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

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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

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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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7O Tllli YALE SIIINGLIC. diflicult occasioned so many side remarks and sneers that it is very difficult to ascertain what is the opinion of the class on the subject. The introduction of honor courses has made Senior year so much harder than it has ever been previously, that most of those who answered the question instead of criticising the grammar used, vote it the more difficult. Nei- ther and Both are replies of the indifferent and non-committal. Corporations, Real Property, Pleading, Evidence and Contracts in the order named receive the greater part of the votes for the most difficult subject, while nearly every subject we had studied had proved difh- cult for one or another. By far the easiest subject to the largest number of the class was Bailments, Forensic Oratory coming second and Torts third. Mr. Bailey's course in Forensic Elocution receives a respectable vote, while other subjects, from International Law to Corpora- tions.are voted for with great freedom of opinion. The subject of Contracts is selected as the most valuable, receiving twenty more votes than Elemen- tary Law and Evidence. which are tied for second place. Real Property and Corporations follow next with half a dozen other subjects receiving one or two votes. Our class is guilty no apostasy from '93's belief that Robinson's Elementary Law is the best written text book we have used. The vote is large enough to be used in an advertising circular. Parsons on Contracts. with all its faults is secondg Cooley on Torts comes third, with the remaining votes scattered.