Yale University Law School - Yale Law Reporter Yearbook (New Haven, CT)

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SENIOR YEAR. We are Seniors. But a few months more and we will bid farewell to our learned inst1'uctors and to those old familiar recitation rooms perched upon the third floor of the New Haven County Court House. Many and varied have been our experiences as Juniors in the Yale Law School, and now we are setting out on the second and final year of our legal course. We have had three long months of restful base ball, rowing, and inspiring, or rather perspiring, dancing, and return, greatly refreshed, all eager to assume the role of dignihed Seniors. With appropriate reserve we move about the halls and recitation rooms, gazing in quiet contempt at those unfortunate new arrivals-commonly termed Juniors-who know not as yet that a four year old child cannot enter into a contract to build a railroad, or that, in the eyes of the law, an insane person is mm mmjrox 7lZL'7ZfZ'S. We for- get, as all Senior classes before us have forgotten, that but one brief year has elapsed since we ourselves were untutored Juniors. As we finally get settled down to work we notice that several former members of the class are no longer with us, and in their places appear new faces and forms. We miss the stalwart figure of Big Denny especially. Rumor has it that he has gone to Georgetown, and too, it is said you can get bigger schooners for a nickel down there than at any place around these parts. But becoming accustomed to

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'l'lll'1 YAl.l'l SIIINHLIC. S5 weighty questions of law before Chief Justice Beers, and wondered if we too, might sometime be able to appear in the Yale Moot Court, and present our knotty questions of law to that well known jurist. We were told by one of the Professors that we would gain much by occasionally dropping in at the Police Court, which suggestion was followed by some of our class. In fact, we almost wondered at times how these students of human nature and judicial proce- dure managed to find time to eat luncheon, so constant were they in their attendance at Judge Pickett's Court. The regular question in the morn- ing used to be, VVell, what's up in the City Court to-day? and whenever any well known Dago stabbed another Dago ora gentlemanly tramp hit a brother wanderer with a club, there were always several ,94 men on hand to sympathize with him and profit by his experience. Our hrst year in the Law School was indeed one of great beneht to us, laying the foundation for our future studies and convincing us that our system is vastly superior to any other method of studying our profession. We have made many strong friends among the members of our class, and gained much experience which will be of inestimable value to us in future work. ' jmviss E. Wirral-:1.14:1a.

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'l'II1'I YALIQ' SIIINGLIC. 57 the absence of the missing ones, we form the acquaint- ance of the new members of this class, and find them all agreeable fellows. During the vacation the Faculty has made one or two important changes. Now the desk is at the exit end of the big recitation room, and the benches are reversed. Not only does this arrangement save the Professors many steps, but it also seems to materially lessen the number of pressing engagements outside immediately after roll-call. Our class being an especially capable one, the Fac- ulty decide to favor us with additional work. Hence the honor system. We appreciate this compliment to our ability--following classes, look upon us, your benefactors-and thank our worthy Dean and Pro- fessors for it. Our studies this year are exceedingly interesting. Under the able direction of Professor Baldwin we are becoming familiar with the intricacies of Corporations and Trusts, and also the workings of the Constitu- tion of the United States. Professor Robinson guides us with steady hand through Real Property, Forensic Oratory, and Medi- cal Jurisprudenee. Later with him we become very much interested in Conveyancing, and, what is thor- oughly enjoyed by all, a practical Moot Court. For a brief time we enjoy the presence of Professor Townsend in recitations on 'l'rademarks, Copyrights. and Patents. We regret not being able to have this popular instructor in more of our work. Meanwhile Pepper has given way to Maxwell and Professor Beers in the realm of Pleading. Notes