Vanderbilt University - Commodore Yearbook (Nashville, TN)

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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

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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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rui-: roMK r. cxecntric, having Nashville and New York as foci. and including Wall street and the residence of a certain lair Nashvillian in its course. The students of the Law Department are the handsomest, most honorable and smartest hoys in the I'niversity. Thirty in number, assembled from the turpentine woods of North Carolina, the gorges of Hast Tennessee, the vine-clad hills of Alabama and the orange groves of Louisiana, on any school morning the may be seen collected in the lecture room, awaiting the advent of some beloved professor. With cigarette a smoke and heels tilted at a principal angle over the back of the nearest chair, the law student looks the picture of manly activity and acute intellect. Among its members the class of ’8(5-’S7 rejoices in the su- ........ dude, the best lighter, the highest kicker, the farthest jumper, the biggest blower. and the completes! fool of the I'niversity. We are in trepidation lost the last mentioned indi- vidual should try to crawl the “Comet’’for the allusion, but we here warn him that he would have a high climb. We would not induce the conclusion, however, that the class is composed, entirely of saints, we are forced, on the contrary, to admit that it is rather a motley crowd and that it possesses some kuotly, refly, Joyyy, ohitly individuals. In conclusion, we would say that though the boys are heartily opposed to the move, some of the authorities wish to have the Law Department taken to town. This inclination is superinduced by a fear lest the Theological students should stiller by the deleterious moral at- mosphere supposed to surround said department, and because the law students are too enter- prising and talented to be brought into competition with the literary.