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

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68 'l'lllC YAl.l'I SlllNGl.l'I. one has had occasion to regret his choice. Many are very warm in their laudation of the system and instructors of the school. The strongest points of the Yale Law School, in the opinion of the serious, are the method of instruc- tion cmployed and the able corps of instructors to carry it out. While its name is considered by some to be of the greatest importance, the practice of inter- spersing recitations with lectures and other features of the course are deemed worthy ofthe greatest commendation. The Faculty are praised individually and collectively with strong emphasis and,sincerity. Professors Baldwin, Townsend and Robinson in dif- ferent combinations are given as the strongest point. In lighter vein, The SIJITHQS on the entrance doors, Exclusion of its members from Commons, Adams, Professor Robinson's contempt for ease law, and Our class, are voted for. Levy's ada- mantine point of order is not forgotten. One enthusiast cxclaims that our base ball team was our strongest point, and our greatest need is another one! The Law Journal is mentioned by one fond editor, while the adjacency of a neighboring earavansary is no objection in the opinion of another. The Law School's greatest need in the opinion of a majority is another home. We have looked long- ingly at the property on Elm street, and wondered when the projected building would replace the colonial skeleton which now occupies the site. More commodious quarters in a building of its own will certainly be a great advance, and we trust that a not distant future will fulfill our hopes of a change and

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'l'lIl'l YALE SIIINGLE. 67 we cannot give him much encouragement to prose- cute such a futile search. Bonsall, suspecting no prospective undergraduate rule, came in the hope of winning the chess tournament. Our dear little Willie thought that a degree tif it fell his lotj from Yale University would prove useful to him in after years. An eminent attorney exerted his influence with O,C0l1l101', and turned the scale in favor of Yale. llawkes came to Yale to study theology-every man for what he needs most. Other reasons given are: Because I graduated from Yale, Because it was named after Yale College, Department of Yale University, Hlncidentally to see the football games and other athletic sports, Favorably impressed with the course, considering it practical therein differing from Cromer, q. v.j and the Professors excellent, The simultaneous existence of us both in the same State, Intend to practice in Connecticut, Econ- omy, Appearance and tone of the catalogue, For reasons best known to myself, 'fliecause it is considered the best of mllqgzfs by western people, 'i'l'he Dean invited me, VVanted to Colne East, None other, I was sent, Department of one of the greatest universities in the world, etc. The final answer takes our breath away, full as we are of the dignity of the law: I thought a legal education would be benehcial to me if I should adopt the pro- fession of court stenographyf' 1z'z'.r1'Z Z.7l.S'If?.C7ZS.! Little or no positive dissatisfaction with the Law School has been expressed, some have criticised rather strongly single features which do not corre- spond exactly with their ideas of perfection, but no

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Tllli Y.-Xl,l'1 Sl'llNGl.l'1. 69 improvement of situation. Increase in numbers is fervently prayed for by several, though it would seem that the number of the present Junior class sufheiently guarantees that. One man combines in his idea of our greatest want larger recitation rooms, and more Professor Robinsons. Those with a tendency to l'lll60llf70l.7lf express great regret at the absence of an elevator, while one indolent man would be satished with a drop of two stories. We can console these gentlemen with the statement that one feature of the proposed building is that the lirst story will be near the ground. Loud cries for more money and endowments are heard, while one man, who has evidently been looking in vain for 29 Texas Court of Appeals, or a certain volume of Georgia Reports votes for a replacement of coniiscated books in the library. One thinks another Lord George would lend dignity and tone to future classes. Turning to a less material view of our needs, several men think that a higher standard of admis- sion would be very benelicial to the Law School. The Faculty are evidently becoming converted to this doctrine, as the new catalogue shows. One cynical gentleman declares that a 'flew Hrst-class funerals would prove advantageousg while another uses the following vigorous language: The greatest need of the Law School is an entrance examination so severe that it would cease to be an asylum of brainless ignoramusesf' The election of Adams and Levy to thc Faculty is the dcs2'1z'c1'zn'm7z of another. That unfortunate mistake in the degree of compar- ison in the question as to which year was more