyn navy yard, and his daily
employment physically tired him out.
Fortunately, | did not follow my i'm
pulse The man did well in his law
studies, graduated, and was admitted
TO the New York Bar. His course
since that time has been a success.
and ne has well managed important
litigation.
"a man. now dead, started life as q
newsboy, hawking papers about City
Hall Park. BY sheer grit he obtained
a good preliminary education He
entered the Metropolis Law School
and for three years easily led his
class, although be was in competi-
ton with bright, able minds. some Of
them good examples OF our best col
lege graduates. He was in success
full practice at the time of his death.
Every experienced lawyer knows
that he does his best work under
pressure. These men know the inn
portance Of systematizing every mo-
ment, compelling their attention to
the subject on hand and putting a
steam power force of energy, de-
termination and pluck into their
work. They are the very men who
develop into our cultured lawyers"
The Carnegie Foundation is now in
vestgating legal education i'm the
United States. This will include an
examination of the requirements for
admission 10 the bar in the several
states. and its suggestions are likely
to be productive of much good.
VIII it decide TO agree with the
resolution passed by the American
Law School Association?
once satisfy us that our evening
division is detrimental to the highest
aims of the profession" says Dean
Ashley, "and we shall discontinue II
at once"
That's fair enough. Give the man
a hparinoi