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FACULTY PEAKING of The Law School as I Have Known It, reprinted in the Hm'1faf'c! Law School Bllllefill, October, 1960, Professor Scott speaks of his student days, of the teachers Ames, Wfilliston, Gray, Smith, Beale, and Wfambaugh. XWhen I was a student, as I have said, there were only seven professors and two assistant professors. Now there are more than Hfty of the Facultyfi 1-lere are these men, the men who are giving us the foundation on which we will build in the fu- ture as their predecessors gave Professor Scott a foundation on which we ourselves could build during the half of 11 century since we left the School.
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OR most of the Twentieth Century, Austin Wfakeman Scott has been a legend at the Harvard Law School - the best possible kind of a legend, because he has been constantly present in person, with almost no break at all. Scott came to the School as a Hrst year student in 1906, after several years spent in teaching mathematics in a preparatory school. It was immediately apparent to him and to others that law was the correct choice for him. And it was soon apparent that he had a special capacity as a teacher. Wliile he was still in the School, he became the semi-ollicial tutor, and large numbers of students received supplementary aid through his ministra- tions. On graduation in 1909, he started out in practice with the firm of Wiritlirop and Stimson in New York. He enjoyed this period in his career, and would undoubtedly have been a successful practitioner, but another road was soon to open before him. Wlieii Dean, Ames became ill late in 1909, the Faculty of the School asked Scott to take over his work on a commuting basis. Qlt is said that this was regarded as two-thirds of a full schedule, and as it was for two thirds of the academic year, Scott was paid four- ninths of the very small salary of an assistant professor -- and he had to pay his own commuting expensesj This cast the die, and Scott has been a teacher ever since. From 1910 to 1,961 he has been a full-time member of the Harvard Law School Faculty. He became a full professor in 1914, at which time he was the youngest professor in the University. For some years now he has been the oldest active professor on the University faculty. His record of hfty-one years of full-time active service has never been approached by any other member of the University's professorial staff. During this period he has been outstanding as teacher and as scholar. As a teacher, he has combined great learning and analytical powers with vim and vigor, a good voice, and that sense for keeping a class alive which contributes so much to student interest and attention. His classes have been fun, as well as a very good place to keep on learning, and that is an excellent and a memorable combination. As a scholar, Scott has made himself master of his field, and has, over his long career, made a monumental contribution to the law of Trusts, lirst through his articles, of which there was always one a year, at least, then through his work on the Restatement, and hnally in his great treatise, which clarified and organized the held, and made new contributions in its expanded second edition. It should not be forgotten, either, that in his earlier days, Scott made great contributions to the law of Procedure. It was largely due to his learning and his draftmanship that the problem of the non-resident motorist was solved - in a way which we now take for granted, and which is being steadily extended to cover other lields of activity. It is easy to write about Scott as a teacher and a scholar. It is harder to write about him as a colleague and a friend, because he has been such a good colleague and friend. Always gentle and kindly, always wise and far-seeing, his counsel and encouragement have meant much to many people who have come as his juniors on the Law School Faculty. It is hard to write about these personal things, or even to talk about them. But even though sometimes unexpressed, or inadequately expressed, they are not to be taken for granted. Generations of Harvard Law School students have sat at his feet, and they will know the appreciation which we all feel. Austin Scott has exemplified the best of the Harvard Law School in the Twentieth Century. He has contributed much more than is the lot of most men to his students, to the School, and to the law. We all rise and salute a master - and our friend, Austin Wakeinan Scott. Eawm NATHANIEL Giusworo Demi, Hai'm1'rZ Law School 5
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