Vanderbilt University - Commodore Yearbook (Nashville, TN)

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r 111«; • i kt. ■2 -»■ ■ ©Jaeuffy I. CAIil.AXIi. . M.. 1.1. I»., 'liuneellor. THOM S II. M A I.ONK. M. A.. Kim iilus Professor of ....non ;iikI Statute l uv. W. |{. UKIvSK. M.A.. I «-;»» :iiiiI Professor of Coniinoii ami Statute Law. Ml». ISAXTKK, Professor of 1111 Laws of Plrailin , Pnutiee ami I'.viilenee. W. MILLIKKN. Professor of ('oimiieivial Law ami Kipiity.

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T1 I K COM FT. 20 Horace, Virgil, Cicero and all others of that great company who have been called the litres and the P iwt s of the study-table, from a teacher’s point of view; but from the standpoint of the average school-bov they are the evil genii, the awful fates, the unlucky stars of at least a part of this earthly pilgrimage. They assume various shapes, specters rising up Ik fore our benighted vision, and like that ghost told of by .......sweet bard of Avon. will not down at our bidding. At times they stand out like awful silhouettes, dark and threatening against the sky of graduation—sad, stern, stonily realities, upon which is too often shattered the good ship loaded with expectant A. Iks or A. M.s, striving for a Haven of Kternal llcst, where Creek. Latin, Mathematics, etc., shall be no more forever. Amen.

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• •) Tl I K l K'l'. Ttio Usjvv IDcpcirtificiif. 11K Law Depart incut of Vanderbilt Pniversity is situateil in tin west wing, nn tin third floor of tin- main building. Its rooms an nicely furn- ished with carpets, tables and chairs. The walls are embellished by portraits of many of the distinguished men of the Nation, as also with photographs of the alumni who have gone from this depart- ment in former years. The interesting laces of tin- class of 1880-87 will soon Avj, ”%J’ lend their classic grace to adorn the assemblage. fK r ' .• f, One room is maini devoted to library purposes, and as said library is a most attractive feature, a further description of its magnificence will be par- doned. It consists principally of ipiite an elaborate book-case, with glass doors and several shelves, and is very com- plete, affording every facility for tin study of law, except books. Nor. indeed, is it entirely devoid of these supcrlluities. as a well- worn copy of the Tennessee Code, edition 18-TO, lies on one of the tables; also, the second volume of “ Rouvier’s Law Dictionary,’'and an incomplete set of Patent office Reports for 1855. Next in importance to the library wo rank the Faculty. This distinguished and honorable body is compounded of Laxter and Reese, with a slight trace of Miliikon. Prof. Laxter is chiefly remarkable for urbanity and Christian forbear ance. lie is characterized by the smoothness with which his hair clings to his head when his temper is rutiled, ami has acquired national celebrity for dexterity in making zeros. It is pre- sumed that these facts are attributable to his intimate acquaintance with the rules of civil jihad iiuj and equity, which studies lie teaches. Prof. Reese instructs in constitutional branches, and it is appreciated by all that the somnorilic jokes which he continually adminis- ters have a soothing effect upon the constitutions of all who have the pleasure of studying under him. lie is an old-school gentleman of the most approved type, yet Ids decisions are always Reese-ent. Rut little can be said of Prof. Milliken. as the habitat and habits of the individual are but little known. He revolves in an orbit which seems to be somewhat